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Gene Quinn of IP Watchdog "A Social Network of Inventors, Entrepreneurs, Attorneys, Artists, and Businesses" - March 15, 2010
5:30pm, Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library, 7854 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22043-2099

Patent attorney and IPWatchdog.com founder, Gene Quinn, will be speaking on patenting basics and patent reform. He will also be talking about his brand new creation, the IPWatchdog Social Network, "A Social Network for Inventors, Entrepreneurs, Attorneys, Artists and Businesses". He will be available before and after the formal part of the meeting to answer your questions concerning intellectual property.

We the Students High School Moot Court Competition - March 27, 2010
American University, Washington College of Law

ReSET Meeting- March 30, 2010
1pm, Randolph 10th Floor Conference Room

You need not be retired to help bring science into the classroom. The PTOS is wonderfully diverse group of scientists and engineers. We hope to share our wide-range of knowledge to a local elementary school classroom by performing fun and educational experiments. By volunteering, we can help ReSET's goals to improve science motivation and literacy.
www.resetonline.org

Law School Fair- April 14, 2010
12-3pm, Madison Auditorium

Thinking about going to law school? Not sure how to prepare for the LSAT? Come talk to counselors from law schools in the surrounding area. We will also have booths and representatives of LSAT prep courses available to help you choose the course that's best for you.

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National Inventors Hall of Fame - March 31, 2010
1:30pm, Department of Commerce

The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) hosts the 38th Annual Induction Ceremony. This ceremony will feature 16 inductee inventors who "have invented lifesaving methods of slowing cancer, devices that let us explore the undersea world, one of the worl's best known office products, and the technology that lead to the multi-billion dollar video game industry, among others." Actual names of the inductees will be announced at this ceremony. This event is free and is open to the public, but please be sure to RSVP if you plan to attend. Click the link below for more information. This event recommends business attire.
 
To RSVP, follow this link: https://events.invent.org/induction/


SEMINARS AROUND TOWN Free Lectures open to the public

 

USA Science & Engineering Festival,   October 23-24, 2010
The Inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival will be the country's first national science festival and will descend on the Washington, DC area in the Fall 2010. The Festival promises to be the ultimate multi-cultural, multi-generational, and multi-disciplinary celebration of science in the United States. The culmination of the festival will be a two-day Expo in the nation's capital that will give over 500 science & engineering organizations from all over the United States the opportunity to present themselves with hands-on, fun science activity to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.

National Mall, Washington, DC
www.usasciencefestival.org

 Education Committe Members


Co-Chairs: Christyann Pulliam - 571-270-1007  and  Yara Green - 571-270-3035

Members: Matthew Campbell, Adam Duda, Mark Fearer, Carolyn Igyarto, Edward Kim, Christopher Nofal, Victor Wang


The Education Committee of the Society is an active participant in arenas within the Patent and Trademark Office and in the local community.
The committee obtains and present guest lecturers on various technological subjects, current legal issues.