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Innovation and Competitiveness: Renewing America’s Leadership

Innovation in science and technology has driven half of America’s economic growth since WWII, but the global landscape is changing.  National experts will discuss strategies the United States needs to take to retain and renew its global leadership in innovation into the future.

• Dr. Russ Lefevre, President, IEEE-USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Kei Koizumi, Director, R&D Budget and Policy Program, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Bill Bates, Vice-President of Government Affairs, Council on Competitiveness
• Rebecca M. Bergman, Vice President, Science & Technology, Medtronic Inc.
• Dr. Kaye Husbands Fealing Visiting Professor, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota –Moderator

Renewing Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education

American students have slipped to 17th in science and 24th in math compared to students in other countries.  We need to ensure students graduate with the science and technology skills for success in the work force and with the science literacy needed for an active role as citizens in a technologically sophisticated democracy.  Policy leaders and educators will look at these trends and discuss strategies to renew American STEM education.

• Dr. Eugenie Scott, Executive Director, National Center for Science Education
• Jan Morrison, Executive Director, TIES: Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM
• Dr. Susan Singer, Laurence McKinley Gould Professor of the Natural Sciences, Carlton College (Board on Science Education of the National Academies)
• Alice Seagren, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Education -- Moderator

12:00 – 1:30

Lunch: A presentation by Physics Force

3:15 – 4:30

A Path to Renewal of America’s Global Role in Health Science Policy

Health sciences research from cancer to stem cells to genetics has gone global.  Academic and industry leaders will explore paths the next U.S. Administration can take to compete in this new global landscape and renew American innovation and leadership in the health sciences.

• Dr. Michael T. Osterholm, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) Director, Minnesota Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (MCEIRS)
• Dr. Andrew Fire, Professor of Pathology and Genetics, Stanford University (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2006)
• Dr. Susan Wood, Research Professor, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (Former Asst. Commissioner for Women’s Health for FDA)
• Mary Woolley, President, Research!America
• Dr. Jennifer Kuzma, Associate Professor, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota – Moderator

A special presentation by Ali Momeni with Minneapolis Art on Wheels

8:00 – 9:30

Integrating Science and Technology in America’s Artistic and Civic Culture: Seeing Our World Anew

America’s love affair with science may be going through a rocky patch, but it wasn’t always so.  This country was founded by scientist-statesmen like Jefferson and Franklin, and from the launch of Sputnik to the fall of the Soviet Union, science was a very big part of our culture.  We were the moon-shot nation, the can-do nation, the A-ok and the right stuff.   Advocates, artists and scientists will help us see new strategies for renewing America’s love affair with science, and the key role science has in shaping our ongoing success as a nation.

• Dr. Lawrence Krauss, Professor of Earth and Space Exploration and Physics, Arizona State University
• Dr. Manil Suri, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland Baltimore and Author
• David Goldes, Professor of Photography and Media Arts, Minnesota College of Art and Design
• Darlene Cavalier, Senior Manager, Global Business Development, Walt Disney Publishing Worldwide and author of the Science Cheerleader
• Chris Mooney , Washington Correspondent for Seed and Author of The Republican War on Science  – Moderator

9:30 – 10:45

A Renewed Vision of Energy Security and Sustainability: What’s Missing from the Debate?

The candidates’ answers to Science Debate 2008 focused attention on energy strategies involving wind, solar and nuclear energy, drilling for oil and clean coal, but there are likely other important ideas we should be talking about.Researchers and citizen leaders will identify strategies for the renewal of America’s energy and environmental future which ought to be receiving more attention from the candidates now and from the new Administration.

• Jon Foley, Director, Institute on the Environment
• Dr. Henry (Hank) Topper, Former Co-Chair, Community Action for a Renewed Environment Program, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxic Substances, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Barbra Batshalom, Founder and Executive Director, Green Roundtable.
• Marc Hillmyer, Chemistry, University of Minnesota
• Elizabeth Wilson, Assistant Professor, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota –Moderator