At a forum at SAIS on Tuesday, Dec. 5, the Hamilton
Project Forum of the Brookings Institution will examine the
importance of science and technology to meeting the
challenges of the 21st century and introduce three
proposals to enhance U.S. expertise and competitiveness in
these areas.
Two discussions, at 10 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. in the
Nitze Building's Kenney Auditorium, will be followed by a
question-and-answer session.
Panelists include Robert E. Rubin of Citigroup and
Lawrence H. Summers of Harvard University, both members of
the Hamilton Project advisory council; JHU President
William R. Brody; Michael Capellas, former CEO of MCI and
Compaq; and Harold Varmus, winner of the 1989 Nobel Prize
for physiology or medicine and former NIH director, now
president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
The first panel will discuss a new strategy paper
exploring the importance of investments in innovation,
research and in the education of a highly skilled American
work force to fueling American growth, prosperity and
competitiveness. It also will highlight papers on
increasing the number of qualified U.S. students pursuing
graduate degrees in science and engineering, expanding
government use of prizes for innovative achievements in
science and technology, and reforming and streamlining the
review process for those patents offering the greatest
technological and commercial impact.
The second panel will explore how best to meet the
challenges of an economy fueled by rapid scientific and
technological advancements and how to address the
increasing globalization of high-skill and high-wage
technology sectors.
To RSVP for the event, call the Brookings Office of
Communications at 202-797-6105, e-mail
communications@brookings.edu or go to
onlinepressroom.net/brookings. Brookings will also host
a live Webcast of this event at www.brookings.edu.