2024 Agenda

2024 DOE NNSA SSGF & LRGF Annual Program Review

Sunday, June 9 - Wednesday, June 12
Palms Tower, JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa, Las Vegas, Nevada

Updated May 15, 2024
Sunday, June 9
3:30 – 7:00pm Registration — Parian Pre-Function Space
4:00 – 5:00pm New Fellow Orientation — Palms 2
5:00 – 7:00pm Fellows' Welcome Reception & Game Night — Parian B
A pre-meeting gathering of incoming and first- through fourth-year fellows. Board games provided or bring your own to add to the mix.
Monday, June 10
6:00 – 7:00am Breakfast — Parian AB
7:00am Bus Departs for Nevada National Security Site (fellows only)
6:00pm Bus Returns from Tour
Tuesday, June 11
7:30 – 9:00am Registration — Cascade
7:30 – 8:30am Breakfast — Parian AB
7:30 – 8:15am 2024 Fellows' Portrait Session & Group Photos — Parian CD
8:30 – 8:45am Krell Welcome — Cascade
Shelly Olsan — President, Krell Institute
8:45 – 9:00am DOE NNSA Welcome
Stephanie Miller — Academic Programs Coordinator, and SSAA/HEDLP Program Manager, National Nuclear Security Administration; DOE NNSA LRGF Alumna
9:00 – 9:45am Keynote
David Funk— Vice President for ECSE (Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments), Nevada National Security Site
Session I — Cascade
9:45 – 10:10am Griffin Glenn — Sanford University
10:10 – 10:45am Patricia Cho — University of Texas at Austin
10:45 – 11:00am Break — Cascade
11:00 – 11:25am Christopher Jasien — Colorado School of Mines
11:25 – 11:50am Maren Hatch — University of New Mexico
11:50am – 12:15pm Kevin Kwock — Columbia University
12:15 – 1:15pm Lunch — Parian AB
1:30 – 2:30pm Discussion: Research, Ethics and Security — Cascade
Kimberly S. Budil— Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Thomas Mason— Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory
2:30 – 3:00pm Set Up: DOE Laboratories' Showcase and Fellows' Poster Session — Parian AB
3:00 – 4:00pm DOE Laboratories' Showcase — Parian AB
4:00 – 5:30pm DOE NNSA SSGF and LRGF Fellows' Poster Session — Parian AB
Wednesday, June 12
7:30 – 9:00am Registration — Cascade
8:00 – 9:00am Breakfast — Parian AB
8:00 – 8:45am Outgoing Fellows' Portraits & Fellow/Alumni Retakes — Parian CD
9:00 – 9:05am Announcements — Cascade
9:05 – 9:15am Essay Slam Award Presentation — Cascade
Shelly Olsan — President, Krell Institute
9:15 – 10:00am Keynote
Brian Spears— AI Innovation Incubator, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
10:00 – 10:15am Break — Cascade
Session II — Cascade
10:15 – 10:40am Logan Meredith — University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:40 – 11:05am Brianna MacNider — University of California, San Diego
11:05 – 11:30am Christopher Yang — California Institute of Technology
11:30 – 11:55pm Brendan Sporer — University of Michigan
12:00 – 1:00pm Luncheon — Parian AB
Session III — Cascade
1:15 – 1:40pm Elyse Schriber — University of Connecticut
1:40 – 2:05pm William Brooks — Texas Tech University
2:05 – 2:30pm John Shimanek — Pennsylvania State University
2:30 – 2:45pm Break — Cascade
2:45 – 4:00pm Professional Development: Science v. Story — Cascade
Emma Frances Bloomfield— Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
"Science v. Story: Narrative Strategies for Science Communicators"