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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences Space Studies Board, The NOAA NESDIS Transition from Research Operations
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:45 a.m. - Welcome from Chair, Review of the Agenda
Rick Anthes
9 a.m. - Research to Operations: Perspectives from the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) (via telecon)
Tony Hollingsworth
Dave Burridge
10:15 a.m. - Panel on the Process of Transition from Research to Operations at
NOAA and NASA
Marie Colton, Director, NOAA Office of Research and Applications
Jack Kaye, NASA Office of Earth Science
11:30 a.m. - GIFTS Case Study
Wallace Harrison, NASA
1 p.m. - Panel on NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP: A Case Study
Robert Murphy, NASA HQ
Ray Taylor, NASA Goddard
Stanley Scheidner, NPOESS IPO
2:45 p.m. - Panel on Research to Operations: End Users Perspectives
Louis Uccellini, NCEP
Richard Rood, NASA Goddard
Robert Winokur, Earth Satellite Corporation
Dave Jones, Storm Center Communications, Inc.
4:15 p.m. - Panel on Research to Operations: Aerospace Industry Perspectives
Ed Frazier, TRW
Joseph Jenney, ITT (ret.)
DATE: April 9, 2002
LOCATION: Cecil and Ida Green Building, 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCIENCE BOARD holds a meeting to discuss emerging issues in antimicrobial resistance, process analytical technologies, and biomaterials innovation; and discuss the external science review for FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs.
DATE: April 9, 2002
LOCATION: 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1066, Rockville, MD
CONTACT: Susan Bond, 301-827-6687.
WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN National Air and Space Museum holds a press preview for the new Planetarium featuring "Inifinity Express: A 20 minute Tour of the Universe."
DATE: April 9, 2002
LOCATION: National Air and Space Museum, Independence Avenue at 6th Street SW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS:si.edu
TIME: 9:15 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIAAA holds a news conference releasing the report entitled "A Call to Action: Changing the Culture of Drinking at U.S. Colleges--NIAAA Task Force on College Drinking."
DATE: April 9, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 301-443-0595
WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: GEORGE MASON NATIONAL MEMORIAL dedication ceremony featuring remarks by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.
DATE: April 9, 2002
LOCATION: National Mall, Ohio Drive at Inlet Bridge, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-550-9220
WEB ADDRESS: gunstonhall.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN National Museum of American History Jazz Masterworks Orchestra host's jazz ensembles from the Blues Alley High School in Washington, DC and the Milwaukee School of the Arts in Milwaukee, WI.
DATE: April 9, 2002
LOCATION: Carmichael Auditorium, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS:si.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: DEPT. OF INTERIOR MUSEUM holds a presentation by Bill Lang of
The Minerals Management Service.
DATE: April 9, 2002
LOCATION: Dept. of the Interior Museum, 1849 C St., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-208-3985
WEB ADDRESS: doi.gov
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY TOMMY THOMPSON unveils a documentary film "No Greater Love," That follows families facing the sorrow and hope of organ donation and transplantation.
DATE: April 9, 2002
LOCATION: 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-690-6343
WEB ADDRESS: hhs.gov
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Resident Associate Program presents Baker and restaurateur Mark Furstenberg of Marvelous Market and BreadLine talking about the past 10 years of the bread revolution, why bread seems so universally important, and what makes great bread. Participants see how traditional bread is made and how bread-based foods can be grilled in the kitchen or backyard, then enjoy a bread-based buffet and receive a special loaf to take home.
DATE: April 9, 2002
LOCATION: BreadLine, 1715 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS:si.edu
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ARCHIVES presents Ed Ruggero, a former instructor at West Point, revealing the secrets of building the future leaders of America and showing the role played by the majors, captains, and sergeants who oversee this unique institution. Also, he will discuss Duty First: West Point and the Making of American Leaders, which provides an account of a year at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
DATE: April 9, 2002
LOCATION: National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC,
CONTACT: 202-501-5000
WEB ADDRESS: nara.gov
TIME: 8 p.m.
EVENT: FOLGER SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL LIBRARY presents Africa's most influential and widely published writer Chinua Achebe who has written twenty-one novels, short stories, and collections of poetry. His first and best-known post-colonial landmark novel, Things Fall Apart was published in 1958 and has proved enduringly popular throughout Africa and the rest of the world.
DATE: April 9, 2002
LOCATION: Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-0345
WEB ADDRESS: folger.edu
