Welcome from PCAST Co-Chairs

John Holdren
Assistent to the President for Science and Technology; Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); Co-Chair, PCAST

Eric Lander
Co-Chair, PCAST

PCAST Study Update: Networking & Information Technology R&D (NITRD) 2012 Study

Speakers:

David E. Shaw
NITRD Working Group Co-Chair and PCAST Member

Susan L. Graham
NITRD Working Group Co-Chair

Peter Lee
NITRD Working Group Co-Chair

Innovation and Public Private Partnerships

Speakers:

Tam Kalil
Deputy Director for Policy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

Michele Cahill
Vice President, National Program and Program Director, Urban Eduction, Carnegie Corporation of New York

Sue Spradley
Executive Director, US Ignite

Innovation Inducement Prizes

Speakers:

Cristin Dorgelo
Assistant Director, Grand Challenges, OSTP

Karim Lakhani
Associate Professor, Harvard Business School and Principle Investigator, Harvard NASA Tournament Laboratory

Gregory Downing
Exceutive Director for Innovation in the Immediate Office of the secretary, United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS

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