US-China Forum on Science & Technology Policy

乔治梅森大学拉奇福德博士。乔治梅森大学国家技术与法律中心J·托马斯·拉奇福德与中美两国科学政策制定界的领导人密切合作，将于2006年秋末在北京召开美国-中国科技政策论坛。论坛将包括高层政策制定者和学者，包括来自前几届政府的美国总统科技顾问和他们的中国同行。论坛将向出席美国-中国科技合作联委会第12次会议的现任政策制定者通报情况。2006年论坛于2004年10月在华盛顿特区举行的第十一届联委会会议上获得认可。来自政府、工业界和学术界的大约30名参与者(15名来自美国)将参加会议。与会代表将包括两国的研究生。论坛的目标是：1)为未来美国和中国科学政策的学术研究制定一份基线文件；2)讨论当前S与科技政策对两国政策制定者至关重要的问题；3)讨论与未来双边科技政策相关的经济、社会和外交政策考虑因素。此次论坛的召开正值填补学术界关注科学利益趋同以及政策制定对中国美国科学合作影响的重要时刻。该论坛还具有吸引新一代学者进入该领域的强大潜力。

AbstractOISE-0540071Ratchford, George Mason UniversityDr. J. Thomas Ratchford, National Center for Technology and the Law, George Mason University, working closely with leaders from the Chinese and American scientific policymaking community, will convene the US-China Forum on Science & Technology Policy in Beijing in late autumn 2006. The Forum will include high-level policy makers and academics, including U.S. Presidential science and technology advisors from past administrations and their Chinese counterparts. The Forum will inform current policymakers attending the 12th Meeting of the U.S.-China Joint Commission Meeting on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (JCM). The 2006 forum was endorsed by the 11th JCM in Washington D.C in October 2004. Approximately thirty participants (fifteen from the United States) from government, industry and academia will attend. Representatives will include graduate students from both nations. The goals of the forum are to: 1) Develop a baseline document for future scholarship on U.S. and Chinese science policy; 2) Address current S&T policy issues of importance to policy makers in both countries; and 3) Discuss the economic, social and foreign policy considerations relevant to future bilateral science and technology policy. The Forum comes at an important time in filling a gap in scholarly attention to the converging interests of science and the effects of policymaking on China-US scientific cooperation. The Forum also has strong potential to attract a new generation of scholars into the field.