REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

To make hotel reservations:

Call the Sahara:

(888) 696-2121

Rooms are limited at the special rate of $79/night (single or double) on Friday and Saturday and $32 Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday.

CUT OFF DATE: June 11, 2001

Make your reservations now!

Program Committee:
Jane Orient, M.D.
Kenneth Lucas, M.D.
Arthur Robinson, Ph.D.

Friday, July 13, 2001: 6:30 PM - 9:30 Welcome Reception; see ``Special Attractions'' for tour of the Nevada Test Site and for Monday, July 16, tour of Nellis Air Force Base

Saturday, July 14, 2001

FIRST DRAFT

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

8:00 AM The Health Risks of Radioactive Wastes. Bernard Cohen, Ph.D. Dr. Cohen is Prof. of Physics, Univ of Pittsburgh, and author of Before It's Too Late: A Scientist's Case for Nuclear Energy.

9:00 AM Biologic and Epidemiologic Foundations of Radiation Hormesis. Myron Pollycove, M.D. Dr. Pollycove is a member of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

10:15 AM A Climate History of Earth: the Last 1,000 Years. Sallie Baliunas, Ph.D. Dr. Baliunas is a Sr. Scientist at the George C. Marshall Institute and the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

11:15 AM Identifying Mankind's Fingerprint: Why Is the Task So Difficult? Willie Soon, Ph.D. Dr. Soon is an astrophysicist in the Solar & Stellar Physicis Division of Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

12:15 PM Lunch: The State Established Religion of Environmentalism. Vin Suprynowicz Mr. Suprynowicz is assistant editorial page editor for the Las Vegas Review Journal and writes a widely syndicated column.

2:30 PM Energy: The Decline of California. S.S. Penner, Ph.D. Dr. Penner is Professor of Engineering Physics (Emeritus) at the University of California, San Diego.

3:30 PM Current Outlook for Defense Against Ballistic Missile Attack. Lowell Wood, Ph.D. Dr. Wood is a staff physicist at Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab and has worked on national defense for 35 years.

4:30 PM Terrorism. To Be Announced

6:30 PM Reception and Banquet: To Be Announced

Sunday, July 15, 2001

8:00 AM Scientific Truth versus Politically Perceived Truth. Arthur Robinson, Ph.D. Dr. Robinson is President of the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine and editor of Access to Energy.

9:00 AM Can the Kyoto Protocol Be Killed? S. Fred Singer, Ph.D. Author of more than 200 scientific papers, Dr. Singer heads the Science and Environmental Policy Project.

10:15 AM Insects Versus Human Health. J. Gordon Edwards, Ph.D. A medical entomologist at San Jose State University, Dr. Edwards is a world-class expert on DDT.

11:15 AM Prion Disease. To Be Announced

12:15 AM Lunch: Lessons from the Nevada Test Site (and Computer Models v. Testing). Edwin York Mr. York has participated in many nuclear weapons tests and designed systems for military and industrial protection.

2:30 PM Civil Defense Worldwide (U.S., Switzerland, Singapore, and Others). Sharon Packer and Paul Seyfried. Mr. Seyfried is President and Mrs. Packer Vice President of Utah Shelter Systems; she is also a Director of TACDA.

3:30 PM From Organic Waste to Energy: Destructive Distillation. John Toman Mr. Toman is President of Pan American Resources.

4:30 PM A New Essential of American Civil Defense. Cresson Kearny, Ed York, Art Robinson, and Sharon Packer

SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS

The Nevada Test Site is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Several of our speakers or attendees, including Ed York and John Toman, have first-hand knowledge of the tests. Bus transportation and box lunches will be provided for our tour on Friday, July 13. We will leave the hotel about 7:30 a.m. and return about 3:30 p.m. Little walking is required. The cost is $15. Space is limited; call early!

Foreign nationals must submit a special form at least six weeks in advance. U.S. citizens must supply name, address, birth date, employer, and Social Security number at least 3 weeks in advance.

Nellis Air Force Base tour on Monday morning, July 16, will include the training facility and the Thunderbird Museum. Lunch will be provided at the Officer's Club. Bus transportation to and from the hotel will be provided. Cost is $20.

Foreign nationals may require State Department approval 90 days prior to visit.

TRANSPORTATION

The Sahara is located at the end of the Strip, near the junction of Highway 95 and Interstate 15. It is best to take a taxi from the Airport.

REGISTRATION AND TAPE ORDERS

____ Please reserve a place for me (us) at the 19th Annual Meeting of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness. The registration fee of $150, plus $95 for each additional family member, and additional for tours, is enclosed.

____ I won't be able to attend, but would like to order a complete set of audiotapes for $99.

____ I have circled the audiotapes that I would like and enclose a check for $8 each.

____ I would like the indicated videotapes ($20 each). Please show clearly that you would like a video, not an audio.

____ Please reserve ___ place(s) for me (us) for the tour of the ___ Nevada Test Site ($15), and/or ___ Nellis AFB ($20). Birth date ________; employer ___________________; SSN ___________________ for each person; use separate sheet if needed.

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* Registration fee includes the reception, two luncheons, and a banquet.

Return to: DDP 1601 N. Tucson Blvd. Suite 9 Tucson, AZ 85716

(520) 325-2680