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Next GUIRR Meeting
February 22-23, 2010

Attendance by invitation only

Last Meeting: October 20-21, 2009

“Diminishing Natural Resources: Recognizing Limitations, Responding to the Challenges”

Technology relies on nearly every element in the periodic table, raising issues of material supply, demand, availability, cost, distribution, economics, geopolitics, strategic reserves, recycling, sustainability, and others. 


 
2010 Meeting Dates:
February 22-23, 2010
June 29-30, 2010
October 19-20, 2010
  


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Upcoming Meeting                 

October 20-21, 2009

National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Lecture Room
Washington, DC 20012

Past Meetings

October 20-21, 2009
"Diminishing Natural Resources: Recognizing Limitations, Responding to Challenges"
Agenda (includes speaker presentations)
Meeting Summary

June 2-3, 2009
"Maximizing U.S. Returns on Shared Knowledge: Innovative Frameworks for Technology Transfer and Full Global Engagement"
Agenda (includes speaker presentations)
Meeting Summary

February 3-4, 2009
“Perspectives on the ‘Global Food Crisis’”
Agenda (includes speaker presentations)
Meeting Summary

October 22-23, 2008
“Food Security – Global Challenges and Directions”
Agenda (includes speaker presentations)
Meeting Summary

June 16-17, 2008
“New Partnerships on a Global Platform”
Agenda (includes speaker presentations)

February 12-13, 2008
“Flying Over the Valley of Death: Accelerating from Discovery to Product"
Agenda (includes speaker presentations)

October 9-10, 2007
“Environmental Sustainability: A Path Forward Via Government-University-Industry Partnerships”
Agenda (includes speaker presentations)

September 13-14, 2007
“Partnerships for Emerging Research Institutions”
Agenda (includes speaker presentations)

June 13-14, 2007
“Global Energy Policy Solutions II”
Agenda (includes speaker presentations)

February 19, 2007
“Global Energy Policy Solutions”
Agenda (includes speaker presentations)

October 10-11, 2006
"No College Student Left Behind: Higher Education and Workforce Implications of the Spellings Commission Report"
Agenda

June 20-21, 2006
"Strategies for U.S. Competitiveness: Developing a Proposed Role for GUIRR"
Agenda


February 16, 2006
"Enterprise and Institutional Risk"
Agenda

October 17, 2005
"Economic Outcomes of Investments in R&D and S&E"
Agenda

June 7, 2005
"Science and Engineering: Strategies for Capacity Building in Africa, and Their Long-Term Impact on the U.S"
Agenda

February 24, 2005
"Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth"
Agenda

October 12, 2004
"Technology Across Borders and Barriers: Visas and Exports"
Agenda

June 2-3, 2004
"Globalization of Universities"
Agenda

February 3-4, 2004
"Globalization, Competitiveness and Workforce"
Agenda

November 11-12, 2003
"Collaborating in a Globalized World"
Agenda

June 3-4, 2003
"Impact of Globalization on U.S. R&D Policy"
Agenda

March 11-12, 2003
"Review of Current and Proposed Roundtable Projects and Recommendations for 2004"
Agenda

November 11-12, 2002
"Pan-Organizational Summit on the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce"
Agenda

June 25-26, 2002
"Winning the War on Terrorism: Tasks for the Science and Engineering Enterprise"
Agenda

March 12-13, 2002
"Nomination, Critique, and Evaluation of Roundtable Activities for 2002"
Agenda

October 23-24, 2001
"Envisioning a 21st Century Science and Engineering Workforce: Tasks for Universities, Industry, and Government"
Agenda

June 19-20, 2001
"Transforming the Missions and Outputs of Research Universities for the 21st Century: Will Information Technology Be the Critical Driver?"
Agenda

March 27-28, 2001
"Commercializing University Research: Aligning Incentives and Protecting the Research Enterprise"
Agenda

October 25-26, 2000
"Sustaining the Vitality of the National Research Enterprise"
Agenda

June 21-22, 2000
"How Can GUIRR Be Most Effective in This Decade?"
Agenda

March 14-15, 2000
"Universities and Industry as Intertwined Institutions: What are the Limits?"
Agenda