As announced in an earlier message, the inaugural meeting of the Allegheny Chapter of SRA will be meeting in Pittsburgh at Allegheny General Hospital on Friday, August 21st, 1998.  You do not have to be a member of the national SRA to attend.  Conference fees (including meals and refreshment breaks) is only $35 in advance and $40 the day of the conference.  The optional walking tour of the National Aviary is an additional $4.00.  Seating is limited to 100 participants, so please get your registration in right away.  Time is running out!!

The agenda is shown below.   More information along with the registration form can be found at the SRA home page located at http://sra.rams.com

Allegheny Chapter SRA
Agenda for Inaugural Meeting
August 21st, 1998

8:00 - 9:00     Registration, Continental Breakfast, Networking

9:00 - 10:00    Opening Plenary Session
 Speaker:  Mr. Bill Schweri, President, SRA International
 *Why SRA?*

10:00 - 10:15   Morning Networking Refreshment Break

10:15 - 11:45   Morning Concurrent Sessions

 Topic:          NSF Fast Lane
 Speaker:        JoAnn Parsons, Penn State Univ.

 Topic:          Dealing with Difficult People
 Speaker:        Tracy Fuller, Quality Resource Center, AGH

 Topic:          Fundamentals of Clinical Trials
 Speaker:        Karen Becker, Director of Clinical Trials &                                                    Regulatory Affairs, AUHS

 Topic:          Space Allocation Policy Development: A      Case Study
 Speaker:        Michael Lanner, Director, ORA, Beth Israel  Deaconess Hospital

11:45 - 12:00   Assemble for Roundtable Discussions in Dining Area

12:00 - 1:00    Luncheon

1:00 - 1:15     Mid-Day Networking Break

1:15 - 2:45     Afternoon Concurrent Sessions

 Topic:          Overview of Electronic Research             Administration
 Speaker:        Kenneth Forstmeier, Assoc. Dir. of          Sponsored Programs for ERA, Penn State

 Topic:          Career Development in Research              Administration
 Speaker:        Jennifer Morgan, Director, Office of Grants                                                  & Contracts, AUHS

 Topic:          Regulatory Compliance
 Speaker:        Michael Crouch, Director, Office of Grants &                                                Contracts, University of Pittsburgh

 Topic:          Grant Budgeting Basics
 Speaker:        Rebecca Claycamp, Assoc. Dean, Dept. of     Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh

2:45 - 3:00     Afternoon Networking Refreshment Break

3:00 - 4:00     Closing Plenary Session - Business Meeting
 Agenda Items:
 Election of Officers
 Presentation and Discussion of Chapter Bylaws
 Committee Functions
 Discussion of issues concerning future meetings

4:00 - 5:00     Guided Walking Tour of the National Aviary (optional)

Please come and join us!!  And for those of you who like to wait until the last minute... it's here, folks!!  Hope to see you on August 21st!

-Jennifer Morgan
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Jennifer Morgan
Director of Sponsored Programs
Office of Grants & Contracts
Allegheny Campus
Allegheny Univ. of the Health Sciences
One Allegheny Center, Suite 880
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  15212
412-359-1523 (voice)
412-359-1556 (fax)
xxxxxx@pgh.auhs.edu