2012 Annual Conference Program
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Welcoming Remarks
Michael S. Brown, M.D. (NOBEL LAUREATE, IOM, NAS)
Regental Professor,
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
The Honorable Annise D. Parker
Mayor of Houston
The Shale Gas Miracle: A Tribute to George P. Mitchell
Dan B. Steward
Geologist
Republic Energy
Mark D. Zoback, Ph.D.
Benjamin M. Page Professor of Geophysics
Stanford University
Panel 1: The Answer is Blowing in the Wind
Moderator: Kishor C. Mehta, Ph.D. (NAE)
P.W. Horn Professor of Civil Engineering,
Texas Tech University
Program Director,
National Science Foundation
Panelist: Richard E. Williams
President
Shell WindEnergy, Inc.
Panelist: Dan Woodfin
Director of System Planning
Electric Reliability Council of Texas
Panelist: Luciano Castillo, Ph.D.
Don-Kay-Clay Cash Distinguished Engineering Chair in Wind Energy
Director/President of the National Wind Resource Center (NWRC)
Texas Tech University
Panel 1 Question and Answer Session
Opening Luncheon
Marvin E. Odum
President
Shell Oil Company
Panel 2: Energy, Medicine and Nanotechnology
Moderator/Panelist: Michael B. Kastan, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Director, Duke Cancer Institute
Professor, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Professor of Pediatrics,
Duke University
Panelist: Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Ernest Cockrell Jr. Distinguished Endowed Chair
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Panel 2 Question & Answer Session
Presentations by the Recipients of the 2012 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards
Kishor C. Mehta, Ph.D.
P.W. Horn Professor of Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University
Program Director, National Science Foundation
MEDICINE
Philipp E. Scherer, Ph.D.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
ENGINEERING
Michael W. Deem, Ph.D.
Rice University
SCIENCE
Karl Gebhardt, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
Ted S. Moise, Ph.D.
Texas Instruments
Dinner Honoring the Recipients of the 2012 Edith & Peter O’Donnell Awards
Bruce A. Beutler, M.D.
Director, Center for the Genetics of Host Defense
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2012 Awards Tribute Video
2012 Awards Recipients
Friday, January 13, 2012
Keynote Address: The Obesity Epidemic
William H. Dietz, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Panel 3: Mechanisms and Prevention of Obesity and Obesity-related Diseases
Moderator: Lawrence C. B. Chan, M.D., D.Sc.
Betty Rutherford Chair for Diabetes Research and Director of the Diabetes & Endocrinology Research Center,
Baylor College of Medicine
Panelist: Joel K. Elmquist, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Division of Hypothalamic Research
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Panelist: Jay D. Horton, M.D.
Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Chair in Obesity and Diabetes Research
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Panelist: Dennis M. Bier, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Children’s Nutrition Research Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Panelist: Deanna M. Hoelscher, Ph.D., R.D., L.D., C.N.S.
Director of the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living
John P. McGovern Professor in Health Promotion
The University of Texas School of Public Health
Panelist: John P. Foreyt, Ph.D.
Director of the Behavioral Medicine Research Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Panelist: Amelie G. Ramirez, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Panel 3 Question and Answer Session
2011 Texas Energy Summit Report
Stephen A. Holditch, Ph.D.
Director, Texas A&M Energy Engineering Institute
2011 TAMEST President
The Scientific Importance and Competitive Advantage of Supercomputing to Texas
John R. (Jay) Boisseau, Ph.D.
Director, Texas Advanced Computing Center
The University of Texas at Austin
Reasoning Mind: Rethinking the Future of Math Education
Alexander R. Khachatryan, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Reasoning Mind, Inc.
Closing Luncheon
The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison
U.S. Senator
TAMEST Honorary Chair
Samuel C.C. Ting, Ph.D.
Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William R. Brinkley, Ph.D.
Emeritus Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
2012 TAMEST President
