SRI International President and CEO Curtis R. Carlson to Deliver Keynote at the Churchill Club’s “Igniting Innovation” Event

Menlo Park, CA — September 14, 2011 — Curtis R. Carlson, Ph.D., president and CEO of SRI International, will speak on Friday, September 16 at the Churchill Club’s finale event celebrating its 25th anniversary. The event, “Igniting Innovation and Mastering Change,” will take place at the Santa Clara Hyatt & Convention Center.

Business and technology leaders will gather to advance a conversation on leadership and innovation. The discussions will focus on three segments relevant to innovation and growth:

1. Here: Innovation in Silicon Valley
2. There: Innovation in America and Around the World
3. Then: Inventing the Future

Dr. Carlson will lead the segment on innovation in America and around the world, delivering a 1 pm keynote titled “An Abundance of Opportunities, a Scarcity of Innovation.”

Following his talk, Dr. Carlson will moderate a 1:45 pm roundtable discussion, “Mastering the Global Innovation Economy.” Roundtable participants will include:

• Russ Conser, Head of Game Changer Program, Shell
• Vivek Wadhwa, Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley, and columnist for Washington Post and BusinessWeek
• Eric Young, Co-founder and General Partner, Canaan Partners

To register for this event or for more detail on the schedule, please visit churchillclubconference.eventbrite.com

The Churchill Club Awards on September 15 and “Igniting Innovation & Mastering Change, A Day-long Conversation in Three Acts” are presented as the finale events of Churchill Club's 25th anniversary celebration year.

About SRI International

Silicon Valley-based SRI International, a nonprofit research and development organization, performs sponsored R&D for governments, businesses, and foundations. SRI brings its innovations to the marketplace through technology licensing, new products, and spin-off ventures. Commemorating its 65th anniversary in 2011, SRI is known for world-changing innovations in computing, health and pharmaceuticals, chemistry and materials, sensing, energy, education, national defense, and more.