Distinguished Lecturers

David Bray
David Bray
Dr. David A. Bray has served in a variety of leadership roles in turbulent environments, including bioterrorism preparedness and response from 2000-2005, time on the ground in Afghanistan in 2009, serving as the non-partisan Executive Director for a bipartisan National Commission on R&D, and providing leadership as a non-partisan federal agency Senior Executive
Executive Director for the People-Centered Internet coalition co-founded by Vint Cerf
Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne
Former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom - Great Britain China Centre, and governor of the Institute of Government
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Liam Byrne is a writer, reformer and campaigner who has been the (Labour) MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill since 2004. A former Cabinet minister he served in the Home Office, No 10 Downing Street and Her Majesty’s Treasury.
Former Cabinet minister
Taro Kono
Taro Kono
Japanese Minister of Defense
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Tarō Kōno is a Japanese politician belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party. He is a member of the House of Representatives, and has served as Minister for Defense since a Cabinet re-shuffle by Prime Minister Shinzō Abe on 11 September 2019
Kanagawa 15th Electoral District (elected eight times)
Kazuo Yano
Kazuo Yano
Innovators - Central Research Laboratory
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Kazuo Yano received the B. S., M. S., and Ph. D degrees from Waseda University, Japan, in 1982, 1984, 1993, respectively. From 1991 to 1992 he was a Visiting Scientist at the Arizona State University. He is now Fellow, Hitachi Ltd.
Innovators