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Bolden
Beams In To Keynote Technology Luncheon
The
annual NAB Technology Luncheon will take place at the 2013 NAB Show
in Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 12:30 to 2:00 p.m., in
the Paradise Ballroom of the Las Vegas Hotel. This year’s keynote
speaker will be NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, who will make
his presentation to the luncheon live via satellite from Washington,
DC.
 Bolden
became the twelfth administrator of NASA in July 2009, following
a 34-year career with the U.S. Marine Corps, from which he retired
with the rank of Major General. Selected as an astronaut by NASA
in 1980, Bolden was aboard the space shuttle for four missions between
1986 and 1994, commanding two of the missions. His flights included
several historic elements, including deployment of the Hubble Space
Telescope and the first joint U.S.-Russian shuttle mission. Prior
to Bolden’s nomination for the NASA Administrator’s job,
he was chief executive officer of a small business providing leadership,
military and aerospace consulting, and motivational speaking.
Bolden graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a B.S.
in electrical sciences, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant
in the Marine Corps. While serving as a naval aviator in the Vietnam
War during 1972 and 1973, he flew more than 100 combat missions
in North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. After returning
to the U.S., Bolden earned a Master of Science degree in systems
management from the University of Southern California in 1977, and
became a test pilot after completing his training at the Naval Test
Pilot School in 1979.
The 2013 NAB Technology Luncheon is sponsored by Ustream, and will
feature presentation of the NAB Engineering Achievement Awards to
Jay Adrick of Harris Corporation and Frank Foti of the Telos Alliance,
as well as presentation of the NAB Service to Broadcast Engineering
award to Leonard J. Charles of Morgan Murphy Media. See the February
11, 2013 edition of TV TechCheck for more information about these
awards.
Also at the Technology Luncheon, the winners of the Technology Innovation
Award and Best Paper Award will be announced and presented. The
Technology Innovation Award is given to exhibitors at the NAB Show
presenting advanced communications technology and/or research of
significant merit that has not yet been commercialized. The Best
Paper Award is presented to the author(s) of a paper of exceptional
merit published in the NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference Proceedings.
Tickets for one NAB Show Luncheon are included with SMARTPass registration,
and for NAB Members holding a Conference Flex Pass. For other attendees,
Luncheon tickets are available for $50 each.
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