Science Next: Innovation for the Common Good

A project of the Center for American Progress, published by Bellevue Literary Press

May 1, 2009, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

About This Event

After eight years during which science and innovation took a backseat to politics and ideology, the Obama administration has ushered in a new era. In that spirit, please join us for a celebration of the release of Science Next: Innovation for the Common Good. This is the informed citizen's essential guide to science policy: an accessible compendium of essays on how public knowledge and understanding of science as an engine of progress will reveal solutions to today's most pressing problems, including climate change, national security, and the need for access to affordable health care. Join us for a discussion of how science and technology policy improves the lives of all Americans, and shouldn’t just be the domain of beltway insiders. After all, "wonk" spelled backwards is "know."

Copies of Science Next will be available for purchase.

Featured Participants:

Henry Kelly, President of the Federation of American Scientists and contributor to Science Next

Jonathan Moreno, Center for American Progress Senior Fellow, David and Lyn Silfen University Professor of Ethics and Professor of Medical Ethics and of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania, and co-editor of Science Next

James Turner, Director of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities Energy Initiative and contributor to Science Next

 

Location

Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005