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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

1. General Session: “Research Security and Integrity”
     
  Moderator: Elbert Malone, Associate Provost for Sponsored Programs and Research, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, South Carolina State University
     
  Presenter: Eric S. Schweser, Counterintelligence Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Savannah River Site
     
2. Concurrent Session: “SPA: Effort Reporting and Extra Compensation”
     
  Moderator: John Barfield, President-Elect, NSPAA
     
  Presenter: Morakinyo Kuti, Ph.D. Interim Dean, John W. Garland College of Engineering, Science, Technology, and Agriculture and Director of the 1890 Land Grant Programs, Associate Provost for Research, Central State University
     

3. Concurrent Session: “Human Subjects Protection”
     
  Moderator: Corine Williams, Alabama A&M University
     
  Presenter: Mildred Huff Ofosu, Ph.D., Retired, Assistant Vice President, Research & Economic Development, Morgan State University
     
4. General Session: “Grants Proposal Production and Submission”
     
  Moderator: Erica Severan-Webb, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, Southern University at New Orleans
     
  Presenters: Debra Blacknall, CRA, Grants Administration and Assistant Officer, South Carolina State University
Gwendolyn Mitchell Ulmer, CRA, Grants Administrator II, South Carolina State University
     
5. General Session: “Subrecipient Issuance and Monitoring”
     
  Moderator: Paula R. D. Shaw, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, Norfolk State University
     
  Presenter: Sean Scott, CRA CPRA CFRA, Founder of 720 Consulting, and the Research Administration Lead, Interactive Mentoring to Enhance Research Skills (iMERS), University of Kentucky – Retired
     

Thursday, June 8, 2023

6. Opening Remarks
     
  Speaker: John Barfield, President-Elect, NSPAA
     
  Presenter: Charles Sutton, PhD.
     
7. Concurrent Session: “Building Meaningful Partnerships and Collaborations with NSIN”
     
  Moderator: Schenika T. Harrison, Ph.D., Title III Director & AOR Special Project Director, Office of the President, Tougaloo ollege
     
  Presenter: Beverly Seay, Southeast Regional Director, National Security Innovation Network (NSIN
     

8. Concurrent Session: “Building Meaningful Partnerships and Collaborations with Air Force”
     
  Moderator: Edward J. Lee, Senior Management Analyst, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), HBUC/MSIs, DEPSCoR Air Force Coordinator AFOSR Diversity Council Chair
     
  Presenter: David Williams, DAF UARC Manager, Staff Operations Analyst (Monitoring & Reporting), Air Force Concepts, Development, & Management (SAF/CDM)
     
9. Concurrent Session: “Compliance for Post Award Administration”
     
  Moderator: Theodore Callier, Asst. Vice President Research and Sponsored Programs, Dillard University
     
  Presenters: Angela Turner, Acting Division of Grants and Agreements, Team Lead, National Science Foundation (NSF)
Denise Martin, EDU/MPS, National Science Foundation (NSF)
     

10. Concurrent Session: “Capability Statement Training and NASA Engagements”
     
  Moderator: Norma J. Frank, Ph.D., NSPAA President & Executive Director, Office of Sponsored Programs, Southern University and A&M College
     
  Presenters: Genevieve Elazier-Harris, NSTEM Education Specialist, NASA Office of STEM Engagement, Langley Research Center
Sharon Gates Fitzgerald, Education Program Specialist, MUREP, NASA Office of STEM Engagement, Langley Research Center
     
11. Concurrent Session:“Navigating Conflict of Interest”
     
  Moderator: Dotty Waters, Director of Sponsored Research, Virginia State University
     
  Presenter: Erika Thompson, Director, Grants Resource Center (GRC), Premium Service of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities
     

12. Concurrent Session: “Unpacking the Impact of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Sponsored Programs”
     
  Moderator: Harold Horton, Senior Vice President, MAXIMUS Higher Education Practice
     
  Presenter: Rashonda Harris, Founder & CEO of Purple Sheep Consulting and MAXIMUS, Senior Consultant
     
13. Concurrent Session: “Accelerating Outcomes Through Connected Technology”
     
  Moderator: Morakinyo Kuti, Ph.D., Interim Dean, John W. Garland College of Engineering, Science, Technology, & Agriculture and Director of the 1890 Land Grant Programs, Associate Provost for Research, Central State University
     
  Presenter: Dave Huson, Sales Director, CAYUSE
     

14. Concurrent Session: “Export Control”
     
  Moderator: Darius E. Beechuam, D.R.S., Christian, Ed.D., Director of Sponsored Programs, Virginia Union University
     
  Presenter: Dave Huson, Sales Director, CAYUSE
     
15. General Session: “Justice 40” | DoD HBCU/MI Program
     
  Moderator: Cynthia Warrick, Ph.D., President, Stillman College
     
  Panelists: Robin Morris Collin, Senior Advisor to the Administrator, Environmental Justice Agency
Jackie Williams, Ph.D., Director, Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development, U. S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
Evelyn Kent, Director, DOD HBCU/MI Program and Outreach, OUSD (R&E)
Trina Bilal, Program Manager, Office of Minority Economic Impact, U. S. Department of Energy
     

Friday, June 9, 2023

16. General Session: “Who We Are and What We Do for HBCUs”
     
  Moderator: John Rosenthall, Esq., President, TCRDF
     
  Panelists: Lonnie Sharpe, Ph.D.
Adrienne Cooper, Ph.D.
Major General Abraham J. Turner, Tougaloo College Research Development Foundation (TCRDF)
     
17. General Session: “Partnerships to Pursue Excellence in Research and Contracts”
     
  Moderator: John Rosenthall, Esq., President, TCRDF
     
  Panelists: Andre Lampkins, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Sarah Lain, University of South Florida
William Kiser, Ph.D., Applied Research Institute (ARI)