Nobel Prize-winning Economist Robert Shiller to Deliver Keynote Address, Frederick J. Leonberger to Receive CT Medal of Technology

What: 39th Annual Meeting of Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering
Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 100 Berlin Road, Cromwell, CT
When: Thursday, June 5, 2014, 6:00 – 9:30 p.m.

Student Award Presentations: Students will display their projects during the 6:00-7:00 p.m. reception and will receive awards during dinner (includes winners of this year’s Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair, Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, and Connecticut Invention Convention). Read more.

Gerber Medals: The H. Joseph Gerber Medal of Excellence, established by the Academy and presented in partnership with the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, will be awarded to the three top student winners. Read more.

New Academy Members: Newly elected members of the Academy will be introduced. Read more.

Special CASE Award: CASE will award Honorary Membership to Michael P. Speciale, Executive Director, New England Air Museum. Read more.

CT Medal of Technology: The 2014 Connecticut Medal of Technology will be presented to Dr. Frederick J. Leonberger, Principal, EOvations Advisors LLC; Retired Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, JDS Uniphase Corporation. Read More.

Keynote: CASE Member and Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert J. Shiller, PhD, will provide the keynote address. Shiller is Sterling Professor of Economics and Professor of Finance at Yale University and Fellow, International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management. Read more.