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News conference to announce Engineering's Grand Challenges Feb. 15

The National Academy of Engineering will announce the "Grand Challenges for Engineering" in the 21st century. A blue-ribbon panel was convened by the NAE to identify technological challenges and opportunities that would greatly impact quality of life throughout the world. A news conference will take place on Friday, Feb. 15, starting at 2 p.m. in the newsroom at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, during the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences' annual meeting.

PARTICIPATING FROM THE PANEL:

• Charles Vest, president of NAE

• William Perry, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., and former U.S. secretary of defense

• Ray Kurzweil, Kurzweil Technologies, Wellesley, Mass.

• Calestous Juma, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

A symposium to discuss research and innovation that might help address aspects of each challenge will follow the news conference from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about Grand Challenges, visit http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/.

CONTACT: Randy Atkins, 202-334-1508 or e-mail atkins@nae.edu

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