Time/Date/Location: 

April 2-3: 8:30 - 5:00

Kerckhoff Hall, USC

(april 1st, 2:00pm: pre-meeting seminar, Ricardo Ramírez)

Day 1 Agenda

8:00              Meet at Kerckhoff Hall

8:30-8:45       Introductions

8:45-9:30       Project overview, objectives, organizational structure, and updates (Frank Tulus, Sandra Fried & Chris Coward)

9:30-10:00     Review agenda; meeting objectives

10:00-10:15   Coffee break

10:15-12:00   Research questions, hypotheses, scope, and terminology

                    Methodological approaches for pilot studies

12:00-1:30     Lunch

1:30-3:00       Break out groups - methodologies

3:00-3:30       Coffee break

3:30-5:00       Breakout groups report - discussion

7:00 Dinner     Plum Tree Inn, in Chinatown (913 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012 - tel:(213) 613-1819)

Day 2 Agenda

8:00 Meet at Kerckhoff Hall

8:30-10:30     Review of day 1 & re-visit day 2 agenda

                    Research design and other inputs (Heeks frameworks and literature review)

10:30-11:00   Coffee break

11:00-12:30   Open session with USC faculty and PhD students (see notes from that session)

12:30-2:00     Continue conversation over lunch  

2:00-2:30       RWG coordination and working process

2:30-3:30       Preparation for Seattle Workshop - define and allocate tasks

3:30-4:00       Coffee break

4:00-5:00       Conclusion, next steps