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Budget and Performance
Workshop on the Science of Science Policy - Agenda
Workshop on the Science of Science Policy
November 3-4, 2008
Agenda
November 3, 2008
Morning Session
9:00 – 9:30 AM Welcome
David Lightfoot, Assistant Director, Directorate for Social,
Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation
Patricia Jones Tsuchitani, Senior Advisor for Performance Assessment, Budget Division, National Science Foundation
Julia Lane, Program Director, Science of Science & Innovation Policy, Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation
9:30 – 10:30 AM United States
Julia Lane, Program Director, Science of Science & Innovation Policy, Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation
Science of science and innovation policy
10:30 – 10:45 AM Break
10:45 – 11:45 AM Canada
Susan Morris, Chief, Evaluation; Policy and International Relations, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Shannon Townsend, Senior Evaluation Officer, Planning and Performance Management, Strategy and Development Branch, National Research Council Canada
Assessment of science outcomes in Canada--the current state in the federal government
11:45 – 1:15 PM Lunch Break
November 3, 2008
Afternoon Session
1:15 – 2:15 PM China
Wu Jiannan, Tengfei Professor and Associate Dean, School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Ex post evaluation of program performance in the Management Science Department of the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
2:15 – 3:15 PM United Kingdom
Sue Smart, Head, Performance & Evaluation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Approaches to evaluating impact–the UK experience
3:15 – 3:30 PM Break
3:30 – 4:30 PM Germany
Jens-Peter Gaul, Director, European Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations
Evaluation on EU level: a short overview
Helene Schruff, Head of the Division for Institute Development and Evaluation, Max Planck Society
Science policy and research evaluation in Germany: country update (Max Planck perspective)
4:30 –5:00 PM Discussion
November 4, 2008
8:30 – 9:30 AM Japan
Hiroshi Takahashi, Director, Department of Strategic Planning and Management, Japan Science and Technology Agency
Current status of program evaluation focusing on outcome measures of funding programs at Japan Science and Technology Agency
Naoki Murata, Executive Director , Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Evaluation system for national university corporations in Japan: its research aspect
Yasukuni Okubo, Director for Technology Evaluation, Technology Evaluation and Research Division, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
9:30 – 10:30 PM Italy
Giorgio Sirilli, Research Director, Institute of Socio-Economic Studies on Innovation and Research Policy, National Research Council, Rome
R&D evaluation in Italy: recent developments
10:30 – 10:45 PM Break
10:45 – 11:45 AM France
Alain Billon , Inspecteur General de l’Administration de l’Education Nationale et de la Recherche, Ministere de l’Education Nationale, Ministere de l’Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche
France update: new institutions and framework, a new evaluation process
Pierre Glorieux , Directeur de la section des unités de recherche, Agence d’évaluation de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur
The role of the recent French agency for higher education and research assessment
Annaïg Le Guen , Unité : indicateurs, programmation et allocation des moyens, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Case of a French institution : the ongoing process for a new evaluation framework at the CNRS
11:45 – 12:15 PM Discussion
12:15 PM Adjourn
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