Industry R&D, international collaborations and 'digital divide' lead discussions
Increasing globalization of research and development (R&D) and the prolific growth of information technology (IT) are major factors in the growth of the U.S. economy. These developments also raise important questions about the future directions of scientific research, education and societal change. These are among issues current and former members of the National Science Board (NSB) will discuss at a media briefing June 19, 2000 at the National Press Club's Holeman Lounge, starting at 12:30 p.m.
The NSB is releasing its biennial report to the President, Science and Engineering Indicators 2000, in a first-ever two-volume edition. The Science Board is a 24-member scientific and engineering advisory body that governs the activities of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The new report recognizes the 50th anniversary of both the NSB and NSF, celebrated this year, with a special chapter on science and technology's transitions over a 50-year period.
Claudia Mitchell-Kernan, former chair of the NSB's Subcommittee on Science & Engineering Indicators, will introduce a summary of the report's highlights. John A. Armstrong, current NSB member on the S&E Indicators subcommittee will discuss issues of research & development. Robert C. Richardson, NSB member and 1996 Nobel Laureate in Physics, will discuss the impact of information technology. Mitchell-Kernan will also discuss briefly results of the 1999 survey of public understanding of science.
Who: Claudia Mitchell-Kernan, University of
California at Los Angeles
John A. Armstrong, National Science Board
(Member, Subcommittee on Science &
Engineering Indicators)
Robert C. Richardson, National Science
Board (Member, Education & Human
Resources Committee)
What: Media Briefing, Science and Engineering Indicators 2000
When: Monday, June 19, 2000 at 12:30 p.m.
Where: National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 14th and F Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.
For more information, contact: Bill Noxon, 703-306-1070/wnoxon@nsf.gov
June 14, 2000
PA/M 00-11 (NSB 00-127)