Keynote Speakers
Thursday, February 28
Jeong Kim, Ph.D.
President of Bell Labs at Alcatel-Lucent
Jeong Kim is president of Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs, overseeing a team which spans four continents and designs products and services at the forefront of communications technology. Dr. Kim's team also conducts fundamental research in a wide range of fields, including optical networking/photonics, nanotechnology, wireless/mobility, physical sciences, computing and information sciences, and network software.
Dr. Kim originally joined Alcatel-Lucent in May 1998 when Lucent acquired Yurie Systems, Inc., a high-tech communications equipment company which he founded in 1992 and of which he was Chairman and CEO. Kim initially served as the president of Lucent's former Broadband Carrier Networks, and in 1999 was named chief operating officer and later president of Lucent's Optical Network Group.
Dr. Kim left Lucent in 2001 to join the University of Maryland faculty, with a joint appointment in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. He rejoined Lucent-Alcatel in April of 2005 as president of Bell Labs.
James A. Kelly
Vice President, Engineering and Technical Services
at Southern California Edison
James A. Kelly is vice president of Engineering and Technical Services in the Transmission and Distribution business unit of Southern California Edison (SCE). He was appointed to his current role on March 1, 2004.
Kelly leads the organization responsible for planning, engineering and designing SCE's electric transmission, substation and distribution system; substation and powerline craft training; environmental and safety services; research and development and strategic asset management.
Kelly earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics and holds teaching credentials in multiple subjects. He has taught economics and public policy at a number of colleges and universities throughout his career.
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