| February 16, 1999 Media Contact: C. Michael Dabney, (619) 822-0761,
mdabney@ucsd.edu
THE OUTLOOK OF RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT FUNDING TOPIC OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL LECTURE
The immediate and long-term future of
federal funding for research and development will be examined in a free public lecture
sponsored by the San Diego Science and Technology Council (SDSTC) March 4 at the
University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park.
The guest speaker will be Albert Teich,
director of Science & Policy Programs for the American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS), who will speak about "Riding the Federal Research and Development
Roller Coaster" at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of USD’s Manchester Conference
Center, located on Marian Way (the main drive of the campus).
Widely known as an expert on science and
technology policy issues, Teich will examine recent budget and political developments
(including the Clinton Administration’s Information Technology Initiative for the 21st
Century) and their potential impact on research and development funding for fiscal year
2000 and beyond.
His talk is part of the 1999 Inquiry and
Innovation Speaker Series sponsored by the SDSTC, a network of San Diego’s leading
science and technology organizations convened by the University of California, San Diego.
The council’s mission is to enhance the San Diego region’s visibility,
innovation capability and global competitiveness in science and technology.
Teich, who holds a bachelor’s
degree in physics and a Ph.D. in political science (both from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology), is the official spokesman on science policy issues for the AAAS, the
world’s largest federation of scientific and engineering societies and publisher of Science
magazine.
Please RSVP to Cecilia Lee, UCSD Office
of Science and Technology Policy and Projects, (619)534-8400, clee@ucsd.edu |
