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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Office of Vocational and Adult Education holds "Preparing America's Future: The High School Symposium."
AGENDA: Highlights:
Panel 1: Challenges Facing Today's American High School
Chester Finn, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
Jan Somerville, The Education Trust
Anthony Carnevale, Education Testing Service
Susan Sclafani, U.S. Department of Education
Beth B. Buehlmann, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Bill East, National Association of State Directors of Special Education,
Panel 2: Preparing Students for High Achievement and Postsecondary Transitions
John Bishop, Cornell University
Robert Balfanz, Johns Hopkins University
James Rosenbaum, Northwestern University
Thomas Bailey, Columbia University
Betsy Brand, American Youth Policy Forum
John Ferrandino, National Academy Foundation
Panel 3: The Role of Career and Technical Education in High Schools
Ken Gray, Pennsylvania State University
Gene Bottoms, Southern Regional Education Board
Milton Goldberg, National Alliance of Business
Phyllis Eisen, National Association of Manufacturers
Secretary Rod Paige, U.S. Department of Education
Assistant Secretary Carol D'Amico, Office of Vocational and Adult Education
DATE: April 4, 2002
LOCATION: US Chamber, 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-2055451
WEB ADDRESS:ed.gov
TIME: All Day
EVENT: COMMERCE DEPARTMENT NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION holds its Spectrum Summit meeting.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:15 a.m. - Introductions by Master of Ceremonies (Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael D. Gallagher, Deputy Assistant Secretary, NTIA)
Keynote Speaker - Department of Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evan
Remarks - Nancy J. Victory, Assistant Secretary for Communications & Information & NTIA Administrator, & Michael K. Powell, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
10 a.m. - Panel Session 1 - Views from Spectrum Users moderated by Asst Secretary Victory & Chairman Powell of the FCC
1:15 p.m. - Panel Session 2 - Views from Economists/Analysts moderated by Asst Secretary Victory & Kevin J. Martin, Commissioner, FCC
3:30 p.m. - Panel Session 3 - Views from Technologists/Futurists moderated by Asst Secretary Victory & Kathleen Q. Abernathy, Commissioner, FCC
DATE: April 4, 2002
LOCATION: Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-482-7002
WEB ADDRESS: doc.gov
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL. This year's 2002 festival marks the 90th celebration of the original gift of the 3,000 cherry trees by the city of Tokyo to the people of Washington, DC in 1912.
AGENDA: Highlights:
The National Maritime Heritage Foundation presents Freedom Schooner Amistad, 161 years after former President John Quincy Adams went before the United States Supreme Court to defend the captured Africans of the Spanish cargo ship La Amistad, the recreation of the famous ship will ride in the waters of the nation's capital.
7:30 a.m.- Cherry Blossom Chamber Music Concert, St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, 6th and Maine Avenue, SW
DATE: April 4, 2002
CONTACT: 202-661-7596
WEB ADDRESS: nationalcherryblossomfestival.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: DEPARTMENT OF STATE presents the Fulbright Visiting Scholars from 60 countries who will gather at a conference themed "The Images of the U.S. Around the World: Myths and Realities."
AGENDA: Highlight:
9 a.m. - Andrew Kohut, Director, Pew Research Center
12:30 p.m. - Patricia S. Harrison, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
DATE: April 4, 2002
LOCATION: Wyndham City Center Hotel, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Judy Pehrson, 202-686-4014.
WEB ADDRESS: state.gov
TIME: All day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Food and Nutrition Board Institute of Medicine, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division of Earth and Life Studies, holds a meeting to review the use of scientific criteria and performance standards for safe food.
DATE: April 4, 2002
LOCATION: 2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH holds a conference on The Functional Genomics Of Critical Illness And Injury.
AGENDA: Highlights:
Critically Ill or Injured Patient
Differential Gene Expression: Snapshots of Complexity
Understanding Functional Aspects of Genetic Variability
Genomic Studies of Host-Pathogen Interactions
Beyond the Transcriptome: High-throughput Proteomics
Experimental Design and Managing High-Dimensional Data
DATE: April 4, 2002
LOCATION: Masur Auditorium, Building 10, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-496-9320
WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss general scientific principles related to quality factors for infant formula, and the scientific issues related to the generalization of findings from a clinical study using preterm infant formula consumed by preterm infants to a term infant formula intended for use by term infants.
DATE: April 4, 2002
LOCATION: Marriott Hotel, Grand Ballroom, 6400 Ivy Lane, Greenbelt, MD.
CONTACT: Catherine M. DeRoever, 301-436-2397.
WEB ADDRESS:fda.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ARCHIVES presents Robert Rush discussing Hell in Hürtgen Forest: The Ordeal and Triumph of an American Infantry Regiment. Focusing on the bitterly fought battle between the American 22nd Infantry Regiment and elements of the German LXXIV Korps, Rush chronicles small-unit combat at its most extreme.
DATE: April 4, 2002
LOCATION: National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC,
CONTACT: 202-501-5000
WEB ADDRESS: nara.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Special program with Dr. Judith M. McKay, Curator of Applied Arts at the Queensland Museum in Australia, discussing her research on how Queensland attempted to "go global" at such international expositions as International Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876.
DATE: April 4, 2002
LOCATION: Smithsonian Castle, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Resident Associate Program presents Resident Associate Program presents popular crime novelists Robert Parker, creator of Spenser, Private Eye, and Robert Andrews, author of A Murder of Honor, offering an evening of shady characters and literary style. Metro Radio personality Bill Thompson moderates. The evening begins with snacks and a glass of wine.
DATE: April 4, 2002
LOCATION: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Rm. 3037, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
