Monday, May 21

Breakfast - (7:00 – 8:30 am)

"Introduction and Opening” – (8:30 – 9:00 am)

     Dr. Wayne Ranbom, 2012 Chair, CCR Governing Board

Plenary Session 2 “Challenges in Agiculture” – (9:00 - 11:00pm)

    Michael R. Ladisch, Distinguished Prof of Ag & Biological Eng, Purdue
    Dr. Bobby D. Moser, Dean & VP for Agriculture Admin, Ohio State
    Dr. Cathie Woteki, Under Sec. for Research, Education, and Economics, USDA Dr.

Break

Plenary Session 3 “Agriculture Industry Panel and Q&A” – ( 11:20 am – 1:00 pm)

     Dr. John Bedbrook, VP of Ag and Nutrition, DuPont
     Dr. Nevin McDougall, SVP for biotechnology, BASF
     Dr. Steve Padgette, VP for biotechnology, Monsanto
     TBD – Dow Chemical
     TBD – Bayer
     TBD – Institue for Paper Chemistry

Remarks – (1:00 – 1:30 pm)

     Dr. Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, 2012 President, ACS

Lunch & Research Collaboration Award Presentation – (1:30 – 2:30 pm)

Action Networks Business Meetings – (2:30 – 3:00 pm)

     Research Investment
     Research Collaboration
     Graduate Education

Federal Funding Agency Forum – (3:00 – 6:00pm)

    NSF – Chemistry – Dr. Matt Platz (invited)
    NSF – Chemical Engineering – Dr. John McGrath (invited)
    NSF – Engineering Directives – Dr. Tom Peterson (invited)

Break

    DOE – Basic Energy Science - Dr. John Miller
    DOE – Advanced Manufacturing Program – Leo Christodoulou
    USDA – TBD
    NIH – Dr. Jerry Lee

Networking Time  (6:00 – 7:00 pm)

Pruitt Award Presentation, Dinner & Tour at the Henry Ford Museum


Tuesday, May 22

Breakfast – (7:30 – 8:30 am)

Plenary Session 4 “Challenges in Energy” – (8:00 – 11:30 am)

     Dr. Abdelhadi Sahnoune, ExxonMobil
     Dr. John Miller, Chem-, Geo-, and Bio-Sciences, BES, DOE
     Dr. Joe Powell, Chief Scientist Chemical Engineering, Shell (invited)

Break

     Dr. Brent Shanks, Director/co-Founder NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable
     Chemicals (CBiRC)
     Dr. David Bem, Global Director for R&D, Dow Chemical

Remarks – (12:00 – 12:30 pm)

     Dr. David Rosenthal, 2012 President, AIChE

Lunch & CCR Business Meeting – (12:30 – 1:30 pm)

Action Networks Breakout Sessions (1:30 – 2:30pm)

     Research Investment
     Research Collaboration
     Graduate Education

Plenary Session 5 “Challenges in Human Health” (2:30 – 5:30)

     Dr. Jean Tom, Director of Process R&D, Bristol-Myers Squibb
     Dr. Helen Winkle, Director, Office of Pharmaceutical Scence, FDA
     Dr. Larry Gold, Chairman & CEO, SomaLogic

Break

     Dr. Larry Nagahara, Director, Office of Physical Sciences, Oncology, NCI

Action Networks Reports – (5:30 – 6:00 pm)

Reception – (6:30 – 7:00 pm)

Malcolm E. Pruitt Dinner – (7:00 – 9:00pm)

After-Dinner Speaker
Dr. Martin Yarmush, Professor, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers