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EVENTS ON MONDAY, MAY 5, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES The Academy and the Center for Strategic and International Studies present a historical overview of progress since the Watson/Crick discovery, projections of future research and innovation, and views by national leaders on societal impact entitled The New Biology: Celebrating the Past; Imagining the Future,
AGENDA: Highlights:
Bruce Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences
David M. Abshire, President, Center for the Study of the Presidency and,
Co-Founder, Center for Strategic and International Studies Chair
Paul Berg, Cahill Professor Emeritus in Biochemistry, Stanford University Medical Center
Research Frontiers
Thomas R. Cech, President, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Medical Applications
Michael S. Brown, Paul J. Thomas Professor of Medicine and Genetics Department of Medical Genetics
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Implications for Biotechnology
Phillip A. Sharp, Institute Professor and Director, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Implications for Legal Institutions
Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Robert and Barbara Luciano Professor of Law, The University of Michigan Law School
Implications for Governance
John E. Porter, Former Member of Congress and Partner, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2100 C Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS: nas.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION holds a conference on Eliminating Use of Seclusion and Restraint of Patients with Mental Illness.
AGENDA: Seclusion and restraint of patients with mental illness continues to be an issue of concern and controversy for many in the mental health field. Attention surrounding issues of patients' safety and use of alternative measures challenge fundamental aspects of mental health systems.
WHO: The speakers are:
Charles G. Curie, M.A., A.C.S.W., Administrator, SAMHSA
Robert W. Glover, Ph.D., Executive Director, NASMHPD
Gail P. Hutchings, M.P.A., Acting Director, CMHS
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 301-443-3740
WEB ADDRESS: samhsa.gov.
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Scientific Steering Committee for the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), the Scientific Committee for Oceanic Research and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme holds 3rd and final JGOFS Open Science Conference
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Hugh Ducklow, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Mark Abbott, Oregon State University
Session I. OCEAN COLOR TO OCEAN DYNAMICS
Chair: Trevor Platt, Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Session II. JGOFS CONNECTIONS
Chair: Robert Anderson, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2100 C St., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS: nas.edu
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS presents 2003 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month keynote address featuring Laureen Ong, National Geographic Channel president.
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: Mumford Room, sixth floor of the Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-707-0022
WEB ADDRESS: loc.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Humanities and Social Sciences Division holds a lecture featuring Dr. E. Fuller Torrey and Carla Yanni who will discuss "The Invisible Plague and the Institutions That Cared for Its Sick."
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: LJ119, Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-707-0022
WEB ADDRESS: loc.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 2002-2003 NEUROSCIENCE LECTURE SERIES: "Mechanisms Underlying Use and Abuse of Stimulant Drugs," with Dr. Nora R. Volkow, Director Designee, NIDA.
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: Lipsett Amphitheater, Clinical Center, Building 10, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 410-550-1538
WEB ADDRESS: nih.gov
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Resident Associate Program presents legendary entertainer Carl Reiner who has touched three generations of American comedy. Tonight he reminisces about his great career. Reiner's new book My Anecdotal Life is available for signing after the program.
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: Natural History Museum, Baird Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Resident Associate Program presents a panel of Scottish industry leaders representing the nation's cultural legacy and its new high-tech successes share an evening of insights into their thriving business life, where being traditional yet also technologically creative is the mark of the Scottish character.
WHO: The speakers are:
Norman F. Barnes, president/CEO, Walkers Shortbread Inc.
Andrew Bissell, CEO, Voxar Limited (medical imaging technologies)
Ian Good, chairman and chief executive, The Edrington Group (premium whisky brands)
Alistair Gray, CEO, Ortak Jewellery (gold and silver inspired by the Orkney Islands)
Philip Riddle, CEO, VisitScotland (the Scottish tourist board)
Gordon Stuart, managing director, Spektra Group Ltd. online financial services and e-commerce).
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: Commons, Smithsonian Castle, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 8 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Resident Associate Program presents Sir Timothy Clifford, director-general of the National Galleries of Scotland, sharing the dramatic story of his rare discovery of a black-chalk-and-brown wash drawing of a 3-tiered candelabrum in a box at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York. Sir Timothy discusses when and why the drawing was made and also presents highlights of the National Galleries of Scotland's collections dating from the 14th century to the present.
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Lecture Hall, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
