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Within nations, cooperation between government and industry is expanding to meet national goals and common technological challenges. Strategic alliances among businesses also are expanding dramatically, enabling firms to meet a variety of goals, from sharing expertise and costs to establishing global standards and ensuring market access for final products.
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THE POLICY CONTEXT FOR THE U.S.-EU S&T AGREEMENT As Under Secretary of State Stuart Eizenstat noted in his opening remarks, the US-KU S&T Agreement is part of the New Transatlantic Agenda of 1995, which seeks to strengthen ties between the European Union and the United States. The European Commission's Ambassador to the United States, Hugo Paemen, noted that the new S&T agreement complements both the New Transatlantic Agenda and the EU's Fifth Framework Programme.
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The New Transatlantic Agenda's section on R&D recognizes this reality and explicitly calls for wider cooperation between the United States and European Union in science and technology. Notwithstanding the widespread recognition of the benefits of greater transatlantic cooperation, Dr.
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The transportation conferees identified specific common research interests and suggested convening a workshop on the institutional impediments to transatlantic collaboration on transportation research. John Krebs, a member of the United Kingdom's National Environmental Research Council, summarized the breakout session on climate prediction, forecasting applications and impacts.
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The group also raised the prospect of trade issues arising from endocrine disrupters, because government intervention into the management of chemicals easily could have trade consequences. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS At the end of the first day, the conference heard from John Cadogan, Director General, Research Councils of the United Kingdom, and, for the evening's keynote address, from Gordon Moore, Chairman Emeritus of Intel.
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Dr. Moore explained that it generally is accepted that it is most appropriate for government to support widely applicable university research, noting that "even if the research fails, you still get trained students." For this reason, the semiconductor industry has created a number of programs designed to support university research, but additional government support for university research would be a worthwhile investment.
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An empirical analysis presented by Professor Joshua Lerner of the Harvard Business School showed that recipients of SBIR awards perform better than similar small businesses that have not received SBIR awards.5 The European Commission has programs with similar goals.
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For example, the High Epsilon Materials Cluster Optimized Rapid Deposition project complements the 300-mm conversion project, albeit on a smaller scale. This project ensures that appropriate materials for 300-mm manufacturing will be available when the entire 300-mm tool set is ready.
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For individuals and their institutions to work together effectively, leadership at the highest levels is required. To develop and maintain such leadership, and thereby realize the enormous benefits possible from European and American collaboration, a policy framework that accepts institutional and philosophical differences is needed.
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