Room 100
Keck Center of National Academies
6:00 – 8:00 Reception – First Floor Atrium
9:30-10:45
Information
technology changes the fundamental economics of information, as seen in
institutional repositories, open courseware, and open access publishing. But how does it change the economics of
knowledge? What are the implications of
enhanced collaboration and virtual organization for knowledge institutions,
markets, and public investment? How
does cyberinfrastructure affect the ecology of knowledge in different sectors and
professions? How can advances in
research and education inform and extend to innovation, enterprise, and
commerce – and vice versa?
Guru Parulkar, Stanford
Fiona Murray, MIT
Simon Porter, University of Melbourne
moderator:
Peter A. Freeman, Washington Advisory Group
11:00-12:30
Leading
universities, domestic and foreign, have responded aggressively to
globalization, seeking human capital and research opportunities wherever they
may be found. IT is used to expand
operating reach and scope: foreign campuses, tech/knowledge transfer,
spin-offs, institutional collaborations, remote and informal learning, and
alumni networking. What are
implications of extended institutional presence and its interaction with other
institutions and private sector activities?
What are the implications for different models of innovation/
commercialization? For the university’s
public service mission?
Lesa Mitchell, Kauffman Foundation
Pradeep Khosla, CMU
Susan Tuttle, IBM
Gerald Barnett, UC Santa Cruz
moderator: Jeff Lehman, Woodrow Wilson Center & Cornell
12:30 -1:45 Lunch
1:15: lunch speaker and discussion – Tony Hey, Microsoft
1:45-3:15
Design
of knowledge infrastructure can be approached top-down, bottom-up, or at
strategic points in between. It can
strengthen relationships with industry, communities of practice and knowledge,
the regional economy, and the global public.
How does cyber-empowered knowledge reshape functions, services,
opportunities, and policies? At what
levels is cooperation or collaboration most effective and efficient – and at
what scale? What are the best strategies for organizing and sustaining the
scale and complexity of cyberinfrastructure?
How is this affected by architectural issues, such as complementarity,
interoperability, transfers vs. transactions, serial vs. parallel interaction,
closed vs. open, and organization and delineation of producer/user communities.
John Wilbanks, Science Commons
Chris Mackie, Mellon Foundation
Sara Kiesler, CMU
Mackenzie Smith, MIT
moderator: Linda Katehi, Illinois
3:30-5:00
IV. On the Edge
By
lowering or bridging barriers, cyberinfrastructure can bring different
institutional, enterprise, and policy models into unaccustomed proximity. The result may be powerful complementarities
– or it may be competition or conflict. Since the separation between
institutional and public policy also blurs, what kind of stewardship should the
academy provide for advancing knowledge infrastructure? When should it take the lead in developing
standards? How should it account for industry and sector differences? How should voluntaristic and cooperative
models fit with market-based models?
How should universities navigate/mediate between open and controlled
models of knowledge?
Brian Kahin, Michigan & CCIA
Arti Rai, Duke
Elliot Maxwell, Committee for Economic Development
moderator: Kaye Husbands-Fealing, Minnesota
5:00 Adjourn