jason rao - a presidential directive for science and technology engagement
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Dr. Jason Rao, senior policy advisor, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President presents the great emphasis placed by the current Administration on international science and technology engagement; at the October 19, 2010 Science Diplomacy Boot Camp for Journalists.TRANSCRIPT
ST&I in Administration StrategyStrategy for American Innovation
Invest in building blocks of innovation; promote competitive markets that spur entrepreneurship; catalyze breakthroughs for national priorities (e.g., energy, health, etc.)
Global Development StrategyInnovation as a pillar of U.S. global development policy
Global Health Initiative and Feed the Future Emphasizes research and innovation as critical tools to achieve
health, nutrition, and development goals
National Security Strategy Calls for expanded international science partnerships
Obama Bush
“science” 25 1
“international cooperation” 9 3
“education” 32 2
“partnership” 45 7
Positive Views of S&T
Source: Zogby International Survey 2004. 3,300 Arabs surveyed.
“New Beginnings”
“On science and technology, we will • launch a new fund to support technological
development in Muslim-majority countries, and to help transfer ideas to the marketplace so they can create jobs.
• We will open centers of scientific excellence in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and
• appoint new science envoys to collaborate on programs that develop new sources of energy, create green jobs, digitize records, clean water, grow new crops.”
--President Obama, Cairo, 4 June 2009
http://www.america.gov/science_envoys.html
Science Envoys
Bruce Alberts
Elias Zerhouni
Ahmed Zewail
Rita Colwell
Gebisa Ejeta
Alice Gast
