Dinner and Entertainment
Monday night, October 18, 1999
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Houston I & II
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| 6:00 P.M.
| Social Hour
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| 6:30 P.M.
| Dinner
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| 7:30 P.M.
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- The Challenge
- Shirley Malcom
HEAD, Directorate for Education and Human Resources
Programs
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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| 8:00 P.M.
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- Entertainment
- Band: Mariachi Mexico 85
Dancers: Mexico de Danzas
Singer: Becky Tapia
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| 9:00 P.M.
| Close
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Summit Meeting
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
Duncan Hall 1064 |
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| 7:30 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.
| Shuttle service
-- Hotel
to Conference
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| 8:00 A.M.
| Breakfast -- Duncan Hall
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| 8:30 A.M.
| Introductions
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| 8:45 A.M.
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- Lack of Minority Leadership: Possible Causes & Plausible
Solutions
- Richard Tapia
Rice University
- Richard will describe the day's task, give background on the
problem, including some possible causes, and describe some plausible
solutions.
(Large Group)
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| 9:45 A.M.
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- Iteration 1
- Attendees will further identify and discuss key issues in the
solution-finding process.
(Large Group)
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| 10:40 A.M.
| Break
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| 11:00 A.M.
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- Iteration 2
- Make additions, deletions, refinements, and comments on list of
suggestions. Be creative and bold, so that the afternoon large group
discussion will be exciting and productive.
(Small Groups)
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| 12:00 noon
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- Working Lunch
- Pick up box lunch and bring to Room 1064.
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| 12:20 P.M.
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- Welcoming Remarks
- Malcolm Gillis
President of Rice University
(Large Group)
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| 12:30 P.M.
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- Small Group Reports
- Small groups report on exciting and important points. The large
group comments and discusses after each presentation.
(Large groups)
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| 2:00 P.M.
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- Iteration 3
- Finalize list of fundamental solutions.
(Large Group)
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| 2:30 P.M.
| Break
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| 3:00 P.M.
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- Dissemination and Implementation
- Brainstorm strategies that will ensure that the report is
distributed and endorsed, and that suggestions are implemented.
(Large Group)
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| 3:45 P.M.
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- Evaluation
- Discuss day's activity.
(Large Group)
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| 4:00 P.M.
| Dismiss
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Judith Sunley, National Science Foundation Interim
Assistant Director for Education and Human Resources, William Wulf,
National Academy of Engineering President, and Malcolm Gillis, Rice
University President, chat before President Gillis
addresses the conference.
Terry Millar, Associate Dean and Mathematics
Professor, is taking a major role in addressing this critical issue
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Conference organizer Richard Tapia sets the stage as
he addresses "Lack of Minority Leadership: Possible Causes &
Plausible Solutions."
Roscoe Giles, Professor, Department of
Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE) at the College of
Engineering, Boston University, and Fred Humphries, President of
Florida A&M University, chat as they leave the
conference.