Science and Technology in Society Conference - April 9th - 11th

Hosted by the ST Global Consortium in Washington, DC

Graduate Student Presentations: Session III
Saturday, April 10th, 2010 | 2:45 - 4:15 PM

Panel A: Knowledge Economy

For-profit Career Colleges: Innovators or Opportunists? How For-Profit Colleges Are Altering The Higher Education System
Tom Faigle, Virginia Tech
Success and Failure in Building Allied Knowledge of German World War II knowledge of Rocket Weapons
John Tucker, Virginia Tech
Harnessing Africa's Science Diaspora: How Knowledge Networks Can Help Africa Reclaim the Brain Drain
Andrew Clark, George Washington University
Women in Africa and ICT: Actions and Barriers
Mary Jatau, Arizona State University

Panel B: Issues in Health & Biosciences I

When is High Technology Appropriate Technology? SICS, Phaco and the fight against avoidable blindness
Logan D.A. Williams, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Science Fact, Science Fiction And The Changing Role Of Bioinformatics In The Production Of Genomics Knowledge
Cameron Michael Murray, York University
Development Initiatives And New Technologies: Working Together To Better Global Healthcare
Natasha Vidangos, University of California at Berkeley
Measuring the Utilization of Scientific Advances in Pharmaceutical Innovation
Alexandra Stone, University of Texas at Austin

Panel C: Innovation & Innovation Policy II

CubeSat Verification Model
Kirk Woellert, George Washington University
Innovation Policy and Sectoral System of Innovation
Mohammad Halimi, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Innovation in Governance: A Perspective on Transnational Design Networks
Arno Simons, Technische Universität (TU) Berlin
The Roles of Social Movement Organizations in Governing the Renewable Energy Innovation System
Sharlissa Moore, Arizona State University

Venue: AAAS Headquarters, 2nd Floor, 1200 New York Avenue, Washington DC 20005, and National Academies Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street NW Washington DC 20001