Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, June 4, 2014
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Conference Workshop Registration/Information Desk
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Workshop Vendors/Staff Development Lunch
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Vendor Workshop
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Staff Development – Shared instrumentation grant writing workshop
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Vendor Workshop
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Afternoon Break
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Vendor Workshop
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Staff Development – Developing SOPs
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Vendor Workshop 
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Hotel time
OPENING RECEPTION
6:30 -10:30 pm

6:30 pm
National Aquarium

♥ Buffet Dinner Inner Harbor
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

8:00 pm – 9:15 pm

9:15 pm – 10:30 pm
Aquarium tour – Australian exhibit only available to us the first hour

Opening Remarks/Keynote Address

Aquarium tour

Thursday, June 5, 2014
7:30 am – 9:00 am Conference Registration/Information Desk
8:00 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am – 9:00 am Lab Tours
8:00 am – 6:30 pm Vendor Exhibits
9:00 am – 9:30 am ABRF Meeting
PLENARY/PANEL #1
9:30 am – 10:45 am Political Advocacy
PLENARY/PANEL #2
10:45 am – 12:00 pm Human Microbiome
LUNCH WITH VENDORS
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location MSTF Atrium
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Concurrent #1a – Marketing for Cores
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Concurrent #1b – Bioinformatics
2:10 pm – 3:10 pm Concurrent #2a – Regional Resource Sharing
2:10 pm – 3:10 pm Concurrent #2b – Protein Expression & Imaging by Mass Spec
3:20 pm – 4:20 pm Concurrent #3a – NGS
3:20 pm – 4:20 pm Concurrent #3b – Novel Flow Methods
POSTERS/RECEPTION
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Location MSTF Atrium
7:00 pm Optional Events:  Group dinners
Friday, June 6, 2014
7:00 am – 9:00 am Information Desk
7:00 am – 7:30 am Continental Breakfast
7:30 am – 8:00 am MadSsci Meeting
PLENARY/PANEL #3
8:00 am – 9:00 am Single Cell Technologies
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
9:10 am – 10:10 am Concurrent #4a – Clinical Diagnostics: A beginners guide
9:10 am – 10:10 am Concurrent #4b – Nanotechnology
10:20 am – 11:20 am Concurrent #5a – RNA Expression
10:20 am – 11:20 pm Concurrent #5b – Imaging
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Concurrent #6a – Digital PCR
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Concurrent #6b – Core Stores
Lunch and Keynote Address
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Location Davidge Hall – Lunch followed by Keynote Address
3:00 pm Conference Concludes