Program & Agenda
| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6 | |
| TIME | AGENDA ITEM |
| 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | BMES Board of Directors Meeting |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | How to Maximize Your Conference Experience |
| 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Meet the Faculty Candidates Forum |
| 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Welcome Reception (sponsored by Johns Hopkins) |
| 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. | Council of Chairs Meeting (invitation only) |
| 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | LGBTQIA & Friends Event (sponsored by University of Cincinnati) (ticket purchase required) |
| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 | |
| TIME | AGENDA ITEM |
| 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. | High School Expo and Poster Competition Orientation |
| 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Student Chapter Awards Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Concurrent Platform Sessions |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Poster Session A with Refreshment Break |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Plenary Session: State of the Society by BMES President (John White, PhD) & Pritzker Distinguished Lecture (sponsored by Georgia Tech & Emory University) |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Break |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Celebration of Minorities in BME Luncheon (sponsored by University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) (ticket purchase required) |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Concurrent Platform Sessions |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Q&A with Chapter Leaders, Make Your Chapter Thrive |
| 1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Break |
| 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | High School Poster Competition Presentations |
| 1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Concurrent Platform Sessions |
| 1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Industry Session: "Humanizing the STEM Profession" |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Poster Session B with Afternoon Refreshment Break (sponsored by University of Washington, Seattle) |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | High School Expo and Poster Competition Awards |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Plenary Session: Diversity Award Lecture (L. Simpson, Mississippi State University), Presentation of BMES Fellows & Herbert Voigt Distinguished Service Award (sponsored by Virginia Tech) |
| 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Industry Mixer (ticketed event) |
| 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Hosted Receptions |
| FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8 | |
| TIME | AGENDA ITEM |
| 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Grad School Panel |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | BMES National Meetings Committee & 2022 Annual Meeting Planning Committee Meeting |
| 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Concurrent Platform Sessions |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Poster Session C with Refreshment Break |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Plenary Session: NIBIB Lecture & Journal Awards |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Break |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Gender Equity in BME Luncheon (sponsored by University of California, Davis) (ticket purchase required) |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Concurrent Platform Sessions |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Life Outside Academia |
| 1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Break |
| 1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Concurrent Platform Sessions |
| 1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Industry Session: Influencing STEM; a Tale of Two Passions |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Academia Salon; Networking Event (ticketed event) |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Poster Session D with Refreshment Break |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Plenary Session: Wallace H. Coulter Award for Healthcare Innovation Lecture & Student Chapter Awards |
| 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. | BMES Bash (ticketed event; guest tickets available for purchase) |
| SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9 | |
| TIME | AGENDA ITEM |
| 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Registration Open |
| 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Creating a Startup I / Big Picture Thinking |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Concurrent Platform Sessions |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Creating a Startup II / Understanding Customers |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Poster Session E with Refreshment Break |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Plenary Session: Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award Lecture & Mid-Career Award Lecture |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Break |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Creating a Startup III / Developing and Articulating Value |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Concurrent Platform Sessions |
| 1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Break |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Cross-Examine BME with John White |
| 1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Concurrent Platform Sessions |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Poster Session F with Refreshment Break |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Closing Event |
| Platform Sessions | Plenary Sessions | Posters | |||
| Special Events | Students/Early Career Programming | ||||