General Research Lab, Rm 201
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO

August 5th - 7th
2007





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Making Sense of the “Broader Impacts” of Science and Technology

Day One (Sunday, August 5)

3:30pm – 3:45pm
Participant Meet and Greet, Room 201 General Research Lab

3:45pm – 4:00pm
Welcome: Barbara Olds and Warren Burggren

4:00pm – 4:15pm
Introduction: Robert Frodeman and Carl Mitcham

Session I: Introducing the “Broader Impacts” Criterion (BIC)

4:15pm – 4:30pm
Britt Holbrook: “Why the BIC Still Needs Introducing 10 Years After its Introduction”

4:30pm – 4:45pm
Shirley Malcom: “Inside Takes on the Development of the ‘Broader Impacts’ Criterion”

4:45pm – 6:00pm
Discussion, with Opening Comment by Mark Frankel

6:30pm – 8:30pm
Dinner, Golden Hotel

Day Two (Monday, August 6)

7:30am
Continental Breakfast, Room 201 General Research Lab

Session II: Contextualizing the “Broader Impacts” Criterion

8:00am – 8:15am
Sheila Jasanoff: “Broader Impacts of STS Research on Science and Technology Policy”

8:15am – 8:30am
Nicholas Steneck: "Do Criteria Make a Difference?  Lessons from the NIH Training Grant RCR Requirement"

8:30am – 8:45am
Steve Fuller: “International Perspectives on the Social Assessment of Science”

8:45am – 10:00am
Discussion, with Opening Comment by Nat Logar

10:00am – 10:15am
Break

Session III: Implementing the “Broader Impacts” Criterion

10:15am – 10:30am
Tim Miller: “The Broader Impacts of Education and Public Outreach”

10:30am – 10:45am
Warren Burggren: “NSF Funding for ‘Broader Impacts’: Alternative Approaches”

10:45am – 11:00am
Erik Fisher: “’Broader Impacts’ and the Embedded Humanist”

11:00am – 12:15am
Discussion, with Opening Comment by David Guston

12:30pm – 2:00pm
Lunch, CSM Student Center

Session IV: Interpreting the “Broader Impacts” Criterion

2:15pm – 2:30pm
Kristen Intemann: “’Broader Impacts’ and the Participation of Under-represented Groups”

2:30pm – 2:45pm
Susan Cozzens, “Measuring ‘Broader Impacts’”

2:45pm – 3:00pm
Clark Miller: “Interpreting ‘Broader Impacts’”

3:00pm – 4:15pm
Discussion, with Opening Comment by Heather Douglas

4:15pm – 4:45pm
Toward a Broader Impacts Manifesto?

5:15pm – 7:15pm
Dinner, Hilltop Bistro

Day 3 (Tuesday, August 7)

7:30am – 10:00am
Ruminations: a Working Breakfast, Golden Hotel