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Appendix B: Workshop Participants, Prospectus, and Agenda
Pages 35-48

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... Appendix B Participants, Prospectus, and Agenda Workshop to Assess the Potential for Promoting Technological Advance through Government-Sponsored Prizes and Contests
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... Lori Garver Associate Administrator for Policy and Plans National Aeronautics and Space Administration Penelope Gibbs Administrative Assistant, Program Office National Academy of Engineering Newt Gingrich Senior Fellow American Enterprise Institute Greg Henry Program Examiner, National Security Division Office of Management and Budget
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... Mowers Haas School of Business University of California at Berkeley Proctor P Reid Associate Director, Program Office National Academy of Engineering De!
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... President The WexIer Group R Thomas Weimer Director, Program Office National Academy of Engineering Steve Wesbrook Gingrich Group Robert M
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... The project will result in a summary report from the NAE steering committee to the NEC, the workshop sponsor (the National Science Foundation) , other interested federal agencies, and members of Congress.
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... of federal science and technology policy, the National Academy of Engineering will convene experts at a day and a half workshop dedicated to the subject on April 29-30, 1999. The meeting will involve roughly 35 invitees from industry, academia, and government with expertise regarding R&D, innovation, technology commercialization, the history of technology, and science and technology policy.
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... In accordance with Section ~ 5 of FACA, the Academy shall deliver along with its final report to the National Science Foundation a certification by the Responsible Staff Of ficer that the policies and procedures of the National Academy of Sciences that implement Section ~ 5 of FACA have been complied with in connection with the performance of the contract/grant/cooperative agreement. For further information regarding the project, please contact Proctor Reid, Associate Director, Program Office, National Academy of Engineering at tel.
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... Continental Breakfast in Anteroom 8:00 S:30 Chairman's Opening Remarks Terms of Reference; Definitions; Objectives Keynote Address Incentive Technology Prizes as Instruments of Federal Policy: For and Against Moderator: Erich Bloch, Workshop Chair and President, The Washington Advisory Group Speakers: An Advocate: A Skeptic: Q&A and General Discussion Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Claude Barfield, American Enterprise Institute B-9
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... :~: Established Prizes and Their Lessons: Case Examples of Inducement and Recognition Prizes Moderator: David Mowery Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley Backgrounc! Paper: Patrick Windham Consultant to Workshop Steering Committee Panelists: The X Prize Peter Diamandis, Chairman, X-Prize Foundation Industrial Prizes Can Drive innovation Ronald Kerber, Chief Technical Officer, Whirlpool Corporation Learning from the Lasker Award: The jewel in the Crown of Medical Research Achievement Neen Hunt, Executive Director, The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Harry S
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... How would you compare the role of prizes with that of other factors (e.g., the availability of venture funding) that have promoted technological advance in the field or industry?


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