2011 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering: Welcome and Opening Remarks

National Academy of Engineering 2011 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium September 19-21, 2011 Google, Inc. Mountain View, California Welcome and Opening Remarks Presented by Charles Vest, National Academy of Engineering: Urs Hoelzle, Senior VP of Technical Infrastructure, Google; Andrew Weiner, Symposium Chair. ABSTRACT: Google hosted 100 participants of the 2011 National Academy of Engineering's U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium (FOE) at our Mountain View office. The symposium is an annual three-day meeting that brings together 100 of the nation's outstanding young leaders, aged 30-45, from industry, academia and government to discuss research on the leading edge of diverse fields in engineering.