Eric Ries is one of featured speakers at Tuesday event.
Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup," will be the featured speaker Tuesday at George Mason University's VentureCamp event in Arlington. Ries will join Arlington resident and former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, former U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra and Melon Power founder Craig Isakow for the one-hour event. "A Conversation with Eric Ries," according to a news release, will be "a lunchtime conversation about Lean Startup principles and their application to the work of the public sector. From innovation in social policies to science and technology policy, lean startup techniques can support rapid, cost-effective innovation and better policy outcomes for the public sector." The event starts at noon Tuesday at …
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Noted economists will debate an issue of growing importance.
Income inequality in America has become an increasingly important issue, as evidenced by the Occupy Wall Street movement and the growing disparity from the local to the national level between the haves and the have-nots. In October, two nationally prominent economists will discuss the question: Income inequality in America — is it a problem for public policy? The speakers are: George Mason University political scientist Jack Goldstone will serve as moderator. The event is 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, at George Mason University's Founders Hall, 3301 Fairfax Drive. A reception follows.
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Jason Spencer
10:28 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
A subsequent news release indicated this event will be Tuesday rather than Wednesday. This article has been updated to reflect the change. more ›