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CSSP provides a singular opportunity for scientists and science/math educators
to convene in a multi-disciplinary forum on a regular basis. At its semiannual meetings in Washington, DC, the Council offers an exciting array of meeting activities to its members and CSSP Institutional Affiliates.
- Engages in lively dialogue with invited speakers from government, academe, and industry on timely issues;
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Nobel Laureate Ken Wilson proposes major education reform
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- Hosts forums in the nation's Capitol to discuss science policy with members of Congress, committee staff, and Executive Branch officials;
- Exchanges ideas and information and engages in spirited discussion with fellow scientific society leaders about activities and public policy concerns of member societies;
- Takes action on policy statements that address national or international issues, proposed by CSSP committees
- Designs and develops conferences and initiatives on matters of concern;
- Meets with representatives of the news media;
- Presents awards for important attainments; and
- Conducts regular business of the Council, including analyzing and utilizing the results of CSSP task forces, committees and national projects.
A "typical" CSSP meeting begins with a session for new members; topics include:
1) Operational issues of professional societies;
2) Effective communication with Congress, other federal officials, and with the media and the public;
3) Change leadership, innovation management, and other skills for effective society leadership;
4) Analysis and comparison of effectiveness of various leadership models, and
5) Constructions of future scenarios and futuring exercises.
This is followed with meetings of standing committees (Population and Environment, Science and Math Education, Government and Public Affairs, Ethics in Science, Public Understanding of Science, and International Activities), Cyberspace, as well as ad hoc committees (e.g. Electronic Publishing) of particular currency.
CSSP's plenary sessions always feature prominent leaders in government, universities, academies, and industry. Its banquet is highlighted by a keynote (agency heads, distinguished scientists, top Presidential advisors, Members of Congress) and by awards and citations. Another highlight is a breakfast on Capitol Hill at which key Members of Congress and Congressional Staffers exchange perspectives with CSSP members and Institutional Affiliates.
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Amory Lovins (RMI) points out
new lines of thinking about
imaginative ways to cut
energy use and save money
at the same time |
Nobel Laureate Tom Schelling
explains best strategy to bring
all nations into 80% CO2
reduction in < 3 decades
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George Church (Harvard)
explains how to synthesize
new life forms in vitro and
many other fascinating
micro-scale new bio-ideas |
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Solar Decathlon finalist students
Chris Werner (Cornell) & Gretch-
en Vanicor(Louisiana- Lafayette)
discuss their creative, unique
homes that provide all needed
energy 24x7 for 4 persons
from only the sun |
John Sterman (MIT) explains his
provocative scenario models that
serve as powerful guidance for
controlling GHG emissions
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Louis Brus, Kavli Nanoscience
Prize Laureate, explains
transition to quantum
property dominance in
smallest nanoparticles
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Deborah Ancona (MIT) explains
her new research on how
to improve team creativity
& leadership outcomes
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CSSP engages Paul Glimcher
(NYU) in discussion of all
sides of neuroeconomic issues |
Debra Stewart (president, CGS),
Sharon Mosher (GSA) and Arden
Bement (Director, NSF)
discuss policies impacting
graduate students
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Lesa Mitchell (VP, Kauffman
Foundation) proposes need for
and means to stimulate more
scientist-entrepreneurs |
Nobel Laureate Tom Cech
(President, HHMI) proposes
means to fund younger,
more daring scientists |
Harvey Fineberg (President,
Institute of Medicine),
discusses strengths and
weaknesses in current medical
systems and readiness
to handle a massive pandemic
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Bonnie Bassler (Princeton)
builds excitement around
her discovery of microbial
quorum sensing and biofilm
initiation mechanisms
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Howard Gardner (Harvard)
explains the "five minds"
of a leader
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Alice Eagly (Northwestern)
finds that women’s progress
requires a labyrinthine path
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Physicist Lene Hau (Harvard)
who can instruct light to slow to
zero speed, engages Business
Week Chief Economist, M.
Mandel, who sees our grim
economic situation in a
different light
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Astronomer A.Filippenko
(UC-Berkeley) who co-discovered
dark energy, explains to CSSP
skeptics that atomic matter is
a small fraction of the universe |
Barbara Kellerman (Harvard)
explains bad leadership, David
Altman (Center for Creative
Leadership) describes creative
leadership and Liisa Valikangas
(Woodside Institute) compares
notes on resilient leadership
at CSSP meeting
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S. Mackintosh (CEO, Group
of 30), G. Corcoran (SoT)
& Hon. Bart Gordon (D-TN),
Chair House Science &
Technology Committee,
discuss science and
American competitiveness
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National Science Medalist
James Glimm (AMS) discusses
ways to improve process of
national policy development |
Eugenie Scott (NCSE; AAPA)
discusses science teaching
and evolution with J.
Shymansky (NARST)
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Duncan Watts (Columbia)
describes his research on
connectedness and the
science of social networks
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Dean Andy Boynton (Carroll
School of Management) explains
how to maximize results of
all-star "Virtuoso Teams"
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Elizabeth Churchill (Yahoo)
discusses the 8-C’s that
characterize social networking
and how they are evolving
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Rudy Jaenisch (MIT) reveals
that he has transplanted
pluripotent stem cells to
cure sickle cell disease
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NEJM editor Arnold Relman
decries the "medical-industrial
complex" and de-professional-
ization of medicine spawned
by conflicts of interest
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Vint Cerf (VP, Google) winner
of the Presidential Medal of
Freedom, Turing Award, &
National Medal of Technology,
looks 35 years into the future
and discusses the changes the
internet will bring
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Meetings & Activities 
