Registration Open

Continental Breakfast

Opening Remarks: U.S. Senator Byron L. Dorgan

Keynote Presentation

Dean Kamen, widely recognized inventor and physicist; creator of the iBOT Mobility System and Segway

Further Discussion: The Future

Discussion featuring U.S. Senator Byron L. Dorgan and Dean Kamen

Introduction of the FIRST Students

Networking Break

Introduction to Science & Technology Show & Tell Sessions (S&T2)

Delore Zimmerman, Ph.D. Executive Director, RRVRC

S&T2: Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Alan “Al” W. Palmer, Director, Center for UAS Research, Education and Training for John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, University of North Dakota

Maynard Herting, Field Support Manager, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.

William Semke, Ph.D., School of Engineering and Mines, University of North Dakota

Scott C. Fletcher, Chief Operating Officer of Aviation & UAS, Northland Community & Technical College

S&T2: Biosciences – Vaccines and Biotech

James Carlson, PharmD, Chairman, Red River Valley Research Corridor

Timothy Cooke, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer Novadigm Therapeutics

Dave Bradley, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Satish Chandran, Ph.D., Director, Center for Biopharmaceutical Research and Production at North Dakota State University

Michael Jablon, Director of Operations, AltraVax, Inc.

Lunch

Milestones & Horizons Awards and Recognition

Keynote Presentation

John Fernandez, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director of Economic Development

Networking Break

S&T2: Sustainable Energy and CleanTech

Gerald Groenewold, Ph.D., Director, Energy and Environmental Research Center

Michael Mann, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering

Kenneth Hellevang, Ph.D., Director, NDSU Bio Energy and Product Innovation Center

Delore Zimmerman, Ph.D., RRVRC & CleanTech Open

Keynote Presentation

Dr. Edward Jung, founder of Intellectual Ventures, a firm dedicated to funding, creation and commercialization inventions

S&T2: Advanced Coatings and Surfaces

Victoria Johnston Gelling, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials at North Dakota State University, RRVRC Board Member

Gordon Bierwagen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials

Bill Elmquist, President, Technology Applications Group

Samar Jyoti Kalita, Ph.D., Senior Research Engineer, Engineered Surfaces Center, School of Engineering and Mines, University of North Dakota

David Zupi, Director of Operations, Triton Systems, Inc.

S&T2: Microelectronics and Wireless Technologies

Aaron Reinholz, Associate Director for Electronics Technology, NDSU Center for Nanoscale Science & Engineering

Joel Jorgenson, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, PacketDigital

Cassindy Chao, President, Laserlith

David Batcheller, Chief Operating Officer, Appareo Systems

Rick Hendrickson, Director, Center for Nanoscience Technology Training, NDSCS-Fargo.

Networking Social