[Ip-health] AAAS: New models for funding innovation

[Judit Rius Sanjuan]

Today, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
is organizing an event in Washington, DC that has a panel on new
models for funding research and innovation, including prizes.

If anybody wants to attend, registration is necessary here: http://www.aaas=
.org/spp/rd/forumreg.htm

More information on the panel:

2:00 PM  -  5:00 PM (B) New Models for Funding Research and Innovation
=95 Improving the peer review system
=95 Transformative research
=95 Alternatives to the NIH and NSF models of R&D portfolio decisions
=95 Prizes for research or engineering achievement
=95 Partnerships among sectors in sponsoring R&D

Moderator: Donna J. Dean, Senior Science Advisor, Lewis-Burke
Associates, LLC

Speakers:

Transformative Research
John C. Crowley, Consultant, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Prizes for Research and Engineering Achievements
Stephen A. Merrill, Executive Director, Board on Science, Technology,
and Economic Policy, The National Academies

Foundations' New Directions
Susan M. Fitzpatrick, Vice President, The James S. McDonnell Foundation

State and Local Support for R&D
Dan Berglund, President and CEO, State Science and Technology Institute

Support for S&T-Based Start-Up Ventures
Ravi Kapur, President, Anudeza Consulting Group; and Entrepreneur-in-
Residence, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA



Judit Rius Sanjuan
Attorney at Knowledge Ecology International
www.keionline.org / www.cptech.org
Phone: +1.202.332.2670, x18
Email: judit.rius@keionline.org