If you have not yet registered for the SRA Western Section Annual meeting in Coeur d’Alene, it isn’t too late!  You can still register on-site!  Next week we launch our research administrators’ rendezvous of knowledge.  In addition to our Keynote and Award Speakers;  Dr. Warren Browner speaking on “In Search of the Fountain: The Genetics of Human Longevity” and Mary Woolley from Research!America, look at what is in store for you! 

 “Performance Management in Research Administration – Can You Use it in Your Job?”  Will be presented by Geoff Grant from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.  It is a session you won’t want to miss.  Additionally:   

 
Executive Administration and Leadership

All day Leadership Retreat April 30th with facilitator Fran Ulmer
Experts, Entrepreneurs and Conflicts of Interest
Moving Up:  Lessons Learned
How Globalization Will Change the Clinical Research Industry
Bridging the Gap Between Research and Technology Commercialization
Managing Workplace Catastrophe
Administrative Innovations to Accelerate Translational Research
Strategic Planning
Finding Grant Management Solutions for Small Grantees
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Update
International Trade in Arms and Export Regulation
Venture Capital Funding of Academic/Institutional Start Up Companies
Secrets of Developing a Classified Research Program

 

People New to Research Administration

NIH Fundamentals
Fundamentals of Research Administration
OMB Circular A-110
Intellectual Property Primer
Office of Management and Budget Update
Bumps in the Road
Beyond Humor
Property and Inventory Basics
Sponsor Updates
NSF Fastlane Workshop
Fundamentals in Government Contracting
Panel of Federal and Institutional Experts – Ask your questions
OMB Circular A-21

 

Pre Award Administrators

Grants.gov Workshop
NIH Update
NSF Update
ONR Update
Faculty and Administrator Relations:  Don’t They Realize I Am on Their Side?
OMB Update
Pre-Award Process and Budget Planning
Contracts A to Z
National Lab/Institutional Collaborations
Results of NIH Funded Research Study in Best ERA Practices
Subcontracting
Administrative Collaborations in Global Research
Clinical Trial Budgeting and Management
Bumps in the Road
Performance Management for the Sharp Hearted Research Administrator

 

Post Award Fiscal Administrators

Logistics of PI Transfers
Employee vs. Independent Contractor
OMB Update
Introduction to Fringe Benefits
Effort Reporting
Space Utilization Surveys
FDP Update
Property and Inventory Basics
Service Centers- What Do You Need to Know?
Cost Sharing
Subcontracting with Foreign Entities
Panel of Federal and Institutional Experts – Special Session on Cost Principles

 

Departmental Administrators

DA 201 Series Including:
Management Principles
Financial Reporting
Engaged Management
Financial Planning and Shadow Accounting
Compliance for Departmental Administrators
Cost Sharing

 

Compliance Officers

Mitigating Risk in Research Administration
Effort Reporting
Building and Training an IRB for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Panel of Federal and Institutional Experts
Entrepreneurs and Conflicts of Interest
It Takes a Village to Manage a Conflict of Interest
Space Utilization Surveys
Vulnerable Populations
Training Programs:  Designing Implementing and Updating
Compliance for Departmental Administrators
International Trade in Arms and Export regulations
Developing Clinical Trial Agreements

 

Hands on Computer Lab: Brush Up on Your Software Skills and Find New Electronic Business Methods

Access Fundamentals
Creating Graphics, Charts and Presentations Using Excel
Grants.gov Workshop
Adobe:  Creating Forms for Electronic Communications
Powerpoint Presentations for the Beginner
Results of NIH Funded Research Study in Best ERA Practices
Excel Basics
Paperless Sponsored Research – Preparing for Organizational Change
Expanding Your Outlook
SPAM I Am Not
NSF Fastlane Workshop

 

Networking Opportunities

Sunday, May 1st Newcomer’s Reception
May 1st Opening Reception – the “Rendezvous”.  (Wear your best mountain man/woman getups to whoop it up!)
Monday Afternoon Chapter Meetings
Monday Evening Commercial Reception on the floating boardroom on Lake Coeur d”Alene
Tuesday Morning Breakfast Roundtable Discussions
Tuesday Evening Dinner Group Sign-Ups
Monday and Tuesday Evening Hospitality Suite (With a Fishing Pool for Prizes)
Geezers meeting (You know who you are) 

Join Us for a fun-filled learning experience.  “Coeur of Learning, Heart of Leadership, Core of Knowledge”  In the beautiful setting at the edge of Coeur D’Alene Lake.  See www.srawestern.org for more information.

Cindy Kiel
SRA Western Section President
 
Andrea Comley
SRA Western Section President Elect and Meeting Chair

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