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Opening Remarks at the Briefing of the Staff of the 



House Committee on Science and Technology, 



Task Force on Science and Technology 



Washington DjC., June 7, 1985 



By 



Dr. Irving Engelson 



Staff Director, Technical Activities 



Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 



The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), which celebrated 

 Its Centennial in 1984, is the world's largest technical professional society. Worldwide 

 membership is approximately 260,000 of whom more than 210,000 live and work in the 

 United States. We cover a broad spectrum of activities in electrotechnology and computer 

 science and are also concerned with the social implications of our technologies. Through 

 Its books and more than 50 technical periodicals, IEEE publishes 15 percent of the world's 

 literature in electrotechnology, and it sponsors over 200 major technical meetings in a year. 



I appreciate the opportunity to share with you some of my views regarding long- 

 term issues in international cooperation in science and technology. Although the opinions 

 stated are my own and not official positions of the IEEE, they do represent the thoughtful 

 concensus of many IEEE leaders. 



During the next few minutes I would like to touch upon two key areas: 



(1) the need for the enhanced exchange of science and technology information and 



(2) those areas of electrotechnology which require special R&D efforts. 



