Jan/Feb 2003
Friends of
the College of Engineering,
Philip
M. Condit (ME BS '63), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Boeing, was one of many Berkeley faculty, alumni, and
parents at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
WEF
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Petra and I have
just returned from Davos, Switzerland, where we attended the World
Economic Forum. With the help of Khalid Alireza (IEOR BS
'71, MS '72) and his son Raaid (CEE BS '00, MS '01), I was able
to join a handful of Berkeley faculty at the Forum and represent
the College in a number of panel discussions, ranging from the future
of nanotechnology, to the global water crisis, and
the role of information and communication technologies in the
developing world.
Berkeley alumnus and Sun Microsystems Chief
Researcher John Gage and I scanned the list of participants and
counted around fifty Berkeley faculty, alumni, and Cal parents
at the Forum this year, ranging from Boeing Chairman and CEO
Phil Condit (ME BS '63) to 2002 ME graduate Sobhy Sonbol's father
Said Sonbol, a columnist and publisher from Cairo, Egypt. At Berkeley,
we educate leaders in all walks of life, a fact certainly
in evidence at this year's World Economic Forum.
The
third annual Berkeley in Silicon Valley Symposium, to be
held on March 1st in Santa Clara, promises to be a day of
thought-provoking presentions and valuable networking opportunities.
Peg
Skorpinski photo
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In this month's
Digest, we offer a taste of some of the research we will be presenting
at our upcoming Berkeley
in Silicon Valley Symposium. Cosponsored by the Colleges
of Engineering and Chemistry, this year's symposium features Engineering
alumnus and Google CEO Eric Schmidt
(EECS, MS '79 PhD '82) as our keynote speaker. Eric promises to
present some insights into what's behind today's hottest search
engine on the Internet.
Berkeley faculty will then present some
of their latest research in the areas of homeland security and
privacy, breakthroughs in medical technologies, and understanding
and help for the environment. We will finish the day with a
panel discussion entitled "Homeland Security and Privacy: Can
We Strike the Right Balance," moderated by EECS Chair Shankar
Sastry. It promises to be another exceptional program this year
and Chemistry Dean Clayton Heathcock and I hope to see you there
Saturday, March 1st!
Very best
wishes for 2003, and Go Bears!
/rich
A. Richard Newton
Dean, College of Engineering and
the Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering
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