extensive help that we received from many sources. The 

 largest contribution came, of course, from the project 

 panels and staff, who are listed separately immediately 

 following this Preface along with consultants who 

 assisted the Executive Committee and the panels. 



I am especially grateful for the enthusiastic and 

 helpful response shown by representatives of industry, 

 nongovernmental organizations, the academic community, 

 and others to our four public forums (see Appendix) . 

 Their success owes much to the generous efforts of 

 staff at the host institutions, particularly the 

 chairmen and liaison officers for the forums: George 

 Bugliarello and Leopold Felsen, Polytechnic Institute 

 of New York; Joseph M. Pettit and Ross Hammond, Georgia 

 Institute of Technology; Robert P. Morgan, Washington 

 University, and Michael Witunski, United Nations 

 Association, Greater St. Louis Chapter; and Richard 

 Heggie, World Affairs Council of Northern California. 



Several elements of the National Research Council 

 (NRC) also contributed ideas to this report: Assembly 

 of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Assembly of 

 Engineering, Board on International Organizations and 

 Programs , the Board on Science and Technology for 

 International Development (BOSTID) , Committee on 

 International Scientific and Technical Information 

 Programs, Commission on Sociotechnical Systems, 

 International Environmental Programs Committee, and 

 Ocean Policy Committee. Particularly, credit goes to 

 the project staff, led by Joel Bernstein, Study 

 Director, assisted by Patricia W. Blair, Deputy Study 

 Director, Sabra Bissette, Editor, and the NRC 

 professional staff who worked directly with the 

 panels — Rose A. Bannigan, B.K. Wesley Copeland, Jay J. 

 Davenport, John G. Hurley, and Augustus Nasmith of 

 BOSTID — and Hugh H. Miller, Executive Director, Office 

 of the Foreign Secretary, National Academy of 

 Engineering. Valuable advice and assistance was also 

 provided by Victor Rabinowitch, BOSTID staff director; 

 W. Murray Todd, Executive Director of the Commission on 

 International Relations; and Judith A. Werdel, CISTIP. 

 The report also benefited from the comments and 

 suggestions of the National Research Council's Report 

 Review Committee. And, of course, I would like to 

 express my appreciation to the members of the Executive 

 Committee itself, who generously gave their time for 

 this project. 



Our Committee believes that the 1979 Conference, 

 and particularly the international dialogues before and 

 after, can stimulate more international cooperation to 



