2010 Annual Conference
Westin Riverwalk Hotel, San Antonio, Texas
January 7-8, 2010
8:00 a.m.
Registration Opens (Navarro Prefunction Area) 9:00-10:00 a.m. Annual Meeting of The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (Hildago Ballroom)
(Academy Members, University Presidents and Chancellors, ICA Members)
President's Report - Strategic Plan Overview:
David E. Daniel, Ph.D., 2009 Academy President
Treasurer's Report:
John Mendelsohn, M.D., 2009 Academy Treasurer
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Report:
William "Bill" Gimson, Executive Director10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Break (Protégés and special guests are invited to join the meeting at this time.)
10:15 - 11:30 a.m. Opening Session (Hildago Ballroom)
Welcome and Opening Address:
Michael S. Brown, M.D., Academy Founding Co-Chairman
Memorial Tribute to Norman Borlaug, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate
Keynote Address:
The Honorable James B. Peake, M.D., Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
Former Surgeon General; Lt. General, U.S. Army (Ret.)11:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Break
11:45 - 1:15 p.m. Luncheon (Navarro Ballroom)
Presentation of the O'Donnell Texas AP Teacher Award
Luncheon Speaker:
Ruth A. David, Ph.D., President & CEO, ANSER, Inc.
Former Deputy Director for Science & Technology, CIA
1:15 - 1:30 p.m. Break 1:30 - 3:15 p.m. SESSION I: Preventing Injury, Illness and Disability to our Armed Forces (Hildago Ballroom)
Session Chair:
Montgomery C. Meigs, Ph.D., Visiting Professor of Strategy and Military
Operations, Georgetown University; General, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Presenters:
Viruses: Bioterroism, Emergence and Remedies
C.J. Peters, M.D., John Sealy Distinguished University Chair in Tropical &
Emerging Virology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Fatigue: Context, Definition, Simulation, Detection and Countermeasures
James C. Miller, Ph.D., Human Factors Consultant, Miller Ergonomics
Protecting the Dismounted Soldier with Small Unmanned Aircraft
Brian Walsh, Business Development Manager, AeroVironment Inc.3:15 - 3:30 p.m. Break 3:30 - 5:15 p.m. SESSION II: Protecting our Armed Forces Against Injury, Illness and Disability (Hildago Ballroom)
Session Chair:
Marilyn M. Freeman, Ph.D., Director, U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research,
Development and Engineering Center
Presenters:
Portable Power for Individual Soldiers
John B. Goodenough, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Mechanical, Electrical and
Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
New Armor Concepts to Protect our Soldiers
Charles E. Anderson, Jr., Ph.D., Director, Engineering Dynamics Department,
Southwest Research Institute
James D. Walker, Ph.D., Institute Scientist, Computational Mechanics Section,
Southwest Research Institute
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Better Understand and Protect Against Blast Induced Traumatic Brain Injury
Raúl A. Radovitzky, Ph.D., Associate Director, Institute for Soldier
Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology5:15 - 6:00 p.m. Reception 6:00 p.m. Dinner Honoring Recipients of the 2010 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards (Navarro Ballroom)
Keynote Speaker:
Charles M. Vest, Ph.D., NAE President8:00 p.m. After Dinner Reception (Olivares Room) 7:30 a.m. Buffet Breakfast 8:30 - 10:45 a.m. Presentations by the 2010 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards Recipients (Hildago Ballroom) 10:45 - 11:00 a.m. Break 11:00 - 12:45 p.m. SESSION III: Recovery from Injury, Illness and Disability for our Armed Forces
Session Chair:
Paul K. Carlton, Jr., M.D., Director of Homeland Security, Texas A&M Health
Science Center; Former Surgeon General, U.S. Air Force; Lt. General,
U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
Presenters:
Advances in Combat Casualty Care: Applied & Conceptual
John B. Holcomb, M.D., Vice Chair and Professor of Surgery, The University of
Texas Health Science Center-Houston; Director, Center for Translational Injury
Research; Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in our Wounded Warriors: Risk, Resiliency and Recovery
Alan Peterson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry,
The University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio;
Lt. Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)
Regenerative Medicine: New Approaches to Health Care
Anthony Atala, M.D., Director, Institute for Regenerative Medicine,
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
12:45 - 2:15 p.m. Luncheon & Closing Remarks (Navarro Ballroom)
Special Address:
The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Senator, Honorary Academy ChairmanKeynote Speaker:
The Honorable S. Ward Casscells, M.D., Former Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs; Distinguished Professor, The University of Texas Health Science
Center-Houston; Colonel, U.S. Army Reserves
Closing Remarks:
Stephen A. Holditch, 2010 Academy Vice President