Research Facility Best Practices Meeting

The Research Facilities Shared Practices Program includes an annual in-person meeting hosted by a participating organization. This meeting provides an in-person, small group format for in-depth discussion with your colleagues. You can hear firsthand what others are doing to reduce costs and/or improve performance, discuss lessons learned, and see other facilities and operations.

Description

These meetings typically include: (see example agenda)

Updates from all attendees,
Review of benchmarking metrics,
General town hall discussions, and
Facility tour(s) by the host organization.

Some past meetings were hosted by:

National Renewable Energy Laboratory in 2019
Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2018
Battelle in 2017
Fred Hutch in 2016

One meeting registration is included for all organizations participating in the Shared Practice program. There is a $300 fee to offset the meeting cost for additional attendees. Use the form below to register for the meeting

If your organization is not a Shared Practice program participant, you will need to be approved (to see if you are eligible and there is space available) and pay the $650 registration fee. Use the form below to submit an application to attend the meeting.

2023 Research Facility Managers Meeting Details – TBD (Interested in Hosting?)

Location: TBD
Dates: TBD
Nearby Hotels (may have corporate rate available): TBD
Agenda: TBD

REGISTRATION FORM PENDING

(Note: host organization’s visitor policies apply.)