Please review the schedule for the 2024 Summit below to help select the sessions, topics and speakers that interest you.
Additional speakers and topics may be added. There may also be shifts in days and times. We hope this schedule helps with travel planning and registration.
Get Printable Schedule (PDF)All times are listed below are Central Time.
Pre-conference Registration
(For pre-registered attendees only)
Learn more about pre-conference activities.
9 AM – noon (check in at 8:30)
Omaha Zoo and Omaha STEM Ecosystem: Centering Community Partnerships
Meet with the Zoo’s scientists to discover ongoing research efforts and relationships with community partners.
9 AM – 2:30 PM (check in at 8:30)
Louis Stokes Regional Center of Excellence for the Study of STEM Interventions (SOSI) Center Pre-conference Opportunities
The SOSI Center offers three pre-conference activities from 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM on April 2.
- Broader Impacts Credentialing Course Preview for Introduction to Critical, Strengths-Based Approaches to Broadening Participation in STEM
- Introduction to Critical, Strengths-Based Theories to Enhance Program Design, Implementation, and Dissemination
- Resources for the Support of Research, Design, Implementation, and Dissemination of Efforts to Broaden Participation in STEM
4:30 – 6:30 PM
Early Registration
7:30 – 9 AM
Registration and Breakfast Buffet
9 – 10:30 AM
Summit Welcome
- Dr. Susan Renoe, ARIS Executive Director, Associate Vice Chancellor, University of Missouri
- Dr. Matthew T. Andrews, Director, Nebraska EPSCoR, Nebraska Innovation Campus
10:30 – 10:45 AM
Break
10:45 – 11:45 AM
Concurrent Sessions
- Broader Impacts in Science Museums: Institutional Structures and Frameworks for Support
Alicia Comer, University of Michigan; Eve Klein, Association of Science & Technology Centers; Cassie Freund, Frost Museum of Science; Denice Blair, Michigan State University Museum - Driving Institutional Transformation to Support Publicly Engaged Research and Broader Impacts
Elyse Aurbach, University of Michigan and Kacy Redd, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities - Explore the ARIS Toolkit and its Application Across Universities
Janice McDonnell, Rutgers University; Sage Lichtenwalner, Rutgers University; Liesl Hotaling, Eidos; Miles McNall, Michigan State University; Matt Johnson, Penn State University; Kathy Hill, Penn State University; Jocelyn Bosley, University of Nebraska; Matthew Dwyer, University of Nebraska; Tisha Gilreath Mullen, University of Nebraska; Yunus D Telliel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kathy Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; and Shakila Merchant, CUNY - Strengthening Community College Partnerships & Pathways for Good Jobs in the Innovation Economy
Shalin Jyotishi, New America
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Lunch Buffet
1 – 2 PM
Facilitated Discussion
National Science Board – U.S. National Science Foundation Merit Review Commission
3:30 – 7:30 PM
Private Event at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
The private Zoo tour, Award Ceremony and Reception is limited to Summit registrants and award winners.
Shuttles will depart the hotel beginning at 3 PM.
6 – 7:30 PM
Awards Ceremony begins with reception to follow
7:30 PM
Buses depart for hotel
7 – 7:45 AM
Chair Yoga for EveryBODY with Tiffany Willoughby
8 – 9:30 AM
Poster Session with Breakfast
9:45 – 11 AM
Keynote
Alicia J. Knoedler, PhD
Head of the Office of Integrative Activities (OIA); U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
11 – 11:30 AM
Break
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Impact Slam
Host: Jocelyn Bosley; University of Nebraska
Join us for the first ever ARIS Impact Slam! Participants will compete to describe their best impact partnerships.
12:15 – 1:15 PM
Lunch Buffet
1:30 – 2:30 PM
Concurrent Sessions
- BI Toolkit Consultation; Honestly, It’s NOT for everyone!
Tiffany Willoughby, University of Texas: Dallas; Leah Bug, North Carolina State University - Building Trust from the Inside Out: The RockEDU Fellows “Sandbox”
Jeanne Garbarino and Jen Bohn, The Rockefeller University - Advancing the Practice and Science of Actionable Knowledge by Assessing Capacity Building Efforts Across Institutions
Kristin Timm, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Kripa Jagannathan, Lawrence Berkeley Lab; James Arnott, Aspen Global Change Institute; Chelsea Combest-Friedman, NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships Program; Leah Nichols, George Mason University, Urooj Raja, Loyola University Chicago; Rebecca Witinok-Huber, University of Wyoming
2:30 – 2:45 PM
Break
2:45 – 3:45 PM
Concurrent Sessions
- Centering Partnerships Through Collaborative Project Management
Michelle Higgins, Jennifer Fields, Cara Shopa, and Alison Meadow, University of Arizona Office of Societal Impact - Cultivating a Culture of Broader Impacts through Early Career Researcher Engagement
Christine Terry and Amanda Carr, University of Missouri - Communicating and Assessing Real-World Impact of Research
Danielle DeCosta and Lauren Adams, AcademyHealth - Field to Classroom: A Virtual Exchange Case Study
Timothy Jacob, Reach the World and Michelle Pratt, U.S. Science Support Program
5:30 – 7:30 PM
Nebraska Science Festival Science Crawl
Explore and learn about science happening in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. This event is hosted by the University of Nebraska Medical Center in conjunction with the Nebraska Science Festival. Join us for the inaugural Old Market Science Crawl for NE SciFest! Stop by any of the locations between for tours, Q&As, self-guided fun and more. Each tours lasts 20 minutes.
Old Market Science Crawl – Nebraska Science Festival
7:00 – 7:30 AM
Zumba
7:30 – 9 AM
Breakfast Buffet
9 – 10 AM
Concurrent Sessions
- Building Program Capacity for Broadening Participation Through an Evidence-based Self-Study Tool
Disan Davis, Alison Slinskey Legg, Jennifer Iriti, and Talia Stol
STEM PUSH Network, University of Pittsburgh - Genuine Disability Allyship for BI Professionals
Sara Kobilka, Renaissance Woman Consulting - AI 4 BI
Jeff Remington, The Penn State Center for Science and the Schools - Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity (GRANTED)
Kim Littlefield, NSF
10 – 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 – 11:30 AM
Closing Keynote
Ellen Iverson, Kristin O’Connell and Ashley Carlson, Carleton College; Janice McDonnell, Rutgers University
2024 Summit Sponsors
The Summit is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant OIA-1810732.