2:00-2:20 p.m.

Introduction and Overview: Eamon Kelly, NSB Chairman

2:20-2:30 p.m.

Welcome: Rita Colwell, NSF Director

2:30-3:00 p.m.

Keynote Address: Newt Gingrich, U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century and Former Speaker of the House: The Role of Federal Research in the Nation's Prosperity and Security

Break

3:10-5:30 p.m.

The Case for a Better Process

Moderator: Joseph Miller, NSB member

• White House perspective: Lawrence B. Lindsey, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy (invited)
• OMB Perspective: Kathleen Peroff, Deputy Associate Director for National Security
• Congressional perspective: Frank Cushing, Staff Assistant, Appropriations Subcommittee on VA-HUD and Independent Agencies (invited)
• Research funders and performers: Erich Bloch, Washington Advisory Group, Former Director, NSF
• Higher Education: Donald Langenberg, Chancellor, University System of Maryland
  

5:30-6:15 p.m.

Discussion

6:15-7:15 p.m.

Reception

8:30-8:45 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction: Eamon Kelly, NSB Chair

8:45-10:45 a.m.

Improving the Budget Process for S&T

Moderator: John Armstrong, NSB member

• Lead: Lewis Branscomb, AAAS/Kennedy School
• National Academies: Frank Presss (invited)
• American Enterprise Institute: Claude Barfield
• Budget Support for the White House and Congress:

• OMB: Steven Isakowitz, Branch Chief
• House: David Goldston, Chief of Staff, Science Committee
• Senate: Cheh Kim, Senate staff

Break

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Discussion

12:00-1:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00-3:00 p.m.

Evaluating and Identifying Priorities for Federal Research: The Role of the Science and Engineering Communities

Moderator: Robert Richardson, NSB Member

• Lead: Senior researcher: Paul Romer, Stanford University
• Disciplinary communities

• Astronomy and Astrophysics: Joseph Taylor, Princeton
• Computing Research Association (CRA): Edward Lazowska, Chairman (invited)
• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB): John Suttie, Past President
• Environmental Research: Charles Kennel, Chair, NAS Board on Climate and Global Change (invited)

• Industry research: Paul Horn, IBM (invited)
• Higher education: Nils Hasselmo, President, Association of American Universities

3:00-3:45 p.m.

Discussion

Break

4:00-5:45 p.m.

Better Data and Analyses

Moderator: MRC Greenwood, NSB member

• Lead: James Duderstadt, National Academies/COSEPUP
• Data to manage the Federal Portfolio: Al Teich, AAAS
• Agencies/Departmental Role:

• NSF: Rita Colwell, Director
• DOE: James Decker, Acting Director, Office of Science (invited)
• NIH: Yvonne T. Maddox, Acting Deputy Director
• DoD: Delores Etter, Acting Director, DDR&E

5:45-6:30 p.m.

Discussion/Concluding remarks

6:30 p.m.

Adjourn