Middle Class Prosperity Project to Explore “Building the Economy of the Future: Why Federal Investments in Science and Innovation Matter”

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Middle Class Prosperity Project to Explore "Building the Economy of the Future: Why Federal Investments in Science and Innovation Matter"

WASHINGTON, DC—On Monday, July 27, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will hold a forum with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, as well as researchers and experts from business and academia. The panelists will speak about the importance of strengthening federal investments in scientific research to grow our economy and create jobs.

Monday's event is the sixth is a series of forums organized as part of Warren's and Cummings' Middle Class Prosperity Project.

WHAT:

Senator Warren and Ranking Member Cummings will host a Middle Class Prosperity Project forum on "Building the Economy of the Future: Why Federal Investments in Science and Innovation Matter"

PANELISTS:

Panel I:

Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich

Panel II:

Mariana Mazzucato, Ph.D. - Website
RM Phillips Chair in Economics of Innovation, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex

Carol Espy-Wilson, Ph.D. - Website
Founder and CEO of OmniSpeech
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland

Aaron Kesselheim, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

WHEN:

Monday, July 27, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

WHERE:

216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510