{"id":1863,"date":"2018-07-24T15:24:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T19:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/vemi\/?page_id=1863"},"modified":"2018-09-20T12:31:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T16:31:01","slug":"vemi-10-working-emerging-technology-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/vemi\/vemi-10-working-emerging-technology-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"VEMI 10: Conference and Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Important Notice:<\/span>\u00a0This is a working document subject to revision by the planning committee.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>VEMI 10: Working in Emerging Technology Conference<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em>Friday September 21st, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Objective:\u00a0<\/strong>To host a conference\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">focused on publicizing the accomplishments of our alumni to help foster and promote collaboration between their various companies, and to excite our current Lab members &amp; researchers about the fields in which they could soon find themselves.<\/span>\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What:\u00a0VEMI 10: Working in Emerging Technology\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>When: September 21, 2018, 10:00 am \u2013 3:00 pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Where: Buchanan Alumni House, McIntire Room, University of Maine, Orono Maine\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Conference Planning Committee:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Richard Corey, Director of Operations, VEMI Lab, UMaine<\/li>\n<li>RJ Perry (chair), Technical Manager, VEMI Lab, UMaine<\/li>\n<li>Emily Blackwood, Senior Logistics Coordinator, VEMI Lab, UMaine<\/li>\n<li>Maggie Karas, Logistics Coordinator, VEMI Lab, UMaine<\/li>\n<li>Nate Brown, Financial Coordinator, VEMI Lab, UMaine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>September 21<sup>st<\/sup> Agenda:\u00a0<\/strong>(Tentative) <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9:30 Morning Meet and Greet<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10:00 &#8211; Welcome \u2013 Dr. Nicholas Giudice and Dr. Richard Corey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10:45 &#8211; Samuel Gates, Interactive Software Developers at Helios<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11:00 &#8211; Saranya Kesavan Solution Engineer at ESRI<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11:15 &#8211; Dr. Christopher Bennett, Post-Doctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11:30 &#8211; Sylvia Allain, Software Engineer at Amazon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11:45 &#8211;\u00a0Dr. John Bell, Lead Application Developer at Dartmouth College<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">12:00 &#8211; Lunch<\/span><\/li>\n<li>1:00 &#8211; Address from Dr. Jeffery Hecker, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1:10\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Panel Discussion &#8211; Women in tech<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Stacy Doore, Bowdoin College (Moderator)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Dr.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caitlin Howell, Biomedical Engineering, University of Maine<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kate Cuddy, Jackson Laboratory<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meghan Hurlburt, RaizLabs<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Kaitlyn Haase, VEMI Lab, University of Maine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1:45<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Panel &#8211; New uses of tech in Industry\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kendra Bird, University of Maine (Moderator)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Hari Palani, Unar Labs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jon Cole, RaizLabs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toni Kaplan, Carnegie Mellon University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Josh Ledger, Kepware Technologies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tim McGrath, GE Power and Water<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2:30 Panel &#8211; What it means to be VEMI\n<ul>\n<li>Nicholas Jensen, Alumni<\/li>\n<li>Justin Hafner, VEMI Student<\/li>\n<li>Anna Webber, VEMI Student<\/li>\n<li>Brenden Peters, Alumni<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3:10\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Closing Remarks<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conference Registration:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no registration fee for invited presenters\u00a0but you MUST register. Lunch and coffee breaks are provided. Space is limited, so please register as soon as possible. <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/GJ3mvaC9lmw4bdRa2\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/GJ3mvaC9lmw4bdRa2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000080\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><b>VEMI 10: Anniversary\u00a0Party<\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><em>Saturday September 22nd, 2018, Carnegie Hall<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What: VEMI Anniversary Party<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>When: September 22, 2018, 11:00 am \u2013 3:00 pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Where: Carnegie Hall, University of Maine, Orono Maine\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Celebrating VEMI&#8217;s ten years of collaborative student-centric research\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ten years ago, a plan was concocted by Nick and Rick to construct a Lab where a collaborative student-centric atmosphere was the foundation to which a research infrastructure could be built around. Ten years later, VEMI has grown and flourished thanks to the hard work and dedication of its students. We are very excited to gather together again and share our collective experiences as one VEMI Family. We think 10 years is a huge accomplishment and we hope you can share this celebration with us. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Come join us for some BBQ and good times!<\/p>\n<p>11:00 &#8211; Address from Dr. Emily Haddad, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Science<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important Notice:\u00a0This is a working document subject to revision by the planning committee. 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