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EVENTS ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Institute of Medicine holds a program on Assessing Health Effects of Genetically Engineered Foods
AGENDA: Highlights:
Presentations from Representatives of the Sponsoring Agencies:
1 p.m. - U.S. Department of Agriculture--Speaker TBA
2 p.m. - U.S. Food and Drug Administration--James H. Maryanski, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration
3:15 p.m. - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--J. Thomas McClintock, Office of Science Coordination and Policy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: 2100 C St. NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS: nas.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Institute of Medicine Committee On Patient Safety Data Standards holds a program on Guidance for Development of Patient Safety Data Standards.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8 a.m. - Welcome and Introductions, Molly Coye, M.D., Paul Tang, M.D.
Review of Revised Scope for Defining Data Capture Standards
8:30 a.m. - Overview of Federal Reporting Requirements & Surveillance Systems
CDC (nosocomial, bioterrorism, cancer, radiation, etc.), Claire Broome
FDA (devices, drugs, transfusion, etc), Janet Woodcock, M.D.
CMS, Steve Jencks, M.D.
MEDSTAT, integration of federal reporting and surveillance systems, Kathe Fox
10:20 a.m. - Review of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Systems
NYPORTS, Ellen Flink
ISMP/USP, Michael Cohen
VHA, Jim Bagian
JCAHO standards for sentinel events and work on taxonomy, Paul Schyve, M.D.
12 noon - Luncheon & Presentation
International Efforts on Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
General Review, AHRQ, Jim Battles, M.D.
Australia, APSF, Bill Runciman, M.D.
1 p.m. - Safety & Quality Improvement Systems of Other Industries
Airline, Linda Connell
Alcoa, Robert Slack
HACCP, Margaret Glavin
Reliable Systems, UC Berkley, Karlene Roberts
3:20 p.m. - Surveillance and Quality Improvement Systems
Brigham and Women's Hospital, David Bates. M.D.
Ambulatory Care Decision Support Systems and Standards Supporting Patient Safety, Regenstrief, Clem McDonald, M.D.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: Holiday Inn Georgetown Mirage Ballroom, 2101 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION holds a symposium on Science And Regulation Of Biological Products: From A Rich History To A Challenging Future. The purpose of the symposium is to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the enactment of the Biologics Control Act, the first Federal law regulating biological products.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: Natcher Conference Center, Bldg. 45, Center Dr., Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: Michael D. Anderson, 301-827-6210 and Gail Sherman, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, 301-827-2000
WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: U.S. - CHINA COMMISSION holds hearings on Chinese Leadership Succession And Its Implications.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Chinese Leadership Succession and its Implications - I
Willy Wo-lap Lam, CNN Senior China Analyst
Bruce Gilley, Co-author of China's New Rulers: The Secret Files
Professor Cheng Li, Hamilton College and Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
10:30 a.m. - Chinese Leadership Succession and its Implications -- II
Professor Shaomin Li, Old Dominion University
Dr. Andrew Scobell, Army War College
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-624-1410
WEB ADDRESS: uscc.gov
TIME: 2:15 pm.
EVENT: CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA holds a roundtable discussion entitled "Women's Rights and China's New Family Planning Law."
AGENDA: China's Population and Family Planning Law, which went into effect on September 1, is designed to maintain tight control of population growth while improving the quality of reproductive health care for women. The one-child policy, introduced in 1980 under Deng Xiaoping, has led in some cases to coercive birth control practices, including forced abortions and
involuntary sterilizations. Last month, the Bush administration withheld $34 million from the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) because it did not want to support such practices.
WHO: The speakers are:
Edwin A. Winkler, Research Associate, East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Stirling Scruggs, Director, Information and External Relations Division, United Nations Population Fund
Bonnie Glick, career foreign service officer, part of 2002 U.S. Assessment Team to China
Susan Greenhalgh, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
John Aird, former Chief of the China Branch and Senior Research Specialist on China at the Bureau of the Census
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: 215 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-504-6300
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY holds a briefing by Ghia Nodia, Chairman, Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development discussing After Shevardnadze: The Future of Georgia.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-457-6949
WEB ADDRESS: rferl.gov
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Resident Associate Program holds a lecture on Ancient Egyptian Religion: From Anubis to Thoth with Egyptian scholar Donald Redford who unravels the mystery of Egyptian religion and offers a deeper understanding of this belief system, one of the world's oldest. He also outlines the key elements of that religion, including belief in the afterlife, burial practices, and cultic rituals.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Lecture Hall, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
