Dr. Arati Prabhakar to speak at CAES forum

All are invited to a live streaming of the CAES Director’s Colloquium Sept. 16 from 11 a.m. to noon in the Little Wood River Room at the Pond Student Union. Refreshments will be provided. 

Featured guest speaker is Dr. Arati Prabhakar, former director of DARPA and NIST. Her talk, hosted by CAES and the Idaho Falls City Club, is called “Changing What’s Possible: The Power of Breakthrough Technologies.” Modeled after her Ted Talk, it will address the potential for innovation to help society overcome challenges associated with the energy-water-food nexus, digital infrastructure, and health outcomes.

The CAES Director’s Colloquium is designed to promote open dialogue between world-class speakers and the public in a community setting that provides insight into research activities, current events, best practices, and career and life journeys