SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) WORKFORCE NEEDS FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE U.S. DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE
August 1-2, 2011
The Waterview Conference Center
Arlington, Virginia
Monday, August 1, 2011
8:00 AM–8:10 AM |
Opening Remarks • Terry Jaggers, National Research Council • Norman Augustine, Committee Co-Chair |
8:10 AM–8:30 AM |
Welcome and Introduction • Charles M. Vest, President, National Academy of Engineering (NAE) |
8:30 AM–8:40 AM |
Purpose and Plan • C. Dan Mote, Norman Augustine, Committee Co-Chairs |
8:40 AM–9:00 AM |
STEM Workforce Development for the Department of Defense • The Honorable Zachary J. Lemnios, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering) |
Panel 1: Emerging Science and Technology in the Next 15 Years | |
9:00 AM–10:00 AM |
Introductory Talks • Donald Burke, Dean, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh • Anthony Tether, President, The Sequoia Group and Distinguished Fellow, Council on Competitiveness |
10:30 AM–12:00 noon |
Panel Discussion (Moderator: Frances Ligler, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory) • Thomas Russell, Director, Air Force Office of Scientific Research • Lyle Schwartz, ASM Materials Educational Foundation • John Sommerer, Space Department Head, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory • Leonard Buckley, Director, Science and Technology Division, Institute for Defense Analyses |
Panel 2: Estimating STEM Workforce Needs Under Future Scenarios | |
1:00 PM–1:30 PM |
Introductory Talk • Rolf Lehming, Director, S&E Indicators, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation |
1:30 PM–3:00 PM |
Panel Discussion (Moderator: Anita Jones, University of Virginia) • Leif Peterson, Managing Partner, Advanced HR Concepts and Solutions • Dixie Sommers, Assistant Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor • John Fischer, Director, Laboratories Office, ASD(R&E) • Edward Swallow, Vice President, Business Development, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Chairman, STEM Workforce Division, National Defense Industrial Association |
Panel 3: Limitations to Meeting Workforce Needs of DOD and the Industrial Base | |
3:30 PM–4:00 PM |
Introductory Talk • Harold Salzman, Professor of Public Policy, Rutgers University |
4:00 PM–5:30 PM |
Panel Discussion (Moderator: Sharon Levin, University of Missouri-St. Louis) • Burt Barnow, Amsterdam Professor of Public Service and Economics, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, The George Washington University • Dixie Sommers, Assistant Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor • Michael Finn, Economist, Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education • Rick Stephens, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, The Boeing Company |
5:30 PM |
Adjourn |
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 | |
Panel 4: Institutional Capacity in Education and the DOD Investments Needed to Ensure a Sufficient Workforce | |
8:30 AM–9:00 AM |
Introductory Talk • Carl Wieman, Associate Director for Science, Office of Science and Technology Policy |
9:00 AM–10:30 AM |
Panel Discussion (Moderator: Daniel Oliver, Naval Postgraduate School) • Katrina McFarland, President, Defense Acquisition University • Wesley Harris, Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Associate Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Paul Gaffney, President, Monmouth University • S. James Gates, Jr., John S. Toll Professor of Physics and Director of Center for String and Particle Theory, University of Maryland, College Park |
Panel 5: Ensuring an Adequate Workforce Capability in an Uncertain Future | |
11:00 AM–12:00 noon |
Introductory Talk • Ruth David, President, ANSER |
1:15 PM–2:45 PM |
Panel Discussion (Moderator: Robert Hermann, Private Consultant) • David Chu, President, Institute for Defense Analyses • Jennifer Byrne, Vice President, Corporate Engineering and Technology, Lockheed Martin • Vallen Emery, Outreach Program Manager, U.S. Army Research Laboratory • Katherine McGrady, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, CNA |
2:45 PM–4:00 PM |
Wrap-up Presentations |