Technology Assessment in High-Stakes Settings
5th Annual Symposium, Technology and Policy Program and Spring Workshop of the Program on Emerging Technologies

MIT Faculty Club
Monday April 11th, 2005

Agenda

8:00 am Continental breakfast 

30 min

8:30 am Welcoming remarks

Dr. Susan Hockfield, MIT

Introduced by Dava Newman

30 min
9:00 am Introductory Remarks Daniel Hastings
15 min
9:15 am

Panel 1: Analysis – Data, sources, and methods

Moderator: Dava Newman

Cathy Cotell, In-Q-Tel

Judith Cardell, Smith College, Dept. of Computer Science

Respondent (Decision maker’s perspective on analysis): Mary Good , University of Arkansas

80 min
10:35 am Coffee break 
25 min
11:00 am

Panel 2: Action – Decision making processes and the role of analysis

Moderator: Daniel Hastings

Thomas Cruse, Air Force Research Laboratory

Bhavya Lal, Abt Associates

Respondent (Analyst’s perspective on action): Marc Goldberg, BioVenture Investors

80 min
12:20 pm Lunch 
75 min
1:35 pm

Panel 3: Results – Recent and historical successes & failures

Moderator: Merritt Roe Smith

Dan Hastings, MIT

Alex Roland, Duke University

Michael Holland, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

75 min
2:40 pm Coffee break 
20 min
3:10 pm

Panel 4: Synthesis – What can be learned

Moderator: Kenneth Oye

Richard Foster, Caxton Health Care

Lawrence McCray, MIT

Mary Good, University of Arkansas

75 min
4:25 pm Closing remarks Kenneth Oye
15 min