THE SENATE
               THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

           COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY
                SENATOR DAVID Y. IGE, CHAIR
            SENATOR NORMAN SAKAMOTO, VICE-CHAIR

               COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
           REPRESENTATIVE DAVID MORIHARA, CHAIR
         REPRESENTATIVE K. MARK TAKAI, VICE-CHAIR

          NOTICE OF JOINT INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

        DATE:    FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1999

        TIME:    2:30 P.M.

        PLACE:   STATE CAPITOL, Room 309
                 415 SOUTH BERETANIA STREET


                        A G E N D A

Representatives from the University of Hawaii will be making
presentations on the Marine Bioproducts Engineering Center
(MarBEC), a National Science Foundation Engineering Research
Center.  Some issues that will be covered include MarBEC's
mission to build a foundation for a marine biotechnology
industry; MarBEC's links to key Hawaii businesses, financial and
economic development organizations, and national laboratories and
industries; and the promising projects that MarBEC is developing
for the chemical, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and life
sciences industries.  

The following people will be making presentations:
Dr. Alan Teramura, Senior Vice President for Research and Dean of
the Graduate Division; 
Dr. Alex Malahoff, Director of MarBEC and Chair of the Department
of Ocean Engineering;
Dr. Mark Huntley, Chairman and CEO of Aquasearch Inc.; and 
Dr. Robert Bidigare, Professor of Oceanography.

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services
to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language
interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for
the disabled), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior
to the hearing so arrangements can be made.  


 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-
6230.


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Representative David Morihara     Senator David Y. Ige
Chair                             Chair