The Inaugural Conference on the Microbiology of the Built Environment
FINAL PROGRAM
(By Invitation Only)
(Subject to Change)
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Designated Travel Day (No Formal Program)
Hotel arrivals with hosted conference registration booth at hotel (until 10 pm)
Local Guided Dinners for Early Arrivals (6:45)
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
MORNING PROGRAM (Millennium Harvest House Ballroom)
Cafe Breakfast provided for Conference Guests Staying in the Millennium Harvest House Hotel
Welcome Address and Conference Overview (8:50)
Alina Handorean, University of Colorado at Boulder
Paula Olsiewski, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Opening Plenary: Buildings as Diverse and Dynamic Systems (and what that means for their micro-occupants (9:00)
Richard Corsi, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Platform Presentations: Programmatic Deconstruction and the Art of Investigating Buildings as Ecosystems (9:20)
Post-Doctoral Fellows, Scientists and Graduate Students from Respective Research Groups
The University of Oregon, Center for Biology and the Built Environment (9:20)
Lawrence Berkeley Lab and the University of California at Berkeley Indoor Microbial Ecology Research Consortium (10:00)
--Morning Break-- (10:40)
Platform Presentation: Programmatic Deconstruction and the Art of Investigating Buildings as Ecosystems (11:00)
The Pennsylvania State University, Architectural Engineering, the Indoor Environment Center, Bill Banflefth (11:00)
The Challenge of Reorganizing the New Built Environment Science - Collaborative Calls for Thought Leaders (11:20)
American Institutes for Research, Carlos Rodriguez, Rita Kirshstein, and Susan Cole
Break Out Groups Assigned
--- Lunch, Millennium Harvest House Hotel --- (12:30)
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
Afternoon Plenary: Tools Emerging from the MoBE DAC Project (1:30)
Rob Knight, University of Colorado Boulder
Platform Presentations on Environmental Bioaerosol Assessments and Other Biomarkers (2:00)
Post-Doctoral Fellows and Graduate Students from Respective Research Groups
University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil Engineering, Jeff Siegel and Kerry Kinney (2:00)
Yale University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Jordan Peccia (2:20)
University of Colorado at Boulder, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Noah Fierer (2:40)
---Afternoon Break---(3:00)
Platform Presentations on Large Scale Bioenvironmental Assessments (3:20)
Principal Investigators, Post-Doctoral Fellows and Graduate Students from Respective Research Groups
Max Plank Institute with the University of Denver, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Alex Huffman (3:20)
University of Colorado, Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, Norman Pace (3:40)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Center for Oceans and Human Health, Mitchell Sogin (4:00)
Afternoon Plenary: Curating the Emerging Database and Meeting Modern Data Management Challenges (4:30)
Peter Fox, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Observations from Behavioral Scientists: Summary of Today's Work and Tomorrow's Charter (5:00)
American Institutes for Research Staff, Carlos Rodriguez, Rita Kirshstein and Susan Cole (5:00)
EVENING PROGRAM (5:45 to 9:30)
Red Lion Inn, Boulder Canyon
Charter bus departs from Millennium Hotel to off-site dinner (5:50 pm)
Welcome Dinner and Special Address “Indoors Out”
Michele Ellsworth, University of Colorado,Theater & Dance (7:00)
Dr. Ellsworth is unique among the theater faculty, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses that combine science, theater, music and film.
Live Entertainment
Thomas Hine, Local Folk Musician and
Environmental Protection Specialist, Air Pollution Control Division
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
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Friday, June 1, 2012
MORNING PROGRAM (Discovery Learning Center, University of Colorado Engineering Center)
Cafe Breakfast provided for Conference Guests Staying in the Millennium Harvest House Hotel
(Re)orientation Address and Conference Overview (8:50)
Mark Hernandez, University of Colorado, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Morning Plenary: Upgrading Tools for Participating in the MicroBEnet and Responding to Growing Community Needs
Jonathan Eisen, University of California at Davis (9:00)
Platform Presentations on Bioaerosols and the "other biomes", Pollens, Fungi and Virus Populations (9:30)
Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, Keith Seifert (9:30)
Denver Botanic Gardens, Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski (9:50)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Civil Engineering, Lindsay Marr (10:10)
---Morning Break--- (10:30)
Platform Presentations on Environmental Bioaerosol Assessments including Industrial Hygiene Perspectives (10:50)
Principal Investigators from Industrial Hygiene and Bioinformatics Research Groups
J Craig Venter Institute, Metagenomics Laboratories, Shibu Yooseph (10:50)
University of Cincinnati, School of Public Health, Tiina Reponen (11:10)
FACILITATED PANEL REPORTING: Reconstruction Team-Building and Environment Assessments (11:30)
American Institutes for Research Staff Facilitating site-selected participants: Biology, Engineering and Building Science
Overview and Reassignment of Formal Built Environment Break Out Sessions (12:15)
American Institutes for Research, Carlos Rodriguez, Rita Kirshstein, and Susan Cole
--- Lunch, Folsom Stadium, University of Colorado --- (12:30)
AFTERNOON PROGRAM (Folsom Stadium)
Formal Break-Out Sessions: Leveraging Approaches for Developing a New Field (1:30)
American Institutes for Research, Carlos Rodriguez, Rita Kirshstein, and Susan Cole
--- Afternoon Break --- (3:00)
Reporting from Formal Break-Out Sessions (3:20)
Opportunities and Challenges for the Sloan Grantee Leadership Leveraging Approaches for Developing an New Field
Behavioralists' Conference Observations and Summary (4:00)
Carlos Rodriguez, American institutes for Research
Overview of Following Year's Programs (4:20)
What we May Expect from Major Funding Agencies in the Medium Term
ADJOURN (4:35)
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Breakfast provided by the Millennium Harvest House Hotel
Designated Travel Day (Morning Only – No Formal Program)
Hotel departures w/ hosted conference registration booth at hotel (until 10 am)
(By Invitation Only)
(Subject to Change)
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Designated Travel Day (No Formal Program)
Hotel arrivals with hosted conference registration booth at hotel (until 10 pm)
Local Guided Dinners for Early Arrivals (6:45)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, May 31, 2012
MORNING PROGRAM (Millennium Harvest House Ballroom)
Cafe Breakfast provided for Conference Guests Staying in the Millennium Harvest House Hotel
Welcome Address and Conference Overview (8:50)
Alina Handorean, University of Colorado at Boulder
Paula Olsiewski, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Opening Plenary: Buildings as Diverse and Dynamic Systems (and what that means for their micro-occupants (9:00)
Richard Corsi, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Platform Presentations: Programmatic Deconstruction and the Art of Investigating Buildings as Ecosystems (9:20)
Post-Doctoral Fellows, Scientists and Graduate Students from Respective Research Groups
The University of Oregon, Center for Biology and the Built Environment (9:20)
Lawrence Berkeley Lab and the University of California at Berkeley Indoor Microbial Ecology Research Consortium (10:00)
--Morning Break-- (10:40)
Platform Presentation: Programmatic Deconstruction and the Art of Investigating Buildings as Ecosystems (11:00)
The Pennsylvania State University, Architectural Engineering, the Indoor Environment Center, Bill Banflefth (11:00)
The Challenge of Reorganizing the New Built Environment Science - Collaborative Calls for Thought Leaders (11:20)
American Institutes for Research, Carlos Rodriguez, Rita Kirshstein, and Susan Cole
Break Out Groups Assigned
--- Lunch, Millennium Harvest House Hotel --- (12:30)
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
Afternoon Plenary: Tools Emerging from the MoBE DAC Project (1:30)
Rob Knight, University of Colorado Boulder
Platform Presentations on Environmental Bioaerosol Assessments and Other Biomarkers (2:00)
Post-Doctoral Fellows and Graduate Students from Respective Research Groups
University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil Engineering, Jeff Siegel and Kerry Kinney (2:00)
Yale University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Jordan Peccia (2:20)
University of Colorado at Boulder, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Noah Fierer (2:40)
---Afternoon Break---(3:00)
Platform Presentations on Large Scale Bioenvironmental Assessments (3:20)
Principal Investigators, Post-Doctoral Fellows and Graduate Students from Respective Research Groups
Max Plank Institute with the University of Denver, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Alex Huffman (3:20)
University of Colorado, Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, Norman Pace (3:40)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Center for Oceans and Human Health, Mitchell Sogin (4:00)
Afternoon Plenary: Curating the Emerging Database and Meeting Modern Data Management Challenges (4:30)
Peter Fox, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Observations from Behavioral Scientists: Summary of Today's Work and Tomorrow's Charter (5:00)
American Institutes for Research Staff, Carlos Rodriguez, Rita Kirshstein and Susan Cole (5:00)
EVENING PROGRAM (5:45 to 9:30)
Red Lion Inn, Boulder Canyon
Charter bus departs from Millennium Hotel to off-site dinner (5:50 pm)
Welcome Dinner and Special Address “Indoors Out”
Michele Ellsworth, University of Colorado,Theater & Dance (7:00)
Dr. Ellsworth is unique among the theater faculty, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses that combine science, theater, music and film.
Live Entertainment
Thomas Hine, Local Folk Musician and
Environmental Protection Specialist, Air Pollution Control Division
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
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Friday, June 1, 2012
MORNING PROGRAM (Discovery Learning Center, University of Colorado Engineering Center)
Cafe Breakfast provided for Conference Guests Staying in the Millennium Harvest House Hotel
(Re)orientation Address and Conference Overview (8:50)
Mark Hernandez, University of Colorado, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Morning Plenary: Upgrading Tools for Participating in the MicroBEnet and Responding to Growing Community Needs
Jonathan Eisen, University of California at Davis (9:00)
Platform Presentations on Bioaerosols and the "other biomes", Pollens, Fungi and Virus Populations (9:30)
Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, Keith Seifert (9:30)
Denver Botanic Gardens, Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski (9:50)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Civil Engineering, Lindsay Marr (10:10)
---Morning Break--- (10:30)
Platform Presentations on Environmental Bioaerosol Assessments including Industrial Hygiene Perspectives (10:50)
Principal Investigators from Industrial Hygiene and Bioinformatics Research Groups
J Craig Venter Institute, Metagenomics Laboratories, Shibu Yooseph (10:50)
University of Cincinnati, School of Public Health, Tiina Reponen (11:10)
FACILITATED PANEL REPORTING: Reconstruction Team-Building and Environment Assessments (11:30)
American Institutes for Research Staff Facilitating site-selected participants: Biology, Engineering and Building Science
Overview and Reassignment of Formal Built Environment Break Out Sessions (12:15)
American Institutes for Research, Carlos Rodriguez, Rita Kirshstein, and Susan Cole
--- Lunch, Folsom Stadium, University of Colorado --- (12:30)
AFTERNOON PROGRAM (Folsom Stadium)
Formal Break-Out Sessions: Leveraging Approaches for Developing a New Field (1:30)
American Institutes for Research, Carlos Rodriguez, Rita Kirshstein, and Susan Cole
--- Afternoon Break --- (3:00)
Reporting from Formal Break-Out Sessions (3:20)
Opportunities and Challenges for the Sloan Grantee Leadership Leveraging Approaches for Developing an New Field
Behavioralists' Conference Observations and Summary (4:00)
Carlos Rodriguez, American institutes for Research
Overview of Following Year's Programs (4:20)
What we May Expect from Major Funding Agencies in the Medium Term
ADJOURN (4:35)
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Breakfast provided by the Millennium Harvest House Hotel
Designated Travel Day (Morning Only – No Formal Program)
Hotel departures w/ hosted conference registration booth at hotel (until 10 am)