ANNOUNCEMENTS

(Last Updated on November 12 , 1999) FREE Y2K PROGRAMS, CONFERENCE SERIES, & RESOURCES

CONTENTS:

Item 1: GW Y2K Group Evening Y2K Forum at the Washington Post, Thursday, November 11

Item 2: GW Y2K Conference Series November 10, 11, 12, 19, & 23

Item 3: White Paper on the Y2K and Embedded Systems Crisis by Paula Gordon, Parts 1 through 5, Now Available on the Web

Item 4: RealVideo Website to Expand to Include Videos from the July GW Y2K Conference

Item 5: Videos Currently Available on the RealVideo Website

Item 6: New Website Features at http://www.gwu.edu/~y2k/keypeople/gordon

Item 7: How to Become a RPSOL Sponsor

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Item 1: GW Y2K GROUP EVENING Y2K FORUM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11 "Anticipated National & Global Impacts and Recommended Initiatives to Minimize Impacts, Particularly Prior to the Rollover" Sponsor: GW Y2K Group Host: The Washington Post Company Reception 6:00 PM Panel Program 7:00 PM The Washington Post 1501-15th St. NW (near 15th & L) 9th Floor, Community Room

Confirmed 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)

~ Victor Porlier, Director, Center for Urban Renewal, New York City (invited)

~ Dr. Robert Alloway,Director,National Leadership Task Force on Y2K

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Please feel free to extend this invitation to interested colleagues.

To RSVP or be placed on the mailing list, contact waz@gwu.edu.

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Item 2 Conference Agenda Updated November 9, 1999 "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 ____________________________________________________________________________

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?" *

Moderator: Fred Millar, Director of Environmental and Public Safety Policy, Center for Y2K and Society

Panelist: 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.

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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 and

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 ______________________________________________________________________________

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.

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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)

A.K. Thiel, International Association of Firefighters

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 ______________________________________________________________________________

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. ____________________________________________________________________________

[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) (Invited)

Ray Strackbein, Information Systems Consultant, Reston, VA (Invited)

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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END OF NOVEMBER CONFERENCE SERIES

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Watch the Announcements page at http://www.gwu.edu/~y2k/keypeople/gordon for further updates.

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List of Conference Series Speakers and Panel Participants

~ 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. Robert Alloway, Director, National Leadership Task Force on Y2K

~ Fred Millar, Director of Environmental and Public Safety Policy, Center for Y2K & Society

~ Paula Littles, Legislative Director, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Energy & Chemical International Union (PACE) (Invited)

~ Eric Lamar, International Association of Firefighters (Invited)

~ Norman Dean, Director, Center for Y2K & Society

~ Mark Frautschi, Center for Y2K & Society

~ Michael Cherry, Chief Executive Officer, Century Corporation (invited)

~ Ray Strackbein, Information Systems Consultant, Reston, VA (invited)

~ Philip Bogdonoff, Center for Y2K & Society

~ Margaret Anderson, Director of Policy, Center for Y2K Society

~ Paul Gunter, Nuclear Information Resource Service;

~ David Gershon, Director, Global Action Plan (invited)

~ Keith R. Wolgamuth, Contingency Technologies Inc. (CTI)

~ Charles "Chip" Shaffer, LOGICON, a Northrop Grumman Company

~ Dr. Lawrence de Bivort, Director, Global Y2K Consortium

~ Bud Hamilton, Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Georgia State University (Invited)

~ Deborah Solomon, Esq., Environmental and Health & Safety Consultant

~ Osman Ahmad, Chief Information Officer, District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority

~ Sam Mannan, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University (Invited)

~ Paul Albergo, Managing Editor, Health Care Policy Report , Bureau of National Affairs

~ Jay Golter, Acting President, Northern Virginia Year 2000 Community Action Group (NOVA Y2K)

~ Jim Moody, CEO & President, InterAction

~ 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 (Conference Organizer)

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**With thanks to the Nathan Cummings Foundation for its support in 1999 of our Y2K efforts**

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Item 3: WHITE PAPER ON Y2K: PARTS 1 - 5 NOW AVAILABLE ON THE WEB

For Parts 1 - 5 of a White Paper on Y2K by Paula Gordon, see http://www.gwu.edu/~y2k/keypeople/gordon .

Part 4 analyzes President Clinton's Y2K "strategy" to wait until the rollover to assume a leadership role.

Part 5 describes best and worst case scenarios for the remaining weeks leading up to the rollover.

Part 6, "De Nile Ain't Just a River in Egypt" should be posted by early November.

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Item 4: REALVIDEO WEBSITE TO EXPAND TO INCLUDE VIDEOS FROM THE JULY GW Y2K CONFERENCE

For a Y2K Audio/Video webpage of Y2K-related programs, see http://www.y2kapproaches.com/real/pgordon.htm The videotaped proceedings of the July 1999 GW Y2K Conference will be posted there soon. For comments on the conference and copies of prepared statements and related material, see http://www.gwu.edu/~y2k/keypeople/gordon/1999conference

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Item 5: VIDEOS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON THE REALVIDEO WEBSITE

http://www.y2kapproaches.com/real/pgordon.htm.

NOTE: Visitors to this new webpage are welcome to use the Real Audio/Video page for information, education, and training purposes. These videos are being shared with such purposes in mind.

VIDEO OFFERINGS:

NEW VIDEO: COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS PANEL

On Monday, May 24, 1999, the George Washington University Y2K Group sponsored an evening panel program on "National and Local Y2K Initiatives: What More is Needed?" The forum was hosted by The Washington Post.

Two of the panelists, Michael Nolan and Paloma O'Riley, testified on Y2K community preparedness efforts before the Senate Committee on May 25. *

Panelists:

~ Michael Nolan, City Administrator of Norfolk, Nebraska

~ Paloma O'Riley, Co-Founder of The Cassandra Project

~ Norman Dean, Director, Center for Y2K and Society

~ Philip Bogdonoff, Director of Outreach, Center for Y2K and Society and Co-Founder of the Northwest, DC Year 2000 Group

~ Curt Bury, Member, Steering Committee, Y2K Shepherdstown, West Virginia Group, and Y2K Planning Consultant, MCI WorldCom Discussant:

~ Paula Gordon, Visiting Research Professor and Director of Special Projects, Research Program in Social and Organizational Learning

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* For a real video of the May 25, 1999 Senate Hearing and other material relating to the hearing, see the following:

http://www.nhne.com/y2kgrassrootssurvey/senatehearing.html or http://www.senate.gov/~y2k/y2k052599.ram

The testimony of all participants of the May 25 hearing can be read at: http://www.senate.gov/~y2k/hearings/052599/index.html

*************************************************************************** MARCH 26 PRESS BRIEFING WITH ED YOURDON AND PAULA GORDON on "Y2K ~ What the Government Should Be Doing"

A March 26, 1999 Press Briefing at George Washington University on "Y2K ~ What the Government Should Be Doing" can now be seen at the following website: http://www.y2kapproaches.com/real/pgordon.htm. The Press Briefing features Ed Yourdon and Paula Gordon presenting their perspectives on Y2K and the crucial role of government in addressing the Year 2000 technology and embedded systems crisis. They express their views concerning the deficiencies in current efforts and what needs to be done in order to prevent and minimize the deleterious impacts, nationally and globally, that can be expected as a result of Y2K-triggered disruptions and technological disasters. Professor Stuart Umpleby serves as moderator for the two hour Press Briefing .

*************************************************************************** A DECEMBER 15, 1998 PANEL PRESENTATION BY PAULA GORDON AT THE WASHINGTON POST: "DEFINING Y2K AND TAKING ACTION"

On December 15, 1998, a panel program was held at The Washington Post on the topic "Perspectives on Y2K". The program is one in a series of forums sponsored by the George Washington University Y2K Group and hosted by The Washington Post Company. This excerpt features Paula Gordon talking about the importance of including embedded systems, connectivity and interdependency issues in any definition of the Y2K technology crisis. She also discusses the range of possible impacts that might occur as a result of the crisis and the actions that government needs to take given the nature and scope of the problem. Courtesy C-SPAN

*************************************************************************** A DECEMBER 16, 1998 PANEL ON EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

On December 16, 1998, a panel on embedded systems was held as a part of the World Future Society Conference on Y2K in Washington, D.C. The panel was moderated by Paula Gordon. Presenters spoke on the following topics:

~ Stuart Umpleby ~ Professor and Director of the Research Program for Social and Organizational Learning (RPSOL), Department of Management Science, George Washington University: "Introduction to Y2K Embedded Systems"

~ Dr. Michael P. Harden ~ President and CEO of Century Technology Services, Inc. and author of "Failure is Not An Option: Declaring War on the Year 2000 Problem" and "Embedded Systems and the Year 2000 Problem: A Handbook forBusiness Managers and Executives": "Y2K Embedded Systems"

~ Dr. Mark Frautschi, Shakespeare Tao Consulting and author of "Embedded Systems and the Year 2000 Problem (http://www.tmn.com/~frautsch/y2k2.html): "Embedded Systems ~ The Other Year 2000 Problem"

~ Jim Lord, Y2K speaker and writer, author of "A Survival Guide For the Year 2000 Problem (http://www.survivey2k.com/): "Y2K, Global Positioning Systems, and Embedded Systems". ********************************************************************** "The Approach One City Administrator is Taking in Preparing for Y2K" A presentation by Michael Nolan

Michael Nolan, City Administrator of Norfolk, Nebraska, describes the approach that he has been taking to ensure that Norfolk, Nebraska is a ready as it can be for the December 31, 1999 rollover. While this presentation before the World Future Society's Y2K Conference was given on December 17, 1998, it is as helpful and inspiring today as it was then. Michael Nolan speaks with unusual candor, insight, and conviction concerning what his city has been doing to prepare for Y2K. He is an example of a public official who comprehends the fact that there are countless unknowns posed by Y2K. He speaks as one who is committed without question to serving the public good in light of wide range of uncertainties associated with Y2K. His message and his example is as relevant to local and state officials as it is to Federal officials.

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Item 6:

NEW WEBSITE FEATURES AT http://www.gwu.edu/~y2k/keypeople/gordon

New pages have been added:

"Comments, Essays, and Op-Ed Pieces" "Recent Presentations and Related URLs from the GW/Washington Post Company Evening Y2K Forum Series"

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Item 7 HOW TO BECOME A RPSOL SPONSOR

The Research Program in Social and Organizational Learning (RPSOL) of The George Washington University is a part of the Department of Management Science in the School of Business and Public Management.

RPSOL sponsors a wide range of Y2K programs, conferences, and briefings. Activities also include preparation of work for posting on the Web and publication. Funds are also needed for media-related purposes, including videotaping and digitizing programs for posting to the Web.

If you would like to become a RPSOL sponsor and help underwrite the costs of RPSOL activities, we would welcome your contribution.

George Washington University is a 501 C 3 institution and all contributions are tax deductible.

Checks should be made out to

"RPSOL(Y2K)-George Washington University"

and mailed to

Sergio D'Onofrio, Administrative Director, Government Hall 411, 2115 G St. NW, Washington, DC 20052

Important:

Please e-mail a copy of the transmittal information to Paula Gordon at pgordon@erols.com.

Thank you very much for making it possible to continue to expand the efforts reflected in and reported on in this website.

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Special thanks to the Nathan Cummings Foundation for a grant to RPSOL for the July GW Y2K Conference.

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For other announcements of events and programs, see http://www.wdcy2k.org

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Return to the Paula Gordon's Y2K Page: http://www.gwu.edu/~y2k/keypeople/gordon/

-- Sally Strackbein (sally@y2kkitchen.com), November 14, 1999