I'll need to R.S.V.P. this one.
----- Original Message ----- From: Congressional Quarterly To: midday-promotion at lists.cq.com Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 12:08 PM Subject: 2005 Homeland & Global Security Summit
NOTE: As a valued CQ subscriber, we thought you would be interested in the following conference.
***************************************************** The 2005 Homeland & Global Security Summit—Register today!
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In partnership with Congressional Quarterly’s CQ Homeland Security, Equity International presents The 2005 Homeland & Global Security Summit, March 2 - 3 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
Register today for this year’s most influential homeland security event! To register, visit www.globalsecurity.bz.
Registration is free for Congressional staff and all federal, state, and local government employees, as well as active military and diplomats.
For business executives, register by COB today for a discounted registration fee.
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If you want to understand homeland security at the local, state, federal, and international levels; if you want the latest information on billions of dollars in new spending; if you want to effectively promote your homeland security solutions, the Summit is THE key event to attend in 2005.
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Top speakers include:
* Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., vice chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee
* Dr. Charles McQueary, undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security for science & technology
* Peter Verga, principal deputy assistant secretary for homeland defense, Department of Defense
* Rear Admiral Martin J. Brown, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for acquisition management
* David Paulison, administrator of the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Fire Administration
…and more than 70 other leaders.
To register, visit www.globalsecurity.bz.
For questions, call 202.756.2244 or email Monica Slovik at mslovik at equityintl.us.
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Here's a writeup on Equity International, from Truthout.org: http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/051403B.shtml
<...> Monday May 5, the "Conference for the Reconstruction of Iraq", described as the most important event of the year by its organizer, William Loiry, President and founder of Equity International, promised to supply its participants with the freshest information on reconstruction programs and their financing.
For 595 dollars, no less than 600 people from over 25 countries squeezed themselves into the National Press Club where the meeting was held: company leaders, officials, aid organizations, foreign diplomats... but also 21 federal agencies including US Aid, the State Department, and the Defense Department came to hear high level presentations and to network.
The opening speech was delivered by Senator Christopher Shays, Chairman of the Congressional Sub-Committee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations.
When it was his turn to speak, American Under-Secretary of State, Lincoln P. Blommfield, confirmed that this conference couldn't have come at a better time.
According to Mr. Loiry, the most frequently asked questions concerned how companies could sign contracts with American agencies (such as Us Aid, the Defense department, or the Army Corps of Engineers) and with companies already there, such as Bechtel and Halliburton KBR.
Equity International is not starting out in the 'recovery' from catastrophe domain. The lobbying firm has lived on natural and human-provoked disasters since 1996 and has made it a lucrative business.
Their first conference took place in 1996 on Bosnia. Conferences followed on the reconstruction of Central America after the passage of Hurricane Mitch, of Venezuela after the floods, of Yugoslavia, and finally, of Afghanistan.
Iraq promises to be Equity's most beautiful 'coup'. The site could soak up to 60 billion dollars worth of contracts from now until 2007. For Bill Loiry, it's the most significant reconstruction effort since the Second World War. <...>
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