Appendix I
Governance and Conference Steering Committees
NAKFI OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Composed of the Presidents of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), this committee oversaw the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) activities, including selecting conference themes, choosing committee chairs, and approving committee members.
Prior to 2015, the NAM was known as the Institute of Medicine (IOM).
2003–2005
Dr. Bruce Alberts, President, NAS
Dr. Wm. A. Wulf, President, NAE
Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg, President, IOM
2006
Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, President, NAS
Dr. Wm. A. Wulf, President, NAE
Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg, President, IOM
2007–2012
Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, President, NAS
Dr. Charles M. Vest, President, NAE
Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg, President, IOM
2013
Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, President, NAS
Dr. C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr., President, NAE
Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg, President, IOM
2014
Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, President, NAS
Dr. C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr., President, NAE
Dr. Victor J. Dzau, President, IOM
2015
Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, President, NAS
Dr. C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr., President, NAE
Dr. Victor J. Dzau, President, NAM
2016–2018
Dr. Marcia K. McNutt, President, NAS
Dr. C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr., President, NAE
Dr. Victor J. Dzau, President, NAM
CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEES AND PLANNING COMMITTEES
Steering Committee: This committee—appointed for each year’s conference—was responsible for overseeing each year’s activities, including refining the overall theme, recommending the planning committee members (until 2006, see below), and selecting recipients of Futures Grants. The chair was selected by the NAKFI Oversight Committee and committee members were recommended by the chair and approved by the oversight committee. Starting in 2007, this committee was combined with the Planning Committee, which was discontinued.
Planning Committee: Until 2007 this committee was responsible for planning each year’s conference, including identifying the conference format, speakers, and invited participants. Committee members were chosen by the NAKFI Steering Committee. In 2007, the responsibilities of this committee were combined with those of the NAKFI Steering Committee.
Committee member information, including academy membership(s), is listed as of when the conference occurred and may not reflect current information.
2003 Signals, Decisions, and Meaning in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering
Steering Committee members included:
Mark Kirschner (NAS), Chair
Joan Burgge (NAS/IOM)
John Hopfield (NAS)
Douglas Lauffenburger (NAE)
Andrew Viterbi (NAS/NAE)
Planning Committee members included:
Mark Krischner (NAS), Chair
Adam Arkin
Bonnie Bassler (NAS)
Oliver Collins
John Doyle
Michael Elowitz
John Hopfield (NAS)
Erin O’Shea (NAS)
Terry Sejnowski
David Tank (NAS)
Claire Tomlin
2004 Designing Nanostructures at the Interface Between Biomedical and Physical Systems
Steering Committee members included:
Cherry A. Murray (NAS/NAE), Chair
Jacqueline Barton (NAS)
Way Kuo (NAE)
Robert Langer (NAS/NAE/IOM)
Albert Pisano (NAE)
Erkki Ruoslahti (NAS/IOM)
Roger Tsien (NAS/IOM)
Planning Committee members included:
Cherry A. Murray (NAS/NAE), Chair
Angela Belcher
Sangeeta Bhatia
Shana Kelley
Way Kuo (NAE)
Yue Kuo
Robert Langer (NAS/NAE/IOM)
2005 The Genomics Revolution: Implications for Treatment and Control of Infectious Disease
Steering Committee members included:
Robert Waterson (NAS/IOM), Chair
Arup Chakraborty (NAE)
Ronald Davis (NAS)
Helene D. Gayle (IOM)
David Ginsburg (NAS/IOM)
Richard Karp (NAS/NAE)
Diane Mathis (NAS)
Planning Committee members included:
Robert Waterson (NAS/IOM), Chair
Bruce Beutler
Shu Chien (NAS/NAE/IOM)
Vanessa Gamble (IOM)
David Ginsburg (NAS/IOM)
Alan E. Guttmacher (IOM)
2006 Smart Prosthetics: Building Assistive Devices for Body and Mind
Steering Committee members included:
Hunter Peckham (NAE), Chair
Fred H. Gage (NAS/IOM)
Stephen C. Jacobsen (NAE/IOM)
Cato T. Laurencin (IOM)
Michael M. Merzenich (NAS)
Planning Committee members included:
Hunter Peckham (NAE), Chair
Mark Abel
Treena Livingston Arinzeh
Sangeeta Bhatia
Gyorgy Buzsaki
Apostolos Georgopoulos (IOM)
Steven Goldstein (NAE)
Scott Makeig
Mriganka Sur
2007 The Future of Human Healthspan: Demography, Evolution, Medicine, and Bioengineering
Steering Committee members included:
John W. Rowe (IOM), Chair
Steven N. Austad
Vern L. Bengtson
Elizabeth Blackburn (NAS/IOM)
Judith Campisi
Laura L. Carstensen
Rory A. Cooper
Caleb E. Finch
Richard J. Hodes (IOM)
Ronald Lee (NAS)
George M. Martin (IOM)
Robert M. Nerem (NAE/IOM)
James Rimmer
Michael R. Rose
Khaled J. Saleh
Savio L-Y Woo (NAE/IOM)
2008 Complex Systems
Steering Committee members included:
H. Eugene Stanley (NAS), Chair
Laszlo Barabasi
James Bassingthwaighte (NAE)
Bonnie Bassler (NAS)
David K. Campbell
Sallie Chisholm (NAS)
James S. Langer (NAS)
Simon Levin (NAS)
M. Elisabeth Paté-Cornell (NAE)
Michael A. Savageau (IOM)
David Valle (IOM)
Marc Vidal
2009 Synthetic Biology: Building on Nature’s Inspiration
Steering Committee members included:
Bonnie Bassler (NAS), Chair
Frances H. Arnold (NAS/NAE/IOM)
R. Alta Charo (IOM)
Michael Elowitz
Chaiten Khosla (NAE)
Erin K. O’Shea (NAS)
Christina D. Smolke
David A. Tirrell (NAS/NAE)
Jonathan S. Weissman (NAS)
2010 Seeing the Future with Imaging Science
Steering Committee members included:
Farouk El-Baz (NAE), Chair
Nancy C. Andreasen (IOM)
Harrison Barrett
Floyd E. Bloom (NAS/IOM)
Rita R. Colwell (NAS)
Charles Elachi (NAE)
Xiaoping Hu
Joanne O. Isham
Victoria Morgan
Brian Wandell (NAS)
2011 Ecosystem Services: Charting a Path to Sustainability
Steering Committee members included:
Stephen R. Carpenter (NAS), Chair
Ana V. Diez Roux (IOM)
George Hornberger (NAE)
Hal Mooney (NAS)
M. Granger Morgan (NAS)
Rebecca Morss
Suzanne P. Murphy (IOM)
Steve Polasky (NAS)
Walter Reid
Bruce Rittmann (NAE)
B. L. Turner II (NAS)
2012 The Informed Brain in a Digital World
Steering Committee members included:
Michael S. Gazzaniga (NAS/IOM), Chair
C. Gordon Bell (NAS/NAE)
Floyd E. Bloom (NAS/IOM)
Apostolos Georgopoulos (IOM)
Charles D. Gilbert (NAS)
Todd F. Heatherton
Michael A. Keller
Gloria Mark
Russell A. Poldrack
Rebecca Saxe
Terrence J. Sejnowski (NAS/NAE/IOM)
Brian A. Wandell (NAS)
2013 The Future of Advanced Nuclear Technologies: Building a Healthier and Safer Planet
Steering Committee members included:
Richard A. Meserve (NAE), Chair
S. James Adelstein (IOM)
John S. Applegate
Albert Carnesale (NAE)
Thomas B. Cochran
Michael L. Corradini (NAE)
Robert C. Dynes (NAS)
Christopher B. Field (NAS)
Hedvig Hricak (IOM)
Thomas H. Isaacs
Fred A. Mettler
Warren “Pete” Miller, Jr. (NAE)
Philip R. Sharp
2014 Collective Behavior: From Cells to Societies
Steering Committee members included:
Gene E. Robinson (NAS), Chair
Nancy Adler (IOM)
Mina J. Bissell (NAS/IOM)
Todd P. Coleman
Karen S. Cook (NAS)
Frans B. M. de Waal (NAS)
James Fowler
Christina M. Grozinger
James C. Liao (NAE)
Yahya Rahmat-Samii (NAE)
Joan E. Strassmann (NAS)
2015 Art, Design and Science, Engineering and Medicine Frontier Collaborations: Ideation, Translation, Realization
Steering Committee members included:
David A. Edwards (NAE), Chair
Mariana Amatullo
Mina J. Bissell (NAS/NAM)
David K. Campbell
Barbara J. Culliton (NAM)
Eric J. Heller (NAS)
Donald E. Ingber (NAM)
Henry Petroski (NAE)
Ben Shneiderman (NAE)
Nicola Triscott
Lisa Wong
David Yager
2016 Discovering the Deep Blue Sea: Research, Innovation, Social Engagement
Steering Committee members included
David M. Karl (NAS), Chair
Mark R. Abbott
Stephen R. Carpenter (NAS)
Jody W. Deming (NAS)
David A. Edwards (NAE)
Paul G. Falkowski (NAS)
Morteza (Mory) Gharib (NAE)
Margaret Leinen
Jonna A. K. Mazet
David A. Relman (NAM)
Captain Don Walsh (NAE)
2017 Beyond Boundaries: 15 Years of Exploring Intersections in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Steering Committee members included:
Stephen R. Carpenter (NAS)
Hedvig Hricak (NAM)
David M. Karl (NAS)
Robert Nerem (NAE/NAM)
P. Hunter Peckham (NAE)
Gene E. Robinson (NAS)
The NAKFI Challenge Evaluation Panel was charged with evaluating the top 30 proposals submitted for the NAKFI Challenge competition and determining the short list of applications that was reviewed by the NAKFI Oversight Committee. The NAKFI Oversight Committee selected the three winning proposals.
The panel members included:
Stephen R. Carpenter (NAS)
Christina M. Grozinger
Hedvig Hricak (NAM)
Donald E. Ingber (NAM)
David M. Karl (NAS)
Robert Nerem (NAE/NAM)
Anne C. Petersen (NAM)
