Science And Technology for Development:: Appendix: Symposium Speakers and Presentations

Science And Technology for Development:

		Notice
		Preface
		Awards
		Acknowledgment
		Credits
		Opening remarks
		The past 25 years
		In praise of nine contributing organizations
		Entering the twenty-first century
		Technology in our changing world
		Appendix: Symposium Speakers and Presentations

Appendix: Symposium Speakers and Presentations

Opening Remarks	Frank Press President, National Academy of Sciences Chairman, National Research Council
	Jay Morris, Acting Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

The Contribution of Science and Technology for Development: The Past Twenty-five Years

Moderator	Nyle C. Brady, Senior Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Science and Technology, USAID
Contribution of the Social Sciences	John D. Montgomery, Ford Foundation Professor of International Studies, Harvard University
Contribution of the Agricultural Sciences	Robert D. Havener, President, Winrock International
Contribution of the Health Sciences	D.A. Henderson, M.D., Dean, John Hopkins University
	School of Hygiene and Public Health
Contribution of Population	Ronald Freedman, Roderick D. McKenzie
	Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Population Population Studies Center, University of Michigan Programs
Prospects Entering the 21st Century
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Biomedical Breakthroughs	Moderator: Kenneth Bart, Agency Director for Health, Bureau for Technology USAID
	Speaker: Kenneth S. Warren, Director, Health
	Sciences, The Rockefeller Foundation
Human Reproduction and Contraceptive Research	Moderator: Duff Gillespie, Agency Director for Population, Bureau for Science and Technology, USAID
	Speaker: Gary Hodgen, Professor and Scientific Director, Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Animal Biotechnology	Moderator: Duane Acker, Agency Director for Food and Agriculture, Bureau for Science and Technology, USAID
	Speaker: Tilahum Yilma, Professor of Virology, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis
Plant Biotechnology	Moderator: Duane Acker
	Speaker: Robert Fraley, Director, Plant
	Science Technology, Monsanto Company
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
	Moderator: Jack Vanderryn, Agency Director for Energy and Natural Resources, Bureau for Science and Technology, USAID
	Speaker: Thomas Lovejoy, Executive Vice President, World Wildlife Fund (U.S.) and The Conservation Fund

INFORMATION SCIENCES AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY: APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Moderator:	Walter A. Rosenblith, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Overview	Philip F. Palmedo, Chairman, International Resources Group
Applications in Agriculture	James W. Jones, Professor of Agricultural Engineering, University of Florida
Applications in Health Care	Jose M. Negrete, Director, Institute of Biomedical Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Applications in Education and Literacy	Kurt D. Moses, Director of System Services, International Division, Academy for Educational Development

SPACE SCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING: APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

	Moderator: Walter A. Rosenblith
Overview	Moustafa Chahine, Manager, Division of Earth and Space Sciences, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Applications in Crop Production	Charles F. Hutchinson, Director, Arizona Remote Sensing Center, Office of Arid Lands, University of Arizona
Applications in Agroclimatology	Edward Kanemasu, Professor of Agronomy, Kansas State University
Applications in Mineral Exploration	Ronald J.P. Lyon, Professor of Mineral Exploration, Stanford University

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

	Moderator: John H. Gibbons, Director, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress
Overview	Edgar A. Starke, Jr., Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Virginia
Fibrous	Carl T. Herakovich, Professor of Engineering
Composites	Science and Mechanics, Co-director, NASA Virginia Tech Composites Program, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Applications for Electronic Materials	J. Franklin Mayo-Wells, Staff Assistant for Technical Coordination/Operations, Center for Electronics and Electrical Engineering, U.S. National Bureau of Standards
Applications for Superconductivity	Richard E. Harris, Group Leader, Cryoelectronic for Metrology Group, U.S. National Bureau of Standards

MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES: APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

	Moderator: John H. Gibbons
Implications of Manufacturing Technology Advances	Barbara Burns, Manager, Systecon Division, Coopers & Lybrand
Applications for Robotics	Howard Moraff, Program Director, Automation and Systems Integration, National Science Foundation
Closing Remarks: Technology in Our Changing World	Thomas R. DeGregori, Professor of Economics, University of Houston