Summit Series on the NAE Grand Challenges

Welcome - Deirdre Meldrum, Summit Chair (VIEW VIDEO)

Summit Opening - ASU President Michael Crow (VIEW VIDEO)

Emcee - Edward Sylvester (VIEW VIDEO)

Panel Introduction - Health (VIEW VIDEO)

Panel Discussion - Health (VIEW VIDEO)

Leland Hartwell
Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine, President & Director, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA

Michael Birt (VIEW VIDEO)
Director, Center for Sustainable Health, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Executive Director, Pacific Health Summit

Peter Barton Hutt (VIEW VIDEO)
Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C.

Alan C. Nelson (VIEW VIDEO)
Executive Director, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University

Raymond L. Woosley (VIEW VIDEO)
President and CEO, The Critical Path Institute, Tucson, AZ

Breakout Sessions - Health
The purpose of each breakout is to continue more detailed discussions with the panelist of your choice. Each panelist is teamed with a moderator to engage with the audience in a discussion about topics they presented during the panel discussion and to discuss any other relevant questions or topics.

McArthur 3
 

McArthur 1
 

McArthur 4 

McArthur 2

Raymond L. Woosley
President and CEO, The Critical Path Institute, Tucson, AZ 

Participants are encouraged to attend the Funding Session (see below), the Student Design Competition, and the Career Fair during this time.

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
McArthur 4

Presenters:
Sethuraman Panchanathan
Deputy Vice President of Research and Economic Affairs, Arizona State University 

Sayfe Kiaei
Associate Dean of Research, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University 

Dali Ozturk
Assistant Vice President, Vice President Education Partnerships, Arizona State University

Introduction by Lisa Krueger (VIEW VIDEO)
Vice President, Sustainable Development, First Solar
Chair of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) Environmental, Health and Safety Committee 

Plenary - A Transition to Sustainability: Reconciling the Needs of People and the Planet in the 21st Century
Pamela Matson (VIEW VIDEO)
Chester Naramore Dean, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University

Panel Introduction - Sustainability (VIEW VIDEO) 

Panel Discussion - Sustainability (VIEW VIDEO)

Pamela Matson
Chester Naramore Dean, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University

Jason Elwood (VIEW VIDEO)
Vice President, Operations, Raytheon Missile Systems

Terri S. Fiez (VIEW VIDEO)
Professor and Head, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University

Lisa Krueger (VIEW VIDEO)
Vice President, Sustainable Development, First Solar
Chair of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) Environmental, Health and Safety Committee

Sander van der Leeuw (VIEW VIDEO)
Professor and Director, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University

4 - 5 p.m.

 McArthur 4

 McArthur 3

 McArthur 2

 McArthur 1

Sander van der Leeuw
Professor and Director, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University 

Friday, April 9, 2010

Emcee - Edward Sylvester

Introduction by Rick Shangraw, Vice President of Research and Economic Affairs, Arizona State University, of plenary speaker, Kristina Johnson (VIEW VIDEO)

Panel Introduction - Energy (VIEW VIDEO) 

Panel Discussion - Energy  (VIEW VIDEO)

Kristina M. Johnson
Under Secretary for Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. 

Gary Dirks (VIEW VIDEO)
Director, ASU LightWorks, Arizona State University

Don McMonagle (VIEW VIDEO)
Vice President, NASA Programs
Director, Alternative Energy Programs, Raytheon Missile Systems

Fiona Sim (VIEW VIDEO)
Director of the Intel Open Energy Initiative, Intel Corp.

Chris Uhlik (VIEW VIDEO)
Rock Star, Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA

Kathleen Weiss (VIEW VIDEO)
Vice President of Government Affairs, First Solar

 McArthur 1

 McArthur 2

 McArthur 4

 McArthur 3

Kathleen Weiss
Vice President of Government Affairs, First Solar

Panel Introduction - Education (VIEW VIDEO) 

Panel Discussion - Education (VIEW VIDEO)

James Duderstadt
President Emeritus & University Professor of Science and Engineering, University of Michigan

Braden R. Allenby (VIEW VIDEO)
Lincoln Professor of Engineering and Ethics
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor of Law
Arizona State University

Norman L. Fortenberry (VIEW VIDEO)
Director, Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education, National Academy of Engineering, Washington, D.C.

C. Judson King (VIEW VIDEO)
Director, Center for Studies in Higher Education
University of California, Berkeley
Provost and Senior Vice President - Academic Affairs, Emeritus
University of California
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Emeritus

Chris Uhlik (VIEW VIDEO)
Rock Star, Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA