April 22-23, 2004
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill Washington, DC
FINAL PROGRAM
Thursday, April 22
8:00 a.m. Registration Opens
9:00 Welcome: Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and
President, AAAS
9:15 Keynote Address: John H. Marburger, III, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
10:00 BUDGETARY AND POLICY CONTEXT FOR R&D IN FY 2005 (Plenary Session)
Moderator: Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and President, AAAS
• Science and the National Interest
Tom Daschle, Member, United States Senate (D-SD); and Senate Minority 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, University of Manchester, UK
12:00 Noon Luncheon
Presiding: Mae Jemison, President, BioSentient Corporation; and Member, AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy
Address: Speaker to be announced
2:00 p.m. MAJOR ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY (Concurrent 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 Academy of Engineering
• Converging Technologies and Academic and Commercial Success: A Research Agenda Lynne Zucker, Professor of Sociology, University of California at Los Angeles
• Converging Technologies, Diverging Values? European and American Perspectives on NBIC.
Davis Baird, Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina
Discussant: Joseph Coates, Consulting Futurist, Washington, DC
(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, California Council on Science and Technology; and Member, AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy
• 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 Modern Research University?
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 State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
• Changes in Revenue Sources at Major U.S. Research Universities
Irwin Feller, Senior Visiting Scientist, AAAS; Professor Emeritus of Economics, Pennsylvania State University
• The Changing Role of Universities’ Vice Presidents of Research
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
Discussant: Lynn Jelinski, Sunshine Consultants International
5:00 Coffee Break
5:45 The William D. Carey Lecture (public invited)
Presiding: Alan I. Leshner, Chief Executive Officer, AAAS
Address: “Science, Government, and the Public Interest”
Harold Varmus, President, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
6:45 Reception
Friday, April 23
7:45 a.m. Breakfast
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), Mexico
9:00 CHALLENGES FOR THE U.S. IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE GLOBAL 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 U.S.’s “ace in the hole”? • What does “retraining” U.S. workers really mean? • How can it be done?
Moderator: Ambassador Ira Shapiro, Of Counsel, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
• Two Views on the Offshoring of U.S. Jobs, Including High-Tech
Catherine L. Mann, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics
Ron Hira, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Rochester Institute of Technology
• How Do Developing Nations Compare with the U.S. on S&T Performance, Innovation, and S&T Workforces?
Diana Hicks, Professor and Chair of the School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
• The Case of China
Denis Fred Simon, Dean, Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Will Innovation Be the U.S.’s “Ace in the Hole”?
Dave McCurdy, President, Electronic Industries Alliance
• What Should the U.S. Policy Responses Be – or Not Be?
William Bonvillian, Legislative Director and Chief Counsel, Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
12:00 Noon Luncheon
Presiding: Norine E. Noonan, Dean, School of Science and Mathematics, College of Charleston; and Member, AAAS Board of Directors
Address: John D. Graham, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, White House Office of Management and Budget
1:45 p.m. THE IMPACTS OF POST-9/11 SECURITY POLICIES ON SCIENCE (Plenary 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:
3:30 p.m. Adjournment