ADVISORY/Enhanced Security and Productivity: Can We Have Both? National Symposium to Discuss Issue On Tap for Pittsburgh, Pa.Assignment/News Editors ADVISORY...for Tues.-Wed. (Oct. 8-9) WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2002 Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States Director Tom Ridge Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 27 1945 near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives (1983–1995), Governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001), Assistant to the President for Homeland Security , U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans Ev·ans , Herbert McLean 1882-1971. American anatomist who isolated four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1922). , CEO's from some of America's largest companies, labor leaders, academics and others will meet in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (pĭts`bərg), city (1990 pop. 369,879), seat of Allegheny co., SW Pa., at the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela rivers, which there form the Ohio River; inc. 1816. , PA, October October: see month. 8th-9th for an unprecedented symposium symposium In ancient Greece, an aristocratic banquet at which men met to discuss philosophical and political issues and recite poetry. It began as a warrior feast. Rooms were designed specifically for the proceedings. to discuss prospects for economic growth in a new environment of heightened security costs for America's companies. Leading companies, universities and government labs will also demonstrate new technologies that enhance both security and productivity. The "National Symposium on Competitiveness and Security" is being hosted by the Council on Competitiveness and Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). . A webcast of the symposium will be available at www.compete.org.
WHO: Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Don Evans
U.S. Representative Curt Weldon
Michigan Governor John Engler, National Governors
Association
Glen Hubbard, Chairman, White House Council of
Economic Advisors
Raymond V. Gilmartin, chairman of the Council on
Competitiveness
Jared Cohon, president of Carnegie Mellon University
Deborah Wince-Smith, president of the Council on
Competitiveness
Leading CEO's, academics, government officials and
labor leaders
WHAT: The National Symposium On Competitiveness and
Security
WHEN: October 8-9th, 2002
WHERE: Omni William Penn Hotel
530 William Penn Place
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE SYMPOSIUM OR TO ARRANGE
INTERVIEWS, PLEASE CONTACT:
Lea Kleinschmidt, Council on Competitiveness: 202/969-3390
lkleinschmidt@compete.org
Mark L. Day, Powell Tate: 202/585-2104 mday@webershandwick.com
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