Read the full news article by Jeffrey Mervis in Science. 16 December 2005. (Subscription required.)
The National Summit on Competitiveness, a 1-day meeting hosted by the Department of Commerce, was held in Washington early in December. The website is worth visiting, with its statement and with a bibliography of recent reports on innovation.
Science reports:
"The group's series of recommendations......include more federal spending on basic research and set-asides for high-risk research, a doubling over the next 10 years of the number of undergraduates earning science and engineering degrees, changes in immigration laws to make it easier for foreign-born graduates to remain in the United States, and greater support for advanced manufacturing technologies......Participants made no attempt to rank the importance of those recommendations, for instance. 'There are no priorities for essentials, and these are all essential.'"
Thursday, December 22, 2005
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