CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

AAAS Annual Meeting -- The AAAS Annual Meeting is one of the most widely recognized and reported interdisciplinary scientific events, encompassing the breadth of the sciences as well as education, engineering, and technology. It is a major attraction for the scientific, business, NGO, media, and policy-maker communities concerned about the interaction of science and technology with society. 

AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy -- The annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy is an excellent conference for people interested in public policy issues facing the science, engineering, and higher education communities. Since 1976, it has provided a mechanism by which individuals interested in science policy could go to learn what is happening and what is likely to happen in the coming year on the federal budget and the growing number of policy issues that affect researchers and their institutions. The forum is held in the spring, usually in late April or early May.

AAAS Science and Technology Policy Leadership Seminar -- The AAAS Leadership Seminar in Science and Technology (S&T) Policy is a 'crash course' in science and technology policy, designed for those who need to know how S&T policy works. It is modeled after the highly acclaimed orientation program that AAAS provides for its new S&T Policy Fellows each fall, but distills the key material into 4 1/2 days instead of two weeks."  

The Gordon Research Conference on Science and Technology Policy -- The Gordon Research Conference on Science and Technology Policy, begun in 2000, is held every two years in August and covers topics of interest to the entire research community. This conference seeks to combine the latest in ongoing policy research and analysis with insights into the practice of decision-making from local to national levels of government.