Plenary Session I
Speaker: Gregory Triplett, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
Welcome Remarks: Shirley M. Malcom, Director, EHR Programs, AAAS
Jim Lewis, Assistant Director (Acting), EHR, NSF
Dawn Tilbury, Assistant Director, Directorate for Engineering (ENG), NSF
Willie Rockward, NSBP President Elect, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Dual-Degree Engineering, Morehouse College
Quincy Brown, AAAS Program Director, EHR and Lead, HBCU Making & Innovation Showcase
Plenary Session II: Panel on the State of STEM Research in Hurricane Areas and Lessons Learned
Panelists: Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, Executive Director of Ciencia Puerto Rico and Yale University
Camille McKayle, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, University of the Virgin Islands
Kenneth Boutte, Professor of Biology, Xavier University
Welcome: Claudia Rankins, Program Director, NSF, EHR
Moderator and Opening Remarks: Juan Ramirez-Lugo, President of the AAAS Caribbean Division of Biology, UPR-Rio Piedras
Plenary Session III
Speaker: Dana Bolles, Payload Logistics Lead, NASA Ames Bioscience Division, NASA Ames Research Center
Moderator: James Stith, Vice President Emeritus, American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Plenary Session IV: Awards Banquet
Award Presentations
Keynote Speaker: Jedidah Isler, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Astrophysics at Vanderbilt University & Creator and Host of Vanguard: Conversations with Women of Color in STEM and STEM en Route to Change
Welcome Remarks and Moderator: Shirley M. Malcom, Director, EHR Programs, AAAS