8:00 AM: Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Poster Set-Up [CBLS* Lobby]

9:00 AM: Welcoming Remarks [100 CBLS*]

• Dr. Samantha Meenach, RI-INBRE Training Core Director/Professor of Engineering & Pharacy (URI)
• Dr. Barbara Wolfe, Provost of University of Rhode Island
• Dr. Rosemary Costigan, President of Community College of Rhode Island
• Mr. Neil Steinberg, Chair of Rhode Island Life Science Hub
• Dr. Kerry LaPlante, Dean of College of Pharmacy (URI)
• Mr. Jim Lemire, Undergraduate Research Coordinator of RI NSF EPSCoR/Professor of Biology, Marine Biology, & Environmental Science

9:30 AM: Poster Session A [FCAE** and Avedisian Hall] 

11:00 AM: Poster Session B [FCAE** and Avedisian Hall]

12:30 PM: Poster tear down

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*CBLS = Center for Biotechnology & Life Sciences

**FCAE = Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering