XVI Annual Forum
“GETTING AHEAD OF THE CURVE”
Adapting to our Industry’s Accelerating Pace of Change
September 17, 2013
Rice University • BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC)
Time Title and Speaker (updated 6/3/2013)
7:30 – 8:00 am Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:00 – 8:10 am Welcome
Martin Van Sickels, Executive Director
Tom Anderson, Chairman, Board of Directors
Rice Global E&C Forum
8:10 – 8:30 am Opening Remarks
Edwin “Ned” Thomas, Dean
George R. Brown School of Engineering
Rice University
8:30– 9:15 am Keynote Speaker
9:15 – 9:45 am Coffee and Networking Break
9:45 – 10:45 am Session I
Raoul LeBlanc, PFC Energy
10:45 – 11:45 am Session II
Patrick Mullen, CB&I
11:45 am – 2:00 pm Lunch
Guest Luncheon Speaker, CJ Coolidge, Motivational and Executive Coach
2:00 – 4:00 pm “The Changing Face of E&C” Panel Discussion

