Dupont Summit 2016 Program

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Track 1: Auditorium 

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Track 2: 1870s Room

9:00am – 10:15am
Utilizing Natural Gas Generators to Reduce Emissions and Flared Gas
Moderator: Tara K. Righetti, University of Wyoming, College of Law
Greyson Buckingham, Mesa Natural Gas Solutions 

10:30am – 11:45am
STEM and Diplomacy: Bridging the Digital and Knowledge Divides 
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 

12:00pm – 1:15pm
From Fire Whirls to Blue Whirls and Combustion with Reduced Pollution
Presenter: Huahua Xiao, University of Maryland, College Park
Presenter: Michael J. Gollner, University of Maryland, College Park

1:30pm – 2:45pm
Big Data Analytics: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues 
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 
Ernest L. McDuffie, The Global McDuffie Group  

3:00pm – 4:15pm
Policy Measures in Support of Asteroid Mining and Resource Extraction in the Solar System 
Moderator: Marshall Eubanks, Asteroid Initiatives LLC
Martin Elvis, Harvard University 

Track 3: Library

9:00am – 10:15am
Research Committee for Legislative Specialists Panel
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 
Expert Table Discussion 

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

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 
Low-Carbon Energy Security 
Presenter: Max Gruenig, Ecologic Institute
Presenter: Brendan O’Donnell, Ecologic Institute

3:00pm – 4:15pm
Title IX as a Tool for Addressing Gender Inequity in Access to Science and Engineering Careers
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
Citizen Science, Sensing, and the Asthma Files Project
Moderator: Jessie Levin, Pomona College
Lindsay Poirier, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 
Christy Spackman, Harvey Mudd College

10:30am – 11:45am
Distributed Energy, Efficiency, & Storage to Harden Critical Infrastructure: To Address Resiliency, Cybertsecurity, and Water Conservation, and Emissions Reduction 
Moderator: Scott Sklar, The Stella Group Ltd. 
Ray Clark, River Crossing Strategies
Paul Sullivan, National Defense University 

12:00pm – 1:15pm
Ensuring Health and Safety of Space Exploration Crews: Focus on Policy
Moderator: Arnauld Nicogossian, George Mason University
James D Polk, NASA
Richard Williams, NASA
Charles Doarn, University of Cincinnati

1:30pm – 2:45pm
Transpartisan Climate Protection: How Strange Bedfellows Can Boost Jobs and Cut Climate Pollution
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
Machines, Morality and (Hu)Mankind: The Future of Artificial Intelligence
 Dean Garfield, Information Technology Industry Council

Track 5: New Meeting Room

9:00am – 10:15am
Congressional Committee Seniority and Gridlock: Public Policy Consequences
Presenter: Karen M. McCurdy, Georgia Southern University

The Internt of Things (IoT): Emergent Frontier for Cybersecurity
Daniel Benjamin, American Public University System

10:30am – 11:45am
Online STEM Labs – An Effective Tool for Learning
Daniel Benjamin, American Public University System
James Brinson, American Public University System

Outdated Systems, New Business Drivers: How Companies are Going Beyond the Regulatory Horizon to Create a Sustainable Future 
Presenter: Carol Singer Neuvelt, The National Association for Environmental Management 

12:00pm – 1:15pm
New World/New Worlds: Parallels in the Evolution of Enterpise-based Exploration Financing from the 16th and 21st Centuries
Brent Lane, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

1:30pm – 2:45pm
Miles to Go for U.S. Acquatic Resources Quantifying Integrity to Meet the Clean Water Acter Act Mandate 
Kelly Chinners Reiss, American Public University System

APUS Observatory: An Online/ Remote Telescope Dedicated to Astronomy Education and Student Research
Edward Albin, American Public University System
Daniel Benjamin, American Public University System 

Track 6: Pub

9:00am – 10:15am 
Science & Technology Poverty
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
What is Essential for Effective Regulation? 
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 
Conflict Resolution and Anti-terrorism in ASEAN: The Case of Thailand
Keokam Kraisoraphong, Chulalongkorn University 

The Political Dimension of Sustainability – Why do Policies in S. Korea Fail to Adapt to Foreseeable Risks? 
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 

Solving the Water Infrastructure Crisis: Clues from Public Opinion, Media Coverage and PolicymakingSridhar Vedachalam, Johns Hopkins University
 3:20 PM 

3D Printing in Public Libraries
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

The Real Data and Story Behind Unarmed US Citizens Killed By Armed Police
 Emily Blackbourne, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
4:15 PM 

Excessive Technology in Hospital, Nursing Homes and Healthcare Databases: Is It Killing Patients? 
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

Particles and the Nature of Nothing
David Kaplan, Johns Hopkins University

***Assertions and opinions in these presentations are solely those of the above-mentioned author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Policy Studies Organization, which expressly does not take positions on policies.