U.S. Secretary of Commerce Don Evans to Focus on
Trade, Energy and Technology
The Week of September 29 - October 5, 2002

Sunday, September 29, 2002
Evans will visit his hometown of Midland, Texas, to spotlight technology and economic growth by touring the Midland College Advanced Technology Center. The Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration invested $900,000 in March to help build the technology center.
3:00 PM
Midland College Advanced Technology Center
Midland, Texas

Monday, September 30, 2002
Evans will discuss the growing commercial relationship between the United States and Russia during a visit to Houston, Texas. Secretary Evans will tour KEM-TRON Technologies, a small manufacturing business that began exporting environmental technologies to Russia in 1990.
10:30 AM
KEM-TRON Technologies
Stafford, Texas

Tuesday, October 1 - Wednesday, October 2, 2002
Evans and U.S. Secretary of Energy Spence Abraham will host the U.S./Russia Commercial Energy Summit in Houston, Texas. The summit will be an open dialogue between U.S. and Russia energy and commerce officials and energy industry leaders regarding energy policy and the role of potential partnerships for international energy development.
The Warwick Hotel and James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University
Houston, Texas
For Information Contact: Allen Abney 202-309-3092

Thursday, October 3, 2002
Evans will participate in a panel discussion hosted by the U.S.-Russia Business Council. The panel will discuss the prospects for energy cooperation between the U.S. and Russia.
1:30 PM
Willard Hotel
Washington, D.C.