The next ASPIRE retreat will be held January 12-14, 2015, at the Monterey Marriot Hotel, Monterey, CA. This is the fourth of our semi-annual offsite meetings, gathering together lab members, sponsors and invited guests to present and review our current status and plans, and to brainstorm future directions for the lab.

Projects within the lab are forging ahead, and we’ll be presenting updates on these projects as well as unveiling our new thoughts and ideas. The retreat agenda includes around a dozen talks highlighting current work in progress and potential future directions, around 40 posters organized in two evening poster sessions with 3-minute poster previews, breakout topics for focused dinner-table discussions, and many breaks to allow faculty, students, sponsors, and guests to interact.  We welcome several new industrial sponsors to the lab and look forward to many lively and insightful discussions.