Dean's Symposium

Moderator: Vicki L. Sato, PhD
Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School
Professor of the Practice, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University

Speakers Include:

Innovation, Information Flows, and Motivation
Yochai Benkler, JD
Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies, Harvard Law School
Co-Director, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University

Innovation through Collaboration
Srikant M. Datar, PhD
Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Accounting, Senior Associate Dean, Director of Research, Harvard Business School

Commercializing New Healthcare Related Science
George M. Whitesides, PhD
Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University

Followed by Question & Answer Session and and Reception

Moderator: Clifford B. Saper, MD, PhD
James Jackson Putnam Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Speakers Include:

Magnetic Keys to Unlock the Mysteries of Brain Function and Dysfunction
Randy L. Buckner, PhD
Professor of Psychology and of Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Regulation of Thoughts and Feelings in the Human Brain
John Gabrieli, PhD
Grover Herman Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Associate Director, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Co-director, Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Genome-wide, and World-wide, Searches for Autism Genes
Christopher A. Walsh, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Genetics, Children's Hospital Boston
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Bullard Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Followed by Question & Answer Session and Reception

Moderator: Donald Ingber, MD, PhD
Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology, Harvard Medical School

Speakers Include:

Microfluidics for Fun and Profit
David A. Weitz, PhD
Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics, Department of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University

Getting Wired: Exploiting Nanoelectronics for Biomedical Research and Beyond
Charles M. Lieber, PhD
Mark Hyman, Jr. Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University

Nanopore Sequencing: Reagent-free and Cheap
Daniel Branton, PhD
Higgins Professor of Biology, Emeritus, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University

Followed by Panelist Discussion and Reception

Panelists:

Donald Ingber, MD, PhD

Rakesh Jain, PhD
A. Werk Cook Professor of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Affiliated Faculty, the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology