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Seattle Grand Challenges Summit

Detailed Schedule (subject to change)

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Student Program & Summit Kick-off

11 a.m. – 12 p.m.	Registration / Pick Up Name Badges Meany Hall lobby, University of Washington campus
12:00 – 1 p.m.	Conference Opening Meany Hall auditorium, University of Washington campus Hugh Chang, Director, Special Initiatives within the Office of the President, PATH
1 - 2 p.m.	Grand Challenges Overview with Q&A Meany Hall auditorium, University of Washington campus Matt O'Donnell, Frank & Julie Jungers Dean of Engineering
2:15 – 4 p.m.	Welcome Reception and Student Poster Competition Meany Hall lobby, University of Washington campus
4 – 5 p.m.	Campus Tours

Monday, May 3, 2010

Grand Challenges Summit

Washington State Convention Center, downtown Seattle
800 Convention Place, Seattle, WA 98101

All events are held in Room 6E unless otherwise noted.

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7 – 9 a.m.	Registration & Continental Breakfast Washington State Convention Center 6th floor West Lobby
7:30 – 8:45 a.m.	National Academy of Engineering Members Breakfast By invitation only
9 – 9:30 a.m.	Welcome Matthew O’Donnell, Frank & Julie Jungers Dean of Engineering, University of Washington
9:30 – 10 a.m.	Keynote Speaker – Engineer Better Medicines Nicholas A. Peppas, Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Chair, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
10 – 10:30 a.m.	Keynote Speaker – Engineer Better Medicines Suzie Pun, Robert F. Rushmer Associate Professor in Bioengineering, University of Washington
10:30 – 11:15 a.m.	Panel I – Engineer Better Medicines Moderator: Matthew O’Donnell, Frank & Julie Jungers Dean of Engineering, University of Washington Panelists: Lonnie Edelheit, Retired Senior Vice President, Research & Development, General Electric Company Bruce Montgomery, MD, Senior Vice President, Respiratory Therapeutics, Gilead Sciences, Inc. Nicholas A. Peppas, Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Chair, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Suzie Pun, Robert F. Rushmer Associate Professor in Bioengineering, University of Washington
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	LUNCH Washington State Convention Center Room 6F
12:30 – 12:45 p.m.	BREAK
12:45 – 1:00 p.m.	Introduction – Engineer the Tools of Scientific Discovery Ed Lazowska, Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington; Director, University of Washington eScience Institute; Chair, Computing Community Consortium
1:00 – 1:30 p.m.	Keynote Speaker – Engineer the Tools of Scientific Discovery Larry Smarr, Founding Director of the California Institute for Telecommunications & Information Technology, University of California, San Diego
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.	Panel II – Engineer the Tools of Scientific Discovery Moderator: Ed Lazowska, Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington; Director, University of Washington eScience Institute; Chair, Computing Community Consortium Panelists: Alon Halevy, Director, Structured Data Management Research, Google Larry Smarr, Founding Director of the California Institute for Telecommunications & Information Technology, University of California, San Diego Catharine van Ingen, Partner Architect, Microsoft Research Jonathan Chang, Data Science Team Member, Facebook
2:30 – 3 p.m.	BREAK
3 – 3:30 p.m.	Keynote Speaker – Engineer the Tools of Scientific Discovery Mike Griffin, King-McDonald Eminent Scholar and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Director, Center for System Studies, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
3:30 - 4:15 p.m.	Keynote Speakers – Engineer the Tools of Scientific Discovery Bonnie Dunbar, President and CEO, Museum of Flight Edward F. Crawley, Ford Professor of Engineering and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:15 - 4:45 p.m.	Panel III – Engineer the Tools of Scientific Discovery Moderator: Bonnie Dunbar, President and CEO, Museum of Flight Panelists: Mike Griffin, King-McDonald Eminent Scholar and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Director, Center for System Studies, The University of Alabama in Huntsville Edward F. Crawley, Ford Professor of Engineering and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:45 – 5:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks

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