Learning to Trust - How to do bigger, better social media / Apprendre à faire confiance – comment créer des messages sur les médias sociaux de meilleure qualité et plus percutants

The Intersectionality of Art in Inuit Nunangat

The importance of collaboration and openness in basic science and research publication

Como podemos moldar o futuro do Brasil por meio de design e tecnologia integrados à logística?

Digital Twin: From Theory to Practice

Digital PLLs: the Modern Timing Reference for Radar and Communication Systems

Overcoming the Data Deluge Challenges with Greener Electronics

Keynote Discussion with Dr. Latif Nasser

Growing Old with Socially Assistive Robots: Intelligent Robots that can Help with Everyday Tasks

Designing for Digital Wellbeing

Welcome to Textiles 2030

A Global Textile Action Network

The Strategic and Technical Landscape in 2021

Leading Change and Transformation at Scale in an Era of AI and Exponential Technologies

Unlocking Power of Data for Space Exploration

Managing Emerging Technology Transitions

**Description:** 

Find out how Regina Public Library's social media became an international success story. Devin Pacholik has worked in media production and communications strategy for over a decade. His presentation will show you how to build a culture of trust in order to humanize your organization's social media, with techniques he learned working with brands like VICE, CBC and Apple Music. Devin will help make your channels pop while navigating small budgets and sometimes difficult corporate approval processes.  

**Speaker:** Devin Pacholik (Communications Consultant, Government of Saskatchewan)

**Biography:** Devin Pacholik is a writer, comedian, animator and filmmaker. If you don't recognize him, you may have seen his viral work, whether it's wearing giant funny pants (JNCO jeans) for VICE media, writing a hilarious ode to Olive Garden for CBC and much more. He was also the voice behind Regina Public Library, drawing international recognition from the likes of the Urban Library Council in Washington, DC.

### Bienvenue et session d'ouverture ###

**Conférencier principal:**  Devin Pacholik (Consultant en communications, Gouvernement de la Saskatchewan)

**Description:** 

Découvrez comment la plateforme de médias sociaux de la librairie publique de Regina est devenue un symbole de réussite internationale. Devin Pacholik possède plus d’une décennie d’expérience en production médiatique et en stratégie de communication. Sa présentation vous montrera comment établir une culture de confiance afin d’humaniser les médias sociaux de votre organisation à l’aide de techniques acquises auprès de marques comme VICE, CBC et Appel Music, pour lesquelles il a travaillé. Devin vous aidera à faire de vos canaux des comptes qui se démarquent tout en composant avec de modestes budgets et des processus d’approbation complexes au sein de l’entreprise. 

**Biographie:** Devin Pacholik est auteur, comédien, animateur et cinéaste. Si vous ne le reconnaissez pas, vous avez peut-être vu son travail à la portée virale, qu’il s’agisse de son apparition portant un drôle de pantalon géant (le jean JNCO) pour VICE media, de son ode hilarante à Olive Garden pour CBC et bien plus encore. Il a également été le porte-parole de la bibliothèque publique de Regina, s’attirant la reconnaissance internationale d’organismes comme la Urban Library Council de Washington, DC.

 Opening Session and Keynote “Learning to Trust - How to do bigger, better social media." / Apprendre à faire confiance – comment créer des messages sur les médias sociaux de meilleure qualité et plus percutants 

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**Description:** 

Mitch will discuss his involvement in Inuit art and provide a glimpse of Inuit participation within it in a historic and contemporary context, exploring his personal and professional connections to it and how they can be utilized to support communities and their cultural and economic sovereignty.

**Keynote Speaker:** Mitch White (Senior Communications Lead, Creative Fire)

### Bienvenue et session d'ouverture ###

#### L'intersectionnalité de l'art dans l'Inuit Nunangat ####

**Conférencier principal :** Mitch White (responsable principal des communications, Creative Fire); 

Mitch discutera de son apport à l’art inuit et donnera un aperçu de la participation des Inuits dans ce domaine dans un contexte historique et contemporain. Il explorera également ses liens personnels et professionnels avec cet art et la manière dont cet attachement peut servir au soutien des communautés et à leur souveraineté culturelle et économique.



Welcoming and Opening Session “The Intersectionality of Art in Inuit Nunangat”

**Speaker: **Dr. Randy Schekman, Nobel Laureate, Professor of Biology, UC Berkeley 
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Bio: Dr. Randy Schekman is a Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He studied the enzymology of DNA replication as a graduate student with Arthur Kornberg at Stanford University. His current interest in cellular membranes developed during a postdoctoral period with S. J. Singer at the UC Diego. Among his awards are the Gairdner International Award, the Albert Lasker Award in Basic Medical Research and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which he shared with James Rothman and Thomas Südhof. He served as the Editor of the Annual Reviews of Cell and Developmental Biology and as Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings of the NAS and eLife. Beginning in 2018, Schekman has served as the Scientific Director of “Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s Disease” a major philanthropic effort organized along with The Michael J. Fox Foundation to identify molecular and cellular mechanisms in the initiation and progression of Parkinson’s Disease (https://parkinsonsroadmap.org). 

Schekman’s laboratory investigates the mechanism of vesicular traffic in the secretory pathway in eukaryotic cells. Currently the lab investigates the mechanism of biogenesis of extracellular vesicles including how small RNAs are sorted for secretion in exosomes and the means by which these vesicles are internalized and function in target cells.

Keynote Speech: The importance of collaboration and openness in basic science and research publication.

**Presenter:** [Bárbara Wolff Dick](https://underline.io/speakers/156128-barbara-wolff-dick) 
**Title:** Como podemos moldar o futuro do Brasil por meio de design e tecnologia
 integrados à logística? 
**Abstract:** O UX Design tem um papel fundamental para a entrega de experiências de valor, principalmente quando estamos trabalhando em ambientes super acelerados.
Estamos propondo maneiras diferentes de abordar a prática de design e seus resultados na Loggi, o unicórnio brasileiro de logística. Pretendo trazer o nosso contexto atual, e explorar algumas das nossas hipóteses, com soluções em software, hardware e IoT, para repensar a maneira como entregamos valor para todos a partir de um propósito ambicioso de conectar o Brasil. Para saber mais sobre a Loggi: loggi.com/venha.

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Keynote

**Keynote Presentation 1:** Digital PLLs: the Modern Timing Reference for Radar and Communication Systems

**Keynote Speaker:** Carlo Samori, Politecnico di Milano

**Session Chairs:**  Piero Andreani, Lund University; Piero Malcovati, University of Pavia

C2L-1: ESSCIRC Keynote 1

### Overcoming the Data Deluge Challenges with Greener Electronics

**Speaker:** Jean-René Léquepeys, CEA-Leti

**Session Chairs:** 

François Andrieu, ESSDERC TPC Chair, CEA-Leti 
Dominique Thomas, ESSCIRC Conference Chair, STMicroelectronics

The purpose of this paper is to propose scientific and technical directions to reach global data and power sobriety while preserving computational efficiency. We present nine opportunities to lower the power consumption of computing units. A growth factor of 100 to 1000 in energy efficiency is achievable in the next 10 years if we take full advantage of all the potential improvements, working simultaneously at all five levels of the technological ecosystem (process steps, circuits, architecture, software and algorithms).

A2L-1: Joint Plenary 2

**Speaker:** Latif Nasser, NY Public Radio's Radiolab
 

**Bio:** Latif Nasser is co-host of the award-winning New York Public Radio show Radiolab, where he has done stories on everything from snowflake photography to space junk to a polar bear who liked to have sex with grizzly bears. In addition to his work in audio, Latif is the host and executive producer for the Netflix science documentary series, Connected. He has also given two TED talks, and written for the Boston Globe Ideas section. He got his PhD from Harvard's History of Science department in 2014. Although he was born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario, he now lives in Los Angeles.

**Session Chair: ** Stephen L. Smith 
**Speaker: ** Goldie Nejat, University of Toronto, Canada 

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**Title:** Growing Old with Socially Assistive Robots: Intelligent Robots that can Help with Everyday Tasks 

**Abstract:** Socially assistive robots are seen as a unique strategic technology that will become an important part of society especially in a post-pandemic world, aiding people in everyday life, in order to meet the urgent and immediate needs of an aging population. This talk will present some of my group’s recent research efforts in developing intelligent assistive robots to improve quality of life and promote independence (aging-in-place) of older adults, including those living with dementia. In particular, we will discuss our Brian, Casper, Tangy, Blueberry, Salt and Pepper, and Luke and Leia socially assistive robots that are being designed to provide cognitive and social interventions, help with activities of daily living, and lead group recreational activities in human-centered environments. These robots can serve as assistants to individuals as well as groups of users, while learning to personalize their interactions to the needs of the users by using unique bi-directional affect and persuasive strategies. Numerous user studies conducted with older adults in care settings will also be discussed to highlight how these robots can effectively be integrated into people’s everyday lives.

**Biography:** Dr. Goldie Nejat, PhD, P.Eng., is the Canada Research Chair in Robots for Society and a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. She is also the Founder and Director of the Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Laboratory (asblab.mie.utoronto.ca). Professor Nejat is an Adjunct Scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, and a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR).

Prof. Nejat’s research focuses on developing intelligent service robots for applications in health, elderly care, emergency response, search and rescue, security and surveillance, and manufacturing. Her and her team collaborate with healthcare experts and a number of healthcare facilities in order to develop these unique social robots so that they can be effectively integrated into people’s everyday lives. She has been invited to speak about her research to scientists, healthcare professionals, policymakers, governments and the general public at many events and institutions around the world. She has served on the organizing, program and editorial committees of numerous international conferences and journals on robotics, automation, human-robot interaction and medical devices. Her team's work has been presented in over 100 media stories including in National Geographic Magazine, Time Magazine, Bloomberg, NBC News, the Telegraph, Reader's Digest, and the Discovery Channel. In 2020, she received the Engineering Excellence Medal from the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (PEO) and the Professional Engineers Ontario. Her other recognitions include the Engineers Canada Young Engineer Achievement Award, and the Young Engineer Medal from PEO.

Keynote 4 - Goldie Nejat

Keynote Lectures

**Keynote 1**: Marcus Gover, WRAP

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**Bio**: Marcus Gover has worked in the environment sector for over 25 years and has been Chief Executive Officer of WRAP since 2016. WRAP is an independent charity working with governments, businesses and citizens to improve the way natural resources are used and specialising in the sustainability of food, plastics and clothing. 
Before WRAP, Marcus was Commercial Director of Biojoule, a small start-up renewable energy company making wood pellets from forestry residues and energy crops and a Director of AEA Technology Environment - an international technical services business that is now part of Ricardo. 
Marcus has a degree in chemical engineering and PhD in combustion from Imperial College as well as an Executive MBA from Cranfield School of Management. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and a Trustee of CIWM.

**Keynote 2:** Rebecca Pow, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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**Bio:** Rebecca Pow was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 10 September 2019. Rebecca was previously a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport between 23 May 2019 and 10 September 2019. Her responsibilities include: 25 Year Environment Plan; Environment Bill; Climate change adaptation, land use and Defra input to net zero; Commons minister for rural affairs, landscape, and international environment.

**Keynote 3:** Baroness Lola Young

**Keynote 4**: Richard Swannel, WRAP

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Richard is an environmental scientist with a strong track record of leading teams which tackle plastic pollution, reduce food waste and deliver more sustainable practices within businesses. He leads WRAP’s international work, working with partners in over 25 countries to deliver systemic change, particularly within the food system. WRAP is a not for profit organisation, based in the UK, which aims to cut waste around the world and deliver a Net Positive future. WRAP’s programmes, such as the Courtauld Commitment, inspire and deliver change, for example helping reduce food waste across the UK supply chain by 27% or 1.7 Mt/y. 

**Keynote 5:** David Moon, WRAP

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**Bio:** Dr David Moon is Head of Business Collaboration at WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). A materials scientist by training, he has over 25 years' experience of delivering collaborative programmes for Government and industry to achieve environmental objectives.
His team delivers three voluntary agreements to tackle major environmental issues in the UK, working with leading businesses, trade associations, Governments and local authorities:

* The Courtauld Commitment 2025 in the food & drink sector
* Textiles 2030: the UK Sustainable Textiles Action Plan (which succeeds the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan 2020 Commitment)
* The UK Plastics Pact.

Plenary 1 - Welcome to Textiles 2030

This panel session will welcome danish and international stakeholders from the fashion industry such as the Global Fashion Agenda, Dansk Mode & Textiles and GANNI to discuss on the benefits of developing a global network of textiles agreements working towards global targets to accelerate circular fashion. 


 **Keynote**: Richard Swannel, WRAP

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**Bio**: Richard is an environmental scientist with a strong track record of leading teams which tackle plastic pollution, reduce food waste and deliver more sustainable practices within businesses. He leads WRAP’s international work, working with partners in over 25 countries to deliver systemic change, particularly within the food system. WRAP is a not for profit organisation, based in the UK, which aims to cut waste around the world and deliver a Net Positive future. WRAP’s programmes, such as the Courtauld Commitment, inspire and deliver change, for example helping reduce food waste across the UK supply chain by 27% or 1.7 Mt/y. 


 **Panel Discussion**: 
* Lauren Bartley, GANNI
* Marie Busck, Danish Textile Association
* Jonas Eder-Hansen, Global Fashion Agenda
* Juliet Lennon, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
* David Rogers, WRAP

**Panelists:**

Lauren Bartley, GANNI

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**Bio**: Lauren Bartley is Head of Sustainability & CSR at Danish fashion brand GANNI. Prior to GANNI, Lauren spent eight years at UK based brands Oasis and Warehouse fashion before moving into organic cosmetics and textiles at UK based Certification body Soil Association. Lauren was voted in the Top 25 personalities working in Organic cosmetics in 2016 and 2017. Lauren is now responsible for the inception, development and implementation of GANNI’s Sustainability & CSR strategy, latterly known as the Responsibility Gameplan, comprising of 44 goals across People, Planet, Product and Prosperity.

Marie Busck, Danish Textile Association

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**Bio**: Marie Busck works as Head of CSR & Sustainability at Dansk Fashion & Textile (DM&T), which is the business association for textile and fashion companies in Denmark. She has more than 15 years of experience from leading human rights institutions and various international business where she has headed up the sustainability work. She has deep knowledge on international standards on sustainability and responsible business conduct as well as extensive experience from applying in practice across different sector. In her current role she focuses on advising DM&T members on a broad range of sustainability issues and representing the industry in various political settings. 

Jonas Eder-Hansen, Global Fashion Agenda

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**Bio**: Jonas Eder-Hansen is Public Affairs Director at Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), the foremost leadership forum for industry collaboration on sustainability in fashion. As Public Affairs Director, he leads government affairs, policy and related stakeholder engagement, and the creation of impactful industry commitments on both a regional and international level. Eder-Hansen spearheaded GFA’s 2020 Circular Fashion System Commitment, which called upon the fashion industry to take urgent action on circularity. The commitment was signed by 12.5% of the global fashion industry. Eder-Hansen also actively works with policymakers to align regulation and policy agendas with fashion industry interests. Furthermore, he shapes the content for Copenhagen Fashion Summit – the world’s largest event on sustainability in fashion. The Summit provides a forum for a vast range of stakeholders, from CEOs to politicians to manufacturers from across the globe, to convene and collaborate. With a long career in sustainability, Eder-Hansen is regularly interviewed by media to provide his expert insights on the key issues. Eder-Hansen was formerly Development Director for Danish Fashion Institute. Prior to that, he was Research Director at the CBS Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, where he was a major driving force in the establishment and development of the now internationally acclaimed research centre.

Juliet Lennon, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

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**Bio**: Juliet is a Project Manager at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, supporting the development of national and regional initiatives in the Foundation’s Global Plastics Pact Network. Working with Plastics Pacts across Africa, Europe, North America, South America and the Pacific, Juliet facilitates cross value chain collaboration between business, government and NGO’s within a country to implement local solutions to build a plastics system without waste or pollution. She also supports the exchange of vital knowledge and best practices between Plastics Pacts in the Network to accelerate the transition to a circular economy for plastics. Before joining the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Juliet worked as a science and technology consultant in Cambridge, UK. 

David Rogers, WRAP

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**Bio**:David is WRAP’s Head of International Development. He is focused on the topics of plastics, clothing and the circular economy…. David has been at WRAP for 12 years and is currently leading projects in over 20 countries. David and his team are involved in initiating and supporting Plastics Pacts in Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America, the South Pacific and Europe as well as the development of a Textiles Action Network to encourage the adoption of circular practices in the fashion industry.

Plenary 2 - A Global Textile Action Network

The live session will happen on the main stage. Please click on the main stage button to watch it at the pre-designated time.

**Date:** 23 March
**Time:** 9:35 AM PDT

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**Title:** The Strategic and Technical Landscape in 2021

**Speaker:** Mr. George Galdorisi, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific

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**Bio:** 
George Galdorisi is a career naval aviator whose thirty years of active duty service included four command tours and five years as a carrier strike group chief of staff. He began his writing career in 1978 with an article in the U.S. Navy’s professional magazine, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings.

In addition to his Rick Holden thrillers published by Braveship Books, he has written thirteen other books distributed by mainstream publishers, including several bestselling novels in the rebooted Tom Clancy’s Op-Center series, including Out of the Ashes, Into the Fire, Scorched Earth, and Dark Zone.  With his longtime collaborator, Dick Couch, he coauthored the New York Times best seller, Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor the novelization of the Bandito Brothers/Relativity Media film.  He is also the author of The Kissing Sailor, which proved the identity of the two principals in Alfred Eisenstaedt’s famous photograph; as well as over three-hundred articles in professional journals and other media.

George has received a number of national and international writing awards, including: the Navy League of the United States Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement, the Surface Navy Association Literary Award, the Navy League of Australia’s Annual Essay Competition, the Naval Helicopter Historical Association Mark Starr Pioneer Literary Award, and the Military Writers Society of America Silver Medal Award, among others. George speaks frequently at writing classes and seminars including: San Diego State University Writers Conference, La Jolla Writers Conference, San Diego Writer’s Ink, Southern California Writers Association, Coronado Writer’s Workshop, and other venues.

George is the Director of Strategic Assessments and Technical Futures at the Navy’s Command and Control Center of Excellence in San Diego, California.  He and his wife Becky live in Coronado, California. Other than writing thrillers, he likes nothing more than connecting with readers. You can follow him on Facebook and Twitter, and learn more about his books, blogs and other writing on his website: http://georgegaldorisi.com/ – especially his “Writing Tips,” – which offer useful advice for all writers from established authors to future best-selling writers.

Mr. George Galdorisi, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific

The live session will happen on the main stage. Please click on the main stage button to watch it at the pre-designated time.

**Date:** 23 March
**Time:** 10:00 AM PDT

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**Title:** Leading Change and Transformation at Scale in an Era of AI and Exponential Technologies

**Speaker:** Dr. Dale Moore, The Moore Group LLC

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**Bio:** 
Dr. Dale L. Moore is the Founder and President of The Moore Group LLC, a strategy, innovation and transformation services company focused on engaging with clients to achieve world-class performance. Dale is an accomplished Senior Executive, Advisor, and Thought Leader with more than 35 years of success across the government, security and defense industries. His broad areas of expertise include strategic thinking and planning, creativity and innovation, leadership development, organizational learning, continuous process improvement, cultural change, and digital transformation. Dale is a Strategist, Innovator, Author, Speaker, Consultant and held a leadership position as the Director for Strategy and Innovation for DASN(RDT&E) where he led the development, deployment, and implementation of the Department of the Navy's 30 Year Research and Development Plan, and served part-time on the ASN(RDA) Agility Campaign and as a Department of the Navy Innovation Advisory Council (NIAC) Associate. He has served as the Director, Strategic Initiative Coordination and Execution for the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), and as the Director, Strategic Cell for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD). Prior to these roles, Dale was the N-UCAS Chief Systems Engineer for the X-47B in PMA-268, the NAVAIR Lean Six Sigma "AIRSpeed" Deputy Corporate Deployment Champion, and the NAVAIR National Competency Lead for Materials Research and Engineering. For his exceptional leadership, he has been recognized by the Department of the Navy (DON) for the Meritorious Civil Service Award (3X). Dale obtained his doctorate in the Executive Leadership Program - EdD from The George Washington University, an MS SE in PD-21 Product Development/Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School, as well as a BS ME in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Delaware. 

Dr. Dale Moore, The Moore Group LLC

The live session will happen on the main stage. Please click on the main stage button to watch it at the pre-designated time.

**Date:** 23 March
**Time:** 10:25 AM PDT

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**Title:** Unlocking the Power of Data for Space Exploration

**Speaker:** Dr. Chris Mattmann, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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**Bio:** 
Chris Mattmann is the Division Manager for the Artificial Intelligence, Analytics and Innovation Development Organization in the Information Technology and Solutions Directorate (ITSD) at NASA JPL. Dr. Mattmann is also JPL's first Principal Scientist in the area of Data Science. The designation of Principal is awarded to recognize sustained outstanding individual contributions in advancing scientific or technical knowledge, or advancing the implementation of technical and engineering practices on projects, programs, or the Institution. He has over 17 years of experience at JPL and has conceived, realized and delivered the architecture for the next generation of reusable science data processing systems for NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory, NPP Sounder PEATE, and the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Earth science missions. Mattmann's work has been funded by NASA, DARPA, DHS, NSF, NIH, NLM and by private industry and commercial partnerships. Mattmann was the first Vice President (VP) of Apache OODT (Object Oriented Data Technology), the first NASA project to enter the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and he led the project's transition from JPL to the ASF.

He contributes to open source as a Director at the Apache Software Foundation where he was one of the initial contributors to Apache Nutch as a member of its project management committee, the predecessor to the Apache Hadoop project. Mattmann is the progenitor of the Apache Tika framework, the digital "babel fish" and de-facto content analysis and detection framework that exists.

Mattmann is the Director of the Information Retrieval & Data Science (IRDS) group at USC and Adjunct Associate Professor. He teaches graduate courses in Content Detection & Analysis & in Search Engines & Information Retrieval. Mattmann has materially contributed to understanding of the Deep Web and Dark Web through the DARPA MEMEX project. Mattmann's work helped uncover the Panama Papers scandal.


Dr. Chris Mattmann, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The live session will happen on the main stage. Please click on the main stage button to watch it at the pre-designated time.

**Date:** 23 March
**Time:** 10:55 AM PDT

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**Title:** Transitioning AI/ML Research to Applications

**Speaker:** Mr. Nand Mulchandani, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center

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**Bio:** 
Nand Mulchandani serves as the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. Mulchandani brings more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry as a serial entrepreneur and senior executive in the enterprise infrastructure and security software industries to his service in the government to help transform the Department of Defense in adopting next-generation AI and software technologies.

Prior to government service, Mulchandani was at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government and Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, and remains a non-resident Fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Mulchandani also served as the Vice President of Market Development and Strategy for Citrix, a leading provider of desktop virtualization and networking infrastructure. He joined Citrix through its acquisition of ScaleXtreme, where Mulchandani was the CEO and co-founder. Prior to his tenure at ScaleXtreme, Mulchandani served in various capacities as CEO, co-founder, senior executive, and entrepreneur-in-residence for a number of technology startups and companies including the venture capital firm Accel Partners, OpenDNS (funded by Sequoia Capital and Greylock, acquired by Cisco), VMware, Determina (funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Mayfield and USVP, acquired by VMware), and Oblix (funded by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, acquired by Oracle). Mulchandani started his career at Sun Microsystems as a compiler architect and holds a patent on dynamic code generation.

Mulchandani holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science & Mathematics from Cornell University, a Master in Science in Management from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and a Master of Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Mr. Nand Mulchandani, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center

Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology

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