2007 Strategic Planning and Research ConferenceJanuary 11-15, 2006

Co-Hosted by:Houston Alumni Extension

Houston Space Chapter

OverviewOverview

• Largest R5AE event of year• January 11-15, 2007

– Pre-Conference Mixer Thursday, Jan. 11– Outreach, Leadership, Technology, and

Entrepreneurship activities Jan. 12-13– Strategic Planning Session, Awards

Brunch, and Social Outing Sunday, Jan. 14– MLK Community Empowerment Seminar

Jan. 15

• Theme: “Our Time, Our Renaissance”

Conference LocationConference Location• Crowne Plaza Downtown Hotel

– 1700 Smith Street– Parking: $10/night (other nearby lots available)

• Guest Room Nightly Rates (until 12/31)– $99 Single, Double– $109 Triple, Quad– $139 Junior Suites– 17% Tax

• Reservations Numbers (should open by Mon)– (713) 739-8800 (M-F, 8am-5pm)– 1-800-2CROWNE (after 5pm or weekends)

Conference WorkshopsConference Workshops

LeadershipLeadership• Training provided by leadership consulting

organization All About Talent– Tools used by many Fortune 500 companies– Clients include companies in Energy, Financial,

Oil & Gas, and others • Three-hour training short course for

professional leadership training– Leadership Development: INSIGHTS Discovery

to Personal Effectiveness and Enhanced Communication

• 4 types of people leaders/managers must deal with• Best/worst ways to lead/manage them• Instructor: Sally Clark

– Member, American Society for Training and Development– Certified in INSIGHTS assessment tool

LeadershipLeadership

• House of Delegates– Organization and activity of Region 5-AE

legislative branch– Two representatives per chapter– Friday

• Delegate orientation• Election of House officers (Speaker of the

House and Clerk)

– Saturday• Legislative session (RAOG amendments;

resolutions, membership orders)

EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship

• NSBE’s Entrepreneurship Development Group’s Business Development Training program will host Entrepreneurship Track

• Six-hour training module for Black technology businesses– Micro-Business Workshop (1.5 hr)– Enhancing Your Business Using Technology (1.5 hr)– Small Business Incubators and Set Asides (1 hr)– Panel Discussion: The Passion of Entrepreneurship

(2 hr)

TechnologyTechnology

• Technical focus of SPRC produces perfect match with NSBE Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

• SIG technology workshops account for more than 50% of all conference workshop slots (Fri/Sat workshops)

• Still receiving SIG or industry technology workshop abstracts on a space-available basis (priority given to conference sponsors)

SIGs Scheduled (as of 12/14)SIGs Scheduled (as of 12/14)SIG Workshop

Aerospace & Space (joint) Aerospace Division Conference - Planning Session

Aerospace Technology on Board: A Fully Digital Flight Deck

Energy Energy SIG and Hydrogen Power with Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Information Technology Business Meeting

Petroleum Petroleum Industry 101: Introduction to the Oil Patch

Petroleum Offshore Operations: Gulf of Mexico

Space Mars Desert Research Station - Expedition NSBE

Space Tech Paper Series: Hypobaric Testing of Environmental Sensors & Mars Exploration Rovers: Still Going…

Space Design and Launch of NSBE Small Satellites

Structural Engineering Organizational Meeting

Structural Engineering Structural Steel Design and Seismic Design Based on the New AISC 13th Edition

Transportation The Next 50 Years: Looking to the Future

Transportation The History and Evolution of Houston Metro’s Light Rail

Conference Catered EventsConference Catered Events(Seeking Corporate Sponsors)(Seeking Corporate Sponsors)

Catered EventsCatered Events

• Opening Reception– Takes place during Friday Technology Expo– Light refreshments– Sponsorship: $3500

• Mentoring Breakfast– Saturday morning– Seats conference attendees at tables with a

senior executive– Sponsorship: $2500 (or $250 per table)

• Workshops Break– Saturday during am or pm (TBD) workshops– Light refreshments– Sponsorship: $1200

Catered EventsCatered Events

• Leadership Luncheon– Saturday afternoon– Keynote: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee– Sponsorship: $2500

• Innovation and Technology Brunch – Sunday morning– Includes awards recognition for attendees and

innovative companies– Sponsorship: $2500

Sheila Jackson LeeSheila Jackson Lee

• 6th term in US House of Representatives• 18th Congressional District of Texas• Committee Memberships

– House Judiciary• Ranking member of Subcommittee on Immigration,

Border Security, and Claims• Only female to serve as ranking member of a Judiciary

Subcommittee

– House Homeland Security– House Science

• Senior member on Subcommittees on Energy and Space & Aeronautics

Catered EventsCatered Events

• Community Empowerment Luncheon– Monday afternoon– Working luncheon

• Not for all MLK attendees• Luncheon invitees: Facilitator, community leaders and

selected NSBE representatives

– Each table assigned a specific local Houston problem in areas of health, education, finance, or science/technology

– Table will brainstorm solutions that participants commit implement to improve problems in city

– Sponsorship: $2500

Other Conference EventsOther Conference Events

Technology ExpoTechnology Expo

• Showcase new technologies and advancements

• Friday evening and all day Saturday

• Seeking scale models, prototypes, qualification units, production articles, or other representations of technical products and services.

EntertainmentEntertainment

• Tours– Tours under consideration

• Buffalo Soldier’s Museum ($5 - Friday)• Battleship Texas ($10 - Friday)• Sam Houston Boat Tour (free - Friday)• NASA - Mission Control Center, Space Vehicle Mockup

Facility, and Neutral Buoyancy Lab (free - Friday)• Galveston Day Trip (free - Sunday)

• Nightly Entertainment– Venues TBA

• Thursday pre-conference Mixer• Friday, Saturday, and Sunday suggested destinations

Community Service – Project Community Service – Project AEAE

• Friday morning activity at Booker T. Washington High School

• Partnered with nonprofit called Discover Technology– Takes old computers and upgrades hardware and software, then

donates to organizations building their computer labs

– Recently conducted upgrades in support of Katrina relief activity

• Will bring Discover Technology computers to Booker T. Washington and teach students how to upgrade them– Enables students to learn about computers

– Provides volunteer manpower for Discover Technology

• Alumni members will also speak to students about their careers

MLK Community Empowerment MLK Community Empowerment SeminarSeminar

• Takes place on MLK Holiday (Monday)

• Primary community impact component of 2007 SPRC

• Goal is to connect and engage with the Black community at large, with technology-based focus of community education and empowerment– Provide relevant, useful information to the

general public

MLK Community Empowerment MLK Community Empowerment SeminarSeminar

• One day, free to the public• Target audience is Houston community• Information workshop tracks

– Health, Finance, Education, and Science/Technology

• Community Exhibits– Information and service provider booths in same

areas as MLK workshop tracks

• Community Empowerment Luncheon– Gathers community leaders and creates alliances

to solve specific Houston problems

• Motivational keynote speaker

MLK Community Empowerment MLK Community Empowerment SeminarSeminar

• Looking for other organizations to participate– Greek organizations, Red Cross, Debt

counselors, Financial advisors, etc.– Workshop presenters or exhibitors

• Most workshop slots filled; still need exhibits

– Participating organizations address topics of health, finance, education, or science/technology

– Contact sprc_community@board.nsbe.org

Tentative AgendaTentative Agenda

Tentative AgendaTentative AgendaThursday, January 118:00 Happy Hour

Friday, January 128:00-11:00 Community Service Event12:00-4:00 Tour Events (Tentative list; attendees may choose one)

Buffalo Soldier’s Museum ($5)Battleship Texas ($10)Sam Houston Boat Tour (free)NASA - Mission Control Center, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility, and Neutral Buoyancy Lab (free)

5:00-7:00 Opening Reception/Technology Expo/SPRC Registration7:00-9:00 Leadership: House of Delegates Orientation & Elections7:00-7:50 SIG 1: Space - Mars Desert Research Station7:00-7:50 SIG 2: Petroleum Industry 101: Introduction to the Oil

Patch8:00-8:50 SIG 3: Space - Hypobaric Testing of Environmental

Sensors & Mars Exploration Rovers…Still Going8:00-8:50 SIG 4: SIG Placeholder9:00 Social Activity

Tentative AgendaTentative AgendaSaturday, January 137:00-11:00 SPRC Registration7:00-8:00 Mentoring Breakfast (no keynote; attendees seated with

executives)8:15-9:15 General Session9:15-9:30 Break (consider moving to 10:15-11:00)9:30-12:30 Technology Expo9:30-12:30 Leadership: House of Delegates Legislative Session9:30-11:00 Information Technology Think Tank Business Meeting9:30-10:20 SIG 5: SIG Placeholder – Tentative: Michelin “Disruptive Technologies”9:30-10:20 SIG 8: Structural Engineering - Structural Steel Design and Seismic Design

Based on the New AISC 13th Edition9:30-10:50 EDG 1: Micro-Business Workshop10:30-11:20 SIG 6: Aerospace - Technology on Board: A Fully Digital Flight Deck 10:30-11:20 SIG 9: Transportation - The Next 50 Years: Looking to the Future11:00-12:20 EDG 2: Enhancing Your Business Using Technology11:30-12:20 SIG 7: Energy SIG and Hydrogen Power with Carbon Capture and

Sequestration11:30-12:20 SIG 10: Transportation - The History and Evolution of Houston Metro’s Light

Rail

Tentative AgendaTentative AgendaSaturday, continued

12:30-2:00 Leadership Luncheon / Keynote: US Representative Sheila Jackson Lee

2:00-4:00 Technology Expo

2:15-5:20 Leadership: INSIGHTS Discovery to Personal Effectiveness and Enhanced Communication

2:15-3:15 SIG 11: Petroleum - Offshore Operations: Gulf of Mexico

2:15-3:15 SIG 12: SIG Placeholder – Tentative: IBM “SecondLife”

2:15-3:15 EDG 3: Small Business Incubators and Set Asides

3:15-3:30 Break

3:30-5:20 EDG: The Passion of Entrepreneurship (Panel)

3:30-4:20 SIG 13: Space - Small Satellites

3:30-4:20 SIG 15: Structural Engineering – Organizational Meeting

4:30-5:20 SIG 14: Space/Aero - Aerospace Division Conference

4:30-5:20 SIG 16: Information Technology Think Tank Business Meeting

6:00-8:00 Dinner (on your own)

8:00 Social Activity

Tentative AgendaTentative AgendaSunday, January 149:00-10:00 Regional Strategic Planning Session11:00-1:00 Innovation and Technology Brunch / Keynote TBD2:00-9:00 Tour Events - Galveston Trip9:00 Social Activity

Monday, January 157:00-2:00 MLK Registration9:00-5:00 Exhibit Area open10:00-10:50 Health 1 (Youth) – HIV/AIDS in the African American Community10:00-10:50 Finance 1 (Adult) – Wealth Development Strategies10:00-10:50 Education 1 (Adult) - Open10:00-10:50 Science/Technology 1 (Adult) - Open11:00-11:50 Health 2 (Adult) – How to Manage Stress and the Daily Stressors of

Life!11:00-11:50 Finance 2 (Adult) – How to Manage Money, Invest in the Stock

Market, and Improve Your Credit Score11:00-11:50 Education 2 (Adult) - Open

Tentative AgendaTentative AgendaMonday, continued11:00-11:50 Science/Technology 2 (Youth) – Are You Internet Saavy? WWW and

MySpace12:00-1:50 Lunch (on your own)12:00-1:50 MLK Community Empowerment Luncheon

(no keynote; community leaders working session)2:00-2:50 Keynote Speaker3:00-3:50 Health 3 (Adult) – Defeating Diabetes3:00-3:50 Finance 3 (Adult) – Your Credit Score and the Best Interest

Rates3:00-3:50 Education 3 (Youth) – Robots By Youth, For Youth3:00-3:50 Science/Technology 3 (Adult) – Benefits of Space for 21st

Century Black America4:00-4:50 Health 4 (Adult) – Living with HIV4:00-4:50 Finance 4 (Youth) – Finance Fitness4:00-4:50 Education 4 (Adult) – STEM Teachers’ Toolkit: Keys to

Making Science ‘Real’ to Students in Grades 6-124:00-4:50 Science/Technology 4 (Adult) - Open5:00 Exhibit Area closes

Registration InformationRegistration Information

SPRC Registration RatesSPRC Registration Rates

Conference Attendee• $40 Early Bird Deadline: 12/15• $55 Regular Deadline: 1/1• $65 Late/Onsitehttps://nol.nsbe.org (go to Events)Direct link:

https://nol.nsbe.org/events/EV04EventDetail.aspx?eventID=2894

Tech Expo Booth (free for event sponsors)

• $400 Corporation/Government• $250 Small Business/Nonprofit• $50 Registered AE Entrepreneur

For More InformationFor More Information

• General Conference Information or Hotel Questions– sprc_chair@board.nsbe.org

• Registration Questions– sprc_registration@board.nsbe.org

• Sponsorship– sprc_finance@board.nsbe.org

• Website– http://www.nsbe-hsc.org/sprc/