2020 AMO Offsite Agenda

8:00 – 8:30 am

Registration

8:30 – 8:45 am

Welcome

• Opening remarks (Valri Lightner)

• Review of the agenda and ground rules (Kendra Chappell)

8:45 – 9:15 am

EERE Leadership Remarks

9:15 – 10:00 am

Icebreaker and Team Building: AMO Quad Chart Bingo

10:00 – 10:15 am

Break

10:15 – 10:45 am

AMO Objectives for 2020 & Vision for FY2021 and Beyond

• Overview of leadership vision

• Expectations for staff input into strategy

10:45 – 11:30 am

AMO 2020 & FY2021+: Strategic Timeline

• Map key events & milestones for AMO in 2020/2021

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Lunch

12:30 – 2:00 pm

AMO 2020 & FY2021+: My Role in Enabling the Vision

• Welcome to Golden (Derek Passarelli)

• Overview of Pillar and Functional Teams

• Highlight contributions on 2020 & FY2021+ Strategic Timeline

2:00 – 3:00 pm

Topical Areas for 2020/2021: White Papers

• Elevator pitch on each White Paper topic

• Clarify pitch and understanding of contribution

3:00 – 3:15 pm

Break

3:15 – 4:45 pm

Topical Areas for 2020/2021: White Papers (continued)

4:45 – 5:00 pm

Closing and Next Steps

• Review of day

• Closing comments

5:00 pm

Adjourn

Optional Tour of Research Support Facility (RSF)

Campus Overview

• Matthew Ringer, Laboratory Program Manager, advanced Manufacturing

Tour Research Support Facility

Tour Guides:

• Ashley Woodburn, NREL Corporate Communications
• Sarah Barba,  NREL Corporate Communications

HAPPY HOUR (optional)

5:30 – till you leave

The Yard House

14500 West Colfax Ave  Suite 341, Colorado Mills Mall, Lakewood, CO

8:00 – 8:30 am

Registration

8:30 – 8:45 am

Welcome

• Welcome back

• Review of the agenda and ground rules for the day

8:45 – 9:00 am

Icebreaker

9:00 – 10:15 am

Big Ideas: Investing in the Future

• Introduction to Big Ideas and their development (Offsite and Post-Offsite)

10:15 – 10:30 am

Break

10:30 – 11:30 am

Big Ideas: Working Session

• Guidance on Big Ideas

• Strengthen existing Big Ideas; Develop new Big Ideas

11:30 am – 12:45 pm

Lunch

12:45 – 1:15 pm

Make AMO a Great Place to Work: Focus areas for AMO

• Review the results of the Offsite Request for Input

• Prioritize top areas via online polling

1:15 – 2:30 pm

Refine the Post-Offsite Action Framework

• Review the Post Offsite Action Framework from the 2018 Offsite

• Capture learning to refine the framework

2:30 – 3:30 pm

Make AMO a Great Place to Work: Working Session

• Dig deeper into top challenges

• Identify the mechanism to continue this work post-offsite

3:30 – 3:45 pm

Break

3:45 – 4:30 pm

Make AMO a Great Place to Work: Report Out

4:30 – 4:45 pm

Putting it Together

• Closing remarks on next steps for AMO 2020 & FY2021+ vision

4:45 – 5:00 pm

Closing and Next Steps

• Making an individual commitment

• Review of Offsite outputs

• Fill out Offsite evaluation

5:00 pm

Adjourn

8:45 – 9: am

Optional Tours

9 – 11:00 am

Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) and Science and Technology Facility  (S&TF)

Meet outside of San Juan Conference Room A/B/C

Tour Guides:

• James Bosch, Corporate Communications

• Marc Landry, Research Technician – Build, Solar Energy Research Facility

• Nicholas Brunhart-Lupo, Researcher – Computational Science, Data Analysis and Visualization

11:00 am

Lunch

12:15pm

Meet in front of RSF for Flatirons Campus Tour

• 2 shuttles to accommodate 28 guests; Lois has car for additional participants; guests can also choose to drive on own

1:00 – 3:00 pm

Tour Flatirons Campus

Tour Guides:

• Derek Berry, Senior Wind Technology Engineer, National Wind Technology Center

• David Snowberg, Researcher-Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Characterization

• James Bosch, Corporate Communications

3:00 pm

Visit Concludes/Shuttles Depart to NREL Golden Campus