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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: US CUSTOMS SERVICE is sponsoring a symposium on International Trade
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:45 a.m. - Opening Address by US Customs Service Commissioner Robert C.
Bonner
9:30 a.m. - Panel I: Roundtable with Customs Assistant Commissioners
Moderator, Douglas Browning, Deputy Commissioner
Don Shruhan, Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Affairs
Jayson Ahern, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations
Michael Schmitz, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Regulations and Rulings
Deborah J. Spero, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Strategic Trade
10:45 a.m. - Panel II: Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
(C-TPAT) - Supply Chain Security Best Practices
This panel will explore ways in which Customs and private industry have been
working together to implement C-TPAT and develop, enhance, and disseminate
relevant security practices and information.
Moderator, Andrew B. Maner, Chief of Staff, Office of the Commissioner
Robert Perez, Director, C-TPAT, Office of Field Operations
John J. Hyde, Director, Security and Compliance, Maersk Sealand
Leslie K. B. Cazas, Senior Manager, Customs & Trade Administration, Nissan
of North America
Peter H. Powell, Sr., CEO, C. H. Powell Company
2 p.m. - Panel III: Office of Information and Technology:
Strengthening Our Borders Through Science and Technology
This session will focus on the use of technology in support of the
Commissioner's programs and provide an update on the Automated Commercial
Environment.
Presenter, S. W. Hall, Jr., Assistant Commissioner and Chief Information
Officer, Office of Information and Technology
Charles Armstrong, Executive Director, Customs Modernization Office
John Pennella, Executive Director, Applied Technology Division
Ira Reese, Executive Director, Laboratories and Scientific Services
3:45 p.m. - Panel IV: Importer Self-Assessment - Taking Charge of Your
Own Compliance
This discussion will address a new self-governing program for trade
compliance, Importer Self-Assessment (ISA), which offers interested and
eligible importers the opportunity to take ownership of their trade
compliance process in exchange for meaningful benefits.
Moderator, Deborah J. Spero, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Strategic
Trade
Russ Ugone, Acting Director, Strategic Trade Operations
Richard A. Fuller, Field Director, Regulatory Audit Division, Houston
Timothy W. Van Oost, Director of Customs, BP Group
Barry O'Brien, Hasbro, Inc.
DATE: November 21, 2002
LOCATION: 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-927-1000
WEB ADDRESS: customs.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES The National Research Council holds a workshop to discuss and releases a report, The Internet Under Crisis: Learning From September 11, which offers lessons that might reduce the impact of future crises, and suggestions for how the Internet could play a greater role in crisis response.
AGENDA: The report is embargoed and not for public release before 4 p.m. EST on Nov. 20.
LOCATION 2100 C St., N.W., Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS: nas.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM holds a conference entitled Genetics of Ethanol Effects in Animal Models.
AGENDA: Highlights:
1:30 p.m. - Welcome
Ting-Kai Li, M.D., Director, NIAAA
1:40 p.m. - Presentation of Award
Ting-Kai Li, M.D.
1:45 p.m. - Lecture: "Genetics of Ethanol Effects in Animal Models"
Richard Deitrich, Ph.D.
DATE: November 21, 2002
LOCATION: Masur Auditorium, Bldg. 10, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland
CONTACT: 301- 496-2563
WEB ADDRESS: nih.gov
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ORTHOPAEDIC AND REHABILITATION DEVICES PANEL OF THE MEDICAL DEVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss a PMA for growth factors soaked in a collagen sponge used to treat tibial fractures.
DATE: November 21, 2002
LOCATION: Holiday Inn, Walker/Whetstone Rooms, Two Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg, MD
CONTACT: Hany W. Demian, 301-594-2036
WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH SECOND ANNUAL AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE HERITAGE MONTH OBSERVANCE.
AGENDA: Highlights:
Opening remarks by Dr. Ruth Kirschstein, NIH Deputy Director,
Paul Ortega, Traditional Healer and keynote speaker
Allegheny River Dancers, Salamanca, NY.
DATE: November 21, 2002
LOCATION: Main Auditorium, Building 45, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301- 496-4236
WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Institute of Medicine: Use of Dietary Reference Intakes in Nutrition Labeling holds a meeting.
AGENDA: Highlights:
1 p.m. - Welcome and Introduction
Romy Gunter-Nathan/Linda Meyers, Co-Study Directors
Irwin Rosenberg, Committee Chair
1:05 p.m. - Overview of Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (ULs)
Ian Munro, CanTox
1:30 p.m. - How about: Regulatory Perspectives on DRIs and Discretionary Fortification (Addition of Nutrients to Foods?)
Robert Post, USDA
Margaret Cheney, Health Canada
Virginia Wilkening, FDA
2:30 p.m. - Trends in Nutrient Intake and Status
Alanna Moshfegh, USDA
NHANES Program Staff, NCHS
3:15 p.m. - Application of DRIs in Discretionary Fortification
Kathy Wiemer, General Mills Bell Institute of Health
and Nutrition
Nancy Green, Tropicana
Additional Speakers invited
4:30 p.m. - Open Forum
LOCATION: 2100 C St., N.W, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS: nas.edu
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Resident Associate Program presents Mack Teasley discussing Kay Summersby who was General Dwight D. Eisenhower's wartime chauffeur and personal secretary between 1942 and 1945, while he served in England as Supreme Allied Commander. Eisenhower Library assistant director
DATE: November 21, 2002
LOCATION: USDA Jefferson Aud., 14th & Independence Ave., SW, Wing 5, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3164 ext.142
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Resident Associate Program presents an evening of tastings with Wall Street Journal wine columnists Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher, learn how wines can (and should) be understandable, accessible, and most of all, fun to drink. Moderated by Robert D. Richards, member of the Society of Wine Educators.
DATE: November 21, 2002
LOCATION: Women's Nat'l Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Resident Associate Program presents Stage and screen actress Liv Ullmann and Norwegian violinist Arve Tellefsen for a special performance celebrating the life of Ole Bull (1810-1880), virtuoso violinist, composer, and founder of New Norway in southern Potter County, Pennsylvania.
DATE: November 21, 2002
LOCATION: Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, 14th & Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu