Research Collaboration and Safeguards Workshop
This is an invitation-only workshop on initiating and safeguarding our research partnerships. Registration is complimentary, but seating is limited and available first come, first serve.
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Agenda
| 7:30 – 8:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast and registration | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Costas Spirou Interim Chief Academic Officer, University System of Georgia |
| 8:05 a.m. | Overview of Research Security | Chaouki Abdallah, Ph.D. Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech |
| 8:20 a.m. | Research Security: Present and Future | Sarah Stalker-Lehoux
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| 9:25 a.m. | Department of Defense Fundamental Research Risk Reviews | Bindu Nair, Ph.D. Deputy Director for Basic Research, U.S. Department of Defense |
| 10:25 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:55 a.m. | Safeguarding Science: Addressing the Convergence of Emerging Technologies | Supervisory Special Agent Ed You Federal Bureau of Investigations |
| 11:30 a.m. | FBI Case Study | |
| Noon | Networking lunch | |
| 1:40 p.m. | In the Spotlight: A Closer Look at the U.S. Federal Government’s Scrutiny of Research Institutions | Adria Perez, J.D. Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend |
| 2:30 p.m. | Integrating Security and Why it Matters | Andrew Scott, Ph.D., Executive Director, and Christina "Tina" Falter, ISP Facility Security Officer, Alabama A&M RISE Foundation |
| 3:15 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Georgia Tech Federal Relations Perspective | Robert Knotts Executive Director, Federal Relations, Georgia Tech |
| 4:15 p.m. | Lightning Talks: Partnerships with HBCUs - John Rosenthall, Tougaloo College Emory to Lead NSF-Funded SECURE Southeast Center: Enhancing Research Security and International Collaboration - Deepika Bhatia, Emory University What It Takes for Exceptional Research Security Export Control Program at Georgia Tech - Al Concord, Sheila Cranman, Dannie Lyvers, Georgia Tech | Moderated by Lew Lefton, Ph.D., Emeritus Associate Vice President of Research Computing |
| 5:00 p.m. | Closing remarks | Tim Lieuwen, Ph.D. Interim Executive Vice President of Research, Georgia Tech |
