Congressional Visits Day 2008 (4-5 March)

U.S. IEEE members were invited to join with hundreds of other engineers and scientists in the 2008 Science, Engineering & Technology Congressional Visits Day, held on 4-5 March 2008, in Washington, D.C., to deliver the message that Federally funded research secures the nation's future.

SET CVD is an annual two-day event that brings scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, and technology executives to Washington to raise visibility and support for science, engineering, and technology. Uniquely multi-sector and multi-disciplinary, the SET CVD is coordinated by coalitions of companies, professional societies and educational institutions and it is open to all who believe that science and technology are the cornerstone of our Nation's future. The two-day event consists of a series of briefings and meetings highlighted with visits to your Congressional delegates.

SET CVD's objective is to raise awareness of the long-term importance of science, engineering and technology to the Nation through face-to-face meetings with Members of Congress, congressional staff, key Administration officials and other decision-makers.

The core messages we asked participants to deliver were: 

• Balanced federal investment in Science, Engineering and Technology is fundamental to the future of our Nation's prosperity.
• Science, Engineering and Technology partnerships between government, universities, and industries mean progress, economic growth and jobs for our Nation.

SET CVD is coordinated by the Science-Engineering-Technology Work Group, an information network comprised of representatives from professional, scientific, and engineering societies, higher education associations, institutions of higher learning, and trade associations who share a common concern about the future vitality of the U.S. science, mathematics, and engineering enterprise.

Participation by IEEE members is coordinated through IEEE-USA's Technology Policy Activities. Click here to view a schedule of events for CVD 2008.

Registration for CVD 2008 is now closed. For more information on CVD, contact Deborah Rudolph at d.rudolph@ieee.org.

• Official Congressional Visits Day Web page.
• IEEE-USA's Public Policy Agenda.
• IEEE-USA Position Statements and Policy Communications 
• IEEE-USA's Legislative Action Center
• The Engineers' Guide to Influencing Public Policy
• AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program
• 5th Annual Engineering R&D Symposium (8 May 2007)

All of these resources and more are available online in IEEE-USA's Public Policy Forum.

Updated:  04 August 2008
Contact: Debbie Rudolph, d.rudolph@ieee.org