What is Tech 101 || Steering Committee || Upcoming Tutorials || Location || Contact Info

In a series of informal surveys and interviews, Members of Congress and their staffs have told us that they need to know more about technology and how it works.  They have said that failure to understand the technology could result in unintended and harmful consequences to the high-tech industry and to the economy writ large.

Based on these surveys and interviews, AeA is launching a series of educational programs for Members of Congress and their staffs called “AeA Tech 101.”  These tutorials will be conducted by senior executives from member companies who will explain the current generation of that technology, its evolution, and the future applications of same.  In many instances, the faculty will be chief technology officers but the emphasis will be on clear and concise ‘non-geek’ presentations.  The purpose of these tutorials is to educate and explain - it is not to lobby.  We are convinced that the more Members of Congress and their staffs understand technology, the better the public policy and the fewer unintended consequences.

The in-person tutorial events will be held regularly in the Association’s flagship state-of-the-art David Packard Conference Center on Pennsylvania Avenue, just six blocks from the Capitol, on Fridays over lunch. For the time being, the events will be closed to the press.

Read the Press Release

Contact John Palafoutas, Senior Vice President, Domestic Policy & Congressional Affairs, to learn more about becoming a member of the steering committee.

• December 2007 -- Microchips and Microprocessors
  These are perhaps the most fundamental building blocks for many, if not most technologies. They also have a pervasive presence in our lives, some of which we know about, some of which we don’t know about.
  
  This program is only open to Members of the U.S. Congress and their staff.  For more information or to register to attend contact Israel Shamir at 202.682.4455.
   
• Future tutorials will deal with new green technologies, broadband deployment, nanotechnologies, and others.

AeA is located at 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in the North Building. 
The main entrance to the North Building is located on Indiana Avenue, between 6th and 7th Streets.  Parking and metro are easily accessible.
DIRECTIONS

Ben Aderson
Manager, Technology Policy & State Government Affairs Counsel
601 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
North Building, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20004
P: 202.682.4428
F: 202.682.9111
benjamin_aderson@aeanet.org