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Speakers

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Keynote Speaker

Brian Malow

Brian Malow, Earth’s Premier Science Comedian (self-proclaimed) and science communicator. Brian freelances as a speaker, performer, consultant, writer, producer, and has performed all over the world. He is available for off-world appearances, if trans¬portation is provided.

Chief Henry Red Cloud at a Lakota Regalia Ceremony

Featured Speaker

Chief Henry Red Cloud

Chief Henry Red Cloud from Red Cloud Renewable, a Native-led nonprofit on the Pine Ridge Reservation that focuses on finding energy-efficient solutions for the people who live there. Red Cloud will talk about sustainable energy education and opportunities, “all with the 7th generation in our hearts.”

Sam Meijer with a doggo

Featured Speaker

Sam Meijer

Sam Meijer is a staff scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and co-principal investigator of the tantalum experiment on the 4850 Level of SURF. In 2021, the Majorana Demonstrator’s science run ended, and the detector was repurposed to search for the decay of nature’s rarest isotope: tantalum-180m. Meijer will discuss what the collaboration knows, what they hope to find, and how it will impact physics. 

Dan Pierce

Featured Speaker

Dan Pierce

Dan Pierce will connect with guests from CAT’s laboratory on the 1700 Level of SURF to discuss CAT MineStarTM for Underground. The technology leverages Wi-Fi to track and coordinate the safe movement of people and equipment through underground drifts and ramps. The technology is changing the way people and equipment navigate underground at locations around the world.