| Speeches and Writings
by Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.
President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Speeches:
CERA Week 2009, Special Plenary: Models of Innovation
Plaza Room II, Level 3
The Westin Galleria
5060 West Alabama
Houston, Texas
Thursday, February 12, 2009
From Rhetoric to Reality: U.S. and Global Energy Security
Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Beyond the Price at the Pump: A Comprehensive Energy Security Roadmap
Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago, Illinois
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Leadership for a Comprehensive Energy Roadmap: The First 100 Days
National Press Club
Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 | Video (C-SPAN)
You Cannot Get There From Here: Why the U.S. Needs a Comprehensive Energy Security Roadmap
Commonwealth Club
San Francisco, California
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 | Press Release | Video | Audio
Innovation and Human Capital: A Renewable Resource for a Secure Energy Future
The Ralph Coats Roe Lecture of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Orlando, Florida
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
From Uncertainty to Opportunity: Creating a Comprehensive Energy Roadmap and the Human Capital To Make It Happen
Baker Institute for Public Policy
Rice University
Houston, Texas
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
The Energy Question: Who Decides?
The Washington Post
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Education as an Economic Driver
WMHT-TV Capitaland Quarterly
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Innovation and Energy Security: A Leadership Odyssey
National Science Foundation
Arlington, Virginia
Monday, April 23, 2007
Energy Security and Global Markets
Institute of Directors
London, England
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Securing Our Energy Future
INSEAD
Fontainebleau, France
Monday, March 19, 2007
Energy Security: The Innovation Challenge
Earl Bakken Science Education Lecture
The Bakken Museum
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Science and Leadership: The Imperative
Gustav Pollak Lecture
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Science and Society: A Nexus of Opportunity
Science + Society: Closing the Gap
Boston, Massachusetts
Friday, January 17, 2007
Saluting the Leaders of the Future
Mid-Year Degree Convocation, Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colorado
Friday, December 15, 2006
Empires of the Mind
Fall Faculty Convocation, Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Powering Innovation Through Diversity
IBM Watson Research Labs
Yorktown Heights, New York
Monday, October 30, 2006
Global Lessons for Faculty Diversity
Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI)
Doctoral Education and the Faculty of the Future
Sunday, October 8, 2006
Energy Security: The “Space Race” of the New Millennium
Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, University of Maryland
Conference on “Energy: Cost and Crisis”
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Energy Security and the Future: A Perspective
Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay
Monday, March 27, 2006
Energy Security and the Quiet Crisis
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
The Converging Forces of the Quiet Crisis
Securities and Exchange Commission
African American Council
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
A Powerful Convergence: Energy Security and Intellectual Security
NACME Symposium 2005
Vienna, Virginia
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Intellectual Security in the 21st Century
National Intelligence Council/U.S. Department of State
Warrenton, Virginia
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
Innovation and Human Capital: Energy Security and the Quiet Crisis
American Petroleum Institute
San Antonio, Texas
Monday, October 17, 2005
Engineering for a New World
11th Annual NAE Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
GE Global Research Center
Niskayuna, N.Y.
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Meeting Our Energy Security Needs
Opening of Center for Future Energy Systems at Rensselaer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Energy: Elements for the Future
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China
Monday, March 28, 2005
American Chamber of Commerce
Beijing, China
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Getting Past “The Bend in the Road”:
How the U.S. Nuclear Energy Industry Navigated Its Recovery
Tokyo, Japan
Thursday, October 9, 2003
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Energy security is the greatest challenge and the greatest opportunity of our time. But lack of action has put the U.S. at risk. America needs a bold plan that ignites our collective imagination, sparks innovation, and creates economic and national security. The starting point? A call to action from our new president in the first 100 days of his administration.
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“Balancing on the
Knife-Edge: Politics, Technology, and Ethics” |
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Shirley Ann Jackson has written and spoken extensively about the challenges of future energy security, and the global nature of these challenges:
Nexus: Where Science
Meets Society
By Shirley Ann Jackson
In an age of discovery and innovation, how can benefits be passed along?
Science and scientists play a vital role in society. The degree of influence wielded by scientific opinion, the reputation of scientific bodies for impartially rendered insight, the priority accorded to scientific research and education all have contributed to the success of nations.
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As published in the IAEA Bulletin, the flagship publication of the International Atomic Energy Agency
Empires of the Mind
By Shirley Ann Jackson
The future is now, writes the president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. And we who educate, she says, have the opportunity to ensure that the future leaders of our world are equipped to address the imbalances that plague society.
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Published in the Spring 2007 issue of The Presidency (The American Council on Education)
Waking up to the “Quiet Crisis” in the United States; It's Time for a New Call to Action
May 25, 2007, marked the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s address to a joint session of Congress, calling for an effort to put a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson, saying that ‘energy security is the space race of this millennium’, has long urged a similar call to action, focusing on a national initiative to address the global energy security challenge — what she considers the greatest challenge of our time.
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The College Board Review
Winter/Spring 2007
Energy, Ethics, and Education: A Conversation
Ethix Bulletin, January 2007
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