News & Views item - August  2012

 

 

A Forum of Four US Presidential Science Advisors in Which They Discuss What It Was/Is Like to Hold the Office. (August 21, 2012)

 On May 21-22, 2012 the US National Academy of Sciences held a colloquium on The Science of Science Communication. You can access the archive of the entire meeting here.

 

Below TFW has picked out the hour-and-a-half forum contributed by Moderator: Ralph Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences and

 

John Holdren,      Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy,  2008-present,
Neal Lane,           Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy,  1998-2000,
John H. Gibbons, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy,  1993-1998 and
Frank Press,         Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy,  1977-1980.

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Click to "attend" the forum