AEI/Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies Symposium June 10 on 'The Future of the Triple Helix' 6/4/2004
From: Shannon Leahy of the Brookings Institution, 202-797-6274 or sleahy@brookings.edu, Web: http://www.brookings.edu News Advisory: WHAT: AEI/Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies Symposium: "The Future of the Triple Helix: Finding the Balance among Government, Industry, and Academic Research Relationships" WHEN: Thursday, June 10, 2 4 p.m. WHERE: The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. Introductory Remarks: -- DAVID J. GOLDSTON, Chief of Staff, House Science Committee, Office of Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y.) -- ROBERT HAHN, Executive director, AEI-Brookings Joint Center Moderator: ROBERT LITAN, Director, AEI-Brookings Joint Center; Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings; Vice President for Research and Policy, The Kauffman Foundation Presenter: GREG KOSKI, Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School; Senior Scientist, Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital Discussants: -- GAIL CASSELL, Vice President, Scientific Affairs, and Distinguished Research Scholar in Infectious Diseases, Eli Lilly and Company -- WILLIAM HASELTINE, Founder, Chairman of the Board, and CEO, Human Genome Sciences -- THOMAS H. MURRAY, President and CEO, The Hastings Center Both Congress and the National Institutes of Health have been actively engaged in reviewing conflict of interest policies for government researchers. This AEI-Brookings Joint Center symposium will focus on the implications for university-industry relations and feature a new working paper on those relationships by three of the leading experts in the field-Professors David Blumenthal, Eric Campbell, and Greg Koski of Harvard University. The paper pays special attention to this issue in the context of emerging drug discovery and development practices in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. RSVP: Please e-mail Shannon Leahy at sleahy@brookings.edu or call her at 202-797-6274, or visit online at http://www.brookings.edu/comm/events/20040610.htm |