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Project Title:
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Comparative Innovation Policy: Best Practice for the 21st Century
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STEP-Q-03-05-A
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Sub Unit:
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Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy
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RSO:
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Wessner, Chuck
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India's Changing Innovation System: Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities for Cooperation
June 16, 2006 - June 16, 2006
National Academy of Sciences Building
2100 C St. NW
Washington D.C.
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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McAlister Clabaugh
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mclabaugh@nas.edu
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202-334-1529
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Fax:
202-334-1813
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Agenda:
Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
Organized in Cooperation with
The Confederation of Indian Industry
“India’s Changing Innovation System:
Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities for Cooperation”
A Symposium on
Comparative Innovation Policy
Agenda
June 16, 2006
Auditorium
The National Academies
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM Welcome
Ralph Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences
Ronen Sen, Ambassador of India to the United States
India and the United States: A New Strategic Relationship
Paula J. Dobriansky, Department of State
9:00 AM Panel I: India and the United States: An Emerging Global Partnership
Moderator: David McCormick, Department of Commerce
Keynotes:
India’s Reforms: Current Challenges and Opportunities
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Planning Commission of India
Opportunities and Challenges in U.S.-Indian S&T Cooperation
Samuel Bodman, Department of Energy
New Synergies in U.S.-Indian Cooperation
Ram Shriram, Google
10:15 AM Coffee Break
10:45 AM Panel II: Synergies and Gaps in National and Regional Development Strategies
Moderator: Praful Patel, The World Bank
Building Regional Growth: Elements of Successful State Strategies
T.S.R. Subramanian, Government of India (retd.)
India’s Knowledge Economy in a Global Context
Carl Dahlman, Georgetown University
Manufacturing Innovation as an Engine for India’s Growth
Surinder Kapur, Mission for Innovation in Manufacturing & Sona Group
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Keynote: India’s Changing Innovation System
Introduction:
John Marburger, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Kapil Sibal, Ministry of Science and Technology
1:45 PM Panel III: Growing the S&T, Research, and Innovation Infrastructure
Moderator: George Atkinson, Department of State
Renewing the National Laboratories
R.A. Mashelkar, Council on Scientific and Industrial Research
National and State Investments in Science and Engineering Education
P.V. Indiresan, Indian Institute of Technology (retd.)
Opportunities for U.S.-Indian Materials Cooperation
Thomas A. Weber, National Science Foundation
3:15 PM Coffee Break
3:30 PM Panel IV: Building U.S.-Indian R&D Cooperation
Moderator: Mary Good, University of Arkansas Little Rock
Swati Piramal, Nicholas Piramal
Robert Armstrong, Eli Lilly
Kenneth G. Herd, General Electric
Ponani S. Gopalakrishnan, IBM
M.P. Chugh, Tata Autocomp Systems
5:00 PM Closing Remarks
Charles Wessner, National Academy of Sciences
Adjourn to Reception in Great Hall of the Academies
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