Program Overview

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Overview

The Global Conference 2007, first event of its kind, is being hosted by the Indian Institute of Science Alumni Association of North America (IISc AANA) on June 22-24, 2007 at Santa Clara, CA 95054. The program is designed to:

Showcase the contributions and achievements of the Institute and its alumni over the last hundred years and to provide a platform for interaction amongst Institute, Alumni, Industry and Academia to build long term partnerships Confirmed Keynote Speakers/Panelists.

• His Excellency Dr. Abdul Kalam, President of India (Live interactive Video Session)
• Mr. James C. Morgan, Chairman, Applied Materials
• Mr. Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice Chairman, Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS)
• Dr. Arno Penzias, Partner, NEA, Nobel Laureate
• Dr. R. Chidambaram , Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India
• Prof. P. Balaram, Director, IISc
• Prof. N. Balakrishnan, Associate Director, IISc
• Prof. S. Mohan, Former Chairman SID, Chairman, Alumni Cell IISc
• Prof. Jared Cohen, President, CMU
• Prof. Robert Birgeneau, Chancellor, University of California at Berkeley

Invited Keynote Speakers/Panelists

• Prof. Steven Chu – Nobel Laureate, LBNL
• Prof Mike Bishop – Nobel Laureate, UCSF
• Mr. Eric Schmidt – CEO, Google
• Mr John Chambers – CEO, Cisco
• Prof. John Hennessy – President, Stanford University