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EVENTS ON MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS holds its "2002 AICPA National Governmental Accounting and Auditing Update Conference.
AGENDA: Highlight:
8:10 a.m. - Government Accountants on Counter Terrorism
DATE: August 26, 2002
LOCATION: Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Shirley Twillman, 202-434-9220
WEB ADDRESS: cpa2biz.com
TIME: All Day
EVENT: 121ST MARYLAND STATE FAIR featuring home arts and agricultural exhibits, daily livestock and horse shows, midway rides and games, horse racing and live entertainment by Avalon, Steve Holy and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.
DATE: August 26, 2002
LOCATION: Timonium Fair Grounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium, MD
CONTACT: 410-252-0200 x225
WEB ADDRESS: marylandstatefair.com/StateFair/StateFair_Info.asp
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: EQUITY INTERNATIONAL holds a homeland security financing briefing.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dale Watson, Executive Assistant Director for Counterterrorism, FBI
William Hoagland, Staff Director, Senate Budget Committee
Scott Lilly, Minority Staff Director, House Appropriations Committee
Paul Bergeron, Office of the Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Chemical/Biological Defense)
Donald Vincent, Vice President, Homeland Security, Booz Allen Hamilton
DATE: August 26, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Lana Corrigan, 202-756-2244
WEB ADDRESS: globalsecurity.bz.
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: NORTH AMERICAN SECURITIES ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION holds a news conference to discuss the Top 10 Scams, Schemes & Risky Investments news conference.
WHO: The speakers are:
Joseph Borg, director of the Alabama Securities Commission and NASAA President
Mark Sendrow, Director of Securities, Arizona Corporation Commission
Magdalena Scheller, investor in Mid-America, a charitable gift annuity scam
Marc Beauchamp, NASAA Executive Director
DATE: August 26, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Ashley Baker, 202-737-0901
WEB ADDRESS: nasaa.com
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS holds a policy briefing on pension reform
WHO: The speakers are:
Dorothy Coleman, vice president for tax policy
Neil Trautwein, director for health care policy
DATE: August 26, 2002
LOCATION: National Association of Manufacturers, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Scot Montrey, 202-637-3099
WEB ADDRESS: nam.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on Border Security featuring Customs Commissioner Robert Bonner.
DATE: August 26, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS: csis.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Fruit who are the Australian pop sensations whose heart-thumping, hard-hitting, foot-stomping style embraces pop, funk, blues and rock.
DATE: August 26, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
