James F. Smith
Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
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Telephone: 617-495-7831
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Email: james_smith@hks.harvard.edu
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.
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.
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.
Spring 2011
"Spotlight on Henry Lee"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
The Spotlight feature in this issue of the Belfer Center newsletter features Henry Lee, director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program at the Belfer Center, was promoted in January to senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Lee, the Jassim M. Jaidah Family Director of the environment program, serves also as co-principal investigator of the Center’s Energy Technology Innovation Policy project and is a member of the board of directors. Before joining the Kennedy School in 1979, he served in Massachusetts state government for nine years as director of the state energy office and special assistant for environmental affairs.
Summer 2013
"Confronting Complex Cybersecurity Challenges"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
For the past four years, faculty and fellows from Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have partnered in a project called "Explorations in Cyber International Relations." The ECIR project’s brief is "to explore alternative cyber developments, assess challenges and threats, and identify possibilities and opportunities in cyberspace for security and well-being."
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
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.
Martha Stewart Photo
September 30, 2010
Technology & Governance 2.0: STPP Begins a New Initiative in Critical Public Policy Area at HKS
News
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Leaders of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)'s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs brought together about 80 of the nation's top policymakers and entrepreneurs in information technology for a two-day conference this month to brainstorm ideas for a new HKS initiative on information and communication technology and governance.
March 23, 2012
New Study Finds Four-Year Nuclear Security Effort Making Major Progress But Won't Complete the Nuclear Security Job
Press Release
By James F. Smith, Communications Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
On the eve of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea, a new study finds that an international initiative to secure all vulnerable nuclear stockpiles within four years has reduced the dangers posed by many of the world’s highest-risk nuclear stockpiles. But the new analysis, by researchers with the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center, also concludes that much will remain to be done to ensure that all nuclear weapons and material are secure when the current four-year effort comes to an end.
