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



Keynote 1: Peter Agre

The Nobel Laureate speaks about the human side of science, how he got his insight into the water channel, and how a D student can win the Nobel Prize

Oct 21, 2008 | Innovation 2008
http://www.viddler.com/explore/sciencedebate/videos/12/
Speaker
  • Peter Agre, Director, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health; Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2003
Introduction
  • Steven Kelley, Director, Center of Science, Technology & Public Policy, University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute

Nobel laureate Peter Agre delivers this classic evening keynote address, regaling the audience with personal tales and recollections of the characters and trials and excitement of working in science, confessing his "D" in high school chemistry, and inspiring them with his passion and insights into how to identify and successfully navigate both the danger and the opportunity of the crisis that leads to new innovation, and how that may be applied to our current moment in history.