December 2-3, 2010
Washington, DC
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We invite you to attend a workshop to connect science agencies with the frontier of current research on science
measurement. The goal is to inform science policy practitioners about very practical issues, such as:
The keynote speakers include Jeff Smith, from the University of Michigan, who will provide a non-technical overview of modern evaluation and assessment techniques, and Maureen Pirog, editor of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Registration for in-person attendance is now closed but we welcome you to participate in the live webcast.To participate in the live webcast: On Thursday, December 2 go to http://www.visualwebcaster.com/SOSMday1 On Friday, December 3 go to http://www.visualwebcaster.com/SOSMday2 |
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Economic Benefits | Technology Development and Deployment |
S&T Workforce Development | Social, Health and Environmental Benefits |
National Press Club
529 14th Street
Washington, DC 20045
Holeman Lounge
Thursday, December 2, 2010 | |
8:00 AM | Registration Continental Breakfast Available in Holeman Lounge |
8:30 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks Aneesh Chopra, White House Chief Technology Officer |
Economic Benefits | |
8:45 – 9:00 |
Julian Alston (University of California Davis) "Science of Science Policy: Evidence and Lessons from Studies of Agricultural R&D" |
9:00 – 9:15 |
Bruce Weinberg (Ohio State University) and
Subhra Saha (Cleveland State University) "Estimating the Indirect Economic Benefits from Science" |
9:15 – 10:00 | Q & A |
10:00 – 10:15 | Rapporteur Wrap-Up Nick Maynard, White House, Office of Science and Technology Policy |
10:15 AM | Break, Refreshments available in Bloomberg Room and Holeman Lounge |
10:30 – 10:45 |
Richard Freeman
(Harvard University and National Bureau of Economic Research), Gerald Marschke
(University of Albany, State University of New York and NBER), and Andrew Wang
(Harvard Law School and NBER),
"Estimating the Payoff to R&D" |
10:45 – 11:00 |
Jeffrey Furman
(Boston University and National Bureau of Economic Research),
Fiona Murray (MIT Sloan School) and
Scott Stern
(Northwestern University and NBER) "The Impact of Science Policy on the Rate and Direction of Cumulative Research: Frontier Tools and Applications" |
11:00 – 11:45 | Q & A |
11:45 – 12:00 | Rapporteur Wrap-Up Nick Maynard, White House, Office of Science and Technology Policy |
Keynote AddressLunch and Presentation in the First Amendment Room 12:00 noon Jeff Smith University of Michigan "The analytical basis for evaluation of science policy: an econometric perspective" | |
Technology Development and Deployment | |
1:15 – 1:30 | Heidi Williams
(National Bureau of Economic Research) "Incentives, Prizes and Innovation" |
1:30 – 1:45 | Diana Hicks
(Georgia Institute of Technology) "Systemic data infrastructure for innovation policy" |
1:45 – 2:30 | Q & A |
2:30 – 2:45 | Rapporteur Wrap-Up Valentin Livada, MIT Sloan School of Management |
2:45 PM | Break - Refreshments available in Bloomberg Room and Holeman Lounge |
3:00 – 3:15 |
Kenneth Flamm (University of Texas at Austin) "Economic Benefits from Technological Innovation in Microelectronics" |
3:15 – 3:30 | Tiffany Sargent
(National Science Foundation and Intel Corporation) and Robert Sargent (Syracuse University) "The Investment Comparison Tool (ICT): A Method to Assess Research and Development Investments" |
3:30 – 4:15 | Q & A |
4:15 – 4:30 | Rapporteur Wrap-Up Valentin Livada, MIT Sloan School of Management |
4:30 PM | Closing Remarks Representative Judy Biggert (Invited) |
Friday, December 3, 2010 | |
8:00 AM | Registration Continental Breakfast Available in Holeman Lounge |
8:30 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks Representative Rush Holt |
S&T Workforce Development | |
8:45 – 9:00 | Richard Ellis (Ellis Research Services) "21st Century Statistics on the STEM Workforce" |
9:00 – 9:15 | Stefano Bertuzzi
(National Institutes of Health) and Julia Lane (National Science Foundation) "The STAR METRICS Project: Current and Future Uses for S&E Workforce Data" |
9:15 – 10:00 | Q & A |
10:00 – 10:15 | Rapporteur Wrap-Up Paula Stephan, Georgia State University |
10:15 AM | Break, Refreshments available in Bloomberg Room and Holeman Lounge |
10:30 – 10:45 | Sharon Levin
(University of Missouri-St. Louis) and Paula Stephan,
Georgia State University "Linking Investigator‐Initiated Federal Research Grants with the Production and Scientific Development of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers" |
10:45 – 11:00 | Connie L. McNeely
and Laurie Schintler (George Mason University) "Gender Issues in Scientific Collaboration and Workforce Development: Implications for a Federal Policy Research Agenda" |
11:00 – 11:45 | Q & A |
11:45 – 12:00 | Rapporteur Wrap-Up Paula Stephan, Georgia State University |
Keynote AddressLunch and Presentation in the First Amendment Room 12:00 noon Maureen Pirog Indiana University and JPAM editor "The analytical basis for evaluation of science policy: frontier research" | |
Social, Health and Environmental Benefits | |
1:15 – 1:30 | Susan Cozzens
(Georgia Institute of Technology)and Michele Snoeck (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay) "Knowledge to Policy: Contributing to the Measurement of Social, Health, and Environmental Benefits" |
1:30 – 1:45 | Erik Fisher
(Arizona State University) "Public Value Integration in Science and Innovation Policy Processes" |
1:45 – 2:30 | Q & A |
2:30 – 2:45 | Rapporteur Wrap-Up Lana Skirboll, Vice President, The Zerhouni Group |
2:45 PM | Break, Refreshments available in Bloomberg Room and Holeman Lounge |
3:00 – 3:15 |
Tomas Philipson and Cindy Yuan
(University of Chicago) "Who Benefits from New Medical Technologies? Implications for the Science-of-Science Research Agenda" |
3:15 – 3:30 |
Robin Wagner (National Institutes of Health) and
Katy Börner Indiana University) "Introducing the Science of Science (Sci2) Tool to the Reporting Branch, Office of Extramural Research/Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health" |
3:30 – 4:15 | Q & A |
4:15 – 4:30 | Rapporteur Wrap-Up Lana Skirboll, Vice President, The Zerhouni Group |
4:30 PM | Workshop Adjourns |
Questions? Please email us at SOSPWORKSHOP@NSF.GOV