It is a distinct pleasure to invite you to the 38th ARA Congress, in Pasadena, California. Intellectuals of Romanian descent from all around the world, and friends of Romania of all nationalities, will meet to discuss recent contributions to art and science. In addition, TED styled talks will present revolutionary ideas in technology, business, healthcare, entertainment, and other fields that mark our lives and shape our future. Please join us.
ARA President,
Prof. Ruxandra Vidu, PhD
University of California, Davis
and
38th ARA Congress Chairman
Dr. Adrian Stoica
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
California Institute of Technology
Looking forward to welcoming you to Pasadena at the end of July. If there is anything we can do in preparation of your visit, please do not hesitate to contact us, and we will do our best to help you.
Dr Adrian Stoica, General Chair, and
Dr Virgil Adumitroaie, Local Chair NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Contact Information
adrian.stoica@jpl.nasa.gov
virgil.adumitroaie@jpl.nasa.gov
Key Members of the Organizing Team
Jacob Segal, Organizer and Moderator
Panel on Business and Entrepreneurship
Florina Kendrick Roberts
Master of Ceremonies, Banquet, Friday Eve
Roxanne Istrate,
Master of Ceremonies Saturday TEDx Styled Talks: Beyond the Horizon
Local Support Team Coordination
Schuyler Eldridge
Deputy Local Chair, Logistics
Ioana Ene
Student Track Chair
Keynotes Thursday
Prof. Basarab Nicolescu
Emeritus Prof of Physics,
CNRS, France
Honorary Member, Romanian Academy
The Need For Transdisciplinarity in Higher Education
Prof. Gheorghe Mateescu
Emeritus Prof of Chemistry,
Case Western Univ.,USA
Honorary Member, Romanian Academy Flying with Eagles: a Tale of Four Countries
Keynotes Friday
Prof. Alexandru T Balaban
Emeritus Prof of Chemistry
Texas A&M, USA
Member, Romanian Academy
What is Mathematical Chemistry?
Dr. Constantin Bulucea
IEEE Fellow, USA
Honorary Member, Romanian Academy
Eastern Europe's Semiconductor Technology and its Merging into the Globalization Trend
Petru Popescu
Writer,director and movie producer, uthor of best-selling novels, USA
Romanians in Hollywood, and in American Fiction
Guest of Honor
James Rosapepe
Maryland Senator
Former US Ambasador to Romania
Eugen Chivu
Consul General of Romania in Los Angeles
Special Guest, Opening Address
Round-table “Dialogue of Cultures”, moderated by Prof Basarab Nicolescu and other events of interest including the art exhibition, the business panel, and other see the Special Events Section
Invited Speakers: TED-Styled Day - Saturday July 26th
Session 1: Science, Engineering and Technology
Daniel Marcu, PhD
Research Scientist, USC, Founder, Language Weaver Inc. Los Angeles, CA
From ineffable to hundreds of millions of users
Ciprian Manolescu, PhD
Professor of Mathematics University of California Los Angeles, CA
Topology in low and high dimensions
George Roth
President, Recognos San Raphael, CA Member, VC Roundtable networking group in Palo Alto.
From "Fireball XL5 to Semantic Technology" or the connection between Steve Zodiac and Steve Job
Bogdan Marcu, PhD
Senior Engineering Scientist SpaceX and
USC, Los Angeles, CA
Personal Notes on Space Exploration
Session 2: Medicine, Hystory and Art
Adrian Bot, MD, PhD
Vice-President, Kite Pharma Santa Monica, California
Synthetic Biology Leapfrogs Mankind into the Era of "Intelligent Design"
Bogdan Suceavă, PhD
Professor of Mathematics,
California State University, Fullerton
A Medieval Mystery:
On Nicole Oresme's Idea of Curvitas
Joe Ferguson, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, Laguna Beach ,CA FormerVice President, Dish Network Engineering
The Science of Art: Natural History of Intuition and Aesthetics
Session 3: Life-styles, death-styles, spirituality and experimentation
John Tanner, PhD
Director at NuSci
The Nutrition Science Foundation, Monrovia, CA
CEO at Tanner Research
I almost died. Needlessly.Will you?
Liliana Cerepnalkoski MD
Pioneer in the field of medical intuition and energy medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Medical Intuition and Energy Medicine
Session 4: Healthcare and business
Invited Talk
Hortenzia Beciu
Director for the Middle East and Africa,
Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI)
With painting exhibition and the special participation of the following artists
Alexandru Darida
Jerry McDaniel
Katherine Arion
Eva Halus
Maria Zamfir Bleyberg
Panelists
Domnita Dumitrescu Ileana Costea Gheorghe Dragan Mircea Goia
Musical performances by the following artists
