Paula Gordon was kind enough to send me the following information, which answers a question I posed on another thread.
If anyone lives close enough to the Washington, D.C. area to attend part of all of this four and a half day Y2K conference, it sounds as though it would be interesting. Here's all the info (it's long but that can't be helped):
Y2K CONFERENCE
(CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM INCLUDED BELOW)
Y2K: LOCAL, NATIONAL, & GLOBAL CONCERNS ~ WHAT FURTHER ACTIONS ARE NEEDED?"
Sponsored by the GW Y2K Group of the Research Program in Social and Organization Learning (RPSOL) of The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Monday, July 26 through Friday, July 30, 1999 (ending at 1 PM on 7/30)
(Including a Reception and Evening Panel Program on "Y2K, Nuclear Power Plant Safety, and the Electric Power Grid" hosted by The Washington Post Company at The Washington Post: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 ~ see the announcement below for details.)
The George Washington University Y2K Group is planning a four and a half day conference on an array of topics bearing on the Y2K and embedded systems crisis, the current status of efforts to minimize impacts and the additional actions that are needed.
A list of confirmed speakers and participants, a conference agenda, and conference registration form are included below. The conference is free ~ No registration fee is required. All are welcome.
All plenary sessions of the conference except for the evening panel program of July 28 will be held in Funger Hall (Room 103 ~ Auditorium), The George Washington University Campus, 2201 G Street NW, (22nd and G Sts. NW), Washington, DC
Please note that daily times vary:
~ Monday, July 26, 8:45 AM to 5:15 PM
~ Tuesday, July 27, 8 AM to 5:45 PM
~ Wednesday, July 28 (GW University) 8:45 AM to 5:30 PM and
~ Wednesday, July 28 (The Washington Post) 6 PM to 9 PM
~ Thursday, July 29, 9 AM to 6 PM
~ Friday, July 30, 8:30 AM to 1 PM
All events are free and open to the public, but registration is advisable.
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List of Confirmed Speakers, Panel Participants, and Breakout Session Presenters:
~ Harlan Cleveland, President, World Academy of Art and Science and former U.S. Ambassador to NATO
~ General Peter Kind, Director, Information Coordination Center, President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion
~ The Honorable Jacquelyn Williams-Bridgers, Inspector General, U.S. State Department
~ Bruce W. McConnell, Executive Director, International Y2K Cooperation Center
~ John V. McIsaac, President & CEO, Market Partners, Inc, Philadelphia
~ Margaret Anderson, Director of Policy, Center for Y2K & Society
~ Joyce Amenta, InfoDev Program, World Bank
~ James Adams, Chief Executive Officer, INFRASTRUCTURE DEFENSE, Inc.
~ Gail Evra, Producer-in-charge of Y2K coverage, CNN Moneyline News Hour
~ David Franke, WorldNetDaily
~ Lois R. Saboe, MSW, Senior Community Organizer, Center for Y2K & Society
~ Laurene West, RN, Y2K Health Specialist and Speaker;
~ Kendra Martin, American Petroleum Institute
~ Erik Olson, Natural Resource Defense Council
~ Michael Nolan, City Administrator, Norfolk, Nebraska;
~ Mary Olson, Nuclear Information Resource Service;
~ Paul Gunter, Nuclear Information Resource Service;
~ David Lochbaum of the Union of Concerned Scientists;
~ Jose Calvo, Branch Chief, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Electrical & Instrumentation & Controls Branch; and
~ Jim Davis, Director of Operations, Nuclear Energy Institute.
~ Pat Heckel, Information Systems Planning Manager, Georgetown University
~ Gayle C. Willman, MIT Year 2000 Team, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
~ Sally Strackbein, Vice President, The Northern Virginia Year 2000
Community Action Group (NOVA Y2K)
~ Ray Strackbein, The Northern Virginia Year 2000 Community Action Group (NOVA Y2K)
~ Jay Golter, Acting President, The Northern Virginia Year 2000 Community Action Group (NOVA Y2K)
~ Stuart Umpleby, Director, RPSOL, and Professor, Department of Management Science, George Washington University
~ Paula Gordon, Director of Special Projects, RPSOL, and Visiting Research Professor, Department of Management Science, George Washington University
~ Charles Riemenschneider, Director, UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Liason and External Affairs Office, Washington D.C.
~ Anne Reed, Chief Information Officer, US Department of Agriculture
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Conference Agenda as of July 13, 1999 (11 AM)
"Y2K: LOCAL, NATIONAL, & GLOBAL CONCERNS ~ WHAT FURTHER ACTIONS ARE NEEDED?"
Updated details regarding the Conference Agenda and speakers and panel participants will become available by July 20 on the announcements page at http://gwu.edu/~y2k/keypeople/gordon.
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Note concerning concurrent break out panel track sessions:
There will also be breakout panel track sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The agenda for the breakout sessions will be posted soon. A breakout panel track on university-related concerns is tentatively scheduled for all day Tuesday and all day Thursday. Breakout sessions will be held on Thursday morning and afternoon on individual, home, and community awareness and preparedness. The tracks will run concurrently with plenary session
panels and presentations.
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Monday, July 26
Day 1
Morning Plenary Session
8:45 AM: Introductory Remarks
9:00 AM: Keynote Presentation
9:20 AM: Panel: "The Scope of the Threats and Challenges of Y2K and the Embedded Systems Crisis ~ What More Needs to Be Done? What More Can Be Done?
12: 30 to 1:30 PM LUNCH
1:30 - 3:30 PM: Panel: "Y2K Health and Quality of Life Issues ~
What More Needs to Be Done?"
3:30 - 3:45 PM: Break
3:45 - 5:15 PM: Panel: "Y2K Environmental and Public Health and
Safety Issues in the US ~ What More Needs to Be Done?"
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Tuesday, July 27, 1999
Day 2
Morning Plenary Session
8 - 9 AM: Video Resources
Showing of "Y2K and US" and excerpts of other videos
9 ~ 9:20 AM: Keynote address: Ambassador Percy Mangoela (invited)
:20 AM ~ 12:30 PM: Panel: "Status of Global Efforts ~ What More Needs to Be Done?"
12:30 - 1:15 PM Lunch
1:15 - 3:30 PM: Sector Analysis Presentations
1:15 - 2 PM: The National and Global Financial Sector:
2 - 2:30 PM~ Transportation:
2:30 - 3 PM ~ Maritime/Ports/Tankers: Rear Admiral George Naccara
3 - 3:45 PM ~ Energy
3:45 - 4:45 PM Electric Power Panel:
4:15 - 5:45 PM: Continuation - Sector Analysis Presentation
4:45 - 5:15 PM Telecommunications
5:15 - 5:45 PM: Health Industry (Changed from previous agenda)
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Wednesday, July 28
Day 3
Morning Plenary Session
8:45 - 9:15 AM: Keynote Speaker "Y2K and National Security"
9:15 - 10:30 AM: National Security
9:45 - 10:30 AM: Water and Other Environmental Concerns (Changed from previous agenda)
10:30 - 10:45 AM Break
10:45 - 11:30 AM: Food Supply and Distribution
11:30 AM - 12: 30 PM: Oil and Gas (Changed from previous agenda)
12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 3:15 PM Panel on Community Preparedness
3:15 - 3:30 PM Break
3:30 - 5:30 PM Panel on Y2K, Emergency Preparedness Planning and implementation
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Thursday, July 29
Day 4
Morning Plenary Session
9 AM Keynote TBA
9:30 - 11 AM: Panel on Social Psychological Aspects of Y2K
11 - 11:15 AM Break
11:15 AM - 1:15 PM Panel on Y2K and the Media (with representatives from the media)
1:15 - 2:15 PM: Lunch
2:15 - 3:45 PM: Speaker:
"The Information Coordination Center ~ Its Role in Preventing and Minimizing the Impacts of Y2K".
3:45 - 4 PM: Break
4 - 6 PM: Panel:
"The Roles That International Organizations are Playing in Addressing the Y2K and Embedded Systems Crisis and the Roles They Might Play"
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Friday, July 30
Day 5
Concluding Plenary Session
8:30 - 9:30 AM: Presentation:
" Political Analysis of What is Going On"
9:30 - 11 AM: Reports of highlights and recommendations from Keynote and other Presentations and Plenary and Breakout Panels
11 - 11:15: Break
11:15 - 1 PM Summary Panel and comments from the floor
END OF CONFERENCE
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REGISTRATION FORM FOR THIS FREE CONFERENCE:
Please fill out the following form or provide the following information if
you wish to attend the Conference. No confirmations will be sent out.
Please note that you will only be notified if the number of registrants
exceeds the limit or if there is any significant change in scheduling.
Please e-mail form to or
fax the form to Wafa Abou-Zaki at (202) 994 5225
by Friday, July 23.
Late registration will also be accepted space permitting.
Name
Affiliation (Optional)
E-mail address
Fax number (if you do not have an e-mail address)
Mailing address (Please include in the event there are materials that need to be mailed after the conference):
If you will NOT be attending all four and a half days of the conference, please delete the days that you are not expecting to attend:
MON 7/26 TUES 7/27 WED 7/28* THURS 7/29 FRI 7/30
*Please indicate separately if you would like to register for the evening
panel program on Wednesday, July 28 on "Y2K, Nuclear Power Plant Safety, and the Electric Power Grid" at the Washington Post.
Yes, I would like to attend the Wednesday evening panel: _________
No, I do not plan on attending the Wednesday evening panel: ________
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OPTIONAL: BECOMING A RPSOL Y2K SPONSOR
The Research Program in Social and Organizational Learning (RPSOL) of the George Washington University has organized this conference along with other Y2K activities.
If you would like to become a RPSOL Y2K Sponsor and help underwrite the costs of RPSOL activities and publication efforts, please indicate here:
I would like to be a sponsor of RPSOL Y2K activities._______
Sponsorship by individuals ($10 or more), organizations and small - medium size businesses ($100 or more), institutions and corporations ($1000 or more) is welcome. Checks should be made out to "RPSOL(Y2K) ~ GW University" and mailed to
ATTN: Wafa Abou-Zaki, RPSOL, GW University, 2033 K Street NW, Suite 230, Washington, D.C. 20052.
The George Washington University is a 501 C 3 tax exempt institution.
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The Evening Forum on Y2K in July will focus on "Y2K, Nuclear Power Plant Safety, and the Electric Power Grid"
Wednesday, July 28, 1999 (a follow up to previous programs held on electric power)
Sponsor: George Washington University Y2K Group
Host: The Washington Post Company
When: Wednesday, June 28, 1999. Reception 6 PM Program 7:00 PM
Where: The Community Room, 9th Floor, The Washington Post, 1150 15th St NW (at 15th and L Sts. NW) Washington, DC
Panelists:
~ Mary Olson, Nuclear Information Resource Service;
~ Paul Gunter, Nuclear Information Resource Service;
~ David Lochbaum of the Union of Concerned Scientists;
~ Jose Calvo, Branch Chief, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Electrical & Instrumentation & Controls Branch; and
~ Jim Davis, Director of Operations, Nuclear Energy Institute.
Discussant:
~ Paula Gordon, Director of Special Projects, RPSOL, GW University
This event is free and open to all.
RSVP to waz@gwu.edu or fax Wafa Abou-Zaki at (202) 994 5225.
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-- Anonymous, July 15, 1999