Dupont
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Preliminary Program
Dupont Summit: Pressing Issues, Little Time
Friday, December 2, 2011
Carnegie Institution for Science
1530 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
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*Please note various panel chairs are to be announced.
9:00 – 10:15 am Climate of Uncertainty: Civic Scenarios for Decision Making
Session 1
Boardroom Chair: Chris Gore, Editor-in-Chief, Review of Policy Research
Cynthia Selin, School of Sustainability at Arizona State
University
Patrick Hamilton, Director, Global Change Initiatives at the
Science Museum of Minnesota
Robert Garfinkle, Director, Social Change Program at the
Science Museum of Minnesota
9:00 – 10:15 am The Complexities of Decision-Making at the Intersection of
Session 2 Science, Technology and Policy
Mayor Room
Mahmud Farooque and Travis Doom
Arizona State University
Liz Johnson, Researcher, Complex Systems Institute
Education Policy Options: Mediocre to Great in Science &
Technology
9:00 – 10:15 am Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering
Session 3 and Mathematics
Library
Chair: Fred Stielow, Vicepresident, American Public University
System
Christianne Corbett, Senior Researcher, The American
Association of University Women (AAUW)
Erin Prangley, Associate Director of Government Relations, The
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
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9:00 – 9:30 am Convergence of Tech Transfer, Knowledge Management,
Session 4 Electronic Medical Records, and a Central Research Lab in
Founders Room the Hospital Setting
Albert H. Rubenstein, President, IASTA, Inc.
9:30 – 10:00 am Diversity Inclusion: Education, Security, Development and
Session 5 Prosperity
Founders Room
Michael Simpson, Fellow and Senior Principal Leader, CSC
10:15 – 11:30 am Creative Narrative: Forging a Working Bond Between Next
Session 6 Generation Science Communicators and Science Policy
Boardroom Scholars
Lee Gutkind, Arizona State University
Gwen Ottinger, University of Washington-Bothell
Ross Carper, Founding Editor, Beyond the Bracelet
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10:15 – 11:30 am Sustainability Policy Analysis: What it Means and What It
Session 7 Offers
Mayor Room
Karen J. Baehler and Daniel J. Fiorino, Center for
Environmental Policy, American University
10:15 – 12:45 pm United States Space Exploration in the Next 20 Years
Sessions 8 and 9
Library Chair: Arnauld Nicogossian, MD, Editor, World Medical and
Health Policy Journal, and School of Public Policy, George
Mason University
Waleed Abdalati, NASA Chief Scientist
NASA Space Sciences Policy
Mark L. Uhran, NASA Director, International Space Station
Division
The International Space Station: A New U.S. National
Laboratory
Richard S. Williams, MD, NASA Chief Health and Medical
Officer
Prospects for Space Medicine Practice
Franceska O. Schroeder, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Commercial Space: Questions Regarding the Legal and
Regulatory Environment
10:00 – 10:30 am Engaging Citizen-Scientists in Translational Research
Session 10
Founders Room
Liz Horn, Director, Genetic Alliance Registry & BioBank
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10:30 – 11:00 am Science & Technology Policy and Employment: The
Session 11 Neglected Questions
Founders Room
Greg Zachary, Arizona State University
11:00 – 11:30 am The Contribution of Mind-Body Medicine to Prevention of
Session 12 Cardiovascular Disease
Founders Room
Robert Schneider, Director, Institute for Natural Medicine and
Prevention
11:30 – 12:45 am STAR Metrics: A Breakthrough in Science & Technology
Session 13 Policy Analysis
Mayor Room
Chair: Chris Gore, Editor-in-Chief, Review of Policy Research
Dorothy Miller, Environmental Protection Agency
Bill Valdez, Department of Energy
11:30 – 12:45 pm Prospects for Resolution of Energy Problems with the
Session 14 Invention of E-Cat Device by Andrea Rossi
Boardroom
Simon Berkovich, George Washington University
Lev Bernstein, BLL, Inc.
Charles Garris, George Washington University
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David Nagel, George Washington University
11:30 – 12:00 am Theoretical and Applied Features of Free Markets, The State
Session 15 and Agency Capture, and Corporate Actions in FDA
Founders Room Regulations of Tobacco Products
Michael Givel, University of Oklahoma
12:00 – 12:30 am Boosting the Nascent Clean Economy: Making Innovation
Session 16 Central to Climate and Energy Policy
Founders Room
Matthew Stepp, Clean Energy Policy Analyst, Information
Technology and Innovation Foundation
12:45 – 1:30 pm The Policy Nexus of Food Security, Climate Change, and
Session 17 Sustainability
Boardroom
Chair: Alan Tomkins, Office of Global Food Security, U.S.
Department of State
Nwadiuto Esiobu, Office of Global Food Security, U.S.
Department of State
Introduction and Overview
Eric Luftman, Senior Advisor for Food Security, Bureau of
Economic, Energy and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Current Food Security Policies
Caitlin Welsh, Office of Global Food Security, U.S. Department
of State
Impacts of Food Security Policy in Africa: Observations from
the Field
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Marcella Szymanski, Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business
Affairs, Agriculture and Biotech Trade Affairs Division, U.S.
Department of State
Agricultural Technologies
1:30 – 2:45 pm Future Directions in Science, Technology and Environmental
Session 18 Policy Research: Reflections on Demand and Supply
Boardroom
Chair: Wally Boston, President, American Public University
System
Christopher Gore, Editor-in-Chief, Review of Policy Research
Zachary Taylor, Georgia Institute of Technology
JP Singh, Former Editor-in-Chief, Review of Policy Research
Kei Koizumi, White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy
1:30 – 3:30 pm Policy Implications of Space Weather and Long-term Power
Sessions 19 and 20 Outages
Library
Panel 1 of 2: Threat and Response From All-of-Nation
Perspective: Federal and Industry Level Response
Chair: Chuck Manto, InfraGard National EMP SIG Manager
Richard Andres, NDU Energy and Environment Program Chair
NDU Solar Weather and Grid Vulnerability Exercises
J. Fisher, NOAA
Space Weather and Grid Security
Scott Pugh
Grid Security. DHS Science and Technology
Dennis McGiin, President, ACORE
Renewable Energy and Local Power Generation
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Panel 2 of 2: Threat and Response From All-of-Nation
Perspective: Legislative, State and Local Community
Response
Chair: Dave Hunt, CRA
Mary Lasky, responsible for COOP at Johns Hopkins Applied
Physics Lab and chairman of the Howard County Community
Emergency Response Network
State and Local All-hazards Planning and Preparation
Jeffrey Stiefel, Director, National BioDefense Architecture
DHS and Local Medical Resilience
Trent Franks, Congressman, Co-chair House EMP Caucus
Legislative Issues and the Shield Act
Charles Manto, InfraGard National EMP SIG Manager
InfraGard and Local Resilience
1:30 – 2:00 pm Environmentally Induced Migrations. Theoretical
Session 21 Frameworks and Current Challenges
Founders Room
Bogumil Terminski, University of Warsaw
2:00 – 2:30 pm A Great Ship Asks Deep Waters: The Deep Water Royalty
Session 22 Relief Act and the 1990s Oil Boom in the Gulf of Mexico
Founders Room
Chair: Fred Stielow, Vicepresident, American Public University
System
Joel P. Hewett, Georgia Institute of Technology
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2:45 – 4:00 pm The Effect of Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
Session 23 on Human Health, the Environment, and Animals
Boardroom
Michael Greger, MD, Director of Public Health and Animal
Agriculture, Humane Society of the United States
Velma Smith, Government Relations, Pew Environmental Trust
Bruce G. Friedrich, Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives,
Farm Sanctuary
2:45 – 4:00 pm Into the Great Wide Open: Geoengineering and the Future of
Session 24 Climate Change Policy
Mayor Room
Chair: Chris Gore, Editor-in-Chief, Review of Policy Research
Wil Burns, Director, Energy Policy & Climate Program, Johns
Hopkins University
Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Programs,
The Climate Institute
Lee Lane, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
2:30 – 3:00 pm Biosafety Concerns Involving Genetically Modified
Session 25 Mosquitoes to Combat Malaria and Dengue in Developing
Founders Room Countries
Graciela Ostera, Georgetown University
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3:00 – 3:30 pm Climate Change and American Politics
Session 26
Founders Room
Glenn Sussman, Old Dominion University
4:00 – 5:15 pm The Growth of the Alternative Medicine Industry and its
Session 27 Implication for Health Care Policy
Boardroom
Eugenie V. Mielczarek and Brian D. Engler, Physics
Department, George Mason University
4:00 – 5:15 pm Cybersecurity in the 21st Century
Session 28
Mayor Room Chair: Fred Stielow, Vicepresident, American Public University
System
Sunny Lee, Director, Institute for Korea-U.S. Political
Development
North Korea’s Cyber Terrorism
Richard Forno, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Cybersecurity Information Sharing: A New Perspective for
Policymakers?
3:30 – 4:00 pm Framing Nanotechnology Policy: A Case Study of the Project
Session 29 on Emerging Nanotechnologies
Founders Room
Evan Michelson, New York University
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4:00 – 4:30 pm The Sociopolitical Implications of the Global Spread of
Session 30 Modern Banking Technologies
Founders Room
Nancy Hite, Yale University
4:30 – 5:00 pm Science, Technology and Education
Session 31
Founders Room
Daniel Benjamin, Interim Dean, School of Science and
Technology, American Public University System
8:15 – 9:30 pm Trading at the Speed of Light: Electronic Exchanges,
Plenary Session Computational Trading and Artificial Intelligence in
John Wesley Powell Financial Markets
Auditorium at the
Cosmos Club* This lecture is sponsored by the Policy Studies Organization and
American Public University System, and organized by the
Philosophical Society of Washington.
Alexander D. Wissner-Gross, Research Affiliate, MIT Media
Laboratory
A substantial and growing volume of worldwide trading activity
now is determined by Quantitative Finance (“QF”), which
incentivizes the modeling of human group behavior to efficiently
allocate capital. The distributed computation and communication
capabilities of QF have become an integral part of the trading web
and constitute a likely field for the emergence of artificial
intelligence on a par in many respects with that of humans. This
talk will discuss the brief history of electronic trading and
Quantitative Finance, discuss the current architectures of the
worldwide trading web, and explore the potential role of high-
frequency financial trading as a catalyst for the emergence of
computational intelligence that not only is faster than human
minds but also, physically, orders of magnitude larger (i.e.,
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spanning the entire planet).
* 2170 Florida Ave. NW, Washington DC 20008. Entrance is through the Cosmos Club
gate, the first right-hand entrance on Florida Avenue north of the intersection with
Massachusetts Avenue NW. The auditorium entrance is to the left of the gate. The
Cosmos Club is within walking distance of the Dupont Circle Metro stop (Q Street exit),
the Connecticut Avenue bus routes (L2, L4), and the Massachusetts Avenue bus routes
(N2, N4).
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