[Sigifp-l] [Fwd: Upcoming conference on innovation in China and India]

[M.J. Menou]

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Sujet: 	Upcoming conference on innovation in China and India
Date: 	Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:53:00 -0400
De: 	Kenan Jarboe <kpjarboe at athenaalliance.org>
Pour: 	(Recipient list suppressed)



Emacs! Emacs!

The Dragon and the Elephant: Understanding the Developing Innovation
Capacity in China and India
<http://www.nas.edu/step>September 24th– 25th, 2007
National Academies’ headquarters, 2100 C Street, NW, Washington, DC
20418 <http://www.nationalacademies.org/directories>

STEP, in collaboration with the State University of New York Levin
Graduate Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
<http://www.wilsoncenter.org/>, Urban Institute <http://www.urban.org/>,
and Athena Alliance <http://www.athenaalliance.org/>, will host a
conference comparing and contrasting the2 countries’ growing science and
technology capacity, broadly and in key industrial sectors such as
software, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications, and energy.

Confirmed speakers include: Sam Pitroda, Chair, /Indian National
Knowledge Commission/; V.S. Ramamurthy, Chair, /Indian Institute of
Technology/; Mu Rongping, /Institute of Policy and Management/, /Chinese
Academy of Sciences/, Beijing; Edward Luce, /Financial Times Washington
Bureau/; K. J. Dewoskin, /PriceWaterhouseCoopers;/ Pete Engardio,
/Business Week Senior Writer/; Nicholas Lardy, /Peterson Institute for
International Economics/; AnnaLee Saxenian, /UC Berkeley School of
Information Management/; Lee Ting, /WR Hambrecht /and/ Lenovo/; and
Ashok Vermuri, /Infosys Technologies/. Registration is available on the
STEP Board website <http://www.nas.edu/step> (Click here)
<http://www.nas.edu/step>.

For additional information please contact Mahendra Shunmoogam,
mshunmoogam at nas.edu <mailto:mshunmoogam at nas.edu> or (202) 334-2823.


Kenan Patrick Jarboe, Ph.D.
Athena Alliance
911 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington, DC  20003-3903
(202) 547-7064
kpjarboe at athenaalliance.org
http://www.AthenaAlliance.org
http://www.IntangibleEconomy.org