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National Academy of Engineering Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy
Joint Meeting of
Committee on Underrepresented Groups & the Expansion of the S&E Workforce Pipeline
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Committee on Capitalizing on the Diversity of the S&E Workforce in Industry
National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Board Room
Washington, DC
June 11, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Open Session: Joint Meeting of Committees
8:30 Welcome from the National Academies
Charles Vest, President, National Academy of Engineering
Freeman Hrabowski, Chair, Committee on Underrepresented Groups and the Expansion of the S&E Workforce Pipeline
Nicholas Donofrio, Co-Chair, Committee on Capitalizing on the Diversity of the S&E Workforce in Industry
9:00 Perspectives from the U.S. Congress
Representative Silvestre Reyes, United States of America House of Representatives
9:30 Review of study committee charges
Richard Bissell, Executive Director, Policy and Global Affairs, National Academies
10:00 Break
10:15 Perspectives of Constituent Groups
Shirley Malcom, Head, Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science [Presentation Link]
Edward M. Swallow, Chairman, National Security Science and Technology Workforce Division, National Defense Industrial Association [Presentation Link]
Jennifer McNelly, Vice President, National Center for the American Workforce, National Association of Manufacturers [Presentation Link].
12:00 Lunch Speaker
Irma Arispe, Assistant Director for Life Sciences, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy [Presentation Link]
1:00 Perspectives from Federal Agencies
Raynard Kington, Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health [Presentation Link]
Wanda Ward, Deputy Assistant Director, Education and Human Resources Directorate, National Science Foundation [Presentation Link]
William Valdez, Director of the Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists, U.S. Department of Energy [Presentation Link]
2:15 S&E Labor Markets and Diversity: An Economic Perspective
Sharon Levin, Research Professor of Economics, University of Missouri- St. Louis [Presentation Link]
Mark Regets, Senior Analyst, Division of Science Resources Statistics, National Science Foundation [Presentation Link]
3:15 Break
3:30 Joint Planning Session for Fall Convocation
4:30 Closing Remarks
Freeman Hrabowski, Chair, Committee on Underrepresented Groups and the Expansion of the S&E Workforce Pipeline
Nicholas Donofrio, Co-Chair, Committee on Capitalizing on the Diversity of the S&E Workforce in Industry
5:00 Adjourn 
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