Dear Colleagues

Welcome to the 2005 NCURA Region II Spring Meeting! The theme of this year’s meeting in Philadelphia, the
City of Brotherly Love, is appropriately “Research Administration: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Leadership.”

Join us as we travel to Philadelphia to explore a revolutionary time in research administration. Choose from three exciting workshops, and more than 15 concurrent sessions, for all sizes and types of research organizations and needs. Our Program Committee has put together a dynamic program with sessions broken out into three tracks: General, Policy, and Practice. The program includes discussion groups, a town meeting as a forum for hot topics in research administration, and timely NIH and NSF updates.

If this is your first NCURA meeting, or if you simply want the chance to greet some newcomers and learn more about your Region II colleagues, join us at Sunday afternoon’s Newcomer’s Reception and evening dinner groups. There will be additional professional development opportunities throughout the meeting and a chance for informal networking at the hospitality suite on Sunday and Monday nights. After a busy day on Monday, we’ll unwind on a unique Trolley Tour of Philadelphia’s historic sites capped off by a casual dinner at Dave and Buster’s where the fun ranges from billiards to video games.

Philadelphia is a city rich in culture and entertainment and home to some of the nation’s most important historical attractions, including the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. I am sure that you will find the Spring Meeting to
be a rewarding experience, and I look forward to seeing you there!

Robert De Martino
Chair, Region II

April 17-19, 2005
Philadelphia, PA

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