Four Short Talks: An Evening with Visionary Leaders Esther Dyson, Shirley Ann Jackson, Rem Koolhaas and J. Craig Venter

Title: Four Short Talks: An Evening with Visionary Leaders Esther Dyson, Shirley Ann Jackson, Rem Koolhaas and J. Craig Venter
Location: Rice, Autry Court, Tudor Fieldhouse
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Description: Four Short Talks: An Evening with Visionary Leaders Esther Dyson, Shirley Ann Jackson, Rem Koolhaas and J. Craig Venter

Wednesday, October 10, 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., Autry Court, Tudor Fieldhouse

Rem Koolhaas

“Architecture as a Global Practice,” Thursday, October 11, 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.,Autry Court, Tudor Fieldhouse

One of the founders of OMA, a leading international partnership practicing architecture, urbanism and cultural analysis, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas worked as a journalist and script writer before becoming an architect. A graduate of the Architectural Association in London, he summarized the work of OMA in his 1995 book, “S,M,L,XL,” a novel about architecture. In addition to the Pritzker Prize, Koolhaas received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2010 Venice Biennale of Architecture.

Esther Dyson

“Traveling Behind the Scenes,” Thursday, October 11, 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., Autry Court, Tudor Fieldhouse

A lifelong self-educator, angel investor Dyson supports and advises companies engaged in information technology, private aviation and space travel, health and other areas. A former journalist with Forbes, Dyson has edited the computer industry newsletter Release 1.0 and written columns for the New York Times and Huffington Post. In a New York Times op-ed, Paul Krugman noted that Dyson predicted accurately in 1994 “that the ease with which digital content can be copied and disseminated would eventually force businesses to sell the results of creative activity cheaply, or even give it away.”

Shirley Ann Jackson

“Valuing Science: Exploring our Past, Securing our Future,” Thursday, October 11, 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m., Autry Court, Tudor Fieldhouse

Described by Time magazine as “perhaps the ultimate role model for women in science,” Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President and theoretical physicist Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D., chaired the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1995-1999), serves on President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and is a member of the International Security Advisory Board to the U.S. Department of State. Her research and policy focus includes energy security, the national capacity for innovation and the “Quiet Crisis” of looming gaps in the science, technology and engineering workforce and reduced support for basic research.
Start Date: 2012-10-10
End Date: 2012-10-11