Updated Speaker List
HANOVER, MD, September 12, 2008 – Seeking new policy tools to tackle major problems in energy, the environment, health care, and aviation will be the subject of a series of major speeches and panels held three weeks before the U.S. Presidential election at the annual meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®).
The series, “Doing Good with Good O.R,” (operations research) will take place in Washington, D.C. at the Marriott Waldman Park Hotel and Omni Shoreham Hotel. It will be held on October 14 and 15. Information about the series is here. Information about the conference is here.
The plenary speakers are former U.S. Rep. Philip R. Sharp of the think tank Resources for the Future, Dr. Carolyn M. Clancy, Director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Dorothy Robyn of the Brattle Group (www.brattle.com).
(Note: Dr. Robyn replaces JetBlue President Russell Chew, originally scheduled to present).
Operations research, which is associated with techniques like business intelligence and analytics, is the discipline of applying advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions. Information about operations research is at www.scienceofbetter.org.
The plenaries and panels are as follows:
Energy and the Environment
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Plenary: 10:00am-10:50am
Panel Discussion: 11:00am-12:30pm
Panel Discussion
Plenary speaker: Philip R. Sharp, President, Resources for the Future, former U.S. Representative from Indiana
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Philip R. Sharp
Moderators:
James Sweeney and John Weyant, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Panelists:
• Brian McLean, Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs, U.S. EPA Headquarters
• Howard K. Gruenspecht, Deputy Administrator, Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
• Jae Edmonds, Laboratory Fellow, Joint Global Change Research Institute
• Richard Richels, Director, Climate Policy Research, Electric Power Research Institute
Health Policy
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Plenary: 3:10pm-4:00pm
Panel Discussion: 4:30pm-6:00pm
Plenary speaker: Dr. Carolyn M. Clancy, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Carolyn M. Clancy
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Carolyn M. Clancy
Panel Discussion
Moderator:
Margaret L. Brandeau, Professor of Management Science and Engineering, and Professor of Medicine (by Courtesy), Stanford University
Panelists:
• Dr. Clancy
• Peter Hartsock, Research Scientist Officer, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Aviation Congestion
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Plenary: 10:00am-10:50am
Panel Discussion: 11:00am-12:30pm
Plenary speaker: Dorothy Robyn, Principal, The Brattle Group
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Dorothy Robyn
Panel Discussion
Moderator/Chair:
Jane F. Garvey, Head of U.S. Public Private Partnerships in Transportation, JPMorgan, Former Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Panelists:
• Dr. Robyn
• Daniel M. Kasper, Managing Director, LECG, LLC
• James M. (Jim) Crites, Executive Vice President of Operations, DFW Airport
• D.J. Gribbon, Chief Council, U.S. Department of Transportation
• David Gillen, Vancouver International Airport Professor of Transportation Policy and Management, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
About INFORMS
The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) is an international scientific society with 10,000 members, including Nobel Prize laureates, dedicated to applying scientific methods to help improve decision-making, management, and operations. Members of INFORMS work in business, government, and academia. They are represented in fields as diverse as airlines, health care, law enforcement, the military, financial engineering, and telecommunications. The INFORMS website is www.informs.org. More information about operations research is at www.scienceofbetter.org.
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