Schedule

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

  8:00 - 9:00 am Registration and Breakfast   
       
  9:00 - 9:15 am Provost's Welcome  
       
  9:15 - 9:30 am Break  
       
  9:30 - 10:45 am Workshop Breakout Session 1
  • Linking Planning and Budgeting Under UIC’s Modified Responsibility Centered Management (RCM) Budget Model
  • Travel Expense Management System
  • Pre-Award Administration - What Departmental Administrators Ought to Know
  • Departmental Planning for Upcoming Retirements: What Should You Think Through?
  • Demystifying the Vendor Payment Process
 
       
  10:45 - 11:00 am Break  
       
  11:00 - 12:00 pm Workshop Breakout Session 2
  • To Infinity and Beyond: Space Economy Year One
  • “The Chosen One”: Your Grant Has Been Selected For Audit
  • Effective Administration to Support Commercialization of Research Discoveries
  • You Manage Academic Professional and Civil Service Employees Differently? Really?
  • Accounting FUNdamentals: Do More With Fewer Mistakes
  • Reporting and Analysis Highlights
 
       
  12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch and Table Discussions
 
       
  1:30 - 1:45 pm Break  
       
  1:45 - 2:45 pm Workshop Breakout Session 3
  • UIC’s Diversity Strategic Plan
  • iBuy and Related Procurement Issues
  • New Federal Financial Conflict of Interest Regulations
  • Proactive, Preventative Employee Relations: Avoiding the Courthouse
  • Successfully Managing Self-Supporting Funds
  • Reporting and Analysis Highlights
 
       
  2:45 - 3:00 pm Break  
       
  3:00 - 4:00 pm Provost's Address  
       
  4:00 - 5:00 pm Networking Reception