Meetings Committee     

Meetings Subcommittees

• Meetings Assessment Subcommittee

  Chair: Loucas Tsakalakos, GE Global Research
  HQ Liaison: Paula Mahar, MRS Senior Member Services/Meetings Associate

  The Meetings Assessment Subcommittee reviews all major MRS meeting activities (Spring/Fall Meetings, co-sponsored events, workshops, and non-technical activity integration) to ensure quality is maintained across the MRS meeting event spectrum.
  
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• New Meetings Subcommittee

  Chair: Clemens Heske, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  HQ Liaison: Amanda Edmiston, MRS Meetings Administrative Assistant

  The New Meetings Subcommittee is responsible for the review of all new meetings initiatives brought to MRS via any means. It explores collaborations with other societies and activities to promote commercial and/or industrial participation. It also evaluates and approves proposed endorsements and co-sponsorships for external technical meetings. NMSC works with the Industry Engagement Council (IEC) to promote industry engagement with MRS.

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  Industry Engagement Council
  
  Chair: Jenny Gerbi, ARPA-E (Dept of Energy)
  HQ Liaison: Michele Feder, Manager of Volunteer Affairs

  The Industry Engagement Council (IEC) develops new and enhances existing industry engagement with MRS.

   

  
  
• Program Development Subcommittee

  Chair: Bethanie J.H. Stadler, University of Minnesota
  HQ Liaison: Patricia Hastings, MRS Director of Meetings Activities

  The Program Development Subcommittee plans and oversees the major multi-symposium society meeting programs (e.g. Fall, Spring and IMRC), including tutorials, and it oversees other technical meeting content as these meetings develop. PDSC oversees broader impact programming through proposals submitted to the Broader Impact Program Development Working Group (BIPDWG).

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  Broader Impact Program Development Working Group
  
  Chair: Ram Devanathan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  HQ Liaison: Patricia Hastings, MRS Director of Meetings Activities           
  

  The Broader Impact Program Development Working Group oversees Fall and Spring Meeting programming outside of the technical content with a view to optimizing non-technical or broader impact activities as an integral part of the meetings; it reviews and approves scheduling of non-symposium events and broader-impact events, and serves as the point of contact for non-technical meetings to be held outside of the Spring and Fall meetings as well.