http://www.ni-rotary.org NIRC News Feed - By Club Members en-us riemblem_nirc_pin_2008_v2_75 http://www.ni-rotary.org Scheduled talk: Thur, 09 Apr 2009 12:00:00 PST Scheduled Introducer: Cecil Hess; <br/> Scheduled Speaker; Professor Louis Desipio. <br/> Topic: The title of his presentation is: Why can't we reform Immigration? <br/> <br/> Professor Louis Desipio is the Chair of the Department of Chicano Latino Studies and Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and Political Science. He has published widely on Latino political behavior, immigrant incorporation, and immigrant transnational engagement. He is the author of Counting on the Latino Vote: Latinos as a New Electorate and co-author of Making Americans, Remaking America: Immigration and Immigrant Policy. Scheduled talk: Thur, 02 Apr 2009 12:00:00 PST Scheduled Speaker; Andrew Yen, PhD. <br/> Topic: April theme of Cultural Diversity <br/> <br/> The programs on the month of April will be dedicated to cultural diversity. We start the month with a presentation by Andrew Yen, PhD, Director of the OC Chinese Cultural Center and Language School. This should be a program of wide interest to all the residents of Orange County. I hope to see you all on Thursday! http://www.compositetechcorp.com/index.htm Scheduled talk: Thur, 30 Oct 2008 12:00:00 PST <img src="http://ni-rotary.org/news/rss/NIRC_future_speakers/081030_future_s.jpg" align="right"></a> Scheduled Introducer: Guy Harden; <br/> Scheduled Speaker; Dave Bryant, VP Product Development, Composite Technology, Irvine. <br/> Topic: An Irvine Business story… <br/> <br/> He will give us some insights on how his tech startup applies Aerospace technology to create major energy savings and system efficiency for our nation’s Electric Power Grid. And how challenging and slow it is for new ideas to be accepted in the highly regulated US energy market. <br/> <br/> With the “buzz” about Hybrid electric cars, non-polluting Solar and wind power, it is astonishing how they all rely on connecting to the Electric Power grid which hasn’t changed for decades. This company in our back yard is doing something about modernizing our Electricity system and has gotten $50 million from a Swiss bank to help fund its new products…