| 8:00 AM |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM |
Welcome to the Conference |
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Dr. Kent Murphy, Founder and CEO, Luna Innovations
Co-Founder and President, The Accelerating Innovation Foundation |
| 8:40 AM |
Welcome to the Academies |
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Dr. Ralph Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences |
| 8:50 AM |
Keynote Address |
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Donald Manzullo (R-IL), U.S. House of Representatives and
Chairman, U.S. House Small Business Committee |
| 9:15 AM |
Overview of The Gathering Storm Report |
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Dr. Deborah Stine, Associate Director, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences
(VIEW SLIDES)
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| 9:30 AM |
Energy, Security, and the Long War of the 21st Century |
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James Woolsey, Vice President for Global Strategic Security, Booz-Allen Hamilton
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| 10:00 AM |
Funding Innovation - A Venture Capitalist's Perspective |
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John Backus, Managing Partner, Draper Atlantic
(VIEW SLIDES)
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| 10:30 AM |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 AM |
Panel I: International Models of Innovation |
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Chair: Cathleen A. Campbell, President and CEO, U.S. Civilian R&D Foundation
- Volker Rieke, Minister-Counselor for Science and Technology, Embassy of Germany
(VIEW SLIDES)
- Dr. Janis Stabulnieks, Managing Director, Latvian Technological Center
(VIEW SLIDES)
- Dr. Michel Israel, Counselor for Science and Technology, Embassy of France
(VIEW SLIDES)
- Manoj Joshi, Economic Counselor, Embassy of India
(VIEW SLIDES)
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| 12:15 PM |
Luncheon in the Great Hall of the Academies |
| 1:15 PM |
Keynote Address
Dr. Robert Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
(VIEW SLIDES) |
| 1:30 PM |
Keynote Address
Dr. Alan Merten, President, George Mason University |
| 1:45 PM |
Panel II: New Paradigms in Education and Workforce Development
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Chair: Dr. Christopher Hill, Professor of Public Policy & Technology, George Mason University |
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- Robert Kavetsky, Founder, Navy N-Star Program
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- Dr. Rebecca Peterson, Director of Outreach, Eberly College of Science, Penn State University
(VIEW SLIDES)
- Dr. Jerry Benson, Dean, College of Integrated Science and Technology, James Madison University
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| 3:00 PM |
Panel III: The Global Innovation Economy - Implications for Corporate Strategy |
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Chair: Dr. Michael Mandel, Chief Economist, BusinessWeek Magazine |
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- Dr. Leonard Polizzotto, Vice President of Business Development and Marketing, SRI International
(VIEW SLIDES)
- John Fiedler, Former Chairman and CEO, BorgWarner, Inc.
(VIEW SLIDES)
- Susan Skemp, Executive Vice President, Civil Engineering Forum for Innovation, ASCE
(VIEW SLIDES)
- Mark Frantz, General Partner, RedShift Ventures
- Jack Biddle, Co-Founder and General Partner, Novak Biddle Venture Partners
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| 4:15 PM |
Coffee Break |
| 4:45 PM |
Panel IV: Intergovernmental Dimensions of Innovation Policy |
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Chair: Ruben Barrales, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, The White House |
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- Dr. Robert McMahan, Senior Advisor to the State of North Carolina on Science and Technology
- Vivek Kundra, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Trade, Commonwealth of Virginia
(VIEW SLIDES)
- Thomas McDunn, President, Rockford Area Ventures
(VIEW SLIDES)
- Aris Melissaratos, Secretary, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
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| 6:00 PM |
Presentation of 2006 Young Innovator Award |
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Adjournment
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| 6:30 PM |
Networking Reception on Front Terrace of the Academies |
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Sponsors Reception in Members Room |
| 7:30 PM |
Banquet in the Great Hall of the Academies |
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Remarks
Dr. Kent Murphy, Luna Innovations Incorporated and The Accelerating Innovation Foundation
Banquet Keynote Address
Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), U.S. House of Representatives |
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Special Presentation: America: Meeting the Challenge of Global Competition
Kent Hughes, Director of the Science, Technology, America, and the Global Economy Program,
Woodrow Wilson Center |
