Dupont Summit 2024

Preliminary list of speakers:

1. Exploring the relationship between De-internationalization and Decoupling
Symeon Mandrinos, Swinburne University of Technology.

2. Microalgae-based crop support technologies show multifaceted promise well-suited to looming threats
Jules Siedenburg, University of East Anglia.

3. Engaging Government-Industry-University Partnerships
Joselina Cheng, University of Central Oklahoma.

4. Panel: Messengers of Justice: Social Network Analysis of Public Relations Support for Migrants
Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, George Mason University; Cindy Azucena Gómez-Schempp, independent journalist; Naoru Koizumi, George Mason University; Rajendra Kulkarni, George Mason University; and William Yaworsky, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

5. Unlearned Lessons from the First Cybered Conflict Decade, 2010-2020
Chris C. Demchak, Naval War College.

6. Roles for Public Service Professionals in the Climate Crisis
Angel Wright-Lanier, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.

7. Climate change impacts on infectious disease: A review of evidence for policy makers
Paige Van de Vuurst, Virginia Tech.

8. Innovative Crop Management: Biological Inputs for a Sustainable Future
Agriculture & Food Systems Institute in collaboration with Biological Products Industry Alliance and Biotechnology Innovation Organization

  • Keynote talk: The landscape of plant biologicals: Products and Regulations
    Dr. Terry Stone, Chairman of the Board, Biological Products Industry Alliance
  • Panel: Regulatory environment and pathway to commercialization for biologicals
    Moderated by: Dr. Andrew Roberts, Chief Executive Officer, Agriculture & Food Systems Institute
    Panelists: Ms. Natasha Dixon, Regulatory, Policy Analyst, Bayer Crop Science; Dr. Jane Fife, Chief Technical Officer, 3Bar Bio; Dr. Wiebke Striegel, US Environmental Protection Agency.