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Who Owns Life? Gene Patents in Law, Ethics and Policy - Margo Bagley and David Resnik
3:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Changing Tides or A Drop in the Bucket? Challenges to Plant Patenting in the U.S. and Abroad - Margo Bagley is a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, specializing in patent law and intellectual property. She has a degree in chemical engineering and has worked in products research and development for the Coca-Cola Company and Procter & Gamble, where she was co-inventor on a U.S. patent for improved peanut butter. She received her JD from Emory University and is licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The Ethics of Patenting Human DNA - David Resnik is author of Owning the Genome: A Moral Analysis of DNA Patenting. He was a professor of Medial Humanities at the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine and later on the faculty at the University of Wyoming, where he directed the Center for the Advancement of Ethics. He holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of North Carolina and a JD from Concord University School of Law. Part of the Symposium Who Owns Life? Intellectual Property in Biotechnology and the Life Sciences

Who Owns Life? Research Liberty, Traditional Knowledge and Piracy - Robert Streiffer and Shontavia Johnson
12:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Ethical Analysis of Objibway Objections to Wild Rice Research - Robert Streiffer is an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a joint appointment in the Department of Medical History and Bioethics and the Philosophy Department. His work focuses on ethical and policy issues arising from modern biotechnology, including xenotransplantation and the application of biotechnology to animals in agriculture. He earned a PhD in ethics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property - Shontavia Johnson is an assistant professor of law at Drake University Law School with expertise in intellectual property and human rights. She holds a BS in Biosystems Engineering, with emphasis in applied biotechnology, and a JD from the University of Arkansas School of Law. Part of the Symposium Who Owns Life? Intellectual Property in Biotechnology and the Life Sciences

Building Golden Gate Bridge - Paul Giroux
6:00 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Iowa State alumnus Paul Giroux has worked for Kiewit Corporation on a wide variety of civil engineering mega projects throughout the United States, including Baltimore's Fort McHenry Tunnel, several hydroelectric projects, Boston's Central Artery Tunnel and, most recently, the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge Skyway. He is currently serving as the American Society of Civil Engineers chairman for the Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary event in May 2012. He has also been a featured speaker at the Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary Symposium in Las Vegas and chairman and featured speaker for the Brooklyn Bridge 125th Anniversary event. Giroux received his BS in construction engineering from Iowa State University in 1979. He is currently the District Quality Manager for Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. This presentation will not be available for download or podcasting.

Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? - Tour
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Tour, a correspondent for NBC, is the author of Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness, a look at what it means to be black today and how blackness has changed over the decades. In researching the book he interviewed more than one hundred prominent blacks, including Jesse Jackson, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Cornel West, Malcolm Gladwell, Soledad O'Brien, Kara Walker, and Paul Mooney. Tour has been a contributing editor at Rolling Stone for more than fifteen years and has interviewed nearly every major hip-hop figure. He is also the host of two shows on Fuse: The Hip-Hop Shop and On the Record, a music interview show with guests including Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Rihanna, and many others. Tina Brown has called him "a one-man media conglomerate." Part of the National Affairs Series and the Martin Luther King Jr Holiday Series.

Memoir of an Integration Baby: On the Road to Tomorrow - Mark Morrison-Reed
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Mark Morrison-Reed is the author of In Between: Memoir of an Integration Baby. In this frank and personal account of growing up black during the era of the civil rights movement, he wrestles with racism, the death of Martin Luther King, black radicalism, his interracial family, and serving as one of the first black Unitarian Universalist ministers. In his presentation, he will explore the nature of racism and how it touches all Americans. He and his wife, Donna, have served as co-ministers for twenty-six years, first in Rochester, New York, then in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His book Black Pioneers in a White Denomination is required reading for those preparing to enter the Unitarian Universalist ministry. He earned his M.A. from the University of Chicago and D.Min from Meadville Lombard Theological School. Part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Series.

Leadership on the Big Screen - Delatorro McNeal
10:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Delatorro L. McNeal is a bestselling author, career coach and entrepreneur. He was named "One of the Top 30 Under 30" business leaders in the Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan area as well as a finalist for Business Journal's Young Minority Business Person of the Year award. Delatorro is the author of five books, including Caught between a Dream and a Job: How to Leave the 9-to-5 Behind and Step into the Life You've Always Wanted, as well as a Speaking Mastery DVD Training System and ten audio projects. He earned a bachelor's and master's degree at Florida State University. Iowa State Leadership Experience (ISLE) Conference Keynote. Iowa State Leadership Experience (ISLE) is a free event. Register online to participate in conference sessions: Student Activities Center - Leadership Programs - ISLE.

Documentary and Discussion: Black American Gothic
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Black American Gothic is a documentary film about urban migration from Chicago to Iowa City. It deals with racial politics in Iowa City after the demise of public housing in Chicago. Independent filmmaker Carla Wilson tells the story through the experience of Iowa City residents, both old and new, black and white. She looks specifically at how changing demographics in the community have affected low-income housing, public schools, and law enforcement. A discussion will immediately follow the 48-min film moderated by Interim Director of Community and Regional Planning Douglas Johnston with Professor Jane Rongerude providing brief opening remarks on the redevelopment of public housing. Part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Series.

Ugandan Children of War - Mary Chind and Neil Mandsager
7:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Photographer Mary Chind and Dr. Neil Mandsager will discuss their visit to Uganda with ChildVoice International. The organization works to rehabilitate children traumatized by war, including former child soldiers, children orphaned by war, and those left destitute by rebel activity. Mary Chind has been a staff photographer at The Des Moines Register since 1999. She won a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2010. Neil Mandsager is a Des Moines-based obstetrician specializing in high-risk pregnancies. He started the Perinatal Center of Iowa in 1993. The son of a medical missionary, he was born in Cameroon and raised in Marshalltown. He is a board member for ChildVoice International, and brother to the founder and current president of ChildVoice, Conrad Mandsager. The talk accompanies the Mary Chind's photography exhibit, "Silent No More: Ugandan Children of War."

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration
4:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - President Steven Leath will provide opening remarks and welcome musical performances by Shy of a Dozen in celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. King. Speakers include Nana Osei-Kofi, assistant professor and coordinator of Social Justice Studies in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Government of the Student Body President Dakota Hoben and Black Student Alliance President Paris Tindrell. The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Advancing One Community Awards will be presented. Birthday cake graciously donated by Campus Dining Services.

Let Freedom Ring - Carillon Concert
11:50 AM – Central Campus - A carillon concert in honor of Dr. King, with Dr. Tin-Shi Tam, carilloneur. Part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Series.