- 4:15 5:45pm:
Plenary Session: Alternatives, Actions, and Strategies to Keep Space for Peace
VLSB Auditorium
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Dave Knight (Campaign
for Nuclear Disarmament, UK)
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Ardeth Platte (Jonah
House, Baltimore, MD)
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Sri Raman (Movement Against Nuclear Weapons, Chennai, India)
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Kimberly Ead (Vermont
Peace & Justice Center, Burlington)
- 6:30 8pm: Dinner
on your own
- 8:30pm:
Entertainment & Social Gathering (Wesley Student Center, 2398 Bancroft Way, corner of Dana)
May 12 (Sunday)
- 9am - 12pm:
GN Membership Meeting (Reports, Board election, etc.- at NDE Berkeley office)
WORKSHOPS
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Nuclear Power & Space Commercialism: A Toxic Planetary Program
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Echelon Spy System: Eavesdropping on the World
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Military Satellites: Their Warfighting & Counterinsurgency Roles
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Theatre Missile Defense: Middle East & Asian Concerns
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NMD Deployment & Testing: Alaskan Resistance
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European Perspectives on Star Wars
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Fewer But Newer: The Continuing Role of Nuclear Weapons in U.S. Plans for Global Military Domination
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Creating Momentum for Congressional & Global Ban on Weapons in Space
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Alternatives to Missile Defense & Space Weapons: Prospects for the Control & Elimination of Ballistic Missile
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Environmental Consequences of Toxic Rocket Launches
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Economic Consequences of Space Arms Race
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Deadly Connections:
Corporate Globalism, Space & War
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Pentagon Weather Modification & HAARP
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North Korea: Real Threat or Enemy Creation?
SPEAKERS/ENTERTAINERS (Invited):
Speakers/entertainers invited include:
Karl Grossman, Regina Hagen, Dave Webb,
Satomi Oba,
Loring Wirbel, Ardeth Platte, Bill Sulzman, Sally Light, J. Sri Raman, Gar Smith, Shiva Sthresna, Corazon Fabros, Richard Salvador, Peter Lumsdaine,
Carol Brouillet, Wade Huntley, Lindis Percy, Aurel Duta, Jackie Cabasso, Marylia Kelly,
Edward Appiah Brafoh, Alice Slater, Mary Beth Sullivan, Carol Rosin, Andrew Lichterman, Holly Gwinn Graham, Joel Landy,
Lynda Williams, Stacey Fritz, Andrew Page,
Cheong Wooksik, Dave Knight, Dr. Leo Rebello, Kathy Kelly, Bruce Gagnon, Kimberley Ead, and more.
COST
Registration fee for the conference is on a sliding scale.
Please pay what you can best afford between $15 - $60. Registration fee includes dinner on May 10. We will send you the full conference agenda and location of all meetings upon receipt of your registration fee (you can use the form below).
HOUSING
Limited home hospitality will be available on a first-come, first-serve
basis. (People in the Berkeley area are encouraged to contact us if you can provide housing for others.)
Hotels in Berkeley. Information as of 2/9/02.
Bancroft Hotel - 2680 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, (510) 549-1000. Only 5-6 rooms available for May 9-12. Rates: $139 Fri Sun, $119 weekdays.
All major credit cards accepted. 3 blocks away from meeting HQ.
Beau Sky Manor (B & B) 2520 Durant Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704, (510) 540-7688 & (510) 540-8089. Continental breakfast included. All 20 rooms available at this time. Rates: $109
single, $119 double. All major credit cards accepted. 2 blocks from meeting HQ.
Claremont Resort
41 Tunnel Rd., Berkeley, CA 94611, (510)843-3000. Lavish resort& spa. 1 week cancellation policy. Rates: $260, or $199 with AAA membership. All major credit cards accepted. Web
site: www.claremontresort.com. About 2 miles from meeting HQ.
French Hotel 1538 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 510) 548-9930. Small, in north
Berkeley. All 18 rooms available at this time for May 9-12. Cancellation policy: 48 hours, or else billed for 1 night. Rates: $95 - $130.
All major credit cards accepted.
1 mile from meeting HQ.
Hotel Durant 2600 Durant Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704, (510) 845-8981. Rates:
$120-180. Web site: www.hoteldurant.com. Please call for availability. Al major credit cards
accepted. 3 blocks from meeting HQ.
Radission Hotel Berkeley Marina 200 Marina Blvd., Berkeley, CA 94710, (510) 548-7920. Reservations line:
1-800-333-3333. 9 rooms available (with 2 dbl beds each). Full breakfast included. Rate: $134. 1 1/2 miles from meeting HQ. NOTE: We have these rooms reserved under a confirmation
number: 0W13XPH please use your own credit card for billing. All major credit cards accepted.
Rose Garden Inn 240 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705, (510) 549-2145. Charming Victorian style inn.
Full breakfast included. Rates: $139-229. 30 rooms are available at this time for May 9-12. All major credit cards accepted. 1 mile away from meeting HQ. Web site:
www.rosegardeninn.com.
Flamingo Motel - 1761 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703, (510) 841-4242. Similar room rate as # 7. They do not take reservations for May - it's
first come, first served for that month!
Marina
Lodge Motel - 975 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 841-7410 Rooms are $55 + tax
Ramada Inn - 920 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 849-1121 Rooms are $89 plus tax
Berkeley Campus Motel - 1619 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94703
(510) 841-3844 Rooms are $70 plus tax
Would you share a hotel room? If so let us know if you are
looking for roommates.
TRAVELING TO CAMPUS
(From:http://www.berkeley.edu/visitors/traveling.html)
When you arrive at the Berkeley campus, we encourage you to stop by Visitor Services. You'll find us in Room 101 of University Hall, located on the corner of University
Avenue and Oxford Street.
Below you'll find directions for reaching the Berkeley campus by car. Due to limited parking availability, we recommend that you use
public transportation whenever possible.
From Northbound Highway 101 (San Francisco/Daly City)
- Follow 101 North and then switch to 80 East, San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge
- After the Bay Bridge,Exit to I-80 East (Berkeley/Sacramento)
- Exit on University Avenue
- Continue East on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street
From Highway 24
- From Highway 24 exit Telegraph Ave.
- Continue on Telegraph until it dead ends at the campus on Bancroft.
- Make a left on Bancroft.
- Make a right on Fulton, which will be come Oxford St in 2 blocks.
- Continue on Oxford to University.
From Westbound Highway 13
- Highway 13 becomes Tunnel Road
- Continue on Tunnel Road. Tunnel Road becomes Ashby Avenue near the Claremont Hotel
- Turn right at Shattuck Avenue
- Turn right at University Avenue and continue east one block to Oxford Street.
From I-80 East or West
- Exit University Avenue
- Continue east on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street
From Westbound I-580
- Exit I-80 East (to Berkeley, Sacramento)
- Exit at University Avenue
- Continue east on University Avenue for approximately 1.5 miles to Oxford Street
From North I-880 (San Jose; Hayward; Oakland Airport)
- Stay in left center lanes
- Exit 80 East (to Berkeley)
- Exit at University Avenue
- Continue East on University Avenue for approximately 2 miles to Oxford Street
(See
http://www.berkeley.edu/map for campus maps)
