The Technology, Business and Government Distinguished Lecture Series

Recognizing an increasingly significant inter-relationship between the rapid growth of new technologies and the business and governmental sectors, this lecture series brings distinguished individuals to Penn Engineering to interact with students and faculty on broad issues affecting technology and science, research and policy.

Guest Speakers in the Series

November 13, 2007 - James R. Wiemels, Vice President, Global Manufacturing Engineering, General Motors Corporation, "The Journey to a Global Company"

March 20, 2006 - James C. Greenwood, President, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), and Former Congressman, US House of Representatives, "Living in the Biotechnology Century"

April 7, 2005 - Hital R. Meswani, Executive Director of Reliance Industries Limited, "Ideas that Worked: Creation of World–class Businesses through Management of Technology"

March 15, 2005 - Siegfried Bocionek, Chief Operating Officer of Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services, "The Digital Hospital: Development of Metrics-Driven Efficient Software"

March 18, 2004 - Paul M. Horn, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, IBM Corporation, "Innovation in the Information Technology Industry"

December 2, 2003 - Richard A. Clarke, Chairman, Good Harbor Consulting, and former Senior White House Advisor, "Critical National Infrastructure"

March 4, 2003 - Richard F. Rashid, Senior Vice President of Research, Microsoft Corporation, "The Digital Experience: Emerging Technologies to Improve the Way We Live and Learn"

February 3, 2003 - Congressman Curt Weldon, 7th Congressional District, "Homeland Security and the Role of Government."

March 6, 2002 -Alan I. Taub, Executive Director - Science, General Motors Research & Development - "Automotive Research - The Technical Challenges and the Role of Universities for GM"

April 24, 2001 - Irwin Mark Jacobs, Chairman and CEO, Qualcomm - "Wireless Access to the Internet, the Technology and the Business"

October 16, 2000 - Joseph P. Nacchio, Chairman and CEO, Qwest Communications International, Inc. - "Business in the Information Age: What's New, What's Not"

October 13, 1999 - George Heilmeier, Chairman Emeritus and former Chairman & CEP Telcordia Technologies - "From Pots to Pans.com - Information Systems & Technology for the Next Decade & Beyond"

April 14, 1999 - Joseph Bordogna, Deputy Director Nominee and Chief Operating Officer of the National Science Foundation - "Trajectories, Inflections, and Innovation: Trends in Science, Engineering, and Technology Policy"

February 24, 1999 - David J. Farber, the Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommunication Systems - "The University in the Information Age: A Technologist's Look at the Future Directions in Computing and Communications and its Impact on the University"

February 1, 1999 - Congressman Curt Weldon, 7th District, Pennsylvania, Senior Member of the House Committee on Science, Chairman of the Military Research Committee - "Technology and Business in the Twenty-first Century: A Congressional Perspective"