Daryl Chubin, PhD is currently Senior Vice President for Policy and Research for the National Action Council. He previously spent nearly 15 years in federal service at the Office of Technology Assessment, the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Chubin has served on the faculty of numerous universities, including Georgia Tech and the Northern Virginia Center of Virginia Tech. He has published seven books and numerous policy reports, articles, and commentaries, including Science, Technology, and Society: A Sourcebook on Research and Practice (co-edited, 2000). He is co-editor, with Dr. Willie Pearson Jr., of Scientists and Engineers for the New Milennium: Renewing the Human Resource, a collection of the Commission on Professionals in Science & Technology. More information about Dr. Chubin can be found at http://www.nacme.org/abou/officers/chubin.html

John Forrer, PhD is currently Director of the George Washington University Center for the Study of Globalization in Washington, DC. He is also Executive Director of the University's Institute for Global Management and Research, and an Assistant Research Professor of International Business. Dr. Forrer has extensive experience as a project manager and research for governmental (both state and federal) and private organizations. He has written extensively on environmental technology and technology policy. More information about Dr. Forrer can be found at http://www.gwu.edu/~gwcsg/forrer.htm

David Guston, PhD is associate professor of public policy and director of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey. Guston is the author of Between Politics and Science: Assuring the Integrity and Productivity of Research (Cambridge University Press, 2000), co-author of Informed Legislatures: Coping with Science in a Democracy (with M. Jones and L.M. Branscomb, University Press of America, 1996) and co-editor of The Fragile Contract: University Science and the Federal Government (with K. Keniston, MIT Press, 1994). He received his B.A. from Yale and his Ph.D. in political science from MIT. Prior to going to Rutgers, he worked at the Office of Technology Assessment and at the National Academy of Sciences. Guston's research interests include science and technology policy, the role of experts and policy analysis in democratic decision-making and legislative processes and organization. More information about Dr. Guston can be found at: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~guston/

Shirley Malcom, PhD is currently Head of the AAAS Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) Programs. Dr. Malcom has taught at both the university and high school levels and was a National Science Foundation Program Officer in science education. She served on the National Science Board and as a member of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology during the Clinton Administration. She is author or co-author of numerous publications including Science Assessment in the Service of Reform (Lawrence Erlbaum 1994). More information about Dr. Malcom can be found at http://www.aaas.org/ehr/slic/bios.html#malcom

Dr. Norman P. Neureiter has served as Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State since September 2000. A PhD organic chemist from Northwestern, Dr. Neureiter has extensive experience in government and industry, and a public policy background that includes close ties to academia. Much of his private career was spent with Texas Instruments (TI), where he worked from 1973 to 1996 in a number of positions, included Manager of the TI Europe Division and most recently as Vice President of TI Asia. Dr. Neureiter has served on several national and international advisory committees, including the U.S.-Japan Joint High Level Advisory Committee and the National Research Council Committee on International Space Programs. His previous government service includes work in the Office of Science and Technology, the National Science Foundation and the Foreign Service. More information on Dr. Neureiter's work at the State Department can be found at: http://www.state.gov/g/stas/

Steve Yearley, PhD is Professor of Sociology at York University in England. He also serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the Universities Stockholm Research Institute. Prior to arriving at York University, Dr. Yearley held a number of academic positions in Northern Ireland. His most noteworthy books include Science, Technology and Social Change, The Green Case, and Sociology, Environmentalism, Globalization. He has also written over 35 articles and several book chapters. Dr. Yearley is currently at work on a book entitled Making Sense of Science that will focus on science studies and social theory. He most recently presented the annual Mullins Lecture at Virginia Tech. More information about Dr. Yearley can be found at http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/soci/staff/steve.htm and http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/sei/staff/syearley.html

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