SEWP Research Conference

October 19^th - 20^th, 2005

NBER, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Tentative Agenda (As of Sept. 15)

Wednesday, October 19th
Noon	Welcome and Lunch.
	Each talk will be approx. 45 min followed by 15 min discussion and questions.
Domestic Supply
12:30 pm	Richard Freeman (Harvard U.), “Supporting the Best & Brightest in S&E - NSF Graduate Research Fellowships”
1:30 pm	George Borjas (Harvard U.), "The Impact of High Skill Immigration"
2:30 pm	Break: 15 minutes
Careers of Researchers
2:45 pm	Sangjoon Lee (Alfred U.), “Productivity of Research Scientists”
3:45 pm	Keith Bender (U. Of Wisconsin - Milawaukee), “Educational Mismatch among PhDs: Determinants and Consequences”
4:45 pm	Paula Stephan (Georgia State U.), "Capturing Knowledge: The Location Decision of New PhDs Working in Industry.
Thursday, October 20^th
8:15	Morning Pastries
Grad Students & Post Docs
8:30 am	Sarah Turner (U. of Virginia) and John Bound (U of Michigan), “Internationalization of U.S. Doctorate Education”
9:30 am	Geoff Davis (Sigma-Xi), “Results of Sigma-Xi Post-Doc Survey”
Recent Technological Trends
10:45 am	Cyrus Mody (Chemical Heritage Foundation), “Commercializing Probe Microscopy”
11:45 pm	Lunch
Gender Issues in S&E
12:45 pm	Sharon Levin (U. of Missouri), “Women and Underrepresented Minorities in the IT Workforce.”
1:45 pm	Oaxaca (U. of Arizona), “Technological Change and Gender Wage Differentials”
2:45 pm	Break 15 Minutes
Productivity & The Role of Scientists
3 00 pm	Charles Yood (Michigan State U.), “Emergence of Computational Science at Argonne National Labs”
4:00 pm	James Adams (Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.), “Research Productivity, Teaching Productivity, and Faculty Earnings: Evidence from U.S. Universities.”
5:00 pm	Adjourn.