Harnessing Science and Technology for America's Economic Future

National and Regional Priorities

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• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Year: 1999
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9780309519496
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book is largely based on a 1998 forum where participants from across America discussed ways to improve the utilization of science and technology for economic growth over the next several decades. A steering committee of prominent Americans, co-chaired by SEMATECH Chairman William Spencer and former Pennsylvania Governor and U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, developed consensus recommendations from the forum input.Harnessing Science and Technology for America's Economic Future puts forward long-term goals for the nation and associated action items. It includes background papers and talks from the forum, covers the economics of science and technology-based growth, industry trends, the role of government, education, research universities, and the international context.

Table of contents

• Front Matter
• Acknowledgment
• Contents
• PART I: Committee Report
• Executive Summary
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Science, Technology, and Economic Growth
• 3 The Private-Sector Environment for Innovation
• 4 Government Roles and Priorities
• 5 The University Role in Research
• 6 Education and Human Capital
• 7 Conclusions and Recommendations
• Bibliography
• PART II: Speeches, Commissioned Papers, and Presentations at the Forum on Harnessing Science and Technology for America’s Economic Future National Academy of Sciences Building Washington, D.C. February 2-3, 1998
• Keynote Address Honorable Jeff Bingaman U.S. Senator from New Mexico
• Keynote Address Honorable George Brown U.S. Representative from California
• Technological Advance and Economic Growth
• Sustaining American Innovation: Where Will Technology Come From?
• The Global Environment of U.S. Science and Technology Policies
• The U.S. Environment for Venture Capital and Technology-Based Start-Ups
• The U.S. Environment for Venture Capital and Technology-Based Start-Ups
• The Education Challenge
• Meeting the Education Challenge
• The Northeast Ohio Experience
• APPENDIX A: Forum Agenda
• APPENDIX B: Forum Roster
• APPENDIX C: Steering Committee Member Biographical Sketches