The Washington D.C. Year 2000 Group met from June, 1997 through November, 1999.
Summaries are given for meetings below. To go back to the main page, click here.
16 November 1999: "Zero Hour, Day One: Event Management and Precautions"
Panelists:
- COL. Tim Christenson, Deputy Director Y2K Ops, U.S. Department of Defense
- John Hughes, New York City Office of Emergency Management
- Ina Kamenz, Vice-President, Marriott International
13 October 1999: "State of the World: A Report from Abroad"
Panelists:
- Carlos Guedes, CIO, Inter-American Development Bank
- Bruce W. McConnell, Director, International Y2K Cooperation Center
- Stacy Williams, Y2K Advisor, U.S. State Department
14 September 1999: "State of the Union: A Final Report on the US Gov't and Y2K"
Panelists:
- Janet Abrams, Executive Director, The President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion
- Joel Willemssen, Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems, US General Accounting Office
20 July 1999: "Moving On: Y2K's Impact on Transportation and Shipping"
Panelists:
- Dr. Mark Frautschi (Shakespeare & Tao Consulting)
- Dana Lakeman (Federal Aviation Administratin)
- Rear Adm. George Naccara (CIO, United States Coast Guard)
24 June 1999: "Putting It Together: Industry-Wide Y2K Testing"
Panelists:
- Brooks Johnson (Member Analysis Team Lead, National Association of Securities Dealers)
- James W. Horne (Director, Technology Initiatives, Mortgage Bankers Association of America)
- Joseph W. Sack (Senior Vice President, The Bond Market Association)
20 May 1999: "Business Continuity Planning: The Final Push"
Panelists:
- Jim McAndrews (Vice-President, Finance, Freddie Mac)
- Arlene Czajczynski (Americas Portfolio Coordinator, Global Y2K Program, Mobil Oil)
- Carol Teasley (Vice-President, Systems Integration, Fannie Mae)
22 April 1999: SPECIAL SPEAKER: Senator Robert F. Bennett
Speaker:
18 March 1999: "Y2K and the Nation's Financial Infrastructure"
Panelists:
- Gordon Glaza (Regulatory Counsel, American Bankers Association)
- Frank Hartigan (Year 2000 Project Director, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
- John Yost (Year 2000 Project Director, Internal Revenue Service)
16 February 1999: "Y2K Law: Legal and Liability Issues"
Panelists:
- Michael Aisenberg (Partner, Galland, Kharasch & Garfinkle, P.C.)
- Greg Cirillo (Partner, Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins)
- Andrew Pegalis, Esq. (President, Next Millennium Consulting, Inc.)
20 January 1999: "The DC Region and Y2K: An Assessment"
Panelists:
- Donald Evans, Director, Dept. of Information Systems and Telecommunication, Montgomery County (MD) Government
- Jon Arnold, Chief Technical Officer, Edison Electric Institute
[No meeting in December 1998 -- Christmas/end of year break]
16 November 1998: "Y2K: Is This a Test We Need to Pass?"
Featured Speaker:
22 October 1998: "No Real Boundaries: The Global Y2K Perspective"
Panelists:
- Joyce Amenta, Y2K Program Coordinator, The World Bank
- Carlos Guedes, Deputy Controller, Inter-American Development Bank
- Harris Miller, President, Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)
- Bill Piatt, Chief Information Officer, US Peace Corps
15 September 1998: "The US Government: Preparing for the Year 2000"
Panelists:
- John Koskinen, Chairman, The President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion
- Joel Willemssen, Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems, US General Accounting Office
21 July 1998: "Y2K Corporate Lessons Learned: One Year Later"
Panelists:
- Ina Kamenz, Vice-President, Marriott International
- Liz McInerney, Senior Vice-President, Fidelity Investements
- Carol Teasley, Vice-President, Fannie Mae
18 June 1998: "Y2K for the Rest of Us: Y2K's Impact on Society"
Panelists:
- Dr. Ed Yardeni, Chief Economist, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell
- Kathleen Hirning, Chair, President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion Energy Working Group/Oil and Gas,
and CIO, US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- John Ivinson, VP, British Computer Society, and Director, Planning & Special Projects, ACTION 2000 (UK)
- Douglass Carmichael, Founder, Shakespeare and Tao
- Paloma O'Reilly, The Cassandra Project
19 May 1998: "Making It Work: Y2K Testing and Certification"
Panelists:
- Larry Summers (BDM International) detailed the Y2K testing/certification approach he has
taken with a major New York bank
- Tracy Bair (SAIC) talked about the challenges and problems within the Federal Gov't and
commercial firms on Y2K testing/certification
- Annie Anguah-Dei (Lockheed-Martin) laid out how to set up and run a Y2K testing program for commercial
off-the-shelf (COTS) software
- Linda Vance (Fannie Mae) spoke in detail about Fannie Mae's approach to Y2K testing and
certifcation, including setting up a separate test facility and grouping related applications into
collections to be tested together.
21 Apr 1998: "Caught in the Crunch: Year 2000 and Small Business"
Panelists:
- David Eddy, President, Software Sales Group, Inc.
- Cory Hamasaki, President, HHResearch Co.
- Lyn Kelly, Y2K Program Director, National Association of Security Dealers
- Alan Simpson, President/CEO, Communication Links, Inc.
18 Mar 1998: Senator Robert F. Bennett
Speaker:
17 Feb 1998: "Year 2000 Problems with Embedded Systems"
Panelists:
- Rick Cowles, Year 2000 Program Manager-Utilities, Digital Equipment
Corporation
- Peter H. Himmelberger, Director, Technology and Y2K Programs, GTE
Information Systems Division
- Diane Shields, CACI.
- Hernando Quintero, Director of Technology, BRInc.
20 Jan 1998: "Bracing for Impact: Year 2000 Contingency Planning"
Panelists:
- Douglass Carmichal, President, Metasystems Design Group
- Dr. Joe Clema, Manager, System Resources Corporation
- Steve Davis, Budget Manager, Montgomery County (MD) Office of Management
and Budget
- Elizabeth McInerney, Vice-President, Fidelty Investments
- George Peterson, Support Services Director, Virginia Housing Development
Authority
- Bruce Webster, Chief Technical Officer, Object Systems Group
[No meeting in December 1997 -- Christmas/end of year break]
17 Nov 1997: "The Year 2000 Software Problem: The Cost of Success, The Price of Failure"
Speaker:
- Capers Jones, Chairman, Software Productivity Research, Author of _The Year 2000 Software Problem:
Quantifying the Costs and Assessing the Consequences_ (Addison-Wesley, 1997)
21 Oct 1997: "The Media Looks at the Year 2000 Issue: Hype and Anti-Hype"
Panelists:
- Steven Levy, Technology Editor, Newsweek Magazine
- Brock Meeks, Chief Washington Correspondent, MSNBC
- Robert Scheier, Senior Editor, ComputerWorld
15 Sep 1997: "The US Government vs. The Year 2000: Progress and Challenges"
Panelists:
- Major Ramona Barnes (USAF), Systems Integration Division, Joint Chiefs of Staff/J6, US Department of Defense
- Bruce W. McConnell, Chief, Information Policy & Technology, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President
- Cynthia Rand, Principal Director of Information Management, Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense/C3I, US Department of Defense
- Mark Uncapher, Counsel, Subcommittee on Government Management Information and Technology, US House of Representatives
August 1997: no meeting (summer break)
22 Jul 1997: "Lessons Learned To Date: Corporate Year 2000 Projects"
Introductory speaker:
- Bill Kelvie, Executive Vice-President/CIO, Fannie Mae
Panelists:
- Ina Kamenz, Vice-President, Marriott International, Bethesda, MD
- Liz McInerney, Vice-President, Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
- Carol Teasley, Vice-President, Fannie Mae, Washington, DC
19 June 1997: "What You Don't Know Can Bankrupt You: Legal and Liability Issues for the Year 2000"
Introductory speakers:
- Sam Rajappa, Senior Vice-President/Controller, Fannie Mae
- Julie St. John, Senior Vice-President, Fannie Mae
Panelists:
- Greg Cirillo, Partner, >Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins
- Daniel Hassett, Partner, Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins<
- Phil Lian, Senior Vice President, Aon Risk Services
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