Global Black Impact Summit (GBIS) Panel Discussion to Champion Diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)

Global Black Impact Summit (GBIS) Panel Discussion to Champion Diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)

As the fourth industrial revolution continues to unfold, demand for skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines has skyrocketed. At this year’s edition of the Global Black Impact Summit (GBIS) (https://apo-opa.co/4bfrD0T) – taking place in Dubai on February 27 – a dedicated panel will showcase the scientists, engineers and tech leaders making waves in STEM professions and underscore the value of diversity in thought and perspective when it comes to generating new and innovative solutions.

The history of Black professionals in STEM is ripe with accomplishment. The work of Black scientists, engineers, and mathematicians – from George Washington Carver to Neil deGrasse Tyson – has led to influential discoveries and world-changing inventions that are taken for granted today. Laying the foundation for the production of cortisone and birth control pills, American research chemist Percy Lavon Julian became the second African American – after mathematician David H. Blackwell – to gain membership to the National Academy of Sciences in 1973.

Meanwhile, having received over $12 million in funding to support his research in software and web-based research, Brian Blake is an academic leader who has served on a number of National Academies’ committees, including the National Science Foundation Advisory Committee in