Policy Portal:

A Science & Tech Policy Series for Interns

 

Join other Washington interns and leading experts to discuss today’s top science and technology topics!

 

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Science, Technology, and

 

U.S. Innovation

 

COMPETITIVENESS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

 

Free pizza lunch will be served

Friday, July 18, 2008

12 noon- 1:15 p.m.

How will the increasing globalization of science and technology impact the job prospects for current science and engineering students? Are the U.S. government and private sector keeping pace in global research and development? What will be the ramifications be for jobs and the economy if the United States can’t compete?

Speaker:

Tom Arrison
Senior Program Officer
The National Academies