About the TAMEST 2023 Annual Conference: Forward Texas—Accelerating Change
The TAMEST 2023 Annual Conference, Forward Texas: Accelerating Change, was held May 23–25, 2023, at The InterContinental Houston – Medical Center in Houston, Texas.
A special opening reception took place the evening of Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in the Morian Hall of Paleontology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
The TAMEST 2023 Annual Conference gathered some of our most celebrated and innovative researchers to examine how science and technology are leading to fundamental changes in society. The cross-disciplinary program focused on four profound scientific transitions underway: CRISPR gene editing, “big” data science, renewable energy and decarbonization.
The TAMEST annual conference is open to the entire research community.
Speakers and Panelists
Leonela Amoasii, Ph.D.
Director
Research and Development
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Lieutenant General Ross Coffman
Deputy Commanding General
Army Futures Command
Victor J. Dzau, M.D. (NAM)
President
National Academy of Medicine
Andy Futreal, Ph.D.
Vice President of Strategic Translational Research Programs
Chair and Professor
Department of Genomic Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Charles A. Gersbach, Ph.D.
John W. Strohbehn Distinguished Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
Geoffrey Ginsburg, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Medical and Scientific Officer
All of Us Research Program
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Peter F. Green, Ph.D. (NAE)
Deputy Laboratory Director, Science and Technology
Chief Research Officer
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Amy L. McGuire, J.D., Ph.D.
Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Director, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine
Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Ph.D. (NAE)
Vice President for Research
Rice University
Daniel J. Siegwart, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Biochemistry and Biomedical Engineering
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dirk Smit, Ph.D.
Corporate Chief Scientist
Vice President of Research Strategy
Shell Global
Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D. (NAM, NAS)
Distinguished Service Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Program Committee
Honorary Chair: Brendan Lee, M.D., Ph.D. (NAM)
President, TAMEST
Professor and Chair of Molecular and Human Genetics
Robert and Janice McNair Endowed Chair in Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Program Committee Co-Chairs
Lydia E. Kavraki, Ph.D. (NAM)
Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science
Director, Ken Kennedy Institute
Rice University
Engineering
Robert B. Gilbert, Ph.D. (NAE)
Professor and Department Chair of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Science
Joshua T. Mendell, M.D., Ph.D.
Charles Cameron Sprague, M.D. Chair in Medical Science
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Technology Innovation
Christian A. Davies, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist
Nature Based Solutions
Shell Projects & Technology USA
