Join leaders of the engineering community for the "6th Annual Engineering R&D Symposium" scheduled for Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Washington, DC.  The event will bring together society leaders from over twenty engineering organizations, representing more than one million engineers to learn about the federal government’s current and future investment in research and development (R&D) and its impact on engineering research.  The event will be convened in conjunction with the annual “National Academy of Engineering Convocation" and AAES Awards Dinner and Board meeting. ASME is the Program Chair for the Symposium, which is sponsored and funded by United Engineering Foundation and its Founder Societies:  ASME, IEEE-USA, ASCE, AIChE and AIME ________________________ MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Tuesday, May 6, 2008 6th Annual Engineering R&D Symposium 8AM-1PM B338-339 Rayburn House Office Building (Capitol Hill) Washington, DC Congressional Visits (Society Members are being encouraged to meet with their Members of Congress in support of Federal Funding of Research and Development) 1:00PM-5:00PM Capitol Hill Washington, DC Reception for the Engineering Community 5:00PM-6:30PM Capitol Hill (Room to be determined) Washington, DC Contact Kathryn Homes, Director, ASME Government Relations at holmesk@asme.org for additional information about the 6th Annual Engineering R&D Symposium Additional information pertaining to all of the events listed above will be posted at this location shortly! ### The Symposium will be integrated with the National Academy of Engineering Convocation and American Association for Engineering Societies Awards Dinner and Board Meeting.  For information about the NAE event, please contact Lance Davis at LDavis@nas.edu and for information pertaining to the AAES events, contact William Koffel at wkoffel@aaes.org.

LEAD SPONSORS • United Engineering Foundation • American Society of Mechanical Engineers • American Society of Civil Engineers • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers • American Institute of Chemical Engineers • The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers 2007 CO-SPONSORS • The National Academies • American Association of Engineering Societies • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics • The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering • American National Standards Institute • ASTM International • Federation of Materials Societies • National Society of Black Engineers • American Heating, Refridgerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. • National Society of Professional Engineers • Society of Automotive Engineers • Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. • Society of Women Engineers • The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society • American Society for Engineering Education