NOTE: Links go to information about the events, whereavailable.

April 25, 2001
A Tale of Policy, Politics and Ethics: A European Perspective on Genetically Modified Foods
Speaker:
Willy De Greef, Head of RegulatoryAffairs Syngenta Seeds Basel, Switzerland (sponsored by the TheWashington Science Policy Alliance)

October October 11 - 13, 2000
Issue Forum:E-Vision 2000: Key Issues That Will
Shape OurEnergy Future
September 27 - 28, 2000
Workshop:
Complex Systems and Policy Analysis:
NewTools for a New MillenniumJanuary 18, 2000
Seminar:
The Nanotechnology Revolution
Speaker:
George Whitesides,Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University

October 26, 1999
Seminar:
The Evolution of Computing: Management of Innovation, ARPA-Style
Speaker:
M. Mitchell Waldrop, sciencewriter and author of Complexity and The Technology ofEnchantment.

April 22, 1999
Seminar:
Fire from Ice: Will Methane Hydrates be the Energy of the Future?
Speakers:
William P. Dillon, Research Geologist, USGS,Woods Hole, MA
Emrys Jones, Chevron Research, La Habra, CA

March 11, 1999
Seminar:
Vertical Cavity Lasers:
New Light for the InformationAge
Speakers:
Kent Choquette, PhD, Photonics Research Lab,Sandia, New Mexico
Rob Bryant, MODE, Inc., Albuquerque, NM

February - March 1999
TechNet Think Tank:Identifying Critical Technologies

January 12, 1999
Seminar:
Adapting Policy to Respond to Global Climate Change
Speaker:
Dr. Robert Lempert, Senior Scientist,RAND's Science and Technology Policy Institute

May 27, 1998
Seminar:
Populating the Digital Earth: Remote Sensing Technologies and Applications
Speakers:
Ronald J. Birk, Director, Business Development, Earthwatch,Inc. Bay St. Louis, MS
Chris Nicholas, Senior Systems Developer,Hammon, Jensen, Wallen & Associates, Oakland, CA

April 23, 1998
Seminar:
Continuing the Biotechnology Revolution: The Contribution of Chemistry
Speakers:
Paul S. Anderson, Dupont/MerckPharmaceuticals
Stephen Turner, Oncor

March 12, 1998
Seminar:
The Second Silicon Revolution: Integrated Microsystems
Speakers:
Paul McWhorter, Deputy Director,Microelectronics and Photonics, Sandia National Laboratory
RobertSulouff, Director of Business Development and Marketing, Analog DevicesInc.

June 5, 1997
Seminar:
Biosensors
Speakers:
Fran Ligler,Biosensors Laboratory, Naval Research Lab
Richard Thompson,University of Maryland Medical College

May 8, 1997
Seminar:
Antimatter
Speakers:
Gerald Smith,Pennsylvania State University

April 10, 1997
Seminar:
Solar Energy from Satellites
Speakers:
John Mankins, NASA's AdvancedConcepts Division

March 25, 1997
Seminar:
Nanotechnology Applications in a Space-Based Environment
Speakers:
Ralph Merkle, XEROX PARC
JamesBennett, Advanced Technology Holdings

February 6, 1997
Seminar:
Quantum Computing
Speakers:
Peter Shor, Bell Labs
Seth Lloyd,MIT

May 19, 1994
Seminar:
Fuel CellTechnology: Implications for Industrial Applications
Speakers:
Robert Williams, Center for Energy and EnvironmentalStudies, Princeton University
Curtis Moore, Center for GlobalChange, University of Maryland

April 24, 1994
Seminar:
Lean andAgile Manufacturing: Compatible Concepts or CompetingVisions?
Speaker:
Dan Roos, CTI Fellow on leavefrom MIT

March 17, 1994
Seminar:
Applicationsof Advanced Composites in Civil Construction: Dual-Use inAction
Speakers:
John Kardos, Materials Research Lab,University of Washington at St. Louis
Vistarp Karbhari, Center forComposite Materials, University of Delaware
Tom Anderson, CTI-AAASFellow, Fluor-Daniel

February 18, 1994
Seminar:
EmergingGlobal Position Satellite Applications in the Global InformationInfrastructure
Speakers:
Jules McNeff, Department ofDefense
Charles Trimble, Trimble Communications
David Atkinson,AT&T

January 19, 1995
Seminar:
ComplexAdaptive Systems and Public Policy
Speakers:
M. MitchellWaldrop, Author of Complexity
Steve Bankes, Senior ComputerScientist, RAND

December 15, 1994
Seminar:
TeachingComputers to Think: Implications for Human-Computer Interface
Speakers:
Ben Schneiderman, University of Maryland
SteveLevinson, AT&T Bell Labs

November 17, 1994
Seminar:
Biological Applications in Electronics: Sensors andCircuits
Ann Tate, Director, Molecular Computing Program,Naval Surface Warfare Research Center
Robert Birge, Department ofChemistry and Director, Keck Center for Molecular Electronics, SyracuseUniversity

October 20, 1994
Seminar:
Superconducting Electromagnetic Levitation: Seeking NewApplications in Aerospace
Speakers:
John Mankins,Manager, Advanced Concepts, NASA
Jim Powell, Engineer, BrookhavenNational Laboratory

September 22, 1994
Seminar:
MachineTools and Computer-Aided Design
Speakers:
Alex Slocum,MIT, and founder of Aesop, Inc.
John Zimmerman, Senior StaffScientist, AlliedSignal

January 20, 1994
Seminar:
HighTemperature Superconductivity
Dr. Paul Chu, University ofHouston
Alan Lauder, Dupont
Thomas Schneider, EPRI

December 16, 1993
Seminar:
CompetingVisions: The Future of Lithography
Speakers:
RobertRichardson, President, SVG-L
Jeff Kristoff, MicroelectronicsDivision, IBM

November 18, 1993
Seminar:
New Toolsfor Biotechnology Research
Speakers:
David Lipman,Director, National Center for Biotechnology Information
StephenTurner, Chairman and CEO, Oncor, Inc.

October 21, 1993
Seminar:

Thinking Small: Micromechanical Systems andNanotechnology
Speakers:
K. Eric Drexler, The ForesightInstitute
Ken Gabriel, DOD Advanced Research Projects Agency