PUBLIC FORUM: OVERVIEW AND PANEL RESPONSES

The final day of the conference took place at the National Academy of Sciences and was open to the public. Key policy makers and organizational leaders were invited with the intent of informing those who could disseminate the idea of student and scientist partnerships widely and could encourage large numbers of scientists and educators to incorporate SSPs into their work. After welcoming remarks by Roger Bybee (NAS) and Margaret Cozzens (NSF), Daniel Barstow set the charge and introduced Shirley Malcom (AAAS), whose keynote address, which follows, challenges us to think in new ways. Several SSP projects were described, and three perspectives—those of a scientist, a student, and an educator—were shared by André Dhondt, Kimberly Telsch, and David Tucker, respectively. Robert Tinker summarized the central issues, questions, and recommendations (see Conference Overview and Recommendations) from the previous two days, and transcripted versions of the response of the six panel members conclude this section.