We live in one increasingly populated and interconnected world: a world shaped by engineering; engineering that has now given us the ability on the one hand to destroy ourselves, and on the other to be used intelligently and constructively to reduce tensions in the world, to reduce our impacts on planet Earth’s environment, and to husband our natural resources in a sustainable manner. Our future choices must be shaped by improved education and moral courage, not by short-term financial opportunism. Wealth creation has more profound implications than making money. Value and cost must be clearly differentiated.

The address will be followed by dinner, RSVP Paul Dillon.