The National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008

The House Science and Technology Committee will hear testimony on the NNI Amendments Act of 2008 on April 16, 2008.  Those scheduled to speak before the committee include:

• Floyd Kvamme, co-chairman of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology;
• Sean Murdock, executive director of the NanoBusiness Alliance;
• Joseph Krajcik, associate dean for research and professor of education at the University of Michigan;
• Andrew Maynard, chief science advisor for the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies;
• Raymond David, manager of toxicology for the BASF Corporation;
• Robert Doering, senior fellow and research strategy manager at Texas Instruments

This full-committee hearing will begin at 10:00 AM in 2318 Rayburn House Office Building.