We created and hosted this highly successful conference at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, July 26-31, 2005.
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Flavius Killebrew, President, TAMUCC; Dr. Sylvia Earle, Undersea World Geographic Explorer; Dr. Sergei Avdeev, Russian Cosmonaut, World Space Record; Felice Nudelman, College Relations & Marketing Editor, New York Times; Dr. Yves Quere, Chair, International Academy of Sciences; Joseph Rodriguez, Renowned photographer and author; Barbara Gilles, U.S. Teacher of the Year; Teacher of the World Peg Thatcher, President, Project to End Rape International; Lt. Commander Juan Garcia; Dr. Ruzica Maric, Director and Curator of the Eltz Castle Museum.
More than 100 presenters from around the world
24 Keynote Speakers and 150 presentations
Speakers include:
Hon. Donald E. Powell, Federal Coordinator of Gulf Coast Rebuilding;
Jan Edmonson, Chief Spokesperson for the Western Hemisphere, U.S. State Department; Dr. Hyun-Wook Jung and Dr. Sun-Nam Kim, South Korea Advisors to Korean Ministry of Education; Dr. David Embrey, Research Coordinator, Good Samaritan Hospital, Children's Therapy Unit, expert on trauma and child soldiers; Marko Orsolic, Franciscan Friar, Project for Inter-Faith Dialogue, Minister for Inter-faith Dialogue, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Peg Thatcher, Director, Project to End Rape International; Guadalupe Rangel, Regent Emerita Texas A&M University System; Marco Caceres, Aerospace Analyst; Sam Susser, SSP Partners; Ruben Bonilla, Port Commission of Corpus Christi; Dr. Richard Tapia, Rice University, Center for Excellence & Equity in Education; Mayor Henry Garrett, City of Corpus Christi.
* 50+ International Film Awards
* 2 Children's Books
* Dozens of academic publications