
PRESIDENT'S RETREAT
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA'S RELATIONSHIPS
WITH INDUSTRY
IN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
UCLA Sunset Village
Final Agenda: Thursday, January 30
9:00 REGISTRATION/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST ~ PREFUNCTION AREA ~
9:45 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF PRESIDENT ATKINSON
~ GRAND HORIZON ROOM ~
C. Kumar Patel, Vice Chancellor - Research, UCLA
10:00 "VISIONS AND VALUES: THE RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY IN TRANSITION"
Richard C. Atkinson, President, University of California
10:30 RETREAT MODERATOR OVERVIEW
John Zysman, Professor of Political Science, Co-Director Berkeley Roundtable
on the International Economy, UCB
10:45 BREAK
11:00 THE CURRENT CONTEXT OF UNIVERSITY/INDUSTRY INTERACTIONS ~ AUDITORIUM ~
The four Faculty Commentators below will provide a broad framework for the Retreat through brief talks on larger economic and social issues relevant to the University's relationship with industry, and the role of the University in its communities, the state and the nation. These faculty will be asked to comment and react to the Retreat and write short papers to be included with the final Retreat report to the President.
"University-Industry Partnering: A New Era Requires
New Thinking"
Robert W. Conn, Dean of Engineering, UCSD
"University-Industry Relations and the Integrity
of the Academy"
Gerald Doppelt, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Science Studies Program,
UCSD
"University-Industry Relationships: Historical
and Policy Perspectives"
David C. Mowery, Professor of Business Administration and, Deputy Director,
Consortium on"
Competitiveness and Cooperation, Walter A. Haas School of Business, UCB
"A Seismic Shift in Presumption"
Michael Phelps, MD, Chair, Pharmacology/Molecular Medicine, Crump Institute,
UCLA
1:00 LUNCH ~ GRAND HORIZON ROOM ~
"The Business of Universities: Foundations for
the Relationship Between Industry and the University"
Stanley Chodorow, Provost, University of Pennsylvania
2:30 CONCURRENT ADVISORY GROUPS
Session 1: Working with Industry - Challenges and Opportunities
#1: Working with Industry--What is Appropriate Academic
Enterprise? ~ North Ridge A ~
Chair: James Gill, Associate Vice Chancellor, Office of Research,
UCSC
Specialist: Barbara Yoder, Contract and Grant Officer, Research Administration
Office, UCOP
#2: UC/Industry Relationships and the Education of
Students ~ Salon C ~
Chair: Sandra J. Weiss, Professor of Community Health Systems, UCSF, Vice
Chair, Academic Council, Universitywide Academic Senate
Specialist: Eleanore Lee, Advisor, UC OTT
#3: Impact of Expanding UC-Industry Relationships on
the Academic Environment ~ Salon G ~
Chair: Joseph Cerny, Vice Chancellor for Research, UCB
Specialist: Christina Hansen, Director, Office of Contract and Grant Administration,
UCI
#4: Working with Industry--Faculty Incentives, Cultural
Differences ~ Salon B ~
Chair: John Edmond, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Chair of Committee
on Planning and Budget, UCLA
Specialist: Pamela A. Webb, Manager, Sponsored Projects, UCSB
#5: Copyrights: An Important Commodity in UC-Industry
Relationships ~ Salon D ~
Chair: Randy Katz, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science, UCB
Specialist: Catherine Whenmouth, Campus Liaison Officer, UC OTT
#6: Conflicts of Interest and Commitment ~
West Coast B ~
Chair: Jay Stowsky, Director, Research Policy and Development, Office of
Research, UCOP
Specialist: Dorothy Greene Crocker, Director, Sponsored Programs, UCD
#7: Strategic Assessment of the University Patent and
Licensing Program ~ West Coast A ~
Chair: John E. Bowers, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, UCSB
Specialist: Joe Acanfora, Associate Director, UC OTT
#8: Facilitating UC-Industry Relationships - Organization
& Structural Issues ~ South Bay ~
Chair: Richard Attiyeh, Interim Senior Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs,
UCSD
Specialist: Niall Mateer, Director, Research Outreach and Initiatives,
UCOP
#9: UC Role in Economic Development ~ North Ridge
B ~
Chair: Mary L. Walshok, Dean, University Extension, UCSD
Specialist: Gary W. Matkin, Associate Dean, University Extension, UCB
4:00 THE INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE ~ GRAND HORIZON
ROOM ~
James McGroddy, former Senior Vice President, Science and Technology, IBM
Corporation
Jane E. Shaw, Founder, The Stable Network and former President and COO
Alza Corporation
5:15 MODERATOR COMMENTS
John Zysman
5:00 - 6:00 [Bel-Air Summit Hotel "Check-In"
at Sunset Village Site, Prefunction Area
Shuttle service available from Sunset Village to Bel-Air Summit Hotel]
7:30 DINNER ~ BEL-AIR SUMMIT HOTEL ~
"Digital Ragtime" -- Robert Winter
7:30 [Shuttle service available from Bel-Air Summit to Sunset Village]
8:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST ~ PREFUNCTION AREA ~
8:30 A RANGE OF EXPERIENCES WITHIN UC ~ GRAND
HORIZON ROOM ~
Panelists: C. Anthony Hunt, Professor, Departments of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
& Biopharmaceutical Sciences, UCSF
Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Dean of Engineering, UCSB
Suzanne B. Sandmeyer, Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics,
UCI
Robert Winter, Professor of Music, Associate Dean for Technology, Curriculum
Innovation and Research, UCLA
Discussant: Karl Hittelman, Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs,
UCSF
10:00 BREAK
10:15 CONCURRENT ADVISORY GROUPS ~ See Thursday Room Locations ~
Session 2: Guiding Principles and Recommendations
Groups reconvene to expand on foundation established in Thursday's session. Each group will continue to work within its preassigned area to identify major opportunities and suggest potential organizational and/or policy strategies, directions or actions related to that area.
12:15 LUNCH ~ GRAND HORIZON ROOM ~
1:15 ADVISORY GROUP FINDINGS
UC Provost C. Judson King and UC Senior Vice President V. Wayne Kennedy
will lead the Advisory Group Chairs in a discussion of the Groups' findings
and recommendations.
2:15 GENERAL DISCUSSION
All Retreat attendees are encouraged to contribute their perspectives and
comments from the floor.
3:30 WRAP UP AND SYNTHESIS
John Zysman will provide a preliminary synthesis of the Retreat recommendations
and outline follow-up actions to be taken.
4:00 ADJOURN
4:30 [Shuttle service available from Sunset Village to LAX airport]
(1/24/97)