Friday, July 11, 2003:

Saturday, July 12, 2003

7:45 AM Welcome. Jane Orient, M.D., DDP President

8:00 AM Level with Me: the Sea, the Sun, and Climate Change. Willie Soon, Ph.D.
Dr. Soon of Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is science director of the Center for Science and Public Policy.

9:00 AM State of the Atmosphere Update. Sallie Baliunas, Ph.D.
An astrophysicist, Dr. Baliunas is Deputy Director of the Mt. Wilson Observatory and cohosts TechCentralStation.com.

10:15 AM A Climate of Doubt about Global Warming Robert Balling, Ph.D.
Dr. Balling is Director of the Office of Climatology at Arizona State University and author of The Heated Debate.

11:15 AM 15 Years Enriching Trees with CO2: an Update on Sherwood's Forest. Sherwood Idso, Ph.D.
Dr. Idso is President of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change.

12:15 PM Lunch: Misuse of Data for Political Gain. Craig Cantoni
Craig Cantoni, a business consultant, writes a regular column for the Arizona Republic.

2:30 PM Quagmire: the Scandal of Biotechnology Public Policy. Henry Miller, Ph.D.
Dr. Miller is an academic researcher whose work focuses on the relationship of science and regulation.

3:30 PM Mercury Poisoning: Sources, Doses, and Effects. Boyd Haley, Ph.D.
Dr. Haley is Chairman of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky.

4:30 PM Risk Analysis of Wastes from Generating Electricity. Bernard Cohen, Ph.D.
Dr. Cohen, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Pittsburgh, has authored 6 books and 300+ scientific papers.

6:30 PM Reception and Banquet: Population Explosion-or Implosion? Steven W. Mosher
Mr. Mosher, the first American social scientist to live in rural China, authored several books on China.

Sunday, July 13, 2003

8:00 AM Scientific Frauds and Vector-Borne Diseases. J. Gordon Edwards, Ph.D.
Dr. Edwards is a systematic zoologist specializing in medical entomology and a world-class expert on DDT.

9:00 AM The War for Western Civilization. Otto Scott
Mr. Scott is a widely published commentator, author of 10 books, and editor of Otto Scott's Compass.

10:15 AM The Drug War: Collateral Damage to Civil Liberties and Medicine. W.J. (Bill) Rodgers
Mr. Rodgers is a researcher and assistant editor of Otto Scott's Compass.

11:15 AM Drugs and AIDS: Update on the Dissenting View. Peter Duesberg, Ph.D.
Dr. Duesberg is Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, Univ. of California, Berkeley.

12:15 PM Lunch: Civil Defense: a Memorial to Ed York. Arthur Robinson, Ph.D., and Nita York
Dr. Robinson is President of the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine and editor of Access to Energy.

2:30 PM Preparing a Medical Response to Bioterrorism. Meryl Nass, M.D.
Dr. Nass is a physician in private practice who has testified in Congress on bioterrorism issues.

3:30 PM Protection Against CBN Terrorism Agents: New Discoveries and New Directions. Russell Blaylock, M.D.
Dr. Blaylock, a neurosurgeon, authored Bioterrorism: How You Can Survive, Excitotoxins, and other books.

4:30 PM Is There a Terrorist Threat from South America? Shane Connor
Mr. Connor, President of radmeters4u.com, interviewed Venezuelan military officials quitting Chavez regime in protest.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Registration Fee: $150 for the entire seminar includes a welcome reception, a banquet, and two luncheons ($95 each for additional family members). Special events or tours are extra.

To make hotel reservations:

Call the Phoenix Airport Marriott:
(800) 228-9290 or (602) 273-7373
Rooms are limited at the special rate of $69/night.
CUT OFF DATE: June 1, 2003
Make your reservations now!

SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS

The Diamondbacks are playing the San Francisco Giants in Phoenix on Friday, July 11.

GROUP TOUR. A special group tour of the Hall of Flame Fire Museum has been arranged for Friday, 9:00 a.m. See nearly an acre of firefighting exhibits, with more than 90 pieces of fully restored firefighting apparatus dating from 1725 to 1969, from the U.S. and around the world. Bus transportation is available. Cost: $10 per person.

SPECIAL CIVIL DEFENSE PANEL

TRANSPORTATION

The Marriott offers shuttle service from Sky Harbor Airport. If driving, take I-10 to 202 East. Take the 40/44th St. exit, pass 40th St. and turn left on 44th. Stay in the right lane. The Marriott is the tall building on the right.