Universities, High-skilled Immigration, and Regulatory Reform: Implications for America's Economic Future (Offsite)
A panel of experts will discuss key aspects of the Start-Up Act with a special focus on the provisions designed to accelerate the commercialization of university research, the regulating of start-up companies, and the broadening of opportunities for temporary immigrants with post-graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to eventually quality for permanent residency visas.
Overview
A panel of experts will discuss key aspects of the Start-Up Act with a special focus on the provisions designed to accelerate the commercialization of university research, the regulating of start-up companies, and the broadening of opportunities for temporary immigrants with post-graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to eventually quality for permanent residency visas.
This event will be held in B-369 Rayburn House Office Building.
Speakers
![Kent Hughes](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/person/02192019-36.jpg)
Kent Hughes
Former Director, Program on America and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center
Joseph Kennedy
Jim Woodell
![Karthick Ramakrishnan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/person/Ramakrishnan_Karthick.jpg)
Karthick Ramakrishnan
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California-Riverside
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