Southeast Regional Spring One Day Conference 2003

Emory Conference Center
April 25, 2003
Atlanta, GA (USA)

Join us for a day of outstanding presentations and discussion in the collegial environment of the award winning Emory Conference Center.

Planning for Research—An Oxymoron?
Can you really do it?

Yes You Can!

The Speakers at the SCUP Southeast One-Day Regional Conference, Planning for Research, will help you understand what it takes.

Planning for Research
- You Need a Strategic Plan
William B. Deal, Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama, Birmingham will share the experiences of the University of Alabama as it planned for a new, state of the art School of Medicine.

-You Need Star Faculty
Harry Dailey, Director of the University of Georgia's Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute will share his experience in recruiting top faculty for the new Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences at UGA.

-You Need Space
Thomas B. Higerd of the University of South Carolina and Catherine E. Watt of Clemson University will discuss assessing institutional return on investment of research space. They will demonstrate an interactive, web-based Space Management System that assists Deans and Department Chairs in assigning research space, assists senior administrators in convincing Boards to approve construction of new research facilities and aligns maintenance expenditures with indirect costs.

-You Need Funding
Jerry D. Percifield, O'Neal, Arcitects and Engineers will discuss leveraging NIH grant funding to program and design new facilities that support designated research acitivites.

-You Need Public/Private Partnerships
Susan Shows, Associate Director of the Georgia Research Alliance is our luncheon speaker. Shows will discuss the role of the Georgia Research Alliance as a catalyst in forming public/private partnerships of business, university research and state governments to fuel economic growth and job development in Georgia.

Contact:
Evelyn Babey
Program Coordinator
erbabey@hotmail.com

David Fleming
Clemson University
sched@clemson.edu

Conference Sponsors:
CRB Consulting Engineers, Inc. – Workshop Sponsor
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Heery International – Continental breakfast
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KPS Group, Inc. – Workshop Sponsor
www.kpsgroup.com/home.htm
Turner Construction Company – Wine and Cheese Reception
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Featured Annual Sponsor:
Gilbane Building Company - www.gilbaneco.com

Annual Sponsors:
BFE Architecture, PLLC - www.bfe-architecture.com
BJAC - www.bjac.com
Earl Swensson Associates, Inc. - www.esarch.com
Everton Oglesby Askew Architects - www.eoa-architects.com/eoa_home.htm
Focus Strategic Planning and Facilities Management - www.focusllc.com
Harper Partners, Inc. - www.harperpartners.com
Heery International - www.heery.com
HFR Design - www.hfrdesign.com
Interface Flooring Systems - www.interfaceflooring.com/flash/flash_B.html
Jova/Daniels/Busby Architects - www.jova.com
Lord, Aeck, & Sargent Architecture - www.lordaecksargent.com
Lyman Davidson Dooley Inc. - www.lddi-architects.com
Menefee & Winer - www.mwarchitects.com
Place Properties - www.placeproperties.com
Rosser International - www.rosser.com
Sizemore Group - www.sizemoregroup.com
Turner Construction - www.tcco.com