John Parmentola is available for public speaking and presentations.
Some speakers entertain, and others provide information. My goal is to inspire audiences by explaining the role of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in our society, in shaping our future and affecting our lives. Over my career, I have presented well-over 500 talks at major international conferences, symposia, and meetings to widely diverse audiences, both large and small, on a wide range of thought-provoking topics all over the world. I have appeared on the Public Broadcasting Station, numerous TV interviews, The National Press Club, The White House Chronicles, The Presidential Classroom, and countless other public speaking venues.
The topics of my talks range from our energy future, K-12 STEM education, the frontiers of science and technology in the fields of virtual reality, nanotechnology, biotechnology, flexible electronics, networks and communications, and network science to strategic defense, directed energy weapons, arms control, nuclear proliferation, international human rights issues, the role of venture capital in government, food security, robotics, the science of all living things, leveraging 4 billion years of evolution, and numerous other topics. You can find several of my recorded talks on this website.
My current focus is on the fundamental importance of science and technology in fulfilling a very important human need, economic growth, and its future. My most recent talks on this topic are:
The Future of Economic Growth, The University of California at Santa Cruz, April 15th, 2019
The Role of Human Curiosity in the Creation and the Development of the Modern World, U.S. Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, NC, July 9th, 2019
The Great Mystery of Economic Growth, Massachusetts, Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, September 5th, 2019
Please forward your speaking engagement requests to speaker@johnparmentola.com