Science and Tech Policy Events Next Week
A roundup of some of the science and technology policy events happening around Washington D.C. from Apr. 21 to Apr. 25.
Monday thru Wednesday
World Health Care Congress
World Congress
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel (registration required)
Monday
Innovation Nation: Collaboration and Competition in a Globalized World
AAAS Headquarters
4:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Integrating Energy Policy and Climate Policy
School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University
8:30 a.m. (registration required)
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
“The Future of the Internet”
253 Russell Senate Office Building
10:00 a.m.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection Subcommittee
“International Deforestation and Climate Change.”
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:30 a.m.
House Energy and Commerce Committee, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
“The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Foreign Drug Inspection Program: Weaknesses Place Americans at Risk.”
2123 Rayburn House Office Building
11:00 a.m.
Wednesday
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
“Domestic Abstinence-Only Programs: Assessing the Evidence.”
2154 Rayburn House Office Building
10:00 a.m.
House Science and Technology Committee
“Opportunities and Challenges for Nuclear Power.”
2318 Rayburn House Office Building
10:00 a.m.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee
“Electronic Communications Preservation Act.”
2154 Rayburn House Office Building
2:00 p.m.
A Sustainable Vision For Water in the Twenty-First Century
with Dr. Peter H. Gleick
National Academies Keck Center
4:00 p.m.
Thursday
House Armed Services Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee; House Science and Technology Research and Science Education Subcommittee
“Role of the Social and Behavioral Sciences in National Security.”
2118 Rayburn House Office Building
9:00 a.m.
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
“Restoring FDA’s (Food and Drug Administration) Ability to Keep America’s Families Safe.”
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
9:30 a.m.
House Energy and Commerce Committee, Health Subcommittee
“Food and Cosmetic Provisions of the ‘Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act’ Discussion Draft Legislation.”
2123 Rayburn House Office Building
10:00 a.m.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
“EPA’s (EPA) New Ozone Standards.”
2154 Rayburn House Office Building
10:00 a.m.
House Science and Technology Committee
Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee
“NASA’s (NASA) International Space Station Program: Status and Issues.”
2318 Rayburn House Office Building
10:30 a.m.
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
Science, Technology, and Innovation Subcommittee
“National Nanotechnology Initiative: Charting the Course for Reauthorization.”
253 Russell Senate Office Building
2:30 p.m.
Friday
Biofuels, Land Conversion & Climate Change
American Meteorological Society
Rayburn House Office Building Room 2325
12:00 p.m.
Simulation-Based Engineering and Science Workshop
National Science Foundation Room 4201
1:00 p.m. (free, registration required)
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