Speakers
Thought leaders and subject-matter experts will be invited from a variety of fields. Each presentation will focus on the impact of science and technology in areas of that have a direct impact on society such as advanced computing, energy, digital media and biotechnology. Where possible, we will also include the speaker's abstract and a downloadable presentation to further the learning process.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Speakers: Dr. Alakananda Basu, University of North Texas Health Science Center; and Shree Bose, Fort Worth Country Day
Teen Researcher: Discovering A New Treatment for Ovarian Cancer
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
SXSWi Panelists: Hugh Forrest, Executive Director, SXSW Interactive Festival; Heidi Adams, Senior Director of Engagement, LIVESTRONG; David Neff, Author, The Future of Nonprofits
A Preview to SXSW Interactive: Social Media & Non-Profits
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Dr. Alison Preston, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Section of Neurobiology, The University of Texas
The Predictive Brain: How Past Memories Influence Future Decisions
View Slides [5.42 MB PDF]
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
James W. Pennebaker, Liberal Arts Foundation Centennial Professor, Department Chair of the Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
How Our Words Reflect Who We Are
View Presentation | No slides available
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Emerson Perin, MD, PhD., Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Stem Cell Therapy in the Treatment of Patients with Ischemic Heart Failure
View Presentation | View Slides [24 MB PDF]
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Bob Metcalfe, Professor of Innovation, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Innovating with University Startups
View Presentation | No slides available
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Cybersecurity Panel: Dr. Fred Chang, UT San Antonio; Joe C. Anthony, IBM; Ronald Perez, AMD
Cybersecurity Today: Trends, Risk Mitigation and Research
View Presentation | View Slides [2 MB PDF]
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Tinsley Oden, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES), The University of Texas at Austin
The Emerging Age of Predictive Computational Science
View Presentation | View Slides [8 MB PDF]
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Dan Stanzione and Matthew Vaughn, Texas Advanced Computing Center
Cyberinfrasctruture to Feed the World
View Presentation | View Slides [15 MB PDF]
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Dr. Dan Reed, Corporate Vice President, Technology Policy and Strategy and eXtreme Computing Group, Microsoft
Future Shock: What Does the Day After Tomorrow Look Like?
View Slides [7.5 MB PDF]
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Sue Fratkin, Fratkin Associates
Competitiveness, Congress and You!
View Slides [284 KB PDF]
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Dr. Stan Watowich, Lead Researcher and Associate Professor of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Dengue Drug Discovery: Using Global Computing to Combat a Global Disease
View Slides [1.3 MB PDF]
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Dr. Tip Meckel, Gulf Coast Carbon Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Put It Back: Geologic Sequestration for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions
View SLides [7.4 MB PDF]
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Dr. Kelly Gaither, Texas Advanced Computing Center
Picture This - Visualizing Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
View Slides [22 MB PDF]
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Dr. Shalini Gupta, AT&T Laboratories
Digital Human Face Recognition
View Slides [25 MB PDF]
