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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