2012 Conference, January 12-13, 2012
Omni Houston Hotel, Houston, Texas

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Membership Meeting

(This presentation is available to members and affiliates only.)

	Stephen A. Holditch, Ph.D. 2011 TAMEST President State of The Academy Address
	Christine A. Ehlig-Economides, Ph.D. 2011 TAMEST Treasurer Treasurer's Report

Welcoming Remarks

Michael S. Brown, M.D.
Regental Professor
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
TAMEST Founding Co-Chairman

The Honorable Annise D. Parker
Mayor of Houston

The Shale Gas Miracle: A Tribute to George P. Mitchell

	George P. Mitchell Tribute Video
	Dan B. Steward Geologist Republic Energy
	Mark D. Zoback, Ph.D. Benjamin M. Page Professor of Geophysics Stanford University

Panel 1: The Answer if Blowing in the Wind

	Panelist: Richard E. Williams President Shell WindEnergy, Inc.
	Panelist: Dan Woodfin Director of System Planning Electric Reliability Council of Texas
	Panelist: Luciano Castillo, Ph.D. Don-Kay-Clay Cash Distinguished Engineering Chair in Wind Energy Director/President of the National Wind Resource Center (NWRC) Texas Tech University
	Panel 1 Question and Answer Session

Opening Luncheon

	Marvin E. Odum, Keynote Address President Shell Oil Company

Panel 2: Energy, Medicine and Nanotechnology

	Moderator/Panelist: Michael B. Kastan, M.D., Ph.D. Executive Director, Duke Cancer Institute Professor, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Professor of Pediatrics Duke University
	Panelist: Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D. President and CEO Ernest Cockrell Jr. Distinguished Endowed Chair The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
	(video not available) Panelist: Mitchell A. Lazar, M.D., Ph.D. Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
	Panel 2 Question & Answer Session

Presentations by the Recipients of the 2012 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards

	Kishor C. Mehta, Ph.D. P.W. Horn Professor of Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University Program Director, National Science Foundation
	MEDICINE Philipp E. Scherer, Ph.D. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
	ENGINEERING Michael W. Deem, Ph.D. Rice University
	SCIENCE Karl Gebhardt, Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin
	TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION Ted S. Moise, Ph.D. Texas Instruments

Dinner Honoring the Recipients of the 2012 Edith & Peter O'Donnell Awards

Bruce A. Beutler, M.D.
Director, Center for the Genetics of Host Defense
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

2012 Awards Tribute Video

2012 Awards Recipients

Friday, January 13, 2012

The Obesity Epidemic

	William H. Dietz, M.D., Ph.D., Keynote Address Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Panel 3: Mechanisms and Prevention of Obesity and Obesity-related Diseases

	Panelist: Joel K. Elmquist, D.V.M., Ph.D. Professor and Director of the Division of Hypothalamic Research The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
	Panelist: Jay D. Horton, M.D. Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Chair in Obesity and Diabetes Research The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
	Panelist: Dennis M. Bier, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Children’s Nutrition Research Center Baylor College of Medicine
	Panelist: Deanna M. Hoelscher, Ph.D., R.D., L.D., C.N.S. Director of the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living John P. McGovern Professor in Health Promotion The University of Texas School of Public Health
	Panelist: John P. Foreyt, Ph.D. Director of the Behavioral Medicine Research Center Baylor College of Medicine
	Panelist: Amelie G. Ramirez, Dr.P.H., M.P.H. Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
	Panel 3 Question and Answer Session

2011 Texas Energy Summit Report

	Stephen A. Holditch, Ph.D. Director, Texas A&M Energy Engineering Institute 2011 TAMEST President

The Scientific Importance and Competitive Advantage of Supercomputing to Texas

	John R. (Jay) Boisseau, Ph.D. Director, Texas Advanced Computing Center The University of Texas at Austin

Reasoning Mind: Rethinking the Future of Math Education

	Alexander R. Khachatryan, Ph.D. President and CEO Reasoning Mind, Inc.

Closing Luncheon

	The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison U.S. Senator Honorary Academy Chairman
	Samuel C.C. Ting, Ph.D. Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	William R. Brinkley, Ph.D. Emeritus Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Baylor College of Medicine 2012 TAMEST President

2012 Conference, January 12-13, 2012Omni Houston Hotel, Houston, Texas