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All ADEC Meeting
Renaissance Seattle Hotel
Seattle, Washington
April 25-27, 2007


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Wed., April 25 Pre-Meetings
10:00 AM -
4:00 PM

Tribal College and Reservation Education Leaders Meeting (Columbia Room)
Conveners:

  • James Rattling Leaf, Director, Tribal Sustainability Program, Sinte Gleska University

  • Randy Ross, Northwest American Indian Development, Lynnwood, WA
1:00-4:00

Strategic Iniative Meetings as Called by Chairs

  • Innovation: Technology and Pedagogy (Marion Room)
    Chair: Dave King, Department Head, Extension & Experiment Station Communications, Oregon State University

  • Digital Infrastructure (Room 526 - 5th Floor)
    Chair: Ken Spelke, Associate Dean for Information & Research, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois

  • Disaster Prepardness / Academic Continuity
    (Executive Conference Room)
    Chair: Jeff Poley, Technical Advisor, ADEC
 

ADEC Board of Directors Meeting and Dinner (Madison Room)

  • Presiding: John Kelly, Chair, ADEC Board of Directors, Vice President for Public Service and Agriculture, Clemson University
5:00-6:00

Discussion of National Digital Library of Agriculture

  • Peter Young, Director, National Agricultural Library, and Linda Eells, Head, Entomology, Fisheries and Wildlife Library, University of Minnesota

Download Peter Young's PowerPoint
Download Peter Young's Panel PowerPoint
Download Linda Eells' PowerPoint

6:00-6:45 Dinner Served (Board & Guests)
6:45-8:00 ADEC Board Member Meeting
   
Thurs., April 26  
7:00-8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast (Superior/Municipal Room)

  • Members can set up displays of online offerings including posters and handouts.
8:00-8:30 Welcome (Superior/Municipal Room)
  • Presiding: John Kelly, Chair, ADEC Board of Directors, Vice President for Public Service and Agriculture, Clemson, University

  • Welcome: Daniel J. Bernardo, Dean, College of Agriculture, Human, and Natural Resources Sciences, Washington State University
8:30-9:00 Keynote Plenary: Access, Success and Innovation(Superior/Municipal Room)
  • Chair: Samuel E. Smith, President Emeritus, Washington State University - University Online Leadership Project (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation)
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  • Deborah Wilds, President and COO, College Success Foundation (formerly with Gates Foundation and ACE) - CSF Mentoring and Achievers Program
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9:00-10:00
  • Moshe Vardi, Professor in Computational Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Rice University - formerly IBM and co-Chair of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Task Force on Globalization of Software - Impact of Offshoring on Innovation and Human Resources
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10:00-11:00 Break
11:00 AM -
12:00 PM

Planery: Web 2.0: Democratizing Innovation (Superior/Municipal Room)

  • Chair: Dave King

  • Presenter: Chester Bateman, Grassroots Learning Project, College of Education, Oregon State University
12:00-1:00 PM

Lunch (Superior/Municipal Room)

1:00-2:00

Plenary: Teaching, Learning and Technology (Superior/Municipal Room)

  • Chair: Matthew Mitchell, Senior Associate for Community Technology, Washington State University

  • Krishna Madhavan, Assistant Professor of Engineering & Science Education and Director, Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN), Clemson University

  • Tom Lewis, Director, Catalyst Research & Development, Learning & Scholarly Technologies, University of Washington
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  • Elizabeth Kellison, Director of Programs, Web Junction
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2:00-3:00

Plenary: Collaboration for Quality and Impact(Superior/Municipal Room)

  • Chair: Frank Mayadas, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Academic Continuity and Disaster Prepardness

Adapting the Sloan-C Survey

Making the Difference with HBCUs

  • Daniel Godfrey, HBCU Coordinator, ADEC

NSAULGC Project

  • Mortimer Neufville, Executive Vice President, NASULGC; and Muriel Oaks, Dean, Center for Distance & Professional Education, Washington State University
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innovation and Case Studies

  • Dave King
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-4:00

Plenary: Revitalizing Activities with Tribal Colleges and American Indian Education Programs (Superior/Municipal Room)

  • James Rattling Leaf and Randy Ross
4:00-5:00

Plenary: Technology Research and Development for Rural and Remote communities (Superior/Municipal Room)

5:00-5:45

Plenary: University of Florida College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences - Local, National and International (Superior/Municipal Room)

  • Chair: Ian Tebbett, Professor and Director, Forensic Science Program, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida

  • Lynnette Helmle, Senior Vice President, DigiScript

  • Ken Hall, Director of Operations, DigiScript
5:45-6:30 Break
6:30-9:00

ADEC Award Presentations (Visions Room)
Receptoins/Heavy Appetizers - Pasta Buffet

  • Presiding: John Kelly

  • Awards Chair: Thayne Dutson, Dean, Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University

  • Tribute to Kevin Hayes: Don Poucher, Assistant Vice President, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida

  • Exemplary Service Awards: Janet Poley, President and CEO, ADEC

  • Bill Murphy Barrier Buster Awards: Janet Poley

  • Excellence in Distance Education Awards: Thayne Dutson
    • Excellence Presentation: Mississippi State University Download PowerPoint
    • Excellence Presentation: New Mexico State University

  • Irving Award: Thayne Dutson
   
Fri., April 27  
7:00-8:00 AM Continental Breakfast (Superior/Municipal Room)
8:00-8:30

ADEC Business Meeting (Superior/Municipal Room)

  • Presiding: Thayne Dutson
8:30-10:00

Plenary: Developing Global Partnerships and Initiatives (Superior/Municipal Room)

India Knowledge Initiative and African Initiative

Western Hemisphere Initiative/IICA

  • Chair: Renán Agüero, Alvarado, Coordinator, e-Learning Project, School of Agronomy, University of Costa Rica

  • Jose Ramirez, IICA

  • Antonio Flores, Director, e-Learning Center, Zamorano University

  • Other Western Hemisphere Attendees
    Download Glenn Galloway's PowerPoint
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:15

Plenary: Report from the ADEC China Team (Superior/Municipal Room)

  • Chair: Dave King

  • Jeanne Gleason, Professor, Executive Producer and Director of Media Productions, New Mexico State University

  • Bob Rubinyi, Portal Manager, Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Minnesota

  • Roger Terry, Interim Director, IANR Communications and Information Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
11:15 AM -
12:00 PM

Plenary: Collaboration - Digital Assets and Repositories (Superior/Municipal Room)

  • Chair: Ken Spelke

  • Peter Young, Director, National Agricultural Library

  • Linda Eells, Head, Entomology, Fisheries and Wildlife Library, University of Minnesota

  • Nicholas P. Lovrich, Director, Division of Governmental Studies and Services (DGSS), Washington State University
12:00-1:00 Box Lunch and Bus to University of Washington
1:00-3:00

Field Trip
(bus transportation to University of Washington)

Tour of computer Science and Engineering

  • Henry M. Levy, Chairman and Wissner-Slivka Chair, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington

Tour of Research Channel

  • Tim Lorang, Director of Membership and Production Services, Research Channel
3:00 PM Meeting Adjourns
(Return to hotel by bus)
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