Past Presentations of Notes
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2005-2006 Academic Year
Technology and Innovation Seminars - Tech Transfer from Federal Labs to Industry: US Policy Evolution and Issues.
Gary Jones, DC Representative, Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
Wednesday, March 14, 2007About the Presentation:
The presentation provided an overview of Federal Technology Transfer and the role of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) in measuring and implementing Federal Technology Transfer.
View the Presentation. - Science and Technology in 21st Century Global Affairs
Dr. George H. Atkinson Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State
April 19, 2006About the Presentation:
As advances in science and technology shape the foundations of societies, it is essential that more attention be given to scientific and technological considerations in the conduct of international relations and the formulation of foreign policy. Dr. Atkinson will begin with a general survey of the role of science and technology in global affairs, then describe the evolution of paradigms for science and technology policy within the U.S. He will describe several initiatives that he has undertaken as Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State to increase science and technology capacity within the State Department, and also to use science and technology not only for addressing technical problems but as a bridge between cultures.
Innovation and Competitiveness in a Globalizing World: Perspectives from Sweden
Goran Marklund, VINNOVA / Embassy of Sweden - Science and Technology Attache
Wednesday, March 8, 2006About the Presentation:
Globalization challenges for and policy responses by a small, highly internationalized and knowledge intensive economy. Swedish innovation policy strategies and programs to meet the challenges of globalization and stay competitive in high-technology R&D and industries.
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Telemedicine: Changing the Delivery of Healthcare Around the Globe
Jonathan Linkous, American Telemedicine Association
February 8, 2006About the Presentation:
The use of telecommunications and related advanced technology is slowly transforming the way healthcare is delivered. The impact on the healthcare industry and consumers will be significant. The effect on developing nations and the relationships between nations can be revolutionary. The executive director of the American Telemedicine Association will provide an overview of the state of this new technology today and discuss its potential impact in the future.
About the Presentation:
Nuclear Energy Technology and its International Future
Anne Fitzpatrick, Federation of American Scientists
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Increasing concern about the damage to our climate caused by carbon-based energy production, its escalating costs, and a growing crisis in the international nuclear nonproliferation regime is leading to a major re-examination of the role of nuclear power. Soon, national and international policy may actively encourage nuclear power production around the world. The United States and the Russian Federation - as the two largest nuclear powers and major suppliers of nuclear power technology - are going to be key to any international regime: these nations should be encouraged to work closely together to promote well-managed, truly international civilian nuclear fuel cycle and long-term spent fuel storage programs. In this seminar Fitzpatrick will talk about the possibilities and difficult challenges that these efforts will face.About the Speaker:
Dr. Anne Fitzpatrick is Strategic Security Project Manager at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS). Her areas of expertise include science and technology, particularly nuclear energy and weapons, high performance computing policy, and international research collaborations. She has worked and lived in Russia and Ukraine. Before coming to Washington, DC she served as a technical staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She is fluent in Russian.
A Tiny Green Revolution
Dave Rejeski, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
November 9, 2005About the Presentation:
This discussion will look at policies and public perceptions that may impact the development of nanotechnology and explore ways to expand the application of nanotech to the environment.
Welcome to the Blogosphere: How Blogs are Changing Politics
Henry Farrell, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
October 11, 2005
- Building the Next American Century: The Past and Future of Economic Competitiveness
Kent Hughes, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Wednesday, September 21In Building the Next American Century, Kent H. Hughes describes the 1980s-1990s competitiveness movement, beginning with the conditions that stimulated it: stagflation in the early 1970s, declines in manufactured exports, and challenges from German and Japanese manufacturers. The United States responded with monetary and fiscal reform, technological innovation, and formation of a culture of lifelong learning. Although a great deal of leadership came from government, a new sense of partnership with the private sector and its leaders was crucial. Hughes attributes much of the national prosperity of the late 1990s to contributions from the private sectors. Hughes argues that a twenty-first-century competitiveness strategy with a system-wide approach to innovation, learning, and global engagement can meet today's challenges, even in the demanding environment shaped by national security concerns after 9/11. Kent H. Hughes has served as President of the Council on Competitiveness, Associate Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Senior Economist of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, Chief Economist to Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd, and in a number of other important positions. He is currently director of the Project on Science, Technology, America, and the Global Economy at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
- Strategic Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation of Research and Development Programs for Industrial Technology
A Center-sponsored evaluation training program for members of the
Korea Institute of Industrial Technology Evaluation and Planning
June 19 - June 23, 2006 - Linking STI Policy to Program Planning and Evaluation
A Center-sponsored training conference for members of the
Korea Institute for Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP)
September 26 - October 5, 2005 - China's Future Space Activities
Whitney (Yan) Wen, Visiting Scholar, Space Policy Institute
May 25, 2005Innovation Policy and the Role of Technology Development Agencies in the Netherlands
Dr. Maurits Butter, Senior Engineer, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
May 3, 2005Calculus and Complexity Growth Curves
David Alan Grier, Associate Professor of International Affairs
April 19, 2005International R&D Competitiveness: The U.S. versus the E.U. and Japan
David F. J. Campbell, Associate Professorial Lecturer
December 9, 20042003-2004 Academic Year
Brownbag Lunch Discussion
Strengthening Environmental Capacity Through Free Trade Agreements:
A View from North and South America
April 28, 2004About this seminar...
Moderated by: James Ferrer, Jr., Director of GW's Center for Latin American Issues
The United States is presently engaged in negotiation of free trade agreements with developing countries that include binding environmental provisions within the text of the agreement. The U.S. is also negotiating side agreements to build and strengthen environmental capacity within these trading partners. This panel will present the viewpoints of people who have worked on trade and environmental issues in the U.S.-Chile and U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreements and the corresponding Environmental Cooperation Agreements; and will focus on how the different countries generally approach trade and environment; how environmental issues are addressed in the current agreements; and how the new provisions will affect future environmental capacity building efforts.
Panelists: - This goal will be accomplished by:
Providing a forum for discussing practices in addressing the Program Assessment Rating Tool
Identifying common interests and issues associated with the evaluation of publicly-funded research
Sharing best R&D evaluative practices
Beginning to formulate an R&D evaluation research agenda - Standards Supporting New Innovative Services
- Dan Bart
- Co-chair of the Homeland Security Standards Panel, American National Standards Institute
- Senior Vice President for Standards and Special Projects, Telecommunications Industry Association November 12, 2003
- About this presentation... The advent of cellular technology, especially digital, in the 1990s led to an unprecedented usage of cell phones. In the world of cellular and Personal Communications Services (PCS), there were at least two different philosophies regarding the balance of regulation and technical standards. In the U.S., the Federal Communications Commission decided to let the market forces determine the technology and standards for digital cellular, and intentionally did not mandate a technology. This is often referred to as a policy of “letting a 1,000 flowers bloom.”. On the other hand, in Europe, the European Commission (EC) mandated one technical standard now called Global System for Mobile (GSM) rather than letting standards and technology compete. The issues raised in this presentation will explore whether technical standards can lead to innovation in technology; whether voluntary standards are preferable to regulatory-mandated standards; and what is the appropriate blend of regulation and standards to spawn technology and benefit all parties.
- About the speaker... Dan Bart is Senior Vice President, Standards and Special Projects, Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). He oversees the administration of the TIA Standards Program and ensuring compliance with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) guidelines. Up until January 1, 2001 when he was promoted to his current position, he was also responsible for technical regulatory issues at TIA for TIA's product-oriented divisions, as Vice President, Standards and Technology. From February 1995 until January 1, 1997, he held the same position for the Electronic Industries Association, now known as the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA). In his capacity at EIA, he oversaw the EIA Standards and Technology and Engineering departments that develop and publish EIA's and JEDEC's numerous technical Standards and other publications.
- Mr. Bart has been active in security-related matters for over twenty years. From a National Security/Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP), Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), Homeland Security (HS) standpoint, TIA was active in following and supporting the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP). When Presidential Decision Directive 63 (PDD-63) was issued in 1998 TIA applied for and was appointed as a Sector Coordinator for the Information and Communications Sector (I&C Sector). He is the TIA board member on the Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security (PCIS).
- Global Outsouring of Software and Services: The Indian Experience
- Professor S. Krishna
- Indian Institue of Mangement - Bangalore, India
- Tuesday, November 4, 2003
- About the presentation...
- Global outsourcing of software, IT enabled services and R&D has recently received wide notice. Such outsourcing is a complex phenomenon involving economic, social, organizational, cultural and technology factors. While economic considerations like cost differentials are an essential prerequisite, social, organizational and cultural issues have a significant bearing on the success or otherwise of outsourcing. At a macro level, the successes manifest as clusters at specific geographic locations. At a micro level they impact outcome of business alliances and other outsourcing arrangements.
- Based on extensive studies of outsourcing projects of Indian companies with clients in countries like U.S, Canada, U.K, Japan and Korea over the last few years, this seminar highlights several of the factors which determine outcomes of IT outsourcing arrangements. Implications for policies for countries attempting to emulate the success of leading IT outsourcing providers like India would also be discussed.
- About the speaker...
- S. Krishna is a Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. His research interests concern global software work arrangements and IT in the development context. He holds a PhD in software engineering and has been responsible for initiating at IIM Bangalore a very successful program of research and management education in partnership with the Indian and multinational software industry.
- World Patent System circa 20XX A. D.
- Honorable Gerald J. Mossinghoff
- Senior Counsel, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier and Neustadt
- October 15, 2003
- About this presentation...
- Given the Internet and worldwide commerce, the creation, protection and use of new technology are today inherently global in nature. Yet patent systems designed to stimulate and protect new technology are basically limited to national patent systems. The result is a confusing patchwork of laws and procedures and a debilitating redundancy in the examination and enforcement of national patents.
- Steps are now being taken to internationalize patent protection. The Honorable Gerald J. Mossinghoff, a former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, is a world leader in that effort. In this seminar, Mr. Mossinghoff will describe the current national and regional patent systems, present his design for a truly global system and detail the current efforts underway to achieve the goal of a World Patent System.
- About the speaker...
- The Honorable Gerald J. Mossinghoff is Senior Counsel to Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier and Neustadt, a leading intellectual property law firm in Alexandria, Virginia. He is a former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks and a former President of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. He is a Cifelli Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University Law School and a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law at the George Mason University School of Law. Mr. Mossinghoff has served as United States Ambassador to the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the Paris Convention and as Chairman of the General Assembly of the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization. He is a former Deputy General Counsel of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- As one of the world’s premier intellectual property specialists, he advised President Reagan concerning the establishment of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has strengthened and brought certainty to patent law in the United States. He also initiated a far-reaching automation program at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to computerize that office’s enormous data bases. He advises the firm and its clients on a broad range of intellectual property matters, including international, legislative and policy issues.
- Mr. Mossinghoff received an Electrical Engineering degree from St. Louis University and a Juris Doctor degree with Honors from the George Washington University Law School. He is a member of the Order of the Coif and Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society and is a Fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration. He is the recipient of many honors, including NASA’s Distinguished Service Medal and the Secretary of Commerce Award for Distinguished Public Service. He is a member of the Missouri, District of Columbia and Virginia bars.
- Recognizing the Different Profiles of Research and Development Organizations
- Gretchen B. Jordan, Ph.D., Sandia National Laboratories
- September 24, 2003
- About this presentation...
- Research and technology development (R&D) organizations come in all sizes, with very different performance goals, strategies, and primary tasks. The diversity of R&D organizations argues for a theory that describes this diversity because it is acknowledged that an organization is most success if its structure and management practices fit the organization’s strategy. A U.S. Department of Energy study has defined, and is now in the process of validating, a theory of diversity of research organizations that connects an R&D organization’s structure and management practices with its strategies and performance. Four R&D profiles-Be New, Be First, Be Better, and Be Sustainable-emerge from two dimensions, whether the R&D is large or small scale and whether its goals are radical or incremental change.
- About the Speaker...
- Gretchen Jordan is a Principal Member of Technical Staff with Sandia National Laboratories. Since 1993 she has worked with the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop innovative methods for assessing the effectiveness of research programs. Projects with the DOE Office of Science include methods to assess and improve the research environment and identification of best practices in the management of science. She also works with DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy offices on evaluation and performance measurement at the project, program and portfolio levels and assists the Sandia Science and Technology Strategic Management Unit in those areas. Gretchen has a Ph.D. in Economics. She has a number of publications on measuring R&D performance and evaluating science programs.
- Dr. Jordan is also an experienced trainer and an expert in the art of logic
modeling, a planning and evaluation tool. Prior to joining Sandia, Gretchen
was Chairman of the Business Administration Department at the College of Santa
Fe and staff member of Senator Pete V. Domenici and the Senate Budget Committee.
She is chair of the American Evaluation Association's Topical Interest Group
on Research, Technology, and Development Evaluation and on the Steering Committee
of the Washington Research Evaluation Network.
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2002-2003 Academic Year
- Revitalizing the Japanese Economy through Science and Technology
- Hironori Nakanishi
- Chief Representative (Washington Office)
- New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
- April 16, 2003
- About this presenation... The Japanese economy has been in recession for more than a decade. Many
- About the Speaker...
Hironori Nakanishi is the chief representative of NEDO Washington Office.
NEDO is a semi-government funding organization for S&T, affiliated with
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI; former MITI). He joined METI
in 1984 and was engaged in innovation policy during latter half of ?0s at
METI. Regarding the development of the current science and technology basic
plan of Japan, he served as one of the directors and was in charge of the
technology part at the Council for Science and Technology. Mr. Nakanishi
received his master degree in mechanical engineering from Kyusyu University
(Japan) and his second master degree in energy management from the University
of Pennsylvania. - European R&D: New Challenges, New Strategy, New Program
- Alessandro Damiani
- European Commission, Research
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- Siting Industrial R&D in China: Notes from Pioneers
- F. M. Ross Armbrecht, Jr.
President, Industrial Research Institute - March 12, 2003
- About this presentation...
- Industrial firms worldwide have placed laboratories in the the People's
Republic of China. Many more are considering doing so. Why? What have the
early adopters among IRI member companies experienced? What does this
experience suggest to those who are undecided? What does this trend signal
for U.S. competitiveness? - About the Speaker...
- Dr. F. M. Ross Armbrecht, Jr is President of the non-profit Industrial
Research Institute. Its international member companies-from transportation,
chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electronics, communications, and others-carry
out more than 60% of the industrial R&D in the U.S. - Saving Biodiversity in a World of Uncertain Values and Weak Institutions
- Dr. R. David Simpson
Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future (RFF) - February 19, 2003
- About this Presentation...
- Concern continues to mount over the loss of biological diversity.
Biodiversity is concentrated in the developing nations of the tropics.
Concern for its preservation tends to be concentrated in wealthier industrial
nations. How are the wealthy nations that care about biodiversity going to
convince the poorer nations whose actions more directly affect it to conserve?
Different strategies have been suggested. Biodiversity and the natural
ecosystems that support it provide invaluable services to both developing and
wealthy societies; can we find ways to make such service provision profitable?
Alternatively, many of the benefits biologically diverse natural ecosystems
afford are enjoyed by people who live far away from them; how can we best
structure international payments for preservation? While the total value of
biodiversity is inestimable, the only economically meaningful way to measure
value is "on the margin." This is extremely difficult in the absence of
markets, but it is optimistic to suppose that the values developing countries
can capture from their biodiversity are appreciable. Effective conservation
will likely require major transfers of wealth from rich to poor contries, and
should be undertaken with a realistic understanding of the expense involved. - About the speaker...
- David Simpson is a senior fellow in Resources for the Future's Energy and
Natural Resources division. Simpson's recent research has focused on the
economics of biological diversity, including the valuation of diversity for
its use in new product research and development, and alternative conservation
strategies, including market-based incentives. He also has investigated the
relationship between industrial and environmental policy and issues related to
land use, sustainable development, and technological innovation. Simpson has
written extensively on the economics of biodiversity, conservation policy,
environmental regulation, and industrial competition, and frequently consults
on these topics for foreign governments and international aid institutions.
He received his bachelor's degree from Whitman College and his Ph.D. in
economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. - Science and Technology in a Vulnerable World
- Albert H. Teich
Director, Science & Policy Programs
American Association for the Advancement of Science - January 15, 2003
- About this presentation...
- The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 changed many things in the United States, among them science policy and the federal budget for R&D. Federal funding for counterterrorism R&D has increased by a factor of six\ while universities, national laboratories, and other scientific organizations have mobilized their resources and re-shuffled their priorities to respond to the suddenly urgent need to expand work in such areas as bioterrorism and infrastructure protection. At the same time, new policies relating to foreign students and other international exchanges, to scientific publication, and to regulation of research and substances employed in research are being put in place. Some of these policies may have chilling effects on the scientific enterprise and the atmosphere of open communication in which it has thrived until now. This talk will examine the ways in which the nation’s science and technology policies have been affected by the events of September 11.
- About the speaker...
- Albert H. (Al) Teich is director of Science & Policy Programs at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a position he has held since 1990. He is responsible for AAAS’s activities in science and technology policy, directing a staff of 42 and serving as AAAS’s chief spokesman on science policy issues. Dr. Teich is a Fellow of AAAS; a member of the editorial advisory boards to several journals; the author of numerous articles and editor of several books, including Technology and the Future (9th edition, Wadsworth Publishing, 2003), the most widely-used college text in technology and society, which has been in print continuously since 1972. He is also founding co-director of the new Center for Innovation Policy Research and Education in Budapest, Hungary; chair of the Advisory Board of the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech; a member of the Board of Governors of the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation; and a member of the advisory boards to Columbia University’s Center for Science, Policy, and Outcomes, and to the Norwegian Research and Technology Forum in the United States. Dr. Teich received a B.S. degree in physics and a Ph.D. in political science, both from M.I.T. Prior to joining the AAAS staff in 1980, he taught at George Washington University, State University of New York, and Syracuse University.
- Technology Transfer
- Dr. Ted Roumel
Assistant Director, Office of Technology Transfer, National Institute of Health (NIH)
November 20, 2002
- About this presentation...
- The presentation will provide an overview of opprtunities to obtain NIH
funding, highlighting the priorities for this coming year, and to
collaborate with NIH scientists. There will be a discussion on intellectual
property and technology transfer activities at the NIH. Finally the
speaker will discuss current issues in the global research enterprise, with
specific attention to sharing of materials and information, the management
of conflicts of interest and the building of IP and technology transfer
infrastructure in developing countries. - About the speaker...
- THEODORE J. ROUMEL--Assistant Director, Office of Technology Transfer, Office
of the Director, National Institutes of Health. Primary responsibilities include
strategic planning, intramural and extramural technology transfer policy, legislative,
international and governmental affairs. Also has oversight responsibility for
license monitoring and royalties administration activities. Serves as the Executive
Secretary for the Public Health Service Technology Transfer Policy Board. Holds
advanced degrees in Counseling Psychology and Public Health, awarded the designation
as a Certified Research Administrator, and has authored a number of articles
in professional and refereed journals.
- Science and Technology Foresight: European Perspectives
- October 21, 2002
- Paraskevas Caracostas Head, Science and Technology Foresight Unit
- About this presentation...
- The presentation will address the following issues: foresight and science and technology policy making (why foresight has recently emerged in European countries as a tool for better and more participative policy design), experiences of EU countries (analysis/comparison of recent initiatives in context), the European Research Area and developments in foresight co-operation (why European co-operation in foresight is developing and what has been achieved so far), critical conclusions and future perspectives
- About the speaker...
- Paraskevas Caracostas holds a PhD in international economics from the University of Paris-Nanterre. Before joining the European Commission eighteen years ago, he worked as a financial analyst and a consultant specialized in high tech industries. During the last fourteen years, he has been involved in EU research policy development. He is currently Head of the "Science and technology foresight" unit in DG Research, European Commission, Brussels. He has published numerous studies in the field of industrial economics and research policy. He is co-author with Ugur Muldur of the book "Society, the Endless Frontier", 1997.
- R&D Investment Trends and Long-Term Competitiveness
- Dr. Gregory Tassey
Chief Economist, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Octoboer 23, 2002 - About this presentation...
- The U.S. economy remains the most technologically advanced in the world. However, with four percent of the world’s population and persistent trade deficits, long-term competitiveness of the domestic economy needs to be carefully analyzed, as numbers are on the side of a growing list of technology-based industries around the world. In most advanced economies, technology is the major long-term driver of economic growth. Yet, the so-called “high-tech” sector of the U.S. economy is relatively small and is facing increasing global competition. The obvious solution would seem to be more R&D. However, a list of significant problems inhibit approaching some optimum for this category of investment. Among them are the fact that the majority of R&D is still performed in the manufacturing sector, which continues to shrink as a portion of GDP. Moreover, the composition of R&D is skewed among key emerging technologies and among phases in the R&D process. The result of a continuation of these patterns will be reduced long-term economic growth.
- About the speaker...
- Gregory Tassey is Senior Economist for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He is engaged in analyses of the economics of high-tech industries; strategic planning and economic impact studies; and R&D policy. Dr. Tassey has a B.A. in physics from McDaniel College and a Ph.D. in economics from The George Washington University. He has written numerous reports on R&D trends and associated policy implications, published 25 articles in policy and economic journals, and written three books, including The Economics of R&D Policy (1997).
- The European Research Area: A Coherent S&T Policy for Europe and New Opportunities for Cooperation
- Achilleas Mitsos
- Director General for Research European Union
- May 8, 2002
- Canada's Answer to GPRA: Results Based Management of Federal S&T Programs
- George Teather
- April 24, 2002
- The Local and the Global: Workshop for the Rising Generation of Science, Engineering, and Technology Policy Professionals
- April 12-14, 2002
- This was the first of a three-year series of "Science and Technology in Society" conferences, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. View a compilation of projects selected for this workshop.
- The Effects of New Technologies on Cultural Protectionism
- Professor Harvey Feigenbaum Associate Dean and Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University
- View the paper the presentation is based on...
- Science, Technology, and the Environment in International Diplomacy
- John Turner, Assistant Secretary of State
- Bureau for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State
- Measuring Performance At a Federal Basic Research Organization
- Bill Valdez, Director of Planning and Analysis
- Office of Science, Department of Energy
- About this presentation...
- Bill Valdez will discuss how the Office of Science, a basic research agency with a $3.2 billion annual budget, assesses its performance in terms of the quality, relevance and international leadership of the science that is performed, and the management of people and facilities. On an annual basis, the Office of Science manages more than 7,000 research grants at 250 U.S. universities and more than 15 national laboratories, and invests up to $1 billion in the construction and operation of major scientific user facilities. Evaluating the performance of this far-flung and diverse research enterprise is an enormously difficult task, particularly given the new requirements being imposed by the Bush Administration through the President's Management Agenda. The Office of Science is the largest Federal supporter of the physical sciences (physics, chemistry, materials, etc.) and makes major investments in computation, mathematics, the life sciences, and other branches of science. Currently, there is a great debate in science policy circles about the best way to evaluate the long-term benefits of basic research and how investment criteria for basic research might be developed that could be used to guide investment decisions.
- About the speaker...
- Bill Valdez is Director of Planning and Analysis in the Office of Science. His responsibilities include corporate strategic planning, budget planning, R&D evaluation, and corporate communications. Mr. Valdez has held various positions at the Department of Energy (DOE) since 1994; most recently, as Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Science. Mr. Valdez also worked at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from 1998-99. His responsibilities included developing technology initiatives; preparing multi-agency reports on scientific workforce and international energy initiatives; and, monitoring agency energy sector activities. Prior to working at DOE, Mr. Valdez worked as a Senior Project Manager in private industry where he provided strategic planning services to Asian and European multinational corporations. Mr. Valdez received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas and his Master of Arts in International Economics and Energy Policy from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
- The New World of Information from Space: Dual-Purpose Earth Observations
- Dr. Ray Williamson, Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs
- Space Policy Institute, The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
- Developing Country Strategies for the Knowledge Economy
- Dr. Carl Dahlman, Program Manager of Knowledge Development, The World Bank Institute
- Roundtable Discussion on Intellectual Property Protection Mechanisms in Research Partnerships
- This event was organized by the Center for International Science and Technology Policy and the American Association for the Advancement of Science Directorate for Science & Policy Programs, and sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
- Space Economic Data: Classification Collection, Access, and Use
- October 16, 2001
- This event was organized and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce and The Space Policy Institute at George Washington University.
- Sequencing the Human Genome: Issues in Science and Society
- Paul Gilman, Director of Policy Planning at Celera Genomics
- October 15, 2001
- Outcomes and Impacts of the State/Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program
- J. David Roessner, Associate Director of the Science and Technology Policy Program at SRI International
- Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology
- Research Associate at the Center for International Science and Technology Policy
- Presented on September 10, 2001 and April 17, 2001
- Evolution of a Revolution - the Technology Transfer Story
- Maria C. Freire, Director of the Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health
- May 2, 2001
- Developing Industry Clusters: The OCT Cluster(s) in Denmark
- Bent Dalum, Professor of Business Studies, Aalborg University
- Michael Dahl, Professor of Business Studies, Aalborg University
- May 1, 2001
- Antitrust and Technological Innovation: Past and Present
- David M. Hart, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- March 21, 2001
Academic Year:
Technology and Innovation Seminars
GWU-GMU-Georgetown: Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy Lunch Series
Training Programs
2004-2005Technology and Innovation Seminars
Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy Lunch Series
Training Programs
2003-2004
Brown Bag Lunch Discussions
Workshops
Technology and Innovation Seminars
Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy Lunch Series
About: All Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy Research Lunch Series are held on the first Thursday of the month during the academic year. Lunch is available at 12 noon and the presentation runs from 12:30pm - 1:30pm
The Speaker: Prof. Danny Breznitz, Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech speaks on "Globalization, Competition Strategy, and the Role of the State in the Creation of New High Technology Industries: The Case of Israel and Taiwan"
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The Speaker: Dr. Michael Clemens, Center for Global Development speaks on "Do visas kill? The development effects of skilled-worker emigration from Africa"
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Choices of Entry in International Research Partnerships
and the Role of National Research Programs
Andrea Ribas
Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy and Economic Development Institute
May 4, 2006
About this presentation...
International research partnerships are a common firm strategy in many industries. Yet, little is known about the motives that induce firms to enter in overseas contractual research, nor about the role of public policy in fostering these links. In this talk, Ms. Ribas presented an empirical model for measuring the impacts of domestic research programs on firm's attitudes towards international cooperation. After reviewing theoretical advantages and disadvantages of cross-national research collaboration, she discussed main dilemmas in the evaluation of behavioral aspects of S&T programs. Last, she presented some results using data from a sample of Spanish firms. (This is a joint work with Philip Shapira).
About Andrea...
Andrea Fernandez Ribas studies the economics of innovation, regional innovation, and science and technology policy. She is a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy and its Economic Development Institute. Her current research projects include research partnerships and the role of MNE's innovative activities in developing countries. Andrea has a Ph.D. in Economics from Universitat Aut'noma de Barcelona.
Brian Kahin, University of Michigan
April 6, 2006
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R&D and Growth: The Missing Link?
Asst. Prof. Roberto Sameniego, GW Dept. of Economics
March 2, 2006
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International Collaboration for Research and Development
February 2, 2006
View the agenda of this lunch series kickoff symposium.
Trainings
2004-2005 Academic Year
Brown Bag Lunch Discussions
Luke Ney, Foreign Affairs Officer, Office of Environmental Policy, U.S. Dept. of State
Darci Vetter, Director for Sustainable Development, Office of Environment and Natural Resources, U.S. Trade Representative
Luciano Parodi, Counselor, Environment, Science and Technology, Embassy of Chile
Workshop
Planning for Performance and Evaluating Results of Public R&D Programs:
Meeting the OMB PART Challenge
A Workshop of the Washington Research Evaluation Network
December 4-5, 2003
Objective:
This workshop will improve the ability of Federal R&D agencies to meet
current requirements for planning, reporting, and rating performance during
the budget process while effectively meeting internal program management needs.
Technology and Innovation Seminar
social and economic reforms were tried and huge efforts were made in the area
of science and technology so as to boost Japanese competitiveness and economy.
However, they have not brought about intended results yet. Can the Japanese
economy really be revitalized? Given that time seems to be running out, the
problem is not only how but also how fast it would be done.
Directorate General of Research, European Commission
