Agenda

All events occur in the Morris Inn Smith Ballroom unless otherwise noted.

Sunday, April 29

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.	Registration Morris Inn Lobby
5:00 – 5:15 p.m.	Welcome Jordan Hall of Science	Bob Bernhard, Vice President for Research, University of Notre Dame
5:15 – 6:00 p.m.	Digital Visualization Theatre (DVT) Presentation Jordan Hall of Science	Revealing the Invisible at Notre Dame, from Fluorescing Tumors to Earth 2.0 – Keith Davis, Director, Digital Visualization Theatre, University of Notre Dame – Justin Crepp, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Notre Dame – Matt Leevy, Research Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.	Reception Seven on 9 – Corbett Family Hall

Monday, April 30

7:00 – 8:00 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.	Welcome and Opening Remarks	Shannon Cullinan, Vice President for Finance, University of Notre Dame
8:30 – 9:30 a.m.	General Session 1	Wellbeing at Work – Matt Bloom, Associate Professor and Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame
9:30 – 9:45 a.m.	Break
9:45 – 10:45 a.m.	Concurrent Session 1	Why be Certified in the Research Administration Profession? Carmichael Dining Room- Sharon Brooks, Deputy Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, Duke University – David Ross, Sr. Director, Preaward Program Services, University of Notre Dame Collaboratively Launching New Instructional Initiatives at a University Hesburgh/Joyce Dining Room – Missy Little, Director, Budget and Planning, University of Notre Dame – Chris Temple, Assistant Registrar and Curriculum Manager Do You Know Where Your Data is? When Your University Moves its Data Center into the Cloud Smith Ballroom – Jason Williams, Director of Information Security and Compliance, University of Notre Dame
11:00 – 12:00 p.m.	Concurrent Session 2	Finding the Diamonds in your Data Coal Pile Carmichael Dining Room- Vonda Durrer, Sr. Director of Electronic Research Administration, University of Virginia – Terri Hall, Director of Research Business Intelligence, University of Notre Dame Let’s Move the Needle! How to Transform Sustainability into Measure Procurement Results Hesburgh/Joyce Dining Room – Kevin Cannon, Assistant Director, Strategic Sourcing, University of Notre Dame – Gilberto Carles, Sr. Director, Procurement Services, University of Notre Dame dataND Finance – A Journey into Enterprise Data Warehouse Smith Ballroom – Vaibhav Agarwal, Manager, Finance IT, University of Notre Dame – Chris Fredrick, Manager, Business Intelligence, University of Notre Dame
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.	General Session 2	The History and Nature of University Endowments – Scott Malpass, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, University of Notre Dame
2:00 – 2:10 p.m.	Break
2:10 – 3:00 p.m.	Concurrent Session 3	How Georgia Tech Managed a Data Analytics Audit Carmichael Dining Room- Sandra Mason, Sr. Director, Grants & Contracts Accounting, Georgia Institute of Technology A Holistic Approach to Budgeting: All Resource Program at Notre Dame Hesburgh/Joyce Dining Room – Tracy Biggs, Sr. Director, Budget & Planning, University of Notre Dame – Craig Fitch, Assistant Director, Budget & Planning, University of Notre Dame – Andrea Post, Financial Analyst, Budget & Planning, University of Notre Dame Implementing Automation in Accounts Payable Smith Ballroom – Paul VanDieren, Associate Controller, Tax & Payment Services, University of Notre Dame – Ed Verhamme, Manager, Accounts Payable, University of Notre Dame – Kathryn Ruffer, Assistant Manager, Accounts Payable, University of Notre Dame
3:00– 3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15 – 4:30 p.m.	General Session 3	Landscape of College Athletics – Jack Swarbrick, Vice President and Director of Athletics, University of Notre Dame

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.	Campus Tour Meet in Smith Ballroom	Doug Marsh, Vice President for Facilities Design and Operations and University Architect University of Notre Dame
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.	Dinner Downes Club – Corbett Family Hall	Welcome Remarks – John Affleck-Graves, Executive Vice President, University of Notre Dame

Tuesday, May 1

7:00 – 8:00 a.m.	Breakfast
8:00 – 8:15 a.m.	General Announcements	Drew Paluf, Associate Vice President and Controller
8:15 – 9:15 a.m.	General Session 4	Navigating the Political Landscape – Chris Simmons, Associate Vice President, Office of Government Relations, Duke – Thomas Keady, Jr., Vice President, Office of Governmental & Community Affairs, Boston College – John Sturm, Associate Vice President, Federal and Washington Relations, University of Notre Dame
9:20 –10:15 a.m.	Concurrent Session 4	Fostering Engagement with Professional Development Carmichael Dining Room – Sharon Brooks, Deputy Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, Duke University – Karen Pace, Director, Research Administration Training, Policy and Communications, University of Notre Dame – Victoria Ratcliffe, Manager, Research Education and Conflict of Interest Administrator, Virginia Tech – Dr. Gina Anderson, CEO, Luma Technology Sourcing Roundtable – Share Best Practices Regarding Technology Sourcing & Implementation Hesburgh/Joyce Dining Room – Dan Brewer, IT Procurement Specialist, University of Notre Dame Making Notre Dame Better Every Day: Continuous Improvement Efforts that Yield Impactful Results Smith Ballroom – Carol Mullaney, Sr. Director, Continuous Improvement, University of Notre Dame
10:15 – 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.	General Session 5	Failing Forward – Bryan Ritchie, Associate Provost & Vice President for Innovation, University of Notre Dame
11:45 – 12:00 p.m.	Wrap Up and Pass the Hat	Drew Paluf, Associate Vice President and Controller, University of Notre Dame
12:00 p.m.	Box lunch available