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Grand Challenges ... and What If?

Summary: 
This morning, OSTP Deputy Director for Policy Tom Kalil is giving remarks at the Grand Innovation Challenges of the 21st Century event in Washington, DC.

This morning, OSTP Deputy Director for Policy Tom Kalil is giving remarks at the Grand Innovation Challenges of the 21st Century event in Washington, DC.

Click here to watch the 9am-1030am ET webcast.

Click here to read Tom's prepared remarks and here for his presentation.

This July, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will convene a conference on Grand Challenges—ambitious goals on a national or global scale that capture the imagination and demand advances in innovation and breakthroughs in science and technology.  Grand Challenges are an important element of President Obama’s Strategy for American Innovation.