Plenary Sessions

OPENING PLENARY

Monday — 1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.

MOOCs, Mobility, and Changing Scholarly Practice: CNI’s Perspective on 2012 and 2013
OVERVIEW of the 2012-13 CNI PROGRAM PLAN
by Clifford Lynch
Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information

CLOSING PLENARY

Tuesday — 2:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Hunter R. Rawlings III President Association of American Universities

About the speaker:
Hunter R. Rawlings III became president of the Association of the American Universities on June 1, 2011. Prior to this position, Rawlings served as president of Cornell University from 1995 to 2003, and as interim president for one year between 2005 and 2006. He served as president of the University of Iowa from 1988 to 1995.

A national spokesperson for higher education, Rawlings has served as chair of both the Association of American Universities and the Ivy Council of Presidents. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he serves on the boards of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Haverford College, and the National Academy Foundation.

Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Rawlings graduated from Haverford College, with honors in classics, and received his Ph.D. degree, also in classics, from Princeton University. His scholarly publications include a book, The Structure of Thucydides’ History (Princeton University Press, 1981).