Upcoming Events Advancing Commercialization from Federal Laboratories Washington, DC Science & Innovation Leadership for the 21st Century Washington, DC | Our Current Projects | View past projects Advancing Commercialization from the Federal Laboratories What opportunities exist to add economic value to U.S. industry through enhanced utilization of intellectual property around digital products created at federal laboratories? This committee examines issues and will offer recommendations around the commercialization of digital products created at federal laboratories. The Role of Inducement Prizes Are inducement prizes effective? This expert committee is analyzing evidence about their role in the American innovation process, and aims to answer questions about the benefits, policy impacts, and complementarities of inducement prizes. Review of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs at the Department of Energy What are the economic and non-economic benefits of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs at the U.S. Department of Energy? Innovation Policy Forum What current and potential policy initiatives advance innovation and the development of the knowledge economy in the United States and abroad? Featured Publication: Artificial Intelligence: An International Dialogue -- Proceedings of a Workshop On May 24, 2019 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, in partnership with the Royal Society, held a symposium on Artificial Intelligence: An International Dialogue. The symposium addressed if and how artificial intelligence (AI) would benefit from further international cooperation. The event also summarized discussions at a day-and-a-half meeting on May 23-24, 2019 convened by the National Academies and Royal Society where 45 scientists, engineers, and other AI experts from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, China, the European Commission, Germany, and Japan discussed key areas of national and international policy on AI where international collaboration would be most beneficial. View Report | View Recorded Webcast and Agenda | |