CoEE Showcase

Public session featuring CoEE endowed chairs will be held October 30 on the USC campus.

As part of the first-ever CoEE Council of Chairs conference, the public is invited to a special CoEE showcase that will give them an up-close look at the excellent research taking place in the Centers of Economic Excellence housed at Clemson, USC, and MUSC.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to meet 20 CoEE endowed chairs, who are among the world’s leading scientists and engineers. These world-class professors have been recruited to South Carolina through the CoEE Program and are laying the foundation for tomorrow’s major scientific discoveries.

The CoEE showcase will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. on Friday, October 30 at USC’s Russell House Theater. There is no cost to attend, and everyone is invited.

AGENDA

1:00 PM          South Carolina Science and Economic Development Forum

Moderated by Paula Harper Bethea (Chair, CoEE Board) and featuring Michael Amiridis (Provost, USC), Bobby Hitt (BMW/CoEE Board), Gilda Cobb Hunter (SC House of Representatives), Chris Przirembel (VP for Research and Economic Development, Clemson University), and Tony Waldrop (Vice Chancellor for Research, University of North Carolina)                     

2:15                Break

2:30                The CoEE Program: Scope and Impact

Introduced by CoEE Endowed Chairs Thomas Kurfess (Manufacturing, Clemson) and Jay Moskowitz (Clinical and Translational Research, USC) and featuring Paul Venhovens (Automotive Systems Integration, Clemson); Kenneth Reifsnider (Future Fuels, USC); Brian Benicewicz (Nanoscience, USC); and Charles Smith (Cancer Drug Discovery, MUSC).

3:45                South Carolina CoEE Council of Chairs: The Path Forward

Featuring CoEE Review Board Chair Paula Harper Bethea and CoC Conference Chair/CoEE Endowed Chair Richard Swaja.

4:00                Adjourn

For additional information about the Council of Chairs conference, please contact Clare Morris at clare@claremorrisagency.com.

View a map to Russell House on the USC campus in downtown Columbia. Parking is available in the Bull Street visitor’s garage (view map) at a rate of $1 per hour. The garage entrance is located at the corner of Bull and Greene Streets, a short walk from Russell House.