Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy

National Research Council

DRAFT AGENDA

8:00AM Continental Breakfast

8:30AM Welcome

Charles W. Wessner, National Research Council*

8:35AM Introduction

William Spencer, SEMATECH*

8:40AM Opening Remarks

Senator Jeff Bingaman

9:00AM Panel I: History and Current Legislative Perspective on the ATP Program

Moderator: Iain Cockburn, University of British Columbia*

An Overview of the Program’s History and Objectives

Christopher Hill, George Mason University*

Discussants:

Richard Russell, House Science Committee

James Turner, Minority Counsel, House Committee on Science*

Dave Goldstone, Office of Sherwood Boehlert

Claude Barfield, American Enterprise Institute

10:15AM Coffee Break

10:30AM Panel II: Program Operations

Moderator:Tom Kalil, White House National Economic Council

Decision Making: The ATP Selection Process

Lura Powell, Advanced Technology Program/ National Institute of Standards and Technology+

Industry Perspectives

Small firms

John Walker, Axys Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

Gene Benucci, Advanced Technology Materials, Inc.

Large Firms

Paul Horn, IBM+

11:30AM Panel III: Research Perspectives on ATP

Moderator: Richard Nelson, Columbia University*

Overview of the ATP Evaluation Program:

Rosalie Ruegg, National Institute of Standards and Technology*

Selected Recent Work:

Wes Cohen, Carnegie Mellon University+

Adam Jaffe, Brandeis University

Maryellen Kelley, National Institute of Standards and Technology and Carnegie Mellon

Discussant:

Irwin Feller, The Pennsylvania State University

12:50PM Luncheon Address: Senator William Frist

1:15PM Lunch: Refectory

2:30PM Panel IV: Program Challenges and Research Findings

Moderator: Ken Flamm, University of Texas*

Al Link,University of North Carolina, Greensboro*

Venture Capital and ATP

Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School

Foreign participation: ATP’s Record and Foreign Practice

Connie Chang

3:30PM Coffee Break

3:45PM Panel V: Improving Assessment: Current Work

Moderator: Michael Darby, UCLA+

4:45PM Panel VI: Observations and Policy Issues

5:30PM Conclusion

5:45PM Reception in the Great Hall