2018 UC Research Facilitators 3-Day Workshop
April 18 - 20, 2018 | UC San Diego Campus
Campus Location:
Daily workshops will be held in the Rady School of Management, Otterson Hall, 2nd-floor Multi-Purpose Room (Across from Peet's Coffee on Hopkins Drive - street level)
Agenda
Workshops will be held - Weds 9 AM - 4:30 pm, Thurs: 8:45 AM-4:30 PM, Fri: 8:45 AM-12:00 PM
*Please Note About Meals: Conference hotel (Sheraton) does not include breakfast in their daily rate, but we will be providing a complete breakfast each day! We will try to provide a variety of options to choose from at each meal, however, if you have strict dietary requirements, feel free to bring breakfast and/or lunch and snacks with you!
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Time * (all times are estimates) |
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018 |
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| Breakfast | 8:30 - 9:00 | ||
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Opening Remarks
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9:00 - 9:50 | ||
| Attendee Introductions | 9:50 - 10:00 | ||
| Break | 10:00 - 10:15 | ||
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Introduction to Research Facilitation Claire Mizumoto (San Diego) |
Presentation/ Activity | 10:15 - 11:15 | |
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Building Your Team Claire Mizumoto (San Diego) - moderator Panel presentation with Patrick Schmitz (Berkeley), Jeff Weekley (Merced), and Scott Friedman (Los Angeles) on their experience building and being a part of a research facilitation team |
Panel | 11:15 - 12:00 | |
| Break: Group Photo, email, bio, grab lunch | 12:00 - 12:30 | ||
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Understanding the UC landscape to optimize research support with an emphasis on Research IT Committee (RITC) Valerie Polichar (Co-Chair, RITC) How can this group coalesce to continue to leverage each other after the workshop? |
Presentation / Activity |
12:30 - 1:30 (continue eating lunch) |
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Professionalization of Research Support Roles Patrick Schmitz (Berkeley) Introduction |
Presentation/ Activity |
1:30 - 2:30 | |
| Break | 2:30 - 2:45 | ||
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SAGE2 (Scalable Amplified Graphics Environment) Jeff Weekley (Merced) |
Presentation | 2:45 - 3:30 | |
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Tour (Leave meeting site for the day) Onsite at the Qualcomm Institute for a tour of the SunCAVE. We’ll leave our meeting site and walk ~10 minutes to QI |
Tour | 3:30 - 4:30 | |
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Reception Hosted appetizers, no-host beer/wine: Faculty Club (patio) |
4:45 - 6:00 | ||
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No-host group dinner Rock Bottom (across the major street from the Sheraton) (http://www.rockbottom.com/locations/la-jolla) |
6:30 | ||
| Thursday, April 19, 2018 |
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| Breakfast | 8:30 - 9:00 | ||
| Opening & Reflections from the Day Before | Discussion | 8:45 - 9:00 | |
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Effective Communication: How to Talk to Researchers about Their Research Henry Neeman, Asst. VP, Information Technology/ Director OU Supercomputer Center for Education & Research |
Presentation | 9:00 - 10:00 | |
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Getting Involved at the National Level ACI-REF: Erin Shaw (USC) |
Panel | 10:00 - 11:00 | |
| Break | 11:00 - 11:15 | ||
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What’s It Like To Run a Research Team? Cyd Burrows-Schilling (San Diego), moderator Mixed panel with Prof. Nadir Weibel, (Assoc. Research Prof., Computer Science & Engineering), Rick McCosh (Postdoc, Reproductive Medicine), Julia Busch (Grad Student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
Panel | 11:15 - 12:15 | |
| Break: email, bio, grab lunch | 12:15 - 12:45 | ||
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How to Do an Intake Interview & Speed Dating Claire Mizumoto (San Diego) Effective communication & practicing the intake interview |
Presentation/ Activity |
12:45-1:45 (continue eating lunch) |
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| Break | 1:45 - 2:00 | ||
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How Do You Fit in the Big Picture? Claire Mizumoto (San Diego) Scoping Your Focus: Whom do you affect? Who are your partners? Who are your challenges? Who are your influences? |
Activity | 2:00 - 2:45 | |
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Working Within the UC Facilitator Community Patrick Schmitz (Berkeley) Building off earlier sessions on 1) the UC Research IT Committee, 2) the National Level Orgs, and 3) Professionalization of Research Support Roles, get and give ideas for growth and development opportunities for you and your team |
Presentation / Discussion | 2:45 - 3:45 | |
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PRP John Graham (PRP) The Pacific Research Platform: John is a Systems Integration Engineer who will talk about the PRP and the Nautilus Hypercluster for multi-institutional collaboration |
Presentation | 3:45 - 4:30 | |
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No-host Group Dinner Leucadia Pizzeria (we’ll carpool and help to get folks to/from) (http://www.leucadiapizzalajolla.com) |
6:00 | ||
| Friday, April 20, 2018 |
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| Breakfast | 8:30 - 9:00 | ||
| Opening & Reflections from the Day Before | Discussion | 8:45 - 9:00 | |
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Grant Proposals 101 & Grant Writing Seminar Experience Henry Neeman (University of Oklahoma) Grant proposal basics and some tips and tricks from a recent Proposal Writing Apprenticeship |
Presentation | 9:00 - 10:00 | |
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Grant Proposal Activities Jeff Weekley (Merced) Experiences, how to get involved |
Discussion | 10:00 - 10:30 | |
| Break | 10:30 - 10:45 | ||
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Developing a Plan of Attack & Going Forward -
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Full Group Discussion |
10:45 - 11:45 (11:15 Box Lunches) |
Going Forward Document from last year |
| {Wrap -up} | 11:45 - 12:00 | ||
Remote Participation
We will be using Zoom to host our remote participants. You may be prompted to download a small application.
The URL to join is: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/3435202759
Meeting ID: 343 520 2759
Opt for computer audio, or to phone in use one of these numbers:
+1 669 900 6833
+1 646 558 8656
You will be prompted to enter your Participant ID, which will be displayed in a pop-up once you point to the meeting URL.
Please mute your microphone or phone upon entry and use the chat window to enter your name and campus affiliation, for example, 'Susan Jones (UCLA)'
Parking Information
Attendees will want to park in the Hopkins Parking Structure. Visitor parking rate is $20 per day. Visitors from campuses other than UC, please read this Visitor Parking Information.
Reciprocal Parking Privileges for UC Attendees:
If you hold an active parking permit to any of the UC campuses, please read this information about Reciprocal Parking Privileges. Be sure to bring your permit and ID.
Directions to Hopkins Parking Structure:
From hotel: Take Villa La Jolla Drive north to Gilman, turn right. Turn left onto Voigt Drive. Turn right to stay on Voigt Drive and continue straight onto Voigt Lane. The garage will be on the right.
From the airport: Take I5 north to Gilman Drive, turn left onto Gilman Drive. Turn left onto Voigt Drive. Turn right to stay on Voigt Drive and continue straight onto Voigt Lane. The garage will be on the right.
Train - Pacific Surfliner
Ground Transportation
SuperShuttle - Approximately $63.50 each way (airport to hotel) when booking a round-trip ride.
Uber/Lyft - $17 - $25 each way, airport to
Uber/Lyft - $13 - $20 each way, Solana Beach train station to
San Diego Visitor Information
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Trip Advisor: Things to do in San Diego (includes pricing)
San Diego MTS: Bus and Trolley - Schedules and Pricing
La Jolla Weather - Historically, the average temp in late April is about 68°: 10-day Forecast
What to Bring
The climate along the coast can be breezy and cool even on sunny days. We suggest light, layered clothing options for outdoor wear as well as air-conditioned conference rooms. Rain is not expected, however, it is not unusual for us to have a heavy marine layer.
We encourage you to bring your laptop computers or tablets!
Hotel Accommodations
Sheraton La Jolla
3299 Holiday Court
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone: (858) 452-4012
(Map)
When making your reservation, mention that you are with the group "UC Research Facilitators Meeting" in order to get the discounted rate of $159. This rate will only be available to our group through 4/2/18.
A couple of things to note about your stay at the Sheraton:
- A valid credit card and ID will be needed at check-in for incidentals (or $50 per day cash deposit)
- Parking at the hotel is $20 per day
- There is an early checkout fee of $75 (if you check out prior to the reserved checkout date). To avoid this fee, notify staff upon check-in of any change in planned length of stay.