"Global Technology: Change and Implications"

Technology today affects the lives of people in all economic conditions, in all corners of the globe and is conceived, developed, and produced in locations all over the world. The global spread of technology will bring hope and prosperity, but also complexity and risk. The 21st century global challenges of water, food, health, energy, climate, and security cannot be met by technology alone, but neither can they be met without science and engineering.

In this forum, the expert panel below explored many facets of global technology and offered guidance on the opportunities and responsibilities of engineering leaders.

- Introduction, National Academy of Engineering President Charles M. Vest

- Esko Aho, fomer executive VP Nokia, former
  prime minister of Finland

- Bernard Amadei, "Engineers Without Borders"
  founder

- John Seely Brown, researcher of
  organizational learning/radical
  innovation/computer-supported activities and
  former chief scientist at Xerox

- Ruth David, president/CEO of ANSER and
  former CIA Deputy Director for Science
  and Technology

- Eric Haseltine, former Associate Director for
  Science and Technology in the Office of the
  Director of National Intelligence and former
  head of research/development at Disney
  Imagineering

- Nicholas Negroponte, "One Laptop Per Child"
  and MIT Media Lab founder

- Ray Stata, Analog Devices
  Cofounder/Chairman