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HOW SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND 

 PRODUCT USERS, PARTICULARLY INDUSTRY, CAN HELP DEFINE THE 

 NATIONAL RESEARCH AGENDA IN OCEANOGRAPHY 



I believe that the nation's oceanographic research and educational 

 institutions have, in collaboration v^^ith NSF, niission agencies and the private 

 sector, developed an important new mechanism to define the national research 

 agenda in oceanography and marine-related science. We have developed the 

 Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE), of which I 

 know that you are aware. I served as President of the Joint Oceanographic 

 Institutions during the formation of this new group. We have worked with the 

 agencies, private business and with Congress to develop mechanisms by which 

 we can engage in a dialogue about the National research agenda. We believe that 

 this new mechanism substantially enhances those which have been present 

 before. 



The National Science Foundation and several of the marine and 

 environmental mission agencies have provided many opportunities for 

 researchers and educators to come together to identify appropriate national 

 research goals in oceanography and programs to reach those goals. The private 

 sector has rarely been a part of those discussions, but needs to be in the future. I 

 believe that the goals of CORE provide opportunities in which this can take 

 place. It is essentia! that the private businesses and corporations assist us by 

 providing a perspective and where the US marine industry should be in the 

 future. How the industry intends to achieve such goals and how Universities can 

 assist such goals through their research. In other industries such links are close 

 and Universities are very aware of the economic opportunities for the industry ~ 

 think of the agricultiu-al industry or the pharmaceutical industry. No such 

 approach has been identified in oceanography and marine-related fields, but is 

 necessary. 



Such agenda-setting discussions rarely come as a the result of a single 

 government-sponsored conference or workshop, but through the active 

 participation of the business community in the professional life of the field and 

 through the active involvem.ent of academe and federal agencies in consulting 

 with business. This has not been a hallmark of our field, but must become one. 

 Some professional organizations, like The Oceanography Society, of whichi I am 

 the president, seek to ensure the broad participation of the business community 

 in our profession, We welcome the opport\jnity to work with federal agencies 

 and the Department of Defense in making this happen. 



THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CAN 

 CONTRIBUTE TO OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY NON- 

 DEFENSE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS THROUGH DUAL-USE 

 TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT 



