Thursday, 20 April

8:00AM

• REGISTRATION OPENS

9:00AM

WELCOME
Gilbert S. Omenn, Professor of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics, and Public Health, University of Michigan; and Chair, Board of Directors, AAAS

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
John H. Marburger, III, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (link to OSTP web site)

10:00AM

BUDGETARY AND POLICY CONTEXT FOR R&D IN FY 2007
(Plenary Session)

For a AAAS news article on the opening session, click here.

Moderator: Gilbert S. Omenn, Professor of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics, and Public Health, University of Michigan; and Chair, Board of Directors, AAAS

• AAAS Analysis of Federal Budget Proposals for R&D in FY 2007
  Kei Koizumi, Director, R&D Budget and Policy Program, AAAS
• A Congressional Perspective on the FY 2007 Budget
  Bill Hoagland, Director, Budget and Appropriations, Office of the Senate Majority Leader, United States Senate
• An Overview of the Current and Long-Term Federal Budget Situation
  Douglas Holtz-Eakins, Director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; and former Director, Congressional Budget Office
• The Increasing Intersections of Science and Technology with Politics and Culture
  William Saletan, National Correspondent, Slate Online Magazine

NOON

LUNCHEON
Presiding: Braden R. Allenby, Professor of Engineering, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University; and Chair, AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy

Address: Julie L. Gerberding, M.D., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2:00PM

MAJOR ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
(Concurrent Sessions)

• (A) Science and Technology Policy for the Energy Challenges of the 21st Century
  • Moderator: John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard University; Director, Woods Hole Research Center; and President, AAAS
    
    SPEAKERS
  • The Economic, Environmental, and National Security Challenges of Energy Supply and the Role of S&T in Addressing Them
    John Holdren
  • National Policy for Addressing Our Energy Challenges
    Jason Grumet, Executive Director, National Commission on Energy Policy
  • The Federal Energy R&D Portfolio
    Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director, Energy Technology Innovation Project, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • Energy R&D in the Private Sector
    Joseph Romm, Executive Director, Center for Energy and Climate Solutions
    
    DISCUSSANT
  • David Hawkins, Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council

• (B) Risk and Response: Coping With Uncertainty About Pandemic Flu and Other Global Health Threats
  • Moderator: Sharon Hrynkow, Acting Director, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health
    
    For a AAAS News article on this session, click here.
    
    SPEAKERS
• Pandemic Threats and Security: Research in Action
  Linda Lambert, Chief, Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
• Pathways of Spread: The Flyways and Byways of Avian Influenza
  (PowerPoint Slide Show) Peter Marra, Senior Scientist, Migratory Bird Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution
• Mathematical Modeling of Pandemic Threats: What Can We Predict -- and Prevent?
  Cecile Viboud, Research Scientist, International Epidemiology and Population Studies Division, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health
• Pandemics and the Private Sector
  Meghan Thompson, Senior Editor, Corporate Communications, Citigroup
• Talking About Pandemics: The Risk Communication Challenge
  Peter M. Sandman, Risk Communications Consultant, Princeton, NJ; and Adjunct Professor, Rutgers University and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Research Professor, Clark University

• (C) Homeland Security: Can Science Make Us Safer?
  • Moderator: Benn H. Tannenbaum, Senior Program Associate, Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy, AAAS
    
    SPEAKERS
  • Homeland Security R&D in the FY 2007 Budget
    Kei Koizumi, Director, R&D Budget and Policy Program, AAAS
  • Why We Work With Scientists
    Gretchen L. Lorenzi, Weapons of Mass Destruction Unit, Headquarters, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Starnes E. Walker, III, Chief Scientist, Office of Naval Research
  • Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) Status Report
    Vayl Oxford, Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Homeland Security: Can Science Make Us Safer?
    Richard T. Roca, Director, Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University

5:00PM

COFFEE BREAK

5:45PM

THE WILLIAM D. CAREY LECTURE
(Public Invited)
Presiding: Alan I. Leshner, Chief Executive Officer, AAAS

Address: Science Policy: What Is It Anyway? A Broader View
Harold T. Shapiro, President Emeritus and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University

For a AAAS news article on the Carey lecture, click here.

6:45PM

RECEPTION

Friday, 21 April

7:45AM

BREAKFAST
Presiding: Norman P. Neureiter, Director, Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy, AAAS

Address: John Hamre, President and CEO, Center for Strategic and International Studies

For a AAAS news article on the lecture, click here.

9:00AM

• THE GLOBAL INNOVATION CHALLENGE: RESPONSES BY INDUSTRY AND U.S. POLICY MAKERS
  (Plenary Session)
  • Moderator: Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    
    For a AAAS news article on this session, click here.
    
    SPEAKERS
  • Global Challenges Facing the U.S. Economy (RPI web site)
    Shirley Ann Jackson
  • How U.S. Industry is Meeting the Challenge
    Andrew Brown, Jr., Executive Director, Innovation and Technology, Delphi Corporation  
  • How European Industry is Meeting the Challenge
    Andrew Dearing, Secretary General, European Industrial Research Management Association
  • National Workforce Needs, Particularly in Science and Engineering
    Richard Freeman, Herbert S. Ascherman Professor of Economics, Harvard University; and National Bureau of Economic Research
  • The U.S. Policy Response: Adequate to the Task?
    Robert D. Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

NOON

LUNCHEON
Address: Samuel W. Bodman, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy

1:45PM

• PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF SCIENCE
  (Plenary Session)
  • Moderator: Albert H. Teich, Director, Science and Policy Programs, AAAS
    
    SPEAKERS
  • Attacks on Peer Review
    Felice Levine, Executive Director, American Educational Research Association
  • Political Uses of Science
    John Horgan, Director, Center for Science Writings, Stevens Institute of Technology
  • Protecting the Integrity of Science:Scientific Misconduct
    Nicholas H. Steneck, Professor of History, University of Michigan

3:30PM

Adjournment