[Sci-tech-public] Fwd: 30th Annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy

[Hugh Gusterson]

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>30th Annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy
>www.aaas.org/forum
>
>April 21-22, 2005
>Loew's L'Enfant Plaza Hotel
>Washington, DC
>
>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.
>
>This year's program will include sessions on:
>- The Budgetary and Policy Context for R&D in FY 2006
>- The Future of Scientific Communication (Formerly Known as Publishing)
>- Young Scientists, Graduate Education, and National Needs for the S&T 
>Workforce
>- Science and Global Health Disasters
>- The Role of R&D in the U.S. and Global Economies
>- Science Versus Society? When Scientific Interests and Public Attitudes 
>Collide
>
>In addition, the meeting will feature:
>- Keynote address by John H. Marburger, III, Director of the White House 
>Office of Science and Technology Policy
>- Invited addresses by eminent public figures at the optional luncheons on 
>Thursday & Friday, and the breakfast on Friday
>- The annual William D. Carey Lecture, given this year by Representative 
>Rush D. Holt (NJ)
>
>For an up-to-date agenda, fees, online registration materials, and hotel 
>arrangements, please go to www.aaas.org/forum.
>
>Stephen Nelson
>American Association for the Advancement of Science
>Science and Policy Programs
>1200 New York Avenue NW
>Washington DC 20005
>www.aaas.org/spp
>
>For questions about registration, please contact:
>Natalie Nimmer
>Tel: 202/326-6601
>Fax: 202/289-4950
>E-mail: nnimmer at aaas.org
>
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Hugh Gusterson

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