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Sunday, November 9
7:30-9:00 p.m.
Pre-registration/Reception at the Hyatt Regency, Newport Beach (Garden)
Monday, November 10
From 7:00 a.m.
Breakfast at the Beckman Center
8:30
Welcome – Charles M. Vest, President, National Academy of Engineering
Opening Remarks – Arup Chakraborty and Ichiro Kanaya, Co-Chairs, Organizing Committee
9:00-10:30
Breakthrough Technologies in Brain Science
10:30-11:15
Break
11:15-12:45
Breakthrough Technologies in Brain Science (cont’d)
12:45-2:00
Lunch
2:00-2:45
Poster Session – Group 1
2:45-3:30
Poster Session – Group 2
3:30-4:00
4:00-5:30
Novel Materials for Industrial Applications
5:30
Reception (patio)
6:00
Dinner
7:00
Dinner Speech:
Fred Kavli, Chairman, The Kavli Foundation
8:00 (approx.)
Buses return to hotel
Tuesday, November 10
Breakfast at the Beckmen Center
8:30-10:00
Novel Materials for Industrial Applications (cont’d)
10:00-10:30
10:30-12:00
State-of-the-Art Technologies for Knowledge Management
12:00-1:00
1:00-2:30
State-of-the-Art Technologies for Knowledge Management (cont’d)
2:30
3:00
Technical Tours
5:00
Buses return to the hotel
Reception/Dinner at the Hyatt Regency, Newport Beach (Garden)
Wednesday, November 11
From 7:00 am
8:30-10:10
Modeling Global Climate Change
10:10-10:30
Modeling Global Climate Change (cont.)
12:00