THE
PROGRAM
Toward an R&D Agenda for the New
Administration and Congress:
Perspectives from Scientists and
Economists
March
2, 2009
8:30am |
Registration, Continental Breakfast |
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8:45am-9:00am |
Opening Remarks |
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9:00am-10:15am |
Session 1 - Economics and Policy Perspectives on
R&D |
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Chair: |
David
Goldston, |
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Speakers: |
David
Mowery, UC Berkeley, |
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Richard
Freeman, |
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Catherine
Koshland, UC Berkeley, Vice Provost for Academic Planning and Facilities |
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10:15 am |
BREAK (15 minutes) |
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10:30am-11:45am |
Session 2 - R&D for New Energy Technologies |
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Chair: |
Richard
Newell, |
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Speakers: |
Michelle
Buchanan, |
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Revis
James, Electric Power Research Institute |
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Andy
Chu, A123Systems, Inc. |
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Howard
Berke, Konarka Technologies, Inc. |
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William
Bonvillian, MIT |
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11:45 am-1:00 pm |
LUNCH A lunch box will be provided to all registered
attendees) |
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Lunch Panel 20 minute discussion, The Next Generation
of Scientists and Engineers |
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Michael
Teitelbaum, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
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Richard
Freeman, |
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Shiv
Gaglani, Harvard Class of 2010 |
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1:00pm-2:15pm |
Session 3 - R&D for |
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Chair:
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Sarah
Slaughter, |
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Speakers: |
Mark
Shannon, |
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John
Fernandez, MIT, Department of Architecture |
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Harold
Mooney, |
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2:15 pm |
BREAK (15 minutes) |
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2:30pm-3:45pm |
Session 4 - R&D for Better Health |
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Chair:
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Paula
Stephan, |
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Speakers: |
Donald
Ingber, |
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Stephen
Morse, |
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Mara
Aspinall, Predictive Biosciences, Inc. |
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Tracey
Woodruff, UC |
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3:45 pm |
BREAK (15 minutes) |
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4:00pm-5:15pm |
Session 5 - R&D for Better Security |
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Chair: |
Penrose
Albright, Civitas Group LLC |
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Speakers: |
Shankar
Sastry, UC Berkeley, |
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Judith
Kammeraad, Lawrence |
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Margaret
Kosal, Georgia Institute of Technology, |
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Cynthia
Dwork, Microsoft, Inc. |
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5:15pm-5:30pm |
What Can Economics Do to Help? |
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David
Goldston, |
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Richard
Freeman, |
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