Innovation in science and technology has driven half of America’s economic growth since WWII, but the global landscape is changing. National experts will discuss strategies the United States needs to take to retain and renew its global leadership in innovation into the future.
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This text will be replaced- Bill Bates, Vice-President of Government Affairs, Council on Competitiveness
- Rebecca M. Bergman, Vice President, Science & Technology, Medtronic Inc.
- Kaye Husbands Fealing Visiting Professor, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota –Moderator
- Kei Koizumi, Director, R&D Budget and Policy Program, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Russ Lefevre, President, IEEE-USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
INNOVATION 2008 CONFERENCE
Although we got answers from the candidates for President to the 14 top science questions facing America, we wanted to take the discussion further.
In a world economy completely dominated by science and technology,
nearly every major challenge facing the next president revolves around
science policy. What are some of the problems the next president
should be aware of?
We decided to hold a national conference to find out. We teamed up with the outstanding Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute to host Innovation 2008: Renewing America through Smarter Science and Technology Policy on Oct 20-21, 2008.
SESSIONS
1. Innovation
2. Education
3. Health
4. News & Culture
5. Energy
6. Peter Agre on the human side of science
7. Science, Art and the Public
8. Ira Flatow on science in America today
Science Debate 2008 gratefully acknowledges the contributions of
conference organizers Steve Kelley, Leah Wilkes, and Sophia Ginis of
the Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy and Shawn Lawrence Otto and Erik Beeler of Science Debate 2008