IA Capacity Building
Summer 2009 Preliminary Schedule
Session I program dates are set for July 13-24, 2009. The typical work week is Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Program material will be stored online on Blackboard. You will receive an "Andrew" user ID and password for access at the start of the program.
Important Dates:
- Sunday, July 12: Program fellows arrival. We invite fellows to join us for a tour of Pittsburgh in the late afternoon, followed by a welcome dinner Sunday evening.
- Monday, July 13: The program begins promptly at 8:30 a.m. with a continental breakfast and an introduction. The program will take place at the Information Networking Institute (INI) at Carnegie Mellon. Download agenda
- Friday, July 17: We will go to a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game at PNC Park on Friday night.
- Thursday, July 23: The Certificate Dinner will take place in the evening.
- Friday, July 24: The program ends at noon. For the purpose of travel, you can plan to leave any time after noon on that day. We will work out the details of this schedule as the start date nears. You will receive a printed schedule with full details at the start of the program.
Things to do in Pittsburgh
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Program Background
Because partnerships and collaborations are so important, Carnegie Mellon wants to facilitate presentations, informal discussions and teamwork among the participating institutions during their stay in Pittsburgh. This opportunity to know each other’s activities will enable the participants to form collaborations based on common interests and goals. The collaborative and mentoring relationships that are born during the program between Carnegie Mellon and the attendees will be sustained after the program is finished through informal follow-ups with Carnegie Mellon, which include discussions with faculty and curriculum specialists, availability to review their curriculum materials, and possibility for the participants to attend extra SEI/CERT courses.
A mandatory, three-day follow-up trip, to take place one year after the two-week workshop, is planned to strengthen the participant institutions’ commitment and give them a longer period for the implementation of their plans.