BREAKOUT+SESSIONS

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE> Check our agenda for a full list of presenters...Others to be added soon!

 ** ISSUES AND TRENDS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT **

**Robert Harriss //Director, Houston Area Research Council//** A Building, RM 221, 2:45-3:15pm

Learn about the important work being conducted here in The Woodlands, Texas in the area of sustainable development and career opportunities that are arising.

The Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), an institution devoted to sustainability science, engineering, and education. Dr. Robert Harriss is an educator and researcher with a passion for creating collaborative, interdisciplinary environments that inspire youth and citizens to engage in the grand challenges of the 21st century. He has studied environments in the coastal Gulf of Mexico, the Amazon Basin, and the North American Arctic. Using measurements from ships, aircraft, and satellites he and his students and colleagues have aimed to describe and model how “earth systems” work.

 ** Reducing Technology's Carbon Footprint **
 * DEFINING AND MEASURING GREEN COMPUTING**

**Oscar Ramos //Director, Office of Technology Services//** Lone Star College-Kingwood A Building, RM 221, 5-5:30pm

With the ever growing demands on energy resources and a continued drive to reduce cost in technology departments, Green Computing has become a popular topic. Oscar Ramos, Director of Technology Services at Lone Star College - Kingwood will offer a unique approach and measures that can be used to quantify and validate Green Computing efforts.

Trends and Career Opportunities in the Field of Nanoscale Science **
 * THINGS JUST KEEP GETTING SMALLER

[|Richard Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, Rice University] ** B Building, Theater, 7-7:45pm, 45 min
 * [|Wade Adams, PhD, Executive Director]

The Smalley Institute is devoted to the development of new innovations on the nanometer scale. Some of the Smalley Institute's current thrusts include research in carbon nanotubes, medical applications of C60, nanoporous membranes, molecular computing, and nanoshell diagnostic and therapeutic applications. The Smalley Institute is a part of a major initiative at Rice to expand activities in nano, bio, info and enviro science and engineering, and to expand interaction with the Texas Medical Center, the largest concentration of medical research facilities in the world.

 **FREE RESUME CRITIQUE with MyVoile Employment Facilitators **

// [|***MyVoile.com,**] [|**a division of *Voile Enterprises, Inc.**]  [|******]  // A Building, 2nd Floor, Mezzanine, 4:30-6:30pm

The [|Myvoile.com] team brings immediate result by sharing key tips and tricks to help you differentiate and break through the competitive bandwidth. MyVoile Employment Facilitators is a leader in the career service industry. They specialize in providing mid-career and executive level resume writing, profile and image management, mock interview training, career coaching and online career enhancement courses. Their staff of credentialed experts covers numerous industry segments and thier industry-focused subject matter experts are MBA and PhD level professionals who understand their industry segment intimately.

//*Lines are likely to be long so stop by early to sign up for an appointment.//

** Personal Branding and Social Media **  //[|Chairman, Voile Enterprises, Inc.]//** A Building, RM 227, 4:30-5pm, 30 min
 * Bridgette M. Chambers, MBA

The good news about the Internet is that everyone can see you...and if you brand yourself in a poor or spotty way...the bad news is that everyone can see you. Bridgette will discuss current online media tactics and trends within social media to create and enhance your career opportunities. She will also provide an overview of LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter...and their roles in helping individuals find jobs and promote online personal branding.

 ** A CASE STUDY Network Architecture at the Enterprise Level **

**Jim Crawford //Director, Medical Radiologic Technology Program//** A Building, RM 227, 2-2:30pm, 30 min

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As the Director of Technology for Lone Star College-Montgomery, Jim oversees 19 employees and oversees an array of services that include data/print servers, wired/wireless networking, desktop support, as well as a full service audio/visual department complete with editing studio. Learn about how he manages the network architecture needs of a facility of this size, while ensuring connectivity with the System's four other campuses and seven training centers.

** Trends and Current Uses of Technology in Medical Imaging ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';"> //Director, Medical Radiologic Technology Program//** A Building, RM 230, 3:30-4pm, 30 min
 * Francis Ozor, EdD, MPH, MEd, RT (R)(ARRT)

The 19th Century impacted our world like no other. The scientific and technological discoveries that occurred during the second half of the century changed the course of civilization and human existence. One of these was the discovery of x-ray by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895 at Wurzburg University, Germany. This discovery opened up a new era in medicine, thereby making it possible to view the interior of the human body without opening it up. Through the years, the world has experienced continuous evolution of sophisticated medical imaging technologies that transcend the average human understanding or explanation. Learn about the latest developments and uses of these imaging technologies, including MRI, CT, Digital/ Computerized Radiography, Digital Flouroscopy, Interventional Radiology, Digital Songoraphy, Nuclear Medicine and Radation Therapy Systems.

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 * GIS in the Real World: How Geographic Information Systems and Similar Technologies are Changing the Way We Do Business **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 120%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">

** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Christina Dischinger, ESRI Authorized Instructor <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: Arialmso-ansi-language;">//GIS Instructor,// Harris //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: Arialmso-ansi-language;">County Public Health and Environmental Services // **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: Arialmso-ansi-language;"> A Building, RM 227, 3:30-4pm, 30 min

A geographic information system (GIS) integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information. GIS helps you answer questions and solve problems by looking at your data in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared. Learn how GIS technology can be integrated into any enterprise information system framework to allow you to view view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in many ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps, globes, reports, and charts.

** Innovation, Applications and Opportunities in Biotechnology and Other High-Tech Career Fields ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

//Director of Outreach for LSC-Montgomery Biotechnology Institute//** A Building, RM 227, 2:45-3:30pm, 30 min
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This session will focus on fundamental trends driving advances in biotechnology, including innovation, practical applications and business and employment opportunities. The use of automation and robotics is becoming of increasing importance in the field, which is permitting improvement in efficiency and accuracy and placing new transdisciplinary requirements on biotechnicians and supporting educational programs. <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;">

Networking Your Way to a Successful Career as a Technology Entrepreneur **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="color: olive; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX

//Techpreneur, Web Strategist and brainchild behind that cool little techfest, aka BIL//** A Building, RM 221, 3:30-4:15pm, 45 min
 * [|Cody Marx Bailey] et al.,

"Entrepreneur, Web strategist and user interface expert Cody Marx Bailey works on many fronts to bring the technology community together in creative ways. He started a robust Refresh group, produced the highly successful [|BarCampTexas], co-created a community of like-minded entreprenuers who now share a [|Creative Space] , and cofounded the [|BIL conference] – an open, self-organizing, emergent, and anarchic science and technology conference that follows the elite TED conference in Monterey, California." (see Whurley interview below)

Learn how Cody and the Creative Space cadre reinvented thinking-outside-the-box by having the guts to create their own, then explore how you can too!

· Interview by Whurley: [|Interview] · BIL**:** [] · TED: [] · TED on WIRED: [] · BIL MEETS TED: [] <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;">

CLIFF NOTES **<span style="color: olive; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
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 * Roundtable Q & A with High Tech Program Faculty at** **LSC-Montgomery** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

Faculty from CS/ CIT, Biotechnology, Land Surveying and More! (30 minutes) **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> A Building, 2nd Floor Mezzanine, above Student Commons, 3:30-4:15pm, 45 min

Meant to provide a quick overview of high tech programs offered at LSC-Montgomery, this session allows students, parents and others the opportunity to visit briefly LSC faculty in an informal setting. Participating departments include members from CS/ CIT, Engineering, BioTechnology and Land Surveying. As a follow up, plan to attend the cross-curriculum faculty panel discussion to learn about current issues and trends facing a variety of related industries. <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center;">

High-Tech Careers in Crime Fighting and Homeland Security **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="color: olive; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">DIGITAL ASSURANCE, CYBER-WARFARE & FORENSICS

A Building, RM 230, 4:30-5:30pm, 45 minutes, plus 15 minute Q & A
 * __David Burris__, Ph.D., CCP, CSP**
 * //Computer Science Program Coordinator, Sam Houston State University//**

Learn how terrorists and drug runners are employing [|steganography] (the art and science of hidden messages, explore the benefits and impact of [|encryption] (a weapon of war) and discover the importance of "digital signatures" (every day life for the digital age)." This session will also cover related career paths in Digital Forensics (public and defense department), Information Assurance, and Computer Science.

received the BS (double major) in Physics/Math in 1969, the MS in Physics in 1972 from Southwest Texas State University and Ph.D. in Computer Science from TAMU in 1976. Professional designations include “Certified Systems Professional,” “Certified Computer Programmer (systems programming),” and “Certified Computing Professional (software engineering).”
 * David Burris** has made technical presentations to local law enforcement, FBI, InfraGard (support for Homeland Security) and ISSA (Information Systems Security Association. He

Highly accomplished in his field, career highlights include designing emergency shut-down systems for nuclear reactors, petrochemical process control, and applications in thermodynamics. Additional work includes application of computers to scientific/engineering applications (numerical analysis), business data processing (corporate and web), systems programming, and network applications. Additional industrial consulting includes numerous projects with NASA (especially the shuttle and space station), White Sands Missile Range, NOAH, numerous applications in law enforcement (Justex Systems Inc.), inventory/tracking systems for weapons of mass destruction (nuclear), aerospace, mapping electromagnetic fields for ICBM guidance systems, sea bed mapping (commercial and submarines), communications, Army, Navy, and Air Force.

** Legal Issues: Technology in the Corporate Environment ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';"> //Director, Intent Driven Designs//** A Building, RM 227,6-6:30pm, 30 min <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';"> This session will cover IT-related issues that are of concern to everyone: the legal issues of using computers in the corporate environment. Topics to include: email - ownership and responsibility, IM and the responsibility to archive for public corporations, Social Media pitfals for the company and the employee, and tips / tricks to address these issues. Mark Reynolds is an adjunct instructor at Montgomery College and is the IT Director at Intent Driven Designs. Intent Driven Designs offers full service IT infrastructure management and disaster planning / recovery.
 * Mark Reynolds, ME, BSEE

** Disaster Recovery and Planning for CIOs, IT Professionals and Risk Managers **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">** Mark Reynolds, ME, BSEE //Director, Intent Driven Designs// ** A Building, RM 227, 6:45-7:30pm, 45 min

This session will focus on the development of a comprehensive Disaster Plan. After 9/11, Katrina, and IKE everyone recognizes the role of IT Disaster Planning and Recovery. But a comprehensive, cost effective, plan remains elusive for most companies. Mark will provide a short checklist for company managers and IT managers. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'msoFareastFontFamily;">Mark Reynolds is an adjunct instructor at Montgomery College and is the IT Director at Intent Driven Designs. Intent Driven Designs offers full service IT infrastructure management and disaster planning / recovery.

The Role of Algae in the Production of Alternative Fuels and the Growth of the Biodiesel Industry **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="color: olive; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">WHAT'S ALGAE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

B Building, Theater, 6-7pm, 1 hour
 * Will Thurmond, global biofuels energy consultant, founder of [|Emerging Markets Online], and author of //Algae 2020//**
 * Lisa Cohen [|//National Algae Association//] **


 * Pre-Session Orientation: 6-6:15pm with Lisa Cohen**

In the beginning, there was algae, but there was no oil. Then, from algae came oil. Now, the algae is still there, but the oil is fast depleting. In the future, there will be no oil, but there will still be algae. When oil prices are low, there seems to be no incentive to develop alternative fuels. This sessions seeks to address the question, "How often is the US economy going to be held captive by the price of oil when we have access to alternative fuels?"
 * Let's start at the beginning...**


 * Barry Cohen**, founder and executive director of the National Algae Association which is based in The Woodlands, formed the organization to bring together all facets of the algae industry-research, oil production companies to assist the biodiesel industry. "The majority of work was being done in labs," Cohen said. "This is an industry that needs to be commercialized. The association will bring the entire algae supply chain together to meet investors. We put the association together specifically for that purpose."


 * //Recent Articles://**

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 * Algae as Jet Fuel by 2010

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 * Profiles of 15 algae biofuel startup companies