The twenty-year history of CCST's evolution and accomplishments has been outlined in a new
report, "A Voice for the Future: The First Two Decades of the California Council on Science and
Technology".
The report documents how the first Council meeting, held in 1989, drew considerable attention,
with the San Jose Mercury News describing CCST as "a high-powered effort to preserve and expand the
state's economic base by combining the resources of academia and industry." In the years since,
CCST has risen to the challenge of its original vision, issuing important reports on
transportation, energy research, science and mathematics education, nanotechnology, economic
development, and many other topics. Today, CCST has become the premier state-level science
and technology advisory organization and is a model looked to by other states nationwide.
The report is available for download as a PDF or can be read online in an HTML version (table of
contents is below). Hard
copies are available upon request from the Riverside office.
Preface
Creating a Stronger California
Formation and Early History
Advanced Science and Technology
Measures of Scientific Technological Strength
Economic Vitality
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education
The Next Two Decades
Acknowledgements