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San Diego Science and Technology Council (SDSTC)
``` [On one level this announcement will only interest people in San Diego. Others may find the bios useful. But the real reason I'm sending it out is because it's a manifestation of something that's really interesting about UC San Diego, my employer. In my experience UCSD is unique among major universities in the degree to which it shapes elite networking in its region. Partly this is because San Diego is so new, and has grown so rapidly, that social networks are still poorly knitted. UCSD has taken the opportunity to provide leadership in building these social networks, for example by leading an effort to connect the networks on the US side of the border to those on the Mexican side. UCSD has also played major roles in networking the local high-tech and bio-tech industries. Recently the university has greatly stepped up its involvement in the region, becoming more involved in educational outreach and setting up activities like the San Diego Science and Technology Council, whose speaker series announcement I have enclosed. A speaker series like this is useful on the obvious level of letting people hear the views of prominent people. But on a deeper level it's also an Event -- an occasion to bring people together who might work a half-mile apart but never otherwise cross paths. Every area should have such structures. A challenge is designing them to be inclusive, for example by doing broad enough publicity, letting a range of stakeholder groups influence the agenda even though they don't represent already-wired elites, and so on. One purpose of public universities is that they have, and feel, a formal responsibility to connect themselves to every section of society, so that such inclusive networking at least becomes possible and thinkable, even if it's not inevitable. Even in cases where university officials are preoccupied with other things, a public university provides an awful lot of resources and connections for someone who wants to do good deeds like this on their own. When people start talking about razing the universities and replacing them with el cheapo study-at-home courses, this is one of the many reasons that I worry.]
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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 98 16:44:13 PST
From: edward furtek
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San Diego Science and Technology Council (SDSTC) Information Infrastructure and Innovation Agenda
The following is the SDSTC agenda for the next half year. Our guests will present public lectures that will be televised by U.C. San Diego TV, and join the SDSTC Advisory Board and invited guests for an evening reception, dinner, and Roundtable discussion.
February 9, Roberta Katz, Senior Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel of Netscape Communications Corporation, "Information Technology and the Law," 4 p.m., The University of San Diego School of Law.
Our current civil justice system developed within the context of a comparatively homogeneous society during the Industrial Age. Its procedures and structures no longer work in a diverse, Information Age civilization. To respond effectively to the challenges the Information Age presents to our justice system, we need to evaluate the opportunities for reform that new methods, such as "cybertrials," might mean for justice and society as a whole.
In addition to being an attorney, Dr. Katz holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Columbia University. Drawing on her unique combination of professional perspectives, she has recently completed a study of the effects of the Information Age on the American civil justice system. The results of her study are available in a book, published by the Discovery Institute, entitled Justice Matters: Rescuing the Legal System for the 21st Century.
February 12, William Reinsch, Under Secretary for Export Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, " Information Technology and Export Controls, " 4 p.m., the San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego.
The dual use capabilities of computer, telecommunications, network, and encryption technologies highlight the importance of export control policy to the globalization of innovation in the field of information technology. The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) administers and enforces U.S. export control policies; monitors the health of U.S. industries critical to our national security; and is part of an interagency team helping Russia and other emerging nations develop export control systems and convert their defense industries to civilian production. In each of these areas, BXA conducts high-level, government-to-government advocacy on behalf of U.S. industry, while ensuring that economic considerations and industry concerns are taken into account in inter-agency evaluations of export license applications.
Prior to his appointment as Under Secretary for Export Administration, Mr. Reinsch handled foreign trade and economic competitiveness issues for the late Senator John Heinz (R-Pa), and subsequently for Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WVa). He received an M.A. degree from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and has served as an adjunct associate professor at the University of maryland Graduate School of Management and Technology since 1990.
March 16, William Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering (NAE). "The Impact of Information Technology on the Conduct of Education and Research," 4 p.m. , the San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego.
One of the most difficult things to understand about information technology development is the effect of its exponential rate of improvement. For the last four decades the speed and storage capacity of computers have doubled every 18 to 24 months, while their cost, size, and power consumption have become smaller at about the same rate. There has never been a similarly rapid, sustained change in technology with such broad social implications. To manage and lead the development and application of information technologies in the next century, we must work harder now to imagine the impact of future computers and networks on education, research, and commerce.
Dr. Wulf is on leave as AT&T Professor of Engineering and Applied Science in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia to serve as President of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Together with the National Academy of Science, the NAE operates under Congressional Charter to provide advice to the government on issues of science and technology. Prior to joining the University of Virginia, Dr. Wulf founded, and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tartan Laboratories, a company that developed programs to translate systems languages into highly efficient computer codes.
April 20, Mike Nelson, Director for Technology Policy, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), "Meeting the Need for Speed: Moving Megabits of Information to the Home, School, and Office," 4 p.m., the San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego.
Continuing and accelerating improvements in information technologies challenge existing telecommunications regulatory frameworks. Issues emerging at the interface between information technologies and policy-making include: determining how to improve the reliability and security of the nation's telecommunications networks; how computing and communications activities are converging; and how FCC policies can spur development and deployment of new information technologies.
Prior to joining the FCC, Dr. Nelson was Special Assistant for Information Technology at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He holds a Ph.D. in geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and served for five years as a professional staff member on the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, where he supported the Subcommittee's Chair, Senator Gore, in developing the High Performance Computing Act.
June 22, Brian Kahin, Senior Policy Analyst for Information Infrastructure, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), "Developing Intellectual Property Policy for the Internet," 4 p.m., the San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego.
The revolution in information technology, including communications, computers and networks, is transforming economies, societies, and the role of governments within them. The emergence of a global information infrastructure raises vital policy concerns regarding: linkages among information technologies and other advanced technologies; and the effects of these changes on privacy, security, content control, and the distribution of political and economic resources. Nowhere are the policy-making problems associated with these developments more critical than in the creation, valuation, and management of intellectual property rights along the information highway.
Mr. Kahin holds a J.D. From Harvard University and is on leave from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he was founding Director of the Information Infrastructure Project and Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy. Prior to joining OSTP, Mr. Kahin was General Counsel for the Interactive Multimedia Association and chaired the U.S. Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy Working Group on Intellectual Property, Interoperability and Standards. He is the author of numerous articles and editor of several books on information infrastructure, and internet policy issues. ```
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