NAE grand challenges for engineering summit series
The National Academy of Engineering's Grand Challenges for Engineering summit series is designed to enhance student interest in engineering, science, and technology entrepreneurship and help prepare the next generation of engineers to find innovative solutions to grand challenges of the 21st century. Summit dates below. For more information on the series, visit http://summit-grand-challenges.pratt.duke.edu/.
April 21 and 22
(Chicago)
Featured speakers include Charles M. Vest, president, National Academy of Engineering; John Holdren, assistant to President Obama for science and technology, and director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Lord Ernest Ronald Oxburgh, member, House of Lords, and member, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology; Roger Frechette III, president, PositivEnergy Practice; and Tachi Yamada, president, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The summit will take place at the Fairmont Hotel, 200 North Columbus Drive. For more information, visit http://www.iit.edu/grand_challenges/.
CONTACT: Jeanne Arens, Illinois Institute of Technology, 312-446-2268 or e-mail <jarens@iit.edu>
April 21
(Wellesley, Mass.)
Featured speakers include Aneesh Paul Chopra, chief technology officer and associate director for technology, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Clayton Christensen, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; and Sharon Nunes, vice president, Big Green Innovations IBM Systems and Technology Group. The summit will take place in Houghton Chapel at Wellesley College, 106 Central St. For more information, visit http://grandchallengesummit.olin.edu/.
CONTACT: Joe Hunter, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, 781-292-2255 or e-mail <joseph.hunter@olin.edu>
May 2 and 3
(Seattle)
The National Academy of Engineering's Grand Challenges for Engineering summit series is designed to enhance student interest in engineering, science, and technology entrepreneurship and help prepare the next generation of engineers to find innovative solutions to grand challenges of the 21st century. The summit in May will focus on engineering better medicines and will take place at the University of Washington on May 2 and the Washington State Convention Center, 800 Convention Place on May 3. For more information, visit http://www.engr.washington.edu/news/nae10/index.html
CONTACT: Hannah Hickey, University of Washington, (206) 543-2580 or e-mail <hickeyh@uw.edu>
Provided by National Academy of Sciences
