Scott Lillibridge, the director of the Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, will be giving a presentation on the bioterrorism elements of Homeland Security on July 14 at 4 p.m. at The Conference Center Room 1.120 on The University of Texas at Dallas campus. There is no charge to attend this event. He will discuss his experiences in assisting in the development of a national bioterrorism program at United States Department of Health and Human Services during a time when the nation was experiencing anthrax attacks in October 2001.

Dr. Scott R. Lillibridge is Professor of Epidemiology and Director, Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Most recently, Dr. Lillibridge worked for Secretary Tommy Thompson as the Special Assistant for national security and emergency management. Previously, he developed and was the founding Director of the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) starting in 1998. This office was charged with enhancing state and local capacities to respond to bioterrorism.

In addition to infectious disease concerns, other CDC efforts in support of this program included consideration for chemical terrorism, a national pharmaceutical stockpile, health communication, training and national lab enhancement. His career at CDC focused on emergency public health response issues. He was the lead physician during the initial United States Public Health Service (PHS) response to the Oklahoma City bombing and also led the U.S. Medical Delegation to Tokyo following the sarin release in 1995. During the 1996 Olympics, he served as the HHS Science Advisor to the multi-agency task force that was assembled to protect the public against biological and chemical terrorism. He has worked in emergency response and preparedness roles throughout the world in support of the United States Government and non-governmental organizations.

Dr. Lillibridge was recently appointed by President George W. Bush to the White House Emergency Services, Law Enforcement, and Public Health and Hospitals Senior Advisory Committee for Homeland Security.

For more information, contact keithly@utdallas.edu. This presentation is hosted by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Education at The University of Texas at Dallas.

The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Consultants' Network is hosting an event on how to get your pitch out in 30 seconds on less with Jerome Brown of Paine Webber as the scheduled speaker. This presentation will take place at 6:15 p.m. on July 14 in the at the Holiday Inn Select located at 1655 N. Central Expressway in Richardson, Texas. There is a charge for the presentation that includes a light buffet - $5 for IEEE members and $10 for non-IEEE members. For more information, see www.ieee.org/dallascn

Biotechnology Dallas is hosting its next monthly breakfast session at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 17 in the A.W. Harris Faculty Center at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard. Bill Porter, the chief technology transfer officer for UTEK Corporation will be speaking about alternative strategy for biotech and life science companies to outsource technology acquisition opportunities to decrease their internal spending on headcount and facilities. For more information or to register, call 214-670-1200 or email dalpln@ci.dallas.tx.us.

The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC), and Georgia Tech are sponsoring a workshop on "Automated Machinery Maintenance" at 8 a.m. on Thursday July 17 at the UTA Automation and Robotics Research Institute (ARRI)located at 7300 Jack Newell Blvd. S in Fort Worth. This workshop will bring equipment suppliers, select industry representatives, and academia together to provide a forum for a technical exchange of applying recent technologies in total productivity management, automated diagnostics, and machinery condition-based maintenance to improving up-time and reducing maintenance costs on day-to-day operating equipment.

Speakers include:
- George Vachtsevanos, Director, Intelligent Control Systems Laboratory,
Georgia Tech.
- Mark Sessumes, Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center
- Mike Gandy, JSF Vehicle Systems, PHM, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Company
- Armando Valim, Sound and Vibration Marketing Manager, National
Instruments

There is a $50 charge to attend. For more information or to register, see http://arri.uta.edu/acs/cbm

The Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC) is presenting Paul Kenefick, the senior regulatory counsel for Alcatel North America at 11:45 a.m. on July 18 at the Radisson Hotel Richardson, located at 1981 N. Central Expressway. Paul Kenefick will discuss the Federal Communications Commission's recent policy decision requiring "incumbent" telecommunications carriers to provide competing service providers unbundled access to incumbents' network elements. This widely anticipated order is the latest attempt by the FCC to create a network element list that incumbent local exchange carriers must provide to competing providers. There is a $30 charge for MTBC members and a $45 charge for non-members. For more information or to make a reservation, please call 972-669-3225.

The Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce is hosting the second luncheon in a series on US Business Opportunities in Asia. This event, featuring members of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 22 in the Conservatory Room of the Doubletree Lincoln Center Hotel located at 5410 LBJ Freeway in Dallas is for those interested in learning more about investment in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta. There is a $35 charge for Chamber members and a $45 charge for nonmembers. For additional information, or to register, contact Kristine Schwope 214-712-1901 or e-mail: kschwope@dallaschamber.org.

Professor Florin Ionescue of the Department of Mechatronics at the Institute of Applied Research at Konstanz, Germany, presents some aspects concerning the technology and development of micro- and nano-robots for cell manipulation at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 23 at Woolf Hall, room 311 on The University of Texas at Arlington campus. Experimental results for two robot prototypes will be presented, as will a demonstration of tele-manipulation of the micro-/nano-robot based on a visual-haptic interface with joystick control. For more information, contact T.C. Yih at 817-272-7379 or yih@uta.edu.

International terrorism and executive malfeasance have brought about new perspectives on the operations of every modern enterprise. Three area universities are sponsoring an international symposium July 28 - 30 at The University of Texas at Arlington's Automation & Robotics Research Institute in Fort Worth to explore these challenges and discover potential solutions.

The University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth are sponsoring the symposium, titled Developing Agile Enterprises to Overcome Vulnerability. Topics of discussion will include the accelerating global competition for new customers, changes in the way enterprises transact businesses, renewed emphasis on returns-on-investment, response to terrorist attacks, and improving investor confidence in top management decisions and performance. The symposium will be of great interest to civic and industry leaders responsible for formulating first-response policies.

Speakers at the symposium include Dr. George Wright, Provost, UTA; Dr. Da Hsuan Feng, vice president for Research and Graduate Education, UTD, who has organized a special session on bioterrorism; Dr. Ron Blanck, President, UNTHSC and a former US Army Surgeon General; Andrey Kostogryzov, Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences, Moscow; and Neil Fisher, director of Secure Capability Focus, United Kingdom. Other speakers will include security and health experts from UTA, the University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center and the University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center. The UT-Houston experts designed response protocols for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

UTA Industrial Engineering Professors Don Liles and David Kellogg are chairs of the symposium. Professor Frank L. Lewis is the program chair. Contact Sarah Densmore at densmore@uta.edu or 817-272-5934. The Automation & Robotics Research Institute is located at UTA's Fort Worth Campus, 7300 Jack Newell Blvd. South, off Handley Ederville Road. More information about the symposium may be found at http://arri.uta.edu/acs/agility/.

Maura Schreier-Fleming, the author of Real-World Selling for Out-of-this-World Results and Jim Webb, former head of the strategy consulting practice of EDS and former strategy director of an international manufacturing company will be presenting information on ways to develop a selling strategy at 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30 in the CCLIK Training Office located at 3961 Beltline Road, wet of Midway. There is a $49 charge to participate. For more information or to register, call 972-380-0200 or email Maura@BestatSelling.com.

NanoSummitt is conference sponsored by Nanotechnology Foundation of Texas, Inc. for researchers and graduate students to foster awareness of the research being done in Texas and to encourage greater collaboration among Texas researchers. The conference will be held at the Edwin Hornberger Conference Center in Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas

Nobel Laureate Richard Smalley will be the kickoff speaker. Twenty-four leading researchers from Texas universities and early-stage companies will make presentations. A poster session will include information on many other nanotechnology research activities in Texas. The Texas Nanotech Initiative is a cosponsor. For more information go to www.nanotechfoundation.org/summit.html

The Fort Worth Life Sciences Coalition will be having its summer event at 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 7 at ARTS 5th Avenue, located at 1628 5th Avenue at W. Allen in Fort Worth. A panel discussion will include representatives from ATI, NTEC Inc., STARTech, TechFortWorth and North Texas Life Sciences Society. Ten dollars will be collected at the door. Please call 817-921-0029 or email info@sciconsult.com for more information or to register.

Presented by the Metroplex Technology Business Council is presenting the Metroplex Tech Titans Awards ceremony is designed to celebrate growth and innovations in technology by Metroplex technology companies. The event will be held at 5:30 p.m. on August 22 in the Meyerson Symphony Center, located at 2301 Flora Street in Dallas. Tickets are $125 each. For more information see www.tech-titans.com.

The TBN BioScience Initiative and its members are hosting a MiniEXPO at 7:30 a.m. on Friday October 17th, 2003 at the Norris Conference Center Ballroom located at 2525 West Anderson Lane in Austin, Texas. The goal is to highlight Austin and Texas companies & expertise working in, or providing a product or service to the bioscience industries, and introduce them to opportunities in and outside Texas. The format includes the BioScience Forum Meeting from 8:00am to 9:00am with a keynote speaker, David Floyd, President of Centerpulse Orthopedics based in Austin. The cost to attend has not been announced. For more information or to register, call 512-795-8394.