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title: SACNAS Announces Renowned STEM Leaders to Speak at 2017 SACNAS - SACNAS
description: SACNAS is thrilled to announce our renowned array of outstanding multidisciplinary researchers and STEM leaders to speak before our full 2017 SACNAS audience! Read their full bios. See the full list of speakers below.   Thursday, October 19, 2017 Mayor Jackie Biskupski Conference Convocation Mayor of Salt Lake City   Yajaira Sierra-Sastre, PhD Research Scientist […]
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# [SACNAS Announces Renowned STEM Leaders to Speak at 2017 SACNAS - SACNAS](https://www.sacnas.org/diversity-news/sacnas-announces-renowned-stem-leaders-to-speak-at-2017-sacnas)

 Written by [sacnas](https://www.sacnas.org/diversity-news/author/sacnas) | Sep 15, 2017 7:00:00 AM

SACNAS is thrilled to announce our renowned array of outstanding multidisciplinary researchers and STEM leaders to speak before our full 2017 SACNAS audience! **[Read their full bios.](http://www.2017sacnas.org//events/2017-sacnas-the-national-diversity-in-stem-conference/custom-178-344a437cdada442d9179834c162b0a21.aspx?platform=hootsuite)**

See the full list of speakers below.

 

**Thursday, October 19, 2017**

**Mayor Jackie Biskupski**

Conference Convocation

Mayor of Salt Lake City

 

**Yajaira Sierra-Sastre, PhD**

Research Scientist

U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing

 

**Henry H. Fowler, EdD (Navajo)**

Chair of Mathematics/Physics and Technology Department

Dine College

 

**Friday, October 20, 2017**

**Tyrone B. Hayes, PhD**

Class of 43 Chair and Professor of Integrative Biology

University of California, Berkeley

 

**Rosalyn LaPier, PhD** (Blackfeet Tribe of Montana and Métis)

Associate Professor, Environmental Studies

University of Montana

 

**Knatokie Ford, PhD**

Founder and CEO / Fly Sci Enterprise

Former Senior Policy Advisor / Obama White House

 

**Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay, PhD**

Faculty Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

University of California, Los Angeles

 

**Saturday, October 21, 2017**

**Mario Capecchi, PhD**

Nobel Laureate and Distinguished Professor

University of Utah School of Medicine

 

2017 SACNAS Emcee

**David T. Carreon Bradley, PhD**

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