A Comprehensive look at Comprehending 1200.17
Speaker: Derwood Haskell

 ACOS-Only Session: Field Priorities and Needs, Engaging the Field in the Research Enterprise Initiative.
Speakers: ORD, ACOS CONFERENCE PLANNING GROUP

 Breakfast with Exhibitor Presentations

• Vendor Demos 1 and 2: 7:45 AM - 8:00 AM
• Vendor Demo 3: 8:05 AM - 8:30 AM

 Welcome remarks by a special guest appearance

 Breakout Session 1:

• Grants Management Pre-Award
  Speakers: Rebecca Walker & Maggie McCarthy
  

• DE&I session- terms, what it means in your workplace, how to apply it

• Research Enterprise-Part 1: Strategies, Priorities, and Field Input for the Organizational Alignment Initiative 
  Speakers: Grant Huang (Deputy CRADO), Bill Wolf (Hines VA), Laura Peterson (Houston VA)

 Breakout Session 2:

• Grants Management Post-Award 
  Speakers: Rebecca Walker & Maggie McCarthy

• Human Resources - Acquisition and Retention
  Speaker: Brenden Wright

• Research Enterprise-Part 2: Sustainability through Centralized Operations (HR, Contracts, Mentorship & Leadership Development)
  Speakers: Tony Laracuente (ORD Director, Field Operations), Melissa Middleton, Carrie May (Leadership Development Initiative)

• Indirect Cost Rates
  Speaker: Bob Forrester

• PEARL of Education 
  Speakers: (Katrina Washburn, Kevin Hull and ACOS-E)- D'Arcy or James McCallum

• Engaging Support of Medical Center Leadership & VISN
  Speakers: Kristen Mattocks (ACOS Western MA, VISN 1), Mark Riddle (ACOS Reno, NV, VISN 21), Jennifer Lee (ACOS Palo Alto, VISN 21), Hanna Bloomfield (ACOS Minneapolis, MN, VISN 23), Ann Rosenthal (ACOS Milwaukee, WI, VISN 12)

Breakout Session 4:

• NPPO audit
  Speakers: Jeteseya Dennis and Derwood Haskell

• Fundraising
  Speaker: Kevin Hull

• Establishing Partnerships with Clinical Care for Research

 7th Annual NAVREF Awards Reception

 Special Guest Speaker: Rosie Torres, Executive Director of BurnPits360

 Breakfast with Exhibitor Presentations

• Vendor Demos 3 and 4: 7:45 AM - 8:00 AM
• Vendor Demos 5:  and 6: 8:05 AM - 8:20 AM

 Speaker: Dr. Rachel Ramoni

 Breakout Session 5:

• Persevering Clinical Research, Unit 1
  Panelists: Loni, Jeff, and Dr. Sonel
  Moderator: Ron Hakes 

• Board Meeting Process, Agendas and KPIs
  Speaker: Michele Packard-Milam

• Ambition to Grow Programs through Collaborative Research: Local (NPC, VA Affiliate) and Extended Partnerships (Multi-VA, Multi-NPC)
  Speakers: Mark Yorek (ACOS IOWA City), Katrina Washburn (ED, South Florida), Krissa Caroff (Partnered Research Program), Gery Schulteis, ACOS San Diego, Vice-Chair GAO Report Subcommittee)

 Breakout Session 6:

• Sustaining Clinical Research, Unit 2
  Speakers:
  Panelists: Loni, Jeff, and Dr. Sonel
  Moderator: Ron Hakes 

• Multi-Site NPCs 
  Speaker: Danielle Fleumer, Cindy

• Transition to VAIRRS- Successful Practices, Persistence in Developing Solutions to Challenges
  

• Clinical trials session e.g., budeting, negotiating, etc. Speakers: Kelly Willenburg

• Financial Fraud Protecting your NPC
  Speakers: (Katrina, Kevin and ACOS-E)- D'Arcy or James McCallum

• Ensuring Longevity of Research Programs through Effective Administration of Research VERA and Research Protected Time
  Speaker: Gery Schulteis (ACOS San Diego)
  

Breakout Session 8:

• Strategic Planning
  Speakers: Michele Packard-Milam

• Advocacy- Preparing to Take the Hill
  

• DEI: Health Disparities Research
  Speakers: Ernest Moy (Exec Director VHA Office for Health Equity), Louis Dellitalia (ACOS Birmingham), Mark Roltsch (Program Officer, ORD)