Workshop Agenda and Participants
Workshop on Future Directions for the NSF National Patterns R&D Resources Reports
September 6-7, 2012 Washington, DC
AGENDA
Thursday, September 6, 2012
8:45-9:00 am |
INTRODUCTIONS Moderator: Karen Kafadar (Workshop Chair), Department of Statistics, Indiana University |
9:00-9:45 |
WHAT IS NATIONAL PATTERNS? Presenter: Mark Boroush, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation |
9:45-11:15 |
NATIONAL PATTERNS PURPOSES AND USES Moderator: Chris Hill, George Mason University Presenter 1: Kei Koizumi, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Presenter 2: David Mowery, University of California, Berkeley Presenter 3: Martin Grueber, Battelle |
Presenter 4: Charles Larson, Innovation Research International Presenter 5: David Goldston, Natural Resources Defense Council |
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11:15 am- | ADVANCES IN INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY |
12:15 pm |
OF NATIONAL PATTERNS DATA AND REPORTS Moderator: Fernando Galindo-Rueda, OECD
Presenter 1: John Jankowski, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation Presenter 2: Fernando Galindo-Rueda, OECD |
12:15-1:15 | LUNCH |
1:15-2:30 |
R&D EXPENDITURE DATA FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS The importance of R&D expenditure data for nonprofit organizations and the pros and cons of alternative ways of providing information on other nonprofits Moderator: Karen Kafadar, Indiana University Presenter 1: CNSTAT staff-methodological introduction Presenter 2: Jeff Alexander, Center for Science, Technology, and Economic Development, SRI International |
2:30-3:30 |
REPORTING ON ADDITIONAL VARIABLES What variables not now collected on the four major NCSES surveys should be collected and tabulated in the future? Moderator: Stephanie Shipp, STPI
Presenter: Kaye Husbands Fealing, CNSTAT, National Research Council |
3:30-3:45 | BREAK |
3:45-5:15 |
IMPROVING COMMUNICATION What new tables or graphs should be included representing information currently collected on the four major NCSES surveys? Moderator: Karen Kafadar, Indiana University
Presenter: Daniel Carr, Department of Statistics, George Mason University |
Friday, September 7, 2012 | |
9:00-10:00 am |
POTENTIAL FUTURE METHODOLOGICAL USES OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS
Moderator: David Newman, University of California, Irvine Presentation: John King, Economic Research Service Presentation: CNSTAT staff-methodological issues |
10:00-11:00 |
IDEAS FROM SMALL-AREA ESTIMATION Moderator: Eric Slud, U.S. Census Bureau
Small-area estimation techniques useful for National Patterns tabulations Presenter: Julie Gershunskaya, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
11:00-11:30 | ADDITIONAL ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION Priorities for moving forward Moderator: Karen Kafadar, Indiana University |