6/24 Seminar: High-Speed Passenger Rail Transportation
If you have an idea for a seminar, please contact the president.
High-Speed Passenger Rail Transportation Proposals
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. (Refreshments 5:40 p.m.)
Surface Transportation Board Hearing Room First floor, Patriots Plaza
395 E St., S.W., Washington, DC
(Metro: Federal Center SW-Orange/Blue and L’Enfant Plaza-Green/Yellow)
Panel:
Mark E. Yachmetz, Associate Administrator for Railroad Development, Federal Railroad Administration
Joyce Rose, Republican Staff Director for the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials
Light refreshments served. The seminar is free, but please E-mail Melvyn Sacks at MelSacks@cavtel.net for reservations.
6/18 Lunch: Bruce Parker of The National Solid Waste Management Association
If You Only Knew, What We Know About America’s Solid Waste Industry
5/21 Lunch: Phillip Swagel of Georgetown University
The Financial Crisis and the Policy Response
4/16 Lunch: John A. “Skip” Laitner of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technology Investments: An Economic Development Opportunity and the Climate Imperative
3/24 Seminar: Genesis of the Financial Meltdown
Panel:
Josh Bivens, Economist, Economic Policy Institute
Adam Posen, Deputy Director, Peterson Institute for International Economics
3/19 Lunch: Julia Lane of the National Science Foundation
Science of Science and Innovation Policy
2/19 Lunch: Richard Johnson of the Urban Institute
Employment Prospects for Aging Boomers
1/15 Lunch: Nancy Lutz of the National Science Foundation
How the National Science Foundation Funds Economic Research
10/28 Seminar: Debate between McCain and Obama Economic Policies
Panel:
Harry Holzer, Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Tim Kane, Senior Policy Advisor for John McCain 2008