A New Millennium Colloquium on the Future of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Proceedings on Video

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 Monday, March 20, 2000 

Opening Remarks

8:30 a.m.

Welcome by Professor Rafael L. Bras, MIT Remarks by Professor Robert A. Brown, Provost, MIT 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Keynote Presentations

9:00 a.m.

Presiding: Professor Emeritus Frank E. Perkins, MIT Keynote Speaker:Dr. G. Wayne Clough, P.E., President, Georgia Institute of Technology 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Question and Answer Session 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

10:30 a.m.

Keynote Speaker: Robert Corell, Fellow, American Meteorological Society 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Question and Answer Session 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

11:30 a.m.

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Travis Engen, Chief Executive, ITT Industries, Inc. 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Question and Answer Session 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Theme Session: Information and Related Technologies

2:00 p.m.

Presiding: Professor Jerome J. Connor, MIT Speaker: Mr. William J. Mitchell, Dean, School of Architecture & Planning, MIT 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Panel Discussion 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Panel Q & A 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Panelists:

Professor Hans Bjornsson, Stanford University Dr. Gavin Finn, Prescient Technologies Professor John Williams, MIT

Theme Session: The Natural and Built Environment

4:00 p.m.

Presiding: Professor Phillip M. Gschwend, MIT Speaker: Dr. Jared L. Cohon, President, Carnegie Mellon University 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Panel Discussion 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Panel Q & A 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Panelists:

Mr. John DeVillars, Executive V.P., Brownfield Recovery Corp. Professor David H. Marks, MIT Mr. Jekabs Vittands, Sr. V.P., Aqua-Alliance

Tuesday, March 21, 2000

Theme Session: Industry/Academic Relations

8:30 a.m.

Presiding: Professor John B. Miller, MIT Speaker: Dr. James M. Becker, President, Beacon Skanska Construction Co. 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Panel Discussion 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Panel Q & A 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Panelists:

Mr. Christopher Gordon, Mass. Port Authority Mr. Garret P. Westerhoff, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. Mr. Frederick P. Salvucci, MIT

Theme Session: Promotion of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

10:30 a.m.

Presiding: Professor Sarah Slaughter, MIT Speaker: Mr. Harvey M. Bernstein, President, Civil Engineering Research Foundation 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Panel Discussion 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Panel Q & A 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Panelists:

Dr. Neil Shifrin, Gradient Inc. Dr. Charles Thornton, Thornton Tomasetti Mr. Carlos Riva, InterGen Energy, Inc.

Theme Session: Education for the 21st Century

1:30 p.m.

Presiding: Professor R.L. Bras, MIT Speaker: Dr. Delon Hampton, President, Delon Hampton & Associates and President of the American Society of Civil Engineers 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems Speaker: Mr. Ralph Gareth Gray, Architect and Structural Engineer 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems Speaker: Professor David E. Newland, Head, Department of Engineering, Cambridge University 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Panel Discussion 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Panel Q & A 28k Modems | 56k Modems | ISDN/Cable Modems

Panelists:

Professor David E. Daniel, University of Illinois, UC Professor Adib Kanafani, University of California, Berkeley Professor Jeffrey R. Koseff, Stanford University Professor John M. Niedzwecki, Texas A&M University

Concluding Remarks Professor R.L. Bras, MIT

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