Policy Studies Organization: The Dupont Summit The New Administration Tackles Science and Technology: Priorities for the Road Ahead

Dates: December 4, 5, 6 - 2008
Call for Proposal Deadline: August 15, 2008
Location: Washington, D.C.
Website: www.ipsonet.org

The Policy Studies Organization is glad to announce that the upcoming Dupont Summit, will be held in Washington D.C. at the historic Washington Club, during the first week of December 2008. Its purpose will be to bring academic, government and society leaders, into dialogue about pressing policy issues on environment, science and technology which will need to be addressed by the new American Presidency.

The Dupont Summit will focus on the following general themes:

    * Environment
    * Information Technology and Telecommunications
    * Biotechnology and Genetics
    * Health

Other suggestions will be welcome.

Sponsors -- The Policy Studies Organization. Review of Policy Research. Politics & Policy. Policy Studies Journal. Roosevelt Institution. Lexington Press. The Communication, Culture and Technology Program of Georgetown University. George Mason University. The Science, Technology and Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. The Clarewood Institute. The American Academy of Political and Social Science. The Provisions Library. Heldref Publications. The University of Houston. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.

Panel, Paper, Workshop, Seminar and other proposals most welcome. Submissions will be accepted until August 15th. Go to Registration!

Programming for 2008 is currently under way. Please keep checking the site since we will be updating it with more information on the agenda and the Dupont Summit in general.

For more information or any direct questions about the Dupont Summit, please contact Daniel Gutierrez, PSO Conference Manager, at dgutierrezs@ipsonet.org