Dupont Summit 2016 Program
Dupont Summit 2016 on Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy Issues
Friday December 2nd at the Historic Whittemore House
1526 New Hampshire Ave, NW, Washington DC
REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 8AM
Track 1: Auditorium
Track 2: 1870s Room
9:00am - 10:15am
Moderator: Tara K. Righetti, University of Wyoming, College of Law
Greyson Buckingham, Mesa Natural Gas Solutions
10:30am - 11:45am
Organizer: Connie L. McNeely, George Mason University
Moderator: Jong-on Hahm, George Washington University
Wenda Bauchspies, National Science Foundation (U.S.) Fahmida N. Chowdhury, National Science Foundation (U.S.) Kevin A. Clark, George Mason University
Erik W. Kuiler, George Mason University
Erik W. Kuiler, George Mason University
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Presenter: Huahua Xiao, University of Maryland, College Park
Presenter: Michael J. Gollner, University of Maryland, College Park
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Organizer: Connie L. McNeely, George Mason University
Moderator: Ester Sztein, National Academy of Sciences
Heng, Xu, Pennsylvania State University
Erik W. Kuiler, George Mason University
Nan Zhang, George Washington University/ U.S. National Science Foundation
Erik W. Kuiler, George Mason University
Nan Zhang, George Washington University/ U.S. National Science Foundation
Ernest L. McDuffie, The Global McDuffie Group
3:00pm - 4:15pm
Moderator: Marshall Eubanks, Asteroid Initiatives LLC
Martin Elvis, Harvard University
Track 3: Library
9:00am - 10:15am
Organizer: Irina Khmelko, University of Tennessee
Implementing Legislative Strengthening Programs: Who is in Control?
David E. Guinn, SUNY Center for International Development
Jeffrey D. Straussman, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University of Albany SUNY
Mandatory Data Reporting: The Unused Tool in Legislative Oversight
Tomas Bridle, Independent Development Consultant
Legislative Roles in Addressing Major Impediments in the Process of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: The Case of the Ukrainian Parliament
Irina Khmelko, University of Tennessee
Michael Bonnal, University of Tennessee
The Role of the New Rarliament in the Stage of Economic Crisis: the Case of the Slovene National Assembly
Drago Zajc, University of Ljublijana
Consolidation of or Resistance to Democracy: Democratization and the Turkish Grand National Assembly
Ömer Faruk Gençkaya, Marmara University
10:30am - 11:45am
Moderator and panelist: Irina Khmelko, University of Tennessee
Ömer Faruk Gençkaya, Marmara University, Turkey
David E. Guinn, SUNY Center for International Development
Robert Nakamura, Rockefeller College
Greg Power, Global Partners Governance, UK
Ellie Valentine, Implementer, Ukraine, Afghanistan
Drago Zajc, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ellie Valentine, Implementer, Ukraine, Afghanistan
Drago Zajc, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Amping-Up Pedagogy through Interdisciplinary Instruction: A Study of the Effects of Interdisciplinary Instruction on Undergraduate Attitudes and Values Related to Energy Issues at the U.S. Naval Academy
Moderator: Howard Ernst, United States Naval Academy
Karen Flack, United States Naval Academy
Joseph Smith, United States Naval Academy
Kurtis Swope, United States Naval Academy
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Presenter: Max Gruenig, Ecologic Institute
Presenter: Brendan O’Donnell, Ecologic Institute
3:00pm - 4:15pm
Moderator: Lisa Frehill, National Science Foundation and Energetics Technology Center
David Chambers, NASA
Sherry Marts, Association for Women in Science
Jessie DeAro, National Science Foundation
Track 4: Harriman
9:00am - 10:15am
Moderator: Jessie Levin, Pomona College
Lindsay Poirier, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Christy Spackman, Harvey Mudd College
10:30am - 11:45am
Moderator: Scott Sklar, The Stella Group Ltd.
Ray Clark, River Crossing Strategies
Paul Sullivan, National Defense University
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Moderator: Arnauld Nicogossian, George Mason University
James D Polk, NASA
Richard Williams, NASA
Charles Doarn, University of Cincinnati
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Organizer: June Taylor, Get America Working
Moderator: Rob Wolcott, Get America Working
Jerry Taylor, Niskanen Center
Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth, former president
3:00pm - 4:15pm
Dean Garfield, Information Technology Industry Council
Track 5: New Meeting Room
9:00am - 10:15am
Presenter: Karen M. McCurdy, Georgia Southern University
Daniel Benjamin, American Public University System
10:30am - 11:45am
Daniel Benjamin, American Public University System
James Brinson, American Public University System
Presenter: Carol Singer Neuvelt, The National Association for Environmental Management
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Brent Lane, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Kelly Chinners Reiss, American Public University System
Edward Albin, American Public University System
Daniel Benjamin, American Public University System
Track 6: Pub
9:00am - 10:15am
Moderator: Thomas Woodson, Stony Brook University
Dhanaraj Thakur, The Alliance for Affordable Internet/ The Web Foundation
Michelle L'Archeveque Jones, USAID
Kartikeya Singh, Center for Global Development
10:30am - 11:45am
Moderator: Stuart Umpleby, George Washington University
Robert Knisely, Senior Civil Servant, Retired
Morris Bosin, Grant Thorton International Ltd.
Jason Jixuan Hu, Independent Researcher
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Book Presentation: Public Policymaking by Private Organizations: Challenges to Democratic Governance
Catherine Rudder, George Mason University
A. Lee Fritschler, George Mason University
Yon Jung Choi, George Mason University
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Keokam Kraisoraphong, Chulalongkorn University
Presenter: Jungwoo Chun, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Promising New Scholarship and Complexity Conference: 3pm
Research: Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin: New Understanding through Complex Systems Modeling (RACC)
Steve Scheinert, University of Vermont: Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive
3 PM
Sridhar Vedachalam, Johns Hopkins University
3:20 PM
Natallia Telendii, Stony Brook University
3:40 PM
Cybersecurity Preemptive Imagining of Deterrence: A Sherlock Holmes Approach
Steve Rosario, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
4 PM
Emily Blackbourne, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
4:15 PM
Autimn Little, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
4:30 PM
The Impact of Hormonal Regulation in the Gut on Nutritional Treatment of Anxiety in College Students
Katie Caison, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
4:45 PM
Philosophical Society of Washington Lecture: 8pm
David Kaplan, Johns Hopkins University
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