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Can We Compete?
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Trends in America's Scientific and Technical Workforce
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November 1-2, 2007
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Washington, DC
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Hosted by the Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology
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With Funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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Agenda
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Thursday, November 1, 2007
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Location:
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Rayburn House Office Building
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Room 2118 -
Room Number Has Changed!
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U.S. House of Representatives
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Washington, DC 20515
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4:00 p.m.
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Welcome
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Lisa Frehill, Executive Director, Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology
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Address
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The Honorable Vernon J. Ehlers (MI), U.S. House of Representatives
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The Honorable Judy Biggert (IL), U.S. House of Representatives
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Presentation
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Ron Hira, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Panel Response
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Tind "Shep" Ryen, Professional Staff, Committee on Science and Technology,
U.S. House of Representatives
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Jim Wilson, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education,
U.S. House of Representatives
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Michelle Tortolani, Senior Director, Repeater Operations,
XM Satellite Radio, and President, Society of Women Engineers
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Government Representative TBA
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6:00 p.m.
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Reception (Room B339) -
Last Minute Change From Room B338!
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Friday, November 2, 2007
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Location:
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Auditorium, 2nd Floor
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1200 New York Avenue, NW
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Washington, DC 20005
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8:00 a.m.
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Registration and Continental Breakfast
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8:30 a.m.
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Welcome from Conference Co-Chairs
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Roberta Spalter-Roth, Director, Research and Development Department, American Sociological Association, and President, CPST Board of Directors
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Daryl Chubin, Director, Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity, American Association for the Advancement of Science
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8:45 a.m.
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Data Tour: Highlights of the Collection
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Lisa M. Frehill, Executive Director, Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology
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Richard Ellis, Ellis Research Services
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9:30 a.m.
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Panel I: Innovation and the STEM Workforce
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Moderator: Yolanda Comedy
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Panelists:
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Ensuring the Needed S&T Workforce: The Role of State Government
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Stephen Crawford, Director, Social, Economic & Workforce Programs Division, National Governor's Association
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Immigrant Entrepreneurs in the Massachusetts Biotechnology Industry
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Laurel Smith Doerr, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Boston University
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Competing and Cooperating in High Technology Industries: Insights
from the Global Bioscience Sector
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David Finegold, Dean, School of Management and Labor Relations,
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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10:45 a.m.
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Break
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11:00 a.m.
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Panel II: Who Will Do Science?
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Moderator: Roberta Spalter-Roth, Director, Research and Development Department,
American Sociological Association, and President, CPST Board of Directors
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Panelists:
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Women in Science and Engineering: Challenges and Opportunities
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Mary Frank Fox, Advance Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Title TBA
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Cheryl Leggon, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Does the Labor Market Work for Women? Nurses, Wages, and Labor Supply
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Vicky Lovell, Director of Employment and Work/Life Programs, Institute for Women's Policy Research
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12:15 p.m.
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Lunch (2nd Floor Atrium)
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1:45 p.m.
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Panel III: Skills and the Global Market
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Moderator: Marlene Lee, Senior Policy Analyst, Population Reference Bureau
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Panelists:
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The Engineer's Challenge: Identifying What Skills are in Demand and Finding
Opportunities in a Global Market
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Paul Kostek, Vice President, Career Activities, IEEE-USA
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Competition or Collaboration? How Globalization is Changing the Demand for
Scientists and Engineers
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Harold Salzman, The Urban Institute
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Some Reflections on the Future of the U.S. Engineering Workforce and Profession
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Robert Morgan, Professor Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis
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3:00 p.m.
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Break
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3:15 p.m.
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Panel IV: Cross-National Supply and Demand
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Moderator: TBA
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Panelists:
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Aspirations of New Immigrants in the U.S. Workforce
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Roli Varma, Professor, School of Public Administration, University of New Mexico
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Immigration Policy and the International Supply and Demand for STEM Workers
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Lindsay Lowell, Director of Policy Studies, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University
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New Trends and Global and Regional Experiments in S&T Knowledge Cooperation
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Paul Dufour, Senior Advisor, International Affairs, Office of the National Science Advisor, Canada
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4:45 p.m.
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Closing Comments
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Daryl Chubin, Director, Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity, American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Roberta Spalter-Roth, Director, Research and Development Department, American Sociological Association, and President, CPST Board of Directors
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5:00 p.m.
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Adjourn
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