Friday, February 18, 2011
12:00 PM-12:45 PM
G. Wayne Clough: Scientific Literacy — Where Are Our Forçados When We Need Them?
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
Gerard Karsenty: Biology Without Walls: The Novel Endocrinology of Bone
Paul A. Marks Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center
Paul A. Marks Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center
Lisa Randall: Physics at the LHC: What's So Small to You is So Large to Me
Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science, Harvard University
Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science, Harvard University
Regina E. Dugan: Vision Without Execution Is Daydreaming: A Year of Investments, Risks, and Payoffs at DARPA
Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Subra Suresh: Collaboration and Competition: Each Requires Excellence
Director, National Science Foundation
Director, National Science Foundation
Saturday, February 19, 2011
12:00 PM-12:45 PM
Colin Phillips: Linguistic Illusions: Where You See Them, Where You Don't
Professor of Linguistics, Neuroscience, and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, College Park
Professor of Linguistics, Neuroscience, and Cognitive Science, University of Maryland, College Park
George Sarton Memorial Lecture in the History and Philosophy of Science: Lawrence M. Principe, Revealing the Secrets of Alchemy
Drew Professor of the Humanities, Johns Hopkins University
Drew Professor of the Humanities, Johns Hopkins University
Patrick Cunningham: Growing the Knowledge Economy: An Irish Perspective
Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland
Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland
Samantha B. Joye: Offshore Ocean Aspects of the Gulf Oil Well Blowout
Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens
Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens
Sunday, February 20, 2011
12:00 PM-12:45 PM
George M. Whitesides: Changing the Paradigms of Science Through Molecular Self-Assembly and Innovative Nanofabrication Techniques
Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor, Harvard University
Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor, Harvard University
John P. McGovern Award Lecture in the Behavioral Sciences: Linda M. Bartoshuk, We Live in Different Taste Worlds -- How Do We Know and What Does It Mean?
Bushnell Professor of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, University of Florida, Gainesville
Bushnell Professor of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, University of Florida, Gainesville
Robert M. Hazen: The Deep Carbon Observatory
Senior Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution for Science, and Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science, George Mason University
Senior Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution for Science, and Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science, George Mason University
Sean C. Solomon: Exploring the Planet Mercury: The MESSENGER Mission
Director, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution for Science
Director, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution for Science