Location: Embassy of Republic of Indonesia
Description: IFE/INFO Public Policy Salon Style Roundtable

Featuring speaker Robert Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs.

Time: 6:30pm
Place: Embassy of Republic of Indonesia
2020 Massachusetts Ave NW, DC
(closest metro: Dupont Circle)

Contact: http://www.pingg.com/rsvp/ps32q3ngxkmxd67mm
Start Time: 18:30
Date: 2012-01-18
End Time: 20:00

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Location: Senate Russell 325
Description: Advanced Materials and U.S. Manufacturing Growth

Wednesday, December 7
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
325 Russell

Americans unknowingly reap the benefits of advanced materials every day. These materials spur health care solutions, telecom advancements and transportation and public safety improvements. They bolster high-tech innovation and enhance national security.

Manufacturers, in partnership with government and academia, have driven efforts to discover advanced materials and rapidly integrate them in their products and processes. This partnership has fostered manufacturing growth and job creation.

Just what are advanced materials, and how do they contribute to U.S. innovation and growth? Join us over lunch for a discussion with a diverse panel of experts on advanced materials and their importance to American competitiveness and jobs.

Opening Remarks
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Senator Mark Udall (D-CO)
Co-chairs, Senate Science & Technology Caucus
Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2011-12-07
End Time: 13:30

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Location: Cannon Caucus Room – Cannon 340
Description: APALA holds Congressional Briefing on Unemployment

This Wednesday, Nov. 16, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance will be hosting a congressional briefing on the APA workforce. The briefing will feature testimony from workers, guest speakership from Congressman Mike Honda and Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of CAPAC and Economic Development, in addition to other policy experts and leaders, and new data and findings on Asian American employment.

Please consider this invitation, as there is increasing importance and relevance to policy-making and the American Jobs Act. Your attendance and coverage of this event would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.
Start Time: 11:30
Date: 2011-11-16
End Time: 13:00

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Location: Dirksen 116 – Senate Office Building
Description: Panelists from National Geographic and the corporate members
of The Geo-Literacy Coalition will address the costs for
workforce preparedness and national security that are resulting
from the U.S.’s neglect of geographic education. Panelists will
also describe ongoing efforts to improve geography education
being funded by the private sector and the role that Federal
policy can play in making sure these efforts reach all children.

Wednesday, November 16th
12:30—2:00 PM
116 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Start Time: 12:30
Date: 2011-11-16
End Time: 14:00

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Location: Cannon 122 – House Office Building
Description: Some of the most exciting work in manufacturing today is in the field of domestic solar technologies that will help power our homes, businesses and manufacturing facilities. Despite recent headlines, many of these solar technologies are poised for widespread, commercial use and they are creating jobs and adding to economic growth today.

Dow has made a commitment to develop affordable solar innovations that achieve widespread commercial adoption, and is currently manufacturing products in the U.S. that will help make solar technology attractive and affordable to the public. The 2011-2012 product rollout plans include the states of: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas. We expect to create more than 1,200 U.S. manufacturing jobs by 2014 to support the production of our solar products, including our POWERHOUSE ™ Solar Shingle that we launched to the public earlier this month.

This briefing will provide an excellent opportunity to discuss trends in the solar industry and will include information on Dow’s success in commercializing affordable solar technologies. Pat Nugent, the director of new business development at Dow Solar Solutions, a unit of The Dow Chemical Company, will discuss and answer questions about the current landscape and future of solar technology.

To learn more about these trends within the industry and what it could mean for jobs and the economy, we invite you and your staff to join us at 10:00 am on Monday, November 7th in Cannon 122.

To RSVP or for more details on the briefing, please contact Michael Green at mgreen@golinharris.com or 703-741-7531.

Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2011-11-07

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Location: 2212 Rayburn
Description: The International Religious Freedom Caucus, of which Mr. Shuler is Co-Chairman, urges you to join them for a presentation and discussion next Monday, 31 October from 12:30-1:30pm in 2212 Rayburn. The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life will set the groundwork by discussing the release of their new report, “Rising Restrictions on Religion.” The report found that restrictions on religious beliefs and practices rose during 2006-2009 in 23 of the world’s 198 countries. Religious freedom restrictions affect more than 2.2 billion people, nearly a third of the world’s total population.

After the hearing about the current status of global religious freedom restrictions, we will then turn to a staff meeting led by Tina Ramirez at the Becket Fund. We will discuss the tools staff need to handle the rising persecution of religious minorities, and Tina will share her experiences as a congressional staffer who solely focused on religious freedom. With the rise in persecution of religious groups in the Arab Spring, our offices will only be engaging with these issues more in the coming months.

Tina offers a wealth of information and is an outstanding contact for religious freedom issues. More information about this briefing is below.

What: Briefing led by the Becket Fund and Pew Research Center
Objective: Discuss Pew’s recent religious freedom report and learn how to handle specific religious freedom issues / cases.

A religious freedom binder will be given to each attending staff member that gives necessary State Department, Hill, and NGO contacts and provides resources and background for religious freedom issues.

When: Monday, October 31st 12:30-1:30pm

Where: 2212 Rayburn
Start Time: 12:30
Date: 2011-10-31
End Time: 13:30

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Location: Rayburn 2325
Description: Join NASA Scientists for a briefing and Q&A on NASA’s next mission to Mars!

The Mars Science Laboratory mission is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. MSL’s Curiosity Rover will assess whether Mars ever was, or is still today, an environment able to support microbial life, in other words, its “habitability.”

To find out, Curiosity will carry the biggest, most advanced instruments for scientific studies ever sent to the martian surface. The rover’s onboard lab will study rocks, soils, and the geological setting in order to detect chemical building blocks of life (e.g. forms of carbon) on Mars and will assess what the martian surface was like in the past.

If you plan on attending, please RSVP to Ashley Davis at ashley.k.davis@nasa.gov.
Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2011-10-25
End Time: 13:00

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Location: 334 Cannon House Office Building
Description: Briefing on Thursday, October 27th, entitled “Returning Heroes: Chronic Disease and Overseas Deployment” co-sponsored by the Digestive Health Alliance, the American Thoracic Society, and the Friends of VA Medical Care and Health Research coalition (FOVA). The briefing will highlight some emerging and very troubling diseases being seen in returning servicemen and women, such as debilitating functional gastrointestinal disorders and severe respiratory disease. Please join us to learn how service in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq impacts the health of our returning veterans, the current state of the research, and what we can do to help improve their lives. The briefing will take place on from 12 noon-1 pm in 334 Cannon House Office Building. Lunch will be served.

Please RSVP to Lesia Griffin at Health and Medicine Counsel of Washington at griffin@hmcw.org or 202-544-7499. This is a widely attended event.

Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2011-10-27
End Time: 13:00

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Location: 430 First Street, SE, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20003
Description: Please join us for our first meeting of the fall. We will discuss the Transportation & Infrastructure Task Force’s planned activities for the year your ideas for future events. Amy Scarton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at DOT will join us for a discussion on the DOT’s policy priorities and her career path. New members and non-members are welcome! Please bring your lunch, but drinks and dessert will be provided.

Date: October 24, 2011
Event start time: 12:00 PM
Event end time: 1:00 PM
Location: American Trucking Associations
Address: 430 First Street, SE, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20003
Closest Metro: Capitol South

This event is complimentary and open to both WGR members & non-members. Registration is required.
Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2011-10-24

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Luncheon: Internet Competition-Clash of the Titans

Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room B340
Description: Internet Competition — Clash of the Titans
How the Internet spurs new unexpected competition and why policymakers must keep up

Please join us for a lively discussion of the policy implications of Internet Competition in the 21st Century. The discussion will focus on the exploding competitive Internet marketplace, the importance of setting the correct regulatory environment to foster economic growth and innovation, and the impact that pending regulatory efforts will have on job creation in the tech sector.

Panelists include:
Scott Cleland, Chairman, NetCompetition.org
Jeffrey Eisenach, Managing Director and Principal, Navigant Economics
Everett Ehrlich, President, ESC Company and former Undersecretary of Commerce under President Clinton

When: October 21st, 2011, NOON – 1:30pm
Where: B340 Rayburn House Office Building

Complimentary boxed lunches will be served
Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2011-10-21
End Time: 13:30

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