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An invitation to an event that science educators in the Washington, DC area
may be interested in.

Bob Russell
Learning Experience Design
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The New America Foundation and the Electronic Industries Alliance cordially
invite you and your colleagues to a brownbag lunch forum on

THE U.S. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE:
ARE WE MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES?
with
DR. JOHN MARBURGER
National Director, White House Office of Science and Technology (OSTP)
moderator
STEVEN CLEMONS
Executive Vice President, New America Foundation

Wednesday, 09 June 2004
12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
New America Foundation, 7th Floor
1630 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.

RSVP to 202-986-4901 or to Jennifer Buntman at [log in to unmask]
The U.S.'s leadership in facilitating and capturing the economic benefits of
innovation has two cornerstones: fostering broad R&D activity and creating an
environment that facilitates commercial innovation of R&D results. This
strategy has drawn increasing study and emulation by other countries. Japan, the
European Union and, more recently, China have made considerable progress in
successfully adapting features of the U.S. innovation model in an attempt to gain
parity with or even challenge the U.S. competitive edge in innovation. These
and other countries - in particular Canada and India - have proven themselves
adept at crafting incentive systems to attract direct foreign investment in
development and, increasingly, applied or even basic research. In time these
incentives, combined with the improved quality of foreign university systems, could
erode the U.S.'s longtime advantages in the R&D arena when companies decide
where to locate and build global R&D facilities.
What is the future of R&D and innovation in the U.S.? What connection does
R&D funding have to high-tech business investment in the U.S. and abroad? How
will R&D funding affect economic growth in the U.S. and other nations in the
decades to come?
www.newamerica.net
www.eia.org

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