The University of Rochester Center for Leading Innovation and Collaboration (CLIC), as the Coordinating Center for the NIH-funded Clinical & Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program developed and hosted numerous national Un-Meetings across the CTSA Consortium. CLIC developed the step-by-step guide to share how to plan and host an Un-Meeting" An Un-Meeting is An event without the rules and structure of a traditional conference, where the interests and ideas of attendees drive the topics of small group discussions all around a common theme. An interactive way to cultivate ideas and make productive connections across academic centers and between academia, industry, government, and the community with the goal of developing multidisciplinary, collaborative partnerships. A catalyst for inspiring future collaborative research, grant applications, manuscripts and publications through the sharing of experiences, ideas and best practices.

The University of Rochester Center for Leading Innovation and Collaboration (CLIC) is the coordinating center for the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program, funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Grant U24TR002260.