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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b>Confessions of a government scientist: The Importance of Innovation to National Economic Security, </b>Thursday, October 27, 3:30-4:30pm, 2-105 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Josh Pomeroy, Physicist, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be presenting and answering questions via webinar<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Spintronics? Quantum information? Photovoltaics? Electric Cars? Implantable biosensors? Which, if not all, of these meta-futuristic technologies will maintain our national economic security? Our nascent “innovation economy” is dependent on discovery (research) and then implementation (development) of new technologies and the maintenance of a level playing field along the way. At NIST, our 3000+ scientists participate in all of these phases, performing basic research, identifying and investing in high impact areas like Health IT and SmartGrid and establishing and maintaining standards that maintain a level playing field for consumers and manufacturers. I will discuss the significance of an innovation economy, the importance of technical fields to its success and the fundamental role of (and opportunities in) government toward realizing national economic security through innovation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Register through CareerBridge.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Mistral;color:#1F497D'>Amanda C. Peters </span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#2C8443'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2C8443'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Career Development Specialist</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>, <i>Career Services</i><br><b>MIT Global Education & Career Development (GECD)</b><br>617-253-4733<br><a href="mailto:acpeters@mit.edu"><span style='color:#1F497D'>acpeters@mit.edu</span></a> * </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/acpeters">www.linkedin.com/in/acpeters</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:#41822A'>Sustainability@MIT</span></i></b><i><span style='color:#41822A'> <a href="http://ehs.mit.edu/site/sustainability">http://ehs.mit.edu/site/sustainability</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#365F91'><img border=0 width=214 height=90 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CC89CE.E4F8A330" alt="Description: GECD_departmentSmall_CS_lr"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>