3:30 PM–5:18 PM, Saturday, April 12, 2008
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - Promenade B
Sponsoring Unit:
FGSA
Chair: Meghan Anzelc, Northwestern University
3:30 PM–3:40 PM
Don Engel
(Senior Science Policy Fellow, APS Washington Office)
Congress is built to respond to the will of its constituents. Representatives and their staffs are awash in information. If scientists do not communicate regularly and effectively with Congress, policies requiring sound scientific underpinnings will be ill-crafted. As a panelist, I will represent scientific careers in public policy, and will also address how civic engagement can be woven into the fabric of any career path.