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U.S.- Japan Science Policy Seminars

Beginning in 1980, a series of eight high-level science policy seminars have been held between the U.S. and Japan.  Each of these seminars resulted in published proceedings.  These proceedings, which cover a variety of important topics such as innovation, engineering education, and basic research, provide a wealth of information and insights into their crucial bilateral relationship.

Proceedings of all of these seminars are provided below, although most of these seminars predate the establishment of the Science & Trade Policy Program. They are all in PDF format.

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Science, Society, and the Internet
December 14-16, 2003
Honolulu, Hawaii

A Trilateral Seminar on Science, Society and the Internet was held December 14-16, 2002, at the East-West Center at the campus of the University of Hawaii in Honolulu.  There was participation by a Japanese delegation along with delegations from the U.S. and China.  The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) joined the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) in supporting this seminar. This seminar is also included as the eighth U.S.-Japan Science Policy Seminar.

This Internet-related seminar brought together distinguished scientists from the United States, Japan, and China, as well as other policy makers and experts from the three countries concerned with and knowledgeable about the impacts of the Internet on both science and society.  Many of the issues discussed at the seminar involved balances and tradeoffs: for example, between the desirability of open communication among scientists and the imperatives to maintain national and international security and protect personal and institutional privacy.  The overall objective of the seminar was to identify and illuminate the most critical issues associated with the impacts of the Internet on science and society rather than to seek definitive solutions to significant national and international issues that arise.  Success in attaining this objective can be judged through viewing the Executive Summary (see link, above).

Science Policy in the 21st Century: Bilateral Cooperation in a Multilateral Context
Seventh U.S.-Japan Science Policy Seminar
May 11-14, 1998
Hilo, Hawaii

Promoting Basic Scientific Research in Universities: The Changing Relationships with Government and Industry
Sixth U.S.-Japan Science Policy Seminar
November 7-10, 1993
Oahu, Hawaii

Science and Technology to Advance National Goals: Science Policies in the United States and Japan
Fifth U.S.-Japan Science Policy Seminar
May 21-24, 1989
Honolulu, Hawaii

Engineering Education: United States and Japan
Fourth U.S.-Japan Science Policy Seminar
October 19-23, 1986
Honolulu, Hawaii

Transforming Scientific Ideas into Innovations: Science Policies in the United States and Japan
Third U.S.-Japan Science Policy Seminar
 February 19-22, 1984
Honolulu, Hawaii

Science Policy Perspectives: USA-Japan
Second U.S.-Japan Science Policy Seminar
 August 1981
Honolulu, Hawaii

First U.S.-Japan Science Policy Seminar
September 29 - October 2, 1980
Honolulu, Hawaii

 

 

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