Special events

Fueling Future Innovation: Coupling Industry and Universities for Physics Research

Industrial Physics Leadership Summit III
Friday, June 11, 2010
American Center for Physics, College Park, MD

~11:30 am	Transport from hotel to American Center for Physics
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Introductions
1:15 pm	Fueling Future Innovation – framing the discussion Fred Pinkerton, General Motors (presentation)
1:30 pm	Statistics of physicists’ employment – where are physics PhDs working? Rachel Ivie, Statistical Research Center, AIP (presentation)
1:50 pm	Academic Forum Moderator: Kate Kirby, APS Opening statements, Q&A specific to statement Nicholas J. Giordano, Purdue University (presentation) Edward Van Keuren, Georgetown University (presentation) Moderated discussion
2:45 pm	Break
3:05	Government Lab and Industry Forum Moderator: Robert Doering, Texas Instruments Opening statements, Q&A specific to statement Jason Boehm, NIST (presentation) David Bishop, LGS, Bell Labs Innovations (presentation) Richard Sears, Shell and MIT (retired) (presentation) Moderated discussion
4:15 pm	Round Table discussion Moderator: Fred Pinkerton
5:20 pm	Wrap-up and summary
5:30 pm	Adjourn
~5:45 pm	Transport to hotel to join the Physics Department Chairs meeting
6:30 pm	Reception and Dinner Keynote address: Broadening Physics Career Paths: Industry, Education and Policy Steven Koonin, Undersecretary for Science at DOE