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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2001
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES holds a meeting to discuss Toxicological Assessment of Jet-Propulsion Fuel 8.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Welcome and Introductions
Melvin Andersen, Subcommittee Chair
9:15 a.m. - Immunotoxicity of Aerosolized JP-8
David Harris, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arizona, Tucson
9:45 a.m. - Comparative and Quantitative Characterization of JP-8's Potential for Respiratory Tract Sensory Irritation
John Hinz, Air Force Institute for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health Risk Analysis, Brooks Air Force Base, TX
10:30 a.m. - JP-8 Acute Exposure Study Results
Lt Col Roger Gibson, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), US Air Force, Falls Church, VA
DATE: November 9, 2001
LOCATION: Cecil and Ida Green Building, 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS: nas.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: CONSUMER HEALTH FOUNDATION, KAISER PERMANENTE AND THE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE present "The Human Genome Project Conference: The Challenges and Impact of Human Genome Research for Minority Communities."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:15 a.m. - The Human Genome Project: Inception to the Present
Aristedes Patrinos, PhD, Associate Professor
Office of Health and Environmental Research
U.S. Department of Energy
The Human Genome Project: What Does the Future Hold?
Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Director
The National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
DATE: November 9, 2001
LOCATION: Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Margaret May, 301-897-7481
WEB ADDRESS: tech-res-intl.com/hgp/
TIME: 10:15 a.m.
EVENT: FOREIGN PRESS CENTER holds a briefing with Charlotte Beers, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs will brief on-the-record on "Public Diplomacy in Support of the International Coalition."
DATE: November 9, 2001
LOCATION: Foreign Press Center, National Press Building, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-724-1640
WEB ADDRESS:fpc.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ARCHIVES presents Friday Films:
*Report from the Aleutians, 1943. John Huston wrote, directed, and narrated this documentary that portrays the lives of the soldiers who manned the most remote outpost of the war: the Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific.
*The Battle of San Pietro, 1945. Also written, directed, and narrated by Huston, this film is an engrossing chronicle of savage fighting between American and German forces for control of the Liri Valley in Italy.
DATE: November 9, 2001
LOCATION: National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC,
CONTACT: 202-501-5000
WEB ADDRESS: nara.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION National Museum of Natural History presents museum zoologist Dr. Clyde Roper, and author and artist Richard Ellis giving a lively account of the controversies surrounding the evolution of life from the sea. DATE: November 9, 2001
LOCATION: Natural History, Baird Auditorium, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
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