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NAE Annual Meeting Oct. 3-4, public events

September 29th, 2010

On Oct. 3 and 4, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) will hold its annual meeting at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C. Highlights follow.

OCT. 3, NOON TO 12:30 P.M. EDT- President's Address
NAE President Charles Vest will address the members.

OCT. 3, 1 P.M. EDT - Induction Ceremony
Members elected in 2010 will be inducted.

OCT. 3, 2 P.M. EDT - Award Ceremony and Lecture
Recipients of NAE's Founders and Bueche awards will speak. The winners will be announced at 9 a.m. EDT on Oct. 1.

OCT. 3, 2:40 P.M. - Guest Speaker
Donald C. Winter, U.S. Department of the Navy (retired), will speak about the Deepwater Horizon investigation.

OCT. 3, 3:40 P.M. EDT - Armstrong Endowment for Young Engineers -- Gilbreth Lectures
Christine Chiu, University of Reading, England - Climate Observation from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program
David Sedlak, University of California, Berkeley - Reinventing Urban Water Systems

OCT. 3, 4:40 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. EDT - Distinguished Guest Lectures
Narayana N.R. Murthy, co-founder and chairman, Infosys - Engineering a Flat World
John Holdren, director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy - Meeting the Climate Change Challenge: What Do We Know? What Should We Do?

OCT. 4, 9:30 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. EDT - Forum on Global Technology: Change and Implications

SPEAKERS:

Esko Aho, executive vice president, corporate relations and responsibility, Nokia - Technology and Innovation: The Finnish Perspective and Experience

Bernard Amadei, founder, Engineers Without Borders - Addressing Basic Problems of Life and Health; Facing Disasters

John Seely Brown, visiting scholar, University of Southern California - Global Networks of the Young

Ruth David, president and CEO, ANSER - Instrumenting Global Technology Development

Eric Haseltine, former associate director for science and technology, Office of the Director of National Intelligence - How the Development of Technology Is Changing in Time and Location

Nicholas Negroponte, founder, One Laptop Per Child, and founder and chairman emeritus of the MIT Media Lab - Eradicating Isolation; Spreading Learning

Ray Stata, co-founder and chairman of the board, Analog Devices - Doing Business in the Global Market

Video of the forum will be available online after the event.

Provided by National Academy of Sciences

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