Transforming Enterprise and Beyond Connecting Research and Policy in the Digital Economy January 29, 2003 at the National Science Foundation

sponsors Interagency Working Group on Information Technology Research and Development Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President Information Society Directorate General, European Commission Office of Technology Policy, U.S. Department of Commerce Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Center for Information Policy, University of Maryland School of Information, University of Michigan principal funding from: Digital Society and Technologies Program, National Science Foundation

institutional landscape policy-relevant research –individual researchers –funded projects –focused university programs –thinktanks research-based policy development –independent regulatory agencies: FCC, FTC –program evaluation: ATP –decision support: OTA, CRS, GAO, STPI, OECD intermediate venues –NAS/NRC –TPRC, ad hoc events –professional education DG Information Society

Transforming Enterprise long-term focus –not a policy conference research presented to “policy audience” facilitate government participation “smorgasbord” programming modestly comprehensive, somewhat contrarian –no ecommerce, no telecom, no markets empirically oriented

some questions industry participation roundtables research infrastructure lead time “institutionalization” (e.g., GSTW)

diversity of transformation communications information commerce infrastructure business processes markets sectors transactions relationships, networks value chains