Agenda September 17, 1998

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Agenda September 17, 1998

PRESIDENT’S COMMITTEE OF ADVISORS
ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Senate Russell Building,
Commerce Committee Hearing Room, Room SR253
September 17, 1998
AGENDA
2:05 P.M. Perspective from the House of Representatives:
   Representative Vernon J. Ehler’s (R-MI) Discussionof the
     Nation’s Science Policy Report
   Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI)—S&T
     Budget Considerations, Planning for the Future
   Representative George E. Brown, Jr. (D-CA)—S&T
     Budget Considerations, Planning for the Future
   PCAST Discussion
2:45 P.M. Perspective from the Senate
   Senator Bill Frist (F-TN) – S&T Budget Considerations,
     Planning for the Future, S-2217
   Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV – S&T Budget
     Considerations, Planning for the Future, S-2217
   PCAST Discussion
3:30 P.M. State and Local Perspective on S&T – Making PartnershipsWork
   Gary Bachula, Acting Under Secretary, Technology
     Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
   Former Governor Dick Thornburgh, Co-chair State Scienceand
     Technology Institute
   State Practitioners’ Panel:
   Delbert J. Schuh, II, President, Indiana Business Modernization
     Technology Corporation
   Dr. Carolyn Sales, President, Oklahoma Center for the
     Advancement of Science and Technology
   Edward A. O’Connor, Jr., Executive Director, Spaceport
     Florida Authority
   PCAST Discussion
4:20 P.M. BREAK
4:30 P.M. Report on National Academy of Sciences, Study of S&Tin the
                                Department of State: “Science, Technology, and Health Issues
     and U.S. Foreign Policy.”
   Dr. Robert A. Frosch, National Academy of Sciences Study
     Chairman, (Senior Research Fellow, John F.Kennedy School
     Of Government at Harvard University)
   Dr. Glen Schweitzer, Director, Office for Central Europeand
     Eurasia, Office of International Affairs,National Academy of
     Sciences
   PCAST Discussion
5:00 P.M. PCAST Study of International Cooperation in Energy
      R&D – Dr. John Holdren
   PCAST Discussion
5:30 P.M. Public Comments
5:45 P.M. Adjourn the Plenary Session