Past Events and Photos

Irva Hertz-Picciotto, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology UC Davis
Autism: Current Understanding of Trends and Causes

Patricia Burchat
Stanford University
Dark Matter and Dark Energy

Richard Muller, PhD
Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley
Faculty Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Physics for Future Presidents

Dr. Gary Swan
Director of the Center for Health Sciences, SRI International
Aging Independently:
Turning the 'Silver Tsunami' into a 'Golden Tide'

Jeremy Bailenson, PhD
Director, Virtual Human Interaction Lab
Stanford University
Transformed Social Interaction in Virtual Reality

Jon C. Mirsalis
Managing Director, Division Operations,
and Director, Preclinical Development,
SRI Biosciences Division
The Evolution of Infectious Diseases:
From Early Plagues to Today's Challenges

Dr. Christopher D. Earl
President and CEO
BIO Ventures for Global Health
New technology, new incentives:
The role of biotechnology in global health

Stephen R. Palumbi
Professor of Biological Sciences
Stanford University
Saving Whales with DNA

G. Scott Hubbard
SETI Institute and Stanford University
Former Director of NASA Ames Research Center
Exploring Mars

James L. Sweeney
Stanford University
Energy policy, energy efficiency

Joan Vernikos
Former Director of Life Sciences at NASA Headquarters
Gravitation and Aging

Steve Peroutka, MD, PhD
Migraine Scientist
Migraine, Stress and Peanut M&Ms

Paul Alivisatos
Professor of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Nanotechnology and Renewable Energy

	Past Events 2010
January 12, 2010	Fred Sharpe, PhD Alaska Whale Foundation Executive Director & Principal Investigator Humpback Whales: Team Hunting & Social Intelligence
February 9, 2010	Richard Luthy, PhD Silas H. Palmer Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University Facing Scarcity: The Water Crisis in California
March 9, 2010	William Costerton, PhD Director of Biofilm Research Allegheny-Singer Research Institute Biofilm: The Good, The Bad and the Slimy
April 13, 2010	Tom Abel, PhD Kavli Institute for Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology Associate Professor, Physics at Stanford Where do Stars and Galaxies Come From?
May 11, 2010	Thor Besier, PhD Director of Research - Stanford Human Performance Lab Assistant Professor - Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery Biomechanics of Sport & Exercise: Improving Performance and Reducing Risk of Injury
June 8, 2010	Brian Knutson, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience Principal Investigator - Symbiotic Project on Affective Neuroscience This is your brain on money
	Past Events 2009
January 22, 2009	Lennart Mucke, MD Director, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease Professor of Neurology & Neuroscience, UCSF What Will it Take to Defeat Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders
February 10, 2009	Gary Glatzmaier, PhD Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences UC Santa Cruz Probing the Interior Dynamics of Planets and Stars
March 10, 2009	Annelise Barron, PhD Associate Professor of Bioengineering Stanford University Bioengineering Molecules to Fight Deadly Infections
April 14, 2009	Irva Hertz-Picciotto, PhD Professor of Epidemiology UC Davis Autism: Current Understanding of Trends and Causes
May 12, 2009	Edward Moses, PhD Director of the National Ignition Facility Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Laser Based Nuclear Fusion
June 16, 2009	Stephen Smith, PhD Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology Stanford University Reverse-Engineering the Brain
August 11, 2009	Jon Jenkins, Phd Principal Investigator, SETI Institute Kepler: Are There Other Good Worlds Out There?
September 8, 2009	Dr. Gary Swan, PhD Director, SRI's Center for Health Sciences Twins: Unlocking the Secrets of Nature-Nurture Interactions
October 8, 2009	William Dement, MD PhD Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine Division Chief of the Stanford Univ. Division of Sleep Everything You Wanted to Know About Sleep but Were Too Tired to Ask
November 10, 2009	William Dement, MD PhD Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine Division Chief of the Stanford Univ. Division of Sleep Everything You Wanted to Know About Sleep but Were Too Tired to Ask
	Past Events 2008
January 9, 2008	David L. Wood, PhD Professor Emeritus, Division of Organisms and the Environment UC Berkeley Deadly Tree Insects and Pathogens
February 12, 2008	Steve Schneider Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Stanford University The Science of Global Warming, the Nobel Peace Prize and Prospects for Needed Policy Changes
March 11, 2008	David Stork, PhD Chief Scientist at Ricoh Innovations Consulting Professor of Statistics, Stanford Computer Vision in the Study of Art
April 8, 2008	Peter Schwartz Co-founder Global Business Network Climate Change and Global Security
May 13, 2008	George Miljanich, PhD CEO, Airmid, Inc. Killing Pain with Killer Snails
June 10, 2008	Patricia Burchat Stanford University Dark Matter and Dark Energy
August 12, 2008	Tony Allison, D.Phil., B.M. Transplant Scientist Improving Organ Transplantation
September 9, 2008	Richard Muller, PhD Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley Faculty Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Physics for Future Presidents
October 14, 2008	Dr. Gary Swan Director of the Center for Health Sciences, SRI International Aging Independently: Turning the 'Silver Tsunami' into a 'Golden Tide'
November 11, 2008	Jeremy Bailenson, PhD Director, Virtual Human Interaction Lab Stanford University Transformed Social Interaction in Virtual Reality
	Past Events 2007
January 9, 2007	Terry L. Root Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment Professor in the Biological Sciences Department at Stanford University Our Rapidly Warming World: Present and Future Changes in Animals and Plants
February 13, 2007	Uwe Bergmann Staff Scientist in Physics Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Secrets in the Ancient Goatskin: Archimedes Manuscript under X-ray Vision
March 13, 2007	Jon C. Mirsalis Managing Director, Division Operations, and Director, Preclinical Development, SRI Biosciences Division The Evolution of Infectious Diseases: From Early Plagues to Today's Challenges
April 10, 2007	Dr. Christopher D. Earl President and CEO BIO Ventures for Global Health New technology, new incentives: The role of biotechnology in global health
May 8, 2007	Stephen R. Palumbi Professor of Biological Sciences Stanford University Saving Whales with DNA
June 12, 2007	G. Scott Hubbard SETI Institute and Stanford University Former Director of NASA Ames Research Center Exploring Mars
July 10, 2007	James L. Sweeney Stanford University Energy policy, energy efficiency
September 11, 2007	Peter G. Neumann SRI International Technology, Privacy and Civil Liberties: The Challenges of Homeland Security
October 9, 2007	Joan Vernikos Former Director of Life Sciences at NASA Headquarters Gravitation and Aging
November 13, 2007	Steve Peroutka, MD, PhD Migraine Scientist Migraine, Stress and Peanut M&Ms
	Past Events 2006
January 10, 2006	Donald E. Knuth Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming Stanford University All Questions Answered
February 14, 2006	Howard M. Peters Director-At-Large, American Chemical Society Partner, Peters, Verny, Jones, Schmitt & Aston, L.L.P. Sally Peters Councilor, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Chapter The Chemistry of Chocolate
March 21, 2006	Howard Fields University of California San Francisco Professor, Neurology and Physiology Director, Wheeler Center for Neurobiology of Addiction Neuroscience of Pleasure and Pain
April 11, 2006	Gregory C. Beroza Professor of Geophysics Stanford University Understanding the 1906 Earthquake
August 8, 2006	Paul Alivisatos Professor of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley Nanotechnology and Renewable Energy
	Past Events 2005
January 11, 2005	Michio Kaku Henry Semat Professor in Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York Surviving the End of the Universe: An Escape Plan
February 1, 2005	Marcia McNutt President and CEO Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Engineering the Ocean
March 8, 2005	Eric Geist Research Geophysicist U.S. Geological Survey Understanding Tsunamis
April 12, 2005	Stephen J. DeArmond, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pathology and Neurology University of California, San Francisco Prions: Invaders from Inner Space
May 10, 2005	Kathleen M. Mortimer, Sc.D., M.P.H. Thomas Dailey, MD Vandana Bali The State of Our Air and Its Impact on Our Health
July 12, 2005	David R. Cox, M.D., Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer Perlegen Sciences, Inc. Human Genome and Everyday Life
August 9, 2005	Seth Shostak Senior Astronomer Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
October 12, 2005	Jan Null Adjunct Professor of Meteorology, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University CCM, Golden Gate Weather Services The Science of Weather: Meteorological Myth vs. Fact
November 8, 2005	Irving Weissman Karel H. and Avice N. Beekhuis Professor in Cancer Biology Director, Institute for Cancer/Stem Cell Biology and Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine Stem Cell Research
	Past Events 2004
March 9, 2004	Prof. Doug Osheroff, Ph.D. Stanford University Physicist Co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics "The Columbia Accident Investigation and the Future of Human Space Flight"
April 13, 2004	Dr. David P. Schwartz U.S.G.S.Earthquake Geologist/Paleoseismologist "Earthquakes - When, Where, and Why?"
May 11, 2004	Emmanuel Mignot, M.D., Ph.D. Stanford University Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Director of the Center for Narcolepsy "Why do we sleep? What if we don't?"
June 8, 2004	Dr. Sidney Perkowitz Charles Howard Candler Physics Professor Emory University "Synthetic Humans: Fantasy or Reality?"
September 14, 2004	Professor Albert R. Jonsen Pioneer Bioethicist -Professor Emeritus Medical History and Ethics University of Washington "Stem Cell Research: The Ethical Debate"
October 12, 2004	R. Fabian W. Pease, Ph. D. William Ayer Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University and a panel of distinguished Stanford professors and scientists "Nanotechnology: Fact and Fantasy"
November 9, 2004	Nina V. Fedoroff, Ph. D. Evan Pugh Professor of Biology Willaman Professor of Life Sciences, Biology Dept. Pennsylvania State University "Genetically Modified Food Plants: Monsters or Miracles?"