About the series
The American Association of Community Colleges with the support of the National Science Foundation will hold the sixteenth national ATE Principal Investigators Conference, "Technicians in the Green Economy" at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The conference will bring together approximately 800 people to focus on the critical issues related to advanced technological education. Key people working on ATE projects across the country will participate in the conference. Conference attendees represent community colleges, business and industry, secondary school systems, four-year colleges, and research and development centers covering projects in a wide variety of areas such as: information technology, engineering technology, micro- and nanotechnologies, chemical technology, biotechnology, and others.