STEP North American Academic Meeting (prior to FERC) Date: June 4, 2015 Meeting Location: University of Vermont 55 Colchester Avenue Burlington, VT 05405 Kalkin Building Room 225 – Map Proposed Meeting Agenda June 4: 7:30 am 8:00 am 8:45 am 10:00 am Noon 1 pm 3 pm 4 pm 5-7 pm 7:30 pm Healthy Start Continental Breakfast [William Worthington] Welcome and Agenda review [Matt Allen] Future Direction of Global STEP, International updates [Don / Jim / Matt?] Next Group Research Project Discussion / Ideas Efforts to Bring Research into Usable Form for Consultants and Practitioners [All] Member concerns / Discussion of STEP NA Bottom Line-we ultimately need to decide: 1. Do we still exist? 2. If so, what is our purpose moving forward? 3. How do we want to pursue that purpose? 4. Who will do what to ensure that pursuit moves forward? Lunch [ALL] Continue discussions / Other items: Affiliate Partnerships, contract documents, ? [William Worthington] Review Assignments and Agreements Meeting Adjourns STEP Members Attend FERC Reception Dinner Waterman Building – Map The Manor Restaurant and Dining Room 85 S Prospect St Burlington, VT 05405 (a bus will pick up at 10:00 pm for transportation back to hotels) GETTING TO BURLINGTON: From Montreal: 90 miles From Boston: 220 miles From New York City: 290 miles From Albany, NY: 145 miles By Air: Burlington International Airport is located 3.5 miles from campus. By Bus: Vermont Transit Bus Lines and Megabus. By Train: Amtrak travels to Essex Junction — just 15 minutes from campus. Google Maps for Instant Directions Click: Here UVM Travel and Lodging Click: Here Transportation and Parking Service’s Click: Here Shuttle Bus Schedule: Here Meeting Attendees/Contact info: Babson College Baylor Bradford University Dalhousie Dalhousie Dalhousie HEC Oregon State University Stetson University Stetson University Utah State University UVM WPI WPI Matt Allen Bill Worthington Carole Howorth Albert James Bob Blunden Manisha Singal Denis Paré Don Neubaum mallen4@babson.edu Bill_Worthington@baylor.edu C.Howorth1@bradford.ac.uk Albert.James@Dal.Ca blunden@dal.ca msingal@vt.edu parejulien@sympatico.ca don.neubaum@bus.oregonstate.edu Frank Barbera Isabel Stamm Tom Schwarz Jim Davis Rocki-Lee DeWitt Frank Hoy Purvi Shah fbarbera@stetson.ede mail@isabellstamm.de TVSchwarz@hotmail.com james.h.davis@usu.edu Rocki.dewitt@uvm.edu fhoy@wpi.edu pshah@wpi.edu