Upcoming Conferences of Note

The following is a sampling of the more than 60 events included in the SSTI Calendar of Events webpage: http://www.ssti.org/calendar.htm

Webcast on 21st Century Agriculture R&D Priorities

On May 22 and May 23, the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the National Research Council will hold a web-based workshop Opportunities in Agriculture: A Vision for USDA's Food and Agricultural Research in the 21st Century. Listen in free via live audio Webcast and submit questions to participants using an email form; both are accessible with an agenda and more information on the project's webpage, http://nationalacademies.org/banr/active_projects/agopps

Partnerships for the 21st Century

The Economic Development Administration will hold its National Economic Development Forum May 29 - 31 at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC. This year's theme focuses on encouraging and strengthening public-private collaboration and innovation in support of local economic development. More information is available at http://www.edanationalforum.org/

Technologies at the Crossroads: Frontiers of the Future

The NIST Advanced Technology Program will hold its 2001 National Meeting at the Wyndham Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore, MD on June 3-5. This year's event, Technologies at the Crossroads: Frontiers of the Future, focuses on forecasting what technologies will be critical to the U.S. economy in 2020. More information is available at: http://www.atp.nist.gov/

Inventing the Knowledge Economy

Focusing on innovation, R&D, and human, financial and social capital requirements for today's economy, this year's annual conference for the Southern Growth Policy Board will be held at the Hot Springs Convention Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas on June 24-26, 2001. More information is available at: http://www.southern.org/conference/conference.shtml