Emerging Technologies: Technology Assessment in High-Stakes Settings

A Full-day Workshop at MIT
April 11th, 2005

Program on Emerging Technology Spring Workshop/
Technology and Policy Program Annual Symposium

About the Workshop:
This event will be a full-day workshop at the MIT Faculty Club on the topic of "Technology Assessment." Speakers will address how technology assessment is conducted in different sectors when large stakes are at play – R&D funding, venture capital, technology deployment for military or intelligence purposes, etc. The workshop will be designed to allow for ample discussion and participation by the invited guests.

Speakers will include:
Thomas A. Cruse
Chief Technologist, Air Force Research Lab

Richard Foster
Former Senior Partner and Director, McKinsey & Company

Marc Goldberg
Managing Director, BioVentures Investors

Mary Good
Donaghey University Professor at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock