Students, staff and faculty from NDSU are invited to attend Milestones and Horizons, a conference sponsored by U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan and the Red River Valley Research Corridor. The event features high-profile, nationally-recognized speakers who will share their views for the future and important insights into next generation innovations.
The conference is planned for Monday, Oct. 12, at the Holiday Inn in Fargo.
The first 100 students who register for this event will receive free admission. Student registration includes admission to all presentations, demos, full conference materials, lunch and refreshments during the day. This option does not include admission to the evening dinner program and meal.
Regular registration includes a full day of information from national keynote speakers and panelists, and includes all meal functions, demonstrations and dinner. Early bird registration is available until Sept. 30 and costs $95. After the deadline, the price increases to $125.
To register or for a full agenda and speaker list, go to www.milestonesandhorizons.com.
Keynote speakers include:
Jill Tarter is the Bernard M. Oliver chair for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence and is director of the center for research at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute in Mountain View, Calif. Tarter's work was popularized in Carl Sagan's novel "Contact." In the film version, the main character played by Jodie Foster, is largely based on Tarter's work.
David Cote is chair and CEO of Honeywell, a diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; turbochargers; and specialty materials.
David Turek is vice president for Deep Computing at IBM. He has business responsibility for high performance computing solutions including Power, Intel and AMD based servers and workstations, Blue Gene systems, visualization solutions, and future technologies.
Stephen Streiffer is interim director of Argonne’s Center for Nanoscale Materials, a Department of Energy national user facility that provides capabilities explicitly tailored to the creation and characterization of new functional materials on the nanoscale.
