Center for Science Diplomacy
http://diplomacy.aaas.org//events/event_ScienceDiplomacyInternationalCooperation.shtml
Science, Diplomacy, and International Cooperation
Date: October 28, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 7:00 PM
Location: AAAS Auditorium
1200 New York Avenue NW
(entrance at 12th and H Streets NW)
Washington, DC 20005
Conference supported in part by the Richard Lounsbery Foundation
Agenda:
| 1:00 | Conference Opening Lecture (View Video) The Honorable Brian Baird, Ph.D. – Chair, House Science Subcommittee on Research and Science Education "Building Bridges through International Science Cooperation: A View from the Hill" The Honorable Russ Carnahan - Vice Chair, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, and Vice Chair, House Science Subcommittee on Research and Science Education Introduced by Alan Leshner, Ph.D. – CEO, AAAS, and Executive Publisher, Science |
| 1:45 | Panel I: Science Diplomacy from a Foreign Policy Perspective (View Video) Session Chair: Andrew Reynolds – Deputy Science Adviser, U.S. Department of State Panelists: Patrick Doherty – Director, U.S.-Cuba 21st Century Policy Initiative, New America Foundation Sheldon Himelfarb, Ph.D. - Associate Vice President and Executive Director, Center of Innovation for Science, Technology and Peacebuilding, U.S. Institute of Peace Kristin Lord, Ph.D. – Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution |
| 3:00 | Break |
| 3:15 |
Panel II: University Roles in Promoting and Implementing Science Diplomacy (View Video)
Session Chair: Gene Skolnikoff, Ph.D. – Professor of Political Science Emeritus, MIT Panelists: Kirstin Matthews, Ph.D. – Fellow, Baker Institute, Rice University Bud Rock – Vice President for Global Engagement, Arizona State University Stuart Thorson, Ph.D. – Professor of Political Science, Syracuse University |
| 4:30 |
Panel III: Science Organizations and Science Diplomacy (View Video)
Session Chair: Vaughan Turekian, Ph.D. – Chief International Officer, AAAS Panelists: John Boright, Ph.D. – Executive Director, International Affairs, U.S. National Academy of Sciences Cathleen Campbell – President and CEO, CRDF |
| 5:30 | Summary and Conclusion |
| 6:00 |
Conference Closing Lecture (View Video)
The Honorable John Hamre, Ph.D. – President and CEO, CSIS "Smart Power: Science and International Cooperation" Introduced by Alan Leshner, Ph.D. – CEO, AAAS, and Executive Publisher, Science |
| 7:00 | Reception – 1st & 2nd Floor Reception Areas |
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AAAS News, November 24, 2008.
