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Importance of Basic Research to United States’ Competitveness

Full Committee Hearing
Date:  Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Time:  2:30 PM
Location:  SD

The Senate Commerce Committee’s Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness Subcommittee has scheduled a hearing on the Importance of Basic Research to United States’ Competitiveness for Wednesday, March 29, 2006, at 2:30pm in room 562 of the Dirksen Building. This hearing will explore how basic research in the physical sciences impacts both long-term economic development in the United States and the ability of American industry to remain globally competitive.



Subcommittee Chairman John Ensign (R-Nev.) will preside.

Committee Members

  • John Ensign

    Senator

Testimony

  • William A. Jeffrey

    Director
    National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce

  • Arden L. Bement

    Director
    National Science Foundation

Witness Panel 2

  • Adam Drobot

    Chief Technology Officer
    Telcordia, Inc.

  • Philip Ritter

    Senior Vice President and Manager of Public Affairs
    Texas Instruments, Inc.

  • Steven Knapp

    Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
    Johns Hopkins University

  • Leonard Pietrafesa

    Chairman
    NOAA's Independent Science Advisory Board
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