UC Davis IGPS Symposium

2015 IGPS Keynote Speaker | Cleveland Justis, MBA
“The Power of Interdisciplinary Research and Action in Driving Innovation”
Cleveland is the executive director for the UC Davis Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship . In this role, Cleveland is responsible for helping students, faculty, and staff move ideas from the lab and into the world. Many of these research ideas have resulted in successful companies and life-saving inventions getting commercialized. Cleveland has a passion for interdisciplinary research – his current research projects include looking at entrepreneurial networks at the intersection of business, government, and nonprofit sectors.
Cleveland has taught and lectured about entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship at top universities including UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, Georgetown University, and the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. Cleveland studied biology and environmental sciences at Swarthmore College and the University of California, Berkeley. He received his MBA in strategic management and finance at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, and is pursuing his PhD at UC Davis.
Formerly, Cleveland was the director and co-founder of the Institute at the Golden Gate. Prior to this position, Cleveland was the Executive Director of the award-winning Headlands Institute in Sausalito, California. Cleveland is an active volunteer in the community, currently serving as the board chair of the Marin Community Foundation, a large community foundation with over $1.6 billion in assets. He formerly served on the board of directors of Net Impact, an organization with a global network of over 15,000 leaders who are changing the world through business. Cleveland is an avid windsurfer, skier, sailor, and outdoor adventurer having led trips in remote areas of Alaska, Mexico, Chile, and the United States.

For Additional Questions and the Official Program Booklet Please visit:
● http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/about/igps.html
● http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/

Dear UC Davis Community,

This year's Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium (IGPS) will be held on April 2-3, 2015. Members of the UC Davis community are encouraged to come and support our participants who will be showcasing their research in poster sessions, oral presentations, student organized panels and art performances. There will be cash prizes awarded to students in the categories mentioned above.

Additionally, we are excited to introduce the 1st Annual UC Davis Grad Slam competition at this year’s IGPS. Join us at the UC Davis Conference Center in Conference Room A on April 3rd at 9:00am for the inaugural round of the Grad Slam competition.
● For more information on the UC wide Grad Slam competition click here: http://tinyurl.com/UCDGradSlam.

Thursday, April 2, 2015
3:00 - 5:00 pm Performances --AGR Ballroom, Buehler Alumni and Visitor's Center
6:00 - 8:00 pm Poster Session --Ballroom ABC UC Davis Conference Center

Friday April 3, 2015 --UC Davis Conference Center
8:00 am - 9:00 am GSA Coffee, Bagel, Donut Day
9:00 am - 3:15 pm Oral Presentations --Ballroom ABC
9:00 am - 10:15 am Student Organized Sessions --Conference Room B
9:00 am - 10:15 am Inaugual Grad Slam Round --Conference Room A
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Grad Slam Final Round --Conference Room A
3:30 pm - 6:00 pm Resource Reception --Moss Patio (Alumni Center)
● To RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/IGPS2015Reception
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Awards Banquet with Keynote Speaker Cleveland Justis, MBA –Ballroom ABC
● To RSVP: http://bit.ly/IGPSFriday

Attention Graduate Students! Volunteer for 2015 IGPS & get an exclusive IGPS t-shirt!

We need volunteers for the annual Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Symposium and Grad Slam Competition, taking place Thursday, April 2rd and Friday, April 3th, 2015 at the UC Davis Conference Center and Walter A. Buehler Alumni Center. Volunteers are needed during the following times:
● Thursday, April 2nd: 2:30-4:30pm | 4:30-6:30pm | 6:30-8:30 pm
● Friday, April 3rd: 8 am-8:45 am | 8:30 am-10 am | 10 am-12 pm | 12-12:45 pm | 12:30-2 pm | 2:15-4 pm | 4:30-5 pm

If you are only available for a portion of a stated time frame we still want your help! As a volunteer you will be helping with registering participants, keeping time for session participants, or photographing during the event. Please use the link below and use the Google form to register >> http://ow.ly/JVY83

Additional questions should be directed to [email protected] IGPS Web site >> http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/IGPS

IGPS is offering a new competition- GradSlam! http://ow.ly/HFLSe

GradSlam is a competition at the 2015 IGPS to find the best three-minute research presentation given by a UC Davis graduate or professional student. Students should present the significance and fundamental points of their work at UC Davis in a clear, direct, and interesting manner. Presentations should be prepared for a diverse audience comprised of students, faculty, and community members. There are multiple rounds of presentations - preliminaries, semifinals, and finals. The Dean of Graduate Studies will award a grand prize of $1,000, in addition to an all-expense paid trip (travel & hotel) to the UC-wide competition in the Bay Area! Judges will strongly consider clarity and effectiveness of the presentation by a general university audience. Business and other types of “elevator pitches” are welcome at GradSlam!

UC Davis 2015 Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium ~IGPS!

IGPS is the premier event for graduate and professional students from all colleges/ schools at UC Davis to showcase their work. Please forward this announcement to all graduate and professional groups and/or coordinators. Early submission deadline is January 16th. Regular submission deadline is February 20th. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. Thanks! Contact: [email protected]

http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/professional-development/interdisciplinary-graduate-professional-symposium

IGPS Today!! April 3, 2014
• Alumni Center AGR Hall | Performances | 3-5:30pm
• UC Davis Conference Center Ballroom | Welcome | 5:45pm
• UC Davis Conference Center Ballroom | Poster Sessions | 6-8:30pm
http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/about/igps.html

[2014 IGPS Keynote Speaker] Van Ton-Quinlivan | Vice Chancellor of Workforce and Economic Development of California’s Community Colleges. Van Ton-Quinlivan was named a 'White House Champion of Change' in her capacity as Vice Chancellor of Workforce and Economic Development of California’s Community Colleges. This Division administers state and federal funding applied to the career education mission across the system’s 112 community colleges. Appointed by Governor Jerry Brown in 2011, her leadership focus is on Doing What Matters for Jobs and the Economy.
More details about her can be found at http://goo.gl/I0M3Ht

Hey Aggies!! The deadline is around the corner for submission to the UC Davis IGPS 2014 | Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Symposium. Get in there!!!
● http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/IGPS

Art and Performance:
Performance pieces are to fit within a 15-minute space (longer pieces will only be considered if there is sufficient justification). This time includes set-up, take-down, and any introduction or closing description you want to give to your audience. Performances can involve more than one student, but one individual should be the organizer. You may wish to contact the symposium coordinator if you think your space requirements may be extraordinary.
Art exhibit applications can include one or more pieces; however, if you want to include art from multiple artists, you should check to see if the Application to Organize a Session at IGPS is more applicable to you.

Poster and Oral Presentations:
Posters and talks can be based on your own original research, or can be about campus related projects. For instance, if you have created a program, or started a student group on campus, and have interesting things to say about them, this is something you could present at IGPS. All applications will be considered regardless of topic or discipline. Oral presentations are limited to 10 minutes.
The Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium is meant to be a venue for graduate and professional students from different disciplines to create a connection between their research or work and their audience. In your application and in your actual talk or poster, you should use language that is understandable to a general (though academic) audience. It is very important that you state why your work/ research is important, and what it is that you hope to accomplish, or what could be accomplished with it.
http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/IGPS

Student-Organized Sessions:
Sessions should be organized around a central theme, and the applicant is responsible for inviting the other graduate student speakers/performers/panelists/poster presenters/artists. You do not have to have everyone figured out now, but you should have a core group of individuals in mind. The applicant is responsible for all communication with presenters, including who is chosen to present, in what order they will present, and how long each presenter has to present (within the 45-minute session time slot). The applicant is welcome to be one of the invited speakers, but should not be the creator of any more than a third of the content represented. Preference will be given to well thought out sessions that capitalize on the interdisciplinary aspect of the conference, and to authors who can communicate their ideas well to a general audience.
This is also a great opportunity for you to showcase a topic of your interest to the campus community! More information regarding the conference, as well as examples of ideas for student-run sessions can be found on the IGPS website: http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/about/igps.html.

Volunteer at IGPS!! If you would like to help make the 2014 IGPS a great success, please email: [email protected]