Speakers
Thought leaders and subject-matter experts will be invited from a variety of fields. Each presentation will focus on the impact of science and technology in areas of that have a direct impact on society such as advanced computing, energy, digital media and biotechnology. Where possible, we will also include the speaker's abstract and a downloadable presentation to further the learning process.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Speakers: Dr. Steve Weinberg, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin
Presentation: Hopes and Fears for Big Science
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Speakers: Allyson Peerman, AMD Foundation
Presentation: The Next Generation Engineer
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Speakers: Eric Dishman, Intel Corporation
Presentation: "Gray" Technologies for Global Aging: Bringing Healthcare Home
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Speakers: Mark Holzbach, Zebra Imaging
Presentation: Digital Display Holography: Historical Survey and Recent Developments
*No presentation posted due to limited copyright permissions. For Zebra Imaging business communication, contact Mark Holzbach at: mholzbach@zebraimaging.com. For all other communication, please use: mholzbach@alum.mit.edu.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Speakers: Brewster McCracken, Pecan Street Project
Presentation: Creating a Dynamic Clean Energy Economy [1.03 MB PDF]
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Speakers: Jessica Hanover, Dr. Steven Leslie, Greg W. Hartman, Joe Skraba
Presentation: Bio-Tech: The Next Big Thing
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Speakers: Tony Befi and Brad McCredie, IBM
Presentation: IBM and Austin: Partners in a "Smarter Planet" [1.27 MB PDF]
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Speaker: Shawn O'Keefe, Festival Producer, SXSW Interactive
Presentation: A Look at SXSW Interactive Past, Present and Future
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Speaker: Dr. Jay Boisseau, Director, Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), The University of Texas at Austin
Presentation: Supercomputing: Why It's Super for Austin... and You! [2.05 MB PDF]
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Speaker: Sheri Graner Ray, Senior Game Designer, Schell Games
Presentation: Game Tutorials - Making Technology Accessible [1.73 MB PDF]
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Speaker: S. Craig Watkins, Associate Professor of Radio-TV-Film at The University of Texas at Austin and author of Hip Hop Matters.
Presentation: The Young and the Digital [17 MB PDF]
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Speaker: Gary Chapman, Senior Lecturer in Public Affairs and Coordinator, 21st Century Project
Presentation: The Internet and the Obama Administration - So Far [3.45 MB PDF]
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Ray Orbach, Director of The University of Texas at Austin's Energy Institute
Presentation: Transformational Changes from Energy Research: From Deal Killers to Academy Awards [55 KB PDF]
From September 2006 to August 2009, The Austin Forum featured 39 speakers on diverse topics ranging from the impact of digital media on advanced computing to the politics of climate change to furthering science and math education in the classroom. Following are the Speaker Archives for that time period.
