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He's Just Not That Into You! Greg Behrendt
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Greg Behrendt is a comedian and the coauthor of He's Just Not That Into You and It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken. He and his wife Amiira are currently writing a third book titled, It's Just a Bleeping Date. The former consultant for "Sex And The City" has appeared on HBO's Mantastic, Comedy Central Presents and last year's Uncool, seen exclusively on Comedy Central, as well as many appearances on late night shows like The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. His new DVD is called "Greg Behrendt: That Guy from That Thing.

The Adversity Paradox: Achieving Uncommon Success in Business - Barry Griswell and Bob Jennings
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Barry Griswell is chairman and former CEO of the Principal Financial Group. He is a past recipient of an Horatio Alger Award, given to individuals who have achieved great success while overcoming difficult backgrounds. In addition to his years of experience in the financial services industry, he is recognized for a wide range of philanthropic work, including the establishment of The Harvest Initiative to bring economic help to the people of Crow Creek County in South Dakota. He addresses his success and journey overcoming adversity in the book The Adversity Paradox: An Unconventional Guide to Uncommon Business Success, coauthored with Bob Jennings. Bob Jennings is president of Lean Management Group, a consulting company focused on senior management methods and execution. Prior to starting his own company he was president of EFCO Corporation, a world leader in the design and supply of forms for concrete construction, with operations in twelve countries. A native of Des Moines, Iowa, he received his undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University and his MBA degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

TO BE RESCHEDULED - Ron Meier
7:30 PM – 1352 Gilman - TO BE RESCHEDULED. Ron Meier is a Professor of Chemistry at Illinois State University, and Vice-Chair of e-Based Initiatives, a Quality Management Division of the American Society of Quality. He is the author of Holistic Enterprise-wide Risk Management and The Art and Science of Teaching Quality at the University. He has provided training and consulting services to a range of corporations organizations including Abbott Labs, Archer Daniels Midland, AT&T, Caterpillar, Sara Lee, State Farm Insurance, and Volition Software. He received his doctorate from University of Missouri, Columbia.

Exploring the Deep Sea with Robots - Dana Yoerger
7:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Dana Yoerger is a senior scientist in applied ocean physics and engineering at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. His research interests are in robotics, specifically in applying principals of automation to remotely operated and autonomous underwater vehicles to add capability and ease of use. These vehicles include the full-ocean depth Jason remotely operated vehicle, the Autonomous Benthic Explorer (ABE), and a variety systems for use in the US Navy and offshore oil, nuclear and commercial inspection industries. He holds a PhD in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Protect Yourself! - Ray Rodriguez and Yong Chin Pak
6:30 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ray Rodriguez will provide information and prevention tips. He is the Student Health Center staff advisor for the Students 2 Students Peer Education Program, students who provide health outreach and education to other students. Yong Chin Pak will demonstrate a series of self-defense moves. He has been instructing students in the martial arts -Hapkido, Judo and Tae Kwon Do - at Iowa State University since 1973. He graduated from Yongin University with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education, coached in both the Pan-Am and Goodwill Games, and authored a textbook, Tae Kwon Do. Part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Poverty Awareness Week Keynote Speaker - Oladele A. Ogunseitan
8:00 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Oladele Ogunseitan's research focuses on the connection between environmental quality, human health, and international policy. Besides providing his insights on global health issues, he will also discuss his own experiences growing up in Nigeria. Ogunseitan is a professor and chair of the Department of Population Health & Disease Prevention and professor of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine. He is also the Director of the Lead Campus in Green Materials, Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program. Part of Poverty Awareness Week.

Secrets of Successful Women: A Workshop - Suzanna de Baca
12:00 PM – Gold Room, Memorial Union - Suzanna de Baca is Vice President of Affluent and Segment Strategies at Ameriprise Financial in Minneapolis. Participants will examine the paths of several accomplished women - CEOs, celebrities, entrepreneurs - and determine some of the common characteristics that led to their success. This process will include leadership and entrepreneurship assessment and discussion of strategies that will help participants build on their strengths to achieve success. Suzanna deBaca worked on Wall Street before returning to the midwest. She has an MBA from Harvard and an undergraduate degree from Iowa State. Part of the Women's Leadership Series

Confronting Global Poverty: A Panel Discussion
7:00 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Iowa State faculty Mark Bryden, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Ebby Luvaga, Department of Economics; Leah Keino, Department of Apparel, Educational Studies, and Hospitality Management; and Mark Westgate, Director of Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods, will discuss how different disciplines work to improve the quality of life throughout the world. The cooperation of different disciplines to help alleviate poverty will also be explored. Part of Poverty Awareness Week.

Make IT Matter: We Can Be Clever and Make a Difference - Gregory Abowd
12:00 PM – Lee Liu-Alliant Energy Auditorium, Howe Hall - Gregory Abowd is Distinguished Professor in the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is a member of the School of Interactive Computing and the GVU Center and director of the Ubiquitous Computing Research Group. His research interests lie in the intersection between software engineering and human-computer interaction. He currently serves as the interim director of the Health Systems Institute, a Georgia Tech-Emory University joint research institute investigating the impact of technologies on healthcare delivery. It is an extension of his own work over the past decade on information technologies and autism. Abowd has undergraduate degrees in mathematics and physics from the University of Notre Dame. He was a Rhodes Scholar and earned an M.Sc. and D.Phil. in computation from the University of Oxford Computing Laboratory. The Emerging Technologies Conference Keynote Speaker.

Damned Lies and Statistics - Joel Best
8:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Joel Best has written three books related to understanding statistics—Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Lies from Media, Politicians, and Activists, More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues, and Stat-Spotting: A Field-Guide to Identifying Dubious Data. A professor of sociology at the University of Delaware, he is a leading scholar of social problems and an advocate for statistical literacy. Dr. Best’s work on statistics focuses on the origin and life-course of statistical claims about social issues, how these claims are used by the media, politicians and activists, and how the public can better understand and evaluate these claims.