Center for International Science and Technology Policy

The Elliott School of International Affairs - Room 505
1957 E Street, NW, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20052

4:30-6:00pm

Ambassador (ret.) Richard LeBaron is currently a Senior Fellow at the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East at the Atlantic Council in Washington. Amb. LeBaron retired from the U.S. diplomatic service in April 2012 after a thirty-three year career.

LeBaron's most recent foreign posting was as Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in London from August 2007 to August 2010, and as the founding Coordinator of the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications.

A graduate of the Elliott School's Science, Technology and Public Policy program, he will provide some ideas and will solicit from the audience their own ideas on how science and technology can better inform the public debate about risks versus opportunities. He will also discuss his experience as a U.S. diplomat working in the Middle East and his current work on the Gulf at the Rafik Hariri Center at the Atlantic Council.

To RSVP please email cistp@gwu.edu

D. Allan Bromley Memorial Lecture Series: Dr. Maria Klawe

"Increasing Diversity in the STEM Workforce"

May 1st, 2013

The Elliott School of International Affairs - Room 505
1957 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

5:00pm

Dr. Maria Klawe has been the President of Harvey Mudd College since 2006, and is the College's first female president. A renowned computer scientist and scholar, President Klawe is the first woman to lead the College since its founding in 1955. Prior to joining HMC, she served as dean of engineering and professor of computer science at Princeton University. Klawe has made significant research contributions in several areas of mathematics and computer science, including functional analysis, discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, human-computer interaction, gender issues in information technology and interactive-multimedia for mathematics education. Her current research focuses on discrete mathematics.

About the D. Allan Bromley Memorial Event Since 2005 the University of Ottawa has collaborated with George Washington University in holding a series of annual events in memory of Dr. D. Allan Bromley. The memorial events alternate each year between Ottawa and Washington D.C. and offer an opportunity for graduate students interested in science and technology policy to meet with senior science and policy advisors in the United States and Canada. This year's event is hosted by the Institute for Science, Society and Policy.

For information on previous Bromley Lectures click here.

GW Crowdsourcing Seminar Series with David Alan Grier and Michael Bernstein

November 13th, 2012

The Elliott School of International Affairs - Room 505
1957 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

5:30-7:30pm

The GW crowdsourcing seminar is a monthly event that will consider the ideas, methods and accomplishments of crowdsourcing in depth.

The third meeting will feature Michael Bernstein of Stanford University, who will cover material from his dissertation work on engaging the crowd and on the Solyent crowdsourced word processor.

A Science and Technology Policy Series Lecture: "Innovation for a Secure Future" with Dr. Ray O Johnson

November 7th, 2012

The Elliott School of International Affairs - State Room
1957 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

11:30am-2:00pm

Dr. Ray Johnson, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Lockheed Martin Corporation, will discuss the role of innovation in meeting the needs of U.S. security, economic growth and education. In particular, he will focus on the role of partnerships between research universities and industry in light of the recommendations of the National Academies report on "Research Universities and the Future of America."

GW Crowdsourcing Seminar Series with David Alan Grier and Manuel Cebrian

October 16th, 2012

The Elliott School of International Affairs - Room 505
1957 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

5:30-7:30pm

The GW crowdsourcing seminar is a monthly event that will consider the ideas, methods and accomplishments of crowdsourcing in depth.

The second meeting will cover self-organized crowds and will feature Manuel Cebrian, Assistant Research Scientist of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego. Based on his experience with such events as the DARPA Red Balloon Challenge, the DARPA Shredder Challenge, and the 2012 Department of State Tag Challenge, Manuel will discuss the power of crowds for searching and his concerns for the limits of crowdsourcing.

A Distinguished Women in International Affairs Lecture: Kerri-Ann Jones "Foreign Policy and Science: An Essential Partnership"

October 9th, 2012

Lindner Family Commons
The Elliott School of International Affairs - Room 602
1957 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

A lecture and discussion with Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Environment, and Science, U.S. Department of State, on the intersection of foreign policy and science.

Sponsored by the Center for International Science and Technology Policy, the Global Gender Program, and the Distinguished Women in International Affairs series.

GW Crowdsourcing Seminar Series with David Alan Grier

September 18th, 2012

The Elliott School of International Affairs - Room 505
1957 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

The GW crowdsourcing seminar is a monthly event that will consider the ideas, methods and accomplishments of crowdsourcing in depth.

The first meeting looks at the current typology of crowdsourcing with contributions from a potential guest speaker. It considers the different forms of the phenomena, its relation to fields such as marketing research, process management, and organization theory. It particularly focuses on its role in development and innovation.

IEEE USA 2012 STEM Workshop on Measures for Innovation and Competitiveness

June 6th, 2012

CISTP and the AAAS will be co-sponsoring this event.

Conference Announcement
Conference Program
Transcript from the 2009 Conference

D. Allan Bromley Memorial Event 2012: William B. Bonvillian

University of Ottawa, Desmarais Building 4101

William B. Bonvillian is Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Washington, D.C. Office, where he works to support MIT's strong and historic relations with federal R&D agencies and its role in national science policy. Previously he served for seventeen years as a senior policy advisor in the U.S. Senate. His legislative efforts included science and technology policies and innovation issues, and he worked extensively on legislation for intelligence reform, defence and life science R&D, national competitiveness and innovation, as well as legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security.

About the D. Allan Bromley Memorial Event Since 2005 the University of Ottawa has collaborated with George Washington University in holding a series of annual events in memory of Dr. D. Allan Bromley. The memorial events alternate each year between Ottawa and Washington D.C. and offer an opportunity for graduate students interested in science and technology policy to meet with senior science and policy advisors in the United States and Canada. This year's event is hosted by the Institute for Science, Society and Policy.

Visit www.issp.uottawa.ca/eng/bromley for more information.

CISTP Seminar: David Alan Grier
"Crowdsource as a Tool of Diplomacy"

Lindner Family Commons
The Elliott School of International Affairs - Room 602
1957 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

A crowdsourcing is an intriguing and highly flexible way of engaging large numbers of individuals in collective efforts. Utilizing the technologies of social media, it creates spot judgment markets that can be used to process large amounts of information. This talk will provide an introduction to the subject and will include a discussion of a current application of crowdsourcing in the US Department of State.

David Alan Grier is an associate professor of International Science and Technology Policy at the George Washington University. He is the author of three books on computation and society: When Computers Were Human (2005), Too Soon To Tell (2009) and The Company We Keep (2012). He also writes a biweekly column for The Daily Crowdsource.

RSVP at http://go.gwu.edu/2l or cistp@gwu.edu