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23 September 2010 Briefing

High-Performance Computing

DATE: 23 September 12pm - 1:30pm
WHERE: Rayburn
Gold Room

Opening Remarks:
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.)
Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.)

Moderator:
TBA

Guest Speakers:
TBA

RSVP: TBA

SPONSORING SOCIETIES:
IEEE-USA

Future Congressional
Lunch Briefings

Energy Sciences

DATE: 7 October 12pm - 1:30pm
WHERE: Rayburn
Gold Room

Opening Remarks:
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.)
Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.)

Moderator:
TBA

Guest Speakers:
TBA

RSVP: TBA

SPONSORING SOCIETIES:
Energy Sciences Coalition

 

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TOPIC:  Forum on Innovation Technology, Lasers and Jobs

DATE: 28 April

PRESENTATIONS:

"Military Laser Applications" — Mike Rinn, Vice President and Program Director, Airborne Laser Test Bed, The Boeing Company 

 "Lasers in Medicine" — Dr. E. Duco Jansen, President, American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University

SPONSORING SOCIETY:
Task Force on American Innovation
 

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Welcome
 

Welcome to the home of the Advisory Committee for the Congressional Research and Development [R&D] Caucus.  The Advisory Committee is comprised of public interest and private sector organizations from the science, engineering, technology and educational sectors dedicated to informing Congress and the public on important national and global issues regarding research and development affecting the United States.  Through its participating organizations and this website, the Advisory Committee supports the Congressional R&D Caucus and its efforts. PDF-Icon Dear Colleague Letter
 

The Congressional R&D Caucus briefings highlight the importance of research and development, and illuminate the interdependency of research efforts across disciplines to our nation’s future. The Caucus informs Members of Congress and their staff about the various benefits of investment in research and development, including economic, educational, and innovative benefits.

In that vein, applicants for an R & D Caucus event are asked to consider the goal of informing Members of Congress and their staff of the benefits of R & D investment and to connect the briefing to the issues and policies that are currently being discussed on Capitol Hill. There are various web sites which can inform you on the issues before Congress, such as www.house.gov, or contact the government liaison or governmental affairs office of the sponsoring society for assistance. One of the most important aspects of a successful briefing is to have an engaging, informed speaker who creates an atmosphere of open exchange through their skilled public speaking.

Organizations interested in convening a congressional briefing for the Caucus should review the Congressional Briefing Guidelines and fill out the attached briefing application and send it to Kathryn Holmes at holmesk@asme.org.  The attached planning schedule is included to give your organization a timeline for scheduling events associated with your briefing.

If your organization is interested in participating on the R&D Caucus Advisory Committee, please contact Bill Williams (bill.williams@ieee.org)."
 

Benefits of Research and Development:

The National Academies' Beyond Discovery™: The Path from Research to Human Benefit is a series of articles that trace the origins of important recent technological and medical advances. Each story reveals the crucial role played by basic science, the applications of which could not have been anticipated at the time the original research was conducted.


The National Science Foundation's
Science and Engineering Indicators (SEI) is a volume of record comprising the major high quality quantitative data on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise.


The National Science Foundation's
Engineers Week 2006: NSF Research Highlights The NSF looks back on the breakthroughs and developments engineers delivered in 2005.

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