Appendix A

Workshop Agenda

Workshop on the Implications of Convergence for How the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Measures the Science and Engineering Workforce

October 22–23, 2020

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

10:00–10:15 a.m.

Welcome and plans for the workshop

BRIAN HARRIS-KOJETIN, Director, Committee on National Statistics

BARBARA ENTWISLE, Steering Committee Chair, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

10:15–10:30 a.m.

The National Science Foundation’s interest in measuring convergence

ARTHUR LUPIA, Assistant Director, National Science Foundation Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

10:30–10:45 a.m.

The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics’ goals for the workshop

EMILDA RIVERS, Director, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

10:45–11:10 a.m.

Setting the stage: Why is convergence important to measure?

JOSEPH DESIMONE, Stanford University and Carbon, Inc.

11:10–11:25 a.m.

Break

11:25–12:10 p.m.

Overview of NCSES’ data collections, data products, and previous work in this area

GARY ANDERSON, Senior Science Resource Analyst, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

12:10–1:00 p.m.

Break

1:00–1:30 p.m.

Definitions of convergence

Moderator: JULIE THOMPSON KLEIN, Wayne State University (emerita) and Transdisciplinarity Lab at ETH-Zurich

DAN STOKOLS, University of California, Irvine

1:30–2:50 p.m.

Convergence as practiced

Moderators: PRAMOD KHARGONEKAR, University of California, Irvine and JAMES BRITT HOLBROOK, New Jersey Institute of Technology

LORA WEISS, Pennsylvania State University

PETER SCHIFFER, Yale University

DAN GALLAHAN, National Cancer Institute

MARYANN FELDMAN, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2:50–3:00 p.m.

Break

3:00–4:00 p.m.

Outcomes and impacts of convergence

Moderators: KARA HALL, National Cancer Institute, and JASON OWEN-SMITH, University of Michigan

JULIA LANE, New York University

ERIN LEAHEY, University of Arizona

BEN JONES, Northwestern University

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23

10:00–10:10 a.m.

Welcome and overview of Day 2

BARBARA ENTWISLE, Steering Committee Chair, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

10:10–11:15 a.m.

Measurement efforts

Moderators: JOLENE SMYTH, University of Nebraska and KARA HALL, National Cancer Institute

BETHANY LAURSEN, Michigan State University

(with Nicole Motzer, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center and Kelly Anderson, University of Maryland)

MICHèLE LAMONT, Harvard University

DANIEL MCFARLAND, Stanford University

11:15–11:30 a.m.

Break

11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Measurement efforts (continued)

Moderators: JAMES BRITT HOLBROOK, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and PRAMOD KHARGONEKAR, University of California, Irvine

ISMAEL RAFOLS, University of Leiden, Netherlands

JOSHUA SCHNELL, Clarivate

12:15–1:15 p.m.

Break

1:15–2:15 p.m.

Panel discussion on implementation and feasibility

Moderators: JASON OWEN-SMITH, University of Michigan and JOLENE SMYTH, University of Nebraska

GRAHAM KALTON, Westat

NORA CATE SCHAEFFER, University of Wisconsin–Madison

ANDREW ZUKERBERG, National Center for Education Statistics

2:15–3:30 p.m.

Summary of key themes and thoughts on how to move this work forward

Steering committee members will reflect on key takeaways from the workshop, including:

• What would be the value in constructing national-level measures of convergence?
• What ideas and strategies would be most worth pursuing to push thinking on this initiative forward?
• What framework could NCSES use for measuring convergence?
• What definitions and criteria would we consider appropriate and what are their limitations?
• What types of NCSES products would be most valuable and for what audiences?
• What should NCSES prioritize as part of its work in this area?

KARA HALL, National Cancer Institute

JAMES BRITT HOLBROOK, New Jersey Institute of Technology

PRAMOD P. KHARGONEKAR, University of California, Irvine

JULIE THOMPSON KLEIN, Wayne State University (emerita) and Transdisciplinarity Lab at ETH-Zurich

JASON OWEN-SMITH, University of Michigan

JOLENE SMYTH, University of Nebraska

BARBARA ENTWISLE, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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