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James F. Smith

James F. Smith

Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

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Telephone: 617-495-7831
Fax: 617-495-8963
Email: james_smith@hks.harvard.edu

 

 

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Winter 2010-11

"Technology & Governance 2.0"

Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter

By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Leaders of the Science, Technology and Public Policy (STPP) program at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center brought together about 80 of the nation's top policy makers and entrepreneurs for a two-day conference in September to brainstorm ideas for a new HKS initiative on technology and governance.

 

 

Photo by Stuart Darsch

October 29, 2010

At MIT, Holdren Issues Call for Action on Climate Disruption

News

By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

John P. Holdren, President Obama's chief science and technology advisor, draws a grim picture of our world at the end of this century if we fail to start slashing greenhouse gas emissions that are ravaging the global climate. In a lecture at MIT, Holdren issued a call to action, arguing for a package of integrated measures to protect the environment. Holdren is on leave from Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center, where he was director of the Science and Technology Public Policy program.

 

Winter 2011-2012

"Scholars Weigh Info-Tech Policy Challenges"

Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter

By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

In September, experts from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and other Boston-area universities participated in a three day conference convened by the Belfer Center to examine policy choices facing the fast-changing field of information and communications technology.

 

 

November 22, 2011

Researchers Draft Blueprint to Boost Energy Innovation

Press Release

By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

The U.S. government could save the economy hundreds of billions of dollars per year by 2050 by spending a few billion dollars more a year to spur innovations in energy technology, according to a new report by researchers at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. The three-year project by the Belfer Center's Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group calls for doubling investment and adopting policy changes in energy technology.

 

 

Martha Stewart Photo

November 15, 2011

"Information and Communications Technology and Public Policy: The Next Wave"

Event Summary

By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Industry and academic experts from Harvard, MIT, and other Boston-area universities met for a three-day conference in September 2011 to examine policy choices facing the fast-changing field of information and communications technology at the intersection of public policy. The conference was convened by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affair’s Information and Communications Technology and Public Policy Project (ICTPP) at the Harvard Kennedy School.

 

 

Martha Stewart Photo

Winter 2010-11

"Technology & Governance 2.0"

Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter

By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Leaders of the Science, Technology and Public Policy (STPP) program at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center brought together about 80 of the nation's top policy makers and entrepreneurs for a two-day conference in September to brainstorm ideas for a new HKS initiative on technology and governance.

 

 

Photo by Stuart Darsch

October 29, 2010

At MIT, Holdren Issues Call for Action on Climate Disruption

News

By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

John P. Holdren, President Obama's chief science and technology advisor, draws a grim picture of our world at the end of this century if we fail to start slashing greenhouse gas emissions that are ravaging the global climate. In a lecture at MIT, Holdren issued a call to action, arguing for a package of integrated measures to protect the environment. Holdren is on leave from Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center, where he was director of the Science and Technology Public Policy program.

 

Martha Stewart Photo

Winter 2010-11

"Technology & Governance 2.0"

Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter

By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Leaders of the Science, Technology and Public Policy (STPP) program at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center brought together about 80 of the nation's top policy makers and entrepreneurs for a two-day conference in September to brainstorm ideas for a new HKS initiative on technology and governance.

 

Winter 2011-2012

"Scholars Weigh Info-Tech Policy Challenges"

Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter

By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

In September, experts from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and other Boston-area universities participated in a three day conference convened by the Belfer Center to examine policy choices facing the fast-changing field of information and communications technology.

 

 

Martha Stewart Photo

Winter 2010-11

"Technology & Governance 2.0"

Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter

By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Leaders of the Science, Technology and Public Policy (STPP) program at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center brought together about 80 of the nation's top policy makers and entrepreneurs for a two-day conference in September to brainstorm ideas for a new HKS initiative on technology and governance.

 

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