Hearing on Global Science and Engineering:
Foreign Perspectives, Multicultural and International Organizations


Agenda

Tuesday, November 16, 1999
9:00a - 5:30p
National Science Foundation, Room 1235, Arlington, Virginia

Thursday, November 18, 1999
Time
Presentation Speaker(s)
6:00p Reception/Dinner (by invitation only)  
  Guest Speaker Neal Lane, Science Adviser to the President
    
Friday, November 19, 1999
Time
Presentation Speaker(s)
8:30a Opening Remarks Eamon Kelly, NSB Chairman
Diana Natalicio, NSB Vice Chair
  Welcome Rita Colwell, NSF Director
    
9:00a Models of Change in Industrialized Countries  
  Germany Bernd Kramer, Science Counselor, German Embassy
  France Jacques Sevin, Director of Strategy and Programs, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
  Break  
  Japan Tsuyoshi Maruyama, Director of Planning and Evaluation Division, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, Science and Technology Agency
  Summary and Discussion  
     
1:00p Lunch Break  
     
2:00p Models with Established Central Mechanisms  
  European Union Georges Papageorgiou, Advisor to Director, "Policy Coordination and Strategie" (AP-RTD) Directorate, European Commission
  Break  
  United Kingdom Jo Durning, Group Head of Transdepartmental Science and Technology, Office of Science and Technology (OST)
  Summary and Discussion  
     
5:30p Reception  
     
Saturday, November 20, 1999
Time
Presentation Speaker(s)
8:30a Models of Change in Smaller R&D Systems  
  Korea Heeseung Yang, Managing Director, National Research and Development (R&D) Evaluation, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning
  Sweden Kerstin Eliasson, Director, Research Policy Directorate, Ministry of Education and Science
  Brazil Luiz Antonio Barreto de Castro, Head of the Secretariat of Intellectual Property Rights, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria - Embrapa
  Break  
     
11:00a Summary and Discussion  
     

NSB/SPI-99-11
REVISED 11/5/99