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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Transportation Research Board
Studies and Information Services Safety Belt Technology Study holds a meeting.
AGENDA: Highlights:
10 a.m. - Introduction and Overview of the agenda (William Howell)
10:10a.m. - Introduction to the Study Charge and Schedule (Nan Humphrey)
10:40 a.m. - Perspectives on Study Objectives and Expected Outcomes
- Congressional Staff [Stephanie Gupta, House Appropriations Staff (invited)]
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Roger Saul, Office of Crashworthiness Standards
- Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Scott Schmidt, Manager, Vehicle Safety)
11:30 a.m. - History of Safety Belt Interlock Regulations (Michael Finkelstein, Committee Member)
1 p.m. - Target Groups for Increasing Belt Use - What do we know? (Richard Compton, Office of Research and Travel Records, NHTSA; Philip Haseltine, Committee Member)
2 p.m. - Preliminary NHTSA Focus Groups and Suggested Plan for Public Opinion Survey and Additional Focus Groups (Nathaniel Beuse, New Car Assessment Program, NHTSA; Jonathan Bentley, Equals Three Communications)
3:15 p.m. Technologies to Encourage Belt Use - What do we Know? [Alan Williams; Ernest Grush, Ford Motor Company (retired) and David Viano, General Motors (retired) (committee members)]
LOCATION: 500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS: nas.edu
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION holds a Public Forum On Rights-Of-Way Issues
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:15 a.m. - Welcome and Introduction
K. Dane Snowden, Chief, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, FCC Chairman and Commissioners
10 a.m. - The Jurisdictional Question: Local vs. Federal Authority
Introduction - Background, historical perspective on rights-of-way issues, and status of court challenges.
Panel discussion on the scope of Federal authority under Section 253 of the Communications Act.
Jane Mago, General Counsel, Office of General Counsel
Lisa Gelb, Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco, California
Chris Melcher, Corporate Counsel, Qwest Communications
Pam Beery, Partner, Beery & Elsner
Teresa Marrero, Manager, Federal Rights-of-Way Issues, AT&T
11:15 a.m. - Fair and Reasonable Compensation for Use of Rights-of-Way
Panel discussion on compensation issues including cost-based, percentage of revenue, and in-kind compensation approaches.
Bill Maher, Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau
Sandy Sakamoto, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Attorney SBC/Pacific Telesis
Don Knight, Assistant City Attorney, Dallas, Texas
Kelsi Reeves, Vice President of Federal Government Relations Time Warner Telecom
Larry Doherty, Director, Site Development, West Region, Sprint PCS
Barry Orton, Professor of Telecommunications, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2 p.m. - Perspectives from the Administration
Nancy Victory, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, U.S. Department of Commerce
2:30 p.m. - Looking Ahead: Policy Approaches to Rights-of-Way Management
Panel discussion on how best to accommodate the interests of multiple stakeholders.
Ken Ferree, Chief, Media Bureau
Ken Fellman, Mayor, Arvada, Colorado
Dorian Denburg, Chief Rights-of-Way Counsel, BellSouth Corporation
Bob Chernow, Chair, Regional Telecom Commission
Alexandra Wilson, Chief Policy Counsel, Cox Enterprises
Bob Nelson, Commissioner, Michigan Public Service Commission
3:30 p.m. - K. Dane Snowden, Chief, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau
DATE: October 16, 2002
LOCATION: 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554
CONTACT: Kris Monteith or Gene Fullano, 202-418-1400,
WEB ADDRESS: fcc.gov
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS presents Washington-area photographer Carol Highsmith discussing her photographs of the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
DATE: October 16, 2002
LOCATION Mumford Room, sixth floor of the Madison Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-707-6072
WEB ADDRESS:loc.gov
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH VRC SEMINAR SERIES lecture entitled "Engineering Dendritic Cell Antigen Handling to Break T Cell Tolerance," with Dr. Drew Pardoll, Johns Hopkins University.
DATE: October 16, 2002
LOCATION: Main Floor Conference Room, Building 40, Bethesda, MD, CONTACT: 301-594-8491
WEB ADDRESS: nih.gov
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES presents 2002 Charles Eldredge Prize winner for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art Anthony W. Lee discussing "Orientals and Orientalists in the American Scene." Lee, a professor at Mount Holyoke College, is being honored for his book Picturing Chinatown: Art and Orientalism in San Francisco
DATE: October 16, 2002
LOCATION: Renwick Gallery, Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES presents commentator, social activist, and author Tavis Smiley talking about his latest book Keeping the Faith. He shares stories, testimonies, and important lessons that he has learned about life, love, the importance of family, overcoming personal or cultural obstacles, grief, healing, hope, and community.
DATE: October 16, 2002
LOCATION: USDA Jefferson Auditorium, 14th & Independence SW, Wing 5, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS:si.edu
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES presents Portuguese singer Cristina Branco who breathes new life into the fado tradition, a genre akin to Greek rembetika or the blues that dates back to the early 1800s. Adding inflections of jazz and blues while keeping with the standard ensemble of Portuguese guitar and bass, she has given this traditional music a more upbeat, contemporary feel.
DATE: October 16, 2002
LOCATION: Natural History Museum, Baird Auditorium, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS:si.edu
