NASA News: NASA'S Braun Lectures On Innovation, Technology At APL Wednesday

WASHINGTON -- NASA Chief Technologist Bobby Braun will present a
lecture titled "Investments in our Future: Exploring Space through
Innovation and Technology" on Wednesday, May 25, at the Johns Hopkins
University Applied Physics Laboratory. Starting at 7:45 p.m. EDT, the
lecture will be held in the Kossiakoff Center, located at 11100 Johns
Hopkins Rd., in Laurel, Md.

Braun serves as the principal advisor and advocate on NASA matters
concerning agency-wide technology policy and programs. He received a
Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering from Penn State in 1987,
a Master of Science in astronautics from George Washington University
in 1989, and a doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford in 1996.

Braun recently was honored by the American Institute of Aeronautics
and Astronautics (AIAA) with the Von Karman Lectureship in
Astronautics. The award is given annually to someone who has
performed notably and distinguished themselves technically in the
field of astronautics. Braun was recognized for significantly
advancing the understanding of the challenge of Mars entry, descent,
and landing, and for the development of systems concepts and
technologies enabling Martian exploration programs.

For more information about the lecture and sponsoring organizations, visit:

http://psu-jhu-braun.eventbrite.com

For information about NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/oct

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NASA Announces Keynote Speakers For 2011 It Summit

WASHINGTON -- NASA has announced plans for the agency's second annual
IT Summit, a gathering of industry leaders who will explore the outer
reaches of information technology. NASA's Office of the Chief
Information Officer is organizing the summit scheduled for Aug. 15-17
at the Marriot Marquis hotel in San Francisco. Speakers include:

-- Tim Campos, head of information technology, Facebook, Palo Alto,
Calif.
-- Andy Jassy, senior vice president for Web services, Amazon.com,
Seattle
-- LaVerne Council, corporate vice president and chief information
officer, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J.
-- Lynn Tilton, CEO, Patriarch Partners LLC, New York
-- Kaplan Mobray, author, motivational speaker, career and life coach

The event will feature discussions on various issues including
infrastructure, innovation, roles of CIOs, IT security,
organizational communication, open government, and future workforce
and technology.

Approximately 200 middle school and high school students will attend
the summit to participate in a session on innovative uses of
technology in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
classroom instruction. The students also will be able to try out the
latest technology in that field and speak directly with IT and education experts.

For more information about the summit, contact Karen Harper at
202-358-1807 or karen.l.harper@nasa.gov. To register, visit:

http://www.regonline.com/itsummit2011

For more information about NASA's OCIO, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ocio

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