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AAAS Science and Policy Programs

Science and Technology Policy
2007 AAAS Leadership Seminar

12-16 November 2007

Overview

The AAAS Leadership Seminar in Science and Technology Policy is a "crash course" in science and technology (S&T) policy, designed for those who need to know how S&T policy works.

It is modeled after the highly acclaimed orientation program that AAAS provides for its new S&T Policy Fellows each fall, but distills the key material into 4 1/2 days instead of two weeks. Space is limited to only 30 participants--the small group setting provides an ideal opportunity to learn about the challenges and solutions of S&T policy from the experts.

Download all presentations from the Leadership seminar or download individual presentations linked within the agenda, below.

Agenda for the 2007 Leadership Seminar

(links to selected seminar presentations in PDF format)

AAAS Leadership Seminar in Science and Technology Policy
Monday, November 12, 2007
12:00 noon
Registration Opens
1:00 p.m.
Welcoming Remarks
  • Albert H. Teich
    Director, Science and Policy Programs
    AAAS
1:15 p.m.
Introductions
Participants, AAAS staff
2:15 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m.
The Current Political Environment for Science
  • David Goldston
    Visiting Lecturer, Princeton University; and Former Chief of Staff, House Committee on Science
4:30 p.m.
Welcoming Reception
6:30 p.m.
Get-Acquainted Dinner
Introduction: Albert H. Teich, Director, Science and Policy Programs, AAAS
  • Rick Weiss, Science Reporter, The Washington Post
    "Covering Science in Washington"
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.
Where Does Science Fit in Public Policy?
  • Eric A. Fischer
    Senior Specialist in Science & Technology Policy
    Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m.
The Contrasting Cultures of Science and Policy-Making
  • Stephen D. Nelson
    Associate Director, Science and Policy Programs
    AAAS
12:00 noon
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
How Policy is Made: Lessons from Current Issues
  • Moderator: Albert H. Teich, AAAS
  • Nanotechnology
    David Rejeski
    Director, Foresight and Governance Project, and
    Director, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
    Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
  • Stem Cell Research
    Rachel Levinson
    Director, Government and Industrial Liaison Office
    The Biodesign Institute
    Arizona State University
2:45 p.m.
Break
  • Energy Policy and Climate Change
    Bob Simon
    Staff Director
    Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources
  • U.S. Space Policy
    Howard McCurdy
    Professor of Public Affairs
    American University
  • Strategic Weapons and Arms Control
    David Kay
    Consultant and former leader of the search for WMD in Iraq
5:00 p.m.
Dinner on your own
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Check-In
9:00 a.m.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
  • John H. Marburger, III
    Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
10:00 a.m.
Leave for Capitol Hill
10:45 a.m.
Congress: Its Structure and Processes
  • Judy Schneider
    Specialist on the Congress
    Government and Finance Division
    Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 p.m.
How a Scientist Can Interact with a Congressional Office
  • Francis Slakey
    Associate Director of Public Affairs
    American Physical Society
2:15 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m.
Lobbying in Washington
  • Moderator: Joanne Padrón Carney
    Director, Center for Science, Technology and Congress AAAS
  • Michael A. Waring
    Executive Director of Federal Relations, and
    Director of the Washington Office
    University of Michigan
  • Jack Humphries
    Vice President of Government Relations
    United Technologies Corporation
  • April L. Burke
    President and Founder
    Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC
4:00 p.m.
Scientists' Roles in Public Support for Research Funding
  • Bill Leinweber
    Executive Vice President, Research!America
5:30 p.m.
Dinner on your own
Thursday, November 15, 2007
8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.
Introduction to Federal Budget Procedure: Or, Why You'll Never Understand the Policy Process Unless You Understand the Budget
  • Kei Koizumi
    Director
    AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program
10:00 a.m.
Break
10:15 a.m.
An Interactive Workshop: Writing an Appropriations Bill
  • Kei Koizumi, AAAS
12:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 p.m.
National Economic Policy
  • Zanny Minton Beddoes
    Washington Economics Editor
    The Economist
2:45 p.m.
Break
3:00 p.m.
The Politics of Innovation and Competitiveness
  • Kathryn Clay
    Professional Staff Member
    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  • Louis A. Finkel
    Director of Policy and Outreach
    House Committee on Science and Technology
4:15 p.m.
Ethics, Science, and Policy
  • Deborah G. Johnson
    Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics
    Department of Science, Technology, and Society
    School of Engineering and Applied Science
    University of Virginia
5:30 p.m.
Leave for restaurant
6-9 p.m.
Dinner
Introduction: Albert H. Teich, Director, Science & Policy Programs, AAAS
  • Daryl E. Chubin
    Director, AAAS Center for Advancing Science and Engineering Capacity
Friday, November 16, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.
Science and Security in the Post-9/11 Environment
  • Albert H. Teich
    Director, Science & Policy Programs
    AAAS
10:00 a.m.
Break
10:15 a.m.
The Role of Science and Technology in U.S. Foreign Policy
  • Caroline S. Wagner
    Senior Research Scientist, George Washington University; and
    SRI International
11:30 a.m.
Concluding Remarks
  • Albert H. Teich, AAAS
 
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