The 2nd National Grand Challenges Summit called Los Angeles home for three days in October 2010. The entertainment and media capital of the world, the City of Angels played a gracious host to summit guests, speakers and sponsors at the ivy-league-inspired campus of the University of Southern California and the iconic, downtown Los Angeles Westin Bonaventure Hotel.

Within striking distance of world-class museums, restaurants, sports venues, L.A. Live - the city's newest premier destination for live entertainment - and much more, summit guests will find themselves in the very heart of this exciting city and its dynamic, downtown district.