Ten Years Hence 2007
The Ten Years Hence speaker series explores issues, ideas, and trends likely to
affect business and society over the next decade. Students, faculty and the community
use guest speaker comments as a springboard for structured speculation about emerging
issues and the next ten years.
Ten Years Hence is sponsored by the O'Brien-Smith Leadership Program made possible
by a generous endowment from William H. O'Brien (ND '40) and his wife, Dee.
The program is named after their respective parents. The O’Brien-Smith Program endowment
provides an opportunity for students and faculty to interact with distinguished
leaders from business, government, and non-profit sectors.
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America in 2017: Making Tough Choices Today Can Help Save our Future |
| by David Walker, Ten Points About the U.S. Fiscal Condition |
January 26, 2007 |
| David M. Walker began his 15-year term as Comptroller General of the United States in November 1998. He is also the head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), a legislative branch agency that examines how taxpayer dollars are spent and advises lawmakers and agency heads on ways to make government work better. |
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Emergence of the Fusion Economy |
| by Dr. David Martin, CEO, M-CAM |
February 9, 2007 |
| Dr. David Martin is an expert in domestic and international technology transfer and in patent enforcement and issuance. He is the founding CEO of M-CAM, a Charlottesville, Va., corporation that has developed and commercialized the world's first intellectual property characterization and monetization technology. |
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Climate Change, an Uncertain Future |
| by Dr. Patrick Minnis, NASA Langley Research Center |
March 2, 2007 |
| Dr. Patrick Minnis is involved in the study of remote sensing of the atmosphere and the Earth's surface. His research focuses on the characterization and measurement of clouds, aerosols and radiation for the study of climate. He leads a team that has major research responsibilities for the development and application of advanced data analysis techniques to interpret satellite measurements of clouds and radiative characteristics of the Earth. |
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Up Front on the Future of Global Security |
| by Richard B. Myers, Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
March 30, 2007 |
| Gen. Richard B. Myers served as the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2001-2005. As the nation's highest-ranking military officer, Myers led America's global war on terrorism and the fight against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. |
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Radical Evolution |
| by Joel Garreau, Report & Editor, The Washington Post |
April 13, 2007 |
| Joel Garreau's newest book, Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies – and What It Means to Be Human , looks at altering human nature. Garreau also wrote the critically acclaimed book, The Nine Nations of North America, and Edge City: Life on the New Frontier, a work termed a "groundbreaking" by The New York Times. |
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Immigration Reform - The New Face of America |
| by Honorable Romano L. Mazzoli, Former member, U.S. House of Representatives |
April 20, 2007 |
| The Honorable Romano L. Mazzoli's public service includes two years of active duty in the U.S. Army, 1954-1956, election to the Kentucky State Senate where he served from 1968 to 1970, and election to the U.S. House of Representatives where he represented Kentucky's Third Congressional District from 1971 to his retirement in 1995. |
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