| DATE |
EVENT/SPEAKER |
TOPIC |
| 01/10/07 |
2007 ComSci Orientation |
Orientation/Class Photos |
| 01/17/07 |
Guest speaker: Susan Driscoll - Firo - B
Interpretation / Class Photos - Individual and Group |
“Understanding Your Behavior and the Behaviors of Others” An interpretation of FIRO-B assessment tool and personalized reports |
| 01/24/07 |
Guest speaker: Joe Slye |
"Delivering a Great Presentation" |
| 01/31/07 |
Kick Off Luncheon
Butterfield 9
600 14th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Guest Speaker: Dr. Kent Hughes
Director, Science, Technology, America, and the Global Economy, the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars |
"ComSci and Competitiveness: Building Networks for Innovation" |
| 02/07/07 |
Guest Speaker:
Gregory Tassey
Senior Economist
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
"Technology-Based Economic Growth: The Policy Challenges" |
| 02/14/07 |
Snowed Out
Robert Cresanti, Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology
David Anderson, OMB Associate Director for Natural Resource Programs
Dr. John Haskell, The Government Affairs Institute ant Georgetown University |
Cresanti - "The Technology Administration
Anderson-"The President's Budget"
Haskell - "The Congressional Budget Process" |
| 2/15/2007 (Off-schedule opportunity) |
Guest Speakers: Mike Quear, Professional Staff, House Committee on Science and Technology |
Testimony House Science Committee
Rayburn Office Building |
| 02/21/07 |
President's Day-Federal Holiday Week-No Seminar |
| 02/28/07 |
FBI Lab at Quantico
Principal Guest Speaker: Mellissa Smrz
Deputy Asst. Director, Forensic Analysis |
Site Visit |
| 03/07/07 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Albert H. Teich
Director, Science & Policy Programs
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Special Luncheon Speaker:
Dr. George Atkinson
Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State |
Teich: "Trends and Issues in Federal S&T Policy: The View from AAAS."
Atkinson: "The Science and Technology Directions That Are of Importance to U.S. Foreign Policy" |
| 3/13/2007 (Off-schedule opportunity) |
Featured Speakers: Vice President Dick Cheney
Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez |
Baldrige National Quality Award Ceremony Andrew Mellon Auditorium |
| 03/14/07 |
Guest Speaker: Mark Boroush
Dept of Commerce, Technology Administration |
"Innovation and Technology Transfer" |
| 03/21/07 |
Site Visit/Tour: Carderock - Naval Surface Warfare Center
Principal Guest Speaker: Capt. Mark W. Thomas, Division Commander |
Site Visit |
| 03/28/07 |
Guest Speaker: Dan Byers
OSTP, Deputy Associate Director for Technology |
"Science Policy Issues and Priorities in the Bush Administration" |
| 04/04/07 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr.
Director, National Science Foundation |
"NSF: Building Science Networks" |
| 04/11/07 |
Site Visit: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Principal Guest Speaker: Dr. William Jeffrey, Director |
Site Visit |
| 04/18/07 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Ian Noble
Sr. Climate Change Specialist
The World Bank |
"Climate Change: A Shifting Challenge to Science" |
| 04/25/07 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Starnes Walker
Director of Research
Science and Technology Directorate
Department of Homeland Security |
"DHS Science and Technology: Enabling Technology to Protect the Nation" |
| 05/02/07 |
AAAS Policy Forum - Ronald Reagan Intl. Trade Ctr. |
| 05/03/07 |
AAAS Policy Forum - Ronald Reagan Intl. Trade Ctr. |
| 05/04/07 |
AAAS Policy - Forum Ronald Reagan Intl. Trade Ctr. |
| 05/09/07 |
Site Visit: National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Camp Springs, MD
Principal Guest Speaker: Dr. Louis W. Uccellini |
Site Visit |
| 05/16/07 |
Guest Speaker: I.M. (Mac) Destler, Professor, School of Public Policy
University of Maryland and Visiting Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics |
"Channeling Truth to Power: A Problem in US Foreign Policy" |
| 05/23/07 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Ray Orbach
Director, Office of Science
Department of Energy |
"Transformational Science for Energy and the Environment" |
| 05/30/07 |
Memorial Day-Federal Holiday Week-No Seminar |
| 06/06/07 |
Site Visit/Tour: NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center
Principal Guest Speaker: Rick Obenschain, Director, Flight Projects Directorate |
Site Visit |
| 06/13/07 |
Guest Speaker: Anne Kelly
Executive Director, Federal Consulting Group |
"Leadership Through Grass Roots Innovation" |
| 6/18 - 6/22/2007 |
Capitol Hill Week (June 18-22, 2007)
See Separate Schedule for Details |
| 06/27/07 |
Guest Speaker: Irene Kariampuzha
Program Examiner
Science and Space Programs
Office of Management and Budget |
"The Path to a Budget" |
| 07/04/07 |
July 4 -Federal Holiday Week-No Seminar |
| 07/11/07 |
Site Visit: NTSB Training Center, Ashburn, VA
Principal Guest Speaker: Dr. Joe Kolly, Deputy Director, Office of Research and Engineering |
Site Visit |
| 07/18/07 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Daniel Davis
Executive Director, President's Council on Bioethics |
"Biomedicine, Biotechnology, and Bioethics: Their Significance for Our Shared Humanity" |
| 07/25/07 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Freeman Hrabowski
President, UMBC |
"Education Policy for the 21st Century: Preparing America for Global Competitiveness in Science and Technology" |
| 7/30-8/3/2007 |
Policy Study Field Trip (July 29 - Aug 3, 2007)
See Separate Schedule for Details |
| 08/08/07 |
Site Visit/Tour - Capitol Visitors' Center and the US Capitol
Principal Guest Speaker: Tom Fontana, Architect of the Capitol (office) |
Site Visit
Lunch in Dirksen Cafeteria |
| 08/15/07 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. George M. Gray, Asst. Administrator Office of Research and Development, EPA |
“Office of Research and Development (ORD) 101” |
| 08/22/07 |
Guest Speaker: Paul Salmon
Acting Deputy Director
Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement (OIPPEP)
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
"Overview of the Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement (OIPPEP), USPTO" |
| 08/29/07 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Laurent Bochereau, Counselor, Head, Science, Technology & Education Section, Delegation of the European Commission to the USA
Afternoon Tour
U.S. Supreme Court tour, followed by meeting with William K. Suter, Clerk of the Court |
"EU Research and Innovation Policies" |
| 09/05/07 |
Labor Day-Federal Holiday Week-No Seminar |
| 09/12/07 |
Site Visit: NIH
Principal Guest Speaker: Dr. Michael Gottesman, Deputy Director for Intramural Research |
Site Visit |
| 09/19/07 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Kathy Hudson
Director, Genetics and Public Policy Center |
“Public Policy Challenges in Genetics” |
| 09/26/07 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach
Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
"The FDA" |
| 10/03/07 |
Guest Speaker: David Rejeski
Director, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars |
“Nanotechnology: Small Stuff, Big Implications” |
| 10/10/07 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Steven F. Hayward
F.K. Weyerhauser Fellow, American Enterprise
Institute for Public Policy Research |
"The Apocalypse is Cancelled Until Further Notice: Why Environmental Progress Will Be the Story of the 21st Century" |
| 10/17/07 |
Final Program Evaluations and Discussion |
| 10/24/07 |
ComSci Graduation
Old Ebbitt Grill
675 15th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
Guest Speaker: Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th/NJ ) |
ComSci Graduation |
