Schedule

This is a preliminary schedule and is subject to change.

Thursday, March 12, 2026

8:00 am - 12:30 pm

Registration Open

8:00 am - 9:15 am  Continental Breakfast (workshop attendees only)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm Morning Workshops (additional registration required)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Break
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Afternoon Workshop (additional registration required)
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm  Research Campus Tour 
6:00 pm  Dinner Gathering 

Friday, March 13, 2026

7:30 am - 4:30 pm Registration Open
8:00 am - 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am - 8:45 am

Welcome, Open Plenary from Leonardo Williams, Mayor of Durham, and Christopher Freel, Duke University

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Concurrent Sessions I

10:00 am - 10:15 am Break
10:15 am - 11:15 am Concurrent Sessions II
11:15 am - 11:30 am Break
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Concurrent Sessions III
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Keynote Speaker: M. Matthew Owens, President, COGR: Innovating Research Administration for a Changing World 

1:45 pm - 2:00 pm

Conference Reflections: SIG Committee and SRAI Southern Section President, Anthony Edmondson

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Break

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm

Concurrent Sessions IV

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Break
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Panel Discussion

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm 

Networking and Departure