2025 PACE Roundtable – Program

We welcome you to this year’s PACE Roundtable. We are excited about the research discussions and presentations! The Research Roundtable includes two break-out sessions in which critical industry issues will be discussed, intermingled with research presentations, and a panel session for engaging directly between students and industry.

A room block at the Penn Stater is available. Please use this link – Hotel Reservations

Register here: Registration

2025 PACE Roundtable

 Tuesday, October 14 – Reception and Dinner Agenda
– Penn State Hotel and Conference Center – 

215 Innovation Blvd,
State College, PA 16803

6:00 PM:    Reception and Registration – (room – TBD)
7:00 PM:    Dinner
7:45 PM:    Dinner Speaker

(Topic TBD)

(speaker)

 

Wednesday, October 15 – Roundtable Program

– Penn State Hotel and Conference Center – 

Agenda

November 7 

7:00 AM: Breakfast (Gardens Restaurant)

8:00 AM:  Welcome and Overview of Agenda (room tbd)

8:15 AM: Keynote

(topic – TBD)

 

9:00 AM: Break

9:30 AM: Graduate Student Research Presentations, Round 1 – (Dean’s Hall)

  • student 1
  • student 2
  • student 3

10:15 AM:    Breakout 1:

  • 1A – (topic) – Rm (tbd)
    (Dr. John Messner)
  • 1B – (topic) – Rm (tbd)
    (Dr. Robert Leicht)
  • 1C – (topic) – Rm (tbd)
    (Dr. JP Gevaudan)
  • 1D – (topic) – Rm (tbd)
    (Dr. Nathan Brown)
  • 1E – (topic) – Rm (tbd)
  • 1F – (topic) – Rm (tbd)

11:15 AM: Break

11:30 AM: Graduate Student Research Presentations (Round 2) – (tbd)

  • student 1
  • student 2
  • student 3

Noon:         Lunch (tbd)

1:00 PM: Graduate Student Research Presentations (Round 3) – (tbd)

  • student 1
  • student 2
  • student 3

1:45 PM:  Breakouts

  • 2A – (topic) – Rm (tbd)
    (Room – Dr. Yuqing Hu)
  • 2B – (topic) – Rm (tbd)
    (Ballroom A – Dr. Robert Leicht)
  • 2C – (topic) – Rm (tbd)
    (Ballroom B – Dr. Rebecca Napolitano)
  • 2D – (topic) – Rm (tbd)
    (Room – Dr. John Messner)
  • 2E – (topic) – Rm (tbd)
  • 2F – (topic) – Rm (tbd)

2:45 PM:    Break

3:00 PM:    Focus groups – engaging industry to shape student research (Dean’s Hall)

    • Student Participant Form
    • Industry Participation Form

3:45 PM:    Closing Remarks

4:00 PM:    Adjourn

Feedback about the event can be submitted, here: Feedback Survey

We want to extend a special Thank You to all of our PACE Sponsors for supporting student participation in this event.

2026 PACE Research Seminar will be held April (dates?) at the Nittany Lion Inn (to be confirmed).