As a reminder, Discovery Park will hold its fourth annual Conference on Convergence and the Future of Research on August 29 and will be part of Purdue University’s 150th anniversary. The event will run from Noon to 5:30 p.m. and will include a series of Voss Talks (TED-style talks) presented by the teams who submitted project ideas to Discovery Park's Big Idea Challenge 2.0. The event will also include a poster session highlighting the projects of Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship (DURI) students and Big Idea Challenge 2.0 students and conclude with a reception celebrating the kickoff of the Big Idea Challenge 2.0 will follow. Please register here.

The Voss Talks topics and speakers include the three winners of the Big Idea Challenge 2.0 and participants from the initial Big Idea Challenge 2.0 request for proposals. See the attached DRAFT agenda. The Voss Talks are named in memory of Purdue alumna Janice Voss, a pioneer in space travel for women. Logging five flights, she spent a total of 49 days in space and traveled 18.8 million miles in 779 Earth orbits.

Hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

Alexandra Boltasseva,

Discovery Park Fellow, Discovery Park at Purdue University

Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering