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UPDATED ANNOUNCEMENT 11/10/99GW NOVEMBER Y2K CONFERENCE SERIES AGENDA "The Y2K and Embedded Systems Crisis: Continuing Pre-Rollover Concerns and Imperatives"
The George Washington University
Washington, DC
November 10, 11, 12, 19, and 23, 1999
Sponsored by The George Washington University Y2K Group of the Research Program for Social and Organizational Learning (RPSOL), Department of Management Science, School of Business and Public Management, The George Washington University
This Conference Series is free and open to the public and the media. While no registration is required, please RSVP if possible for planning purposes to waz@gwu.edu Thank you.
Please feel free to forward this announcement to your associates.
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Wednesday, November 10
108 Funger Hall, 23rd & G Streets, NW
5:30 - 6:30 PM Introductory Remarks: Paula Gordon, Conference Organizer and Director of Special Projects, Research Program for Social and Organizational Learning (RPSOL), The George Washington University (GWU) and
Stuart Umpleby, Professor of Management Science and Director, RPSOL, GWU
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6:30 10 PM "Nuclear Power Plants and Y2K Safety Issues: What More Should the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Industry Be Doing to Address Y2K-Related Safety Issues?" *
Presenters: Fred Millar, Director of Environmental and Public Safety Policy, Center for Y2K and Society
Paul Gunter, Nuclear Information Resource Service
Discussant: Paula Gordon, Director of Special Projects, RPSOL, GWU ______________________________________________________________________
**Videotaped excerpts of the July 28, 1999, panel. Excerpts of a panel program videotaped at The Washington Post during the July Conference will be shown during this panel and used to highlight Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Nuclear Energy Institute perspectives concerning nuclear power plant safety. Panelists participating in the videotaped panel were: Mary Olson, Nuclear Information Resource Service (NIRS); Paul Gunter, NIRS; David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists; Jose Calvo, Branch Chief, Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls Branch, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and Jim Davis, Director of Operations, Nuclear Energy Institute. (For information concerning the availability of videos of the July 1999 Y2K Conference, see http://www.gwu.edu/~y2k/keypeople/gordon )
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Thursday, November 11
Host: The Washington Post, 1501 15th Street, NW, 9th Floor, Community Room
6 - 9 PM Reception and Panel: "Anticipated National and Global Impacts and Recommended Initiatives to Minimize Impacts, Particularly Prior to the Rollover"
Reception: 6 7 PM
Panel: 7 9 PM
Panelists: Percy M. Mangoaela, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Lesotho to the United Nations and Head of the UN Informatics Working Group (with primary responsibilities for Y2K)
Dr. Lawrence de Bivort, Director, Global Y2K Consortium
Dr. Robert Alloway, Director, National Leadership Task Force on Y2K
Discussant: Paula Gordon, Director of Special Projects, RPSOL, GWU
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ATTENTION MEDIA: PRESS BRIEFING
Friday, November 12, 10:30 AM to Noon
There will be a press briefing involving Conference Speakers and Panelists on Friday,
November 12, from 10:30 AM to Noon in the RPSOL Conference Room, 2033 K Street, NW, Suite 230. The entrance to 2033 K Street, NW is on 21st Street, NW.
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Friday, November 12
103 Funger Hall, 23rd & G Streets, NW
1:30 - 2:15 PM Presentations: "Embedded Systems: An Overview"
Presenters: Stuart Umpleby, Professor of Management Science and Director, RPSOL, GWU
Paula Gordon, Director of Special Projects, RPSOL, GWU
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2:15 - 4 PM Panel: "An Update on Y2K and Embedded Systems, including Revelations From Insiders Concerning the Status of Remediation and Testing Efforts"
Moderator: Paula Gordon, Director of Special Projects, RPSOL, GWU
Panelists: Mark Frautschi, Center for Y2K and Society
Keith Wolgamuth, Contingency Technologies Inc. (CTI)
Charles "Chip" Shaffer, LOGICON, a NORTHROP GRUMMAN COMPANY
Michael Cherry, CEO, Century Corporation (Invited) Bud Hamilton, Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Georgia State University (Invited)
Ray Strackbein, Information Systems Consultant, Reston, VA (Invited) Discussant: Stuart Umpleby, Professor of Management Science and Director, RPSOL, GWU
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4 - 4:15 PM Break ______________________________________________________________________
4:15 - 6:30 PM Panel: "Water, Y2K, and Embedded Systems: Concerns Regarding Oversight and Action to Date"
Moderator: Fred Millar, Director of Environmental and Public Safety Policy, Center for Y2K and Society
Panelists: Osman Ahmad, Chief Information Officer, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
Professional Staff Member, The Senate Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem (Invited)
Discussants: Deborah Solomon, Esq., Environmental, Health, and Safety Consultant
Mark Frautschi, Center for Y2K & Society
Paula Gordon, Director of Special Projects, RPSOL, GWU
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6:30 - 7:30 PM Excerpts from a video of the panel discussion on "Y2K Environmental and Public Health and Safety Issues in the United States Additional Actions Needed" from the July 1999 Y2K Conference at GWU. Panelists included Lois Epstein, Esq., Environmental Defense Fund; Eric Olson, Natural Resources Defense Council; and Mary Olson, Nuclear Information Resource Service. (For information on how the availability of the videos from the July Conference, see http://www.gwu.edu/~y2k/keypeople/gordon )
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[Optional Dinner Break from 6:30 to 7:30 PM during video presentation] ______________________________________________________________________
7:30 - 10 PM Panel: "The Chemical Sector and Oil and Gas Pipeline Safety"
Moderator: Fred Millar, Director of Environmental and Public Safety Policy, Center for Y2K and Society
Panelists: Sam Mannan, Mary K. OConnor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University, and co-author of a recently released study on small chemical plants and Y2K (Invited)
Mark Frautschi, Center for Y2K and Society
Dr. Robert Alloway, Director, National Leadership Task Force on Y2K (Invited)
Paula Littles, Legislative Director, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Energy & Chemical International Union (PACE) (Invited)
Eric Lamar, International Association of Firefighters (Invited)
Discussants: Deborah Solomon, Esq., Environmental, Health, and Safety Consultant
Paula Gordon, Director of Special Projects, RPSOL, GWU
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Friday, November 19
103 Funger Hall, 23rd & G Streets, NW
4:10 - 4:30 PM Keynote Speech: Topic to be announced Member of Congress Invited
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4:30 6 PM Panel: "Update on Y2K-Related Health Care System and Health Care Concerns"
Presenters: Paul Albergo, Managing Editor, Health Care Policy Report, Bureau of National Affairs
Margaret Anderson, Director of Policy, Center for Y2K and Society
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6 6:40 PM Video Presentation: "Y2K Health and Quality of Life Issues What More Needs to be Done?" Video of panel discussion from July Y2K Conference at GWU.
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[Optional Dinner Break from 6 to 6:40 PM during video presentation]
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6:40 8:00 PM Panel: "Y2K-Related Concerns: Aging and Infirm Populations"
Moderator: Margaret Anderson, Director of Policy, Center for Y2K and Society
Panelists: Representative from the AARP
Professional Staff Member from the Senate Special Committee on Aging
Representatives of two non-profit associations (TBA)
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8 - 10 PM Panel: "Y2K and Food Concerns"
Moderator: Stuart Umpleby, Professor of Management Science and Director, RPSOL, GWU Panelists: Sally Strackbein, Y2K Kitchen (http://www.y2kkitchen.com) and Vice President, The Northern Virginia Year 2000 Community Action Group (NOVA Y2K)
Representative, Giant Food (Invited)
Jay Golter, Acting President, The Northern Virginia Year 2000 Community Action Group (NOVA Y2K)
Food Industry Representatives (TBA)
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Tuesday, November 23
Two concurrent sessions
Session A: 103 Funger Hall, 23rd & G Streets, NW
Session B: 108 Funger Hall, 23rd & G Streets, NW
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Session A (103 Funger Hall)
7:10 - 10 PM Panel: "Family and Community Preparedness, Including Attention to Preparedness Concerns for Poor and Underserved Populations"
Moderator: Philip Bogdonoff, Center for Y2K and Society
Panelists: Jay Golter, Acting President, Northern Virginia Year 2000 Community Action Group (NOVA Y2K) (Invited)
David Gershon, Director, Global Action Plan (Invited)
Sally Strackbein, Y2K Kitchen (http://www.y2kkitchen.com) and Vice President, The Northern Virginia Year 2000 Community Action Group (NOVA Y2K)
Ray Strackbein, Information Systems Consultant, Reston, VA
Representative: National Congress for Community Economic Development (Invited) Faith Community Representative (TBA)
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Session B (108 Funger Hall)
7:30 -10 PM Panel: "National and Global Initiatives Aimed at Minimizing Impacts: Exploration of Alternatives in the Light of Political and Organizational Constraints"
Moderator: Paula Gordon, Director of Special Projects, RPSOL, GWU
Panelists: Dr. Lawrence de Bivort, Director, Global Y2K Consortium
Norman Dean, Director, Center for Y2K and Society
Stuart Umpleby, Professor of Management Science and Director, RPSOL, GWU
Dr. Robert Alloway, Director, National Leadership Task Force on Y2K (Invited)
Margaret Anderson, Director for Policy, Center for Y2K and Society
Jim Moody, CEO and President, InterAction (Invited)
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Updates will be posted on the Announcements page at http://www.gwu.edu/~y2k/keypeople/gordon .
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-- Paula Gordon (pgordon@erols.com), November 10, 1999
I see that Mark Frautschi is a participant. Whatever happened to the "Frautschi Bug" (I think that was it's name) theory of embedded chip failure?
-- (buggy@buggy.whips), November 10, 1999.
Is it a little late in the day for y2k conferences? I hope not.
-- (dudley@do.right), November 10, 1999.
Thanks Paula.Diane
-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), November 10, 1999.
Sheesh ... where do these people ... the confereees ... get all their taime? Shouldn't they be prepping? I can imagine me, if I were in attendance at one of these conferences, growing very, veeerry fidgety in the face of all the obfuscatory blather. How many hours do you need to shout ... "RUN FER IT!!!! SHE'S GONNA BLOW!!!!!!"
-- SH (squirrel@hunter.com), November 10, 1999.
Way to go Paula. This needed to be held last year, However better late than never. Please film it. Make it available so we can try to get them to air it on prime time. This looks like as close to a townhall with experts as we will get. When future generations study history,If the human race survives will record your efforts as truly loving and caring about our fellow man. Thanks Paula from the heart you are a great woman of integrity. We cant stop the y2k storm that is coming but we can at least raise the hurricane flags and sirens loud enough to let people know that it is serious. I wish you safe passage and God's protection for you and yours thru the the comming days. God bless you. You have my vote for One of God's highest awards the salt and light award.
-- y2k aware mike (y2k aware mike @ conservation . com), November 10, 1999.