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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2001

TIME: All Day

EVENT: BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION, NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION, NASDAQ, THE TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL OF MARYLAND AND THE HINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL hold the BIO VentureForum 2001. The forum will be held concurrently with the Technology Council of Maryland's 7th annual Maryland Bioscience Forum. An Advisory panel of major venture firms and other experts selected 92 of the most promising early-stage and pre-IPO biotech companies from the U.S. and Europe. Seeking seed funding, these entrepreneurs will outline their business models to an audience of venture capital executives, industry analysts and institutional investors.

AGENDA: Highlights:

8:30 a.m. - Welcoming Remarks by Carl B. Feldbaum, president of BIO, and Dyan Brasington, president of the Technology Council of Maryland

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Opening Keynote Addresses presented by Rita R. Colwell, Ph.D., director, National Science Foundation, and William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., chairman and CEO, Human Genome Sciences Inc.

12 noon - Scientist to CEO - Three Success Stories, with panel members Judith A. Britz, Ph.D., president and CEO, Cylex, Inc.; Wayne T. Hockmeyer, Ph.D., chairman, MedImmune; and John W. Holaday, Ph.D., chairman and CEO, EntreMed, Inc.

4:15 p.m. - Evening Keynote Address by M. James Barrett, general partner, New Enterprise Associates, and David Wield, IV, executive vice president, Corporate Client Division, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.

DATE: October 3, 2001

LOCATION: Washington Hilton and Towers, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 703-287-7823

WEB ADDRESS:bio.org

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUTRIAL ORGANIZATION holds a news conference discussing aid for displaced workers in the airline industry.

WHO: The speakers are:

John Sweeney, president, AFL-CIO

Sen. Jean Carnahan, D-MO

DATE: October 3, 2001

LOCATION: Senate Swamp, U.S. Capitol; rain site, 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-637-5018

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

EVENT: CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES holds a panel discussion on the report "New Ellis Island."

WHO: The speakers are:

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Steven Camarota, Center For Immigration Studies

Roy Beck, NumbersUSA.Com

Mark Krikorian, Center For Immigration Studies

DATE: October 3, 2001

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

CONTACT: 202-466-8185

WEB ADDRESS: cis.org

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program entitled "Toward a New Security Framework with Sam Nunn, former U.S. Senator from Georgia, co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative.

DATE: October 3, 2001

LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program entitled "The Environment: Getting Better, Not Worse." Many environmentalists claim that natural resources are running out, species are being driven to extinction at alarming rates, and, in general, that the state of the environment is spiraling out of control--but are these claims true?

WHO: The speakers are:

Robert W. Hahn, AEI-Brookings Joint Center

James K. Glassman, AEI and TechCentralStation.com

Bjorn Lomborg, University of Aarhus

Allen Hammond, World Resources Institute

David Sandalow, World Wildlife Fund

DATE: October 3, 2001

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS:aei.org

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TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program with The Assistant for Legal Reform to President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Kozak, discussing "Legal Reform in Russia."

DATE: October 3, 2001

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: ISLAMIC INSTITUTE holds a luncheon program with the Emir of Qutar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifah Al-Thani.

DATE: October 3, 2001

LOCATION: 345 Cannon Office Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-955-7174

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE holds a program on "Strange Bedfellows In A Strange Land: The International Coalition To Combat Terrorism."

WHO: The speakers are:

Shlomo Avineri, Carnegie visiting scholar, is professor of political science and director of the Institute for European Studies at Hebrew University

David Calleo is professor and director of European Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies

Mahnaz Ispahani is deputy director for human rights and international cooperation at the Ford Foundation

Michael Mcfaul is a Carnegie Endowment senior associate in the Russian and Eurasian Program

Andrew Kuchins, director of the Russian and Eurasian Program at the Carnegie Endowment

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DATE: October 3, 2001

LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-483-7600

WEB ADDRESS:ceip.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Is Globalization Marginalizing Corporate Canada?"

WHO: The speakers are:

Al Litvak, professor from Florida Atlantic University

Pierre Lassonde, professor emeritus from York University School of Business

DATE: October 3, 2001

LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-663-5626

WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION presents "Germany, the United States and the Fight Against Transnational Terrorism" with Michael Roth, member, German Bundestag. AGENDA: Chancellor Schröder has assured the Bush Administration of Germany's "unlimited solidarity" in the fight against terrorism. In the days following the attacks, the German public expressed sympathy and solidarity with the American people, while at the same time voicing concerns over a U.S. military "over-reaction."

DATE: October 3, 2001

LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901

WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE presents CAFE Chatter: Improving Automotive Efficiency with Paul Portney, Resources for the Future. On July 30th, in the midst of a number of controversies, the National Academy of Sciences released a report by its National Research Council, "Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards."

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DATE: October 3, 2001

LOCATION: 1616 P Street, NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-328-5000

WEB ADDRESS: rff.org

TIME: 1 p.m.

EVENT: ASSOCIATION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS holds a news conference to discuss airline safety, security and the industries future.

DATE: October 3, 2001

LOCATION: Hampton inn, 5821 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA

CONTACT: 703-276-2772

WEB ADDRESS:afanet.org

TIME: 5:30 p.m.

EVENT: WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES present "A Dialogue on the 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review."

WHO: The speakers are:

Michele Flournoy, senior adviser, international security, CSIS

Andrew Hoehn, Defense deputy assistant secretary for policy

Erin C. Conaton is a Professional Staff Member with the House Armed Services Committee

DATE: October 3, 2001

LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242

WEB ADDRESS:csis.org

TIME: 7 p.m.

EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE features Leif Enger discussing and signing copies of PEACE LIKE A RIVER.

DATE: October 3, 2001

LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-364-1919

WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com

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