The Program in Science, Technology and International Affairs

Science, Technology, and International Relations

Summer 2006 Session

Distinguished Speakers

Dr. Cathy Campbell, CRDF – President and CEO

Mr. Li Wuqiang and Ms. Wang Xue, Chinese Consulate – S&T Counselors

Ms. Patricia Cloherty, Delta Private Equity Partners – Chairman

Mr. Martin Garbus, Davis & Gilbert LLP – Partner

Dr. Kenneth Rind, Nano-Business Alliance - President

Mr. Ahn Young Jip, KEDO – Korea Energy Development Organization – Director Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Republic of Korea

Mr. James Gibbons, JP Morgan – Managing Director

Dr. Eugene Buff, yet2.com

Site Visits

Carnegie Council for International

MoMA

West Point IWAR

Council on Foreign Relations

Eurasia Group

Doctors Without Borders

FBI

IBM

The Levin Institute welcomed two groups of students with its initiative, The Program in Science, Technology and International Affairs, in partnership with the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and the Dalian Science and Technology Bureau.

This program that began in June provided 25 students from Russia with an increased understanding of S&T’s impact on international relations. The program highlighted the ways in which policymakers, business executives, and managers of NGOs can leverage their knowledge of S&T and the changing external global environment to strengthen their organization’s effectiveness.

MGIMO is the premier university in Russia for international relations, law and economics. It enrolls 4,000 students a year and offers B.A., M.A. and Ph.D.degrees. Among its graduates are prominent government and business leaders.

Dalian, one of the most open, forward-looking cities in China, serves as the hub for economic growth in Northeast China and is projected to become the innovation engine for that region’s development in the future. To retain its sustainable competitive advantage in the global economy and enhance its growth opportunities, the Dalian city government has deployed a new strategy called “The Greater Dalian Plan.”

To achieve it critical goals in the area of talent development and utilization, the Dalian Science and Technology Bureau and The Levin Institute cooperated to create a unique, customized executive training program to prepare government officers and senior executives from technology-based companies to better interact and engage with potential foreign corporate partners from abroad. The Executive Technology Management Program was structured according to a modular based curriculum; the content included technology-oriented managerial knowledge with particular stress on global technology cooperation and collaboration, as well as the issues of IPR protection and corporate strategies for innovation. There were also a series of site visits to high-tech parks, local government agencies, and knowledge-oriented companies.