Name: Annual LDRD Program Review Meeting
Start: 2026-09-16T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-09-17T15:01:00-04:00
Location: CEBAF Center

Annual LDRD Program Review Meeting

from Wednesday, September 16, 2026 (8:00 AM) to Thursday, September 17, 2026 (3:01 PM)

Monday, September 14, 2026
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

8:00 AM Check-in: CEBAF Center
Check-in: CEBAF Center
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Room: Atrium
8:30 AM Morning Sessions
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

8:30 AM Working Breakfast & Safety Briefing - Latifa Elouadrhiri (Jefferson Lab)

8:50 AM Welcome to Jefferson Lab - Eric Brown (Jefferson Lab)

9:00 AM SC Update - Alice Wang (Office of Science)

9:30 AM NNSA Perspective - Garry Kuhn (NNSA)

10:00 AM LDRD Velocity Project - Vivian Sullivan (ANL)
10:30 AM Break & photo session
Break & photo session
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Atrium
11:00 AM Afternoon Sessions
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Jefferson Lab Overview & LDRD Program Overview - Eric Brown (Jefferson Lab) Latifa Elouadrhiri (Jefferson Lab)

11:30 AM Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Lab Overview + Overview of LDRD Program - Brian Anderson (ORNL)

12:00 PM Discussion: Morning Topics and Q&A

12:30 PM Working Lunch: Inter-Laboratory Collaboration Discussion - Andrew Nelson (Sandia)
1:30 PM Parallel Sessions
1:30 PM - 4:25 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM Session 1A: Strategies for Review Selection & Process Management

1:30 PM Session 1B: Effective LDRD Portfolios: Aligning Investments with Lab Strategy

3:10 PM Session 2A: Tracking ROI & Program Success in LDRD

3:10 PM Session 2B: LDRD Program Architectures & Operational Practices
4:25 PM Success Stories: Success Stories
Success Stories
4:25 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: F113
Contributions

4:25 PM Brief Welcome & Instructions - Lisa Sigler

4:30 PM Stable Isotopes - Brian Egle (ORNL)

4:40 PM Translating Advanced Manufacturing - Yarom Polsky (ORNL)

4:50 PM Quantum Information Science - Ben Lawrie (ORNL)

5:00 PM The Inaugural JLab LDRD Strategic Hire: A Success Story - Joe Grames (Jefferson Lab)

5:10 PM Multiple Mode Excitation System for Processing Multicell SRF Cavities - Peter Owen (Jefferson Lab)

5:20 PM Scalable Streaming Readout for Dynamic Medical Imaging - Cameron Clarke (Jefferson Lab)
5:30 PM Poster Session & Reception (request 2 per lab)
Poster Session & Reception (request 2 per lab)
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: Atrium
Thursday, September 17, 2026

8:30 AM Working Breakfast: Recap from Day 1 & Tour Briefing
Working Breakfast: Recap from Day 1 & Tour Briefing
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: F113

9:00 AM Jefferson Lab Tour (**For tour registrants only)
Jefferson Lab Tour (**For tour registrants only)
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM Working Lunch: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Virtual Tour - Brian Anderson (ORNL)
Working Lunch: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Virtual Tour
- Brian Anderson (ORNL)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: F113
1:00 PM Report / Discussion from the Parallel Sessions
1:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Contributions

1:00 PM Report from "Strategies for Reviewer Selection & Process Management" - Tony Huff (INL)

1:20 PM Report from: "Effective LDRD Portfolios: Aligning Investments with Lab Strategy" - Chris Polly (Fermilab)

1:40 PM Report from: "Tracking ROI & Program Success in LDRD" - Marie Arrowsmith

2:00 PM Report from: "LDRD Program Architectures & Operational Practices" - Carolyn Urso
2:30 PM Final Discussion, Planning, & Closing Remarks - Latifa Elouadrhiri (Jefferson Lab) Brian Anderson (ORNL)
Final Discussion, Planning, & Closing Remarks
- Latifa Elouadrhiri (Jefferson Lab)
- Brian Anderson (ORNL)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: F113
3:00 PM Meeting Adjourns
Meeting Adjourns
3:00 PM - 3:01 PM