White House Official to Address 2011 National Capital Region Energetics Symposium

College Park, MD, October 25, 2011

Dr. Arun Seraphin the Assistant Director for Defense Programs at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), will address the 2011 National Capital Region Energetics Symposium on November 1, 2011 at the College of Southern Maryland in La Plata, MD. His areas of responsibility include developing and implementing White House initiatives and policies in the areas of defense research and engineering; defense manufacturing and industrial base; and promoting innovation in government research and engineering organizations.

The objective of the National Capital Region Energetics Symposium is to provide researchers, developers, engineers, scientists, and program managers in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (government, academia, and industry) a forum for the exchange of information on current work related to the advancement of the technology and application of energetics and energetics systems. For Dr. Seraphins’ bio click here.

For more information on the symposium click here or contact Ms. Ania Picard at 301 405-5205 or appicard@umd.edu.