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Globalization Of The Economy Focus Of AAAS R&D Colloquium

Meeting Announcement

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Science, Technology, And The Knowledge Economy
Focus of AAAS R&D Colloquium April 14-16 In Washington, DC

(Washington, DC) -- The globalization of the economy in the new millennium, the future of electronic commerce, and the role of industry, state, and local governments in boosting the knowledge economy will be addressed by policymakers, scientists, academicians, and industry representatives at the 24th annual American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy. AAAS will present its analysis of the congressional budget resolutions passed by the . House and Senate on March 25, and its analysis of President Clinton's FY 2000 budget for science. (Both analysis can be found at http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/rd/fy00.htm.)

EVENT: AAAS Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy

DATE: April 14-16, 1999

LOCATION: Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th Street, NW, Washington, DC
         (Metro: Gallery Place -- red, yellow & green lines)

Speakers for the colloquium will include:
  • Neal Lane, Science Advisor to President Clinton and Director of the Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) [Keynote Address, Wednesday, April 14, 2:15 p.m.]
  • John H. Gibbons, former Director, OSTP [William D. Carey Lecture, Wednesday, April 14, 5:30 p.m.] Please note this lecture is free and open to the public
  • Frank E. Loy, Under Secretary for Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State [Thursday, April 15, noon]
  • U.S. Representative Rush D. Holt (D-NJ), [Friday, April 16, 7:45 a.m.]
  • Charles Vest, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [Friday, April 16, noon]
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Editor's Note: Members of the media must register by contacting Ellen Cooper at 202-326-6431, ecooper@aaas.org, or Dave Amber at 202-326-6434, damber@aaas.org. Reporters must also RSVP for meals by April 9. Cost for lunch on Thursday or Friday is $38, breakfast on Friday is $19.

Twenty-Fourth Annual AAAS
Colloquium On Science And Technology Policy
Science, Technology and the Knowledge Economy
April 14-16, 1999
The Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Wednesday, April 14
2:00 p.m. Welcome: Ann Markusen, Professor of Urban Planning and Policy Development, Rutgers University; and Chair, AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy
2:15 Keynote Address: Neal Lane, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology; and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
3:00 Budgetary And Policy Context For R&D In FY 2000 (Plenary Session) Moderator:Albert H. Teich, Director, Directorate for Science and Policy Programs, AAAS
  • A Congressional Perspective on S&T Issues for FY 2000
    John McCain, Member, United States Senate (AZ);chairman, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; and member, Senate committees on Armed Services and Indian Affairs (invited)
  • Overview of Federal Budget Proposals for R&D in FY 2000
    Stephen D. Nelson, Program Director, and Kei Koizumi, Senior Program Associate, AAAS
  • Outlook for the National Economy
    Edward M. Gramlich, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (invited)
  • The Global Context for Technology and Trade
    Robert J. Shapiro, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce
5:00 Coffee Break
5:30 The William D. Carey Lecture (public invited)
Presiding: Richard S. Nicholson, Executive Officer, AAAS
Speaker: John H. Gibbons, former Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
6:30 Reception
Thursday, April 15
9:00 a.m. Globalization And The Knowledge Economy (Plenary Session)
Perspectives of multinational firms, investment firms, labor, and other stakeholders
Moderator: Richard E. Bissell, Executive Director, Policy Division, National Research Council
Speakers:
  • David Shaw, President, D.E. Shaw and Company
  • Bernard Robertson, Senior Vice President for Engineering Technologies, DaimlerChrysler
  • Kenneth S. Flamm, Dean Rusk Chair of International Affairs, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas-Austin
  • Thomas I. Palley, Associate Director for Economics, Public Policy Department, AFL-CIO
  • Dennis Pirages, Professor of Government and Politics, and Director, Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda, University of Maryland at College Park
12:00
Noon
Luncheon
Presiding: Richard Getzinger, Director, International Programs, AAAS
Speaker: Frank E. Loy, Under Secretary for Global Affairs, U.S.Department of State
2:00 p.m. Major Issues In Science And Technology Policy (Concurrent Sessions)

A) Knowledge Management: Strategic Asset, Decision Enabler, Key to Business Success
Moderator and Organizer:Deborah Wince-Smith, Senior Fellow, Council on Competitiveness
Speakers:

  • Larry G. Chorn, Mobil Visiting Professor of Finance, American Graduate School of International Management
  • Stephen M. Younger, Associate Director for Nuclear Weapons, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Stephen D. Hodges, Director and Managing Principal, Collaboration Solutions, International Business Machines Corporation
  • Michael Laird, Vice President, Strategic Solutions Development,Xerox Internet and Software Solutions, Document Solutions Group, Xerox Corporation
B) Bringing the Knowledge Economy Home: The Role of State and Local Governments Moderator and Organizer: J. Scott Hauger, Program Director, Research Competitiveness Program, Directorate for Science and Policy Programs, AAAS
Speakers:
  • Richard A. Bendis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation
  • John Connolly, Director, Center for Computational Sciences, University of Kentucky
  • Timothy McNulty, Executive Deputy Secretary, Pennsylvania Community and Economic Development Department
  • Barry Bozeman, Professor of Public Policy, and Director, State Data and Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology
C) Do Current Systems of R&D Resource Allocation Foster or Stifle Creativity? Federal and Industrial Issues
Moderator: J. Paul Gilman, Director of Policy Planning, Celera Genomics Corporation
Speakers:
  • G. Pascal Zachary, Senior Writer, Wall Street Journal
  • Jane Alexander, Deputy Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Richard Leifer, Associate Professor of Management, Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Other speaker to be announced
4:30 Policy Roundtables With Agency Officials (Concurrent Sessions)
  • Department of Defense: Delores M. Etter, Deputy Director, Defense Research and Engineering (invited)
  • National Institutes of Health: Wendy Baldwin, Director, Office of Extramural Research
  • National Science Foundation: Joseph Bordogna, Deputy Director (invited)
  • Department of Energy: Martha A. Krebs, Director, Office of Science (invited)
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Alan M. Ladwig, Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator
6:00 Adjourn for the day
Friday, April 16
7:45 a.m. Breakfast
Presiding: Joanne Padrón Carney, Assistant Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Congress, AAAS
Speaker: Rush D. Holt, Member, U.S. House of Representatives (NJ)
9:15 Information Technology: Backbone For the Knowledge Economy (Plenary Session)
National policies - Electronic publishing for S&T - Database protection, access, and manipulation
Moderator: Kay Howell, Director, National Coordinating Office for Computing, Information, and Communications
Speakers:
  • Elliot Maxwell, Special Advisor for Digital Economy, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Martin Blume, Editor-in-Chief, American Physical Society
  • Jonathan Band, Attorney, Morrison and Foerster, LLP
  • Larry Smarr, Director, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and Professor of Physics and Astrophysics, University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Other speaker to be announced
12:00
Noon
Luncheon
Presiding: Richard S. Nicholson, Executive Officer, AAAS
Speaker: Charles M. Vest, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Concluding Remarks: Speaker to be announced

2:00 p.m. Adjournment



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