Schedule

February 24, 2016

8:30 AM
Guest Arrival

  • Registration Live
  • Coffee/Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM
Welcome Remarks [10 min]

  • Professor Kumar Wickramasinghe
  • Introduces Chancellor Howard Gillman

9:10 AM
Remarks from Chancellor Howard Gillman [15 min]

9:25 AM
Professor Kumar Wickramasinghe [5 min]

  • Introduces Dr. Eric Betzig

9:30 AM
Dr. Eric Betzig, 2014 Chemistry Nobel Laureate, Janelia Research Campus [60 min]

10:30 AM
Break [30 min]

11:00 AM
Professor Kumar Wickramasinghe [5 min]

  • Introduces Panel Leader, Dr. Bruce Tromberg

11:05 AM
Panel Discussion – Life Science [55 min]

  • Professor Bruce Tromberg, UCI, Panel Leader
  • Professor V. Ara Apkaria, UCI
  • Professor Enrico Gratton, UCI
  • Professor Arthur Lander, UCI
  • Professor Michael Cahalan, UCI
  • Dr. Eric Betzig, Janelia Research Campus

12:00 PM
Lunch

1:25 PM
Professor Soroosh Sorooshian [5 min]

  • Introduces Dr. Charles Elachi

1:30 PM
Dr. Charles Elachi, Director of NASA, Jet Propulsion Lab [60 min]

2:30 PM
Break [30 min]

3:00 PM
Professor Soroosh Sorooshian [5 min]

  • Introduces Panel Leader, Professor Brett Sanders

3:05 PM
Panel Discussion – Earth & Science [55 min]

  • Professor Brett Sanders, UCI, Panel Leader
  • Professor Dara Entekhabi, MIT
  • Dr. Tom Romesser, Northrop Grumman
  • Professor Stan Grant, UCI
  • Dr. Charles Elachi, JPL

4:00 PM
Reception [1 hour, 45 min]

February 25, 2016

8:30 AM
Guest Arrival

  • Registration Live
  • Coffee/Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM
Professor Soroosh Sorooshian [5 min]

  • Introduces Dean Gregory Washington

9:05 AM
Remarks from Dean Gregory Washington [10 min]

  • Introduces Provost Enrique Lavernia

9:20 AM
Provost Enrique Lavernia [5 min]

  • Introduces Mr. Nicholas Donofrio

9:25 AM
Mr. Nicholas Donofrio, IBM Fellow Emeritus & EVP Technology and Innovation (Ret) [65 min]

10:30 PM
Break [30 min]

11:00 AM
Provost Enrique Lavernia [5 min]

  • Introduces Panel

11:05 AM
Panel Discussion – Manufacturing [55 min]

  • Provost Enrique Lavernia, Panel Leader
  • Dr. James Watson, California Manufacturing Technology Consulting
  • Professor Diran Apelian, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Professor David Dornfeld, UC Berkeley
  • Mr. Nicholas Donofrio, IBM

12:00 PM
Lunch

1:15 PM
Professor William Sirignano [5 min]

  • Introduces Professor Arunava Majumdar

1:20 PM
Professor Arunava Majumdar, Director of the Jay Precourt Institute of Energy, Stanford [60 min]

2:20 PM
Break [30 min]

2:50 PM
Professor William Sirignano [5 min]

  • Introduces Panel Leader, Professor Derek-Dun Rankin

2:55 PM
Panel Discussion – Energy [55 min]

  • Professor  Derek-Dun Rankin, Panel Leader
  • Dr. Robert Kostecki, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
  • Professor Per F. Peterson, UC Berkeley
  • Dr. Jeffrey G. Reed, Southern California Gas Company
  • Dr. Maxine Savitz, Honeywell General Manager Technology
  • Professor Arunava Majumdar, Stanford

3:50 PM
Professor Kumar Wickramasinghe

  • Concluding Remarks