Globalization of Technology: International Perspectives (1988)
Chapter: C. The Sixth Convocation Program: Technology and the Global Economy
APPENDIX C
The Sixth Convocation Program: Technology and the Global Economy
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Monday, March 30, 1987 |
Auditorium |
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4:00 pm |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
H.Guyford Stever Council President |
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Presidents of Council Member Academies |
Sir David Zeidler President Australian Academy of Technological Sciences |
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Poul Vermehren President Danish Academy of Technical Sciences |
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Jaime Cervantes Vice President National Academy of Engineering of Mexico |
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Hans G.Forsberg President Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences |
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Sir Denis Rooke President The Fellowship of Engineering |
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Robert M.White President National Academy of Engineering of the United States of America |
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Introduction |
Stephen D.Bechtel, Jr. Chairman Bechtel Group, Inc. United States |
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Keynote |
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Globalization of Industry and Implications for the Future |
Simon Ramo, Co-Founder TRW Inc., United States |
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Tuesday, March 31, 1987 |
Lecture Room |
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9:00 am |
Session 1: Cutting Edge Technologies and Their Effects Chairman: Marco A.Murray-Lasso, National Academy of Engineering of Mexico |
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9:15 am |
Manufacturing Technologies |
Pehr Gyllenhammar Chairman AB Volvo, Sweden |
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10:00 am |
New Materials |
Pierre Aigrain Scientific Advisor to the President of the Thomson Group, France |
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11:00 am |
Information Technologies |
Lars Ramqvist Executive Vice President Ericsson Group, Sweden |
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1:30 pm |
Session 2: Changes in Industry Sectors Resulting from Technology Advances Chairman: Sir Francis Tombs, Chairman Rolls-Royce, Ltd.; Director, Rothschilds, United Kingdom |
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1:45 pm |
Construction |
Alden Yates President Bechtel Group, Inc. United States |
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2:30 pm |
Software |
George E.Pake Group Vice President Corporate Research (retired) Xerox Corp., United States |
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3:30 pm |
Telecommunications |
Hiroshi Inose Chairman Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo; Director General, National Center for Science Information Systems, Japan |
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Wednesday, April 1, 1987 |
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9:00 am |
Session 3: Technology and the Global Economy: The Effects of Each on the Other Panel Chairman: Alf Akerman, Vice Chairman, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences; Former President, SE-Banken, Gothenburg Group, Sweden |
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9:15 am |
Panel: Umberto Colombo, Chairman, Italian National Commission for Nuclear and Alternate Energy Sources, Italy Gerald Dinneen, Vice President, Research and Development, Honeywell Inc., United States Hajime Karatsu, Professor, Institute of Research and Development, Tokai University, Japan Ralph Landau, Consulting Professor of Economics and of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, United States Enrique Martin del Campo, Executive Secretary for Education, Science and Culture, Organization of American States |
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10:45 am |
Discussion |
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1:00 pm |
Session 4: Regional and National Consequences of Globalizing Industry Chairman: Sir David Zeidler, President, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences, Australia |
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1:10 pm |
Latin America, Mexico, and the United States |
Emilio Carillo Gamboa Director General, Telefonos de México, Mexico |
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1:50 pm |
Western Europe |
Harry L.Beckers Group Research Coordinator Shell International; Chairman, Industry Research & Development Advisory Committee, EEC, the Netherlands |
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2:45 pm |
Pacific Rim |
Jan E.Kolm Chairman National Energy Research Development and Demonstration Council (NRDDC), Former Director Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Australia Limited, Australia |
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4:00 pm |
Session 5: Overall Assessment Panel Chairman: Morris Tanenbaum, Vice Chairman of the Board, AT&T, United States |
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4:15 pm |
Panel: Wolf Häfele, Director General, Nuclear Research Center, Jülich, Federal Republic of Germany Sir Robin Nicholson, Executive Director, Pilkington Brothers plc, United Kingdom Robert Malpas, Managing Director, British Petroleum Company, United Kingdom |
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