<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Join the effort to shape the Future of Research!</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong>2nd Annual Future of Research Symposium</strong></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong>Register <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/future-of-research-symposium-boston-2015-tickets-18503562654?ref=ebtn" target="_blank">here</a></strong></span></font><br></p></span></div><span><p class="MsoNormal"><strong></strong></p></span><span><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong></strong></span></p></span><div style="text-align:center"><span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">This Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at BU<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Students, postdocs, faculty, administrators all welcome</span><br></p></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">$5 registration provides <b>food</b> and <b>alcohol</b> for 3 days</span><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong></strong></span></p></span></div><span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong><br></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong><br></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong><br></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>PROGRAM</strong><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong><br></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span><span><span><br></span></span></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span><span><span>Thursday, October 22</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span>COM101, BU College Of Communication, 640 Commonwealth Ave.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>3:30p Registration</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>4:00p Opening of the symposium</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>4:30p Panel 1: <span>Defining The Postdoc: A Grassroots Perspective</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>5:45p Panel 2: <span>Defining The Postdoc: A </span>Institutional<span> Perspective</span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>7:00p Networking reception <em>Cornwall’s Pub, 654 Beacon St.</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span><span><span>Friday, October 23</span></span></span></strong></p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span>Jacob Sleeper Auditorium (CGS 129),BU College of General Studies, 871 Comm. Ave.</span></span></p><span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>8:30a Coffee and registration</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>9:00a Keynote: Paula Stephan, “The Economics of the Postdoctoral Position”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>10:00a Panel 3: Academic Data & the Labor Market</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>11:30a Panel 4: Career Paths</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>1:00p Lunch</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span>Move To:<span> </span>COM101, BU College of Communication, 640 Commonwealth Ave.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>2:00p Panel 5: The Role of Early Career Researchers in Publishing</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>3:30p Panel 6: Diversity</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>5:00p Closing remarks</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span><span><span>Saturday, October 24</span></span>: Hack Day</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span>CGS 130, BU College of General Studies, 871 Commonwealth Ave.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>9:00a Coffee and registration </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>10:15a Teams present project pitches </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>1:00p Lunch</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>2:00p Project hacking</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>7:00p Dinner</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>11:00p Project submission </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong>SPEAKERS:</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span>PANEL 1: </span></strong><span>Defining The Postdoc: A Grassroots Perspective</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><em><span>Moderators: Rebeccah Lijek (HMS) & David Riglar (HMS)</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>Abigail Anderson (NYU), Kyle Dolan (U Chicago), Kristin Krukenberg (HMS), Juliet Moncaster (NPA) & Tobias Otto (BDPA)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span>PANEL 2: </span></strong><span>Defining The Postdoc: A </span><span>Institutional<span> Perspective</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><em><span>Moderators: Rebeccah Lijek (HMS) & David Riglar (HMS)</span></em></p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>Cynthia Fuhrmann (UMass Med) James Gould (HMS)Sarah Hokanson (BU)Daniel Jay (Tufts) & Dana Bresee Keeth (MIT)</span></p><span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span>PANEL 3: </span></strong><span>Academic Data & the Labor Market</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><em><span>Moderator: Gary McDowell (Tufts)</span></em></p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>Jonathan Dinman (U Maryland), Eve Marder (Brandeis),Melanie Sinche (Jackson Labs), Paula Stephan (Georgia State), & <span> </span>Michael Teitelbaum (Harvard Law)</span></p><span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span>PANEL 4: </span></strong><span>Career Paths</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><em><span>Moderators: Erica Walsh (BWH) & Cara Weismann (UMass)</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>Sarah Cardozo Duncan (Career Strategist), Tyler Ford (Addgene),<span> </span>Misty Heggeness (NIH), Chris Pickett (ASBMB) & Brian Plosky (Cell Press)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span>PANEL 5: </span></strong><span>The Role of Early Career Researchers in Publishing</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><em><span>Moderators: Sarah Mazzilli (BU) & Karen Carniol (Cell)</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>Heather Fleming
(Broad Institute), Kinga Hosszu (F1000 Americas), Josh Nicholson
(Winnower), Debbie Sweet (Cell) & Marian Walhout (UMass Med)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span>PANEL 6: </span></strong><span>Diversity</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><em><span>Moderator: Jessica Polka (HMS)</span></em></p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span>Moon Duchin (Tufts),Rafael Luna (HMS),Joan Reede (HMS),Alberto Roca (Minority Postdoc) & Jessica Tytell (MASS AWIS)</span></p><span>
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