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Scientists and Engineers Take Over Downtown Washington, D.C., This Weekend

October 20, 2010 by Kamran Abdi Leave a comment

The Inaugural USA Science and Engineering Festival, the country’s first national science festival will be happening on Oct. 23-24 in downtown Washington, D.C.

This will be a free event that takes place on the National Mall, Freedom Plaza and other locations, and features demonstrations, events and exhibitors from around the country, including several NSF-supported researchers and projects. Read more of this post

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University Startups Conference 2010 in Washington, D.C.

August 20, 2010 by Elias Shams Leave a comment

The University Startups Conference is a unique conference series dedicated exclusively to creating and funding globally-competitive, venture-backable university startups. We bring together universities creating startups with VCs, angel investors, SBIR program managers and Fortune 500 technology scouts funding them. The conference also includes NSF, NIH, NIST, DOD, DOE, DHS and other government agencies working on improving the Innovation Economy by increasing the quality and quantity of startups coming out of universities. Read more of this post