[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we ar still dash is a great pleasure to welcome new tubalcain this and the codirector for the center 21st century security and intelligence with my fellow director we welcome you warmly to the institution. It has ben the college to the underlying want term American National power is prosperity with the Education System where young individuals can excel in science and Technology Engineering and math. But as noted by scholars here at the brookings, a stem intensive industries provided 7 trillion in added value so it is about 17 of gdp is the principal driver with growth and exports for renewals it will d only increase for the 21st century and given the reality of global and connectivity the promotion of the stem related skills are not recognized and that key point that Influential Group from the policy arena. Unds this underscores the urgency according to the u. S. Department of education United States is falling behind internationally indus 22nd in science with industrialized nations. It is proficient in math pursuing stem careers. Free wished to preserve the United States as a focal point of innovation of technological achievement, such trendsivers must me reversed quickly. With the increased to develop initiatives for the future inventors but technologists were never more apparent. But to examine our educators and policymakers can better promote step in the workforce and get a better understanding where it could be implemented. Nd also what is currently being and with the case to trial education and are there other initiatives in place to reassure those who graduate with degrees are equipped with the appropriate employment skills necessary to lead to successful careers. We are joined to have two distinguished guests to help us understand to providee important insights i will give a of a brief intro and by their key to the future of the United States to provide introductory ricksem been a discussion and then go touche q a. Were on the record we do welcome cspan. Nto the and now to the biographies of our participants. Charles bolden nominated by president toboggan and confirmed from nasa and began his duties july 17th 2009 you need take nationwide nasa team to advance mission in dingells to the Space Program as an administrator he has overseen safe transitions to a new era of exploration to the International Space station and led the agency of the orion spacecraft but also support the mars mission it has established to develop cutting Edge Technologies and his 34 year career in the record of 14ol years as a member of the Nasa Astronaut Office and then would travel into orbit for times and piloted two of them and also with the Hubble Space Telescope in the first joint russian u. S. Flight that included a member of his true that is a cosmonaut. For inspiration and recognition of science and technology d is an advocate for science and technology and first to be intertwinedchnoy with the practical use driven by his special determination by so doing to change the culture of the United States. S. He holds more than 440 patents many of medicalde devices expanding Health Care World wide as aneg undergraduate he invented the wearable pomp beguine exceptions for chemotherapy neonatology and dendrochronology. In 1976 he founded his first auto medical device corporation. Nded the later he developed internally generated inventions to provide research for Major Corporate clients when of his proudest accomplishments is the founding of first dedicated to motivating the next generation to understand use and enjoy science and technology. Dawson of knowledge we had a young group of scholars here better fellow executiveho fellows but i believe one is joining us it is a young marine corps not in the presence just of two great marines but Fighter Pilots in for us to be in their presence as well. And i also mentioned and never missed the opportunity to do preparations i looked up at the television there was neil tyson in administering bolton and the nature of the technology that included with me to produce a flying car. I never miss the opportunity and amazingly you could speak turkish the was on the wrong channel. [laughter] so we will have opening remarks i will invite the into show is a video. It would take me away lager to explain first then the official video it is their rated by Morgan Freeman and with the world of super athletes i said will you help us . So we put together a short introduction. He did this for five years ago now we have 46,00046 schools but you need to understand i am an inventor reluctant the same problemsth as everybody else and 25 years ago when it was still urgent in the industrialized at world we always talked about there is a crisis in education i said no. Not even those years we have Great Schools and in great universities so whats the problem . And very small group cares about that in a free country like america we celebrate to obsession the road a sports c in the world of entertainment so 25 years ago is said that is what inspires kids to spend their time and energy to become although probably not wisely so i will use that model instead teach them how to bounce a ball but give them the skills to createo industries if we celebrate science and Technology Even women and minorities that are not even present so i called on industry to helpsnt e me you cannot leave the gym teacher or the schools if you put it in the curriculum and then they do it thenen they will spend three hours after school militants and nights and weekends so we have great athletes but not great cricket players that is like education. So i need the of the brawn james of science and technology ahead 23 companies but by the way where do find superstars . You find them at nasa. As went from 23 teams have 46 as of last year the largest Single Source of first teams around the country it was with their association with assets but to prove it is impact fall on all kids in a luxury the twominute 542nd video listen to god. This is the super bowl, this super bowl of smarts and competition of kids having fun and working together to build robots. Dash using power tools. And becoming a next generation of engineers and innovators. For inspiration and recognition of science and Technology One of the greatest influences on myfe. Life these mentors got me toil a understand i could do anything upon my mind to. Their changing kids liveser every day professionally engineers and teachers and parents teaming up not just to build robots it wasta founded by weber greatest inventors dean kamen they said if you have a culturerts thats inspired these kids to be thinkers as a way Shaquille Oneal inspires dozens of hours a week with the ball with athletes and entertainers as role models but here we lead by example to show how cool science can be. To a deputy thousand cages kids between six and age 18 with lego the in the first tech challenge at the highschool level the first robotics competition to appeal the difference between the sport and otherskidr is that every kid there has a job up there for every one of these kids. O to there twice as likely to major in science or engineering. Wont and they will not go back. No doubt first. 10 or 20 years today they will cure alzheimers or aids with an engine that does not pollute. They are the future. I feel i can do anything i want to do. Someone took the time to guide and inspire them. Take some time. [applause] and dont want you to miss that this morning but how do we get there . And it is critically important in the few go to the Johnson Space center with the engineers in robotics lab and to be participants in the First Program. I trying to inspire the youthhe of today with the milliondollar budgets today. Every single thing we do trying to get young people interested. We extended it to be esteemed and hopefully we have an opportunity because there is a new community of people of young men andn incred women with that ability to visualize and i am privileged to have the indian the young man who we shadowing the today from Cleveland Ohio and a graduate of historically black colleges and said he always wanted to build things and make things. And never give upper on his desire. S a whit sitting next to him as a white house fellow and went to spellman. With a coast guard recruiter so science and technology but is the one thing i want to save there. Tour events the nations stem program to put yourself in this situation to compete anywhere. And with 21st century with the department of agriculture the things of that partnership former assistant secretary of their curve culture to come back from the International Space station. And then in preparation to go to mars. The priority lies with women and minorities women are greater than 50 percent of the population. Ot you cannot read that portion behind. Tter fro i will share in a letter from a principal who had some engineers come out of the southern part of West Virginia with the independent verification i just want to let you know, how much it meant to thet children for free and reduced lunch. Said the community is riddled with drugs someone who can help change though world. They want to know if there ever come back again. They went to live with the big smile put this on the calendar in the commitment to the children it is not monolithic. E other not only with the science and technology but those are willing to read gauge the state to of the art you can build a little thing is like to read the printers on the International Space station. Rit. We want to talk about itthat i today it is just as important to have a young student and then we will have achieved our goal. Then youll have a conversation appear so we have used the term stem but lets talk about these components are any more important than the editors or more investment . Site being relayed the good groundwork with your opening remarks. With that definitional approach. As a fake education the first in the last betake a science class every yearl take that meet, all take math. With algebra and trigonometry. But it was always there. There wasnt a lot of pashtuns around that. In life for what trigonometry would help them. There is no place bases value. But technology is cool. Every kid that says they hate to engineering so to meet what industry got to bring to our culture so they would not bounce a ball. And with that science park. Y the to ask for the rules theman the skills. In to take the position for the willingness to follow and so the relevant people to bring into a real environment. And when they show up to school to realize that motor control because i forgot to multiplied. And it turns out for better or worse science and math were abstract and it would be as rewarding as any other thing that they do. Because kids cannot do a. Reno where we want to go. t capb we dont have the technology. To be competent in science m and math for those technologies that we know is missing. They have to have water and food to survive. Suddenly used hydrogen and oxygen so we did not worry. So instead we is the son to produce electricity. And it was very costly. And then to put into a water recyfication system. And it makes no difference. Owing regrow lettuce and tomatoes. But we are on the way. And that had the clean Drinking Water flows the f dire from water board packages. And not just african and south america and because the kids are dying without clean treating water. Into the technology field. Are we satisfied the ways data is presented in the educational and institutions around the country . If not how might be changed . And then the love of my life. Not hav because that is what i bephasize. In the baby girl is an artist to create incredible art. Is to expose them in to clear the robot or create asc dialogue you can call them that there about this size take the memory card and the camera. And then they have built a satellite. And with that informale. Curriculum. They are there to supply a to fix the supply side of the equation. When i was a kid what was created in the culture i remember when sputnik went up. We were unrivaled and everything was good. To make the world a better place. And suddenly sputnik went up and then for that generation s of americans are very competitive. C we are very happy. So i think sputnik only one that one. And ned to take advantage of them. Because we have superheros everywhere else. China has 4,001st teams. I came back from a trip from beijing last year at the National Academy of engineers when i told that to people they said i was the trader but theyre missing the creativity part in the Chinese Government knows that. If you were worried about competing in to all be competitive to have a reall hands on pashtuns of technology into the school and it is working by the way first will also be a tool of International Diplomacy just like the olympics when they were started in switzerland once we have a platform to compete about something in a positive way welland has been 120 years but if we now have a single language of mathematics in 86 countries competing we had a couple weekends ago st. Louis at our championship for the First Time Ever getting though world kids to understand and those that separate each other the with the cultural issues to collectively be on the same team with the same challenges of Global Warming with health care we could have a generation of kids worldwide in bb break the cycle of that the world will face with 9 billion people. And a worldclassg technologies. Just to follow up by your comments were no developing society will ever achieve its potential into theha mainstream how can we incentivize the environment to empower them . We wont survive if you leave the population behind. Half the best thing is to have concrete examples of class of 2013 we selected eight out of 6800 they have already become superstars now for more women who can talk about how they became astronauts. And working with the emperor penguins with the u. S. Womens rugby team with the helicopter pilots in the f18 Fighter Pilots and a Soccer Player at the naval academy. Sports is good and important. Ben is a vehicle to build teamwork with first to build teams a winning team in st. Louis my team consists of three teams i picked two teams to go along with me. So you need more than just science and math. More than if we look at the others and say we did this incredibly well. They dont want to have their robots break down and goes to say they have been turned around to be an artist because i am looking at my press secretary who was just texting away and we did not know about that. Ween you talk about the artsts it is absolutely critical you have to know how to use social media. Ocial i dont do twitter or facebook or in any of that i have sharp people if you want to get your story out Morgan Freeman case think of anyone more powerful . Ely that is not a mathematicianengie to take his godgiven ability and apply it so that is why we believe it is very important. I am happy to tell you and after 26 years that number keeps inching up in addition be 50 . Inc look at what were trying to do here. How many are practicingte engineers . Of a but to get up that 50 percent to look at the program has a value to women and minorities because i believe it is a social issueinot that group of people is far more distracted from the real world than the kids that grow up in the environment so the people who grow up to see the culture of orange espn even though we try to get everybody into first with the minorities start to see kids having fun in the same type of sporting and firemen. Im using that as of model it is the highest form of flattery i love sports to have a baseball field in my backyard i have tennis courts. But in the end it is really good day and teach kids to work so in the classroom why is it called teeeight . Cheating . [laughter] say you cannot underestimate it. First is the oldest sport except again she passion to develop those skills sets right here in this country. Are we satisfied where american industry or companies with as sufficient investment with the systems of education . He gov what to advise would we give them or ask them how we go about that process to incentivize industry . Nasa is introducing the 2017 budget for the president for the first time in decades if we get the budget if we dont the we dont build that every kid knows about the nbc is the predecessor of the air force base in to break the sound barrier and the predecessor of the Space Shuttle in the experimental vehicles today believe her not they were excited with the significant increase of aeronauticsthe counr because that is what they want to do is design and build that all want to work on the production line. But dean in vince i dont use the term kids but people love to work for dean because they are building and designing and creating that is what we should be doing. Because the stock of we have abandoned research and development is restarted the job to develop technology we cannot do based on what we have today. But we want to get to mars t with the people coming out of the schools and colleges wanting to design neww technology. You ask if we are investing. Im not an economist but it is pretty clear at least to make sure how you invest with many hundreds of billions of dollars per capita is well known Something Like 18 or 19,000. Then retake up a highet percentage that dont go to school in you pointed out wepe are number 29. You can never spend enough money into shouldnt waste money on things that dont but i am concerned about that. The entire cost to have a first team you cann