National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)
Workshop on
Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
NSF, December 3-5, 2003
Room 375, and breakout
(panel session) rooms: 340, 360, 365, 370 and 380
Preliminary Agenda
1:00 Welcome (Rita Colwell, NSF
Director)
Introductions / Goals /
Charge to the workshop (M. Roco, NSET, NSF)
We
will start with a set of visionary presentations focusing on the future of the
field.
1:15
3:15 Tentative topic (suggested
speaker)
John
Marburger, Director OSTP
1:30
Technological and economic goals
Phil Bond, DOC
1:55 Science
and education vision for nanoscience and nanotechnology
George Whitesides, Harvard
Univ.
2:20
2:35 Coffee
T. Theis, IBM
3:35
3:50 Coffee
4:10 Nanotechnology Implications on quality of life: Medicine,
environmental, cognition, communication and other areas
4:30 Ethical, philosophical issues
V. Weil, IIT
4:50 Legal,
regulatory and interaction with the public
D. Baird, USC
5:30
6:30 Reception
6:30 Group Dinner
Vision speaker
Senator John Warner, invited
DAY
2 (December 4, 2003)
We
will next break into five separate (parallel) panels to explore future
opportunities and potential breakthroughs in selected sub-fields. For this part of the program, participants
are encouraged to come prepared with two pages and two slides (maximum) for a
five-minute (maximum) presentation on their ideas for the future of the
relevant field.
8:00
11:00 Panels, A: Current
Issues/Topics in Setting a Research Agenda:
1.
Impact
of nanotechnology on productivity and equity
Moderators: M. Roco (NSET,
NSF) and Marie Thursby
(GIT)
Contributors: Evelyn Hu
(UCSB), Georg G. A. Böhm (Bridgestone / Firestone Research), Alan Taub (GM, or
designee), George Thompson (Intel), Mark Andrews (Caterpillar, or designee,
invited), Larry Bock (Nanosys), Mark Modzelewski (NBA); John Belk (Boeing,
invited), S. Mark Davis (ExxonMobil, invited), Gregory Tassey (NIST), Jeff Stanton (Syracuse Univ.), Brian
Valentine (DOE, invited)
2.
Nanotechnology
implications on quality of life (medical, environmental, cognition,
communication, etc.): nanotechnology goals and unintended consequences
Moderators: Carlo Montemagno (UCLA) and Mike Heller
(UCSD, invited)
Contributors: Samuel Stupp
(NU, Invited), David A. Diehl (PPG Industries, Inc., invited), Cheryl L.
Sabourin, GE), Greg Forest (U. of NC, invited), Lesler Lave (CMU, invited),
Rosalyn Berne (UVA), Toby Ten Eyck (Michigan State), Kristina M. Johnson (Duke
University), Robert Beoge (ASTRA), Reginald Golledge (UCSB, invited); Barbara
Karn (EPA); Jeff Schloss (NIH, invited), Hongda Chen (USDA), Stan Brown (FDA,
invited)
3.
Ethical,
historical, governance, philosophical implications, risk and uncertainty
Moderators: V. Weil (IIT)
and Rachelle Hollander (NSF)
Contributors: M. Kathleen Behrens (RS Investments, PCAST
representative), Albert Teich (AAAS), Eleanor Singer (U. of Michigan), Paul
David (Stanford), Sheldon
Krimsky (Tufts
Univ.), Deb Newberry (The NanoTechnology Group, Inc), Carol Lynn Alpert (Boston
Museum of Science); Philip Sayre (EPA, invited); Eleni Kousvelari (NIH,
invited), Dan Jones (National Endowment for the Humanities), Sheila Jasanoff
(Harvard), Jane Macoubrie (NCSU)
4.
Converging
technologies and their societal implications
Moderators: John Sargent
(DOC) and Lynne Zucker
(UCLA)
Contributors: James R. von Ehr II (Zyvex), Ed Hackett (ASU), Judith
Klein-Seetharaman (CMU), Robert McGinn (Stanford), Barry Sullivan (IEC),
Ilesanmi Adesida (UIUC), Sonia E. Miller (Converging Technologies Bar Association),
Roger Kasperson (Clark University, Stockholm Environment Institute), Frank
Laird (Univ. of Denver)
5.
National security, space exploration
Moderator: Delores
Etter (DOD) and Jim Murday (ONR)
Contributors:
James Batterson (NASA), Judith
Reppy (Cornell),
Michael Goldblatt (DARPA), John T. Neer (Lockheed Martin), W.M. Tolles
(consultant); Jim Murday (ONR, NSET), Scott McNeil (SAIC), Julia Moore (NSF),
Richard Lareau (DHS, invited), Murray Hirschbein (NASA, invited), Minoo Dastoor
(NASA, invited), Martin Carr (DCI, invited), Cliff Lau (DOD, invited)
Coffee Break at 9:30 a.m.
11:00-12:30
Plenary presentations of summaries 1-5
12.30
1.30 Working Lunch (lunch brought in
the room)
1.30
- 4.00 Panels, B
6.
Interaction with the public, Social networks
Moderators: D. Baird and Cate Alexander (NNCO)
Contributors: Albert Teich
(AAAS), Eleanor Singer (U. Michigan), Susanna Priest (TAMU), Julia Moore (NSF), Toby Ten Eyck (MSU), Jane Macoubrie (NCSU), Carol Lynn
Alpert (Boston Museum of Science), Barbara Karn (EPA), Mark Modzelewski
(NanoBusiness Alliance), Lester Lave (CMU, invited), Rosalyn Berne (UVA),
Judith Klein-Seetharaman (CMU), Dan Jones (National Endowment for the
Humanities), Norris Alderson (FDA, invited)
7.
Future
economic scenarios
Moderators: Gregory Tassey
(NIST) and Michael
Darby (UCLA)
Contributors: Michael Metha (U. Sask), Paul M. Romer
(Stanford Univ., invited), Paul David (Stanford Univ., invited), Robin Hanson
(GMU), Ilesanmi Adesida (UIUC); Scott McNeil (SAIC), Georg G. A. Böhm (Bridgestone
/ Firestone Research), S. Mark Davis (ExxonMobil, invited), Judith Reppy
(Cornell), Brian Valentine (DOE, invited), Hongda Chen (USDA)
8.
Future
social scenarios
Moderators: Bill Bainbridge (NSF) and Roger Kasperson (Clark
Univ.)
Contributors: Kristina M.
Johnson (Duke University); Irwin Feller (Penn State, invited to
contribute before the workshop), Frank Laird (Univ. of Denver), Rosalyn Berne
(UVA); Jeff Schloss (NIH, invited), John Belk (Boeing, invited), Jeff Stanton (Syracuse Univ.), Greg
Forest (U. of NC, invited), Ed Hackett (ASU), Richard Kelley (DOE, invited),
Annalynn Lacombe (DOT, invited)
9.
Public
policy, legal (patents, civic, etc.) and international aspects
Moderator: Evelyn Hu (UCSB)
and James Rudd (NSF)
Contributors: Sonia E.
Miller (Converging Technologies Bar Association), Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard), Robert Beoge (ASTRA); Philip Sayre
(EPA, invited), Eleni Kousvelari (NIH, invited), George Thompson (Intel), Larry
Bock (Nanosys), James R. von Ehr II (Zyvex), V. Weil (IIT), Robert McGinn
(Stanford), Catherine Woytowicz (Dept. of State, invited), Donald Marlowe (FDA,
invited), W.M. Tolles (consultant)
10.
Education
and human development
Moderators: Michael
Gorman (U. VA) and Art Ellis (NSF and U. Wisconsin, invited)
Contributors: Paul Petersen (RIT), Bruce Seely
(MTU), James Batterson (NASA, invited), Barry Sullivan (IEC), Deb Newberry (The
NanoTechnology Group, Inc), Alan Taub (GM, or designee)
4:10
5:00 Plenary presentations
4:10. Economical trends and nanotechnology development
Brad deLong (UC
Berkeley)
4:35. Human resources for nanotechnology
Paula Stephan (Georgia State University)
5:00-
6:30 Plenary presentations of
summaries 6-10
7:00 Group dinner
DAY 3 (December 5, 2003)
8.00 10.30
Plenary discussion
Definition of research and education challenges
Recommendations for future R&D, infrastructure
and education needs, societal preparation, etc.
11:00
4 PM (with break for lunch 12:00
1:00)
Break-out groups present findings and conclusions to
full set of attendees. General
discussion and definition of potential grand challenges
Optional
session: 11:00-12:00
Historical Session: Societal implications of
nanotechnology as seen from
previous technological development (lectures)
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Suggested Tables for the
Report:
Table
1. R&D challenging areas and key
priorities
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R&D
challenging areas |
Key
priorities/Goals |
Recommended
modes of support &Agency |
Transition
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(*) The
R&D areas of opportunities for transition of fundamental research to
commercial products may be separated into short term (1-5 years), mid-term (5-
10 years) and long-term (10-20 years) categories.
Table
2. Critical infrastructure needs
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Infrastructure
needs |
Level
of investment |
Time
line |
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Table
3. Agency participation
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Areas/
priorities/ infrastructure |
NNI
total |
DOD |
DOE |
DOJ |
DOT |
EPA |
NASA |
NIH |
NIST |
NSF |
USDA |
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Table
4. List of key collaborative activities
(existing and recommended)
Collaborative
activities/agreements
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