Lessons Learned with Esther Dyson

Thursday, April 26, 2012
Speaker
Esther Dyson
Chairman, EDventure Holdings, Inc.
Presider
Vaughan C. Turekian
Chief International Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Editor in Chief, "Science & Diplomacy"

Esther Dyson shares perspectives arrived at through career experience as a journalist and Wall Street technology analyst with investment experience in information technology start-ups. Her current areas of interest are private aviation, space, and health care.

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