The authors express their gratitude to all the faculty members who actively took part in the IDEA Research Forum: J. Antonelli, M. Bultitude, C. Dauw, J. M. Dibianco, I. Goumas, M. Gupta, B. Hollenbeck, M. Lipkin, W. Molina, N. Miller, M. Nguyen, K. Scotland, K. Stern, J. Teichman, N. York, Z. Kirkali (ad hoc) and D. Gossett (ad hoc).