Lighting the World Symposium

Honoring Nick Holonyak, Jr. the recipient of the 2017 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering.

May 4, 2017

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Mitchell Auditorium

Bossone Research Enterprise Center, 3120-40 Market Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19104

Speakers:

M. George Craford, PhD

CTO, Philips Lumileds Lighting Company(retired)

2015 NAE Charles Stark Draper Prize Awardee

Russell Dupuis, PhD

Steve W. Chaddick Endowed Chair in Electro-Optics, Georgia Institute of Technology

2015 NAE Chareles Stark Draper Prize Awardee

Fred Kish, PhD

Senior VP, Infinera Corp

Memberof National Academy of Engineering

Shuji Nakamura, PhD

Cree Distinguished Professor, UC Santa Barbra

2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Engineering Awardee

2014 Nobel Laureate