Twelfth Annual
Science-Engineering-Technology
Congressional Visits Day
May 1 & 2, 2007
Core Message
2007
Research and Development Pays Off.
ITEMS FROM 2007 CVD:
Speaker Biographies
Speaker Presentations:
State STEM Education Briefing Sheets (**
Note sheets are from 2006)
State R&D Briefing Sheets
Participant Briefing Document
Leave Behinds
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What is Congressional Visits Day (CVD)?
The CVD is a two-day annual event that brings scientists, engineers, researchers,
educators, and technology executives to Washington to raise visibility
and support for science, engineering, and technology. Uniquely multi-sector
and multi-disciplinary, the CVD is coordinated by coalitions of companies,
professional societies and educational institutions and it is open to all
people who believe that science and technology comprise the cornerstone
of our Nation's future.
Objective
.. . to underscore the long-term importance of science, engineering, and
technology to the Nation through meetings with congressional decisionmakers.
Participants
.. . . members of the Science-Engineering-Technology Working Group and other colleagues
in the science and technology enterprise.
Organizers
- The Science-Engineering-Technology Working
Group is an information network comprising professional, scientific, and
engineering societies, higher education associations, institutions of higher
learning, and trade associations. The Working Group is concerned about the
future vitality of the U.S. science, mathematics, and engineering enterprise.
Contacts: Debbie Rudolph (Phone 202-530-8332, Fax 202-785-0835, E-Mail d.rudolph@ieee.org)
and Bob Boege (Phone: 202-872-6160, E-Mail: rboege@adelphia.net
).
The George E. Brown, Jr. Award for Science-Engineering-Technology
Leadership
- Awarded annually by the SETWG to individuals who have met the following
criteria:
1. Active leadership in the determination of SET policy;
2. Strong public advocacy in support of a role for the federal government
in research;
3. Specific actions taken to advance SET public policy
- Past recipients
Congressman Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) receives the George E. Brown, Jr. Public Service Award from IEEE-USA President Gerry Alphonse at the 10th annual Science, Engineering and Technology Congressional Visits Day reception.
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Information on past Congressional Visits Days:
2006 | 2005 | 2004 |
2003 | 2002
| 2001 | 2000
| 1999 | 1998
Last Updated April 16, 2007.
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