In place of this year’s in-person Large Facilities Workshop, NSF will hold the Large Facilities Workshop – 2021 Webinar Series. The Large Facilities Office intends to host one-day webinars on a quarterly basis via Zoom, with a focus on select topics.

The targeted audience for the Webinar Series includes Facility and Operations Managers, Property and Maintenance Managers, Cooperative Agreement and Contracting Officers, and other Business Professionals from the Large Facilities Community.

If you are interested in speaking, have examples to share, questions to ask, or have other related topic suggestions, please contact us at lfworkshop@nsf.gov.

Why Attend a Workshop?

The workshop is a collaborative forum for the National Science Foundation’s Large Facilities and other complex scientific facilities and organizations. Desired outcomes to support NSF’s mission and promote the scientific endeavor include:

• Provide a forum to collect and share best practices and lessons learned
• Discuss new initiatives and collect community input
• Demonstrate project management, operations, and business-related tools and techniques
• Expand our community of practice by connecting colleagues across disciplines and organizations to promote collaboration between facilities