ATE PI conference 2025

Several members of the InnovATEBIO community and the grant leadership team will be presenting at the NSF ATE Principal Investigators conference in October. 

InnovATEBIO will be holding a special affinity session on Friday, October 31st. If you plan to participate, please let us know by completing this form. That will help us with planning.

For convenience, all sessions that involve community members as presenters are listed below.

Visit the ATE PI Conference website  

InnovATEBIO community sessions  Weds, Thurs, Fri

WedsWeds, Oct. 29th

10:30 – 11:45 am

• Title: The Peer Review Power Hour - Review Like an Expert for J ATE
  Speakers:  Peter Kazarinoff, Jim Hewlett, Sandra Porter 
  Room: Congressional A
   
• Title: NexLAB: AI-Enhanced Biotech Learning with Smart Tutoring and Analytics
  Speakers:  Dylan Bulseco, Andriy Kashyrskyy, Aarman Jamiluddin
  Room: Blue
   
• Title: Meet, Mingle, & Make Connections: ATE Speed Networking Event
  Speakers:  Karen Leung, Julie Griffin
  Room: Hampton

2:00 – 2:45 pm

• Title: Increase Career Awareness and STEM Opportunities through Student Club
  Speakers:  Aron Kamajaya, Mia Ben-Ami, Kyla Belschner
  Room: Congressional A

3:00 – 3:45 pm

• Title: Collaboration Expands Authentic Research Experience Beyond Nebraska
  Speakers:  Gabrielle Johnson, Ying-Tsu Loh, Monica Hall-Woods
  Room: Executive

ThursThursday, Oct. 30th

8:30 – 9:15 am

• Title: Exploring Biomanufacturing Careers through Experiential Learning
  Speaker:  Terri Quenzer
  Room: Congressional A/B
   
• Title: Building STEM Leadership: Faculty Growth, Succession, and Innovation
  Speakers:  Pamela Silvers, Emery DeWitt, Louis McIntyre, Sheela Vemu
  Room: Executive

9:30 – 10:15 am

• Title: From Interest to Enrollment: Roundtable on High School Recruitment
  Speaker: Micheal Fuller  
  Room: Governors

1:30 – 2:15 pm

• Title: The InnovATEBIO Big Ideas Hackathon
  Speakers:  Sandra Porter, Margaret Bryans
  Room: Hampton

2:30 – 3:00 pm

• Title: Students at the Wheel: Student-Led Biotech Supply Chain Model
  Speaker:  Ying-Tsu Loh
  Room: Empire

3:15 – 3:45 pm

• Title: Building Biotech Bridges: High School–College Collaboration
  Speakers:  Jill Mikulecky, Moira Hughes
  Room: Empire
• Title: Capturing Alumni Stories: Podcasts & Scientist Spotlights
  Speakers:  Karen Leung, Peter Kazarinoff
  Room: Congressional A/B

FridayFriday, Oct. 31st

10:15 – 12:00 pm 

Title: The Direction and Future for the Biotech Education Community (Please RSVP here)
Speaker:  Linnea Fletcher
Room: Diplomat