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Committee on a New Government-University Partnership for Science and Security
The National Academies
Northeast Regional Meeting
Hosted By
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wong Auditorium, 70 Memorial Drive, Building E51 (Tang Center)
Monday, May 15, 2006
8:30 Introductions and Purpose of Meeting
Jacques S. Gansler and Alice P. Gast, Committee Co-chairs, confirmed
8:45 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Susan Hockfield, President, MIT, confirmed
9:15 Importance of Issues to Our National Research Enterprise
Moderator: Arthur I. Bienenstock, Office of the Dean of Research and
Graduate Policy, Stanford University, confirmed
Speaker: John H. Marburger, III, Director, Office of Science and
Technology Policy, The White House, confirmed
9:40 Discussion
10:00 Government Policy for Homeland Security
Speaker: Stewart A. Baker, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of
Homeland Security, confirmed
10:25 Discussion
11:00 Energy, Security and the Long War of the 21st Century
Moderator: Richard A. Meserve, President, Carnegie Institution of Washington, confirmed
Speaker: R. James Woolsey, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., confirmed
11:25 Discussion
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Conceptual Framework for Consideration of the Role of the Research University in U.S. Security (Both National Security and Economic Security) and the Need for Rational Government Policies
Speaker: Charles M. Vest, President Emeritus, MIT, confirmed
1:30 Discussion
2:00 Panel: Key Indicators/Sectors (Role of Academic Research)
Richard K. Lester, Professor and Director Industrial Performance Center, MIT, confirmed
Energy
Ernest J. Moniz, Professor of Physics, MIT, confirmed
Nanotechnology
James Baker, Director of Michigan Nanotechnology Institute
for Medicine and the Biological Sciences, University of Michigan, confirmed
Social Sciences
Gary LaFree, Director, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism
and Responses to Terrorism (START), University of Maryland, confirmed
4:00 Afternoon Wrap-up
4:30 Adjourn

Committee on a New Government-University Partnership for Science and Security
The National Academies
Northeast Regional Meeting
Hosted By
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wong Auditorium, 70 Memorial Drive, Building E51 (Tang Center)
Tuesday, May 16
8:00 Welcome and Introductions
Jacques S. Gansler and Alice P. Gast, Committee Co-chairs, confirmed
8:15 Keynote Address: Export Control Policy in an Increasingly Competitive World
Beth M. McCormick, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Technology Security Policy and National Disclosure Policy (Acting) and Director, Defense Technology Security Administration, Department of Defense, invited
9:10 Discussion
9:30 Concerns of the Academic Community
Dual Use Research/Biosecurity
George Church, Professor of Genetics, Director, Center for Computational Genetics, Harvard Medical Center, confirmed
Regulatory Structure of G-U Partnership
Judith Reppy, Professor, Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University, confirmed
Export Controls
Sue E. Eckert, Visiting Scholar, Brown University, confirmed
International Collaborations
Suzanne Berger, Professor, Department of Political Science, MIT,
confirmed
Implications for Graduate Education and Teaching
Debra W. Stewart, President, Council of Graduate Schools, confirmed
11:00 Discussion
11:30 Creating a New Partnership
Timothy Bereznay, Assistant Director for Counterintelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation, confirmed
12:00 Discussion
12:30 Adjourn
12:30-2:30 Committee in Closed Session
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