U.S. Study Abroad Initiative

Monday 1 Jun 2009, 10:00 → 19:00 Europe/Zurich

B1C (Center for Strategic & International Studies)

A one-day meeting sponsored by the University of Michigan and the Lounsbery Foundation focusing on the feasibility of creating a U.S. LHC Study Abroad Program in Geneva. Though the Meeting will focus on the specific case of undergraduate student research participation in the Large Hadron Collider Program in Geneva, the issues involved pertain much more broadly to overall U.S. national science policy, as more and more frontier research facilities are being located beyond the borders of the United States.

Images from the CERN-Based NSF REU Summer Student Program.

CSIS: [Home Page] [Contact] [Google Map] This Agenda: http://indico.cern.ch/event/StudyAbroad2009

Event Description csis-Invitation-final.doc csis-Invitation-final.pdf

List of Participants (Excel) Participants.xls

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10:00 → 10:50 Introduction

10:00 Welcome

President Lounsbery Foundation, Vice Chair, CSIS, Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, President, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress

Speaker: Ambassador David Abshire

10:15 Nature of the Challenge

Former Chair, HEPAP Subpanel Study on the Future of University High Energy Physics Programs, Former Member, U.S. National Science Board, Professor of Physics, University of Michigan

Speaker: Prof. Homer A. Neal

Slides han_presentation_v4.pdf han_presentation_v4.pptx

10:30 The Congressional Study Abroad Landscape

President, APLU (formerly NASULGC) President Emeritus, Michigan State University Former Director, USAID

Speaker: M. Peter McPherson

10:50 → 11:10 Facility Examples with Anticipated Limited U.S. Undergraduate Student Access

10:50 The Large Hadron Collider, ITER and the WHO

Professor of Physics, Notre Dame University, Former NSF Physics Program Officer, Former Outreach Coordinator, CERN CMS Experiment

Speaker: Prof. R. Ruchti

Slides U.S.Study_Abroad_Initiative,_CSIS_6.1.09,__Ruchti.pdf U.S.Study_Abroad_Initiative,_CSIS_6.1.09,__Ruchti.pptx

11:10 → 11:50 Examples of Existing International Programs for Undergraduate Studies

11:10 Current CERN REU Program

Speaker: Prof. Homer A. Neal

Slides University_of_Michigan-CERN-REU.pdf University_of_Michigan-CERN-REU.pptx

11:30 International Undergraduate Programs at the NSF

Speaker: Graham M. Harrison, Program Manager, International Programs, NSF

11:50 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 13:50 Interest of Scientific Community

13:00 American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields

Speaker: Prof. Raymond Brock

13:20 U.S. ATLAS Collaboration Board

Speaker: Prof. Al Goshaw

Slides CSIS_ATLAS_Goshaw.pdf CSIS_ATLAS_Goshaw.ppt

13:35 U.S. CMS Collaboration Board

Speaker: Prof. Nick Hadley

Slides njh_csic.pdf njh_csic.ppt

13:50 → 14:25 Benefits and Operational Challenges of Study Abroad Programs

13:50 University of Michigan Programs

Speaker: Associate Dean R. Megginson, University of Michigan

14:00 University of Illinois - Chicago ; Switzerland Program

Speaker: Associate Provost A. Lerner, University of Illinois - Chicago

14:10 State Department: Host Country Issues

Speaker: Representative from U.S. State Department / OSTP

14:25 → 14:55 A LHC Study Abroad Proposal

14:25 A LHC Study Abroad Proposal

Speaker: Dr. S. Goldfarb, University of Michigan

Slides Proposal-smg.pdf Proposal-smg.ppt

14:45 Palestinian / Israeli Student Initiative

Speaker: Dr. D. S. Levin, University of Michigan

Slides palisure_wdc_dan.pdf palisure_wdc_dan.ppt

14:55 → 15:15 Coffee

15:15 → 15:45 Observations from University Consortia

15:15 Association of American Universities

Speaker: R. Berdahl, President, AAU

15:25 Universities Research Association

Speaker: F. Bernthal, President, URA

15:35 Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC)

Speaker: Associate Provost A. Lerner, University of Illinois - Chicago

15:45 → 16:15 Possible Funding and Operation Strategies

15:45 General Foundation Perspectives

Speaker: Dr. Deborah Derrick, Program Officer, Gates Foundation

16:00 Management Perspectives

Speaker: Mr. Steven D'Arcy, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

16:15 → 16:50 Open Discussion on Next Steps

Myron Campbell, Professor of Physics and Chair, University of Michigan,
Associate Dean, LS&A;
Homer Neal, University of Michigan