Location: The Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center

8:30 - 9:00am Breakfast
9:00 - 9:10am Kickoff
Stanford Brass Ensemble
9:10 - 9:30am Welcome (NVIDIA Auditorium)
John L. Hennessy, President, Stanford University
James Plummer, Dean, School of Engineering
Elisabeth Paté-Cornell, Chair, Department of Management Science & Engineering
9:30 - 10:00am Faculty Keynote:
Dr. William J. Perry, Professor Emeritus, Management Science & Engineering, and 19th U.S. Secretary of Defense
10:00 - 10:15am Break (Huang Foyer)
10:15 - 11:15am Faculty Briefings on Research Initiatives (NVIDIA Auditorium)
  • Financial Systems, Kay Giesecke, Assistant Professor, MS&E
  • Network Structure and Analysis, Amin Saberi, Assistant Professor, MS&E
  • Decision Making, Ronald A. Howard, Professor, MS&E
  • Entrepreneurship, Charles Eesley, Assistant Professor, MS&E
  • Sustainability, Feryal Erhun, Assistant Professor, MS&E
  • Global Policy, Siegfried Hecker, Professor (Research), MS&E and Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
  • Health Care and Medical Systems, Margaret L. Brandeau, Professor, MS&E
  • Climate and Energy Policy, John Weyant, Professor (Research), MS&E, and Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy
11:15 - 11:30am Break (Huang Foyer)
11:30am - 12:30pm Sampling of Doctoral Student Research (NVIDIA Auditorium)
12:30 - 1:30pm Lunch (Mackenzie Room)
The Fleet Street Singers
1:30 - 2:00pm Alumni Keynote (NVIDIA Auditorium)
Karen Richardson, Partner, Silverlake Partners
2:00 - 2:15pm Break (Huang Foyer)
2:15 - 3:15pm

Words from MS&E Alumni (NVIDIA Auditorium)

3:15 - 3:30pm Break (Huang Foyer)
3:30 - 4:00pm Unveiling of the MS&E History Project (NVIDIA Auditorium)
Richard Cottle, Professor Emeritus, MS&E
4:00 - 4:45pm Tour of Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center
4:45 - 6:00pm Cocktails (Huang Courtyard)
Jazz Band, Gypsy Jazz Trio, featuring Ken Brown
6:00 - 8:00pm Dinner and Toasts (Forbes Family Cafe / Huang Courtyard)
8:00 - 11:00pm Concert / Dance (Huang Ampitheater) with Moonalice