Science & Technology Discovery Series: Sign up today for the 2007-08 Season!
The Science & Technology Discovery Series highlights new and breakthrough developments in science and technology with exclusive presentations from Washington state's leading scientists and researchers. The Discovery Series is a 10-part speaker series designed for business and community leaders who want to stay on top of important advancements being made in our state, nationally and internationally. The Discovery Series also emphasizes the important contributions of our research institutions. Speakers are experts in their fields and have included Nobel laureates and National Academy of Sciences members. This season's speaker line-up is below.
Since 1997, over 90 scientists and researchers have informed and amazed us with everything from: video of gigantic tubeworms living next to hot vents in the Atlantic Ocean, the fight against malaria, technologies to treat autism, genetically engineered food truths and myths, the promise of predictive medicine, and images from comet-chasing spacecraft. Presentations are held monthly, September through June, Friday mornings from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. at the Rainier Club in downtown Seattle. The intimate setting, with approximately 70 attendees per breakfast, includes a breakfast buffet, time for networking with Puget Sound region business and community leaders, a Q&A session following the speaker's presentation, and an opportunity to meet the speaker. The SPOKANE Science & Technology Discovery Series begins its third season on September 21.
See below for the speaker line-up for the 2007-08 season.
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September 14, 2007: Dr. Mark Roth, Cell Biologist and Full Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center - Topic: Metabolic flexibility and the feasibility of human hibernation.
October 12, 2007: Tom Vander Ark, President, X Prize Foundation - Topic: Revolution through competition.
November 9, 2007: Dr. David Sherman, Principal Investigator, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute - Topic: Tuberculosis (TB) virulence and drug discovery.
December 14, 2007: Dr. Chris Elias, President, PATH - Topic: Recent programs and advances in improving the health of people around the world.
January 11, 2008: Dr. Nalini Nadkarni, Faculty, The Evergreen State College - Topic: Ecology of tropical and temperate forest canopies, particularly the role that canopy-dwelling plants play in forests at the ecosystem level.
February 8, 2008: Dr. Christopher Murray, Director, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, UW - Topic: Guiding international policymaking by providing high-quality data and analysis on health needs and outcomes, and assessing the performance of health programs.
March 14, 2008: Dr. Tomas Mustelin, Vice President of Inflammation, Amgen - Topic: Inflammation research and drug discovery.
April 11, 2008: Dr. Steve Bollens, Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Director of Science Programs, Interim Director, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver - Topic: Ecology of marine and estuarine zooplankton and fish.
CHANGED - May 16, 2008: Mike Schwenk, Vice President and Director of Technology Deployment and Outreach, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Topic: $2B++ of R&D in Washington state...so what?.
June 13, 2008: Dr. Oren Etzioni, Founder, Farecast, and Professor, Computer Science & Engineering, UW - Topic: Predictive technologies.
Membership
The 2007-08 Individual Membership Rate is $295 for the 10-breakfast program season. Membership registration is pro-rated as the season progresses. Membership is non-transferable. Includes 2 guest passes for the season.
[Please note: You will be directed to an online registration service at Sporg.com. (A new browser window will open.) Your online registration via Sporg will be safe and secure. If you have any questions, please contact Bryan Chee, (206) 389-7259.]
2006-07 Season Speakers
Friday, September 8, 2006: Dr. Steve Malone, Research Professor of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington - Topic: Update on the volcanic activity of Mt. St. Helens.
Friday, October 13, 2006: Dr. Alan Nelson, Chairman & CEO, VisionGate, Inc. - Topic: Lung Cancer - The world's number one cancer killer and 3D imaging of cells for early detection.
Download Dr. Nelson's presentation (PDF format, 2.22MB)
Friday, November 10, 2006: Dr. Pat Hunt, Professor, School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University - Topic: Chemical and environmental factors that impact reproduction.
Friday, December 8, 2006: Dr. John Bransford, Professor of Education and Psychology, College of Education, University of Washington - Topic: How people/students learn and the LIFE Center (Learning in Informal and Formal Environments).
Friday, January 12, 2007: Dr. Bassem Bejjani, Research Professor, WSU Spokane, and Medical Director, Signature Genomic Laboratories, LLC - Topic: Genome microarray technologies to unlock the secrets of genetic diseases.
Friday, February 9, 2007: Dr. Tom Daniel, Joan and Richard Komen Chair of Biology, University of Washington - Topic: Implantable microelectronics and flight control in insects.
Friday, March 9, 2007: Dr. Jeff Ojemann, Neurosurgeon, Seattle Children’s Hospital and Harborview Medical Center - Topic: Effects of neurosurgical procedures on memory and cognition in children and adults, and the feasibility of brain-computer interface systems.
Friday, April 13, 2007: Dr. Maxine Hayes, State Health Officer, Washington State Department of Health - Topic: Bird Flu - The Coming Pandemic?
Friday, May 11, 2007: Dr. Andrea Copping, Senior Program Manager, Marine Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Topic: Climate Change - Predicting the Changes, Mitigating the Impacts.
Friday, June 8, 2007: Dr. Leo Stamatatos, Full Member, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute - Topic: HIV vaccine development and the use of computational biology to create novel vaccine designs.
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