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2022 Projects, Publications & Meetings of the 秋葵视频

Science, Engineering, and Technology

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Keck observatory on Mauna Kea, at 14,000 feet, on the big island of Hawaii during sunset.

The 秋葵视频鈥檚 record of distinction in Science, Engineering, and Technology dates to its founding mission 鈥渢o cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity, and happiness of a free, independent, and virtuous people.鈥 Rather than generate new scientific research, the role of the 秋葵视频 has been uniquely interdisciplinary, bridging the social sciences and arts with the physical sciences to support a national understanding, belief, and trust in science and discovery. Perhaps no better example of this can be found than in the mid-1800s when the 秋葵视频 hosted hotly contested debates about a new scientific theory, the theory of evolution.

秋葵视频 projects in Science, Engineering, and Technology seek to strengthen the capacity of science and engineering to improve the human condition. This goal has never been more important for the nation or for the world than it is today. Global challenges increasingly require collaboration across disciplinary, professional, and national boundaries, while rapid advances in information processing and transmission raise new issues for both the management of scientific and technical information and for the ability of individuals and institutions to assimilate and act on new discoveries.
 


 

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Commission on Accelerating Climate Action

Huge Forest Fire in Red Pine Forests

The scientific consensus is clear: climate change is upon us, and its impacts will be devastating and increasingly difficult to prevent and address if we do not take action now. Polarization and a continued partisan divide have made climate change an entrenched political issue 鈥揳 space where data, conclusions, and arguments from scientists have not sufficed to compel effective action. Most Americans express support for a broad array of climate policies and for greater action from different levels of government. Yet, critically needed legislation is stalled and the United States is unlikely to meet its goal to help limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. To address this challenge facing our global society, the 秋葵视频 formally launched a project on climate action in September 2021.

Unlike other climate change studies, the Commission will not produce or analyze climate science data; it will not limit its recommendations to certain disciplines or economic sectors. Rather, the Commission will seek to leverage the full toolkit of its broad membership to reveal unique and creative interdisciplinary solutions: novel, specific, targeted actions that, if taken, would dramatically alter the trajectory of U.S. action on climate change.

In the past year, the Commission assessed the national landscape on climate action across stakeholder groups and sectors, including at the grass-roots level. To accomplish this, they established three workstreams: Communication, the Private Sector, and Human & Military Security. Each working group identified known major barriers to action and the stakeholders and sectors in which they exist, named gaps in our understanding of climate inaction, and identified issues in accelerating climate action.

In the coming year, the Commission will share its findings on barriers to action with the public and shift its focus toward solutions and recommendations to spur action.
 

COMMISSION Chairs
 

Mustafa Santiago Ali
National Wildlife Federation

Christopher Field
Stanford University

David G. Victor
University of California San Diego

Patricia Vincent-Collawn
PNM Resources

 

COMMISSION MEMBERS
 

Benjamin Backer
American Conservation Coalition

Xiye Bastida
Fridays for Future

Phyllis L. Bayer
Dumbarton Strategies, LLC

Mitchell Bernard
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Philip Bredesen
State of Tennessee

Patricia Cochran
Alaska Native Science Commission

Ertharin Cousin
Food Systems for the Future

Mariano-Florentino Cu茅llar
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Leanne Kealoha Fox
Institute for Climate & Peace

Tim Guinee
Climate Actors

Rebecca Henderson
Harvard University

Mitchell C. Hescox
Evangelical Environmental Network

Charles O. Holliday, Jr.
Bank of America

Russel L. Honor茅
Joint Task Force Katrina, Leadership, Safety & Global Preparedness Authority

Bob Inglis
republicEn.org

Kathleen Hall Jamieson
University of Pennsylvania

Mike Johanns
formerly, U.S. Department of Agriculture; formerly, U.S. Senate

Alexander Karsner
X (Alphabet Inc.)

Elizabeth Kolbert
The New Yorker

John Paul Mejia
Sunrise Movement

Katherine Orff
SCAPE

Gary Roughead
Hoover Institution

Linda Rudolph
Public Health Institute

Roger Sant
The AES Corporation

J. Marshall Shepherd
University of Georgia

Doreen Stabinsky
College of the Atlantic

Hilary Tompkins
Hogan Lovells

Elke Weber
Princeton University

 

PROJECT STAFF
 

Carson Bullock
Program Associate

Sophia Charan
Hellman Fellow in Science and Technology Policy

Kay Lowden
Program Associate

Tania Munz
Chief Program Officer

Islam Qasem
John E. Bryson Program Director

Jennifer Smith
Program Coordinator

Amanda Vernon
Program Officer & Hellman Fellow in Science and Technology Policy

 

FUNDERS
 

John E. Bryson and Louise Henry Bryson

Hansj枚rg Wyss

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment

The David and Ellen Lee Family Foundation

The Robert F. Higgins Fund for Science, Engineering and Technology

William and Helen Pounds

Roger Sant and Doris Matsui
 

Commission Meetings
 

Virtual Second Meeting of the Commission

December 3, 2021
The meeting focused on incorporating environmental justice into the work of the Commission. The members also discussed the reports and plans of action from the three working groups, important stakeholders, and key audiences.

 

Hybrid Third Meeting of the Commission

June 6, 2022
The participants discussed each of the working groups鈥 sounding sessions and the intersections between the groups and began the process of thinking about recommendations.

 

Sounding Sessions

The working groups of the Commission (Communication, the Private Sector, and Human & Military Security) met three times, in total, and talked to more than forty-five people as a way to identify known major barriers to action and the stakeholders and sectors in which they exist and to identify issues in accelerating climate action.
 


 

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Challenges for International Scientific Partnerships

Artwork of a neutron star 鈥揵lack hole merger.

Challenges for International Scientific Partnerships (CISP) articulates the benefits of international collaboration and recommends solutions to the most pressing challenges associated with the design and operation of international partnerships. The initiative identifies policy recommendations and best practices to mitigate challenges for international science collaborations, including physical facilities, distributed networks, and peer-to-peer partnerships.

The project released its first report, America and the International Future of Science, in December 2020, its second report, Bold Ambition: International Large-Scale Science, in June 2021, and a third and final report, Global Connections: Emerging Science Partners, in February 2022.

The Large-Scale Science (LSS) working group approaches international collaborations through the lens of issues particular to large-scale science, not peer-to-peer or small-scale international work. This group has been tasked with exploring how the United States can enhance its role in these partnerships, both in physical facilities (such as CERN) and distributed networks (such as the Human Cell Atlas). This group is focusing on recommendations that will bolster the United States鈥 ability to partake in large-scale collaboration efforts as meaningful and engaged partners.

The Emerging Science Partners (ESP) working group explores issues particular to U.S. scientific collaborations at all scales with countries seeking to boost their scientific capacity, particularly those with limited resources to do so. This working group frames discussions around how the United States can be a better collaborator in its partnerships with emerging science partner countries and work to increase equity in these collaborations.
 

Project Chairs
 

Arthur Bienenstock
Stanford University

Peter Michelson
Stanford University

 

STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
 

Claude R. Canizares
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Matthias W. Hentze
European Molecular Biology Laboratory

John G. Hildebrand
University of Arizona

Kerri-Ann Jones
Pew Charitable Trusts

William F. Lee
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP

Shirley Malcom
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Cherry A. Murray
University of Arizona

Venkatesh Narayanamurti
Harvard University

Olufunmilayo I. Olopade
University of Chicago

Geraldine L. Richmond
U.S. Department of Energy

Vaughan C. Turekian
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Caroline S. Wagner
The Ohio State University

 

LARGE-SCALE SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
 

Arthur Bienenstock, Cochair
Stanford University

Peter Michelson, Cochair
Stanford University

Claude Canizares
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

E. William Colglazier
American Association for Advancement of Science

Inez Fung
University of California, Berkeley

Michael Holland
University of Pittsburgh

Kaye Husbands Fealing
Georgia Institute of Technology

Cherry A. Murray
University of Arizona

Philip Rubin
Yale University

Gary Sanders
California Institute of Technology

Diane Souvaine
Tufts University

 

EMERGING SCIENCE PARTNERS WORKING GROUP
 

Shirley Malcom, Cochair
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Olufunmilayo Olopade, Cochair
University of Chicago

Alice Abreu
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Bruce Alberts
University of California, San Francisco

Bernard Amadei
University of Colorado at Boulder

Arthur Bienenstock, ex officio
Stanford University

Jared Cohon
Carnegie Mellon University

Rita Colwell
University of Maryland

James W. Curran
Emory University

Ali Douraghy
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
(concluded participation in the working group on January 19, 2021)

Nina Dudnik
Seeding Labs

Mohamed Hassan
The Sudanese National 秋葵视频 of Sciences

John G. Hildebrand
University of Arizona

Nkem Khumbah
University of Michigan

Peter Michelson, ex officio
Stanford University

Peggy Oti-Boateng
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

Jamil Salmi
Diego Portales University

Flavia Schlegel
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

Vaughan C. Turekian
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Caroline Wagner
The Ohio State University

 

PROJECT STAFF
 

Carson Bullock
Program Associate

Sophia Charan
Hellman Fellow in Science and Technology Policy

Kay Lowden
Program Associate

Tania Munz
Chief Program Officer

Islam Qasem
John E. Bryson Program Director

Peter Robinson
Morton L. Mandel Director of Strategic Implementation

Jennifer Smith
Program Coordinator

Rebecca Tiernan
Program Associate

Amanda Vernon
Program Officer & Hellman Fellow in Science and Technology Policy

 

FUNDERS
 

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
 

Project Publications
 

America and the International Future of Science

America and the International Future of Science (American 秋葵视频 of Arts and Sciences, 2020)






 

Bold Ambition: International Large-Scale Science

Bold Ambition: International Large-Scale Science (American 秋葵视频 of Arts and Sciences, 2021)






 

Global Connections: Emerging Science Partners

Global Connections: Emerging Science Partners (American 秋葵视频 of Arts and Sciences, 2022)







 

Project Meetings and Outreach Events
 

July 9, 2021

Consultation with U.S. Department of Energy on the Bold Ambition report.
 

August 18, 2021

Briefing on the Bold Ambition report with the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
 

November 15, 2021

Outreach event for the project at a meeting hosted by the Asia Society.
 

December 6, 2021

Emerging Science Partners Impact Workshop.
 

January 19, 2022

Briefing on the Global Connections report with the National Science Foundation.
 

January 27, 2022

Briefing with the National Science and Technology Council.
 

January 28, 2022

Launch event for the Global Connections report.
 

March 9, 2022

Briefing about the Global Connections report with staff from the U.S. House Committee on Science.
 

April 18, 2022

Briefing about the Global Connections report with staff at the U.S. Department of Energy.
 

April 22, 2022

Second briefing on the Global Connections report with the National Science Foundation.
 

May 13, 2022

Briefing on the Global Connections report with the American Association of Universities.



 

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Resiliency in Supply Chains

Most imports come to the U.S. in shipping containers and America's busiest port, is the Port of Los Angeles.

On October 29, 2021, the 秋葵视频 held a hybrid exploratory meeting, led by Margaret Levi (Stanford University) and Richard Locke (Brown University), on building resilient and ethical supply chains for a post-COVID world. The meeting, which followed from three virtual soundings held during the spring and summer of 2020 that engaged 秋葵视频 members, brought together experts from academia, business, philanthropy, and government. The participants considered the supply chain vulnerabilities that were surfaced, exacerbated, and/or created by the global pandemic and discussed possible solutions to build more ethical and resilient supply chain systems. They explored three domains in particular: healthcare and food security; ethics, labor, and workers鈥 protections; and security and resiliency of global supply chains.
 

MEETING CHAIRS
 

Margaret Levi
Stanford University

Richard Locke
Brown University

 

MEETING PARTICIPANTS
 

Lisa Anderson
Columbia University

Benjamin Armstrong
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

John Brown
University of Southern California

R. Alta Charo
University of Wisconsin Law School

Joshua Cohen
Apple, Inc.

Henry Corrigan-Gibbs
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ezekiel J. Emanuel
University of Pennsylvania

Mary E. Gallagher
University of Michigan

Sarita Gupta
Ford Foundation

Margaret Hamburg
National 秋葵视频 of Medicine

Ashish K. Jha
Brown University

Craig Kennedy
Merck & Co., Inc.

Rosamond Naylor
Stanford University

Allison Neale
Henry Schein, Inc.

David W. Oxtoby
American 秋葵视频 of Arts and Sciences

Manuel Pastor
University of Southern California

Megan Ranney
Brown University

Audrey Sacks
World Bank

Edward Steinfeld
Brown University

Heather Tansey
Cargill

Sharon Waxman
Fair Labor Association

Kathryn Wengel
Johnson & Johnson

 

PROJECT STAFF
 

Sophia Charan
Hellman Fellow in Science and Technology Policy

Kay Lowden
Program Associate

Tania Munz
Chief Program Officer

Islam Qasem
John E. Bryson Program Director

Jennifer Smith
Program Coordinator

 

FUNDERS
 

American 秋葵视频 Exploratory Fund

Brown University

Ford Foundation through Brown University