Phoenix Grand Challenges Summit: Program

Leading futurists and technologists have worked with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to identify “Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st Century,” focusing on technological breakthroughs needed to build sustainable societies and improve the quality of life in a growing and increasingly complex world.

To help launch a call to action toward achieving these goals, the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University organized one of five regional NAE Grand Challenge Summits.

On April 8 and 9 at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, experts and participants discussed the critical needs to develop new medicines and biomedical technologies, make solar energy economical, find better ways to manage and recycle the increasing amount of waste materials produced by growing nations, and transform education to prepare the next generations for facing these and other challenges.

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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Time	Event
7 a.m. - 5 p.m. McArthur Foyer	Summit Registration Desk Open
8 - 8:30 a.m. McArthur 4	Welcome - Deirdre Meldrum, Summit Chair (VIEW VIDEO) Summit Opening - ASU President Michael Crow (VIEW VIDEO) Emcee - Edward Sylvester (VIEW VIDEO)
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. McArthur 4	Plenary - Putting the Evidence into Evidence-based Medicine Leland Hartwell (VIEW VIDEO) Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine, President & Director, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
9:30 - 10:30 a.m McArthur 4	Panel Introduction - Health (VIEW VIDEO) Panel Discussion - Health (VIEW VIDEO) Leland Hartwell Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine, President & Director, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA Michael Birt (VIEW VIDEO) Director, Center for Sustainable Health, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Executive Director, Pacific Health Summit Peter Barton Hutt (VIEW VIDEO) Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C. Alan C. Nelson (VIEW VIDEO) Executive Director, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University Raymond L. Woosley (VIEW VIDEO) President and CEO, The Critical Path Institute, Tucson, AZ
10:30 - 11 a.m. McArthur Foyer	Break
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Breakout Sessions - Health The purpose of each breakout is to continue more detailed discussions with the panelist of your choice. Each panelist is teamed with a moderator to engage with the audience in a discussion about topics they presented during the panel discussion and to discuss any other relevant questions or topics.
McArthur 3	Michael Birt Director, Center for Sustainable Health, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Executive Director, Pacific Health Summit
McArthur 1	Peter Barton Hutt Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C.
McArthur 4	Alan C. Nelson (VIEW VIDEO) Executive Director, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
McArthur 2	Raymond L. Woosley President and CEO, The Critical Path Institute, Tucson, AZ
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. McArthur Foyer	Box Lunches provided Participants are encouraged to attend the Funding Session (see below), the Student Design Competition, and the Career Fair during this time.
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. McArthur 4	Announcements regarding available seed funding and grant opportunities in Grand Challenge areas Presenters: Sethuraman Panchanathan Deputy Vice President of Research and Economic Affairs, Arizona State University Sayfe Kiaei Associate Dean of Research, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University Dali Ozturk Assistant Vice President, Vice President Education Partnerships, Arizona State University
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. McArthur 4	Introduction by Lisa Krueger (VIEW VIDEO) Vice President, Sustainable Development, First Solar Chair of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) Environmental, Health and Safety Committee Plenary - A Transition to Sustainability: Reconciling the Needs of People and the Planet in the 21st Century Pamela Matson (VIEW VIDEO) Chester Naramore Dean, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. McArthur 4	Panel Introduction - Sustainability (VIEW VIDEO) Panel Discussion - Sustainability (VIEW VIDEO) Pamela Matson Chester Naramore Dean, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University Jason Elwood (VIEW VIDEO) Vice President, Operations, Raytheon Missile Systems Terri S. Fiez (VIEW VIDEO) Professor and Head, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University Lisa Krueger (VIEW VIDEO) Vice President, Sustainable Development, First Solar Chair of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) Environmental, Health and Safety Committee Sander van der Leeuw (VIEW VIDEO) Professor and Director, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
3:30 - 4 p.m. McArthur Foyer	Break
4 - 5 p.m.	Breakout Sessions - Sustainability The purpose of each breakout is to continue more detailed discussions with the panelist of your choice. Each panelist is teamed with a moderator to engage with the audience in a discussion about topics they presented during the panel discussion and to discuss any other relevant questions or topics.
McArthur 4	Jason Elwood (VIEW VIDEO) Vice President, Operations, Raytheon Missile Systems
McArthur 3	Terri S. Fiez Professor and Head, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University
McArthur 2	Lisa Krueger Vice President, Sustainable Development, First Solar Chair of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) Environmental, Health and Safety Committee
McArthur 1	Sander van der Leeuw Professor and Director, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
5:15 - 6:30 p.m. Aztec Patio & Main Foyer	Reception Student Design Competition winners will be announced at 5:30 p.m
6:30 - 9 p.m. Arizona Biltmore Ballroom	Banquet Dinner provided Speech by ASU President Michael Crow

Friday, April 9, 2010
Time	Event
7 a.m. - 5 p.m. McArthur Foyer	Summit Registration Desk Open
8:15 - 8:30 a.m. McArthur 4	Welcome - Deirdre Meldrum, Summit Chair (VIEW VIDEO) Emcee - Edward Sylvester Introduction by Rick Shangraw, Vice President of Research and Economic Affairs, Arizona State University, of plenary speaker, Kristina Johnson (VIEW VIDEO)
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. McArthur 4	Plenary - Energy Grand Challenges Kristina M. Johnson (VIEW VIDEO) Under Secretary for Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. McArthur 4	Panel Introduction - Energy (VIEW VIDEO) Panel Discussion - Energy (VIEW VIDEO) Kristina M. Johnson Under Secretary for Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. Gary Dirks (VIEW VIDEO) Director, ASU LightWorks, Arizona State University Don McMonagle (VIEW VIDEO) Vice President, NASA Programs Director, Alternative Energy Programs, Raytheon Missile Systems Fiona Sim (VIEW VIDEO) Director of the Intel Open Energy Initiative, Intel Corp. Chris Uhlik (VIEW VIDEO) Rock Star, Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA Kathleen Weiss (VIEW VIDEO) Vice President of Government Affairs, First Solar
10:30 - 11 a.m. McArthur Foyer	Break
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Breakout Sessions - Energy The purpose of each breakout is to continue more detailed discussions with the panelist of your choice. Each panelist is teamed with a moderator to engage with the audience in a discussion about topics they presented during the panel discussion and to discuss any other relevant questions or topics.
McArthur 1	Gary Dirks Director, ASU LightWorks, Arizona State University
McArthur 2	Don McMonagle Vice President, NASA Programs Director, Alternative Energy Programs, Raytheon Missile Systems
McArthur 4	Chris Uhlik (VIEW VIDEO) Rock Star, Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA
McArthur 3	Kathleen Weiss Vice President of Government Affairs, First Solar
12:30 p.m. Frank Lloyd Wright Salon E & F	Lunch provided
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. McArthur 4	Plenary - Engineering for a Changing World James Duderstadt (VIEW VIDEO) President Emeritus & University Professor of Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. McArthur 4	Panel Introduction - Education (VIEW VIDEO) Panel Discussion - Education (VIEW VIDEO) James Duderstadt President Emeritus & University Professor of Science and Engineering, University of Michigan Braden R. Allenby (VIEW VIDEO) Lincoln Professor of Engineering and Ethics Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor of Law Arizona State University Norman L. Fortenberry (VIEW VIDEO) Director, Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education, National Academy of Engineering, Washington, D.C. C. Judson King (VIEW VIDEO) Director, Center for Studies in Higher Education University of California, Berkeley Provost and Senior Vice President - Academic Affairs, Emeritus University of California Professor of Chemical Engineering, Emeritus Chris Uhlik (VIEW VIDEO) Rock Star, Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA
3:30 - 4 p.m. McArthur 4	Closing Session (VIEW VIDEO)

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