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8–9
May 2008 Washington DC International Trade Center
The 2008
annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy has now concluded. Below
is the 2008 Forum program, and links to speaker presentations and news coverage.
This page will be updated as more presentations and articles become available.
2008 Program:
BUDGETARY AND POLICY CONTEXT FOR R&D
IN FY 2009 (Plenary Session) Keynote Address: John
H. Marburger, III, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
(PDF slides from talk) AAAS Analysis of Federal
Budget Proposals for R&D in FY 2009 (PDF) Kei Koizumi, Director, R&D
Budget and Policy Program, AAAS WHAT KIND OF WORLD WILL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FACE - AND HELP CREATE - IN THE 21st CENTURY? A PANEL DISCUSSION James
Canton, CEO and Chairman, Institute for Global Futures (PDF) Melinda
Kimble, Senior Vice President, United Nations Foundation (PDF) "The
Post-Scientific Society" (link to original article) Christopher T. Hill,
Professor of Public Policy and Technology, George Mason University Luncheon
Address: John Kao, Founder, Kao & Company; author, Innovation
Nation: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and How We
Can Get It Back (link to book web site) MAJOR ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY POLICY (Concurrent Sessions) (A) Human Enhancement: Promise
and/or Threat? An Overview of Key Issues in Human
Enhancement Efforts (PDF) Thomas H. Murray, President, The Hastings Center
Sports Applications (PDF) Theodore Friedmann,
Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San
Diego Military Applications (PDF) John
A. Parmentola, Director, Research and Laboratory Management, U. S. Army Age
Extension (PDF) S. Jay Olshansky, Professor, School of Public Health,
University of Illinois, Chicago Cognitive Enhancement
(PDF) Martha J. Farah, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Natural Sciences;
Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania (B)
New Models for Funding Research and Innovation Amphitheater Transformative
Research John C. Crowley, Consultant, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Prizes for Research and Engineering Achievements
(PDF) Stephen A. Merrill, Executive Director, Board on Science, Technology,
and Economic Policy, The National Academies Foundations'
New Directions (PDF) Susan M. Fitzpatrick, Vice President, The James
S. McDonnell Foundation; and Member, AAAS Board of Directors State
and Local Support for R&D (PDF) Dan Berglund, President and CEO, State
Science and Technology Institute Support for S&T-Based
Start-Up Ventures (PDF) Ravi Kapur, President, Anudeza Consulting Group;
and Entrepreneur-in- Residence, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
(C) Advocacy in Science: Models for the Future An
Overview of Key Issues in Advocacy (PDF of text) Ruth M. Krulfeld, Professor
Emeritus of Anthropology, International Affairs, Human Sciences, The George Washington
University; and Member, AAAS Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility
A Skeptical View of Advocacy by Scientists Catherine Rudder, Professor
of Public Policy, George Mason University The Choice
of Strategy and Tactics In Science Advocacy (PDF) Francis Slakey, Director,
Washington Office, American Physical Society; and Co-Director, Program on Science
in the Public Interest, and Upjohn Lecturer in Physics and Biology, Georgetown
University Some Advocacy Lessons Learned: A Work
in Progress (PDF) Mary Woolley, President, Research!America How Does
Science Advocacy Look From the Other Side? Dahlia Sokolov, Professional Staff
Member, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, Committee on Science and
Technology, U.S. House of Representatives The William D. Carey Lecture
(public invited) Address: "Changing Patterns of Research and Innovation
in a Networked World" Lewis M. Branscomb, Professor Emeritus of Public
Policy and Corporate Management, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University;
and Adjunct Professor, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies,
University of California, San Diego Friday, May 9 7:45 a.m.
Breakfast Address: "Energy, Security, and the Long War of the 21st Century"
R. James Woolsey, Of Counsel, Goodwin Procter LLP; and Senior Executive Advisor,
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, THE 2008 ELECTION,
AND BEYOND (Plenary Session)
The Fiscal Challenges
Facing the Next Administration and Congress (PDF) Peter R. Orszag, Director,
Congressional Budget Office Major Science and Technology-Related
Issues Facing the Next Administration (PDF) Gilbert S. Omenn, Professor
of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics, and Public Health, University of Michigan
Industry's Advocacy for Science and Technology Policy Issues Bruce P.
Mehlman, Co-founder and Partner, Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, Inc.; and Executive
Director, Technology CEO Council Presidential Transitions and Science &
Technology Matters Ernest J. Moniz, Professor of Physics, and Cecil and Ida Green
Distinguished Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ensuring
the Best Presidential Science Appointments The Honorable John Edward Porter,
Partner, Hogan and Hartson, LLP; and former Member, U.S. House of Representatives
(IL) Luncheon Address: "The
Graying of the Great Powers: Demographics and Geopolitics in the 21st Century"
(link to publication web page) Richard Jackson, Director and Senior Fellow, Global
Aging Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies SCIENCE
AND THE NEW MEDIA (Plenary Session) Adam Bly, Founder and CEO, Seed Media
Group; and Editor-in-Chief, Seed Magazine Sheril
R. Kirshenbaum, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke
University; and Science Blogger (PDF) Anthony Crider,
Associate Professor of Physics, Elon University; and co-founder of the SciLands,
a science continent in the Second Life world (PDF)
Included
with your registration: AAAS Report XXXIII:
Research and Development FY 2009, a comprehensive analysis of the R&D
proposals for the FY 2009 budget, prepared by AAAS and a group of its affiliated
scientific, engineering, and higher education associations. Registration
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