Media Advisory: Baker Institute to present science and technology recommendations for the next president

MEDIA ADVISORY

David Ruth
713-348-6327
david@rice.edu

Baker Institute to present science and technology recommendations for the next president

HOUSTON – (Sept. 7, 2016) – Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy will hold a news conference to present recommendations on how science and technology policy is dealt with in the White House for the presidential campaigns and transition teams at 10 a.m. EDT Sept. 14 in the Bloomberg Room at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Neal Lane, the senior fellow in science and technology policy at the Baker Institute, will present the recommendations, which will include five main points for the next president and five points for the president’s next science adviser and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

Lane, who previously served as OSTP director and science adviser to President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 2001 and was the director of the National Science Foundation from 1993 to 1998, will be joined at the news conference by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) CEO Rush Holt, Deborah Wince-Smith, president and CEO of the Council on Competitiveness and Norman Augustine, retired Chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin.

Who:  Neal Lane, Rush Holt, Deborah Wince-Smith and Norm Augustine.

What: Science and technology recommendations for the next administration.

When: 10 a.m. EDT Sept. 14.

Where: Bloomberg Room, National Press Club, 529 14th St. N.W., 13th Floor, Washington, D.C.

For more information, contact David Ruth, director of national media relations at Rice, at 713-348-6327 or david@rice.edu.

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