Science and Tech Policy Events This Week

A roundup of some of the science and technology policy events happening around Washington D.C. from Jan. 28 to Feb. 1.

Tuesday

House Energy and Commerce Committee
Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee hearing on “Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) Services in the Digital TV Age.”
2322 Rayburn House Office Building
1:00 pm

Biodiversity Under Threat: Implications for Pharmaceuticals
Swedish Institute, NSF, AAAS
House of Sweden
6:30 to 8:30 pm

Wednesday

Doha’s Death Knell, U.S. Agricultural Policy, and the Future of Free Trade
American Enterprise Institute
Wohlstetter Conference Center
9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
“Examining Threats and Protections for the Polar Bear”
406 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 am

Global Space Agenda: Transforming India’s Space Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies
11:00 am

Thursday

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Regulations: Full committee hearing on S.2323, the “Carbon Capture and Storage Technology Act of 2007″ and S.2144, the “Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Study Act of 2007.”
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 am

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Full committee hearing on the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission report
406 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10:00 am

Climate Change: The Next Global Security Threat
The Brookings Institution
Falk Auditorium
10:30 am to 12:00 pm

Plug-in Hybrids: The Future of Cars?
Center for American Progress
12:00 to 1:30 pm

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