The Board on Global Science and Technology (BGST) is a Board of the National Research Council.  It is charged with overseeing activities to assess the implications for U.S. policy makers of global advances in science and technology.  To that end, BGST is establishing a program of workshops and other convening activities, both within the United States and overseas, to build and sustain an international, interactive community of scientists, engineers, medical and health researchers, and entrepreneurs who are engaged in the research and development of emerging technologies. In addition, BGST will develop related web-based activities for rapid public dissemination of information resulting from the workshops, and for sustaining the interactive engagement within the scientific and technical communities, thereby enhancing global transparency with regard to scientific and technological advances. 

BGST has developed a professional networking website to help build a global network and improve the timeliness of information exchange. The goal of this website is to create and sustain a global community by means of constant engagement. These activities enable participants to continue  developing ideas generated throughout the BGST workshop series.

If you would like to join the Board on Global Science and Technology Professional Scientific Network (www.bogst.org),
please send your name, affiliation, and contact information to Ethan Chiang (echiang@nas.edu)

 Recent Activities

Click HERE to access A View of Global Science and Technology: Letter Report 

The Board on Global Science and Technology (BGST) of The National Academies conducted an international, multidisciplinary workshop on “Realizing the Value from Big Data” from February 28 to March 3, 2011, in Singapore.   The workshop was jointly organized and hosted by the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) of Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) at Fusionopolis.

Please click HERE for more information on the Singpore Workshop.

On August 23-24, 2010, BGST hosted an "Experts meeting on Data Analytics and the Smart Energy Grid" that brought together scientists and engineers from major research universities, private industry representatives, and government officials to discuss the impact of large, complex, and distibuted datasets and associated computational techniques on the future smart energy grid.  The meeting was co-hosted by Microsoft in Redmond, Washington.

Please click HERE for more information on the Redmond Workshop.