September 18-19, 2024
Hilton Milwaukee City Center, 5th Floor Regency Ballroom
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Agenda
(all times are Central unless noted otherwise)
Virtual New Attendee Orientation: Wednesday, September 11 at 3pm Eastern Time
Orientation Handout (PDF, 259KB)
Agenda Print Version (PDF, 126KB)
Day 1: Wednesday, September 18
8:45 – 9:00am | Optional New Attendee/IMLS Introductions |
9:00 – 9:45am | Welcome and Preliminaries Teri DeVoe (IMLS) Dr. Darrell Williams (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction) |
9:45 – 10:15am | Regulatory Updates for Grants Administration |
10:15 – 10:30am | Break |
10:30 – 12:00pm | Revisiting Allowable Costs |
12:00 – 1:30pm | Lunch on your own |
1:30 – 2:15pm | CARES Act/ARPA Evaluation: Sharing the Findings Lisa Hechtman (IMLS), Emily Plagman (IMLS) |
2:15 – 3:00pm | Analysis of Grants to States’ Project Reports Office of Research & Evaluation (IMLS) |
3:00 – 3:15pm | Break |
3:15 – 4:00pm | IMLS Learning Agenda Matt Birnbaum (IMLS), Emily Plagman (IMLS) |
4:00 – 4:15pm | Follow up to the Future of the State Program Report (SPR): Revisiting Outcomes Matt Birnbaum (IMLS), Teri DeVoe (IMLS) |
4:15 – 4:45pm | Day 1 Wrap Up, Announcements, Recognition |
4:45 – 6:00pm | State Networking Activity (OPTIONAL) |
6:00 – 6:30pm | Office Hours with Program Officers (OPTIONAL – sign up) |
Day 2: Thursday, September 19
7:30 – 9:00am | Office Hours with Program Officers (OPTIONAL – sign up) |
9:00 – 9:15am | Reflection from Day 1, Day 2 Overview |
9:15 – 10:00am | IMLS Updates Cyndee Landrum (IMLS) |
10:00 – 10:30am | Break |
10:30 – 11:30am | Financial Bootcamp (MOE, Match, Administrative Costs) |
11:30 – 12:00pm | Monitoring Best Practices |
12:00 – 1:30pm | Lunch on your own |
1:30 – 3:00pm | State Perspectives: Lightning Talks and Small Group Discussions Chris Guerra (AZ), Chris Gauvreau (CT), Stephanie Bailey-White (ID), Karren Reish (MI), Maura Walsh (NJ), Nicolette Baffoni (RI), Erica McCormick (TX) |
3:00 – 3:15pm | Conference Wrap-up and Closing Remarks |