Lasers for America: Driving Advancements in Science, National Security, Manufacturing, Health and U.S. Competitiveness

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

12:00-1:30

Senate Visitors Center, Room SVC 201-00

Lunch will be provided. This will be a widely attended event.

Sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and The Optical Society

in cooperation with House Research & Development Caucus

co-chairs Representative Barbara Comstock and Representative Bill Foster

and in cooperation with Senator Charles Schumer

Welcome and Introductions

Connie Lausten, P.E. – Chair, ASME Energy Public Policy Task Force

Moderator

Gregory Quarles, Ph.D. – Chief Scientist, The Optical Society

Panelists

• E. Michael Campbell, Ph.D. – Director of the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
• James Clayton, Ph.D. – Senior Scientist, Varian Medical Systems
• Jim Kafka, Ph.D. – Chief Technology Officer, Spectra-Physics, a part of MKS
• Wim Leemans, Ph.D. – Director, Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory