The Week Ahead
Monday:
Microsoft is helping to sponsor the Imagine Cup US Finals at the Newseum at 9 am. Students from across the country compete to use technology to solve societal problems.
To help celebrate World Intellectual Property Day, the Institute for Policy Innovation is holding a day-long event starting at 9 a.m. with remarks and panels featuring U.S. Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters, Rep. Robert Goodlatte, R-Va., and others.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Global Intellectual Property Center will host another World IP Day event at 9:30 am where Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Miriam Sapiro will help unveil a new report on the effects IP has on the U.S. economy.
The Patent and Trademark office along with the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the World Intellectual Property Organization will host a Capitol Hill World IP Day event starting at 2:30 pm. Speakers include House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., U.S. Commerce Under Secretary David Kappos and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk.
Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Robert D. Hormats will speak about the importance of IP at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at 3 p.m.
Tuesday:
TechAmerica holds a briefing at 10 a.m. to discuss its 2010 Cyber State report on the high-tech economy.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Grammy-nominated singer Jordin Sparks and others will discuss the dangers of texting and driving at an 11 a.m. news conference.
Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., House Education and Labor Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Peter Yarrow of the Peter, Paul and Mary folk group and others hold a news conference at 3 p.m. to discuss a new effort to build support for performance rights legislation.
Wednesday:
The House Science Committee holds a 10 a.m. markup of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010.
The House Judiciary Committee holds a 10 a.m. hearing on H.R.2695, the Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2009, which would amend antitrust laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems.
Thursday:
Government Executive magazine holds a briefing at 7:30 a.m. on health information technology focusing on the use of virtual reality software and other new technologies in the treatment of returning veterans.
The Senate Commerce Committee holds a 10 a.m. hearing on children's online privacy protection.
The House Energy and Commerce Communications, Technology, and the Internet Subcommittee holds a 10 a.m. hearing on "The National Broadband Plan: Competitive Availability Of Navigation Devices."
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee holds a 10 a.m. hearing, "Running Out of Time: Telecommunications Transition Delays Wasting Millions of Federal Dollars."
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