Join Us at the CPC Gala

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Date: Feb 22, 2026

Time: 5:30 PM (Check-in will begin 30 minutes early) 

Venue: Ocean Palace Restaurant, 11215 Bellaire Blvd. Houston, Texas 77072

Dress Code: Business Formal

Below is the schedule for the welcome portion of the event:

5:00–5:30 PM  Check-in and seating
5:30–5:45 PM  Welcome Duet
5:45–6:00 PM  Lion Dance
6:00 PM  Welcoming Address

Professor James Tour is the T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, a Professor of Computer Science, and a Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas. 

Professor Tour has over 850 research publications, over 150 granted patents, and over 100 pending patents. His h-index is 181, with total citations over 150,000. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Inventors, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. His research group works in materials science, energy, medicine, electronics, and single-molecule nanomachines. He founded 17 companies based on his academic research, three of which are now public companies. 

In addition, he has an active social media presence, @drjamestour, spanning YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Rumble, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn. In 2025, his content received 50 million views, covering topics in science, faith, and the origin of life. 

For 10 years, Professor Tour led weekly Bible studies in the living units of maximum-security prisons.  He has been teaching a weekly Bible study to college students for the past 27 years, and he and his wife, Shireen, have served about 75 meals to students each week in their home during that time. They also distribute dozens of weekly meals to local cancer patients residing in church facilities and to elderly shut-ins in Houston.