NORDP NE held their Summer Meeting on Thursday, July 25th at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA. A big shout out and thank you to our hosts at WPI, especially Antje Harnisch, who served on the planning committee and presented at the meeting. Over fifty RD professionals from around Region 1 attended, accompanied by visitors from Region 2. The agenda from the meeting is below, along with a couple of select slide decks. Thanks to all who attended!
| TIME | SUBJECT/TOPIC | PRESENTER/LOCATION |
| 8:45 – 9:15 | Registration/ Continental Breakfast | Odeum A, Campus Center |
| 9:15 – 9:30 | Welcome | Amy Gantt, NORDP NE Chair and Jeralyn Haraldsen, NORDP NE Chair-Elect and NORDP Member Services Committee |
| 9:30 – 10:30 | Welcome and Panel Discussion: WPI’s Institutional Engagement Model | Institutional Engagement |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | Lightning Talks: Project Management in Research Development | Facilitated by Anne Maglia, UMass Lowell
– Anne Maglia: Work Breakdown Structures |
| 11:45 – 12:45 | Lunch | |
| 12:45 – 1:15 | NORDP NE News and Updates | – Amy Gantt, NORDP NE Chair – Kathy Cataneo, NORDP Board Member – Jeralyn Haraldsen, NORDP NE Chair Elect and NORDP Member Services Committee |
| 1:15 – 2:15 | Jim Kurose, NSF Assistant Director, Directorate of Computer and Information Science (CISE) | National Science Foundation Programmatics and Activities |
| 2:30 – 3:30 | Discussion & Brainstorming: Research Intelligence, faculty profiles, and information management | Facilitated by Mark Milutinovich, University of New Hampshire, and Loren Walker, UMass Amherst |
| 3:30 – 4:30 | Activity & Discussion: Areas of Strength at NORDP NE Institutions | Facilitated by Amy Gantt, Tufts University, and Jeralyn Haraldsen, University of Vermont |
| 4:30 | Reception | Onsite at WPI with cash bar |
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