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ANNA BARKER
Dr. Barker serves as the deputy director of the National Cancer
Institute (NCI) and as the deputy director for Strategic Scientific
Initiatives. In this role she has developed and implemented multi/trans-
disciplinary programs in strategic areas of cancer research and advanced
technologies including: the Nanotechnology Alliance for Cancer; The
Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA); and the Clinical Proteomics
Technologies Initiative for Cancer. She participates actively in these
programs and serves in a team leadership role for TCGA. Recently she
led the development of a new initiative to develop a network of trans-
disciplinary centers focused on the elucidation of the “physics” of cancer
at all scales through the establishment of Physical Sciences-Oncology
Centers. Dr. Barker has also led and collaborated on NCI’s effort to
develop contemporary resources for cancer research in the areas of
biospecimens and bioinformatics (The Cancer Bioinformatics Grid) to
support molecularly based personalized medicine. She serves as the co-
chair of the NCI-FDA Interagency Task Force; the co-chair of the
Cancer Steering Committee of the FNIH Biomarker Consortium; and
oversees the NCI’s pilot international cancer research programs in Latin
America and China.
Dr. Barker has a long history in research and the leadership and
management of research and development in the academic, non-profit
and private sectors. She served as senior scientist and subsequently a
senior executive at Battelle Memorial Institute for 18 years where she
developed and led a large group of scientists working in drug discovery
and development, pharmacology, and biotechnology, with a major focus
in oncology and NCI-supported programs. She co-founded and served as
the CEO of a public biotechnology drug development company and
founded a private cancer technology focused company. She has served in
numerous volunteer capacities for cancer research and advocacy
organizations including the AACR where she led the Legislative Affairs
Committee for ten years and was a member of the Board of Directors.
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She has received a number of awards for her contributions to cancer
research, cancer patients, professional and advocacy organizations and
the ongoing national effort to prevent and cure cancer. Her research
interests include small molecule experimental therapeutics, tumor
immunology, and free-radical biochemistry in cancer etiology and
treatment. Dr. Barker completed her M.A. and Ph.D. at the Ohio State
University, where she trained in chemistry, immunology, and
microbiology.
BILL BONVILLIAN
William B. Bonvillian, since January 2006, has been director of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Washington, DC Office. At
MIT, he works to support MIT’s strong and historic relations with
federal R&D agencies and its role on national science policy. Prior to
that position, he served for 17 years as a senior policy advisor in the U.S.
Senate. His legislative efforts included science and technology policies
and innovation issues. He worked extensively on legislation creating the
Department of Homeland Security, on Intelligence Reform, on defense
and life science R&D, and on national competitiveness and innovation
legislation. He has lectured and given speeches before numerous
organizations on science, technology and innovation questions, is on the
adjunct faculty at Georgetown, and has taught in this area at
Georgetown, MIT and George Washington. He serves on the Board on
Science Education of the National Academies, and has served on the
Academies’ Committees on “Learning Science: Computer Games,
Simulations and Education,” on “Modernizing the Infrastructure of the
NSF’s Federal Funds (R&D) Survey,” and on “Exploring the Intersection
of Science Education and the Development off 21st Century Skills.” He
was the recipient of the IEEE Distinguished Public Service Award in
2007.
His book, with Distinguished Prof. Charles Weiss of Georgetown,
entitled Structuring an Energy Technology Revolution, was published by
MIT Press in April 2009, and is summarized on the MIT Press Web site.
His chapter, “The Connected Science Model for Innovation,” appeared in
the National Research Council book, 21st Century Innovation Systems
for the United States and Japan: Lessons from a Decade of Change (May
2009). His recent articles include “Stimulating a Revolution in
Sustainable Energy Technology” (with C. Weiss) in Environment
(July/August 2009); “The Innovation State” (July/August 2009), and
“Power Play—The DARPA Model and U.S. Energy Policy”
(November/December 2006) both in American Interest with the latter
reprinted in the book Blindside (Brookings Press, Francis Fukuyama, ed.,
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2007);“The Politics of Jobs” (2007), “Meeting the New Challenge to
U.S. Economic Competitiveness” (2004) and “Organizing Science and
Technology for Homeland Security” (with K.V. Sharp, 2002), all
published in Issues in Science and Technology; “Will the Search for
New Energy Technologies Require a New R&D Mission Agency?”
(2007) in Bridges; and “Science at a Crossroads" (2002), published
in Technology in Society and reprinted in the FASEB Journal.
Prior to his work on the Senate, he was a partner at a large national
law firm. Early in his career, he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary
and director of Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of
Transportation, working on major transportation deregulation
legislation. He received a B.A. from Columbia University with honors,
an M.A.R. from Yale Divinity School in religion; and a J.D. from
Columbia Law School, where he also served on the Board of Editors of
the Columbia Law Review. Following law school, he served as a law
clerk to a federal judge in New York. He is a member of the Connecticut
Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, and the U.S. Supreme Court Bar.
ANNA BORG
Anna Borg, a Minister-Counselor in the Senior Foreign Service, is
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Economics,
Energy and Business Affairs as of October 19, 2009. She previously
served as DCM at USOECD (2008-2009), DCM at Embassy Rome from
2005-2008, and as Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary for Economic,
Business, and Agricultural Affairs at the State Department from 2004-
2005. She also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy,
Terrorist Finance, Sanctions, and Commodities in the Bureau of
Economic and Business Affairs from 2000-2003. Prior to this she was
Director of the Office of the United Kingdom, Benelux, and Ireland
Affairs and from 1996-1999 was Deputy Chief of Mission at the
American Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Anna Borg began her Foreign Service career in 1978 after working at
The World Bank. Earlier assignments have included: policy advisor to
the Deputy Secretary of State (1993), policy advisor on Bosnia in the
European Bureau (1992-1993), and deputy director of the Pakistan,
Afghanistan, and Bangladesh Office (1990-1992). She has received a
Presidential Meritorious Service Award, the 2007 Baker-Wilkins Award
for DCM of the Year, the 1988 James Clement Dunn Award for FS-01
Officer of the year and State Department Superior Honor Awards.
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, she received a B.A. from
Swarthmore College, M.A. from George Washington University, D.E.A.
from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, and diploma
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from the National War College (1990). Her foreign languages are French
and Italian.
MICHAEL BORRUS
Michael Borrus is the founding general partner of X/Seed Capital, a
seed-focused early-stage venture fund that invests in entrepreneurs
pursuing breakthrough innovation. Prior to founding X/Seed, he was an
Executive in Residence (EIR) at Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV) in
Silicon Valley.
From 1999 to 2004, Michael led the technology banking unit at The
Petkevich Group, a financial services start-up. Before that, Michael was
Adjunct Professor in UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering and a
partner in the business consulting firm Industry and Trade Strategies.
While at Berkeley, he co-founded and co-directed the Berkeley
Roundtable on the International Economy.
He is the author of three books and over 70 chapters, articles and
monographs on a variety of topics including management of technology,
high-technology competition, international trade and investment, and
financial strategies for technology companies.
Michael serves on several National Academy of Sciences/National
Research Council steering committees including as Vice-Chairman of the
Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and
Regional Innovation Initiatives. He also serves on the board of trustees
for the National Center for Women and Information Technology
(NCWIT) and The UC Berkeley School of Mechanical Engineering
External Advisory Board. He is a director of multiple privately held
technology start-ups creating products for cleantech, life science, and
information technology markets.
Michael is an honors graduate of Harvard Law School, the University
of California, Berkeley, and Princeton University. He is a member of the
California State Bar.
DAN BREZNITZ
Professor Dan (Danny) Breznitz (Georgia Institute of Technology,
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs & The School of Public
Policy, Ph.D. MIT) has extensive experience in conducting comparative
in-depth research of Rapid-Innovation-Based Industries and their
globalization. Dr. Breznitz’s first book, Innovation and the State:
Political Choice and Strategies for Growth in Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland
(Yale University Press), won the 2008 Don K. Price for best book on
Science and Technology given by APSA and was a finalist for the 2007
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best book of the year award in political science by ForeWord Magazine.
His second book (co-authored with Michael Murphree) The Run of the
Red Queen: Government, Innovation, Globalization, and Economic
Growth in China is forthcoming with Yale University Press in 2010. In
addition, his work was published in various journals, as well as chapters
in edited volumes. Breznitz is one of five young North American
scholars to be selected as a 2008 Industry Study Fellow of the Sloan
Foundation. Breznitz has also been an advisor on Science Technology
and Innovation Policies for multinational corporations, international
organizations such as the World Bank and WIPO, and local and national
governments in the United States, Asia, and Europe.
During 2006 Dr. Breznitz was a visiting scholar at Stanford
University’s Project on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and
during 2007 he was a Visiting Fellow at the Bruegel Institute for
International Economics, Brussels. His work is sponsored by the Sloan
Foundation, the Kauffman Foundation, the Samuel Neaman Institute for
Advance Studies, the Bi-National Science Foundation (US Israel), the
NSF, Georgia Research Alliance, and the Enterprise Innovation Institute.
In addition, Dr. Breznitz is the co-director with John Zysman of UC
Berkeley of a collaborative study titled “Can Wealthy Nations Stay Rich
in a Rapidly Changing Global Economy?” A former founder and CEO of
a small software company, Dr. Breznitz is also a research affiliate of
MIT’s Industrial Performance Center. In addition he is a senior
researcher of the Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy Program
(STIP) and the academic director of the Initiative for High Tech Clusters
at The Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2), and the director of the
Globalization, Innovation, and Development program at the Center for
International Strategy, Technology and Policy (CISTP) in the Sam Nunn
School of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
CARL DAHLMAN
Carl J. Dahlman is the Luce Professor of International Relations and
Information Technology at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign
Service at Georgetown University. He joined Georgetown in January
2005 after more than 25 years of distinguished service at The World
Bank. At Georgetown, Dr. Dahlman’s research and teaching explore how
rapid advances in science, technology and information are affecting the
growth prospects of nations and influencing trade, investment,
innovation, education and economic relations in an increasingly
globalizing world. At The World Bank Dr. Dahlman served as Senior
Advisor to The World Bank Institute and managed the Knowledge for
Development (K4D) since 1999. Prior to that he served as staff director
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of the 1998-1999 World Development Report, Knowledge for
Development, was the Bank’s resident representative and financial sector
leader in Mexico, and led divisions in the Bank’s Private Sector
Development, and Industry and Energy Departments. He has conducted
extensive analytical work in major developing countries including
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, India, Pakistan, China,
Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. He has
co-authored eight books on the knowledge economy in different
countries and many chapters and articles education and skills, and
innovation. He is currently finalizing a book on the implications of the
rise of China and India for the world.
MARK DEAN
Dr. Mark E. Dean is vice president Technical Strategy and Global
Operations for IBM Research. In this role, he is responsible for setting
the direction of IBM’s overall Research Strategy across eight worldwide
labs and leading the global operations and information systems teams.
An engineer by training, Dr. Dean has over 29 years with IBM, and is an
IBM Fellow. He has been central to the design of a wide range of IBM
products.
Dr. Dean has held various positions in several different cities and
IBM divisions. Prior to his current role, he was vice president of the IBM
Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California and senior location
executive for Silicon Valley, overseeing more than 400 scientists and
engineers doing exploratory and applied research in various hardware,
software and services areas including: nanotechnology, materials science
for storage systems, data management, web technologies, workplaces
practices and user interfaces.
Before his appointment to the Almaden Lab in 2004, Dr. Dean was
vice president for hardware and systems architecture in IBM's Systems
and Technology Group in Tucson, Arizona. While there, he significantly
enhanced STG’s hardware and systems strategy and architectures to
support continued market share growth and industry leadership in IBM's
server and storage systems business. Before STG, Dr. Dean was a vice
president in IBM's Storage Technology Group, focused on the company's
storage systems strategy and technology roadmap.
Prior to Tucson, Dr. Dean was the VP for Systems Research at IBM's
Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, where he was
responsible for the research and application of systems technologies
spanning circuits to operating environments. Key technologies from his
research team include petaflop supercomputer systems structures
(BlueGene), digital visualization, design automation tools, Linux
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optimizations for servers and embedded systems, algorithms for
computational science, memory compression, S/390 & PowerPC
processors, embedded systems research, formal verification methods and
high-speed low-power circuits.
During his career, Dr. Dean has held several engineering positions at
IBM in the area of computer system hardware architecture and design in
Boca Raton, Florida, Austin, Texas and Yorktown Heights, New York.
He has developed all types of computer systems, from embedded
systems to supercomputers, including testing of the first gigahertz CMOS
microprocessor, and establishing the team that developed the Blue Gene
supercomputer. He was also chief engineer for the development of the
IBM PC/AT, ISA systems bus, PS/2 Model 70 & 80, the Color Graphics
Adapter in the original IBM PC, and holds three of the nine patents for
the original IBM PC. One invention—the Industry Standard Architecture
(ISA) "bus," which permitted add-on devices like the keyboard, disk
drives and printers to be connected to the motherboard—would earn
election to the National Inventors Hall of Fame for Dean and colleague
Dennis Moeller.
Dr. Dean received a BSEE degree from the University of Tennessee
in 1979, an MSEE degree from Florida Atlantic University in 1982, and
a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1992.
Dr. Dean’s most recent awards include National Institute of Science
Outstanding Scientist Award, member of the American Academy of Arts
and Science and National Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow, the
CCG Black Engineer of the Year, the NSBE Distinguished Engineer
award, the University of Tennessee COE Dougherty Award, member of
the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame, and recipient of the Ronald H.
Brown American Innovators Award. Dr. Dean was appointed to IBM
Fellow in 1995, IBM’s highest technical honor. He is a member of the
IBM Academy of Technology. He has received several academic and
IBM awards, including thirteen Invention Achievement Awards and six
Corporate Awards. Dr. Dean has more than 40 patents or patents
pending.
EUGENE HUANG
Eugene J. Huang currently serves in the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy as the senior advisor to the chief
technology officer.
From August 2009 to April 2010, Mr. Huang served as the
government operations director for the National Broadband Task Force
at the Federal Communications Commission, and was part of the team
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responsible for authoring “Connecting America: The National
Broadband Plan.”
Mr. Huang served at the United States Department of the Treasury
under two Secretaries of the Treasury from 2006 to 2009, as policy
advisor to the Secretary and previously as a White House Fellow. In
these roles, Mr. Huang covered a wide range of international economic
and finance issues with a special responsibility for U.S. bilateral relations
with China.
Previously, Mr. Huang was a visiting scholar at the Stanford Institute
for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) at Stanford University. From
2002 to 2006, Mr. Huang served the Commonwealth of Virginia under
Governor Mark R. Warner as the Secretary of Technology and
previously as the Deputy Secretary of Technology. At the time of his
appointment as Secretary of Technology in 2004, he was the youngest
cabinet member in Virginia history at the age of 28.
Mr. Huang graduated magna cum laude from the University of
Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School, a B.S.
in electrical engineering, and a M.S. in telecommunications engineering.
He received a Thouron Award from the University of Pennsylvania and
studied at St. Peter’s College, Oxford University, where he received a
M.Phil., with distinction, in economic history. Mr. Huang is a term
member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the
International Institute for Strategic Studies.
LOU JING
Lou Jing is currently serving as deputy director of the Department of
Science and Technology, of the Ministry of Education
From 1998 to 2008, Ms. Lou worked in education informatization and
management work, including education system infrastructure
construction, resource system, systems, middleware, and user service
systems; research and promotion of education informatization
standardized construction work; and research of educational electronic
administration construction and development; with his research receiving
the National Ministry-Level Science and Technology Achievement First
Class Award.
Ms. Lou participated in formulation of Phases I and II of the
Education Revitalization Action Plan and the formulation work for
education informatization in the education development planning of the
“Twelfth Five-Year Plan.”
In 2007, Ms. Lou started serving as Deputy Director of the
Department of Science and Technology, mainly working in the
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advancement of high and new technology research and development; the
construction and management of science and technology innovation and
transfer platforms, such as university science and technology parks,
engineering research centers, and engineering technology centers; and
also researching intellectual property rights protection and organizing
university science and technology strengths to benefit national
innovation system construction.
Lou Jing has received bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in
telecommunication engineering, systems engineering, business
administration, and management engineering.
KRISTINA JOHNSON
Kristina M. Johnson is currently the Under Secretary for Energy at
the Department of Energy in Washington, DC. Prior to her appointment
as Under Secretary, Dr. Johnson was provost and senior vice president
for Academic Affairs at The Johns Hopkins University. She received her
B.S. (with distinction), M.S., and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from
Stanford University. After a NATO post-doctoral fellowship at Trinity
College, Dublin, Ireland, she joined the University of Colorado-
Boulder’s faculty in 1985 as an assistant professor and was promoted to
full professor in 1994. From 1994 to 1999 Dr. Johnson directed the
NSF/ERC for Optoelectronics Computing Systems Center at the
University of Colorado and Colorado State University, and then served
as dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University from 1999
to 2007.
Dr. Johnson was named an NSF Presidential Young Investigator in
1985 and a Fulbright Faculty Scholar fellowship in 1991. Her awards
include the Dennis Gabor Prize for creativity and innovation in modern
optics (1993); State of Colorado and North Carolina Technology
Transfer Awards (1997, 2001); induction into the Women in Technology
International Hall of Fame (2003); the Society of Women Engineers
Lifetime Achievement Award (2004); and in May of 2008, the John Fritz
Medal, widely considered the highest award in the engineering
profession. Previous recipients of the Fritz Medal include Alexander
Graham Bell, Thomas Edison and Orville Wright. In December of 2009,
she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science from the University
of Alabama at Huntsville.
Dr. Johnson has 142 refereed papers and proceedings and holds 45
U.S. patents (129 U.S. and international patents) and patents pending.
A fellow of the Optical Society of America, International Electronics
and Electrical Engineering (IEEE), SPIE, the International Society for
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Optical Engineering (former Board Member), Dr. Johnson has served on
the Board of Directors of Mineral Technologies Inc., Boston Scientific
Corporation, AES Corporation and Nortel Networks. She helped found
several companies, including ColorLink, Inc, SouthEast Techinventures,
and Unyos.
PATRICK KEATING
Patrick Keating is vice president, China 21C Leadership, and Cisco
Managing Director, Guanghua Leadership Institute in charge of
leadership programs for Chinese government officials and enterprise
executives. Pat co-leads Cisco’s initiative to build a Leadership Institute
in strategic partnership with the Guanghua School of Management at
Peking University. In his previous role, Pat was responsible for
worldwide leadership and executive education programs at Cisco. Pat has
held positions in government, industry, and academia spanning the areas
corporate transformation, financial management, and information
technology. Pat holds a Ph.D. from Penn State University where he also
earned B.S. in electrical engineering. Pat holds a master's degree in
public policy from the University of Michigan. Prior to Cisco, Pat was
professor of business administration at San Jose State University.
GINGER LEW
Ms. Lew is senior advisor to the White House National Economic
Council and the SBA Administrator. She provides economic policy
advice on a broad range of matters that impact small businesses. In
addition, she co-chairs the White House Interagency Group on
Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Ms. Lew was the
managing partner of a communications venture capital fund, and a
venture advisor to a Web 2.0 venture fund.
Under the Clinton Administration, Ms. Lew was the deputy
administrator and chief operating officer of the U.S. Small Business
Administration where she provided day to day management and
operational oversight of a $42 billion loan portfolio. Before joining SBA,
Ms. Lew was the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Commerce
where she specialized in international trade issues. Ms. Lew was
unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate for both positions.
For the past ten years, Ms. Lew was Chairman and board member of
an investment fund based in Europe. She has served on the boards of
publicly traded companies, private companies, and nonprofit
organizations.
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C.D. MOTE, JR.
In September 1998, C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr. began his tenure as
president of the University of Maryland and Glenn L. Martin Institute
Professor of Engineering. He was recruited to lead the University of
Maryland to national eminence under a mandate by the state. Since
assuming the presidency, he has encouraged an environment of
excellence across the University and given new impetus to the
momentum generated by a talented faculty and student body. Under his
leadership, academic programs have flourished. In 2005, the University
was ranked 18th among public research universities, up from 30th in
1998. President Mote has emphasized broad access to the university's
model, enriched undergraduate curriculum programs and launched the
Baltimore Incentive Awards Program to recruit and provide full support
to high school students of outstanding potential who have overcome
extraordinary adversity during their lives.
President Mote has spurred the university to lead the state in the
development of its high-tech economy, especially in the information and
communication, bioscience and biotechnology, and nano-technology
sectors. President Mote has greatly expanded the university's
partnerships with corporate and federal laboratories and successfully
negotiated to bring to the College Park area the first Science Research
Park sponsored by the People's Republic of China. Under his leadership,
the University has established a research park, The University of
Maryland Enterprise Campus, M-Square, located on a 115-acre site
adjacent to the University of Maryland/College Park Metro with 3
million square feet of development potential. Among its first tenants are
the Center for Advanced Study of Language, a joint venture of the
University and Department of Defense, and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration's new World Weather and Climate
Prediction Center.
During President Mote's second year in office, the University began
the largest building boom in its history, with more than $100 million in
new projects breaking ground that year. New facilities address every
aspect of university life, from the arts to recreation to classrooms and
laboratories, and, in creative partnership with the private sector, new
residential facilities. Highlights of the construction activity include the
stunning Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center; the Comcast Center, a
state of the art sports complex; a high-tech research greenhouse; and new
classrooms for chemistry, computer science, business and engineering.
President Mote also led the development of a new Facilities Master Plan
for development in the next 20 years, which is noted for its emphasis on
environmental stewardship.
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Dr. Mote is a leader in the national dialogue on higher education and
his analyses of shifting funding models have been featured in local and
national media. He has testified on major educational issues before
Congress, representing the University and higher education associations
on the problem of visa barriers for international students and scholars
and on deemed export control issues. He has been asked to serve on a
high-level National Academies Committee appointed at the request of
the Senate Energy Subcommittee of the Senate Energy and Natural
Resources Committee to identify challenges to United States leadership
in key areas of science and technology and to be a member of the
Leadership Council of the National Innovation Initiative, an activity of
the Council on Competitiveness. He has served as vice chair of the
Department of Defense Basic Research Committee, and is a member of
the Council of the National Academy of Engineering. In 2004-2005, he
served as President of the Atlantic Coast Conference. In its last ranking
in 2002, Washington Business Forward magazine counted him among
the top 20 most influential leaders in the region.
Prior to assuming the presidency at Maryland, Dr. Mote served on the
University of California, Berkeley faculty for 31 years. From 1991 to
1998, he was vice chancellor at Berkeley, held an endowed chair in
mechanical systems and was president of the UC Berkeley Foundation.
He led a comprehensive capital campaign for Berkeley that raised $1.4
billion. He earlier served as chair of Berkeley's Department of
Mechanical Engineering and led the department to its number one
ranking in the National Research Council review of graduate program
effectiveness.
Dr. Mote's research lies in dynamic systems and biomechanics.
Internationally recognized for his research on the dynamics of
gyroscopic systems and the biomechanics of snow skiing, he has
produced more than 300 publications, holds patents in the United States,
Norway, Finland and Sweden, and has mentored 56 Ph.D. students. He
received the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the
University of California, Berkeley. President Mote has received
numerous awards and honors, including the Humboldt Prize awarded by
the Federal Republic of Germany. He is a recipient of the Berkeley
Citation, an award from the University of California-Berkeley similar to
the honorary doctorate, and was named Distinguished Engineering
Alumnus. He has received two honorary doctorates. He is a member of
the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and serves on its Council,
and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was
elected to Honorary Membership in the ASME International, its most
distinguished recognition, and is a Fellow of the International Academy
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of Wood Science, the Acoustical Society of America, and the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. In Spring 2005, he was
named recipient of the 2005 J. P. Den Hartog award by the ASME
International Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound to honor his
lifelong contribution to the teaching and/or practice of vibration
engineering. In Fall 2005, he received the 2005 Founders Award from
the National Academy of Engineering in recognition of his
comprehensive body of work on the dynamics of moving flexible
structures and for leadership in academia.
ROBIN NEWMARK
Robin L. Newmark is director of the Strategic Energy Analysis
Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Prior to
joining NREL, Dr. Newmark was at the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory (LLNL), where her research focused primarily on energy,
environment and national security. In recent years, she has led or
contributed to programs involving energy, climate and water issues,
including the interdependence of water and energy systems, including a
water initiative with components addressing the impacts of climate
change on water resources, assessing denitrification in agricultural
regions, and the development of energy-efficient, selective water
treatment technologies. Dr. Newmark is an active member of the multi-
national laboratory Energy-Water Nexus working group, the World
Resources Institute Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)
Stakeholder Group and the U.S.-China Expert CCS Steering Committee.
She is an author of over 50 papers, reports and patents, past vice
president of the Near Surface Geophysics Section of the Society of
Exploration Geophysicsts, past Associate Editor for Geophysics, and a
Fellow of both the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute at the
University of Colorado, Boulder and the Center of Integrated Water
Research at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Dr. Newmark holds a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, where she was selected Phi Beta Kappa, a M.S. from the
University of California at Santa Cruz, an M.Phil and a Ph.D from
Columbia University.
CHARLES VEST
Charles M. Vest is president of the U.S. National Academy of
Engineering and president emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. A professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and formerly
at the University of Michigan, he served on the U.S. President’s Council
of Advisors on Science and Technology from 1994 to 2008, and chaired
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the President’s Committee on the Redesign of the Space Station and the
Secretary of Energy’s Task force on the Future of Science at DoE. He
was a member of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the
United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Secretary
of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education. He was
vice chair of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness for seven years, has
served on the boards of DuPont and IBM, and was awarded the 2006
National Medal of Technology. He is the author of a book on
holographic interferometry and two books on higher education. Constant
themes throughout his career have included the quality and diversity of
the U.S. engineering workforce; sustained excellence of U.S. higher
education; global openness to the flow of people, education, and ideas;
university-government-industry partnership; and the innovative capacity
of the United States.
Dr. Vest holds ten honorary doctorates and received the 2006
National Medal of Technology.
REN WEIMIN
Ren Weimin is currently serving as deputy director of the Academy
of Macroeconomic Research at the National Development and Reform
Commission.
From 2003 to 2009, Mr. Ren served as deputy inspector in the Office
of the National Development and Reform Commission.
From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Ren served as director in the Office of
Economic Restructuring, State Council; and deputy director of the
Department of Secretarial and Administrative Affairs.
From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Ren served as deputy director and duty office
director, in the Department of Training, at the Office of the Commission
for Economic Restructuring.
Mr. Ren has worked for many years for state agencies in China in
cadre training and administrative work.
CHARLES WESSNER
Charles Wessner is a National Academy Scholar and director of the
Program on Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. He is
recognized nationally and internationally for his expertise on innovation
policy, including public-private partnerships, entrepreneurship, early-
stage financing for new firms, and the special needs and benefits of high-
technology industry. He testifies to the U.S. Congress and major national
commissions, advises agencies of the U.S. government and international
organizations, and lectures at major universities in the United States and
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abroad. Reflecting the strong global interest in innovation, he is
frequently asked to address issues of shared policy interest with foreign
governments, universities, research institutes, and international
organizations, often briefing government ministers and senior officials.
He has a strong commitment to international cooperation, reflected in his
work with a wide variety of countries around the world.
Dr. Wessner's work addresses the linkages between science-based
economic growth, entrepreneurship, new technology development,
university-industry clusters, regional development, small-firm finance
and public-private partnerships. His program at the National Academies
also addresses policy issues associated with international technology
cooperation, investment, and trade in high-technology industries.
Currently, he directs a series of studies centered on government
measures to encourage entrepreneurship and support the development of
new technologies and the cooperation between industry, universities,
laboratories, and government to capitalize on a nation’s investment in
research. Foremost among these is a congressionally mandated study of
the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, reviewing the
operation and achievements of this $2.3 billion award program for small
companies and start-ups. He is also directing a major study on best
practice in regional innovation programs, entitled Competing in the 21st
Century: Best Practice in State & Regional Innovation Initiatives.
Today’s meeting on “Building the 21st Century: U.S.-China Cooperation
on Science, Technology, and Innovation,” forms part of a
complementary, global analysis entitled Comparative Innovation Policy:
Best Practice in National Technology Programs. The overarching goal of
Dr. Wessner’s work is to develop a better understanding of how we can
bring new technologies forward to address global challenges in health,
climate, energy, water, infrastructure, and security.
ALAN WM. WOLFF
Alan Wm. Wolff holds the position of distinguished research
professor, Graduate School of International Policy, at the Monterey
Institute of International Studies. He also serves as Of Counsel at the
international law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf and leads the firm's
International Trade Practice. He served as United States Deputy Special
Representative for Trade Negotiations (1977-1979) in the Carter
Administration, holding the rank of ambassador, after having served as
General Counsel of the agency from 1974 to 1977. As Deputy Trade
Representative, he played a key role in the formulation of American
trade policy and its implementation. From 1968 to 1973, he was an
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attorney dealing with international monetary, trade, and development
issues at the Treasury Department.
Ambassador Wolff is a member of the National Academies' Board on
Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP Board) from 1997 to
present. He is a lifetime “National Associate” of the National Academies.
Ambassador Wolff chairs the Academies’ Committee on Comparative
Innovation Policy: Best Practice in National Technology Programs.
Ambassador Wolff is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Institute
for Trade and Commercial Diplomacy; and is a member of the U.S.
Department of State's Advisory Committee on International Economic
Policy; the Advisory Committee of the Peterson Institute for
International Economics; the Board of National Foreign Trade Council
(NFTC); the United States Council for International Business; the
Council on Foreign Relations, and the American Society of International
Law. He is also a Board Member of the U.S.-China Legal Cooperation
Fund and of the National Trade Council Foundation. He served on the
Board of Trustees of Monterey Institute for International Studies from
1992 to 2001.
Ambassador Wolff is recognized in Chambers USA - America's
Leading Lawyers for Business as a leader in the field of International
Trade and is recognized in Best Lawyers in America as a leader in the
field of International Trade and Finance Law.
Ambassador Wolff has co-authored books and published numerous
papers on trade and U.S. trade law. He received his Juris Doctor degree
from Columbia University and his B.A. from Harvard College.
YANG XIANWU
Yang Xianwu is currently serving as deputy director, Department of
High Technology Development and Commercialization, at the Ministry
of Science and Technology
Joining the Ministry in 1986, Mr. Yang has worked in areas of
science and technology planning, reform and restructuring, high-tech
know-how transfer and commercialization. He took part in drafting
China’s 9th, 10th, and 11th five-year national science and technology
programs.
Since 1998, Mr. Yang has been dedicated to high-tech
commercialization, including development of national high-tech industry
zones, high-tech business incubators, university high-tech parks, and
center of productivity boosting.
Mr. Yang is responsible for advancing R&D and commercialization
of information technology and space technology.
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CHEN YING
Chen Ying is currently serving as the deputy director of the
Department of Software Service Industry of the Ministry of Industry and
Information Technology. Chen Ying started working in industry
administration and policy research, enactment, and implementation in
1995. He has participated in the drafting and implementation stages of
China’s most important software industry policies, such as encouraging
software and integrated circuit industry development, promoting the
Chinese software industry’s recent fast development, promoting Chinese
software intellectual property right protection work, and promoting,
organizing, and implementing the pre-installation of official operating
systems in computers sold in China before leaving the factory.
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