Edward Crawley is the Ford Professor of Engineering, and a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. He has served as the founding President of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) in Moscow, the founding Director of the MIT Gordon Engineering Leadership Program, the co-founder of the international CDIO initiative, the Director of the Cambridge (UK) - MIT Institute and the Head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. Crawley's research has focused on the architecture, design, and decision support and optimization in complex technical systems subject to economic and stakeholder constraints. His book System Architecture: Strategy and Product Development for Complex Systems was published by Pearson (2016). His work in innovation includes helping to found six technology-based startups. Crawley is a Fellow of the AIAA, the Royal Aeronautical Society (UK) and the International Academy of Astronautics. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and is a foreign member of national academies of of Sweden, the UK, China and Russia.He received an SB (1976) and an SM (1978) in aeronautics and astronautics and a ScD (1981) in aerospace structures, all from MIT, and has been awarded two honorary doctorates.John Hegarty served as President/Provost (2001-11) at Trinity College Dublin and, previously, as Dean of Research, Head of the Physics Department and Professor of Laser Physics. He spent nine years in the US at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at AT&T Bell Labs. As President, he led a significant expansion of Trinity College's research and innovation mission, including engagement between disciplines and with stakeholders, as part of a wider change and modernization program. Hegarty's field of research was photonics, resulting in more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals, three patents and one spin-off company. He co-founded Optronics Ireland (1999), a national research program in photonics involving strong cross-disciplinary collaboration among five universities.He co-founded Innovation Advisory Partners in 2012 to provide advisory services on research and innovation, and acted as Senior Advisor to the President of the start-up university, Skoltech. He is a member of several boards including the those of the Irish Times, Hugh Lane Gallery and Ireland Fulbright Commission.Hegarty received a BSc (1969) and PhD (1975) from the National University of Ireland and an ScD (2001) from Trinity Col