2004 PDW: Appendix B: Agenda

Appendix B. Workshop Agenda

POSTDOCTORAL APPOINTMENTS:
Policies and Practices

An NSF Workshop

November 15-17, 2004
National Science Foundation
Arlington, Virginia

Organizers

Robert L. Lichter, Merrimack Consultants, LLC
Joy Frechtling, Westat

Workshop Steering Committee

Timothy Anderson, University of Florida
Keith Micoli, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Miriam Rafailovich, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Robert Sellers, University of Michigan
James Siedow, Duke University

Workshop Writer

Kevin Finneran

Workshop Goal

The goal of the Workshop is to explore and design strategies and measures to clarify the postdoctoral appointment and its role in scientific training by eliciting perspectives from all stakeholders. This effort will inform how NSF can address the quality of postdoctoral appointments—especially aspects intended to improve the preparation of postdoctoral researchers ("postdocs") for professional careers—while discerning and avoiding undesirable and unintended consequences. Because the postdoctorate commonly is the last step before a new scientist, engineer, or educator enters into an independent professional career, and because of the need to strengthen and diversify the scientific and technical workforce and leadership in the United States, attention to the postdoctoral experience represents a particularly important and timely opportunity.

AGENDA
All meeting rooms are in the Stafford I building

*Monday, November 15, 2004*
4:30 p.m.	Workshop participants leave from Hilton Arlington lobby for NSF.
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.	Preworkshop Meeting Session Leaders and Scribes, Plenary Discussion Leaders, Steering Committee, and NSF staff	Room 375
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.	Registration and Welcome Reception
7:00 - 7:15 p.m.	Welcome and Workshop Overview Robert L. Lichter, Merrimack Consultants James Lightbourne, National Science Foundation Joy Frechtling, Westat
7:15 - 7:45 p.m.	Charge to the Workshop James Siedow, Duke University
8:00 - 9:30 p.m.	Breakout Groups by Constituency
	Group 1: Faculty Leader: Vladimir Sloutsky Scribe: Sibrina Collins	Room 375
	Group 2: Academic Administrators Leader: Cliff Attkinson Scribe: Nancy Schwartz	Room 805
	Group 3: Postdoctorals Leader: Geoffrey Bothun Scribe: Jennifer Hoffman	Room 370
	Group 4: Industry, Government, Professional Associations Leader: Tom Arsenlis Scribe: Al Cooper	Room 830
9:30 p.m.	Adjourn for evening

*Tuesday, November 16, 2004*
8:30 - 8.45 a.m.	Instructions and Charge	Room 110
8:45 - 11:00 a.m.	Breakout Groups by Theme Continental breakfast located in each breakout room.
	Group 1: Broadening access Leader: Raymond Clark Scribe: Ashanti Pyrtle	Room 110
	Group 2: Facilitating transitions into and out of the postdoctorate Leader: Pamela Martin Scribe: Jonathan Wiest	Room 830
	Group 3: Providing mechanisms for enhancing development and choices of careers during the postdoctorate Leader: Rebecca Zufall Scribe: John Zak	Room 805
	Group 4: Enhancing standards of professional and personal living Leader: Vivien Zapf Scribe: Philip Clifford	Room 370
11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m.	Breakout Group Reports Moderator: John Dennehy	Room 110
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch	Room 110
1:30 p.m. 2:15 p.m.	Plenary Discussion Moderator: Keith Micoli	Room 110
2:15 2:30 p.m.	Break
2:30 3:15 p.m.	Breakout Groups
	Groups 1 and 2 Joint Session Facilitators: Cynthia Arrigo, Andrew Szeri	Room 110
	Groups 3 and 4 Joint Session Facilitators: Alyson Reed, Matthew Owens	Room 1235
3:15 4:00 p.m.	Breakout Groups
	Groups 1 and 3 Joint Session Facilitators: Geoffrey Davis, Ray Gamble	Room 110
	Groups 2 and 4 Joint Session Facilitators: John Bunge, James Voytuk	Room 1235
4:00 4:15 p.m.	Break
4:15 5:00 p.m.	Breakout Groups
	Groups 2 and 3 Joint Session Facilitators: W. Christopher Hollinsed, James Mitchell	Room 110
	Groups 1 and 4 Joint Session Facilitators: Walter Oechel, Susan Ganter	Room 1235
5:00 5:45 p.m.	Breakout Groups Reconvene by initial theme to revise/refine comments to NSF.
	Group 1: Broadening access Leader: Walter Bollenbacher Scribe: D. Ron Webb	Room 110
	Group 2: Facilitating transitions into and out of postdoctorate Leader: Francis D. Tuggle Scribe: Brian Wampler	Room 830
	Group 3: Providing mechanisms for enhancing development and choices of careers during the postdoctorate Leader: Samuel Howerton Scribe: Tim Elgren	Room 805
	Group 4: Enhancing standards of professional and personal living Leader: Crispin Taylor Scribe: Anthony González	Room 370
6:00 8:30 p.m.	Meeting of Reporters (Working Dinner prepare breakout group reports)	Room 1235
Evening	Dinner on your own for other workshop attendees

*Wednesday, November 17, 2004*
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.	Continental breakfast	Room 110
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.	Breakout Group Reports Moderator: Laurel Haak	Room 110
9:00 10:30 a.m.	Plenary Discussion Revised Policy Deliberations Moderator: Robert Sellers
10:30 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 12:00 p.m.	Plenary Discussion Final Comments to NSF, Summary, and Next Steps Moderator: Tim Anderson
12:00 p.m.	Announcements, Acknowledgments, and Adjournment
12:30 p.m.	Meeting of Steering Committee and Kevin Finneran	Room 110