<HTML><BODY><P>30th Annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy<BR>www.aaas.org/forum <BR><BR>April 21-22, 2005<BR>Loew's L'Enfant Plaza Hotel<BR>Washington, DC<BR><BR>REGISTER BY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, AT LOWER RATES. <BR>Early registration ends April 6. Registration fees will be $30 higher after that date. <BR><BR>You are cordially invited to attend the 30th Annual AAAS Forum (formerly Colloquium) on Science and Technology Policy, scheduled for April 21-22, 2005. This meeting, held in Washington each spring, provides a setting for discussion and debate about budget and other policy issues facing the S&T community. Since its beginning in 1976, it has grown into an annual institution that draws approximately 500 top science and technology experts. The Forum is the major public meeting in the U.S. on science and technology policy issues.<BR><BR>This year's program will include sessions on:<BR>- The Budgetary and Policy Context for R&D in FY 2006<BR>- The Future of Scientific Communication (Formerly Known as Publishing)<BR>- Young Scientists, Graduate Education, and National Needs for the S&T Workforce<BR>- Science and Global Health Disasters<BR>- The Role of R&D in the U.S. and Global Economies<BR>- Science Versus Society? When Scientific Interests and Public Attitudes Collide<BR><BR>In addition, the meeting will feature:<BR>- Keynote address by John H. Marburger, III, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy<BR>- Addresses by key public figures at the optional luncheons on Thursday & Friday, and the breakfast on Friday<BR>- The annual William D. Carey Lecture, given this year by Congressman Rush D. Holt (NJ)<BR><BR>Other featured speakers include: <BR>- Robert Klein, Chair of the Board, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine <BR>- David Walker, Comptroller General, Government Accountability Office <BR>- Kei Koizumi, AAAS (Washington's foremost analyst of federal R&D budgets) <BR>- Masayuki Kondo, NISTEP, Japan<BR>- Hessamaddin Arfaei, Iranian Institute for Theoretical Physics & Mathematics <BR><BR>For an up-to-date agenda, fees, online registration materials, and hotel arrangements, please go to www.aaas.org/forum . Registration fees will increase by $30 after Wednesday, April 6. Online registrations will be accepted until Monday, April 18. After that, please register onsite at the event. <BR><BR>Stephen Nelson<BR>American Association for the Advancement of Science<BR>Science and Policy Programs<BR>1200 New York Avenue NW<BR>Washington DC 20005<BR>www.aaas.org/spp <BR><BR>For questions about registration, please contact:<BR>Natalie Nimmer<BR>Tel: 202/326-6601<BR>E-mail: nnimmer@aaas.org <BR></P><BR>
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