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Values and Worldviews: A Case Study of Intercultural Training from Syria - Christian Sinclair
6:30 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Christian Sinclair is Assistant Director of Middle Eastern Studies, School for International Training Study Abroad Adjunct Faculty, Intercultural Communication, School for International Training. He has worked extensively in Egypt, Tunisia, Spain and Peru as a lecturer and trainer and spent seven years at the American Language Center in Damascus, Syria as International Projects Manager and EFL trainer.

The Wonders of Virtual Reality: A Research Extravaganza - Carolina Cruz-Neira
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Carolina Cruz-Neira - the Spring 2006 Presidential University Lecturer - holds Iowa State's Richard Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering and is a professor in the industrial and manufacturing systems engineering department. In 1997 she was featured by Business Week magazine as a "rising research star" in the new generation of computer science pioneers. Her doctoral dissertation at the University of Illinois at Chicago included the design of the CAVE(TM) Virtual Reality Environment, the CAVE Library software specifications and implementation, and preliminary research on CAVE-Supercomputing integration. She is co-owner of the Record of Invention of the CAVE. Here at Iowa State she was key in the development of the Virtual Reality Applications Center, where she led the development of the C2, C4 and the C6, the world's first totally immersive visual reality theatre. 7 p.m. A reception and student research display in the South Ballroom.

Current Political Situation in Sudan - Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior & Pagan Amum
5:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior, widow of John Garang de Mabior, and Pagan Amum, Diplomatic Affairs Advisor to the President of Southern Sudan, will provide an update on the implementation of the peace agreement in Sudan and the conflict in the Darfur region. Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior is also the Minister of Transportation and Roads. Dr. Garang was Vice President of Sudan and President of Southern Sudan before his death in 2005. He was also chairman of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement(SPLM) and Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), and received his doctorate in economics from Iowa State University in 1981.

Why Intelligent Design Is Not Science - Robert M. Hazen
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Robert M. Hazen is the Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science at George Mason University, and a scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory. He received his M.S. in geology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from HarvardUniversity. Dr. Hazen is the author of over 240 articles and 16 books, including the most recent Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origin; Why Aren't Black Holes Black? and the best-selling Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy, which he co-authored with James Trefil. Dr. Hazen has recorded the acclaimed lecture series, The Joy of Science, with the Teaching Company (www.Teach12.com), which provides a fresh and definitive overview of all the physical and biological sciences.

Setting America on a New Course - Tom Daschle
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Tom Daschle served as Senate Majority Leader and Senate Minority Leader from 1994-2005. Throughout his 18-year presence in the Senate, he was an advocate for quality education, healthcare, agriculture communities, Veterans and Native Americans. In his first year on the hill, he was appointed to the powerful Senate Finance Committee, an unusual honor for a freshman. In 1988, then-Senate Democratic Leader George Mitchell named Daschle the first-ever co-chair of the Democratic Policy Committee. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Engineering Cultures: Becoming a Problem Definer and Solver Across Different Perspectives - Gary Downey and Juan C. Lucena
6:00 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Gary Downey is a Professor of Science and Technology Studies and an affiliated faculty member in the Departments of Engineering Education, Sociology, and the Women's Studies Program. He is currently Boeing Company Senior Fellow in Engineering Education at the National Academy of Engineering and serves at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He is the author of The Machine in Me: An Anthropologist Sits Among Computer Engineers and co-developed the multimedia textbook Engineering Cultures. Juan C. Lucena is Associate Professor at the Liberal Arts and International Studies Division at the Colorado School of Mines and in 2005 received the Boeing Senior Fellowship in Engineering Education at the National Academy of Engineering. He has directed the Science, Technology, and Globalization Program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the McBride Honors Program in Public Affairs for Engineers at CSM and is the author of Defending the Nation: U.S. Policymaking in Science and Engineering Education from Sputnik to the War Against Terrorism. Part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture series.

Consider the Source: Good lessons, grand characters and great fun from covering Iowa for 45 years - Chuck Offenberger
5:00 PM – Gold Room, Memorial Union - Chuck Offenberger is the former "Iowa Boy" columnist for the Des Moines Register and now publishes the Web site Offenburger.com. In 2005, he wrote a book about the history of high school athletics in Iowa and is now working on a biography of former Cyclone all-America Gary Thompson, who recently retired as a basketball analyst covering the Iowa State and the Big 12.

Toward a Unified Theory of Black America - Roland Fryer
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Harvard economist Roland Fryer, the 2006 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. keynote speaker, uses economic theory to study race relations in America. His groundbreaking work in using intricate economic theory in the field of African American studies has garnered the attention beyond academic departments. He is a Junior Fellow and assistant professor of economics at Harvard who received his doctorate in 2002 from Pennsylvania State University. His research topics are Affirmative Action, discrimination, and social economics. Refreshments, booksigning, and facilitated discussion will follow.

Grace, Peace, and Hope in Northern Ireland: Stories of Catholics and Protestants Behind the Peace - Ronald A. Wells
7:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Ronald A. Wells is Professor of History at Calvin College, and author of the forthcoming Peace and Reconciliation in Belfast: The Friendship of Ken Newell and Gerry Reynolds.

Pursuing Growth at John Deere Agricultural Division - Adel A. Zakaria
6:30 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Adel A. Zakaria, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Engineering and Manufacturing, Global Agricultural Tractor and Implement Sourcing, Deere & Company. Since 1995, Adel A. Zakaria has been responsible for leading and directing the Worldwide Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment Division for John Deere's agricultural equipment. A native of Cairo, Egypt, Zakaria joined Deere & Company as a staff engineer in 1976. Within Deere, Zakaria has held the positions of Vice President of Agricultural Equipment Division and Director of Engineering Diesel Engines and has developed a worldwide engineering group that adopted a common engine design across North America and Europe. Part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture series.