Science, Tech Leaders Convene In Tennessee
More than 250 high-level academic, business and government leaders gathered in Oak Ridge, Tenn. on Tuesday to hear from Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., House Science Committee Chairman Bart Gordon, D-Tenn., Rep. Zach Wamp, R -Tenn., and science and industry officials from IBM and National Semiconductor. The event, organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, examined the health and direction of the nation's S&T enterprise.
Conference participants reaffirmed the consensus regarding the essential role science and technology plays in America’s global competitiveness and sought to identify actions necessary to advance goals related to the need to prioritize and increase funding for basic research in the physical sciences and the need to strengthen science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.
“Policymakers no longer need convincing of the importance of S&T to America’s long-term economic competitiveness,” OSTP Deputy Director Richard Russell said. “We must now transform this consensus into real progress by securing the investments called for by the President’s American Competitiveness Initiative and establishing momentum for these objectives that will carry into the next administration.”
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