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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Dr. Gail S. Anderson Keynote Speaker Monday, November 3 at 3:15 pm Gail S. Anderson, Ph.D., Forensic Entomologist, Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Entomology is a Professor in forensic entomology and Associate Director of the Criminology Program, in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, a forensic consultant to the RCMP and City Police across Canada and a regular instructor at Canadian Police College. She has been analyzing forensic entomology cases since 1988, and has testified as an expert witness in court many times. With the collaboration of colleagues and graduate students, she is presently developing a database of forensic insects across Canada, so that forensic entomology can be used with confidence across the country. Her work has been featured in several television programs including “Journeys - Grave Testimony”, and “Forbidden Places - Silent Witness” shown on Discovery Channel, Planet Education and “The Nature of Things - Postmortem”. She was a recipient of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 Award in 1999, received a YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Science and Technology in 1999, and the Simon Fraser University Alumni Association Outstanding Alumni Award for Academic Achievement in 1995. She was recently listed in TIME magazine as one of the top 5 innovators in the world, this century, in the field of Criminal Justice. Dr. Anderson was presented with the Derome Award in 2001. This is the most prestigious award the Canadian Society of Forensic Science bestows for outstanding contributions to the field of forensic science. Presentation Abstract Forensic entomology is the use of insects to assist in death investigations. Insects colonize a body in a predictable sequence and develop at a predictable rate so can be used to estimate the elapsed time since death of a homicide victim. Much is now known about insect colonization of a body on land. However, when a body is dumped in the ocean, it is extremely difficult to estimate elapsed time since death, or in fact, many other parameters about the death. This presentation will give a brief overview of forensic entomology, then will describe my work in the ocean with the Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea, VENUS. VENUS is an underwater laboratory that allows researchers access to real-time data from the ocean floor. Several pig carcasses have been deployed in the Saanich Inlet near Victoria, at a depth of 94 m. These carcasses have been observed from time of deposition until gone. Video and still images will show the anthropophagy of these carcasses over time. This work is ongoing and a carcass is presently being observed on the sea floor. Robert J. Birgeneau Opening Keynote Speaker Monday, November 3 at 10 am 
Robert J. Birgeneau became the ninth chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, on September 22, 2004. An internationally distinguished physicist, he is a leader in higher education and is well known for his commitment to diversity and equity in the academic community.
Before coming to Berkeley, Birgeneau served four years as president of the University of Toronto. He previously was Dean of the School of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he spent 25 years on the faculty. He is a fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society of London, the American Philosophical Society and other scholarly societies. He has received many awards for teaching and research and is one of the most cited physicists in the world for his work on the fundamental properties of materials. In 2006, Birgeneau received a special Founders Award from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences along with President John Hennessy of Stanford University and filmmaker George Lucas. Established in the 225th anniversary year of the Academy, this award honors men, women and institutions that have advanced the ideals and embody the spirit of the Academy founders — a commitment to intellectual inquiry, leadership and active engagement. In 2008, Birgeneau and President Nancy Kantor of Syracuse University received the 2008 Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award as “Champions of Excellence and Equity in Education.” A Toronto native, Birgeneau received his B.Sc. in mathematics from the University of Toronto in 1963 and his Ph.D. in physics from Yale University in 1966. He served on the faculty of Yale for one year, spent one year at Oxford University, and was a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories from 1968 to 1975. He joined the physics faculty at MIT in 1975 and was named Chair of the Physics Department in 1988 and Dean of Science in 1991. He became the 14th president of the University of Toronto on July 1, 2000. At Berkeley, Birgeneau holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Physics in addition to serving as Chancellor. Chaomei Chen, Ph.D. Advanced Visualization Tuesday, November 4 at 9:30 am 
Dr. Chaomei Chen is associate professor in the College of Information Science and Technology at Drexel University. He is a Chang Jiang Scholar at Dalian University of Technology, China and has been a visiting professor at Brunel University in the United Kingdom (2002-2008).
He received his bachelor degree in mathematics from Nankai University, China, his master's degree in computation from the University of Oxford and his doctorate in computer science from the University of Liverpool. His research interests include information visualization, visual analytics, knowledge domain visualization, mapping scientific frontiers, and analysis and modeling of discovery and innovation in science and technology. Dr. Chen is the author of Information Visualization: Beyond the Horizon (Springer 2004) and Mapping Scientific Frontiers: The Quest for Knowledge Visualization (Springer 2003). He is the founder and the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Information Visualization (Palgrave-Macmilan). He received the 2002 ASIST/ISI Citation Research Award. He is a member of the Thomson Scientific Strategic Advisory Board and the principal investigator of research grants from NSF and other sponsors. Dr. Chen created the widely used software CiteSpace for visualizing and analyzing emerging trends in scientific literature. Presentation Abstract How does a painting, a telescopic photo of galaxies, or a panoramic visualization of the evolution of scientific knowledge catch our attention? How do we know that something is potentially interesting to us? Where should we look for interesting and inspirational ideas? How can we help analysts, investigators, evaluators, and decision makers to pursue interesting pathways in an open, dynamic, and volatile environment through visual analytical design? Dr. Chen will address these fundamental questions in the context of information visualization and visual analytics. He will discuss key theoretical and practical challenges in the design and use of progressive, explanatory, and predictive visual analysis. He will also introduce examples of visual analysis of scientific frontiers, characterizing transformative scientific discoveries, and differentiating conflicting opinions. Adam Froman Luncheon Keynote Speaker Tuesday, November 4 at 12:30 pm 
Adam is an award-winning entrepreneur and business leader.
Adam is one of the pioneers of the digital marketing and interactive industry in Canada. Since establishing his firm, Delvinia, in 1998, his innovative, strategic thinking has made him an authority beyond the Canadian interactive industry. He is frequently called upon as an advisor to various levels of government and industry organizations. Spearheading Delvinia's unique blend of research and interactive expertise, Adam has worked with dozens of clients to help them understand and improve the way customers experience and use online, mobile and other new digital technology. A long-time advocate for the interactive industry, Adam founded the Canadian New Media Awards in 1998, which remains Canada’s largest awards initiative spotlighting the talents and successes of the country’s interactive media industry. Prior to founding Delvinia, he worked at Braxton Associates, the strategy consulting division of Deloitte Consulting, where he developed convergence and Internet strategies for international telecommunications and media clients. He is an active member of the Canadian Marketing Association and the Market Research and Intelligence Association. In 2007, Adam was elected to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Opera Company (COC) where he is lending his interactive knowledge to help the COC enhance the digital experience for opera-goers. (http://www.delvinia.com) Dr. John Kao Luncheon Keynote Speaker Monday, November 3 at 12:30 pm 
Note: A draw for signed copies of Innovation Nation will take place after his presentation.Dubbed “Mr. Creativity” and “a serial innovator” by The Economist, Dr. John Kao describes his job as “instigator of new things.” He is considered a leading authority on the subjects of innovation, organizational transformation, and digital media. He is author of the best-selling Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity, a BusinessWeek best-seller that has been published in a dozen languages, and most recently, Innovation Nation. This latest book describes the challenges America faces in attempting to reinvent its innovation edge at a time in which many nations are racing towards a new high ground shaped by innovation. Dr. Kao has previously founded companies in life sciences, innovation and e-services, and feature film production. Through his extensive work with governments and national innovation programs in countries like Singapore and Dubai, he has witnessed first-hand the growing power and diversity of science and research capabilities in these hotspots of innovation. By training, Dr. Kao has a BA from Yale College, an MD from Yale Medical School, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He taught at Harvard Business School from 1982 to 1996, where he specialized in innovation and entrepreneurship. He has also held faculty appointments at the MIT Media Lab, Yale College, and the US Naval Postgraduate School. Douglas Van Houweling Morning Keynote Speaker Tuesday, November 4 at 8:45 am 
Douglas E. Van Houweling, the founding President and CEO of Internet2, is also a Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. Van Houweling served as a member of the National Academies Panel on the Impact of IT on the Future of the Research University. With James Duderstadt and Daniel Atkins he authored Higher Education in the Digital Age. Van Houweling is the recipient of the EDUCAUSE 2002 Excellence in Leadership Award, and currently serves on the boards of Advanced Network and Services, Merit Networks, Altarum, and Adaptec.
Dr. Van Houweling played a major role in Internet development in the United States. He was Chairman of the Board of MERIT, Inc., a Michigan statewide computing network, when the National Science Foundation awarded it responsibility for operation and management of the NSFNET national backbone in partnership with IBM, MCI and the Michigan Strategic Fund in 1987. Van Houweling was also Chairman of the Board of Advanced Network and Services Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that implemented and operated the world's largest Internet backbone network from 1991 until 1995. Van Houweling has long been active in inter-university initiatives, serving on the EDUCOM Board and playing roles in establishing numerous initiatives to establish cooperative information technology efforts among universities. He was a founder of EDUCOM's Networking and Telecommunications Task Force and the Inter-university Consortium for Educational Computing. From 1984 until 1997, Dr. Van Houweling served as the Vice Provost for Information and Technology at the University of Michigan, where he was responsible for the University's strategic direction in the information technology arena. Between 1995 and 1997, he was also Dean for Academic Outreach with responsibility for extending the University's reach beyond its campus-based degree programs. Van Houweling came to Michigan from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh where he was Vice Provost for Computing and Planning from 1981 until 1984. In that capacity, he initiated and directed Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew project to enable broad use of personal computer workstations in a networked environment. Before joining Carnegie-Mellon, Van Houweling was at Cornell University from 1970 to 1981 as Assistant Professor of Government. Starting in 1976, he took on the additional responsibilities for information technology leadership and became Director of Academic Computing and Central Computing Services in 1980. Dr. Van Houweling received his undergraduate degree from Iowa State University and his Ph.D. in Government from Indiana University. Presentation Abstract Advanced research and education networks and the organizations that support them are at a critical juncture. The idea of cyberinfrastructure is beginning to take root across a wide range of scientific and other academic disciplines. Our most aggressive scientific disciplines - such as the high energy physicists - are already causing research and education networking organizations around the world to rethink how they approach these international-scale user-communities. Internet2 has recently undergone a major revision of its governance structure as well as a community-driven strategic planning process. This presentation will touch on some of the elements of the 'reinvented' Internet2 and, more broadly, take on the evolving role and interrelationship of R&E networks at all levels - campus, state/provincial, national and international. The talk will focus on the integrated nature of the set of advanced services - from the network layer up through the identity management and application layers - that R&E networks will need to support as part of a comprehensive global cyberinfrastructure. This integration also opens major opportunity for a more robust network layer which is now beginning to evolve. |