Panelists

Life Science

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Eric Betzig
2014 Chemistry Nobel Laureate
Janelia Research Campus
betzige@janelia.hhmi.org

Panel Leader:
Professor Bruce J. Tromberg
Department of Surgery-Beckman Laser Institute
University of California, Irvine
bjtrombe@uci.edu

Panel:
Dr. Eric Betzig
2014 Chemistry Nobel Laureate
Janelia Research Campus
betzige@janelia.hhmi.org

Professor Vartkess A. Apkarian
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Irvine
aapkaria@uci.edu

Professor Michael Cahalan
Department of Developmental & Cell Biology
University of California, Irvine
mcahalan@uci.edu

Professor Enrico Gratton
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Irvine
egratton@uci.edu

Professor Arthur Lander
Department of Developmental & Cell Biology
University of California, Irvine
adlander@uci.edu

Manufacturing

Keynote Speaker
Mr. Nicholas Donofrio
IBM Fellow Emeritus and EVP Technology and Innovation (Ret)
nmd@us.ibm.com

Panel Leader:
Professor Enrique Lavernia
Provost and Distinguished Professor
University of California, Irvine
lavernia@uci.edu

Panel:
Mr. Nicholas Donofrio
Former EVP of Innovation and Technology, IBM
nmd@us.ibm.com

Professor Diran Apelian
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
dapalian@wpi.edu

Professor David Dornfeld
University of California, Berkeley
dornfeld@berkeley.edu

Dr. James Watson
President & CEO, Califor

Earth & Environment

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Charles Elachi
Director of NASA, Jet Propulsion Lab
charles.elachi@nasa.jpl.gov

Panel Leader:
Professor Brett F. Sanders
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of California, Irvine
bsanders@uci.edu

Panel:
Dr. Charles Elachi
Director of NASA, Jet Propulsion Lab
charles.elachi@nasa.jpl.gov

Professor Dara Entekhabi
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
darae@mit.edu

Professor Stanley B. Grant
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Irvine
sbgrant@uci.edu

Dr. Thomas E. Romesser
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (Ret)
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Sector
tomromesser@gmail.com

Energy

Keynote Speaker
Professor Arunava Majumdar
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford
amajumdar@stanford.edu

Panel Leader:
Professor Derek Dunn-Rankin
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
ddunnran@uci.edu

Panel:
Professor Arunava Majumdar
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford
amajumdar@stanford.edu

Dr. Maxine Savitz
General Manager, Technology Partnerships, Honeywell Inc.
maxinesavitz@aol.com

Dr. Robert Kostecki
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
R_Kostecki@lbl.gov

Professor Per F. Peterson
University of California, Berkeley
peterson@nuc.berkeley.edu

Dr. Jeffrey G. Reed
Southern California Gas Company
jgreed@semprautilities.com