Updated – July 14, 2022
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2022 Engineering Ideas Institute, September 26 – 28, 2022
In 2019, the leadership of Engineering Change Lab – USA (ECL) conceived the idea of the Engineering Ideas Institute.
Updated – July 14, 2022
Photo source: The Colorado Chautauqua
2022 Engineering Ideas Institute, September 26 – 28, 2022
In 2019, the leadership of Engineering Change Lab – USA (ECL) conceived the idea of the Engineering Ideas Institute.
Mike McMeekin & Kyle Davy
Updated 5/12/23.
Updated 5/28/23.
To unlock its full potential and fulfill its obligation to serve society at the highest levels, the engineering community needs to step boldly into the public policy arena. It is in this arena where critical policies related to the engineering challenges of the 21st century are established and where funding levels and priorities are set. The public policy arena is where problems are defined that the engineering community is then asked to solve. The technical knowledge and experience of the engineering community are critical to effective public policy. To have a greater impact in the public policy arena, we will need to move from a sense of disempowerment to empowerment; from believing that we only implement the policies and ideas of others to active engagement in defining the right problems in the right way. We will need to apply this empowerment in new ways, with great respect and empathy for the impacts of public policy and our work on people, on communities, and on the environment.
Through increasingly complex digital systems that intertwine with critical infrastructure and technology-enabled resources and services, cyberthreats are outpacing prevention and management. The frequency, effectiveness and impact of malware, ransomware, deep fakes and disinformation for hire, cyberfraud and other cyberattacks are exponentially increasing.
This virtual summit will explore the role the engineering community must play to strategically address this driving force — not only as creators but stewards of technology on behalf of society. Join us to explore:
Registration fee: $200
Provocateurs for the summit will offer perspectives on current cyber threats to critical infrastructure, the current cyber security narrative within the engineering community, the ethics of cyber security and engineering practice, and the state of cyber security and engineering education.
Andrew Bochman. Andy is Grid Strategist-Infrastructure Defender for Idaho National Laboratory’s National & Homeland Security Directorate. He provides strategic guidance on topics at the intersection of grid security and climate resilience to senior U.S. and international government and industry leaders.
Mikhail Chester. Mikhail is a professor of Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering and the director of the Metis Center for Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering at Arizona State University’s School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment. He manages a research program focused on infrastructure disruption and innovation describing the challenges and needs for transforming critical systems for the Anthropocene.
Jonathan Grant. Jonathan is the manager of U.S. OT Cyber Security Engineering at National Grid, which owns and operates electrical and natural gas networks serving over 20 million people across New York and Massachusetts. He focuses on operational technology (OT) cybersecurity, with over 20 years of experience around OT systems.
Andre Ristaino. Andre is Managing Director, Conformity Assessment Programs and Global Consortia, at International Standards Association. He oversees the development of automation, control system, and cyber security certification processes at ISA.
Chris Walcutt. Chris is Chief Security Officer at Direct Defense, which provides enterprise risk assessments, penetration testing, ICS/SCADA security services, and 24/7 managed security services for companies of all sizes. He is a cyber security consultant and evangelist in the critical infrastructure space and volunteer team mentor to the national champion Cyber Patriot team in the middle and high school competition.
Please contact us with any questions.
The next Engineering Change Lab – USA (ECL-USA) virtual mini-summit, The Imperative of Climate Change and the Future of Engineering, will be held on March 22, 2021. The summit will explore how engineering and the engineering community could be transformed by the way it responds to the emerging dynamics of climate change and the threat it poses to our world. The summit will explore the roles the engineering community can play within and across the private sector (industry), public sector (government), and the non-profit sector (NGOs and research universities) to catalyze action, facilitate communication, foster collaboration, drive innovation and entrepreneurship, and shape climate change public policy. In the final portion of the summit, we will reflect on the potential emergence of a “noble purpose” for the engineering community centered on the climate change imperative.
Register for the summit at the link below.
Our provocateurs will inform and frame this discussion from their different perspectives.
• Dr. Bill Rouse will provide an overview of the grand challenge of climate change. Dr. Rouse is Research Professor in the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and … Read More
Dr. Fitzgerald founded A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates, LLC (“AMFitzgerald”), a MEMS and sensors solutions company, in 2003. She has over 20 years of engineering experience in MEMS product development and now advises clients on the entire MEMS product development cycle, from business and IP strategy to supply chain management. Prior to founding AMFitzgerald, Dr. Fitzgerald worked in engineering roles at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Orbital Sciences Corporation, and Sensant Corporation, now part of Siemens. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from MIT and her doctorate from Stanford University, in Aeronautics and Astronautics. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Transducer Research Foundation and Rigetti Computing.
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