Please join the Federal Innovation and Research Evaluation (FIRE) affinity group on June 20th for a full day symposium:
Science Policy on a Budget: Aligning evidence-based evaluation with budget-driven decision-making
Sponsored by the Federal Innovation and Research Evaluation (FIRE) group and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Monday, June 20, 2011
8:30 am - 4:30pm (networking reception to follow)
American Association for the Advancement of Science Auditorium
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Conference registration is FREE. Please RSVP by June 10 at:
http://fellowships.aaas.org/FIREAffinityGroup.shtml
Three moderated panel discussions will be followed by an audience question and answer period:
Data Transparency and the New Tools of Evaluation: Federally-funded R&D in the era of open government
Moderated by: Stephen Ezell, The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
- Stefano Bertuzzi, National Institutes of Health
- Denise Duncan, LMI Government Consulting
- Cameron Neylon, Science & Technology Facilities Council (UK)
Evaluating Recovery Act-funded R&D: Innovative solutions & lessons learned
Moderated by: Colin Macilwain, Research Fortnight and Research Europe (UK)
- Richard Freeman, National Bureau of Economic Research/Harvard University
- David Croson, National Science Foundation
- Luci Roberts, National Institutes of Health
- Bill Valdez, Department of Energy
To Cut or Not to Cut: The agency dilemma
Moderated by: Richard Van Atta, Science and Technology Policy Institute
- Sharon Drumm, United States Department of Agriculture
- Christopher King, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Jitinder Kohli (invited), Center for American Progress
- Eric Toone, Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy