DETAILED AGENDA
Langham Hotel Map located on page 26.
WEDNE SD AY, MA RCH 1 8 , 2 0 1 5 2:00 – 4:00 PM Tour of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1:15: Buses will depart The Langham Huntington Hotel. Meet in the Main Lobby. Due to NASA policy, all participants were required to register by February 13 for prescreening. No exceptions. 4:00 – 7:00 PM
NAI Board of Directors Meeting (Invitation Only) Location: The Boardroom The Langham Huntington Hotel 1401 S Oak Knoll Ave, Pasadena, CA 91106
5:00 – 9:00 PM
Early Conference Check-in Location: Courtyard The Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California
7:00 – 9:00 PM
President’s Welcome Reception (All Invited to Attend) Location: Courtyard The Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California
THURSD AY, MA RCH 1 9 , 2 0 1 5
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Conference Check-In and Information Table Location: Foyer of the Viennese Ballroom The Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California
9:00 – 9:15 AM
Opening General Session Location: Viennese Ballroom
9:15 – 11:40 AM
SESSION A: TRANSFORMATIVE INVENTION Location: Viennese Ballroom
Session Co-Chairs: Carolyn L. Cason, The University of Texas at Arlington Shinn-Zong Lin, China Medical University, Taiwan
9:15 – 9:30 AM
Harold G. Craighead, Cornell University Nanofluidics and the Nano-Bio Interface
9:30 – 10:05 AM
Keynote Address
Introduction of the Keynote Speaker Thomas N. Parks, The University of Utah
Keynote Address Battery Innovation: Intersection Among Materials, Engineering and Application
Esther S. Takeuchi, Stony Brook University SUNY Distinguished Professor NAI Charter Fellow
10:00 – 11:30 AM
California Institute of Technology Architectural Tour 10:00 AM: Buses depart The Langham Huntington Hotel for Caltech. Meet in the Main Lobby. Buses will pick up passengers at the same location at 11:30 AM. NAI 4th Annual Conference Program | 3