2006 Forum

20–21 April 2006 Washington DC,
Washington Court Hotel

Click on the links below to view or download the speaker presentations from the 2006 Forum (PDF format). More presentations will be added shortly. The final attendee list is also available. For AAAS news coverage of the Forum, click here.

• Thursday, 20 April
• Friday, 21 April

Final List of Forum Registrants

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, AAASSPEAKERS
  • 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 SolutionsDISCUSSANT
  • 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 HealthFor 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, AAASSPEAKERS
  • 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 InstituteFor 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, AAASSPEAKERS
  • 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