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EVENTS ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES holds the Pan-Organizational Summit on U.S. Science and Engineering. The summit is intended to engage a significant number of disparate organizations, thereby demonstrating that the domestic S&E workforce is not an isolated issue of interest to only a few. The series of presented position statements will in turn bring to light the substantial amount of community effort that has been devoted to studying the issue and developing potential solutions.
AGENDA: Highlights:
7:50 a.m. - Opening remarks -- GUIRR Co-Chair Marye Anne Fox, Chancellor, North Carolina State University
8 a.m. - Position papers, Group IV
The National Academies -- Wm A. Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering
The National Academies
AAAS -- Shirley Malcolm, Director, Education & Human Resources
American Association for the Advancement of Science
ASEE -- David Wormley, Dean, College of Engineering, Penn State University
American Society of Engineering Education
Business-Higher Education Forum -- TBA
Business-Higher Education Forum
Panel Discussion with Presenters
9 a.m. - Position papers, Group V
GEM Consortium -- Saundra Johnson, Executive Director
Gateway to Educational Materials Consortium
AIChE -- Dianne Dorland, President-Elect
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
ASCE -- Tom Lenox, Sr. Managing Director
American Society of Civil Engineers
IEEE-USA -- LeEarl Bryant, President
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Project Kaleidoscope -- Jeanne Narum, Director
Project Kaleidoscope
ASME -- Susan Skemp, President
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
NSBE -- Michele Lezama, Executive Director
National Society of Black Engineers
ASBMB -- Stephen Dahms, Executive Director, CSUPERB
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
11:15 a.m. - Position papers, Group VII
Council on Competitiveness -- Deborah Wince-Smith, President Council on Competitiveness
AIP --
American Institute of Physics
NSBP-- Keith Jackson, President
National Society of Black Physicists
RAND -- Helga Rippen, Director, Science & Technology Policy Institute
Shirley Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, "Envisioning a 21st Century Science and Engineering Workforce"
1 p.m. - Position papers, Group VIII
ASTRA -- Mary Good, Chair
Alliance for Science and Technology Research in America
CPST -- Eleanor Babco, Executive Director
Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology
ITAA -- Harris Miller, President & CEO
Information Technology Association of America
MentorNet -- Carol Muller, President & CEO MentorNet
2 p.m.- Position papers, Group IX
NAM -- Phyllis Eisen, Vice President Manufacturing Institute
National Association of Manufacturers
Global Alliance -- Yolanda George, Co-Director
Global Alliance
PPS -- Joan Timoney, Vice President, Programs
Partnership for Public Service
Coalition of the Concerned - Sam Armstrong
Coalition of the Concerned
GUIRR Co-Chair Marye Anne Fox, Chancellor,
North Carolina State University
DATE: November 12, 2002
LOCATION: 2100 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS: nas.edu
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 2002-2003 BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SEMINAR SERIES: "Advances in the Science of Self-Report: Diaries as a Research Tool," with Dr. Arthur Stone, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
DATE: November 12, 2002
LOCATION: Conference Room C, Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-496-7859
WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION holds a meeting to discuss federal sector EEO reforms.
DATE: November 12, 2002
LOCATION: EEOC, 1801 L Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Joan Ehrlich or James Ryan, 202-663-4900
WEB ADDRESS: eeoc.gov
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY TOMMY THOMPSON holds a news conference to release data on the nation's 17,000 Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes.
DATE: November 12, 2002
LOCATION: HHS, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-690-6145
WEB ADDRESS: hhs.gov
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: DEFENSE SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD holds a Pentagon Town meeting.
DATE: November 12, 2002
LOCATION: The Pentagon, Room 5A1070, Arlington, VA
CONTACT: 703-697-5131
WEB ADDRESS: dod.gov
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH VRC SEMINAR SERIES: "Neutralizing Antibody Responses to HIV and Viral Escape," with Dr. Doug Richman, University of California, San Diego.
DATE: November 12, 2002
LOCATION: Main Conference Room, Building 40, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301- 594-8491
WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS presents Judith Hoyer Epilepsy Lecture entitled "New Attitudes and New Approaches to Treating Epilepsy," with Dr. Jerome Engel, Jr., speaker.
DATE: November 12, 2002
LOCATION: LC, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 240-631-3943
WEB ADDRESS:loc.gov
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ARCHIVES presents Dr. Lewis Sorley and Lt. Gen. Rick Brown USA (Ret.) presenting and discussing their latest works concerning the US Army. Brown will screen excerpts from their video documentary All We Could Be, an account of how the Army rebuilt itself after Vietnam to become the Army of Desert Storm. Sorley will comment on his forthcoming book complementing the documentary. This event was rescheduled from October 2002.
DATE: November 12, 2002
LOCATION: National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC,
CONTACT: 202-501-5000
WEB ADDRESS: nara.gov
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Resident Associate Program presents cookbook author Dorie Greenspan spinning tales about Paris' best patissiers, chocolatiers, and patisseries, culled from her new book Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City's Best Pastry Shops. To complete this tribute to the foremost pastry chefs and the finest sweet shops in Paris, a reception follows with samplings of desserts prepared from her recipes by Washington pastry chef Ann Amernick, co-owner of the bakery Amernick and the restaurant Palena.
DATE: November 12, 2002
LOCATION: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Lecture Hall, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-633-2330
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 8 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Resident Associate Program presents Miss Manners, Judith Martin discussing and defending American etiquette, civility, and manners.
DATE: November 12, 2002
LOCATION: Hirshhorn Museum, Ring Auditorium, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-633-2330
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
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