Science Policy and Leadership
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Science Policy and Leadership George E. Brown Jr. Following is an edited version of Congress- in various other areas and are therefore man George E. Brown's remarks at a réception cross-cutting in your approach. Your Socihosted by the MRS Office of Public Affairs on ety also includes représentation from the February 28, 1991 as part of the events sur- private sector, the government sector, and rounding the SSSC Forum (February 27) and the university sector—ail of whom play the Washington Materials Forum (February 28 rôles in supporting this kind of research. through March 1). You also include a wide variety of corporate interests in this country—startup research I hâve had a lifetime concern and interest opérations, more mature corporations inin the areas of science and their impact on volved in producing numerous technolosociety and the création of a technological society, which permeates ail our activities gies, and even the giants of the American and which promises to continue to revolucorporate world. You are therefore in tune tionize our way of life, not only hère in the with an emerging culture [based on]...the United States but throughout the world. I importance of cross-disciplinary research, hâve been concerned, of course, with the coopération between the various sectors, issues of science policy which will allow us the development of partnerships and to continue to exercise some world leaderother activities which will alter the style of ship. the past. It is my own honest and very strong opinion that unless we retain our scientific leadership, and our leadership of the processes by which we create new and advanced technologies, that we will become a second-rate power. This is a condition I wouldn't like to see and which I think threatens our security as much as if we were to unilaterally disarm in a military sensé. The security in the world ahead of us is going to be based on knowledge, it's going to be based on économie capability, it's going to be based on a sensitivity to the way the world is changing. And it is in Cross-cutting, interdisciplinary, multithèse areas that I get my greatest pleasure sector coopération is going to détermine in having an opportunity to work. our success. I want you to recognize that this does indeed give you a unique rôle to I hope I'U be a good chairman for the play and that it should enable you to faciliCommittee on Science, Space and Techtate the development of this coopérative nology. 1 hâve no reason to assume that approach to meeting some of this country's this will be based on my technical qualificafuture needs. tions, which are slim but considerably better than those of most congressmen. What A new "term of art" being used as we I think will help me become a good chairlook at the rôle of the fédéral government, man is that I enjoy working in the science vis-à-vis the private sector and universipolicy area and I hâve, I think, a feeling for ties, is "industry-led consortia." It is the the importance of it. mode by which we will make progress in I want to say just a w
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