THEME: WHERE WE ARE; WHERE WE ARE GOING

SCOPE: NAVAL AND LAND MINE WARFARE;

HUMANITARIAN AND PEACEKEEPING DEMINING;

UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE SITE REMEDIATION

IN EACH: FIELD OPERATIONS, PROGRAMS, REQUIREMENTS, AND R&D

COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS, KEYNOTER

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THE HONORABLE DALE GERRY, BANQUET ADDRESS

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TOPIC SPOKESPERSONS: LT.GEN. KERN, USA; RADM KEMP, USN, PEO-MiW;

RADM BETANCOURT, USN, COMINEWARCOM; MGEN von KAENEL, USA,

USG HUMANITARIAN DEMINING INITIATIVES

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IN DEPTH TECHNOLOGY COVERAGE OF TOPICS SUCH AS ELECTRO-

OPTICAL PROCESSES IN THE OCEAN (KEELER); THE CALTECH RESEARCH ON THE DOG'S NOSE (NATHAN LEWIS); BIOMIMIC SYSTEMS IN THE OCEAN (JOSEPH AYERS); DEMINING ENVIRONMENTS (COLIN KING AND VERNON JOYNT), and CONFIRMATION SENSORS (CARRIVEAU) - See the Proceedings

SOME FUTURE ACTIVITIES:

SHORT COURSE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF MINE WARFARE SYSTEMS,

AUG 21-25, NPS, DEADLINE TO REGISTER JULY 1 (See Inside)

MINWARA REGIONAL CONFERENCE, ALEXANDRIA, VA, JULY 18-20

LANDMINE WARFARE: THE OPERATIONS CONCEPT - <www.minwara.org>

SECOND AUSTRALIAN-AMERICAN JOINT CONFERENCE ON THE TECHNOLOGIES OF

MINES AND MINE COUNTERMEASURES, Sydney, Australia March 26-30, 2001 This constitutes an initial Call for Abstracts and Papers <www.demine.org>

ANNOUNCING A NEW INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL, MINES AND UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE: A Journal of Science, Technology, Application, and Practice; Editor-in-Chief: A.M. Bottoms; Initial Issue Spring 2001; Quarterly in 2002 <amb@demine.org>