Agenda

9:00-9:30 a.m. (CDT)

Welcome and Logistics*
Conference goals; opening discussion

9:30-10:30 a.m. (CDT)

Plenary Talk*
C.K. Gunsalus
National Center for Professional and Research Ethics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Inculcating Cultures of Excellence

10:30-11:00 a.m. (CDT)

Break

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (CDT)

Panel Discussion*
Vice Chancellors for Research

• Susan Martinis, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Fred Cate, Indiana University
• Steve Ackerman, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Building, Fostering, and Maintaining Cultures of Excellence in Research in Times of Crises and Beyond

12:00-12:45 p.m. (CDT)

Lunch Break

12:45-1:30 p.m. (CDT)

Discussion Exercise

Facilitator: Alison Kerr

What should institutions do to foster cultures of research excellence and what part could each of us play in this endeavor?

1:30-1:45 p.m. (CDT)

Break

1:45-2:45 p.m. (CDT)

Plenary Talk*

Dena Plemmons
Director of Research Ethics Education Program
University of California Riverside

Using This Moment to Reimagine Best Practices for Meaningful RCR Education

2:45-3:45 p.m. (CDT)

Panel Discussion*
Facilitator: John Baumann, Associate Vice President, Indiana University

Panelists

• Jessica Huber, Associate Dean of Research and Professor, Purdue University
• Shireen Rizvi, Associate Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University
• Greg M. Swain, Professor of Chemistry and Neuroscience Program Member, Michigan State University
• Phillip DeShong, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland

Research in the “New Normal” – Adjusting to In-Person and Socially-Distanced Research

3:45-5:00 p.m. (CDT)

Virtual Coffee and Tea

9:15-9:30 a.m. (CDT)

Welcome and Logistics*

9:30-10:30 a.m. (CDT)

Plenary Talk*
Pilar Ossorio
University of Wisconsin–Madison

RCR and the Dangers of Rushing Research

10:30-10:45 a.m. (CDT)

Break

10:45-11:30 a.m. (CDT)

Big Ten Discussion*

Presenter/Discussion Leader: Kelly Laas, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology

A Draft Declaration of Principles for Research in the Big Ten Academic Alliance: A Challenge to Researchers, Administrators, and Institutional Leaders

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (CDT)

Lunch Break

12:30-1:30 p.m. (CDT)

Plenary Talk
Karen Wehner
Director of the Division of Education & Integrity
Health & Human Services Office of Research Integrity

Fostering Ethical Research and Institutional Resiliency

1:30-1:45 p.m. (CDT)

Break

1:45-2:45 p.m. (CDT)

Big Ten RCR Landscape

Discussion Leaders

• Cecon Mahapatra, Senior Compliance Officer, Purdue University
• Phillip DeShong, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland

Results of the Benchmarking of the BTAA RCR Programs: Where We Go From Here Collectively

2:45-3:30 p.m. (CDT)

Closing Discussion

Facilitator: James Mohler, Research Integrity Officer & Associate, Dean of the Graduate School, Purdue University

Summary of the Big Ten Academic Alliance Action Items and Discussion