Keynote Address Provided by Winslow Wheeler, Senior Visiting Fellow, Center for Defense Information
Equity International is rescheduling The Defense Appropriations Briefing to Thursday, December 16, beginning promptly at 8:00 am in the Ballroom of the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, Washington DC. The Briefing will provide the latest information on the FY 2005 Defense Appropriations Bill; defense technology programs and funding; and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear programs funding.
Panel topics include The 2005 Defense Appropriations Bill, Defense Technology Program, Defense Technology Programs & Funding, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Programs Funding in 2005. Confirmed speakers include: Winslow Wheeler (Keynote), Senior Visiting Fellow, Center for Defense Information; Mike Lofgren, Budget Analyst on Defense, House Budget Committee; John M. Donnelly, Defense & Foreign Policy Reporter, Congressional Quarterly; John William, STTR Program Manager, Office of Naval Research; Ed Roscioli, CEO, ChemBio Shelter, Inc.; Dr. Charles Herzfeld, Former Director, Defense Research and Engineering, Current member, Board of Regents, Potomac Institute of Policy Research; Charles Cutshall, Navy Commander, Director for Financial Management, Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense; Jo Anne Goodnight, SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator, National Institutes of Health; Dr. Diane Berry, Science Advisor, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP and formerly with the Assistant to the Secretary for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense; Brian Finch, Associate, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP.
The Defense Appropriations Briefing is open to credentialed members of the news media. To pre-register, contact Kim Winn, Communications Manager, at 202.756.5026.
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