Conference: Science and Technology Policy: Systems Approaches to Research and Practice GRC/GRS

科学技术(S&T)是在复杂和不确定的环境中进行研究和部署的。这些环境包括来自自然世界、人类创造的世界和社会文化背景的相互作用的组成部分的系统。由于S科技公司所在系统的多个相互作用因素的复杂性，S科技公司的影响并不总是可预测的，甚至是无法理解的。此外，在技术部署的上游，如何以尽可能好的方式管理科学和技术，通常并不明显。通过更好地了解这些系统及其内部的相互作用，S&T的政策可以更好地设计和执行。例如，可以确定敏感的系统组件、反馈回路或杠杆点，并将其作为政策制定或未来数据收集的目标。然而，系统研究是困难的。全面理解S科技政策体系，需要多学科、多角度的学者、实践者和利益相关者从科学和实践的角度对政策体系进行审视。戈登研究会议(GRC)为介绍和讨论自然科学和物理科学的前沿研究提供了一个国际论坛，旨在最大限度地促进与会者之间的富有成效的互动。75年来，它们一直被视为世界上最重要的学术会议。2014年S与技术政策：研究与实践的系统方法的GRC(2014年8月10日至15日)将探讨与S与技术政策的系统研究与实践相关的挑战和机遇。戈登研究研讨会(GRS)将于2014年8月9日至10日在2014年GRC之前举行，主题是S和安泰的政策。GRS为研究生和初学者创建了一个论坛，让他们展示自己的工作，并接受该领域更有经验的专业人士的指导。这种类型的会议是培训的重要组成部分，因为参与者获得了作为演讲者、讨论领导者和组织者的宝贵领导经验。GRS参与者还参加GRC并赠送海报，使他们能够与著名的S&T；政策学者互动。GRS和GRC都明确促进不同社区的参与，包括妇女、代表性不足的少数群体、发展中国家的学者和多个部门代表(政府、非营利组织、工业界、学术界、智囊团等)。会议将有助于增加这些群体在该领域的存在。更广泛的影响：会议将提高S与科技政策的学术水平，并有助于利用知识在公共政策领域进行创新，这与美国国家科学基金会科学政策计划的两个关键目标相匹配。会议将对S电信的决策产生积极的下游影响，有助于更好地界定S电信政策领域，并将有助于为重大悬而未决的问题制定研究议程。GRS/GRC预计将提高研究生和年轻学者对S与科技政策(包括科学政策的科学)领域的兴趣，并在许多情况下改变他们的职业生涯。

Science and technology (S&T) are studied and deployed in complex and uncertain environments. These environments include systems of interacting components coming from the natural world, human-created world, and socio-cultural contexts. Because of the complexity of multiple interacting elements of systems in which S&T are embedded, the impacts of S&T are not always predictable or even understood. Furthermore, how to govern science and technology in the best manner possible, upstream of technological deployment, is not usually obvious. Through better understanding these systems and interactions within them, policies for S&T can be better designed and executed. For example, sensitive system components, feedback loops, or leverage points can be identified and targeted for policy-making or future data collection. Yet, systems research is difficult. A holistic understanding of S&T policy systems requires the multi-disciplinary and diverse perspectives of, scholars, practitioners, and stakeholders to examine them from scientific and practical standpoints. Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the natural and physical sciences designed to maximize productive interaction between attendees. For over 75 years they, have been viewed as the world's premier scholarly meetings. The 2014 GRC on S&T Policy: Systems Approaches to Research and Practice (August 10-15, 2014) will address the challenges and opportunities associated with systems research and practice in S&T Policy. A Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) will precede the 2014 GRC on S&T policy and take place on Aug 9-10, 2014. The GRS creates a forum for graduate students and those starting their careers to present their work and receive mentoring by more experienced professionals in the field. This type of conference is an important component of training, as participants gain valuable leadership experience as speakers, discussion leaders, and organizers. GRS participants also attend the GRC and present posters, allowing them to interact with prominent S&T policy scholars. Both the GRS and GRC, explicitly promote participation by diverse communities, including women, under-represented minorities, scholars from developing countries, and multiple sector-representatives (government, non-profits, industry, academe, think-tanks, et al). The conference will serve to increase the presence of these groups in the field.Broader Impacts:The conference will improve scholarship within S&T policy and help to harness the knowledge to innovate in public-policy domains, matching two key goals of the NSF Science of Science Policy program. The conference will have positive downstream effects on decision-making about S&T, will help to better define the field of S&T policy, and will assist in setting an research agenda for important unanswered questions. The GRS/GRC is expected to increase graduate-student and young-scholar interest in the field of S&T Policy (including the Science of Science Policy), and in many cases, to change the course of their careers.