IEEE Awards Booklet - 2023 - 3

2023 SPEAKERS
WELCOME CELEBRATION | Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta | 4 May 2023
WELCOME REMARKS
WELCOME REMARKS
WELCOME REMARKS
MODERATOR
CLIMATE CHANGE & SUSTAINABILITY PANEL
PANELIST
PANELIST
PANELIST
Sophie Muirhead
IEEE Executive
Director & COO
Nim K. Cheung
IEEE Awards Board Chair
John D. McDonald
Smart Grid Business
Development Leader,
GE Grid Solutions
Saifur Rahman
IEEE President & CEO
Alberto Moreira
IEEE Dennis J. Picard
Medal Recipient
See pg 21 for full bio
VIC SUMMIT | Hilton Atlanta | 5 May 2023
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
MODERATOR
FIRESIDE CHAT
FEATURED SPEAKER
MODERATOR
INNOVATORS SHOWCASE PANEL
PANELIST
PANELIST
PANELIST
Jairo Garcia
CEO of Urban Climate,
Nexus
Chris Coco
Sr. Director for Aquatic
Sustainability,
Georgia Aquarium
Charles Neal
President,
Katie Hafner
Author; long-time tech
NAMIC Atlanta Region
See pg 4 for full bio
journalist; podcast
host & co-executive
producer
See pg 5 for full bio
Vinton G. Cerf
Medal of Honor
Recipient
See pg 22 for full bio
MODERATOR
NAVIGATING THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY PANEL
PANELIST
PANELIST
Hope Merritt III
VP & General
Manager, DCPAE
See pg 4 for full bio
Melba Crawford
IEEE Mildred Dresselhaus
Medal Recipient
See pg 16 for full bio
James J. Truchard
IEEE James H.
Mulligan, Jr. Education
Medal Recipient
See pg 15 for full bio
Luc Van den hove
IEEE Robert N. Noyce
Medal Recipient
See pg 20 for full bio
LUNCH - EVENT PARTNERS
PANELIST
PANELIST
WELCOME REMARKS WELCOME REMARKS
Tracy Daniels
Executive VP &
CDO, Truist Financial
Corporation
See pg 4 for full bio
Anna Zakrzewska
Theodore W. Hissey
Outstanding Young
Professional Award
Recipient
See pg 12 for full bio
Erwin Hochmair
Alexander Graham Bell
Medal Recipient
See pg 21 for full bio
MODERATOR
ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE & ChatGPT PANEL
PANELIST
PANELIST
Ingeborg J.
Hochmair
Alexander Graham Bell
Medal Recipient
See pg 21 for full bio
Nimmi
Rahul Saxena
Ramanujam
Biomedical Engineering
Award Recipient
See pg 25 for full bio
" BUILDING A FUTURE-READY
DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM "
PANELIST
FEATURED SPEAKER
" MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER
PLACE WITH INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY "
FEATURED SPEAKER
Director, Georgia Tech
CREATE-X
Arijit Raychowdhury
Professor, Steve W.
Chaddick School Chair,
ECE, Georgia Tech
Tim Gitau
Treasurer, IEEE
Humanitarian
Technologies Board
See pg 5 for full bio
Rodney Allen Brooks
Founders Medal
Recipient
See pg 17 for full bio
Lydia E. Kavraki
Frances E. Allen
Medal Recipient
See pg 14 for full bio
Carlotta Berry
Undergraduate
Teaching Award
Recipient
See pg 32 for full bio
Alaa J. Mousa
Deputy CEO, Earthlink
Telecoms Iraq
See pg 4 for full bio
HONORS CEREMONY | Hilton Atlanta | 5 May 2023 | 5:30 PM
HONORS CEREMONY HOSTS
DESSERT RECEPTION - EVENT PARTNERS
WELCOME REMARKS
WELCOME REMARKS
Scott Frank
Deputy President,
AT&T Intellectual Property
See pg 5 for full bio
Saifur Rahman
IEEE President & CEO
Thomas Coughlin
IEEE President-Elect
Theresa Brunasso
Founder of D&S Microwave
Alessio Medda
Principal Research Engineer,
Georgia Tech Research Institute
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