Twenty-Ninth Annual AAAS FORUM
ON
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Hyatt
Regency
President, AAAS
Technology Policy
Moderator: Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and
President, AAAS
• Science and the National Interest
Tom Daschle,
Leader
• AAAS Overview of Federal Budget Proposals for R&D in FY 2005
Kei Koizumi, Director, R&D Budget and Policy Program, AAAS
• Winning Greater Influence for Science
Daniel Yankelovich, Founder and Chairman of Viewpoint Learning, Inc; DYG,
Inc.; and Public Agenda
• The Limits of a Market-Based Approach to Science
Luke Georghiou, Professor of Science and Technology Policy and Management;
and Executive Director, PREST,
Presiding: Mae Jemison, President, BioSentient Corporation; and Member, AAAS
Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy
Address: Speaker to be announced
Sessions)
(A)
Policy Implications
of Converging New Technologies: Nano-, Bio-, Info-,
Cognitive
Status of the new technologies • Their promise and uncertainties • Prospects for intersections among them • Social, ethical, and other implications • Enhancing humans beyond normal capabilities
Moderator: Braden R. Allenby, Vice President, Environment, Health and Safety, AT&T; and
Member, AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy
• Policy Implications of Unifying Science and Converging New Technologies
Mihail C. Roco, Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology, Engineering Directorate, National
Science Foundation; and Chair, Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and
Technology, National Science and Technology Council
• Where Are We Going With These Technologies? Some Possible Futures
William Wulf, President, National
• Converging Technologies and Academic and Commercial Success: A Research Agenda
Lynne Zucker, Professor of Sociology,
• Converging Technologies,
Diverging Values? European
and American Perspectives on NBIC.
Discussant:
Joseph Coates, Consulting Futurist,
(B) Will
Technology Enhance or Erode Democracy? Policy
and Civic Implications of
Information Technologies
New voting technologies: merits, risks, vulnerabilities • Digital-divide issues • IT and privacy concerns • Who will control the Internet? • Using the Web to build a more informed and engaged citizenry
Moderator:
Susan Hackwood, Executive Director,
• Fans, Consumers, Citizens: Rethinking the Concept of Democratic Participation
Henry Jenkins, Director of Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
• The Current Status, Potential, and Risks of Voting Technologies
Charles H. Stewart III, Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
• The Persistent Issue of the Digital Divide
Anthony Wilhelm, Author and Telecommunications Consultant
• Governance and de facto Control of the Internet
James X. Dempsey, Executive Director, Center for Democracy and Technology
Discussant: Robert D. Atkinson, Vice President and Director of the Technology and
New Economy Project, Progressive Policy Institute
(C)
How Sustainable is the
Changes in institutional mission, funding profile, and management structures • Public expectations of the university • Stakeholders’ interests • Reward structures (institutional and individual) • Structural strains between research and teaching; between graduate and undergraduate education; between academic departments and research centers • “Public” universities and autonomy
Moderator: Robert E. Barnhill, Vice Chancellor for Research and Public Service, University of Kansas; CGS/NSF Dean in Residence, National Science Foundation; and Chair, AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy
• The Public’s Expectations of Today’s Universities
John Engler, President of State and Local Government, and Vice President of Government Solutions for North America, Electronic Data Systems; former Governor, State of Michigan
• The University’s Multiple and Changing Missions
C. Peter Magrath, President, National Association
of
Colleges
• Changes in Revenue Sources at Major U.S. Research Universities
Irwin Feller, Senior Visiting Scientist, AAAS; Professor Emeritus of Economics,
• The Changing Role of Universities’ Vice Presidents of Research
Robert E. Barnhill, Vice Chancellor for Research and Public Service, University of
Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy
Discussant: Lynn Jelinski, Sunshine Consultants International
Presiding: Alan I. Leshner, Chief Executive Officer, AAAS
Address: “Science, Government, and the Public Interest”
Harold Varmus, President,
Presiding: Kerri-Ann Jones, Director, Office of International Science and Engineering,
National Science Foundation
Address: Jaime
Parada Avila, General Director, National Council for
Science and Technology (CONACYT),
ECONOMY (Plenary
Session)
Offshoring
of U.S. jobs, including high-tech • Growing
S&T sophistication of other nations • The
U.S.’s use of foreign-born talent • Is innovation still the
Moderator: Ambassador Ira Shapiro, Of Counsel, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
•
Two Views on the Offshoring of
Catherine L. Mann, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics
Ron Hira, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Rochester Institute of
•
How Do Developing Nations Compare with the
and S&T Workforces?
Diana Hicks, Professor and Chair of the School
of
•
The Case of
Denis Fred Simon, Dean,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
•
Will Innovation Be the
Dave McCurdy, President, Electronic Industries
•
What Should the
William Bonvillian, Legislative Director and Chief Counsel, Senator Joseph
Presiding: Norine E. Noonan,
Dean,
Address: John D. Graham, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
White House Office of Management and Budget
Session)
Visas for foreign students and visitors • Restrictive clauses in federal grants and
contracts • Select agents • “Sensitive but not classified” scientific information •
Policing of scientific journals – by whom?
Moderator: Albert H. Teich, Director, Science and Policy Programs, AAAS
Speakers:
Alice P. Gast, Vice President for Research and Associate Provost, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology; and Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering
John J. McGowan, Director, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health