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Appendix: Symposium Speakers and Presentations
| Opening Remarks |
Frank Press President, National Academy of Sciences Chairman, National Research Council |
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Jay Morris, Acting Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) |
The Contribution of Science and Technology for Development: The Past Twenty-five Years
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Nyle C. Brady, Senior Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Science and Technology, USAID |
| Contribution of the Social Sciences |
John D. Montgomery, Ford Foundation Professor of International Studies, Harvard University |
| Contribution of the Agricultural Sciences |
Robert D. Havener, President, Winrock International |
| Contribution of the Health Sciences |
D.A. Henderson, M.D., Dean, John Hopkins University |
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School of Hygiene and Public Health |
| Contribution of Population |
Ronald Freedman, Roderick D. McKenzie |
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Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Population Population Studies Center, University of Michigan Programs |
| Prospects Entering the 21st Century |
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| BIOTECHNOLOGY |
| Biomedical Breakthroughs |
Moderator: Kenneth Bart, Agency Director for Health, Bureau for Technology USAID |
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Speaker: Kenneth S. Warren, Director, Health |
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Sciences, The Rockefeller Foundation |
| Human Reproduction and Contraceptive Research |
Moderator: Duff Gillespie, Agency Director for Population, Bureau for Science and Technology, USAID |
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Speaker: Gary Hodgen, Professor and Scientific Director, Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School |
| Animal Biotechnology |
Moderator: Duane Acker, Agency Director for Food and Agriculture, Bureau for Science and Technology, USAID |
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Speaker: Tilahum Yilma, Professor of Virology, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis |
| Plant Biotechnology |
Moderator: Duane Acker |
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Speaker: Robert Fraley, Director, Plant |
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Science Technology, Monsanto Company |
| BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY |
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Moderator: Jack Vanderryn, Agency Director for Energy and Natural Resources, Bureau for Science and Technology, USAID |
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Speaker: Thomas Lovejoy, Executive Vice President, World Wildlife Fund (U.S.) and The Conservation Fund |
INFORMATION SCIENCES AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY: APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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Walter A. Rosenblith, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Overview |
Philip F. Palmedo, Chairman, International Resources Group |
| Applications in Agriculture |
James W. Jones, Professor of Agricultural Engineering, University of Florida |
| Applications in Health Care |
Jose M. Negrete, Director, Institute of Biomedical Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| Applications in Education and Literacy |
Kurt D. Moses, Director of System Services, International Division, Academy for Educational Development |
SPACE SCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING: APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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Moderator: Walter A. Rosenblith |
| Overview |
Moustafa Chahine, Manager, Division of Earth and Space Sciences, Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Applications in Crop Production |
Charles F. Hutchinson, Director, Arizona Remote Sensing Center, Office of Arid Lands, University of Arizona |
| Applications in Agroclimatology |
Edward Kanemasu, Professor of Agronomy, Kansas State University |
| Applications in Mineral Exploration |
Ronald J.P. Lyon, Professor of Mineral Exploration, Stanford University |
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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Moderator: John H. Gibbons, Director, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress |
| Overview |
Edgar A. Starke, Jr., Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Virginia |
| Fibrous |
Carl T. Herakovich, Professor of Engineering |
| Composites |
Science and Mechanics, Co-director, NASA Virginia Tech Composites Program, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Applications for Electronic Materials |
J. Franklin Mayo-Wells, Staff Assistant for Technical Coordination/Operations, Center for Electronics and Electrical Engineering, U.S. National Bureau of Standards |
| Applications for Superconductivity |
Richard E. Harris, Group Leader, Cryoelectronic for Metrology Group, U.S. National Bureau of Standards |
MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES: APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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Moderator: John H. Gibbons |
| Implications of Manufacturing Technology Advances |
Barbara Burns, Manager, Systecon Division, Coopers & Lybrand |
| Applications for Robotics |
Howard Moraff, Program Director, Automation and Systems Integration, National Science Foundation |
| Closing Remarks: Technology in Our Changing World |
Thomas R. DeGregori, Professor of Economics, University of Houston |
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