Inauguration Symposium: Confronting Global Challenges (Session 2)

Academic symposium celebrating the Inauguration of Martin A. Schmidt '81 as the 19th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Moderator: Georges Belfort, Institute Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Speakers: David Tirrell, Provost; Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Carl and Shirley Larson Provostial Chair, California Institute of Technology - "Some Short Stories About Biotechnology, Past and Future" Mukesh Khare, Vice President, Hybrid Cloud, IBM Research - "What’s Next in Computing, Intersections of Bits, Neurons, and Qubits" Robert Armstrong, Robert C. Armstrong, Director, MIT Energy Initiative; Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - "The MIT Energy Initiative: Linking Science, Innovation, and Policy to Transform the World’s Energy Systems"