23rd Annual AAAS Colloquium On Science And Technology Policy

Washington, DC -- April 14, 1998 -- Methods of evaluating R&D programs' performance and international science policy issues will be among the topics discussed by policy-makers, industry representatives, and academics at a three-day conference in Washington, DC, sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

The 23rd annual AAAS Science & Technology Policy Colloquium will feature a detailed analysis of the President's FY 1999 R&D budget. Representatives from six federal agencies -- the U.S. Departments of Defense, Energy, and Commerce; National Institutes of Health; National Science Foundation; and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) -- will outline their respective budgets for FY 1999. A plenary session will focus on the 1993 Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), which requires federal agencies to submit strategic plans, implementation plans, and methods for assessing progress. A central issue of the GPRA session will be how to define research goals and progress in areas of basic research.

WHAT: 23rd Annual AAAS Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy

WHEN: April 29 - May 1, 1998

WHERE: Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th St., NW (9th and K Streets), Washington, DC (Metro: Red/Orange/Blue lines to Metro Center or Yellow/Green lines to Gallery Place)

The Colloquium will include presentations by the following:

• F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Member, U.S. House of Representatives (R - WI); Chairman, House Committee on Science

• George E. Brown, Jr., Member, U.S. House of Representatives (D - CA); Ranking Minority Member, House Committee on Science

• Neal Lane, current director of the National Science Foundation and newly appointed Science Advisor to President Clinton

• Thomas R. Pickering, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State

• The Honorable Sadakazu Tanigaki, Minister of State for Science and Technology, Japan

• Kerri-Ann Jones, Acting Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs, OSTP

Editor's Note: To register as a reporter for the Colloquium, or to receive a copy of A Preview of AAAS Report XXIII: Research and Development FY 1999 (available April 21), contact Dave Amber, 202-326-6434, damber@aaas.org. The preview, as well as other R&D budget information, will be available online at http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/rd/new.htm