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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Army Science and Technology hold a meeting on the Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons (ACW) (Phase II).
AGENDA: Highlights:
8 a.m. - Welcome and Introductions
Robert Beaudet, ACW II Committee Chair
8:15 p.m. - Foster Wheeler/Eco Logic Testing Update
Al Ahluwalia Manager of Engineering Science and Technology,
10:30 p.m. Foster Wheeler/Eco Logic Testing Update - continued
Al Ahluwalia Manager of Engineering Science and Technology,
11:30 a.m. - Robert Beaudet, Chair
12:00 a.m. - Lunch, ACW II Committee Members, NRC staff, Invited Guests
DATE: June 20, 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: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY holds a program on briefing on Human Trafficking in the Post-Soviet States.
WHO: The speakers are:
Olga Pyshchulina, Associate Professor, School of Sociology, Kharkiv National University, Ukraine
Lyudmila Yerokhina, Chair, Department of Philosophy, Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service
DATE: June 20, 2002
LOCATION: 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-457-6949
WEB ADDRESS: rferl.gov
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE holds a hearing to highlight the human rights developments and the prospects for further improvement in Greece, an original signatory to the 1975 Helsinki Final Act.
WHO: The speakers are:
Adamantia Pollis, PhD, Professor Emerita, New School University
Panayote Dimitras, founding member and spokesperson, Greek Helsinki Monitor & Minority Rights Group
DATE: June 20, 2002
LOCATION: 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-1901
WEB ADDRESS: csce.gov
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NHGRI 2002 LECTURE SERIES: "White and African-American Genetic Explanations for Gender, Class, and Race Differences," Dr. Toby Jayaratne, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan.
DATE: June 20, 2002
LOCATION: Lipsett Amphitheater, Building 10, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301- 496-2563
WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS presents Neurosurgeon Dr. Frank T. Vertosick Jr. talking about his new book The Genius Within: Discovering the Intelligence of Every Living Thing in a program sponsored by the Science, Technology.
DATE: June 20, 2002
LOCATION: Pickford Theater, third floor, Madison Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-707-5664
WEB ADDRESS: loc.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ARCHIVES presents Bryan Rigg who discusses his book, Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military. Contrary to conventional views, Rigg reveals that a startlingly large number of German military men were classified by the Nazis as Jews or "partial-Jews" (Mischlinge), in the wake of racial laws first enacted in the mid-1930s. Rigg demonstrates that the actual number was much higher than previously thought -- perhaps as many as 150,000 men, including decorated veterans and high-ranking officers, even generals and admirals.
DATE: June 20, 2002
LOCATION: National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC,
CONTACT: 202-501-5000
WEB ADDRESS: nara.gov
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION holds a news conference to announce more than 50 law enforcement actions targeting business opportunity and work-at-home scams. Many of the defendants used deceptive earnings claims and paid shills to promote their scams.
WHO: The speakers are:
J. Howard Beales, III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission
Dale Cantone, Deputy Securities Commissioner, State of Maryland
Laura Flippin, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Consumer Litigation, Department of Justice
DATE: June 20, 2002
LOCATION: Federal Trade Commission - Room 432, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-326-2161
WEB ADDRESS: ftc.gov
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS presents a panel discussion with five photojournalists who will discuss their work covering the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
WHO: Panelists include:
Bolivar Arellano, Steven Hirsch, and G.N. Miller, New York Pos;
Daryl Donley, Washington, D.C.
Susan Watts, New York Daily News
Jeremy Adamson, chief, Prints and Photographs Division, LC
DATE: June 20, 2002
LOCATION: Mumford Room, sixth floor, Madison Building, located at 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC
CONTACT: Craig D'Ooge, 202-707-9189
WEB ADDRESS: loc.gov
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Resident Associate Program presents George Washington University associate professor of art history Philip Jacks exploring the Dominican convent of Santa Maria Novella and its Franciscan rival, Santa Croce, Also discusses Brunelleschi's Duomo; and examines how charismatic preachers Archbishop Sant'Antonino and Savonarola shaped the spiritual climate of 15th-century Florence.
DATE: June 20, 2002
LOCATION: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Lecture Hall, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN National Zoo Picnic program featuring Berani the Sumatran tiger cub, Kandula the elephant calf, and Kojo the young lowland gorilla -- as you visit the animals, and meet some of them close up at informal talks by their keepers. Squeeze Bayou performing Cajun music below the picnic area on Lion/Tiger Hill. Guests may bring picnics or purchase food at the Zoo.
DATE: June 20, 2002
LOCATION: 3000 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
