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AAAS sponsors workshop for science, engineering, and technology policy professionals

Workshop coincides with the 27th Annual AAAS Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy

Washington D.C. -4 April 2002- As the interaction between science and government intensifies, the need for a science, engineering, and technology (SE&T) policy workforce equipped with the tools and training necessary to negotiate this relationship is greater than ever.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is hosting a three-day workshop from 12-14 April 2002, to encourage the rising generation of science policy professionals, especially students within five years of their final degree. However, anyone interested in science, engineering, and technology policy is encouraged to attend this event free of charge.

On Friday evening, a networking reception will permit participants to meet established professionals, as well as the rising generation of the SE&T policy community. Daryl Chubin, Senior Vice President of Policy and Research for the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, and Shirley Malcom, Directorate Head for Education and Human Resources Programs at AAAS, will address the attendees at the opening plenary session. Professionals from government, policy organizations and academia will define the breadth of science and technology policy careers, what scientists and policymakers need to learn from each other, and how to establish a journal and society for the S&T policy community

The event is scheduled to coincide with the 27th Annual AAAS Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy on April 11 and 12. The workshop represents a collaboration of the 2nd Annual AAAS Workshop on Science and Technology Policy Careers and the Graduate Student Conference on Contexts in Science and Technology.

WHAT: AAAS Workshop for the Rising Generation of Science, Engineering, and Technology Policy Professionals

WHEN: 12 - 14 April 2002

WHERE: American Association for the Advancement of Science 1200 New York Avenue, 2nd floor auditorium, NW, Washington DC

RSVP: Reporters should RSVP to Monica Amarelo at 202-326-6431, mamarelo@aaas.org

HOSTS: Sponsored by AAAS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, The George Washington University, George Mason University, and the National Academy of Engineering

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