Children Designing & Engineering

A Charge from Industry to Education.
In an amendment to the Children Designing and Engineering Project, the National Science Foundation awarded additional funds to sponsor a conference between corporate representatives and educators. The following is a summary of the conference and predicted outcomes.

January 20, 2000 — Inn at Lambertville Station, Lambertville NJ

Despite the winter weather, seventy individuals, representing business, industry and education, gathered for a dynamic discussion on the relationship of business and education. Presentations by top experts were followed by discussion groups analyzing the implications of the presented information on the future of education. The outcome of the two-day affair will be a scholarly paper, authored by experts in both business and education, presenting the path that business and education should follow in the 21st century.

The Presentations

	Looking at Learning in the 21st Century Through the Lens of Brain Research
	Kenneth Wesson Researcher on the Neuro-Biological Foundations of Cognition Office of the Chancellor San Jose/Evergreen Community College San Jose, CA

	Design & Technology and Workplace Transition
	Richard Kimbell Head of Technology Education Research Unit Goldsmith's College University of London London, UK

	Charge from Industry
	Mary O'Malley Vice President Prudential New Jersey Dana Egreczky Vice President of Education New Jersey Chamber of Commerce

	A Business Perspective
	Milton Goldberg Vice President National Alliance for Business Washington, DC