BHEF Member Meeting (Winter 2011)

Thursday, February 3, 2011 to Friday, February 4, 2011

The Ritz-Carlton
Fort Lauderdale, FL
 

Meeting Materials

Advance materials (pdf)
Post-Meeting Memo
 

Schedule Overview

Thursday

Keynote speaker: Jeb Bush, Former Governor of Florida
Welcome: William H. Swanson, BHEF Chair and Chairman & CEO, Raytheon Company
Program Introduction: Lewis Hay, III, Chairman & CEO, NextEra Energy, Inc.

Presentation: The opportunity of renewable energy and implications for the energy industry workforce

  • Ahmad Ababneh, General Manager, Technology, Florida Power & Light Company
  • Mark Ahlstrom, CEO, WindLogics, Inc.
  • Stacy Fleenor, Associate Resource Modeling Analyst, WindLogics, Inc.
  • Richard L. Shaheen, Senior Director, Distribution Engineering & Technical Services, Florida Power & Light Company

Opening Dinner, with Opening/Closing Remarks: William H. Swanson, BHEF Chair and Chairman & CEO, Raytheon Company

Friday

Opening Remarks: William H. Swanson, BHEF Chair and Chairman & CEO, Raytheon Company

Opening Panel Discussion

  • Moderator: Eduardo Padrón, President, Miami Dade College
  • Adrian Fenty, Former Mayor of Washington, DC
  • Renu Khator, President, University of Houston and Chancellor, University of Houston System
  • Dennis Nally, Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd.
  • John Veihmeyer, Chairman & CEO, KPMG LLP

Plenary Session I: Equipping Networks of Leaders: Creating Sustained Education Improvement

  • Moderator: Eduardo Padrón, President, Miami Dade College
  • Facilitator: James P. Honan, Senior Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Lunch

  • Introduction: William H. Swanson, BHEF Chair and Chairman & CEO, Raytheon Company
  • Report on Executive Committee Meeting: William E. Kirwan, II, BHEF Vice Chair and Chancellor, University System of Maryland
  • A Scientific Approach to Learning and Teaching Science
    Keynote Speaker: Carl Wieman, Nobel Laureate & Associate Director for Science, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President

Afternoon Opening Remarks

  • Mark S. Wrighton, Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis

Plenary Session II: Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Workers: Transforming STEM Undergraduate Education

  • Moderator: Richard Stephens, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, The Boeing Company

Plenary Session III: Collaborating to Meet Industry’s Demands for STEM Skills: Professional Science and Engineering Masters Programs

  • Moderator: William E. Kirwan, II, BHEF Vice Chair and Chancellor, University System of Maryland

Closing Remarks

  • William H. Swanson, BHEF Chair and Chairman & CEO, Raytheon Company
  • William E. Kirwan, II, BHEF Vice Chair and Chancellor, University System of Maryland

Closing Reception and Dinner

Saturday

Tour of Florida Power & Light’s System Control Center