Name: U.S. Study Abroad Initiative
Start: 2009-06-01T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2009-06-01T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Center for Strategic & International Studies

U.S. Study Abroad Initiative

Monday 1 June 2009 - 10:00
Center for Strategic & International Studies (B1C)

: Sessions

: Talks

: Breaks

1 Jun 2009

10:00	Introduction (until 10:50)
10:00	Welcome - Ambassador David Abshire
10:15	Nature of the Challenge - Prof. Homer A. Neal Slides
10:30	The Congressional Study Abroad Landscape - M. Peter McPherson
10:50	Facility Examples with Anticipated Limited U.S. Undergraduate Student Access (until 11:10)
10:50	The Large Hadron Collider, ITER and the WHO - Prof. R. Ruchti Slides
11:10	Examples of Existing International Programs for Undergraduate Studies (until 11:50)
11:10	Current CERN REU Program - Prof. Homer A. Neal Slides
11:30	International Undergraduate Programs at the NSF - Graham M. Harrison, Program Manager, International Programs, NSF
11:50	--- Lunch ---

13:00	Interest of Scientific Community (until 13:50)
13:00	American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields - Prof. Raymond Brock
13:20	U.S. ATLAS Collaboration Board - Prof. Al Goshaw Slides
13:35	U.S. CMS Collaboration Board - Prof. Nick Hadley Slides
13:50	Benefits and Operational Challenges of Study Abroad Programs (until 14:25)
13:50	University of Michigan Programs - Associate Dean R. Megginson, University of Michigan
14:00	University of Illinois - Chicago ; Switzerland Program - Associate Provost A. Lerner, University of Illinois - Chicago
14:10	State Department: Host Country Issues - Representative from U.S. State Department / OSTP
14:25	A LHC Study Abroad Proposal (until 14:55)
14:25	A LHC Study Abroad Proposal - Dr. S. Goldfarb, University of Michigan Slides
14:45	Palestinian / Israeli Student Initiative - Dr. D. S. Levin, University of Michigan Slides
14:55	--- Coffee ---
15:15	Observations from University Consortia (until 15:45)
15:15	Association of American Universities - R. Berdahl, President, AAU
15:25	Universities Research Association - F. Bernthal, President, URA
15:35	Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) - Associate Provost A. Lerner, University of Illinois - Chicago
15:45	Possible Funding and Operation Strategies (until 16:15)
15:45	General Foundation Perspectives - Dr. Deborah Derrick, Program Officer, Gates Foundation
16:00	Management Perspectives - Mr. Steven D'Arcy, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
16:15	Open Discussion on Next Steps (until 16:50)

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