Dupont Summit 2019 – Program

8:00am
REGISTRATION WITH CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Food will be provided throughout the day at no cost 

9:00-10:10am
ROOM 1
Bolstering S&T Policy Credentials through the Journal of Science Policy and Governance
Welcome and Introductions: Shalin Jyotishi, Chief Executive Officer, Journal of Science Policy & Governance
Moderator: Erin Heath, Associate Director for Government Relations, AAAS; JSPG Board MemberLida Beninson, Program Officer at the U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine; former JSPG Editor-in-ChiefBenjamin Isaacoff, Science, Technology, and Innovation Officer at U.S. Department of State; JSPG EditorChristian Ross, Research Fellow, Harvard University; Doctoral Student, Arizona State University

ROOM 2
Energy Security in a Quintuple Helix Innovation Ecosystem
Ion A. Iftimie, Central European University
Elias G. Carayannis, George Washington University
Michele C.A. Iftimie, Senior Technology and Innovation Consultant

ROOM 3
Linking Science, Communities and Public Policy under Deep Uncertainty in a Modern Risk Society
Mika Shimizu, Kyoto University

A Global Framework for the Protection of Space-Launch Operators and Developers from the Liability and Risks of Chemical Propellants
Mclee Kerolle, International Institute of Space Law

10:20-11:30am
ROOM 1
Applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Project Management
Robert Gordon, American Public University System 
Wanda Curlee, American Public University System
Kandis 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
Strategic Challenges in the European Arctic Has the United States Changed its Policy of Benign Neglect?
Maija Harkonen, Claremont McKenna College

11:40-12:50pm
ROOM 1
Energy Security and Resilience: Addressing Climate Change and Cyber Threats within DoD Doctrine and Policies
Alexios Antypas, Central European University
Ion A. Iftimie, Central European University

ROOM 2
Critical Infrastructure: The Intersection of Technology and Public Policy
Richard M. Krieg, Texas State University
Mary D. Lasky, Johns Hopkins University

ROOM 3
Caught in the Crosshairs of Cyber Aggression: Universities and Colleges are Prime Cyber Targets
Calvin Nobles, New America
Keni Galamai, University of Maryland 

This Type of Epidemic in Healthcare Requires an Information Security Program
Calvin Nobles, New America
James J. Williams, PhD Researcher/Cybersecurity Professional

1:00-2:10pm
ROOM 1
Removing Carbon to Fight Climate Change: Prospects and Perils
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
Could an AI System Replace Your Online Instructors?
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 System

ROOM 3
RBG: Restrict Bullets, not Guns
Robert Knisely and Stuart Umpleby

ROOM 1
The Internet, Mobile Devices, and Social Media – Evolution or Devolution?
Gerald McLaughlinEllen 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
Global Asbestos Use Policy: Workers Still at Risk
David F. Goldsmith, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, and Workplace Health Without Borders, U.S.

Does Children Mining Gold Bother You?
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.