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The Program on Science, Technology, America, and the Global Economy (STAGE) explores paths for long-term growth in the United States and around the world. Recognizing the dramatic challenges and opportunities presented by innovation and the global integration of national economies, STAGE focuses on competitiveness, innovation, and global economic developments with a three-fold mission:
- To highlight the key building blocks of long-term American economic growth– especially investment, innovation, life-long learning, and global engagement.
- To mark the key developments in technology and innovation systems that will influence the ability of the United States and the world to achieve sustainable growth, global health, and energy security.
- To examine policies that will help make globalization work for all.
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IT Business Advocacy Roundtable Discussion
Thursday, June 19 2008, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
with Lucy Sanders , Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, National Center for Women and Information Technology; Peter Harsha, Director of Government Affairs, Computing Research Association; Cameron Wilson, Director of Public Policy, Association for Computing Machinery.
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Betting on Biofuels: Opportunities and Implications
Thursday, May 15 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
With Stephen Kresovich, Professor and Vice Provost for Life Sciences, Cornell University; Steven Hutcheson, Professor of Microbiology, University of Maryland; Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; C. Ford Runge, Professor of Applied Economics and Law, University of Minnesota; Robbin S. Johnson, Teaching Fellow, Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Chaired and Moderated by: Kent Hughes, Director, STAGE Program & Global Energy Initiative, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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The Power of Partnerships: Universities, Businesses, and Excellent STEM Teaching
Tuesday, May 06 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Among the speakers are: Brian Fitzgerald, Executive Director, Business-Higher Education Forum; Gerald McElvy, President, ExxonMobil Foundation; Mary Ann Rankin, Dean, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin; Patrick Callahan, Executive Director, Science and Mathematics Initiative, Office of the President, University of California; Daniel Fallon, Director, Program in Higher Education, Carnegie Corporation; Robert Floden, Co-Director, Teachers for a New Era, and Professor, College of Education, Michigan State University; Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Co-Director, Teachers for a New Era, and Associate Dean/Director, Division of Science and Mathematics Education, Michigan State University; R. David Bynum, Director, Center for Science and Mathematics Education, and Professor, Stony Brook University; Karen Stiner, Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy; Chaired and moderated by: Kent Hughes, Director, Program on Science, Technology, America, and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Current and Future Prospects for Civilian Nuclear Power: U.S. and Japanese Perspectives
Thursday, May 08 2008, 3:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Speakers: Gregory B. Jaczko, commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Kenji Goto, minister for economy, trade, industry and energy at the embassy of Japan; Angie Howard, vice president and executive advisor to the president of the Nuclear Energy Institute; Takuya Hattori, president of the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum; Thomas Cochran, director of the nuclear program at the Natural Resources Defense Council; Andrew Kadak, professor of nuclear engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Jonathan Epstein, legislative fellow in the office of Senator Jeff Bingaman
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Science, Technology, America, and the Global Economy
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: stage@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4206
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Building the Next American Century
NAFTA at 10: Progress, Potential, and Precedents (Volume One)
The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Poverty 
Tools of the Trade: Models for Trade Policy Analysis