All speakers are confirmed.

Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
National Research Council

Workshop on
Government-Industry Partnerships in Biotechnology and Computing

AGENDA

June 6-7, 1999
Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Sunday, June 6

12:15PM Lunch

1:00PM Welcome

Chuck Wessner, National Research Council

1:05PM Introduction

Bill Spencer, SEMATECH

1:15PM Trends in U.S. Research and Development Support: Current Indicators

Steve Merrill, National Research Council

John Jankowski, National Science Foundation

2:15PM Coffee Break

2:30PM Government Partnerships in Biotechnology: Objectives, Instruments,

and Challenges

Moderator: Jim Gibbons, Stanford University

Presenter: David Blumenthal, Harvard Medical School

Marvin Cassman, National Institutes of Health

Edward Penhoet, Chiron and UC Berkeley

Discussants: Iain Cockburn, University of British Columbia

Dave Goldston, Office of Congressman Boehlert

3:45PM Coffee Break

4:00PM Government Partnerships in Computing: Objectives, Instruments, and Challenges

Moderator: Bill Spencer, SEMATECH

Presenter: Ken Flamm, University of Texas at Austin

Discussants: Taffy Kingscott, IBM

Jane Alexander, DARPA

Sam Fuller, Analog Devices

Scott Kulicke, Kulicke and Soffa

William Camp, Sandia National Laboratories

Bill Bonvillian, Office of Senator Lieberman

6:00PM Break

6:30PM Reception

7:30PM Dinner at Woods Hole

Monday, June 7

9:00AM Reconvene

Bill Spencer, SEMATECH

9:15AM Public and Private Aspects of Technology: Intellectual Property Rights, Public Funding, and Other Factors

Moderator: Dick Nelson, Columbia University

Wes Cohen, Carnegie Mellon University

Rebecca Eisenberg, School of Law, University of Michigan

Mark Myers, Xerox

10:45AM Coffee Break

11:00AM Review Draft Agenda for October 25: Identification of Key Issues, Suggestions for Commissioned Papers, and Speakers

Moderator: Bill Spencer, SEMATECH

Ken Flamm, University of Texas at Austin

Dick Nelson, Columbia University

Bill Bonvillian, Office of Senator Lieberman

David Goldston, Office of Congressman Boehlert

12:15PM Break

12:30PM Lunch

1:30PM Meeting Concludes

5:30PM Optional Dinner in Falmouth