Day 1
Opening Ceremonies
National Anthem sang by Sarah Grace Cain
Shree Bose
Grand Prize Winner, 2011 Google Science Fair
Thomas Marshburn, M.D.
NASA Astronaut
Janelle Tam
Winner, 2012 Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge Canada
Chris Nowinski
Founding Executive Director, Concussion Legacy Foundation
Sir Richard Roberts, Ph.D.
Winner, 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Day 2
Amol Punjabi
Winner, Basic Research, 2016 Intel Talent Search
Michael S. Brown, M.D.
Winner, 1985 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Recipient, National Medal of Science
Deborah Bedor, Ph.D.
CEO, College Admission Central
Steve Loflin
Founder and Executive Director, National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Stephen Ray Mitchell, M.D.
Dean for Medical Education, Georgetown University
Larry Hester
Recipient of a Bionic Eye
Olivia Hallisey
Grand Prize Winner, 2015 Google Science Fair
Daniel Amen, M.D.
Founder, Amen Clinics
Paige Brown
Winner, Global Good, 2016 Intel Science Talent Search
U.S. Army Captain Florent Groberg (Ret.)
Recipient, Medal of Honor; Recipient, Purple Heart; Recipient, Bronze Star
Bohdan Pomahac, M.D., and his patient Carmen
Harvard Medical School Professor; Director, Burn and Plastic Surgery Transplantation Centers
Kim Lewis, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University
Jack Andraka
Grand Prize Winner, 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
William A. Gahl, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute at the NIH
Jose Gomez-Marquez
Director for the Innovations in International Health Initiative, MIT
Carmen Blandin Tarleton
Recipient of one of the world’s first full face transplants
Day 3
C. Anderson Engh Jr., M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic
HIP ARTHROPLASTY BROADCAST from The Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic in Arlington, VA
Eric Chen
First Place, 2014 Intel Science Talent Competition; Grand Prize Winner, 2013 Google Science Fair; Grand Prize Winner, 2013 Siemens Competition
Rick Sacra, M.D.
Humanitarian Physician and Ebola Survivor
Bo Eason
Author and Performer, “Runt of the Litter”
J. Craig Venter, Ph.D.
Founder, Chairman, and CEO, J. Craig Venter Institute; CEO, Human Longevity, Inc.