Next Meeting
Date and Time
|
May 21, 2009 |
Location
| Multipurpose Room, Bldg 3, KLA-Tencor |
Title
|
Amplifying Our Voices. How engineers can influence politicians and why we would want to |
Speaker
|
Russell Harrison, Senior Legislative Representative - Grassroots Affairs |
Abstract
|
IEEE-USA's Senior
Legislative Representative for Grassroots
Activities, Russell Harrison, will be joining
our section to discuss IEEE-USA's public
policy program. This year Congress is unusually
focused on issues that affect engineers
and engineering. Issues including the smart
grid, alternative energy, intellectual
property, high-skill immigration, federally
funded R&D, health IT, K-12 STEM education
and nuclear power are all on Congress'
to-do list. Want to know what Congress
plans to do about them? Russ will explain
what Congress is trying to do, what IEEE-USA
is trying to do about what Congress is
trying to do, and what you can do about
both of them. Special attention will be
paid to Congress' views on reforming the
nation's skill-based immigration program,
and IEEE-USA's role. |
Biography
|
Russell is the Senior Legislative Representative for Grassroots Activities for IEEE-USA. He is responsible for helping IEEE members
in the U.S. interact with, and ultimately influence, elected officials. Russell’s areas of specialization include immigration, foreign trade and economics. |

