Tues
May 17
2016
Tuesday May 17th
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Breakfast |
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8:30 – 9:00 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks by C.D. (Dan) Mote, Jr., President of the National Academy of Engineering |
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9:00 – 9:30 |
Setting the Stage by Katy Börner, Indiana University |
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9:30 – 11:00 |
Case Studies Government and policy researchers and staff present computational models they have implemented to optimize internal processes and to improve agency decision making. – Jerome Glenn, The Millenium Project (Moderator) – Richard Ikeda, NIH
– Guru Madhavan, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Martin Meltzer, CDC – Venkatachalam “Ram” Ramaswamy, NOAA |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Break |
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11:30 – 12:30 |
Keynote by Alex “Sandy” Pentland, MIT |
| 12:30 – 1:30 | Lunch |
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1:30 – 2:00 |
Two-Minute Flash Talks by Leading Experts |
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2:00 – 3:00 |
Funding Opportunities Government and private foundations discuss how they fund people, projects, and infrastructure in support of R&D on validated and trusted STI models and standards. – Susan Fitzpatrick, James S. McDonnell Foundation (Moderator)
– Stephen Marcus, NIH – Riq Parra, Air Force Office of Scientific Research – Daniel Goroff, SLOAN – Brian Pate, United States Department of Defense |
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3:00 – 4:30 |
Models of Innovation Academic experts from different disciplines discuss diverse approaches to model the birth, diffusion, and adoption of innovations in science and technology. Temporal dynamics, diffusion trajectories, and the impact of interventions are covered. – Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University (Moderator)
– John Walsh, Georgia Tech – Lynne Zucker, UCLA – William B. Rouse, Stevens Institute of Technology |
| 4:30 – 5:00 | Break and Group Photo |
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5:00 – 6:30 |
Models of STI Researchers present models that help us understand the inner working of STI and/or that aim to address the needs of science policy makers. – Staša Milojević, Indiana University (Moderator)
– Daniel McFarland, Stanford University – Petra Ahrweiler, EA of Technology and Innovation Assessment GmbH, Germany – Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland |
| 6:30 | Reception with Remarks by E. William Colglazier, AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy Tour of Sentient Chamber Living Architecture Installation |
| 8:00 PM | Adjourn |
Wed
18 May
2016
Wednesday May 18th
| 7:30 – 8:00 | Breakfast |
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8:00 – 9:30 |
Data, Algorithms, and Infrastructure High quality predictions require access to high quality and high coverage data. Just like local data is of little value for global weather predictions; data for just one institution or country is of limited value when aiming to make STI predictions. – Katy Börner, Indiana University (Moderator)
– James Onken, NIH – Richard Freeman, Harvard University – Nachum Shacham, PayPal – Grace Peng, NIH – Ian Hutchins, NIH |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Break |
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10:00 – 11:30 |
Models of Science Exactly how can models of science inform decision making in academia, government, and industry? Leading experts present their models and discuss limitations to predictability. – James Evans, The University of Chicago (Moderator)
– Brian Uzzi, Northwestern University – Santo Fortunato, Aalto University, Finland – Roberta Sinatra, Central European University, Hungary & Northeastern University – Staša Milojević, Indiana University |
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11:30 – 12:30 |
Policy Issues Hear first-hand from policy makers the types of issues they are dealing with and what kinds of models and model results would help them to be informed decision-makers. – Caroline Wagner, Ohio State University (Moderator)
– Bill Valdez, The Consultants International Group – Kevin Finneran, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Kaye G. Husbands Fealing, Georgia Tech |
| 12:30 – 1:30 | Lunch and Tour of Sentient Chamber Living Architecture Installation |
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1:30 – 2:00 |
Two-Minute Flash Talks by Leading Experts |
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2:00 – 3:00 |
Keynote by Dame Wendy Hall, University of Southampton, UK |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | Break |
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3:30 – 5:00 |
Models of Science & Innovation Learn how models of science and innovation can improve decision making and how computer simulations can help understand the impact of (policy) decisions on future developments. – Bruce Hecht, Analog Devices, Inc. (Moderator)
– Carl Bergstrom, University of Washington – Robert Axtell, George Mason University/NICO at Northwestern University – James Evans, University of Chicago – Mark Gerstein, Yale University |
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5:00 – 5:30 |
Closing Remarks and Next Steps by Staša Milojević, Indiana University |
| 5:30 | Adjourn |