Endless Frontier Symposium 2022: Research and Higher Education Institutions for the Next 75 Years

On September 22, 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (National Academies), in collaboration with the Kavli Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and Issues in Science and Technology, will host the “Endless Frontier Symposium 2022: Research and Higher Education Institutions for the Next 75 Years.” This symposium is a follow up to the February 2020 symposium and will bring together experts and leaders from across the world to consider transformations needed from research and higher education institutions in the next 75 years to better address complex, global challenges like the impacts of pandemics, advancing innovation, building and nurturing capacity, and so much more. Specifically, the symposium will cover the following four topics:

Re-evaluating the Structure of Institutions and the Scientific Enterprise
The “Valleys of Death:” Addressing the Translational Gaps between Discovery and Innovation
Producing the Right Technical and Professional Science Workforce: Ensuring Inclusivity, Increasing Diversity, and Improving Training
Is the Science and Technology Enterprise Optimized to Benefit Society?

Date:

September 22, 2022

Event URL:

Endless Frontier Symposium 2022: Research and Higher Education Institutions for the Next 75 Years

Location:

National Academy of Sciences Building, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

Presented by:

ISSUES in Science and Technology, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, the Kavli Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation