Glass and Glass‐Ceramic Technologies to Transform the World

This presentation is an overview of the findings from J une 21 to 22, 2010 A merican C eramic S ociety L eadership S ummit and a personal perspective on the economic issues and technical feasibility of achieving breakthrough technologies in the business segments of E nergy and H ealthcare. The top 10 rankings from an extensive listing of 100 potentially important ceramic, glass and glass–ceramic technologies were all in the E nergy and H ealthcare S ectors of business. Innovative technologies that have the potential for being world‐changing are discussed, including T ransforming T echnology for E nergy N o. 1: I nnovative E nergy S torage D evices; T ransforming T echnology for H ealthcare N o. 1: B ioactive M aterials for R egeneration of T issues; N o. 2: L ocalized T herapies for C ancer and A utoimmune D iseases; N o. 3: T issue E ngineering of S oft T issues; N o. 4: S tem C ell E ngineering; N o. 5: P reventative M edicine.