Conference of florida graduate schools 2025 Agenda

Platinum Sponsors:

	Location
11:30am-1:00pm	Lobby Atrium (Lunch)	Registration/Check-In and Lunch
1:00pm-1:15pm	SF 107	Welcome: Dr. Stephen Engle, Professor and Associate Provost for Academic Personnel- Florida Atlantic University
1:15pm-1:30pm	SF 107	Welcome: Dr. Robert Stackman Jr., Graduate Dean and Associate Vice President for the Jupiter Campus- Florida Atlantic University
1:30pm-2:30pm	SF 107	Session 1: Discussion with Legal Counsel Navigating Challenges in Graduate Education Speakers: Andrea G. Amigo, Esq., Associate General Counsel for Florida Atlantic University Leslie Crosdale, Associate General Counsel for Florida State University Robert Large, Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer for Florida State University
2:30pm-3:30pm	SF 107	Session 2: Discussion on Mental Health in Higher Education Mental Health in Graduate Education and Staff Well-Being Speaker: Dr. Laura DiPasquale
3:30pm-4:00pm	Atrium	Break
4:00pm-5:00pm	3a: SF 109 3b: SF 110 3c: SF 128	Session 3: Breakout Sessions Breakout 3a: Graduate Deans (individuals who oversee Graduate Studies/Schools) Breakout 3b: Graduate Studies Professionals (all other non-dean professional staff/faculty attendees) Breakout 3c: Graduate Student Networking
5:15pm-6:45pm	Genesis Deck	Welcome Dinner Entertainment: Aaron Orin- College of Arts & Letters Graduate Student

	Location
8:00am-8:45am	Lobby Atrium (Breakfast)	Registration/Check-In and Continental Breakfast
9:00am-9:45am	SF107	Session 4: Keynote Address - Discussion on Artificial Intelligence Speaker: Christian Stegh, Chief Technology Officer, eGroup Enabling Technologies
9:45am-10:30am	SF107	Session 5: Panel Discussion - Artificial Intelligence Moderator: Dr. Mehran Basiratmand, Director, Florida Atlantic University- College of Business Panel: Christian Stegh Dr. Tamara Dinev, Department Chair and Professor, Florida Atlantic University-College of Business Dr. William Hahn, Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University- College of Science Dr. Dmitri Pados, Schmidt Eminent Scholar Professor, Florida Atlantic University-College of Engineering and Computer Science
10:30am-10:45am	Atrium	Break
10:45am-11:45am	Sporting Complex Hall	Statewide Graduate Research Symposium (Poster Competition)
11:45am-12:45pm	Owl Perch (2nd Floor of Sporting Complex)	Buffet Lunch
12:45pm-2:45pm	SF 107	Statewide Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition
2:45pm-3:30pm	SF 107	Award Presentations and Closing Remarks