{"id":17854,"date":"2014-09-16T14:54:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T14:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=17854"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:48:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:48:37","slug":"a-day-of-3d-printing-and-politics-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/a-day-of-3d-printing-and-politics-in-washington-d-c","title":{"rendered":"A Day of 3D Printing and Politics in Washington D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday September 17th 2014, politicians, lawyers and 3D printing experts will converge on Washington to discuss the intellectual property challenges facing the 3D printing ecosystem as it matures, and enters mainstream culture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.3dprintpolitics.com\/washington-dc\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17855\" alt=\"3D Printing Politics Shapeways\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-16-at-10.41.07-AM-625x323.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"323\" data-wp-pid=\"17855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-16-at-10.41.07-AM-625x323.png 625w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-16-at-10.41.07-AM-1024x529.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-16-at-10.41.07-AM-400x206.png 400w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-16-at-10.41.07-AM-800x414.png 800w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-16-at-10.41.07-AM.png 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speakers will include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bill Foster Congressman, 11th Congressional District of Illinois,<\/li>\n<li>Rep. Tim Ryan Chair of the Congressional Makers Caucus,<\/li>\n<li>Vikrum Aiyer Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Under Secretary for IP, U.S. Department of Commerce<\/li>\n<li>Andras Forgacs Co-Founder &amp; CEO, Modern Meadow, Inc<\/li>\n<li>Mark Hatch CEO &amp; Co-Founder, TechShop<\/li>\n<li>Michael Weinberg VP, Public Knowledge<\/li>\n<li>and even\u00a0Duann Scott Designer Evangelist, Shapeways<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Topics will range from the Economic Impact of the Obama Leadership, to the\u00a0intellectual property challenges &amp; the changes to culture driven by bottom-up, peer-to-peer, democratized manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>If there is anything you personally think needs to be addressed, please comment on the blog and I will see if I can integrate it into the discussion at my panel, The Growing Global 3DP IP Market &amp; How Much is at Stake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday September 17th 2014, politicians, lawyers and 3D printing experts will 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