Debra Stewart, President, Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)

Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Acting Assistant Director, Directorate for Education and Human Resources, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Keynote Address: "The Demand for STEM and Graduate Education through 2018"
Anthony Carnevale, Director, Center on Education and the Workforce, Georgetown University

Panel #1 – The Role and Status of the Master's Degree in STEM

Moderator: Nathan Bell, Director, Research and Policy Analysis, CGS

Speakers:
Eleanor Babco, Consultant and Associate Program Director, Professional Master's Initiatives, CGS

Sheila Edwards Lange, Vice President for Minority Affairs and Vice Provost for Diversity, University of Washington

William Wiener, Vice Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, Marquette University

Small Group Discussions

Break

Moderator: Robert Sowell, Vice President, Programs and Operations, CGS

Speakers:
Moheb Ghali, Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Dean, Western Washington University
  
Brenda Brouwer, Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada

Mark J.T. Smith, Dean, Graduate School, Purdue University

Moderator: Alexander Nicholas, AAAS Fellow, Division of Graduate Education, NSF

Speakers:
Myles Boylan, Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education and Division of Graduate Education, NSF

Carol Lynch, Senior Scholar in Residence and Program Director, Professional Master's Initiatives, CGS

Moderator: Sally Francis, Dean in Residence, CGS and Dean of the Graduate School, Oregon State University

Speakers:
B. Lindsay Lowell, Director of Policy Studies, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University

Wayne Stevenson, Director, Science Education Programs, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
  
Lilian Wu, Program Executive, IBM Global University Programs

Debra W. Stewart, President, CGS

Carol Stoel, Program Director, Division of Graduate Education, NSF