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National Symposium - 2010

Taking the Next Step: Decision Making Strategies

The Leadership Alliance National Symposium (LANS) was held July 30- August 1, 2010 at the East Brunswick Hilton, East Brunswick, New Jersey.

Jim Gates,
Keynote Speaker

Jim GatesJim Gates, PhD, will give the keynote address.

Slyvester “Jim” Gates is the John S. Toll Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland at College Park, the first African American to hold an endowed chair in physics at a major research university in the United States. Gates has held appointments at MIT, Harvard, the California Institute of Technology and Howard University and has served as a consultant to the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Defense, the Educational Testing Service and Time-Life Books, and is a member of the Maryland State Board of Education. Gates was named in April 2009 by President Obama as a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Gates has also been engaged in many issues of science and education policy at the international level.