NOTE: This workshop took place in September 2019. Videos and slides from the workshop are available below.
Workshop Overview
On September 12-13, 2019, SESYNC will hold a 1.5-day workshop focused on team science and the fundamentals of organizational management. The workshop will be held at SESYNC’s facilities in Annapolis, Maryland. SESYNC will provide funding for travel, lodging, and meals for 30 on-site participants, and the workshop will also be web streamed for additional remote participants.
This preparatory activity will introduce participants to ways to plan and respond to the NSF “Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations” (AccelNet) Call for Proposals, which funds the development of international networks-of-networks.
Participants will gain an enhanced understanding of the critical roles played by leadership styles, well-developed organizational and communication strategies, establishment of a shared vision and goals, data management/sharing agreements, and adaptation as network needs change.
Discussions and presentations during the workshop will include material on effective network communication, participant engagement, network leadership, and management techniques that are effective at fostering and leveraging existing US investments in critical research networks. The workshop will explore examples and include exercises for participants to begin to implement concepts into practice
Workshop Videos
The full workshop was livestreamed and recorded. Videos of each session are available on our YouTube channel here: Networks-of-Networks Workshop Playlist.
See below for the full workshop agenda.
Workshop Slides
Slides and resources from each session are available here:
Welcome and Introduction to Workshop
- Margaret Palmer's slides
- Paper reference: Palmer et al 2016, Practices for facilitating interdisciplinary synthetic research: the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)
What is the Network-to-Network Approach?
Existing Models and Inspiring New Networks-of-Networks
- Leslie Ries' Slides - Dispatches from a Network of Networks
- Jessica Vitak's Slides - Lessons from Interdisciplinary Networks at the University of Maryland
Defining a Collective Mission and Vision
- Gaetano Lotrecchiano's Slides - Defining a Collective Mission and Vision
- Roberto Delgado's Slides - Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks
Tools to Build and Sustain Dispersed Networks-of-Networks
- Cynthia Parr's Slides - Tools for Dispersed Networks-of-Networks
- Owen White's Slides - Networks of Networks: Sequence, Genomes and People
Collaboration, Team Science, and Leadership Training
- Christophe Marchand's Slides - Eight Elements to Successfuly Build Teams while Managing Conflict
- Selena Connealy's Slides - Early Career Training for the Next Generation of Academic Leaders
Clarifying Internal Expectations and Evaluation
Workshop Agenda
Networks-of-Networks Workshop Agenda
National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)
1 Park Place, Suite 300, Annapolis, MD 21401
September 12-13, 2019
Livestream Participants Please Note: All times are in eastern time
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Activity |
Livestream Link |
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8:30-9:00 |
Coffee & Arrive at SESYNC |
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9:00-9:30 |
Welcome and Introduction to Workshop
Margaret A. Palmer, Professor, University of Maryland and Director, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
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(Click here for livestream link)
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9:30-10:30 |
Participant Introductions (In-Person Attendees)
Moderated by Carrie Hritz, Director of Research, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
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10:30-11:00 |
Morning Coffee Break |
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11:00-12:30
11:00-12:00
12:00-12:30 |
What is the Network-to-Network Approach?
Claire Hemingway, Program Director, NSF Office of International Science and Engineering
Q&A (In-Person and Remote)
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12:30-1:30 |
Lunch Provided |
Break |
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1:30-2:40
1:30-1:50
1:50-2:10
2:10-2:40
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Existing Models and Inspiring New Networks-of-Networks
Leslie Ries, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Jessica Vitak, Associate Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
Questions/Discussion |
(Click here for livestream link)
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2:40-3:50
2:40-3:00
3:00-3:20
3:20-3:50 |
Defining a Collective Mission and Vision
Gaetano R. Lotrecchiano, Associate Dean, Innovative and Collaborative Pedagogy and Associate Professor, George Washington University
Roberto Delgado, Program Director, Arctic Observing Network Section for Arctic Sciences, Office of Polar Programs National Science Foundation
Questions/Discussion
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3:50-4:10 |
Afternoon Coffee Break |
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4:10-5:30
4:10-4:30
4:30-4:50
4:50-5:30 |
Tools to Build and Sustain Dispersed Networks-of-Networks
Cynthia Parr, Technical Information Specialist, US Department of Agricultural, USDA
Owen White, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Questions/Discussion
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Activity |
Livestream Note |
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8:45-9:10 |
Coffee & Arrive at SESYNC |
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9:10-10:30
9:10-9:40
9:40-10:00
10:00-10:30 |
Collaboration, Team Science, and Leadership Training
Christophe Marchand, Health Scientist Administrator, NIH National Cancer Institute
Selena Connealy, Education and Outreach Manager, New Mexico EPSCoR
Questions/Discussion
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(Click here for livestream link)
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10:30-11:00 |
Morning Coffee Break |
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11:00-11:45
11:00-11:30
11:30-11:45 |
Clarifying Internal Expectations and Evaluation
Jonathan Kramer, Director for Interdisciplinary Science, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
Questions/Discussion
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11:45-12:30 |
Follow-Up Questions and Discussion
Claire Hemingway, Program Director, NSF Office of International Science and Engineering
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12:30-12:45 |
Workshop Wrap Up
Carrie Hritz, Director of Research, National Socio- Environmental Synthesis Center
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12:45 |
Lunch Available |
End Broadcast |
