The Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable convened a workshop for its membership and invited guests to discuss novel public-private-academic partnerships across the research enterprise. The workshop considered current and proposed multi-sector partnerships that enhance science and technology innovation, national security, and national prosperity, and discussed the motives, responsibilities, concerns, and objectives that bring institutions to the table to pursue and sustain partnership.

By convening experts from across sectors and disciplines to discuss the needs and opportunities of the next era of S&T partnerships, GUIRR provided a forum for dialogue on policy priorities by leaders across the research enterprise.

This meeting is for GUIRR members and invited guests. Please contact guirr@nas.edu if you have questions about attendance.

Agenda and Speakers

Tuesday, June 28
Reception - NAS Terrace (5:00-6:30pm ET)
Dinner - NAS Great Hall (6:30-8:00pm ET)
Keynote - Kim Budil, Director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Wednesday, June 29
Opening remarks (9:00-9:15am ET)
Al Grasso, GUIRR Industry Co-Chair and Past President of the MITRE Corporation
Darryll Pines, GUIRR University Co-Chair and President of the University of Maryland

Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships at the National Science Foundation (9:15-10:45am ET)
Gracie Narcho, Deputy Assistant Director for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships at the National Science Foundation
Jeff Welser, Vice President of IBM Research at the Almaden Lab
John Beieler, S&T Director at the Office of the Director for National Intelligence
Susan Martinis, Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Partnerships to Advance Health AI Research (11:00-11:35am ET)
John Baldoni, Founder of the ATOM Research Alliance

NASA's Public-Private Partnerships (11:35am-12:15pm ET)
Phil McAlister, Director of the Commercial Spaceflight Division for Space Operations at NASA

Lunch (12:15-1:15pm ET)

Partnerships to Drive Digital Transformation (1:15-2:30pm ET)
Deborah Stokes, Leader and Senior Consultant for External Research at Dell Technologies
Kendra Ketchum, Vice President for Information Management and Technology at the University of Texas at San Antonio
Laurie Locascio, Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Partnerships for Increasing Semiconductor Manufacturing Competitiveness (3:00-4:15pm ET)
Grace Wang, Executive Vice President for Research, Innovation and Knowledge at The Ohio State University
Gabriela Cruz Thompson, Director of University Research Collaboration at Intel Labs
Eric Evans, Director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory