Cooperation is an important catalyst for technological progress. The channels of 

 communication are the technical journals and presentation of technical papers at meetings. 

 Science and technology are too complex for progress in an isolated environment. There 

 IS great concern that recent ill-conceived and poorly defined restrictions on the exchange 

 of technical information of an unclassified nature greatly impedes international cooperation 

 in science and technology to the long-term detriment to technological progress in general 

 and consequently for the United States. When we extend controls beyond certain reasonable 

 limits, we devalue the meaning and importance of the classification process and the respect 

 that engineers and scientists should, and do, have for that process. Unreasonable controls 

 inhibit necessary exchange of information and impedes the development and growth-rate 

 of American science and technology. Therefore, mechanisms must be found for improving 

 opportunities for international scientific and technological cooperation and exchange 

 without compromising national security. 



At this time I would like to talk about key areas of technology where there is an 

 urgent need for accelerated international cooperation. These areas are: 



(1) Biomedical Engineering Systems 



(2) Energy, Resources and Environment 



(3) Information and Computing Technology 



(4) Manufacturing Systems and 



(5) Electronic Materials 



Biomedical Engineering 



The future of Biomedical Engineering will include the application of robotics to the 

 closed loop control of drug delivery, and to artifical organs and prosthetics. In this field 



