SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1997
8:00Registration and
Continental Breakfast,
Great Hall
9:00Session 1. Context of the Workshop
Thom H. Dunning, Moderator
9:00Introductions
9:10Opening Remarks
9:25David A. Hounshell, Carnegie-Mellon University
Past Attempts to Assess the Value of Research; The Case of DuPont
10:55Questions
10:00Break
10:30Don E. Kash, George Mason University
The Difficulty of Establishing Cause and Effect Between Research and Products
11:00Questions
11:05Session overview, questions, and discussion
12:00Lunch, Great Hall
1:00Session 2. Assessing Value of Chemical Science and Technology Research in Industry
Thomas A. Manuel, Moderator
1:00Joseph M. Janinski, IBM
Assessing the Value of Research at IBM
1:25Questions
1:30James W. Mitchell, Lucent Technologies
Assessing the Value of Research in Chemical Industry
1:55Questions
2:00 Break
2:30Trueman D. Parish, Eastman Chemical Co.
The Technology Value Pyramid
2:55Questions
3:00Breakout Sessions
4:00Session overview, questions, and discussion
5:00Reception: Rotunda
6:00Dinner/Banquet: Great Hall
Banquet Speaker: Francis Narin,
CHI Reseach, Inc.
The reliance of industry patents on public science
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1997
8:00Registration and
Continental Breakfast,
Great Hall
9:00Session 3. Research in Academia
Robert L. Lichter, Moderator
9:00K. Barbara Schowen, University of Kansas
Research as a Critical Component of the Undergraduate Educational Experience
9:25Questions
9:30Jules B. LaPidus, Council of Graduate Schools
Research as a Critical Component of the Graduate Educational Experience
9:55Questions
10:00Break
10:30Richard K. Koehn, University of Utah
Assessing the University-Industrial Interactions
10:55Questions
11:00Session overview, questions, and discussion
11:45Lunch, Great Hall
12:45Session 4. Assessing Value of Chemical Science and Technology Research in Government
Janet G. Osteryoung, Moderator
12:45Sarah G. Horrigan, Office of Management and Budget
Overview of Government Initiatives to Assess the Value of Research in Government Agencies
1:10Questions
1:15Patricia M. Dehmer, Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences
Assessing the Value of Research at the Department of Energy
1:40Questions
1:45Break
2:15Judith S. Sunley, National Science Foundation
Assessing the Value of Research at the National Science Foundation
2:40Questions
2:45Mary Groesch, National Institutes of Health
Assessing the Value of Research at the National Institutes of Health
3:10Questions
3:15Session overview, questions, and discussion
3:45Workshop overview and discussion
4:30Adjourn
Chemical Sciences Roundtable
Richard C. Alkire, University of Illinois (Chair)
Thom F. Dunning, Jr., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Vice Chair)
Paul S. Anderson, Dupont-Merck Pharmaceuticals
Allen J. Bard, University of Texas, Austin
Jack Che-Man Chang, Eastman Kodak
Thomas F. Edgar, University of Texas
Jean H. Futrell, University of Delaware
Barbara J. Garrison, Pennsylvania State University
Lila M. Gierasch, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Richard Gross, Dow Chemical Company
Beverly K. Hartline, Office of Science & Technology Policy
Victoria F. Haynes, B.F. Goodrich Company
Robert L. Lichter, The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
Thomas A. Manuel, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Robert S. Marianelli, U.S. Department of Energy
Morton L. Mullins, Chemical Manufacturing Association
Janet G. Osteryoung, National Science Foundation
Gary W. Poehlein, National Science Foundation
Michael E. Rogers, National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Kathleen C. Taylor, General Motors
Matthew V. Tirrell, University of Minnesota
David L. Venezky, Naval Research Laboratory
Francis A. Via, Akzo Chemicals
Isiah M. Warner, Louisiana State University
Vern W. Weekman, Mobil R&D Corp., retired
Patrick H. Windham, former science consultant to U.S. Senate Commerce Committee
Roundtable Staff: Sybil A. Paige, Douglas J. Raber, Tamae M. Wong
Workshop Steering Committee: Thom H. Dunning, Jr. (Chair); Richard C. Alkire (Ex Officio); Lila M. Gierasch; Robert L. Lichter; Thomas A. Manuel; Robert S. Marianelli; Janet G. Osteryoung; Francis A. Via.
Assessing
the Value of ResearcH
in the Chemical Sciences
A Workshop Organized by
The Chemical Sciences Roundtable
National Research Council
Lecture Room
National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
Saturday-Sunday
September 20-21, 1997
Early Registration
and Informal Reception
Friday, September 19, 1997
5:00-7:00 p.m.