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Understanding
President Bush’s FY2009 Budget Request for
Biodefense
When: Thursday, 12 June, 2008
Time: 12 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Where: 2325 Rayburn House Office Building
Featured
Speaker:
Alan Pearson,
Ph.D.,
Center for Arms Control and NonProliferation -
FY 2009 Budget Analysis
Roundtable Panelists:
Brad Smith, Ph.D.,
Center for Biosecurity of UPMC -
Medical
Countermeasures
Georges Benjamin, M.D.,American
Public Health Association - Public Health
Preparedness Infectious Disease Surveillance
Eric Toner, M.D.,
Center for Biosecurity of UPMC - 2001 Anthrax
Letters: Lessons Learned
James Roth, D.V.M.,
Ph.D., Iowa State University -
Agriculture and Food Defense
Gerald Epstein, Ph.D.,
Center for Strategic and International Studies -
Prevention Strategies
Opening Remarks:
Representative
Holt (NJ)
Representative Judy Biggert (IL)
Co-Chairs,
Congressional Research & Development Caucus
Research Parks:
Creating Communities of
Innovation
Dear Colleague Letter
When: Thursday, 22 May, 2008
Time: 12 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Where: B340 Rayburn House Office Building
Speakers:
Brian Darmody, Associate Vice President,
Research and Economic Development, University of
Maryland
Bill Dean, Director, Piedmont Triad
Research Park, Wake Forest University
Opening Remarks:
Representative
Holt (NJ)
Representative Judy Biggert (IL)
Co-Chairs,
Congressional Research & Development Caucus
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Coal to Liquid
When: Thursday, 24 April, 2008
Time: 12 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Where: 2168 Rayburn House Office Building (Gold
Room)
Speakers:
Qingyun Sun Ph.D., Associate Director, US-China
Energy Center, West Virginia University,
"Coal-to-Liquid Development in China"
C.
Lowell Miller, Director Office of Sequestration,
Hydrogen, and Clean Coal Fuels, Office of Fossil
Energy
U.S. Department of Energy,
"Coal Conversion Technology."
Opening Remarks:
Representative
Holt (NJ)
Representative Judy Biggert (IL)
Co-Chairs,
Congressional Research & Development Caucus
Sponsoring Organization:
United
Engineering Foundation
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Fostering Innovation:
Key to U.S. Competitiveness in the Global
Economy
When: Thursday, 3 April, 2008
Time: 12 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Where: B340 Rayburn House Office Building
Welcome & Special Remarks:
Sam Y.
Zamrik,
Ph.D.
President, ASME
Moderator:
John W.
Ahlen, Ph.D.,
President,
Arkansas Science & Technology Authority
Speakers:
Carla
O'Dell, Ph.D.,
President,
ACPQ
Fostering Innovation: Measuring What Matters
George
Pohle,
Vice
President and Global Leader, IBM Business
Strategy Consulting Practice Innovating
on Your Own Terms
Opening Remarks:
Representative
Holt (NJ)
Representative Judy Biggert (IL)
Co-Chairs,
Congressional Research & Development Caucus
Sponsoring Organization:
American Society
of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
APQC
IBM
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New Nuclear Technology
When: Jan 17, 2008
Time: 12 Noon - 1:00
Where: 2168 Rayburn House Office Building (the
Gold Room)
Welcome:
John Meredith, 2007 President, IEEE-USA
Speakers:
John Goossen, Director, Science and Technology
Department, Westinghouse Electric Company:
"New Nuclear Technology"
Bryan Erler, Vice Chair and Chairman-elect of
ASME Board on Nuclear Codes and Standards,
President of Erler Engineering:
"New Nuclear Codes and Standards"
Opening Remarks:
Representative
Holt (NJ)
Representative Judy Biggert (IL)
Co-Chairs,
Congressional Research & Development Caucus
Sponsoring Organization:
IEEE-USA
ASME
ANS
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Sputnik in the YouTube Age
When: Nov. 8, 2007
Time: 12 Noon - 1:30
Where: B339 Rayburn House Office Building
Welcome:
John Palafoutas:
Co-Chair, Task Force for the Future of American
Innovation and
Senior VP for Congressional Affairs, American
Electronics Association
Speakers:
Mae C. Jemison, M.D.
President, BioSentient Corporation; Founder,
International Science Camp:
The Earth We Share (TM); Chairman (TX) Product
Development and Small Business Incubator
Committee "S.E.E.ing The Future: Science,
Engineering and Education"
Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D. Vice Chairman,
National Science Board; Director, Battelle
Center for Mathematics and Science Education
Policy, John Glenn School of Public Affairs,
Ohio State University "American Math and
Science Education: Fifty Years Later"
Adan Vielma, Junior, Major in
Communications, Lewis and Clark College, Oregon
"Screening of YouTube Innovation Video
Contest Winner"
Opening Remarks:
Representative
Holt (NJ)
Representative Judy Biggert (IL)
Co-Chairs,
Congressional Research & Development Caucus
Sponsoring Organization:
Task Force on the Future of American Innovation
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Green Gasoline: an Alternative Alternate Fuel
When: Oct. 4, 2007
Time: 12 Noon - 1:30
Where: 2325 Rayburn House Office Building
Moderator:
Dale Keairns, Ph.D.,
AIChE President-Elect
Lisa
L. Myers, Ph.D.,
Director of Biofuels Research & Develoment,
ConocoPhillips
John Regalbuto, Ph.D.,
Director of the
Catalysis and BioCatalysis Program, Directorate
for Engineering, National Science Foundation
Randy
D. Cortright, Ph.D., Chief Technology
Officer, Co-Founder and Executive Vice
President, Virent Energy Systems, Inc.
Opening Remarks:
Representative
Holt (NJ)
Representative Judy Biggert (IL)
Co-Chairs,
Congressional Research & Development Caucus
Sponsoring Organization:
United
Engineering Foundation
AIChE
ASCE
AIME
ASME
IEEE-USA
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July 12, 2007
The Future of Biofuels: An International
Perspective
Opening Remarks:
Representative
Holt (NJ)
Representative Judy Biggert (IL)
Co-Chairs,
Congressional Research & Development Caucus
Moderator:
Donna J. Michalek, Ph.D.
ASME Board on Government Relations
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Mauricio Tolmasquim
President, Energy Research Company Brasilia,
Brazil,
"THE FUTURE OF BIOFUELS:
AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE"
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May 9, 2007:
Harvesting
Ocean Power: An International Perspective
Featured
Speaker:
Max Carcus,
Business Development Manager Ocean Power
Delivery Edinburgh, Scotland
Welcome:
Terry E. Shoup, Ph.D.
ASME President
Moderator:
Thomas
Libertiny
ASME Board on Government Relations
Closing Remarks:
Thomas
Libertiny
ASME Board on Government
Relations
Opening Remarks:
Representative
Holt (NJ)
Representative Judy Biggert (IL)
Sponsored by the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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April 24, 2007:
Science,
Innovation and the FY 2008 R&D Budget
Featured
Speaker:
Speaker: Kei Koizumi, AAAS Director,
R&D Budget & Policy Program
American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS
April 17, 2007:
The
Importance of Basic Research in Innovation,
Economic Competitiveness and National Security
Featured
Speakers:
Doug Comer,
Chair, Taskforce for the Future of American
Innovation and Director of Legal Affairs and
Technology Policy, Intel Corporation --
Measuring the Moment: Innovation, National
Security, and Economic Competitiveness (Part
I)
C. Dan Mote,
Ph.D., President, University of Maryland and
Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of
Engineering
--
Measuring
the Moment: Innovation, National Security, and
Economic Competitiveness (Part II)
Amy Burke,
Director, Government Relations, Texas
Instruments --
"The
Importance of Federal Investment in Research &
Development: An Industry Perspective"
February 13, 2007: "Using
Spaceborne Radar to Understand Our Changing
Earth"
Featured
Speaker:
Dr.
Jean-Bernard Minster Professor of
Geophysics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
UCSD
Dr. Paul Rosen
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California
Institute of Technology
Welcome
Moderator:
Dr. Martin Sokoloski
IEEE-USA
R&D
Caucus Co-Chairs
The
Honorable Judy Biggert (R-IL)
The
Honorable Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Sponsored by
AGU
IEEE-USA
July 12, 2006: "Science
and Technology Policy in Japan and JST
Activities"
Featured
Speaker:
Dr.
Yukio Sato,
Advisor to and Former Executive
Director of Japan Science and Technology Agency
(JST)
Welcome
Moderator:
Susan H. Skemp,
Executive Vice President, Civil Engineering
Forum for Innovation
American Society of Civil Engineers
R&D
Caucus Co-Chairs
The
Honorable Judy Biggert (R-IL)
The
Honorable Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Sponsored by
United
Engineering Foundation
American
Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASCE
American
Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
American
Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum
Engineers (AIME)
IEEE-USA
May 9, 2006: "The Quantum Universe: The
Revolution in 21st Century Particle Physics"
Featured
Speaker:
Dr.
Brian Greene, Physicist, Author and Host of
the Hit PBS Miniseries The Elegant Universe
May 3, 2006: "Bioceramics: Where Engineering and
Health Sciences Meet to Repair the Human Body"
Welcome:
Dr. Aris Christou, President, Federation of
Materials Societies
Featured
Speakers:
Dr.
Delbert Day, Curators' Professor of Ceramic
Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla
Creating Health & Wealth from University
Research on Bioceramics
Dr.
Erik Erbe, Chief Science Officer, Orthovita
Inc., Malvern, PA
Applications of Novel Ceramic Materials in
Modern Orthopaedics
Dr. Michael Hawkins, Vice President,
Warsaw Research, Zimmer Corp. Warsaw, IN
Ceramics, Clinical Applications and the Future
April 6, 2006: "Changes in Global Science,
Engineering and Technology Competition: Findings
from the National Science Board Report,
Science & Engineering Indicators 2006."
Welcome
MARC GOLDSMITH
Vice President, ASME Center for Public
Awareness
Speakers
Dr. Steven Beering, Ph.D.
Member, National Science Board, President
Emeritus, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
India
Jo Anne
Vasquez, Ph.D.,
Member, National Science Board, and Past
President, National Science Teachers Association
Sponsored by
United
Engineering Foundation
ASME
AAAS
IEEE-USA
National
Science Teachers Association (NTSA
American
Chemical Society
Johns
Hopkins University, Center for Educational
Outreach
National
Center for Technological Literacy
Society
of Women Engineers
Triangle
Coalition for Science and Technology Education |
