These discussions were held at the Foundry Restaurant.

Weather: The technology of predicting the future
Cyrena-Marie Arnold Meteorologist for NH1 News & Director of Product Sciences for Weather Analytics
Lourdes B. Aviles, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology Plymouth State University
Josh Judge WMUR Meteorologist
Scott Reynolds Meteorologist-in-Charge NOAA/NWS CWSU Nashua NH

The Science of Addiction
John “Geno” Colby, MSW, LADC -Admissions Clinician, Westbridge
Kelly Seichepine, MD -Concord Hospital
Daniel R. Seichepine, Ph.D. -Lecturer of Psychology, Neuropsychology Program UNH Manchester

Planning & Acting for NH Wildlife
John Kanter, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Supervisor, NH Fish and Game Department
Heidi Holman, Wildlife diversity biologist, NH Fish and Game Department
Haley Andreozzi, Wildlife Outreach Coordinator, UNH Cooperative Extension

Material science: Creating the substances of the future
Debbie Chachra, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Materials Science Olin College of Engineering
Brian Tracey, Plastics Engineer DEKA Research & Development
Andrew Collins, Manager of the Materials Team in R&D group at Velcro Companies

Clean Water Solutions: From NH to the World
Ryan LaRocque, Slingshot systems engineer at DEKA Research and Development
Cheryl Wood, Laboratory Manager and Microbiologist at Manchester Water Works
Deepika Kurup, winner of the 2012 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Award for developing a solar water purification system.

Big Data: Analyzing its role
Jeremiah Johnson Analytics Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Data Science UNH Manchester
Tim Chadwick Principal Engineer, Infrastructure Dyn, Inc.

Rock the Cafe: Explore the geological past of America.
Dr. William Clyde Professor of Geology University of NH.

Dinosaurs Revisited
Kristen Woytonik Historian of Science, Adjunct Instructor at UNH-Manchester.
Mary Nalasko UNH Manchester graduate who conducted research on a recent paleontology expedition

Humans and Space: Is Mars in the future?
Chris Carberry the Executive Director and co-founder of Explore Mars, Inc.
Joe Cassady Aeojet Rocketdyne, Executive Director, Space – DC office
David McDonald, M.Ed. STEM Educator, Belmont High School, NH former Education Director, McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center