Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
National Research Council

New Vistas in Transatlantic
Science and Technology Cooperation

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

(as of June 3)

June 8-9, 1998
The Auditorium
National Academy of Sciences
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, DC

NOTE: * = confirmed

Monday, June 8, 1998

8:00AM	Continental Breakfast
8:30AM	Welcome
	--Kenneth Shine, President, Institute of Medicin*
8:35AM	Opening Remarks
	-- Stuart Eizenstat, Under Secretary, Department of State*
	-- John Cadogan, Director General, Research Councils of the United Kingdom, for the UK Presidency of the European Union*
	--Hugo Paemen, Ambassador, European Commission*
9:10AM	Plenary Session: Trends in Science and Technology Policy
9:10am	The US Perspective
	- Joseph Bordogna, Deputy Director, National Science Foundation*
9:25am	The EU Perspective
	- Jorma Routti, Director General DGXII, European Union*
	Discussion
10:00AM	Plenary Session: International R&D Cooperation
10:00-10:40am	The EC and US Approach and the Agreement on Science and
	Technology Cooperation Cooperation
	- Melinda Kimble, Assistant Secretary, Department of State*
	- Rainer Gerold, Director, European Commission*
	Discussion
11:00-11:20am	Complementarity of Bilateral and EC Cooperation with the United States
	- Paolo Fasella, Director General for Research, Italy*
	Discussion
11:30AM	Address: Commissioner Martin Bangemann, European Commission
12:15PM	Lunch in the Refectory and in the Breakout Session Meeting Rooms
1:00PM	Breakout Sessions
Group A:	Information Technologies
	Chairman: Ray Kammer, Director, NIST, Department of Commerce*
	EU Representative: Thierry van der Pyl, ESPRIT, DGIII*
	US Representative: Tom Kalil, National Economic Council, White House*
	- Next Generation Internet
	Jean-Pierre Euzen, European Commission, DGXIII, *
	Juris Hartmanis, CISE, National Science Foundation*
	David Tennenhouse, DARPA*
	George Strawn, National Science Foundation*
	Stefano Gazziano, ENEA Casaccia
	- Electronic Commerce
	Fabian Pease, DARPA (inv)
	Erik Habers, DGIII, European Commission*
	Stefan Noll, Fraunhofer-Institut fur Graphische*
	- Translingual Information Management
	Roberto Cencioni, DG XIII, European Commission*
	Gary Strong, National Science Foundation*
	- Tactical Translingual Triage
	Ron Larson, DARPA*
	- Spoken Translingual Communication
	Alan Sears, DARPA*
	Christian Fluhr, Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucleaires, France*
	- International Digital Libraries
	Michael Lesk, National Science Foundation*
	Alain Michard, INRIA, France (inv)

NB: After a "breakout plenary," these topics will be addressed in separate sessions, then report back to the complete breakout session.

Group B:	Transportation Challenges for the 21st Century
	Chairman: Mortimer Downey, Deputy Secretary, Department of Transportation*
	EU Representative: Wilhelmus Blonk, DG VII, European Commission*
	US Representative: Fenton Carey, Department of Transportation*
	Parallel sub-Sessions
	a) Intermodal Transportation
	- Intermodal Transport Networks
	John Horsley, US Department of Transportation*
	Horst Soboll, Daimler-Benz Technology*
	-Global Navigation and Applications
	Joseph Canny, US Department of Transportation*
	b) Intelligent Transportation Systems
	- Surface Applications
	Kenneth Wykle, US Federal Highway Administration*
	John Miles, Ankerbodl International Ltd.*
	Prof. Radermacher, FAW Ulm, Germany*
	- Maritime Safety
	Robert North, US Coast Guard*
	Mikko Niini Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Finland*
	- Strategic Enabling Research
	Kelley Coyner, US Department of Transportation*
	Jean-Pierre Medevielle, INRETS, France*
	Peter Jones, Transport Studies Group, United Kingdom*

NB: After a "breakout plenary," these topics will be addressed in separate sessions, then report back to the complete breakout session.

Group C:	Climate Forecasting Applications and Impact
	Chairman: John Krebs, Natural Environment Research Council*
	US Representative: Robert Corell, National Science Foundation*
	EU Representative: Anver Ghazi, DGXII, European Commission*
	- Climate Prediction Research - El Niño
	Prof. Hasselman, Max-Plank Institut, Germany*
	Nicholas Graham, Scripps Institution of Oceanography*
	- Short-term Climate Forecast Applications
	J.C. Duplessy, Centre des Fables Radioactivities, France*
	Maxx Dilley, USAID*
	- Atlantic Basin Climate Variability
	- CO2 Terrestrial Sinks
	Riccardo Valentini, Universita della Tusscia, Italy*
	Dennis Baldocchi, NOAA, Oakridge*
	- Impacts on Water, Agriculture and Land Resources
	Risto Lemmeläaut;, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland*
Group D:	Opportunities for Collaboration in Human Environmental Health Sciences
	- Endocrine Disruptors
	Chairman: Paul Foster, Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology*
	EU Representatives: Erminio Marafante, JRC, Ispra*
	US Representatives: Chris Schonwalder, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH*
	Mike Waters, NHEERL, EPA*
3:30PM	Tea and Networking

***Presentations of Results from Breakout Sessions***

4:00PM	Group A:Information Technologies
	Ray Kammer, Department of Commerce, NIST*
4:15PM	Group B: Transportation Challenges for the 21st Century
	Mortimer Downey, Deputy Secretary, Department of Transportation*
4:30PM	Group C: Climate Predection, Forecasting Applications and Impact
	John Krebs, Natural Environment Research Council*
4:45PM	Group D: Human Environmental Health Sciences: Endocrine Disruptors
	Paul Foster, Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology*
5:00PM	Discussion
5:30PM	Reception
6:30PM	Dinner
7:20PM	Opening Remarks
	-- John Cadogan, President, Research Councils of the United Kingdom, for the EU Presidency*
7:30PM	Keynote Speaker
	-- Gordon Moore, Chairman Emeritus, Intel*

Tuesday, June 9, 1998

8:00AM	Continental Breakfast
8:30AM	Welcome
	Bill Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering*
8:45AM	Best practices in Small Business Technology Development Programs
	Moderator: Mr. List, Chairman, Industrial Research and Development Advisory Council, Austria*
	- Industry-Laboratory Cooperation: The Amtex Experiment
	Discussants: Tom Malone, Milliken Research* and Dan Hartley, Sandia National Laboratories*
	- The US Experience with the SBIR Program
	Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School*
	- The EU Experience with Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise Development
	Patrice Laget, European Commission*
	Discussants: Jon Baron, DoD SBIR* and Attilio Stajano*, European Commission*
10:15AM	Coffee Break
10:30AM	R & D in the Framework of the New Transatlantic Agenda
	Moderator: Kenneth Flamm, Brookings Institution*
	The 300mm International Initiative
	William Spencer, SEMATECH*
	Discussants: Robert Hance, Motorola*
	TBD, Siemens Corporate Research*
	Papken Der Torossian, SVGI*
	Mike Borrus, University of California at Berkeley*
11:30AM	Internationalization of the Technical Workforce and Transatlantic Cooperation in R&D
	Moderator: Bill Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering*
	E. Praestgaard, ESTA*
	H. Glatz, Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue, Daimler Benz, Germany*
	Henri Conze, Ministry of Defense, France, Understate Secretary for Acquisition 1993 to 1996*
	Dieter Seitzer, Director, Fraunhofer Institute, Erlangen-Nurnberg*
	Albert Marsh, Engineering Directorate, National Science Foundation (inv)
12:15PM	Concluding Observations
	Professor Jorma Routti, Director General DGXII, European Commission*
12:35PM	Close of Meeting

N.B. Rooms reserved for follow-up sessions