Dupont Summit 2019 - Program
The 12th Annual Dupont Summit on
Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy
Friday, December 6, 2019
The Historic Quaker Meetinghouse
2111 Florida Ave. NW, Washington DC
8:00am
REGISTRATION WITH CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Food will be provided throughout the day at no cost
9:00-10:10am
ROOM 1
Welcome and Introductions: Shalin Jyotishi, Chief Executive Officer, Journal of Science Policy & Governance
Moderator: Erin Heath, Associate Director for Government Relations, AAAS; JSPG Board Member
Lida Beninson, Program Officer at the U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine; former JSPG Editor-in-Chief
Benjamin Isaacoff, Science, Technology, and Innovation Officer at U.S. Department of State; JSPG Editor
Christian Ross, Research Fellow, Harvard University; Doctoral Student, Arizona State University
ROOM 2
Ion A. Iftimie, Central European University
Elias G. Carayannis, George Washington University
Michele C.A. Iftimie, Senior Technology and Innovation Consultant
ROOM 3
Mclee Kerolle, International Institute of Space Law
10:20-11:30am
ROOM 1
Robert Gordon, American Public University System
Wanda Curlee, American Public University SystemKandis Wyatt, American Public University System
Oliver Hedgepeth, American Public University System
ROOM 2
Gender and Sexuality in Health Policy Issues and System Outcomes
Moderator: Bonnie Stabile, George Mason University
Gender Representation and Population Health: the Distribution of Infant Mortality in Argentine Provinces (1983-2017)
Santiago L. Cunial, University of Pennsylvania
Higher Rates of Violence Victimization and High Rates of Suicide Attempt Among Gender Minorities in an Urban, Safety Net U.S. Health System
Ana M. Progovac, Cambridge Health Alliance, and Harvard Medical School
ROOM 3
Maija Harkonen, Claremont McKenna College
11:40-12:50pm
ROOM 1
Alexios Antypas, Central European University
Ion A. Iftimie, Central European University
ROOM 2
Richard M. Krieg, Texas State University
Mary D. Lasky, Johns Hopkins University
ROOM 3
Calvin Nobles, New America
Keni Galamai, University of Maryland Calvin Nobles, New America
James J. Williams, PhD Researcher/Cybersecurity Professional
1:00-2:10pm
ROOM 1
Moderator: Simon Nicholson, Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy, American University
Maya Breitburg-Smith, RESOLVE
Rick Duke, Gigaton Strategies (formerly Special Assistant to President Obama)
David Morrow, Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy, American University
Olufemi Taiwo, Georgetown University
Michael Thompson, Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative
ROOM 2
Oliver Hedgepeth, American Public University System
Kandis Wyatt, American Public University System
Wanda Curlee, American Public University System
Robert Gordon, American Public University System
Shelley Pumphrey, American Public University SystemROOM 3
2:20-3:30pm
ROOM 1
Gerald McLaughlin
Ellen Wasserman, Johns Hopkins University
Andrew Vogt, Georgetown University
Paul Kainen, Georgetown University
ROOM 2
Who Will Win: AI or Humans? A roundtable on Artificial Intelligence and Policy Implications
Mohammed Farid Atif, UNC Charlotte (Leading Expert in AI and Ethics)
Liz Johnson, UNC Charlotte (Expertise in Complexity and Ethics)
Prasun Bhattacharyya, Bank of America
Kaleb Wainright, UNC Charlotte
Habib Maizoumbou Dan Aouta, UNC Charlotte
ROOM 3
David F. Goldsmith, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, and Workplace Health Without Borders, U.S.
Shilpi Misra, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, and Workplace Health Without Borders U.S.
Promising New Scholars in Policy & Complexity
3:40-5:30pm
ROOM 1
The Future of AR and VR
Jay Halverson
Post Quantum Cryptography
Alex Poniewicz
The Importance of Computation Complexity in Business
Thomas Woods
Artificial Intelligence and Job Replacement in the U.S.
Matthew Bakely
Tobias Fischer
Hyper-connectivity of the Internet of Things
Marwa Alkqatari
Data Collection as a Form of Robbery
Lorenzo Williams
Computer Vision and Authenticity of Video: Deep Fakes and Facial Recognition
Samuel Owens
IoT A More Connected World
Abel Pinales
Ethical Issues of the Obesity Epidemic
Michelle Thomas
HCI What Is In Store for the Future
Nabeel Ali
EVENING SESSION
8:00pm
As part of a Lecture Series organized by the Philosophical Society of Washington
The Brain in Super-Resolution 3-D Large
Volume Molecular Mapping of Brain Circuits
Harald Hess, Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Janelia
*The John Wesley Powell Auditorium is adjacent to the Cosmos Club, 2170 Florida Ave NW, Washington DC, 20008. It's a 3 minute walk from the Quaker Meetinghouse. Entrance is through the Cosmos Club gate, which is the first right-hand entrance on Florida Avenue, north of the intersection with Massachusetts Avenue. The entrance to the Auditorium itself is to the left of the gate.