National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
Institute of Medicine

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy
Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable

Convocation on “Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing Regions, States, and Cities For A Brighter Economic Future”

September 28, 2006

FINAL Agenda

8:00 Welcome

Ralph Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences
Wm. A. Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering

8:15 Congressional Leadership

8:15 Senator Jeff Bingaman [New Mexico]

International Perspective by Wm. A. Wulf

8:30 Congressman Sherwood Boehlert [New York]

8:45 Business and Industry Perspective

Dean Kamen, President, DEKA Research & Development Corporation and Founder, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)

9:15 Overview of Goals for the Afternoon

Ralph Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences
Carl Lineberger, Member, Committee of Science, Engineering, and Public Policy and
E.U. Condon Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Fellow of JILA,
University of Colorado, Boulder

9:45 Governor Perspective

Governor Joe Manchin III [West Virginia]

10:30 Congressional Leadership

Senator Pete Domenici [[New Mexico]

10:40 Overview of Rising Above the Gathering Storm report

Norman Augustine, Chair, National Academies Rising Above The Gathering Storm Committee and Retired CEO and Chair, Lockheed Martin

11:00 Congressional Leadership (continued)

11:00 Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison [Texas]

11:10 Senator Lamar Alexander [Tennessee]

11:30 Overview of American Competitiveness Initiative and Department of Labor Actions

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor

Morning plenary concluding remarks by Wm. A. Wulf

12:30 Workshop One

How to host a regional, state, or city competitiveness meeting.
Moderator: Dan Mote, President, University of Maryland and Member, Rising Above the Gathering Storm Committee and Government-University-Industry Roundtable.
Deborah Wince-Smith, President, Council on Competitiveness [POWERPOINT]
Eric Mittelstadt, CEO, National Council for Advanced Manufacturing [POWERPOINT]
Judith Rizzo, Executive Director/CEO, James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy [POWERPOINT]

How to increase participation of underrepresented groups in STEM.
Moderator: Shirley Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Member, Rising Above the Gathering Storm Committee
Robin Willner, Vice President, Global Community Initiatives, IBM [POWERPOINT]
Bob Moses, President, The Algebra Project
Ken Cutler, Project Seed – North Carolina, on behalf of the American Chemical Society [POWERPOINT]

How to enhance the transition from research to product through improvements in academic industry partnerships or other mechanisms.
Moderator: Gail Cassell, Vice President, Scientific Affairs and Distinguished Lilly Research Scholar for Infectious Diseases, Eli Lilly and Company and Member, Rising Above the Gathering Storm Committee
Lesa Mitchell, Vice President, Advancing Innovation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation [POWERPOINT]
Susan Hockfield, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Susan Butts, Senior Director, External Science & Technology Programs, Dow Chemical Company [POWERPOINT]

How to recruit and improve the quality of new K-12 STEM teachers.
Moderator: Carr Thompson, Senior Program and Communications Officer, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Mary Ann Rankin, Dean, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas Austin speaking about UTeach [POWERPOINT]
Lynda Goff, Director, California Teach [POWERPOINT]
Gary Meisels, Director, Coalition for Science Literacy at University of South Florida [POWERPOINT]

How states can enhance innovation through the support of higher education and research.
Moderator: James Duderstadt, Member, National Commission On Higher Education
Mark Yudof, Chancellor, University of Texas System
William Harris, President and CEO, Science Foundation Arizona [POWERPOINT]
Abe Lackman, President, Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities [POWERPOINT]

11:45 Workshop Two

How to improve state’s innovation environment by recruiting and keeping knowledge-based companies so that jobs are retained and created.
Moderator: Emily Stover DeRocco, Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
John Austin, Vice President, Michigan State Board of Education speaking about Great Lakes Regional Economic Initiative
Irving Weiser, Chairman, RBC Dain Rauscher on Itasca Group Initiative in Minnesota [POWERPOINT]
Peter Jobse, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Innovative Technology, Virginia

How to put into place innovative K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs.
Moderator: Elsa Garmire, Sydney E. Junkins Professor of Engineering, Dartmouth College and Member, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy
Gregg Fleisher, President, Advanced Placement Strategies [POWERPOINT]
Richard Blais, Executive Director, Project Lead the Way [POWERPOINT]
Larry Jacobson, Executive Director, MathCounts

How to enhance the skills of existing K-12 STEM teachers.
Moderator: Kathie Olsen, Deputy Director, National Science Foundation
Dennis Schatz, Co-Director, Washington Laser [POWERPOINT]
Constance Blasie, Program Director, Penn Science Teacher Institute [POWERPOINT]
Brenda Terry, Interim Executive Director, Alabama Mathematics, S&T Education Coalition speaking about Alabama Math Science and Technology Initiative [POWERPOINT]

How to organize those interested in science and technology policy at the regional, state, or city level.

Moderator: Claude Canizares, Vice President for Research and Associate Provost Bruno Rossi Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Member, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy and Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable
Susan Hackwood, Executive Director, California Council on Science and Technology [POWERPOINT ]
Michael Carolina, President, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology [POWERPOINT]
Kristin Osborne, Policy and Communications Director, Technology Alliance, State of Washington [POWERPOINT]

How to encourage children, parents, policy makers, and the public to be interested in STEM.
Moderator: Dennis Cheek, Vice President Education, Kauffman Foundation
Sandra Evers-Manly, President, Northrop Grumman Foundation [POWERPOINT]
Caleb M. Schutz, President, Jason Project
Susan Traiman, Director, Education and Workforce Policy, Business Roundtable speaking about Capitol Hill Day

3:00 State and Regional Breakout Sessions

NOTE: The video is only available for FOUR of the breakout sessions.

Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma
Chair: John Ahlen, President, Arkansas Science and Technology Authority on behalf of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

California
Chair: Susan Bryant, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of California, Irvine
(via videoconference to National Academies Beckman Center in Irvine, California)

Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts
Chair: Paul Fleury, Dean of Engineering and Frederick William Beinecke Professor of Engineering and Applied Physics, Yale University

Iowa
Co-Chairs: Swati Dandekar, Representative to the Iowa Legislature
Jeff Rossate, Division Administrator, Iowa Department of Economic Development

Indiana, Illinois
Chair: Victor Lechtenberg, Vice Provost for Engagement, Purdue University

Maryland
Co-Chairs: William Kirwan, Chancellor, University System of Maryland
William R. Brody, President, Johns Hopkins University

Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Chair: Kristin Zimmerman, Manager, Environment and Energy Policy, General Motors Public Policy Center

New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Nevada, Utah,Washington, Wyoming
Chair: John McIver, Vice-President for Research and Economic Development, University of New Mexico on behalf of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

New York
Co-Chairs: David Bynum, Founder and Director, Long Island Group Advancing Science Education, and Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University
Edward Reinfurt, Vice President, Business Council of New York State

North Carolina
In Washington
Chair: James Siedow, Vice Provost for Research, Duke University
In North Carolina (Via audioconference to Sigma Xi in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina)
Co-Chairs: William Tucci, former director of K-12 programs at the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science at North Carolina State University and former section chief for math and science at the N.C. Department of Public Instruction
Douglas K. Darr, Associate, Seed Stage Associates

Ohio, Pennsylvania
In Washington
Chair: Robert McGrath, Senior Vice President for Research, The Ohio State University
In Pennsylvania: University Park, Berks, Great Valley, Harrisburg, and McKeesport
Chair: William G. Curley, Executive Director, Statewide Continuing Education, The Pennsylvania State University

Rhode Island, Alaska, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Vermont
Chair: Clyde Briant, Vice President of Research, Brown University

Texas
Chair: H. Joseph Newton, Dean of Science and Professor of Statistics, Texas A&M University

Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina
Co-Chairs: James Aylor, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Virginia
Terrence Leslie, University and Academic Relations Manager, Micron Technology Virginia

4:15 State and Regional Breakout Session Reports

5:00 Adjourn