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EVENTS ON MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2002

TIME: All Day

EVENT: U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT holds a meeting to discuss the role of research in improving population and health conditions in the world's poorest countries.

AGENDA: Highlight:

Duff Gillespie, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Health at the U.S. Agency for International Development

DATE: June 3, 2002

LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Rhonda Smith, Population Reference Bureau, 202-939-5427

WEB ADDRESS:usaid.gov

TIME: All Day

EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Division on Earth and Life Studies Board on Earth Sciences and Resources holds a meeting on Beyond Mapping: The Challenges of New Technologies in the Geographic Information Sciences

AGENDA: Highlights:

11 a.m. - U.S. Geological Survey

John Kelmelis, Chief Scientist for Geography

11:45 a.m. National Science Foundation

Richard Aspinall, Program Director, Division of Behavioral & Cognitive Sciences

1:30 p.m. NOAA's National Spatial Reference System Dennis G. Milbert

Chief Geodesist, National Geodetic Survey

2:15 p.m. National Imagery and Mapping Agency

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Scott Loomer, Science Advisor for Geospatial Sciences, Advance Research & Development Division

3:15 p.m. - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Ron Birk (Invited), Senior Adviser, Earth Science Applications & Systems

4 p.m. - U.S. Census Bureau

Robert Marx, Chief, Geography Division

DATE: June 3, 2002

LOCATION: Cecil and Ida Green Building, 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-334-2138

WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL Mathematics education committee has been assembled to review data that evaluates the effectiveness of mathematics curriculum materials developed with support from the National Science Foundation. The committee will hold an open meeting to discuss and develop a framework for assessing the data.

DATE: June 3, 2002

LOCATION: NAS, Cecil and Ida Green Building, 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-334-2138

WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: NATIONAL ARCHIVES presents Gary Weir speaking on "Anti-Submarine Warfare and Cold War Ocean Surveillance," based in part on his book An Ocean in Common: American Naval Officers, Scientists, and the Ocean Environment. Dr. Weir is head of the Contemporary History Branch of the U.S. Naval Historical Center in Washington.

DATE: June 3, 2002

LOCATION: National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC,

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CONTACT: 202-501-5000

WEB ADDRESS: nara.gov

TIME: 3 p.m.

EVENT: FOREIGN PRESS CENTER holds a briefing with Sean McCormack, Assistant Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs, National Security Council.

DATE: June 3, 2002

LOCATION: Foreign Press Center, National Press Building, Room, 898, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-724-1640

WEB ADDRESS:fpc.gov

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