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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
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:
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
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
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."
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