Program

Wednesday, May 29
12:00pm - 2:00pm	Registration
2:00pm - 6:00pm	Theme 1: Academic Core Competencies Organizers/Moderators: John White and Abe Lee Plenary Speaker: Robert A. Linsenmeier, Prof of BME and Director of Northwestern Center for Engineering Education Research, Northwestern University Title: There is a de facto core curriculum in BME and BIOE
6:00pm - 9:00pm	Opening reception + working dinner on Diversity and Inclusion Plenary Speaker: Juan Gilbert, The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and Department Chair, Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, University of Florida
Thursday, May 30
8:00am - 12:00pm	Theme 2: Learning environments and evidence-based practices Organizers: Kristen Billiar and Susan Margulies Plenary Speaker: Wendy C. Newstetter, Director of Learning Sciences Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, GaTech Title: Learning and cognition at the crossroads of the biosciences, engineering, and computer science
12:00pm - 1:30pm	Working Lunch
1:30pm - 5:30pm	Theme 3: Industry-ready skills Organizers: Bob Tranquillo, Sean Kirkpatrick, Walt Baxter (Medtronic NM), and Ann Lee-Karlon (Genentech) Plenary Speaker: Mike Hess, Vice President and General Manager, MCS Business at Medtronic Title: Industrial innovators - setting your students up for career success in Med Tech
6:00pm - 9:00pm	Working Dinner
Friday, May 31
8:00am - 12:00pm	Theme 4: Graduate education and special programs Organizers: Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert and Newton de Faria Plenary Speaker: Sarah Mandell, Director of Public Policy and Strategic Partnerships at AIMBE Title: Tomorrow’s Innovation Ecosystem: Transforming BME

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