Fusion Energy: An Opportunity for American Security and Leadership

Opening Statements:

Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.)
Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.)

Co-chairs, House Research and Development Caucus

Introduction:

Lt. General Dan Christman, Member, Board of Directors, American Security Project

Brig. General Stephen Cheney, Executive Director, American Security Project

Guest Speakers:

Dr. Stewart Prager, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Dr. Edward Moses, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Mr. Andrew Holland, American Security Project

Speaker Bios

SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS:

American Security Project

Global Competitiveness:
How University Research Contributes to American Innovation

Moderator: Dr. Alan Leshner, CEO, AAAS

Panelists:

• Stephen Ezell, Senior Analyst, ITIF
• Dr. Rick Rashid, Senior Vice President for Research, Microsoft
• Dr. Terri Lomax, Vice Chancellor for Research Innovation and Economic Development, North Carolina State University

SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS:

• AAU
• APLU
• ASME
• IEEE-USA
• ITIF
• Microsoft
• Task Force on American Innovation
• Texas Instruments

Innovation Jobs and Patents: Understanding the Connection

Panelists:

• Teresa Stanek Rea, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, USPTO
• W. Bernard Carlson, Ph.D., Professor, University of Virginia
• Matthew Gevaert, Chief Executive Officer, KIYATEC
• Paul Sharer, Partner, Jones Day

SPONSORING ORGANIZATION:
The American Chemical Society

Dreaming in Digital: How Modeling & Simulation Will Drive 21st Century Manufacturing

Moderator: Stephen Wheat, PHD, Intel Corporation

Panelists:

• Jon Riley, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
• Alex Popescu-Gatlan, John Deere
• Kellie Johnson, ACE Clearwater Enterprises

Budget Battles: Outlook  for Federal Research and Development

Sponsored by: AAAS

Welcome: Alan Leshner, Chief Executive Officer, AAAS, and Executive Publisher, Science

Speaker: Patrick Clemins, Director, R&D Budget & Policy Programs, AAAS "Research and Development in the FY 2011 & 2012 Budgets"

Energy Innovation and American Competitiveness

Dear Colleague Letter

Sponsored by:

OurEnergyPolicy.Org

Speakers:

David Kreutzer, Research Fellow in Energy, Economics and Climate Change, The Heritage Foundation

Nate Lewis, Director, US DOE Innovation Hub: Professor of Chemistry, CalTech

Mark Muro, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute; Co-Author Post-Partisan Power

Yossie Hollander, Founder & Chairman, The Our Energy Policy Foundation

Building the Future Today: How Scientific Research Drives Economic Growth and National Security

Speakers:

• Doug Raaberg, U.S. Air Force and Space Programs, Northrop Grumman [Presentation]
• Kathleen Kingscott, Global Strategic Partnerships, IBM [Presentation]
• Tobin Smith, Vice President, Association of American Universities [Presentation]

SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS:
Task Force on American Innovation (TFAI)

The 2011 Global R&D Funding Forecast

Speakers:

• Martin Grueber, Research Leader, Battelle
• Tim Studt, Editor in Chief, Advantage Business Media

See also:

• Presentation
• Report
• Key/Interactive Charts
• Press release

SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS:

• Battelle
• R&D Magazine

Basic Research with a Purpose: How DOE Science Helps U.S. Industry Compete

Opening Remarks:
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.)
Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.)

Speakers	Presentations
Dr. Kathryn Clay (bio) Director of Research, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers	Basic Research with A Purpose: How DOE Science Helps U.S. Industry Compete — A View from the Auto Industry
John Palafoutas National Inventors Hall of Fame
Dr. Bryan J. Rice (bio) Director of Lithography, SEMATECH, Intel Corporation	R&D in the Semiconductor Industry What does the Future Hold?
Dr. James Stevens (bio) Corporate Fellow, Core Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company	Technology Driven Innovation in Plastics
SPONSORING SOCIETY:
Energy Sciences Coalition	Briefing flyer

On the Road to Exascale: Extreme Computing-Based Modeling and Simulation

Opening Remarks:
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.)
Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.)

Moderator:
Dr. Cynthia McIntyre, Senior Vice President for Strategic Operations & HPC Initiative
Council on Competitiveness

Innovation Choke Points: What Thwarts U.S. R&D Investments, Commercialization, Job Growth & Competitiveness Most?

Moderator: Dr. Mary Good, Chairman, ASTRA

Speakers:

	Richard Bendis - President & CEO, Innovation America
	Brian Darmady – Associate Vie President, Research & Economic Development, University of Maryland
	Dr. Stuart Graham – Chief Economist, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
	Wayne Johnson - Member, ASTRA Board of Directors, Former VP, University Relations Worldwide, Hewlett-Packard Co.
	Dr. R. Duane Shelton, World Technology Evaluation Center (WTEC)

Sponsoring Organizations:

• ASTRA
• IEEE-USA

Forum on Innovation Technology, Lasers and Jobs

Speaker Presentations:

	Mike Rinn - Vice President and Program Director, Airborne Laser Test Bed, The Boeing Company — "Military Laser Applications"
	Dr. E. Duco Jansen – President, American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University — "Lasers in Medicine"
	Dr. Thomas Baer – 2009 President of OSA and Executive Director, Stanford Photonics Research Center, Stanford University

Sponsoring Organization: Task Force on American Innovation

The Advanced Research Project Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

Opening Remarks:

The Honorable Rush Holt (D-N.J.)
The Honorable Judy Biggert (R-Ill.)

Speaker: Arun Majumdar, Director ARPA-E

Sponsoring Organization: Engineering Energy Policy Alliance

Overview on Research and Development in the Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request

Speaker: Patrick Clemins, Director, AAAS R&D Budget Policy Program

Defense Basic Research