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Research Fest 2013

Information will be updated soon.

Past Research Fest 2012

"ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AND VENDOR REGISTRATION"

The Scripps Florida Society of Research Fellows (SF-SRF) is proud to announce that Research Fest 2012: Scientific Symposium & Vendor Show was held on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at The Scripps Research Institute campus in Jupiter, FL. Each year, over 40 Scripps Florida postdoctoral fellows and PhD graduate students, present oral and poster presentations to our local scientific community.  At the same time, prominent scientific vendors and suppliers are invited to showcase new products and opportunities to hundreds of researchers from some of the top Research Institutes and Universities in South Florida.

Vendor Show

Scientific Symposium
Research Fest is the perfect opportunity for scientific vendors to connect with the diverse and continually growing research community throughout South Florida (including Scripps Florida, the Max Planck Florida Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Palm Beach State College, and more) and educate them about THEIR PRODUCTS! (Last year, over 300 people attended Research Fest!) Research Fest provides a forum for postdoctoral fellows and PhD students at Scripps Florida to present and discuss the latest advancements and discoveries in various departments: Cancer Biology, Chemistry, Infectology, Metabolism and Aging, Molecular Therapeutics, and Neuroscience.
SF-SRF is committed to ensuring vendors receive maximum benefit by participating in Research Fest.  Each vendor table will be near a scientific poster to encourage traffic in your area (with the exception of outdoor tables).  We will also hold prize drawings as incentive for your potential customers to visit you & see what you have to offer! Research Fest is a competitive application process that brings early-career scientists together to discuss their current research and build informal networks with their peers that may lead to a lifetime of collaboration and scientific achievement.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Morning:  Postdoctoral Fellow Seminars (Auditorium)
Afternoon:  Vendor Show and Scientific Poster Sessions (Scripps Café & Courtyard) and Vendor Presentations*(Auditorium), *new event – contact vendor coordinator for details

VENDOR SHOW

How to Register:
Table Registration will open May 7th, 2012!  Reservations can only be confirmed upon receipt of payment. Payments are non-refundable unless a replacement vendor can be found.  If your check is unable to be processed, you will lose your reservation. To register, download and complete the Registration Form here and return the form along with payment in full to:
            Cathy Trivigno, Ph.D.
            130 Scripps Way #3B3
            Jupiter, FL 33458
            Email: ctrivign@scripps.edu

Registration forms can be sent separately, but reservations can only be processed in the order that payments are received.

Vendor Talks

A select number of vendors will be invited to give 20 minute “talks” to the Research Fest community. This will give these vendors the unique opportunity to showcase their latest research products to a focused, research area specific audience.  Cost to vendors for this opportunity is an additional $300 plus a raffle prize donation.

Table Information and Cost
Open tables and a table location map are listed below.  Vendors will be given a 6 ft. table at the rate of $600 per table. There are also a limited number of 8 ft. tables available to be shared between 2 vendors at $350 per vendor/half table. All vendor tables include 2 bagged lunches (1 lunch per vendor for shared tables). Checks should be made payable to “The Scripps Research Institute.” 

Additionally, TSRI requires vendors to sign a Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement and provide a Certificate of Insurance to participate in Research Fest.  These documents can be downloaded below, and returned to:
Scripps Florida Procurement Department
130 Scripps Way #3B2
Jupiter, FL 33458
(link to Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement)
(link to Certificate of Insurance)

  Arrival and Table Setup: (This section will be updated as the event draws nearer)

SF-SRF representatives will be on-hand to help you find your table and get set up.   Should you need to ship items to Scripps Florida prior to October 25th, please contact Cathy Trivigno (ctrivign@scripps.edu)  for details.

Nearby Accommodations & Attractions:
Homewood Suites offers a shuttle to Scripps and is conveniently located near restaurants and shopping.
4700 Donald Ross Road, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States 33418
Tel: 1-561-622-7799   Fax: 1-561-622-7734

Questions:
Please contact Cathy Trivigno, Vendor Show Coordinator, with any questions about the 2012 Vendor Show at Research Fest.  Email:  ctrivign@scripps.edu Phone: 561-228-2815

SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM

Why participate in ResearchFest???

Research Fest is an exciting day-long event that brings together colleagues and members of the local scientific community. The scientific symposium is more than simply a forum to present your research, it is an excellent way to share ideas across multiple disciplines and to build contacts and networks.

Application Process for Postdoctoral Fellows and PhD students

The applicants for posters and oral presentations will be selected on a competitive basis, judged by Scripps Florida faculty judges. There will be 4 applicants selected for the morning seminars to be held in the Fink Auditorium. Approximately 35-40 applicants will be selected to present posters to the Research Fest community. You must be a Scripps Florida postdoc, Kellogg School PhD student, or external graduate student conducting research at Scripps Florida, to apply.

Application materials, deadlines and instructions will be available in June 2012.

Faculty Judges

Faculty judges will be selected based on the departmental specific applicant pool. If you are interested in being a faculty judge, please contact Josh Kostera at jkostera@scripps.edu or 561-228-2801.

 

Call for Papers -

The Society of Research Fellows is pleased to invite you to submit an abstract for the 3rd annual Research Fest symposium to be held on October 25, 2012 in building B from 10AM - 4PM. Proposals will be scored by a committee composed of TSRI faculty and submissions will be ranked with the top four postdoctoral entries being granted 20 minute oral presentations. In addition, the top scoring graduate student entry will be granted a 15 minute oral presentation. The remaining entries will be entered into the poster session. 

On the day of the symposium, oral presentations will be held in the Fink auditorium from 10 am - 12 noon and  the poster session with take place from 1 pm - 3 pm. oral and poster presentations will be evaluated by a panel of judges with the highest scoring presnters being awared monetary prizes.    

Our scientific symposium serves as a forum to gather together scholars, industry representatives, and the surrounding scientific community to exchange ideas and engage in dialogue. In addition, this symposium is a unique opportunity for new and developing scholars to showcase the outstanding research that is being conducted at the Florida campus of TSRI to the neighboring scientific community. We encourage and invite our student-researchers who have participated in the symposium in previous years to do so again this year. For those researchers who have not been involved in the past, a personal invitation is being extended to you to be involved in this year’s symposium.

Proposal abstracts will be accepted, through electronic submission via

http://intranet.scripps.edu/florida/srf/researchfest/submit_form.php

Please be aware that the submission deadline is the 1st of September 2012. Participants will be notified if their submission was selected for an oral or poster presentation on October 1th 2012.