Speakers:

Greg Papadopoulos, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Research and Development, Sun Microsystems, Inc. 
Dave Douglas, Senior Vice President of Cloud Computing and Chief Sustainability Officer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. 
 

Discussion Topic:

Virtually everything people touch these days has been designed by engineers - and everything that is engineered is constantly evolving. The half-life of knowledge in the field of engineering is measured in months.

But it takes much more than just an education in engineering to be an engineer today. Engineers must consider not just the design requirements of a project, but the full impact of their work - from an ecological perspective, a business perspective, a legal perspective, and a sociological perspective. Engineers now need to coordinate their work with many other engineers, sometimes hundreds of them. And now engineers face an age which demands socially responsible engineering on a whole new level.

Hear Sun Microsystems' CTO Greg Papadopoulos examine how and why the world of engineering has changed and provide practical advice to help engineers of all types master the new world of engineering and start thinking like socially responsible Citizen Engineers.

About Greg:

As Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Research and Development at Sun, Greg Papadopoulos directs the company's approximate $2B in R&D portfolio with an eye toward innovation, simplicity, and open development models.

With more than 20 years experience in the technology industry, Papadopoulos is responsible for managing Sun's technology decisions and architecture. His team leads Sun Labs, global engineering architecture and advanced development programs

About Dave:

Dave Douglas is Senior Vice President of Cloud Computing and is also Chief Sustainability Officer at Sun Microsystems. He is responsible for Sun's cloud computing business, with a focus on creating reliable, scalable and sustainable computing and storage servers, as well as the company's developer tools and services. In addition, Dave oversees the strategy and execution of environmental initiatives across the company, including enhancements to Sun's products in the areas of energy efficiency, cooling technologies, product recycling and clean manufacturing.

Dave has been in the high-tech industry for more than two decades, including more than ten years of experience leading organizations to build more innovative, efficient, and eco responsible products and has a long-standing passion about environmental issues. He earned both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. Dave is on the board of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and a Sr. Fellow at the Breakthrough Institute.

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