Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy

National Research Council

The New Initiatives at NASA Ames Research Center: A Review

Agenda

April 14, 2000

Moffett Field Conference Center

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Moffett Field, California

8:30AM Welcome

Henry McDonald, Director, NASA Ames Research Center

8:45AM Opening Remarks

Representative Zoe Lofgren, U.S. House of Representatives

9:00AM Panel I: Information Technology, Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology at Ames

Moderator: Ed Penhoet, University of California at Berkeley and Chiron

NASA’s Vision

Sam Venneri, Chief Technologist, NASA (via videoconference)

The Ames Contribution

Henry McDonald, Director, NASA Ames Research Center

10:00AM Panel II: Science and Technology Parks: Concepts, History, and Metrics

Moderator: David Audretsch, Indiana University

Presenter: Michael Luger, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Discussant: Susan Hackwood, California Council on Science and Technology

and UC Riverside

10:45AM Coffee Break

11:00AM Panel III: Ames Science and Technology Park: Goals and Metrics

Moderator: Patrick Windham, Stanford University and Windham Consulting

Presenter: William Berry, Deputy Director, NASA Ames Research Center

The University of California Contribution

Presenter: M.R.C. Greenwood, University of California at Santa Cruz

Discussant: Robert Wilson, University of Texas at Austin

12:15PM Lunch

1:15PM Panel III: Ames Science and Technology Park: Goals and Metrics (Continued)

Moderator: Patrick Windham, Stanford University and Windham Consulting

Presenter: William Ballhaus, Lockheed Martin

The Carnegie Mellon Contribution

Presenters: Duane Adams, Carnegie Mellon University

James Morris, Carnegie Mellon University

Discussant: Ed Penhoet, University of California at Berkeley and Chiron

2:30PM Coffee Break

2:45PM Panel IV: NASA’s SBIR Initiative: Venture Capital for Mission Objectives

Moderator: Burton McMurtry, Technology Venture Investors

Presenters: Gilman G. Louie, In-Q-Tel

Robert Norwood, NASA Headquarters

Discussants: Kathy Behrens, Robertson Stephens Investment Management

Michael Borrus, Petkevich & Partners

4:00PM Panel V: The Ames Entrepreneurial Center: Opportunities and Challenges

Moderator: Mark Myers, Xerox

Presenters: Dan Tam, NASA Headquarters

Carolina Blake, Chief, Commercial Technology and Technology Transfer,

NASA Ames Research Center

Elizabeth Downing, 3D Technology Laboratories

Discussants: Jim Turner, House Science Committee

5:15PM Closing Remarks

Henry McDonald, Center Director, NASA Ames Research Center

5:30PM Reception: Moffett Field Training Center