Destination Discovery 2005
March 23-24, 2005
Scholars and scientists from throughout the state will
again be heading to Binghamton's 887-acre campus this
spring for a major research symposium. The event, Destination
Discovery '05--Across the Disciplines: Research Policies,
Practice and Promise, is scheduled over two days-March
23 and 24, 2005. It is aimed at facilitating faculty
research opportunities and at spurring broad-based,
statewide increases in sponsored research and scholarship,
synergistic collaborations between institutions, and
industry-university partnerships.
The symposium is expected to attract about 400 participants.
It will again include updates on funding trends from
many of the nation's premiere research funding agencies
and will include informative sessions presented by noted
experts who can illuminate and bring focus to discussions
of research policies, practices and opportunities, while
giving participants the chance to explore ways to enhance
the success of their individual and collaborative research
projects.
An opening day keynote session is expected to feature
Senator Charles Schumer, who will talk on the ties between
academic research across the disciplines and jobs,
homeland security and economic
vitality. Representatives from the National Science
Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
and the U.S. Department
of Energy, among others,
will participate in a plenary national funding trend
session. Federal agency representatives and select
academic administrators and faculty from throughout
the state will also participate in focused breakout sessions
throughout the afternoon of March 23 and on the morning
of March 24.
An exciting breakout event to run in conjunction with
the symposium is also being planned. A sort of combined
poster session, trade show, science fair, the event
will be called the 'Synervations' Expo. The word
"synervations" is arrived at by combining "synergy" and
"innovations," something the Expo will invite participants
to do. It will showcase working displays, prototypes and demonstrations
of technologies, applications, or ideas that sprang
from or can be further advanced by synergies developed
across the traditional internal and external bounds
of academe. An event reception is also planned in conjunction
with the Synervations Expo on March 23.
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