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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 29, 2002
MEDIA CONTACT: Helen Ryan, (703)726-8303, hryan@va.gwu.edu
NATIONAL EXPERTS TO DISCUSS TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
AT GW VIRGINIA CAMPUS
NOVEMBER 1
Admiral James M. Loy to Keynote Conference on Transportation Security Process
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Transportation Security: From Governance to Process hosted by The George Washington University Virginia Campus and sponsored by GW's Aviation Institute. The one-day forum focuses on the growing need to create a unified process for security operations in the post-9/11 world while respecting passenger rights and constitutional issues.
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Friday, November 1, 2002, 8:00 a.m.: Registration opens
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Keynote Address, Admiral James M. Loy, acting under secretary of transportation for security, Transportation Security Administration
10:00 a.m. - Noon: Transportation Security Process (Panel Session)
Facilitator: Darryl Jenkins, GW Aviation Institute
Rick Stephens, vice president of homeland security services, Boeing
Seth Young, professor, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Robert T. Francis, Zuckert, Scoutt and Rasenberger, L.L.P.
Fred Sorenson, UNISYS
Robert Ken Quinn, Winthrop, Stimpson, Putnam & Roberts
Richard Eastman, CEO, The Eastman Group
1:00 p.m. Panel Session: Passenger Rights, Constitutional Issues and Profiling
Facilitator: Darryl Jenkins, GW Aviation Institute
John Hankey, transportation historian, former curator of the B & O Museum
Mary M. Cheh, professor of law, GW
Robert O'Harrow, reporter, The Washington Post
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The GW Virginia Campus
20101 Academic Way, Ashburn, Virginia
(at University Center, Route 7, one mile west of Route 28)
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$25 per person. Seating is limited to first 100 attendees. On site registration only.
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BACKGROUND:
The George Washington University Virginia Campus serves an international technology and management community from its research and technology campus near Dulles International Airport in the Northern Virginia technology corridor. Since opening in August 1991, The Virginia Campus has become a leading center of collaborative research in transportation safety and security. The campus houses several federal transportation initiatives, including the FWHA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center, FAA International Aviation Safety and Security program, and the NTSB International Training Academy.
Media interested in covering the conference should call Helen Ryan at (703) 726-8303 to reserve seating and arrange interviews.
For more news about GW, visit www.gwnewscenter.org.
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