Innovation 2008

INNOVATION CONFERENCE

Renewing America through Smarter Science and Technology Policy

KEYNOTES
1. Peter Agre:
The human side of science

2. Ira Flatow:
Science in America today


SESSIONS
1. Innovation & the Future
2. Education & STEM
3. Health & Policy
4. News & Culture
5. Energy Security
6. Art & Science



Although we got answers from the candidates for President to the 14 top science questions facing America, we wanted to take the discussion further.

In a world economy completely dominated by science and technology, nearly every major challenge facing the nation revolves around science policy.  What are some of the problems the president and congress should be aware of?

We decided to hold a national conference to find out.  We teamed up with the outstanding Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute.

Science Debate gratefully acknowledges the contributions of conference organizers Steve Kelley, Leah Wilkes, and Sophia Ginis of the Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy and Shawn Lawrence Otto and Erik Beeler of ScienceDebate.org



Session 4: US News and Politics of Science

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

Oct 21, 2008 | Innovation 2008
http://www.viddler.com/explore/sciencedebate/videos/8/
Panelists
  • Darlene Cavalier, Founder, ScienceCheerleader.com, former Senior Manager, Global Business Development, Walt Disney Publishing Worldwide
  • David Goldes, Professor of Photography and Media Arts, Minnesota College of Art and Design 
  • Lawrence Krauss, Professor of Earth and Space Exploration and Physics, Arizona State University
  • Manil Suri, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland Baltimore and Author
Moderator
  • Chris Mooney , Washington Correspondent for Seed and Author of The Republican War on Science

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.