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2010 NAE Grand Challenges National Summit
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Miles O'Brien
Summit Moderator
Broadcast Veteran
Former CNN Science and Technology Correspondent

Miles O'Brien is a 26-year broadcast news veteran who has successfully melded a talent for telling complex stories in accessible terms with a lifelong passion for aviation, space and technology. For nearly 17 years he worked as a correspondent, anchor and producer for CNN based in Atlanta and New York. At various times he was CNN's science, space, aviation technology and environment correspondent. During his time at CNN, he also anchored a myriad of news and talk programs, including Science and Technology Week, CNN Saturday and Sunday Morning, Talkback Live, Headline News Primetime, CNN Live From…and most recently, CNN American Morning. O'Brien has received numerous prestigious awards over the years for his coverage of aviation, science, technology and the environment, but he may be best known for his coverage of the U.S. space program. In February of 2003, he led the network's acclaimed coverage of the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia. He was on the air live for 16 solid hours helping guide a shocked and saddened country through a national tragedy. Unknown to viewers at the time, the loss of Columbia represented the sudden end of a long-held dream for O'Brien. Only days before (and after years of negotiations) CNN and NASA had reached an agreement that would have made O'Brien the first journalist to fly on the space shuttle to visit the International Space Station. He has covered every major space story in the past seventeen years. O'Brien is a third generation general aviation pilot and his passion for aviation has inspired some award winning broadcast news journalism. In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, O'Brien used his flight experience to provide viewers radar tracks of the hijacked flights while the twin towers were still standing.

	Martha Shumate Absher NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program Associate Dean for Education and Outreach Pratt School of Engineering of Duke University
Martha Shumate Absher is associate dean for education and outreach for the Pratt School of Engineering of Duke University. She directs numerous educational programs, many of which target underrepresented populations in the sciences and engineering. She is the principal investigator of one of the longest running and most highly honored NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) Programs, which is now in its 21st year. In 1996, she received the Presidential Award of Excellence for Mentoring in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics. In 2003, QEM Network (Quality Education for Minorities) awarded her their inaugural Catalyst for Institutional Change award. In September 2005, her REU Program was selected as one of the best in the country as part of the NSF Pan-REU Workshop and was presented in a poster session at the US Capitol. She was awarded the Samuel DuBois Cook Society Award in 2009 for her work with African American students. Martha is a member of the National Steering Committee for the NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program, and a member of the Founding Committee of the NAE Grand Challenge K12 Partners Program.

	Bill Allen Policy Panel President and Chief Executive Officer Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
Bill Allen is the President and CEO of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) and all of the subsidiary corporations of the LAEDC including the World Trade Center Association Los Angeles - Long Beach. Mr. Allen is also a Vice Chair of the Valley Economic Alliance, a Trustee of the Weingart Foundation, and a member of the Board of Directors of the California Association of Local Economic Development, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, and Film L.A. A cum laude graduate of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, Mr. Allen began his career in a series of creative executive roles with the CBS television network and as a Sr. VP, and later President of MTM Television, the producers of Hill St. Blues, St. Elsewhere, and Newhart. Mr. Allen received his Masters Degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University in 1983.

	Amy Alving Policy Panel Chief Technology Officer Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Amy Alving is the chief technology officer at Science Applications International Corporation. She leads the Office of Technology, which is responsible for the creation, communication and implementation of SAIC's technical and scientific vision and strategy. She has a diverse background in government and academia. Prior to joining SAIC she served as the director of the Special Projects Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. She also has been a White House Fellow and associate professor at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Alving has a Ph.D. in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University and a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. She serves on the Board of Directors for Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL), and is a member of the Naval Research Advisory Committee and National Academies studies. She has been an advisor to and member of the Army Science Board and Defense Science Board.

	Isaac Babbs Corporate Panel Vice President of Business Development Qualcomm
Isaac Babbs is a long-time mobile, technology, media and entertainment executive who joined Qualcomm to lead the Qualcomm Services Labs which is an internal incubator for commercializing and launching mobile services. Prior to Qualcomm, Babbs was founder, CEO, & chairman of Tapatap, Inc., a leading mobile social games company. Babbs also served as VP/GM of InfoSpace Mobile Games, where he headed the Atlas Studio. He was founder, president and CEO of Atlas Mobile, Inc. a mobile gaming company specializing in multiplayer tournament games for prizes. While at Atlas Mobile, Babbs successfully led the company in launching the largest and fastest growing multiplayer tournament-for-prizes service in world with over 13 million tournament games played in its first year. Prior to Atlas Mobile, Babbs was president of Sorrent (which became Glu Mobile), a leading mobile game company where he was responsible for signing and launching basketball star Yao Ming as the first major professional athlete to make his electronic character debut in a cell phone game. Isaac was also GM/VP of Macromedia's audio/video division which he led and then successfully sold to Apple Computer. The division's main product, Final Cut Pro, is the world leader in non-linear video editing. Babbs started his professional career at Hewlett-Packard and has a BA in Chemistry from the University of Oregon.


	Jean-Lou Chameau Technology Panel President California Institute of Technology
As president of the California Institute of Technology since 2006, Jean-Lou Chameau leads one of the world's preeminent centers of education and research in engineering and science. Caltech also operates such renowned facilities as the Keck Observatory and, in partnership with NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A native of France, Dr. Chameau received his graduate degree in civil engineering at Stanford University. He served as a member of the engineering faculty at Purdue University until being named Director of the Georgia Tech School of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1991. Dr. Chameau then acted as President of Golder Associates, a geotechnical consulting company, before returning to Georgia Tech in 1995 as the Vice-Provost for Research. In 1997, he was named Dean of the College of Engineering and became Provost of Georgia Tech in 2001. Dr. Chameau is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

	Robert Cook Technology Panel Vice President of Advanced Technology Pixar Animation Studios
Rob Cook was the co-architect and primary author of Pixar's RenderMan software, which creates photo-realistic computer images. In 2001, he and two colleagues received Oscars for their contributions, the first ever given for software. In the last 16 years, every film nominated for a Visual Effects Academy Award has used RenderMan. He has a Bachelors degree in physics from Duke University and a Masters degree in Computer Graphics from Cornell University. At Cornell, he worked on simulating realistic surfaces, taking computer-generated images beyond the distinctive plastic look they had at the time. In 1981, he joined Lucasfilm/Pixar, where he developed the first programmable shader; programmable shading is now an essential part of GPUs and game engines as well as high-end renderers. He was the first to use Monte Carlo techniques in computer graphics, which was essential for simulation of complex, realistic lights and camera effects. The latter proved particularly important in the special effects industry, because it allowed computer-generated imagery to match the motion blur and depth of field of the live-action footage with which it was combined. In 1987, he received the ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award in recognition of these contributions, and in 2009, he received the ACM SIGGRAPH Stephen A. Coons Award for his lifetime contributions to the field. In 1999, he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. He has been named to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and to the National Academy of Engineering.

	Paul Debevec Technology Panel Associate Director Institute of Creative Technologies Scientific and Engineering Academy Award Winner
Paul Debevec is a visual effects pioneer whose innovations in high dynamic range imaging and image based lighting enable virtual worlds and characters to look more real and convincing. He serves as the associate director for graphics research at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies and he is also a research associate professor in USC's Viterbi School of Engineering's computer science department. At ICT, Debevec has led development of Light Stage devices – used in major motion pictures including /Spider-Man 2/ and /Avatar/ - for digitizing the shape and appearance of human faces, for which he received a Scientific and Engineering Academy Award in 2010. Debevec and colleagues at ICT have also leveraged aspects of their facial scanning system to develop a 3D teleconferencing system, which creates and transmits a three-dimensional floating head that can be seen at different angles by multiple audience members simultaneously without any 3D glasses.

	Peter Diamandis Innovation Panel Founder and Chairman X PRIZE Foundation
Dr. Peter Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, a non-profit focused on designing and launching large incentive prizes to drive radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. Diamandis is also an international leader in the commercial space arena, having founded and run many of the leading entrepreneurial companies in this sector. Dr. Diamandis attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he received his undergraduate degree in molecular genetics and graduate degree in aerospace engineering. After MIT, he attended Harvard Medical School where he received his M.D. In 2005 he has was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the International Space University. Diamandis' mission is to open the space frontier for humanity. His personal motto is: "The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself!"

	Michael Escalante Education Panel Retired Superintendent Glendale Unified School District
Dr. Michael Escalante joined the USC Rossier School of Education as Executive in Residence after more than three decades in public education. Most recently, he served as superintendent of Glendale Unified School District, where he oversaw approximately 27,000 students, a $280 million budget, and 31 K-12 schools in a diverse community. Under Escalante's leadership, the district saw student API scores rise year after year. Prior to that post, Escalante served as superintendent of Fullerton Joint Union High School District from 1997 to 2004. At Rossier, Escalante teaches doctoral courses, is involved in dissertation thematic groups, and participates in recruitment and conversion events for the Ed.D. program. He has an active role in the District Superintendent's Advisory Group (DSAG), consults with the MAT program, and serves as the liaison between the program and school districts.

	Deborah Estrin Technology Panel Professor of Computer Science University of California - Los Angeles Director Center for Embedded Network Sensing
Deborah Estrin is a professor of computer science and electrical engineering at UCLA and founding director of the NSF-funded Center for Embedded Networked Sensing. Estrin's current work focuses on participatory sensing systems, leveraging location, image, and user-contributed data streams available globally from mobile smartphones. Projects include Participatory Sensing campaigns for civic engagement and privacy-aware self-monitoring applications for health and wellness. Estrin's recognitions include: Anita Borg Institute's Women of Vision Award for Innovation and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. She earned a Ph.D. at MIT in 1985 and a B.S. from UCBerkeley in 1980.

	Dana P. Goldman Policy Panel Director Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California Adjunct Professor Health Services and Radiology, University of California - Los Angeles
Dana Goldman is a Professor and the Norman Topping Chair in Medicine and Public Policy at the University of Southern California. Prior to this appointment, he held the Chair in Health Economics at the RAND Corporation and directed RAND's program in Health Economics, Finance, and Organization. Dr. Goldman is the author of over 100 articles and book chapters, and his research has been published in leading medical, economic, health policy, and statistics journals. He is a health policy advisor to the Congressional Budget Office, and is a frequent speaker on health care issues. Dr. Goldman's work has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Business Week, U.S. News and World Report, The Economist, NBC Nightly News, CNN, National Public Radio, and other media. Dr. Goldman was elected a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2009 in recognition of his professional achievement and commitment to service. He also has served on several panels for the National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine, including a current panel on the fiscal future of the United States. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Health Services and Radiology at UCLA, a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research (the nation's leading economic research organization), and a director of the RAND/UCLA Health Services Research Postdoctoral Training Program. He received his B.A. summa cum laude from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University.

	Jay Greene Communications Panel Journalist and Author of Design Is How It Works
For more than two decades, Jay Greene has written about some of the most important companies, business trends and top executives in the world. From 2000 to 2009, he served as BusinessWeek's Seattle bureau chief, overseeing the magazine's coverage in the Pacific Northwest. Greene's primary reporting responsibility was Microsoft. Writing about technology at BusinessWeek gave Greene the opportunity to cover design just as it was emerging as a one of the key business strategies of the 21st Century, a way for businesses to differentiate themselves from increasingly commoditized rivals. That reporting led Greene to write his first book, Design Is How It Works (Penguin Portfolio, July 2010), a look at the innovation process at such companies as Virgin Atlantic, Nike and Lego. His reporting shows that the best design is not merely about style and form. It is about the way products and services work. Greene received a master of science degree from Columbia University's School of Journalism, and a bachelor of arts degree from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two sons.

	Susan Hackwood Policy Panel Executive Director California Council on Science and Technology
Susan Hackwood is executive director of the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), and professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, Riverside. CCST is a not-for-profit corporation comprised of 200 science and technology leaders. Sponsored by academic and federal research institutions in California, CCST advises the state on all aspects of science and technology policy. Dr. Hackwood received a Ph.D. in Solid State Ionics in 1979 from DeMontfort University, UK. In 1980, she was department head of Device Robotics Technology Research at AT&T Bell Labs. She joined the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1984 as professor of electrical and computer engineering and was founder and director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Robotic Systems in Microelectronics. In 1990, Dr. Hackwood became the founding dean of the Bourns College of Engineering at the University of California, Riverside. She has published over 150 technical publications and holds seven patents. She is a Fellow of the IEEE and the AAAS and holds honorary degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Ph.D.) and DeMontfort University, UK (DSc).

	Mark S. Humayun Innovation Panel Director National Science Foundation Biomimetic MicroElectronics Systems Engineering Research Center
Mark S. Humayun, received his medical degree from Duke University and his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He completed advanced fellowship training in vitreoretinal surgery from Johns Hopkins Hospital and subsequently served on the faculty at Johns Hopkins. He currently holds the Cornelius J. Pings Chair in Biomedical Sciences and is a Professor of Ophthalmology, Cell & Neurobiology and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California. Dr. Humayun is a member of the U.S. National Academies Institute of Medicine and is included on many lists of Best Doctors in the country. He also is the recipient of top engineering awards including being named the R&D Magazine Innovator of the Year in 2005. Dr. Humayun has 148 peer reviewed publications, authored 21 book chapters and has 92 patents listed on the USPTO. He serves on the advisory boards of many federal and private organizations and has given approximately 200 lectures in more than 15 countries.

	Henry Jenkins Communications Panel Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts University of Southern California Former Director MIT Media Lab
Henry Jenkins is Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. He has written and edited more than a dozen books on media and popular culture, including Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide (2006). His other published works reflect the wide range of his research interests, touching on democracy and new media, the "wow factor" of popular culture, science-fiction fan communities, and the early history of film comedy. As one of the first media scholars to chart the changing role of the audience in an environment of increasingly pervasive digital content, Jenkins has been at the forefront of understanding the effects of participatory media on society, politics, and culture. His research gives key insights to the success of social-networking Web sites, networked computer games, online fan communities, and other advocacy organizations, as well as emerging news media outlets. Prior to joining USC, Jenkins spent nearly two decades at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the Peter de Florez Professor in the Humanities. While there, he directed MIT's Comparative Media Studies graduate degree program from 1999-2009, setting an innovative research agenda during a time of fundamental change in communication, journalism, and entertainment.

	Linda P.B. Katehi Policy Panel Chancellor University of California — Davis
Linda Katehi became chancellor of the University of California, Davis, in August 2009. As chancellor, she oversees all aspects of the university's teaching, research and public service mission. She also holds faculty appointments in electrical and computer engineering and in women and gender studies. A member of the National Academy of Engineering, she chaired the President's Committee for the National Medal of Science and the Secretary of Commerce's committee for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. She is a fellow and board member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of many other national boards. Previously she was provost at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, dean of engineering at Purdue University, and associate dean for academic affairs and graduate education at the University of Michigan's College of Engineering. Her work in electronic circuit design has merited numerous awards and 16 U.S. patents. She is author or co-author of 10 book chapters and more than 600 refereed publications.

	Tom Katsouleas Organizing Partner, Closing Remarks Dean Duke University Pratt School of Engineering
Thomas C. Katsouleas, became dean of Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering, in July 2008. He also serves as Professor of Electrical and Computing Engineering. A specialist in the use of plasmas as novel particle accelerators and light sources, Katsouleas served on the faculty of the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering from 1991 to 2008. At USC, while serving as president of the faculty, and then as interim vice provost for information services, he led a campus-wide initiative that overhauled the computing and information services. These and other efforts resulted in USC's first entry into PC Magazine's annual top ten "wired campus" list in 2006, where it continues today. Before joining USC, he served for seven years on the faculty of UCLA, after having earned a Ph.D. in physics and B.S. (summa cum laude) in physics, both from UCLA. A research group which Katsouleas formed and led with Stanford University and UCLA demonstrated in 2007 that plasmas can be used to reduce the size of large particle accelerators to the point where they can now fit on top of a table. He is a fellow of both the American Physical Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He serves as associate editor of the journal IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, and his work has been featured on the covers of Physical Review Letters, Scientific American, and the CERN Courier and Nature. He has authored or co-authored over 200 publications and given more than 50 major invited talks.

	Maria Klawe Education Panel President Harvey Mudd College Director Microsoft Corporation
Maria Klawe became president of Harvey Mudd College in July, 2006. Prior to joining HMC, Maria served as Dean of Engineering and a professor of Computer Science at Princeton University and in several positions at the University of British Columbia. Maria has also worked at IBM Research in California, and at the University of Toronto and Oakland University. She received her Ph.D. and B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Alberta. Maria has made significant research contributions in several areas of mathematics and computer science including functional analysis, discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, and the design and use of interactive-multimedia for mathematics education. Her current research interests include discrete mathematics, serious games and assistive technologies. One of Maria's lifelong passions is to increase the participation of women and other under-represented groups in science and engineering. She was the first women to serve on the board of the Computing Research Association and co-founded CRA-W, the highly successful Committee on the Status of Women. She has served on the board of Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology since its inception, and as chair from 2003-2008. Maria is also a Past President of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), a Trustee of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute at Berkeley, and a member of the Board of Microsoft. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of ACM and CIPS and the recipient of many awards including the Nico Habermann Award and several honorary doctorates.

	Jerome P. Lavelle NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program Associate Dean of Academic Affairs College of Engineering North Carolina State University
Jerome P. Lavelle, Ph.D. is associate dean of academic affairs in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University. His B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. are all in industrial engineering (Ph.D., NC State, 1992). Previous to beginning a career in academia, Dr. Lavelle worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, he has spent three summers working at NASA Kennedy Space Center on an American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Faculty Fellowship. Prior to returning to NC State in 2000, Dr. Lavelle was a faculty member at Kansas State University. He was a member of the 2008-09 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program. As associate dean in the College of Engineering, Dr. Lavelle is leading proposal efforts and strategic thrusts for increased access and pathways to engineering for students across the UNC system and the North Carolina community college system, improving student academic success, and bridging engineering into K-12 schools.

	Alexis Livanos Corporate Panel Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Northrop Grumman
Dr. Alexis C. Livanos is the chief technology officer and corporate vice president for Northrop Grumman. In this transformational role, he is responsible for leading the company's development and insertion of cutting-edge technologies to address the evolving requirements of customers. Livanos is also a research professor at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Before joining Northrop Grumman in 2003, Livanos served as executive vice president of Boeing Satellite Systems and during his career he has participated in the successful launch of 46 satellites. In 2009, Livanos was appointed to the Defense Science Board, reporting to the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, Ashton Carter. In 2008, he was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering. He is chairman of the Science Advisory Council for GALCIT and a member of the Visiting Committee for Caltech's Division of Engineering and Applied Science. He is on the Board of Councilors for the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Livanos is a member of the IEEE and AFCEA, and an associate fellow of the AIAA. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering (with honors), a master's degree in engineering science, and a doctorate in engineering science and physics from the California Institute of Technology.

	John Martin Innovation Panel Chief Executive Officer Gilead
John Martin joined Gilead in 1990 and served as the company's president and CEO as well as a member of the its board since 1996. He was appointed chairman of the board in May 2008. Prior to joining Gilead, Dr. Martin held several leadership positions in the antiviral chemistry division of Bristol-Myers Squibb, as well as spending six years with Syntex. Dr. Martin is a member of the board of directors of the California Healthcare Institute and Gen-Probe Incorporated. He also serves on the External Scientific Advisory Board of the University of California School of Global Health. Dr. Martin received a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Chicago and an MBA in marketing from Golden Gate University. He received the Isbell Award from the American Chemical Society and the Gertrude B. Elion Award for Scientific Excellence from the International Society for Antiviral Research. In 2008, he was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering.

	Richard K. Miller Organizing Partner, Summit Opening Remarks President Olin College of Engineering
Richard K. Miller was appointed the president (and first employee) of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in 1999. He served as dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Iowa from 1992-1999, and spent the previous 17 years on the engineering faculties at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Miller has authored about 100 technical publications and is the recipient of five teaching awards at two universities. He is a past chair of the Engineering Advisory Committee at NSF, and of the AITU, a member of several boards and advisory committees, and has been a consultant to the World Bank on the establishment of new universities. Dr. Miller earned his B.S. degree from the University of California, Davis, where he received the 2002 Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award. He earned his M.S. degree from MIT and his Ph.D. from Caltech.

	C. L. Max Nikias Summit Keynote President University of Southern California
C. L. Max Nikias became the University of Southern California's eleventh president on August 3, 2010. Nikias previously served as USC's chief academic officer since June 2005; in this capacity, he was credited with recruiting new academic leadership; strengthening the academic medical enterprise; attracting a series of major donations to the institution; creating innovative cross-disciplinary programs, enhancing the university's globalization efforts; and increasing support for students at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. Nikias joined the university faculty in 1991 and, from 2001 to 2005, served as dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, solidifying its position as a top-tier engineering school. Over his two-decade career as an active scholar, Nikias was internationally recognized for his pioneering research on digital signal processing, digital media systems, and biomedicine. He was founding director of two national research centers at USC: the NSF-funded Integrated Media Systems Center and the Department of Defense funded Center for Research on Applied Signal Processing. He served as a senior consultant to a range of corporations and as a high-level consultant to the U.S. government, holding a security clearance for 15 years. The author of more than 275 journal articles and conference papers, three textbooks, and eight patents, Nikias has mentored more than 30 Ph.D. and postdoctoral students. Nikias is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the California Council on Science and Technology. Nikias graduated with honors from Famagusta Gymnasium. He received a diploma from the National Technical University of Athens, also known as National Metsovion Polytechnic, and later earned his M.S. and Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Cyprus.

	Franklin M. Orr Technology Panel Director Precourt Institute for Energy Professor Stanford University
Lynn Orr is the Keleen and Carlton Beal Professor in Petroleum Engineering in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering and director of the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University. He served as dean of the School of Earth Sciences from 1994 to 2002 and as director of the Global Climate and Energy Project from 2002 to 2008. He joined Stanford in 1985. Previously, he was employed by the US Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC, Shell Development Company in Houston, and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. from Stanford University, both in chemical engineering. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Board of Directors of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

	Pedro J. Pizarro Corporate Panel Executive Vice President, Power Operations Southern California Edison
Pedro Pizarro is executive vice president of Power Operations for Southern California Edison (SCE). His responsibilities include overseeing four business units: SCE's transmission and distribution system; the procurement section for conventional and renewable power contracts; SCE's gas-fired and hydroelectric power production facilities; and Edison Carrier Solutions, a division of SCE that provides wholesale broadband services to telecommunications carriers. Prior to his work at Edison, Pizarro was a senior engagement manager with McKinsey & Company in Los Angeles providing management consulting services to energy, technology, engineering services, and banking clients. Pizarro earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Caltech in 1994 and held National Science Foundation and Department of Defense graduate fellowships. He also earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Harvard University. Pizarro serves on the boards of the House Ear Institute, the Colburn School and Caltech.

	William "Monty" Reichert NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry Director of the Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
Dr. Reichert graduated with a BA in biology and chemistry from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1975, and received his Ph.D. in 1982. He joined the department of biomedical engineering at Duke University in 1989, and is currently a professor of biomedical engineering and chemistry, director of the Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering, director of the Duke Grand Challenge Scholars Program, associate dean for Diversity and Ph.D. Education, and program director for an NIH pre-doctoral training grant that supports graduate fellowships in biotechnology. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, the Biomedical Engineering Society, the American Council on Education and sits on the editorial boards for the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Biomaterials, and Langmuir. His research is in protein-mediated cell adhesion, biosensors and wound healing and has been funded continuously by the NIH since 1984. Dr. Reichert received the Clemson Award for Basic Research in Biomaterials in 2010 from the Society for Biomaterials.

	Jose N. Reyes Corporate Panel Chief Technology Officer NuScale Power
Dr. Reyes is the co-designer of the NuScale passively-cooled small nuclear reactor. He is an internationally recognized expert on passive safety system design, testing and operations for nuclear power plants. He currently serves as a United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) technical expert on passive safety systems. Dr. Reyes successfully established a 17-nation coordinated research program on passive safety systems for the IAEA and also developed and directed a course on natural circulation and passive safety systems at the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. At Oregon State University, Dr. Reyes served as head of the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics. He directed the Advanced Thermal Hydraulic Research Laboratory (ATHRL) and was the co-director of the Battelle Energy Alliance Academic Center of Excellence (ACE) for Thermal Fluids and Reactor Safety in support of the Idaho National Laboratory mission. Prior to joining the faculty at OSU, Dr. Reyes worked nearly 10 years as a thermal hydraulics research engineer in the Reactor Safety Division of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Maryland and a B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Florida. He is the author of numerous technical papers and has given lectures and keynote addresses to professional nuclear organizations in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

	Ares J. Rosakis Organizing Partner, Summit Closing Remarks Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science California Institute of Technology
Ares J. Rosakis is the chair of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology. He had also served as the fifth director of the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (GALCIT). He received his BA and MA degrees from Oxford University and his Sc.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Brown University. He is the author of more than 200 works on quasi-static and dynamic failure of metals, composites, and interfaces. His current research focuses are on the mechanics of seismology, and the physics of dynamic shear rupture; and he holds ten US patents. He has been a leader in education through his innovative teaching and mentorship of students and the creation of new educational programs at Caltech. He serves on the MIT Visiting Committee for the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and on the Advisory Council of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), as well as various advisory boards. He has been honored with numerous awards, most recently the Robert H. Thurston Lecture Award from ASME and the BEAM Alumni Medal from Brown University. He is a Fellow of ASME and serves as Vice-Chair of the Executive Council of AMD, Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Society of Experimental Mechanics, and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

	Dan Schnur Policy Panel Chairman California Fair Political Practices Commission Director Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics University of Southern California
Dan Schnur is the Director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California, where he works to motivate students to become active in the world of politics and encourage public officials to participate in the daily life of USC. As one of California's leading political and media strategists, Schnur has worked on four presidential and three gubernatorial campaigns, beginning his political career in the press office of the Reagan-Bush '84 presidential campaign. In addition to his position at USC, Schnur is an Adjunct Instructor at the University of California at Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies. He has served as an advisor to the William & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Broad Education Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation, and the Stuart Foundation on a variety of K-12 education, college and workforce preparedness, governance and political reform efforts. He has been an analyst and political commentator for CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and National Public Radio.

	John Brooks Slaughter Education Panel Former President National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Professor of Engineering and Education University of Southern California
A former director of the National Science Foundation, chancellor of the University of Maryland, College Park, and president of Occidental College, John B. Slaughter has served for many years as a leader in the education, engineering and scientific communities. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and in 1993, Dr. Slaughter was named to the American Society for Engineering Education Hall of Fame. Dr. Slaughter served for 15 years at the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory in San Diego, where he became head of the Information Systems Technology Department. He has also been director of the Applied Physics Laboratory and professor of electrical engineering at the University of Washington, academic vice president and provost at Washington State University, the Irving R. Melbo Professor of Leadership in Education at the University of Southern California and, most recently, President and CEO of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. (NACME). Dr. Slaughter earned a PhD in engineering science from the University of California, San Diego, a master of science from the UCLA, and a bachelor degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University. He holds honorary degrees from more than 25 institutions. Winner of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Award in 1997 and UCLA's Medal of Excellence in 1989, Dr. Slaughter was also honored with the first "U.S. Black Engineer of the Year" award in 1987.

	Matthew Tirrell Technology Panel Professor and Chair Department of Bioengineering University of California - Berkeley
Matt Tirrell is the chair of the department of bioengineering at the University of California at Berkeley. An eminent polymer scientist who has led the evolving field of soft materials, especially in adhesion and biomolecular materials, he has co-authored 270 papers and one book and has supervised 70 Ph.D. students. He received his undergraduate education in chemical engineering at Northwestern University and his Ph.D. in 1977 in polymer science from the University of Massachusetts. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He has received numerous other honors throughout his career, including Guggenheim and Sloan fellowships, a Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, the John H. Dillon Medal from the American Physical Society and the Allan Colburn Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

	Ali Velshi Communications Panel Journalist and Chief Business Correspondent CNN
CNN's Ali Velshi executes several roles as the network's chief business correspondent, anchor of CNN Newsroom, host of Your $$$$$ and host of the "Ali V" podcast. Velshi's in-depth reporting for CNN's "How The Wheels Came Off" was honored with a National Headliner Award for Business & Consumer Reporting in 2010. He anchored CNN's breaking news coverage of the attempted terror attack on a flight into Detroit, delivering CNN's worldwide newsgathering for which the network was nominated for an Emmy. Before joining CNN in 2001, he hosted The Business News, Canada's first and only prime-time business news hour. Earlier in his career, Velshi was a business anchor for Cable Pulse 24 and sister station, CITY TV, and a reporter for CFTO-TV, Canada's most watched local television station. Born in Kenya and raised in Toronto, Velshi graduated from Queens University in Canada with a degree in religion. Velshi's first book, Gimme My Money Back: Your Guide to Beating the Financial Crisis, was released in January 2009.

	Charles M. Vest Summit Keynote President National Academy of Engineering
Charles M. Vest is president of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and president emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He earned B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering at West Virginia University and the University of Michigan, respectively. He was professor, dean of engineering, and provost at Michigan, and served as president of MIT from 1990 through 2004. Dr. Vest served on the U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology from 1994-2008, and chaired the President's Committee on the Redesign of the Space Station and the Secretary of Energy's Task force on the Future of Science at DOE. He was a member of the Robb-Silberman WMD Commission and the Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education. He was vice chair of the Council on Competitiveness and a director of DuPont and IBM. Dr. Vest authored Holographic Interferometry and two books on higher education. He received fourteen honorary doctoral degrees and the 2007 National Medal of Technology.

	Matthew Wald Communications Panel Journalist The New York Times
Matthew L. Wald is a reporter at The New York Times, where he has been writing about energy topics for 30 years. Matt has been in the paper's Washington Bureau since 1995, and is currently assigned to write about environment and energy, and transportation safety.Matt has toured more than two dozen power reactors and research reactors, as well as Yucca Mountain, which until recently was the leading candidate for disposal of nuclear waste. In the 1980's and 1990's he wrote extensively about the production of materials for nuclear weapons, and the resulting environmental problems. He has also written about oil refining, alternative fuels including biofuels, oil and natural gas production, oil spills including the Exxon Valdez and the oil fires set by the Iraqis in Kuwait at the end of the first gulf war. He also writes about batteries, the electric grid, wind energy and solar energy.His previous assignments at The Times include Hartford, Connecticut and Boston. He holds a B.A. in Urban Studies from Brown University, and a Certificate in Auto Mechanics from the Providence Vocational Technical Facility.

	Jeff Wilcox Innovation Panel Corporate Vice President, Engineering Lockheed Martin Corporation
Jeffrey J. Wilcox is Lockheed Martin's Corporate Vice President for Engineering. In this position, he is responsible for developing and executing strategy for Engineering Enterprise-wide, which represents 71,000 engineers and scientists. He collaborates with Business Area leadership to ensure the right people, processes, tools, and technologies are in place to successfully deliver solutions to Lockheed Martin customer's most complex challenges. Before joining Lockheed Martin, Wilcox enjoyed a successful career at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) where he served as senior vice president. A native of LeRoy, N.Y., Wilcox holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University, a bachelor's degree from Case Western Reserve University, in biomedical engineering and an honorary doctorate of engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.

	Peter Williams Corporate Panel Chief Technology Officer IBM-Big Green Initiative
Dr. Peter Williams is the Chief Technology Officer for IBM's Big Green Innovations incubator, whose role is to create environmentally focused businesses for IBM. He is responsible for assembling, maintaining and developing the portfolio of businesses included, as well as the technologies used. His particular focus areas have been PV technologies; developing green house gas reduction solutions and services; and most intensively, water management solutions, covering entire water resources, utility infrastructures, and enterprise water management. As such, he has had a major role in developing IBM's water management solution framework. He has also been heavily involved in creating the intellectual foundation for IBM's "Smarter Planet" initiative. Dr. Williams holds the title of IBM Distinguished Engineer. By background, he is a management consultant with well over 20 years experience of bringing technology and business issues together to develop novel solutions and business models. A native of the UK, he has lived in California since 1999, and is married with three children. His PhD was awarded by the School of Management at the University of Bath, England, in 1986.

	Yannis Yortsos Organizing Host, Welcome Remarks Dean University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering
Yannis C. Yortsos is Dean of the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California. He is the Chester F. Dolley Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, and holds the Zohrab A. Kaprielian Dean's Chair in Engineering. Yortsos received his B.S. from the National Technical University, Athens, Greece, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, all in chemical engineering. Along with his partners at Duke University and Olin College, he helped promote the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges of Engineering by co-hosting the first NAE Grand Challenges Summit at Duke University in Spring 2009 and its follow-up at USC in Fall 2010. The first summit spawned the Grand Challenges Scholars Program for undergraduate engineering schools across the nation. Yortsos is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.