BHEF Member Meeting (Winter 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