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2027 Agenda – Sat, Feb 20

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8:30 am

Symposium Check-In
Poster Session 1 poster hanging
Check-in is located outside of the Theater. Odd number posters to be hung in Ballroom. See Abstracts page for poster numbers.

Limited take and go breakfast items available. Beverage Service (coffee, tea, cocoa, water) available all day in Lounge area (204).

9 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks, Theater
Dr. Edie Goldsmith, SC INBRE PI/Program Director

SC INBRE State of the Program and Program Information, Theater
You will not want to miss the important information and introductions in this session

Session Includes:
Program Evaluation Team, Pam Gillam, University of South Carolina Center for Applied Research and Evaluation (CARE) Director

Data Science Core, Drs. Banky Olatosi and Jiajia Zhang, USC Arnold School of Public Health

Updates on SC INBRE (Cycle V renewal, DRPP updates, LOIs and deadlines)

9:20 am

25th Anniversary Celebration!, Theater

Keynote and impacts talks

9:20 keynote

9:40 impact 1 (former student)

9:50 impact 2 (former investigator)

10 impact 3 (institution)

10:10 am

3-Minute Madness Student Flash Talks, Theater

Introduced by Dr. Holly LaVoie, SC INBRE Program Coordinator

Talks are a strict 3 minutes. The extra two minutes of each slot is to allow for transitioning between presenters.

10:15 am: 1

10:20 am: 2

10:25 am: 3

10:30 am: 4

10:35 am: 5

10:40 am: 6

10:45 am: 7

10:50 am: 8 ... Poster #xxx – Name, Code, Institution
Title

11 am

Exhibit Hall Open, Second Floor Lobby, Room 201 and Room 203

Poster Session 1, Ballroom (overflow to Rooms 203 and 205)
ODD numbered posters will present in this session (and removed immediately after the session is over)

Beverage Service (coffee, tea, water) available in Lounge 204.

12:15 pm

Lunch, Ballroom

Pick up boxed lunches from Lounge 202. Check your name tag for table number assignment.

EVEN numbered posters to be hung during the lunch break.

1:15 pm

Exhibit Hall Open, Second Floor Lobby, Room 201 and Room 203

Poster Session 2, Ballroom (over flow to Rooms 203 and 205)
EVEN numbered posters will present in this session

Beverage Service (coffee, tea, water) available in Lounge 204.

2:30 pm
5-minute break to transition to Talks

and Poster Session 2 poster removal

Concurrent Research Talk Sessions

Theater

Topic

2:35 pm: Name, type of award, Institution
Title
Keywords:

2:50 pm: Name, type of award, Institution
Title
Keywords:

3:05 pm: Name, type of award, Institution
Title
Keywords:

3:20 pm: Name, type of award, Institution
Title
Keywords:

3:30 pm: Name, type of award, Institution
Title
Keywords:

3:40 pm: Name, type of award, Institution
Title
Keywords:

End at 3:xx in time for Ballroom folks to flow back in

Ballroom