Afternoon Session Links

Afternoon Session Links

Due to problems with Zoom's registration system we are issuing new meetings for the Afternoon Concurrent Sessions. 

Direct Zoom Links:

Access the the Faculty Plenary remains unchanged. 

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Symposium Registration

Registration for the Symposium is done in blocks. Each session requires you to register for the offering for that portion of the day. The Welcome & Leadership Panel is a symposium-wide session held at the start of the day. Next, there are 3 options for concurrent sessions available for you to choose from (session descriptions).  After the lunch break, there is another concurrent session block offering three options to join (session descriptions). Then the everyone rejoins a full session for the Faculty Plenary. 

Register in Zoom for Symposium Sessions
MORNING SESSIONSAFTERNOON SESSIONS
8:30 AM to 10:10 AM1:00 PM to 2:10 PM
Welcome & Leadership PanelDirect Links: Session 2-A | Session 2-B | Session 2-C
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
 Session 1-A | Session 1-B | Session 1-CFaculty Plenary

Sessions Nearing Capacity: 1-A, 1-B, 2-C

 

Event Agenda

Date: Wednesday, November 17 | Delivery Platform: Zoom

WELCOME & LEADERSHIP PANEL (8:30 am -10:10 am)

8:30 am
Welcome and Introduction

Daniel Ennis, Executive Vice President

8:45 am          
Duke Executive Leadership Panel

Institutional and research executive leaders answer your questions in a panel discussion hosted by Katherine Norris and Gwen Hall-DiFabio with the Office of Education for Research Administration and Finance.

  • Geeta Swamy, Associate Vice President for Research, Vice Dean for Scientific Integrity and Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology

  • Kyle Cavanaugh, Vice President for Administration

  • Rachel Satterfield, Vice President for Finance

  • R. Sanders Williams, Interim Vice President of Research & Innovation

  • Scott Gibson, Executive Vice Dean of Administration, MNMC

  • Tracy Futhey, Vice President and Chief Information Officer

10:10 am
20 MINUTE INTERMISSION

CONCURRENT SESSIONS - BLOCK 1 (10:30 am - 11:30 am)

10:30 am                 
CONCURRENT SESSION OPTIONS

► Participants should register for one concurrent session during block one. OERAF plans to offer all sessions as CE later in FY22. 

Session A: Racial Injustice & Supporting Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities – How It Impacts Our Interactions and Decisions at Work

Session Materials

Join Pam Bivens, Assistance Director for Diversity & Inclusion with Duke’s Office of Institutional Equity for an interactive discussion on the relationship of “white privilege” and “racial injustice” and ways that individuals can support Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities in attaining “racial justice.”

Session B: Award Management: Where Does Critical Thinking Fit In?

Session Materials

Working as a research administrator demands that you think critically daily. Join Lorrie Robbins and Betty Morgan, both GCMs with the Campus Grants Management Team, to explore how to hone your critical thinking skills to help you effectively manage your portfolio.

Session C: Sharing Doesn’t Have to be Hard – Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices for Using Duke’s Payroll Cost Share Tool

Session Materials

Join colleagues to learn tips, tricks, and strategies to employ to effectively and efficiently work in Duke’s Payroll Cost Share Tool. Participants will have the opportunity to work in break-out groups to apply best practices to specific situations.

11:30 am
Mid-day Break until 1:00 pm 

CONCURRENT SESSIONS - BLOCK 2 (1:00 pm - 2:10 pm)

1:00 pm                                    
CONCURRENT SESSION OPTIONS

► Participants should register for one concurrent session during block one. OERAF plans to offer all sessions as CE later in FY22. 

Session A: Why can’t I charge it to the project? Strategies for Avoiding Costing Issues

-DIRECT ZOOM LINK TO JOIN-

Session Materials 

Join Molly McCarthy from the Office of Research Administration (ORA) and Tonya O’Dell from the Campus Award Management Team (CAMT) for a situational discussion of the most common costing issues at Duke. Work in small breakout groups to determine how you would address potential costing pitfalls.

Session B: Email? Chat? Zoom? Phone? - Navigating Options and Communicating Effectively in Duke’s Remote Work Environment

-DIRECT ZOOM LINK TO JOIN-

Session Materials 

With an array of communication tools at our disposal, it can be challenging to determine which tool is best to use. Join Dana Sanders, Director and Deb Martin, Senior Grants & Contracts Manager) of Research Administration Support Resource (RASR) to explore strategies for effectively using the various communication methods available to Duke’s research administrators. Work in small breakout groups to analyze situations and determine what you would have done differently.

Session C: So Many Transactions, So Little Time! – Navigating the SAP GUI and Duke@Work to Pick the Report that Best Meets the Need

-DIRECT ZOOM LINK TO JOIN

Session Materials (Available After the Session)

Darrell Queen, Research Admin Business Process Analyst in the Office of Research Administration & Valerie Abbott, Research Administration Manager in the Campus Award Management Team to examine SAP GUI and Duke@Work transaction and the nuances that can make choosing the best transaction for a job tricky. Participants with join in a friendly competition to test their knowledge.

2:10 pm
20-minute Intermission

► FACULTY PLENARY SESSION (2:30 PM - 3:30 PM)

2:30 pm 
Brandon Garrett

L. Neil Williams Professor of Law
Director, Wilson Center for Science and Justice                                                                                                   

Register for the Faculty Plenary

3:15 pm
Afternoon Wrap-up

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Continuing Education

We are excited that you’ve chosen to attend the 2021 Virtual Symposium for Research Administrators on November 17th, 2021. Continuing education will be available for this year’s symposium. Read on to learn more.

  • So how is credit assigned? The Office of Education for Research Administration and Finance (OERAF) will monitor and record your attendance in all sessions and will assign credit based upon the length of time that you were engaged.
  • Participants must be logged in via a computer or app on a mobile device to earn credit for their attendance in the session. Dialing in via phone where visual images are unavailable will not qualify for continuing education credit. Using a phone for the audio portion is allowed when paired with logging in via a computer or mobile device.
  • Continuing education credit will be issued in increments of 0.5 hours up to 5.5 hours for the entire day. If you can only join us for part of the event, OERAF will capture the amount of time you attend. Prior notification is not needed.
  • OERAF will load credit into the RCC Training Tracker after the symposium. Please note that credits may take up to three weeks to appear in the Training Tracker due to the high volume of attendance.
  • OERAF will send an email to the community once credits are available in the RCC Training Tracker. If, after three weeks, your credits do not appear, please contact OERAF.
  • Session recordings will be available for viewing after the event; however, continuing education credit will not be available to those who watch the recorded sessions.

Symposium credits (5.5 credits maximum) can be counted toward maintaining your existing RAA, AGM, RAI, FCC, and RCC certifications for the FY22 certification year. They do not count towards the RAI-LS requirement. To learn more, please refer here: Continuing Education

For questions about the symposium website, please contact OERAF at ResearchFinanceEd@duke.edu.

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