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OPAR's Mission
The Office of Policy Analysis and Research (OPAR) is the public policy team of Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). OPAR's mission is to stimulate dialogue between technologists and policymakers in order to shape public policy regarding science and technology.
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Applied Policy Research:
Technology to PolicyTechnology to Policy (T2P) is a research methodology developed by OPAR for forecasting public policy implications of emerging technologies.
T2P framework is based on the assumption that researchers and policymakers can forecast potential policy impacts of an emerging technology based on the comparisons to preceding and analogous technologies.
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Applied Policy Research:
Science and Technology Legislative LandscapeOPAR's Science and Technology Legislative Landscape is a research project that surveys state-level science and technology legislation. Started in the spring of 2008, this 50-state survey includes legislative activities in science and technology issues and potential trends, which will be published bi-annually by OPAR.
OPAR News
Georgia Tech Legislative Roundtable
Nov 12, 2009 - Nov 12, 2009 9:30AM to 12:30PM
The Georgia Tech Legislative Roundtable is an annual event focused on bringing legislators, researchers, and industry representatives together to discuss emerging science and technology policy issues on the forward legislative landscape. Confirmed legislative panelists include:
- Senator David Adelman, Minority Whip
- Senator Cecil Staton, Chairman of Senate Science and Technology Committee
- Representative Amos Amerson, Chairman of House Science and Technology Committee
- Representative Kathy Ashe, Member of House Higher Education Committee
- Representative Katie Dempsey, Member of House Higher Education Committee
- Representative Kevin Levitas, Member of House Science and Technology Committee
- Representative Hardie Davis, Member of the House Science and Technology Committee
- Representative Barry Loudermilk, Member of the House Science and Technology Committee
The event will feature three concurrent roundtable discussions consisting of five panelists each: three legislators, one Georgia Tech topic expert/researcher, and a faculty moderator. For an audience of TAG and campus community members, each panel will provide commentary, discuss, and field questions on one on the policy implications of one of three emerging science and technology topics:
? Smart Grid Technology
? STEM Education and the Workforce
? Future Media
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Georgia Tech Legislative Roundtable
Nov 12, 2009 - Nov 12, 2009 9:30AM to 12:30PM
GTRI Conference Center, 250 14th Street
Fee: Free for TAG members, $20 for non-members
250 14th Street
Office 221
Atlanta, GA 30332