From: Damien Broderick (thespike@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Jan 17 2003 - 11:49:10 MST
Despite my bleat about
> http://www.infocastinc.com/NBIC/nbic.asp
this really does look mindboggling. Talk about being in the future at last.
Here's the full agenda. Check out the topics and the calibre of the people
talking, and their subject matter (I still recall the sarcastic derision of
leading thinkers in Oz when THE SPIKE came out a few years ago; now they'll
probably be paid to fly over for this thing):
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Preliminary Agenda
as of January 6, 2003
Wednesday, February 5, 2003
9:00 - 1:00
Pre-Conference Workshop #1:
CREATING CONVERGENCE OPPORTUNITIES WITH NEUROMORPHIC ENGINEERING
Workshop Leader: Siddharth Dasgupta, Ph.D., MBA, Associate Director, NSF
Center for Neuromorphic Systems Engineering, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY
9:00 - 4:00
Pre-Conference Workshop #2:
EXTRACTING MEANING FROM THE SENSES
Workshop Leader: V. Reggie Edgerton, Ph.D., Professor, Department of
Physiological Science and Neurobiology, Acting Professor, Brain Research
Institute, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
Thursday, February 6, 2003
8:00 - 8:15
Welcome Address by Conference Co-Chair:
Carlo D. Montemagno, Ph.D., Co-Director, INSTITUTE FOR CELL MIMETIC SPACE
EXPLORATION (CMISE) and Chair, Department of Bioengineering, UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
8:15 - 8:50
Keynote Address:
CONVERGING PHYSICAL AND HUMAN DIMENSIONS
J. Fraser Stoddart, Ph.D., Acting Co-Director, CALIFORNIA NANOSYSTEMS
INSTITUTE (CNSI), and Winstien Chair, Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
8:50 - 9:25
Introduction by the Conference Co-Chairman:
TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION TOWARDS REVOLUTIONARY PRODUCTS AND IMPROVING HUMAN
PERFORMANCE
Mihail C. Roco, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, NSF and Chair NATIONAL SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL'S SUBCOMMITTEE ON NANOSCALE SCIENCE (NSET)
9:25 - 9:45
BUSINESS AND VENTURE FUNDING FOR NBIC ACTIVITIES
Josh Wolfe, Managing Partner, LUX CAPITAL
10:00 - 12:00
COGNITIVE SCIENCE, CONVERGENCE, AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE:
Moderator:
Sherry R. Turkle, Ph.D., Professor, Science and Technology Society
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Government Vision - EVOLUTION OF SEMANTIC SYSTEMS
William Sims Bainbridge, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Division for Information
and Intelligent Systems, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Scientific Vision - ENGINEERING THE SCIENCE OF COGNITION
William A. Wallace, Ph.D., Professor, Decision Sciences and Engineering
Systems, RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Industry Vision - TECHNOLOGY IMPACT IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS
James C. Spohrer, Ph.D., CTO, IBM VENTURE CAPITAL RELATIONS GROUP
Panel Discussion: WHERE ARE THE CONVERGENCE OPPORTUNITIES?
12:00 - 1:30
Group Lunch
Luncheon Address:
FACILITATING COLLABORATION ON CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION AND
PRACTICE
Michael E. Gorman, Ph.D., Professor of Technology, Culture & Communications
and Systems Engineering and Chair, Division of Technology, Culture, and
Communication, School of Engineering and Applied Science, UNIVERSITY OF
VIRGINIA
1:30 - 3:30
NANOTECHNOLOGY, CONVERGENCE, AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE:
Moderated by:
Herb Goronkin, Ph.D., Vice President & Director, Physical Research
Laboratory, MOTOROLA LABS
Government Vision - CONVERGENCE OF NANO/BIO.INFO TECHNOLOGIES: A NASA
PERSPECTIVE
Minoo N. Dastoor, Ph.D., Senior Advisor to the Associate Administrator,
Office of Aerospace Technology, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
ADMINISTRATION
Scientific Vision - ENGINES OF CREATION: A FOUNDATION FOR INTEGRATING
INFORMATICS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY WITH HUMAN SYSTEMS
Carlo D. Montemagno, Ph.D., Co-Director, INSTITUTE FOR CELL MIMETIC SPACE
EXPLORATION (CMISE) and Chair, Department of Bioengineering, UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
Industry Vision - INTEGRATING TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP MANUFACTURING IN THE
21ST CENTURY: TECHNOLOGY MEETS BIOLOGY
Philip J. Kuekes, Chief Architect, Quantum Science Research, HEWLETT-PACKARD
LABORATORIES
Panel Discussion: WHERE ARE THE CONVERGENCE OPPORTUNITIES?
3:30 - 4:00
Afternoon Refreshment Break
4:00 - 4:30
Case Study #1:
REALISTIC SIMULATION OF REVOLUTIONARY CONVERGENCE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Qian Qiu Zhao, Ph.D., Group Leader, Nanotechnology, DUPONT CENTRAL RESEARCH
& DEVELOPMENT EXPERIMENTAL STATION
4:30 - 5:00
Case Study #2:
EXAMPLE OF REVOLUTIONARY CONVERGENCE PRODUCT: BIOMIMETIC SENSORS/ACTUATORS
Brian M. Pierce, Ph.D., Executive Director, Electronics Division, ROCKWELL
SCIENTIFIC COMPANY
5:00 - 7:00
Special Event - To be announced
Friday, February 7, 2003
8:00 - 10:00
BIOTECHNOLOGY, CONVERGENCE, AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE:
Moderator:
Michael Heller, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer
Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
Government Vision - MEDICINE VISION 2020
John T. Watson, Ph.D., Director, Clinical and Molecular Medicine Program,
Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases, NATIONAL HEART, BLOOD, AND LUNG
INSTITUTE
Scientific Vision - EXPANDING HUMAN LIFE
Michael Heller, Ph.D., Professor, Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer
Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
Industry Vision - CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING HUMAN PERFORMANCE
James Canton, Ph.D., Founder, Chairman and CEO, INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL FUTURES
Panel Discussion: WHERE ARE THE CONVERGENCE OPPORTUNITIES?
10:30 - 12:30
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CONVERGENCE, AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE:
Moderator:
John Sargent, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Technology Policy, Technology
Adminstration, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (INVITED)
Government Vision - R&D FOR IMPROVING HUMAN PERFORMANCE
Joseph Bielitzi, Ph.D., Program Manager, Defense Sciences Office
DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY/DSO
Scientific Vision - CELLULAR MACHINE ARCHITECTURES AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES
Wolfgang Porod, Ph.D., Freimann Professor of Electrical Engineering and
Director, Center for Nano Science and Technology
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
Industry Vision - ENHANCEMENT OF GROUP COMMUNICATION, EFFICIENCY AND
CREATIVITY
Cherry A. Murray, Senior Vice President, Physical Sciences Research, LUCENT
TECHNOLOGIES
Panel Discussion: WHERE ARE THE CONVERGENCE OPPORTUNITIES?
12:30 - 2:00
Group Lunch
Luncheon Address:
VISION FOR CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND FUTURE SOCIETY
Phillip J. Bond, Undersecretary of Commerce for Technology and Chief of
Staff to the Secretary of Commerce, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
(INVITED)
2:00 - 3:00
Panel Discussion:
MULTIDISCIPLINARY COOPERATION OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Moderators:
Rodolfo Llinas, M.D., Ph.D., Thomas and Suzanne Murphy Professor of
Neuroscience and Chairman, Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, NEW
YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (INVITED) and Carlo D. Montemagno, Ph.D.,
Co-Director, INSTITUTE FOR CELL MIMETIC SPACE EXPLORATION (CMISE) and Chair,
Department of Bioengineering, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
Panelists:
Maurio Ferrari, Ph.D., Edgar Hendrickson Professor of Biomedical
Engineering, Professor of Internal Medicine, Professor of Mechanical
Engineering, Associate Vice President, Health Sciences Technology and
Commercialization, Associate Director, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung
Research Institute, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Reginald G. Golledge, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Geography, UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
Lars Monteius, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Solid State Physics & The
Nanometer Consortium, Department of Physics, UNIVERSITY OF LUND
Wrye Sententia, Co-Director, CENTER FOR COGNITIVE LIBERTY & ETHICS (CCLE)
3:00 - 4:00
Panel Discussion:
HOW TO MOVE CONVERGENCE FORWARD
Moderator:
Mihail C. Roco, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, NSF and Chair, NATIONAL SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL'S SUBCOMMITTEE ON NANOSCALE SCIENCE (NSET)
Panelists:
Jonathan Chow, Ph.D., Senior Engineer, Advanced Technology Center, LOCKHEED
MARTIN SPACE SYSTEMS CO.
Philip J. Kuekes, Chief Architect, Quantum Science Research, HEWLETT-PACKARD
LABORATORIES
Scott Sibbett, Ph.D., Technology and Manufacturing Group, INTEL CORPORATION
(Invited)
James C. Spohrer, Ph.D., CTO, IBM VENTURE CAPITAL RELATIONS GROUP
Conference Adjourns
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[gotta love a name like Wrye Sententia for the Director of an Ethics Center]
[and how did *Sherry Turkle* deal herself in there, when Drexler, Freitas
and the rest are absent?!]
Damien Broderick
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