my name is jonathan margolis and i do work at the department of state as the deputy the deputy assistant secretary for science, space and health. it's my pleasure to be here today at the brookings institution and i would like to thank brookings for putting together this distinguished panel to talk to us today about autonomous vehicles. let me also thank my colleagues from the embassy pf germany here in washington for their work in bringing together the panelists today. the topic for today is one that is near and dear to the obama administration. i think most of you know that they placed a critical role on science technology and innovation. it underpins many societal goals whether security, economic goals, environmental, health, its epicenter of them. and today science is global. many countries around the world are increasing their investments anticipate that's true in oecd countries. and the countries with aspirations to develop further further and bolder economies and in the united states we are facing a situation where we have to start thinking about how scientists can engage not only

jonathan margolis. as a member of the service, dr. margolis oversees policy programs in the areas of international science technology, international health and b.io defense and space and advanced technologies. he also conducted courses at the university of maryland, american university and at the foreign service institute on these areas. dr. margolis began his career at the department of state as an american association for the advancement of science policy fellow and has worked in numerous bureaus and divisions at the intersections of science and diplomacy. with that i will turn the floor over to dr. margolis. >> good morning, everyone. my name is jonathan margolis and i do work at the department of states a the deputy assistant secretary of state for science, space, and health. it's my pleasure to be here today at the brookings institution and i would like to thank brookings for putting together this distinguished panel to talk to us today about autonomous vehicles. let me also thank my colleagues from the embassy of germany here in

introduce you to the the deputy assistant secretary of state for science space and health, doctor jonathan margolis. as a member of the service doctor margolis oversees policy programs in the areas of international science technology international health and body of defense and space and advanced technology and also conducted courses at the university of maryland, american university and the foreign service institute on these areas. doctor margolis began his career as anti-american association of incident of science policy fellow and worked in the numerous bureaus in the positions of the intersection of science and diplomacy and with that i will turn the floor over to doctor margolis. >> good morning everyone. my name is jonathan margolis and i do work at the department of state is the deputy the deputy assistant secretary for science space and health. it's my pleasure to be here today at the brookings institution and i would like to thank brookings for putting together this distinguished panel to talk to us today about autonomous vehicles. let me also thank my colleagues from the embassy in washin