. "APPENDIX: Convocation Agenda." Rising Above the Gathering Storm Two Years Later: Accelerating Progress Toward a Brighter Economic Future. Summary of a Convocation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2009.
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Rising Above the Gathering Storm Two Years Later: Accelerating Progress Toward a Brighter Economic Future - Summary of a Convocation
1:00 PM
Overview of Issues
K-12:
Tom Luce, CEO, National Math and Science Initiative
David Ferrero, Senior Program Officer for Education, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Francis (Skip) Fennell, Professor of Education, McDaniel College and Past-President, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Research:
Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director, National Science Foundation
Steven Chu, Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Higher Ed:
C.D. Mote, Jr., President, University of Maryland, College Park
Kristina Johnson, Provost, Johns Hopkins University
Innovation:
Deborah Wince-Smith, President, Council on Competitiveness
Gail Cassell, Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Eli Lilly
2:30
Breakout Groups
1. American COMPETES: Moderator: Deborah Stine, Specialist in Science and Technology Policy, Congressional Research Service – Ballroom, Salons III and IV
2. State Strategies: Moderator: James Duderstadt, President Emeritus, University of Michigan – Russell Room
3. Higher Education: Moderator: William B. Bonvillian, Director, MIT Washington Office – Dirksen Room
4. K-12: Moderator: Tom Luce, CEO, National Math and Science Initiative – Hart and Cannon Rooms
5. Research and Innovation Environment: Moderator: George M. Scalise, President, Semiconductor Industry Association – Rayburn Room
