Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy

National Research Council

Government-Industry Partnerships in

Biotechnology and Computing

AGENDA

October 25-26, 1999

National Academy of Sciences

2100 C Street

Washington, DC

8:30AM Continental Breakfast

8:45AM Welcome

Dale Jorgenson, Harvard University

8:50AM Introduction: Goals of the Meeting

William Spencer, SEMATECH

9:00AM Opening Remarks:

Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (R - NY)

9:30AM Panel I: Biotechnology and Information Technologies:

The Need for a Diversified Federal Research Portfolio

Moderator: Clark McFadden, Dewey Ballantine

The View From the Semiconductor and Biotechnology Industries

Gordon Moore, Intel Corporation

Edward Penhoet, University of California at Berkeley and Chiron

10:30AM Coffee Break

10:45AM Panel II: A Historical Perspective: Federal Partnerships in Computing and Biotechnology

Moderator: Patrick Windham, Stanford University

Partnerships in the Computer Industry

Kenneth Flamm, University of Texas at Austin

Partnerships in the Biotechnology Industry

Leon Rosenberg, Princeton University

Trends in Federal Research

William Bonvillian, Office of Senator Lieberman

12:00PM Lunch in the Great Hall

12:45PM Luncheon Address: NASA’s Mission: Merging Biotechnology and Information Systems

Dan Goldin, NASA

1:30PM Panel III: Biotechnology: Needs and Opportunities

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

Exploiting the Biotechnology Revolution: Training and Tools

Marvin Cassman, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH

The New Frontier: Bioinformatics and the University

Rita Colwell, National Science Foundation

Emerging Opportunities and Emerging Gaps

Paula Stephan, Georgia State University

Discussant: Greg Reyes, Schering-Plough

Stephen Dahms, San Diego State University

3:30PM Coffee Break

3:45PM Panel IV: Information Technology: New Opportunities – New Needs

Moderator: Dave Goldston, Office of Congressman Boehlert

Trends in Computer Research

Sam Fuller, Analog Devices

Biofutures for Multiple Missions

Frank Fernandez, DARPA

New Information Technology Research Initiatives

Tom Kalil, National Economic Council

Meeting the Needs: Realizing the Opportunities

Paul Horn, IBM

Discussants: Charles Trimble, Trimble Navigation

Richard Rosenbloom, Harvard Business School

5:45PM Reception in the Great Hall of the Academy

Second Day

Government Industry Partnerships in Biotechnology and Computing

8:30AM Continental Breakfast

9:00AM Welcome

Gordon Moore, Intel

9:15AM Panel V: Capturing New Opportunities

Moderator: Michael Borrus, Berkeley Roundtable

Computing and the Human Genome

Mark Boguski, National Center for Biotechnology Information

NanoFrontiers

Al Romig, Sandia National Laboratories

Defense Interests and Applications

Timothy Coffey, Naval Research Laboratory

10:30AM Coffee Break

10:45AM Panel VI: Intellectual Property and the Public Domain: Sectoral Perspectives

Moderator: Jorge Goldstein, Stern, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox

Sectoral Variations in the Role of Intellectual Property

Wes Cohen, Carnegie Mellon University

Post Bayh-Dole University-Industry Relationships

Maryann Feldman, Johns Hopkins University

Intellectual Property and Biotechnology

Robert Blackburn, Chiron

12:30PM Concluding Remarks

Gordon Moore, Intel

12:45PM Lunch in the Refectory of the Academy