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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL holds a briefing to release a report On Animal Biotechnology: Science-Based Concerns, which identifies environmental and food-safety concerns associated with genetically engineered and cloned animals.
DATE: August 21, 2002
LOCATION: NAS, 2100 C Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: COMMERCE DEPARTMENT'S NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY holds a press briefing to officially embark on a 24-month building fire and safety investigation to study the structural failure and subsequent progressive collapse of three World Trade Center (WTC) buildings (1, 2 and 7) in New York City following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
DATE: August 21, 2002
LOCATION: Engineering Mechanics Bldg. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md.
CONTACT: Michael E. Newman, 301-975-2762
WEB ADDRESS: nist.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN National Air and Space Museum curator's choice lecture featuring Tom Dietz, Aeronautics Division, discussing the Fokker D.VII, one of the best fighter aircraft of World War I.
DATE: August 21, 2002
LOCATION: 7th and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: FOREIGN PRESS CENTER holds a briefing featuring Dr. Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary, Global Affairs and Mr. James Connaughton, Chairman, White House Council for Environmental Quality discussing World Summit on Sustainable Development.
DATE: August 21, 2002
LOCATION: Foreign Press Center, National Press Building, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-724-1640
WEB ADDRESS:fpc.gov
