I think its completely crazy were doing substantive work on the 17th of december. I cant imagine were holding real conferences here right the week before christmas, but we are, but thats because theres so much to talk about, and im so glad to have you all come. Thank you, thank you all for being here. My name is john hamre, im the president at csis. I wanted to say special thanks to Julio Friedmann who is a friend. We have known each other for many years. Hes fortunately in town serving in government more directly. Hes a government guy, hes out at Lawrence Livermore labs but were so pleased he can be here leading at a crucial time when we need to be thinking through a lot of important issues. For a very strange reason, recently i have been doing some personal reading on the history of philosophy, and i was recently reading about Thomas Robert maltous, a british cleric who in the early 18th century who was a very provocative philosopher because he had very dark views about the future of
Everybody. Things likes showcase projects for example in this country or in others. Also International Partnerships can accelerate the learning, sharing. Can accelerate deployment. We dont have to build five kinds of plants in five Different Countries if we can just build one plant in one country and share the results, it saves money and saves time in a very useful way. The International Landscape is also changing dramatically. Im sure many of you here watched the u. S. china accord that was announced in november. We were all very, very pleased with this. It includes, among other things, a large ccs project in china and a science project that is a joint International Project shared by the United States, china, and other nations. Were thrilled with this outcome. Theres also a new kind of project that the chinese are going to pilot, an enhanced Water Recovery project. Like enhanced oil recovery except pulling out oil you pull out brines and you use the pressure youre using in injection t
I am karen brooks. I want to thank you both for a lifetime of science. Can you speak to the state of research and treatment for brain cancer and other such forms of cancer . We have made tremendous progress across many different fronts. Among the most challenging, to diseases i spent time studying in my laboratory is the brain cancer that took senator kennedys life and also pancreas cancer. There has been a tremendous amount of basic science work that has given us the atlas of genes in those cancers, really outstanding genetic model systems that help us understand what those genes do, but we are faced with converting noninformation into therapies that truly treat those diseases. I am cautiously optimistic of early data beginning to emerge in the immunotherapy space which may give us a foothold upon which we can build quite rapidly. A good example, another disease we studied because it is a very lent disease virulent diseases melanoma. In 2009 there were very few advances that had any i
Instead, harnesses the power of the immune system in the hopes, reawakens it so it recognizes that cancer and can attack the cancer. Those therapies are giving responses in a large fraction of patients with advanced disease. And so, if we begin to combine the targeted therapies going after the genes, harnesses the power of the immune system, i think what you will see over the next 510 years are significant reductions in cancer mortality. We are seeing cap for melanoma. And a variety of other cancers across the board. It sounds extremely complex to do targeted therapy based on specific genetic mutations. I wonder if doctors, it is one thing to be at a great institution, what if you are at some other place . Are doctors able to keep up and provide the kind of care that is made such a difference . Other great institutions, George Washington here in this area and so on and so forth, the issue is really the knowledge gap that you are referring to. It is a significant one. There was a report
Things thats going on in our approach to world affairs. And i think it recognizes that weve made the transition from 21st century problem solving to 21st century problem solving. The 20th century was kind of a bipolar century. The 21st century is obviously multipolar. Globalization is a reality. Its on a course of diversions, because one of the sectors that is universally admired and recognized for what it does is the American Private sector. And when you think about the developing world and the growth of africa and whats going on, even dealing with the problems that mr. Putin is causing, a large part of the solutions are economic when you think about it. Energy security is something that ive been convinced is not only going to be one of the United States strongest cards in the future but its a way of showing leadership in a more globalized world, that recognizes the important changes between the two centuries. This problem is going to be solved not just by aircraft carriers and troops