Sentences with phrase «industry representatives about»

The organization grew out of a series of discussions with insurance and industry representatives about the need for an organized Defense Bar.

Democratic Assemblyman Kevin Cahill questioned insurance industry representatives about the practice during a hearing on auto insurance costs Thursday.

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The House of Representatives has no direct control over the FTC's decision, but a hearing could be used to send a message about the impact this deal could have on consumers and the grocery industry.

Twice a year, representatives from our association go to Ottawa and Toronto to talk to our local MPs and MPPs about issues that concern not only the real estate industry but also property owners and buyers.

PWM speaks to representatives of the Luxembourg funds industry about plans for its expansion and recent fintech initiatives

The materialistic degradation is most poignantly seen in the Indian crisis: As lawyers and industry representatives talked with Bhopal residents about compensation, the following insightful comments were heard:

With these unmatchable experiences, our annual Fly - In has become an increasingly popular event for our member companies to make certain their voice is heard with government representatives and those representatives enjoy it too, learning about issues of importance to the non-alcoholic beverage industry.

Writer Tom Laskawy has a great piece in Grist this morning about how pink slime is really just representative of much larger problems in the meat industry, and he lists some other «processing aids» (besides the now - infamous ammonium hydroxide) lurking in your meat.

As A Journey stumbles to the end with increasingly assertive broadsides about foreign policy, it reads as if Blair is channeling Edmund Burke from 1774: «Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.»

In this example they will certainly want to listen to what the representative of the local industry think about this.

Also at 11 a.m., construction industry representatives, government officials and transportation advocates hold a news conference to discuss the release of a report about road conditions in NYC and state, and call for increased government funding of public works and renovation projects; steps, City Hall, Manhattan.

Telecommunications industry representatives were also on hand to talk about the potential and challenges for expanding broadband in small towns.

Rochester also has a federal cheerleader in Rep. Louise Slaughter, who last week made a short pitch to an Amazon representative who was at a meeting about the city's growing photonics industry.

On February 6, 2013, the day the consultation ended, public health minister Anna Soubry met with seven representatives of the industry to discuss their «deep concern» about a regulation which they claimed would hit Treasury revenues hard.

Representatives of the equine industry in New York state testified before a state assembly committee today on their concerns about how upcoming changes in the state's gaming landscape could negatively effect horse racing and breeding.

State lawmakers listened to several hours of testimony Tuesday from contractors, labor representatives and industry groups about a bill that would ban mandatory project - labor agreements on public projects.

Representatives from FreshDirect were invited to the EPA NEDC 2015 Partner's Meeting to accept the award and engage with industry and government leaders in discussions about ways to achieve cleaner, more sustainable, and efficient transportation throughout the Northeast.

Phelan describes how after speaking with local businesses about his technology, he invited an industry representative to serve on a department board, which helped bolster the department's profile for fundraising and public relations purposes, and generally paved the way for more interactions between university and industrial scientists.

«That was another great illustration that the bill is not about transparency — it's about what is politically expedient to move industry's agenda forward,» says Yogin Kothari, a representative with the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Industry and state representatives learned about the federal grant at the first - ever offshore wind summit hosted by the White House yesterday.

The Boston Globe reported that Zinke appeared sympathetic while meeting with about 20 representatives of New England's seafood industry.

Many of the representatives at COP 22 are worried about a Trump presidency because he has called climate change a «hoax,» pledged to «cancel» the Paris agreement, repeal many of Pres. Barack Obama's climate initiatives and has promised to revive the U.S. coal industry.

FDA has not yet released a draft guidance on the matter, but at a hearing yesterday, members of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee's health subcommittee raised questions about the agency's authority to regulate these tests, its motivation for doing so, and the potential impact of such regulations on the diagnostic industry.

The four - day International Mars Society Convention brings together leading scientists, engineers, aerospace industry representatives, government policymakers and journalists to talk about the latest scientific discoveries, technological advances and political - economic developments that could help pave the way for a human mission to the planet Mars.

As Guenez puts it, this new era is «about seeing a diverse, representative and level playing field, [where] different cultures have influence on the global fashion industry rather than a fully Western bias dominating.»

About Blog The Book Marketing Society was launched in November 2004 with the objective of becoming the representative body of marketing within the book industry.

I'm 30 years old and am relatively new to the travel game having visited about 25 countries.So, my mission is to: travel the world, while serving as a representative for the LGBT Community within the international travel industry, and present my stories, experiences, tips, and tricks to both inspire and encourage everyone.

Outlining its vision for an enterprise skills education program, FYA says it would: start in primary school and build year on year throughout high school; be taught through experience and immersion; include information about future jobs and career skills; and involve students, schools, parents and industry representatives working together to design learning opportunities inside and outside the classroom.

At the recent Future of Education Finance Summit, representatives from the «edfintech» industry — an «intersection of education, finance and technology» — spoke with education funding experts and nonprofit representatives about how their products could help their schools comply with ESSA's financial reporting requirements, according to Education Week.

At the recent Future of Education Finance Summit, representatives from the «edfintech» industry — an «intersection of education, finance and technology» — spoke with education funding experts and nonprofit representatives about how their products could help their schools comply with ESSA's financial reporting requirements, according...

In response to the growing public concern about the Common Core, the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme, and the inappropriate and unfair use of standardized test scores when evaluating Connecticut's public school teachers, a growing number of state representatives and state senators are stepping forward and introducing legislation that would stop, or at least slow down, the damaging Corporate Education Reform Industry's agenda that is undermining public education in Connecticut.

The Career Fair is about matching these students with industry representatives to get firsthand experience, and to learn about career paths in the aftermarket industry.

To see «Project Beast» and talk with an East Coast Defender representative about their custom, hand - crafted Defenders and Range Rover Classics, visit the Warn Industries booth (# 31059) located in the Upper South Hall.

While the Bookseller is a publishing industry news source and the Society has recently spoken out about the poor contract terms that traditionally published authors are forced to accept, both representatives made some laughable remarks about both self - publishing and the Author Earnings reports in particular.

At the recent «State of the Manga Industry» panel at NYCC, representatives from manga publishers from Del Rey, Viz. and Tokyopop talked about the health of manga sales and fielded questions and concerns.

Concurrently, Sullivan and other ALA representatives meet with about 100 publishing industry staff at the headquarters of the Association of American Publishers.

With Cuba's high literacy rates in discussion this week ahead of US President Obama's visit to Havana, one of the industry representatives to the RICOH Executive Publishing Symposium in Boulder, Colorado, is talking about the Latin American market for self - published authors.

Donna Montaldo worked in the retail industry for several years as a regional store manager for a large junior apparel company, a buyer and sales representative of designer apparel and in a management position with the outlet division of the popular Liz Claiborne line before pursuing her current career of 12 years as a columnist focused on writing about coupons and bargain hunting.

They provide the ATO and large super fund industry representatives the opportunity to discuss the latest information about SuperStream implementation and other industry issues.

The actions by the AKC representative and HSUS are minor but they make it clear that it will take a strong collective voice by Oklahomans about a substandard industry that is giving a black eye to our state and is costing us in the ways that any clandestine industry will do.

About Blog The Book Marketing Society was launched in November 2004 with the objective of becoming the representative body of marketing within the book industry.

In the second session, learn more about the challenges on the development of the Chinese outbound travel market from destination marketing industry representative Dr Grace Pan, International Director of Tourism and Events Queensland.

For this purpose, representatives and journalists from the Chinese Travel Trade industry will participate in the Eurail marketing seminars in Beijing and Shanghai to further educate and inform the Chinese market about the advantages of travelling through Europe by train.

CHTA president Karolin Troubetzkoy said Caribbean hoteliers, destination representatives, and industry stakeholders who rely on doing business with the region will have a unique opportunity to learn about its diverse offerings, new products, improvements and upgrades, and niche market opportunities.

On Thursday, President Trump hosted a roundtable meeting at the White House with representatives from the video game industry to talk about violence in video games.

«He played a video of a bunch of horrendously violent slashing games and then he turned to the industry representatives and said, «What are you going to say about this?

But it's not just all about gaming; the non-profit aims to be a «non-proprietary representative» for the entire VR industry, which includes filmmakers as well as game studios.

In a discussion led by King's Oleg Pridiuk, formerly a Unity representative, the games middleware trendsetters will tell about their roadmaps, technology and industry challenges and a bit about the fair pricing policy.

The first round of review is conducted by a large number of expert reviewers — about 2,000 for the entire AR5 — who include scientists, industry representatives, and NGO experts with a wide range of perspectives.

Representatives of Poland's ruling conservative Law and Justice party (PiS), which designed the new regulations, said that it had to reform regulation of the industry and address citizens» complaints about noise from wind farms.