Key speakers at the Summit include: NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe; Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham; Secretary of Commerce Don Evans; Secretary of State Colin Powell; Science Advisor to the President, John Marburger; NOAA Administrator Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher; Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton; and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton.

Media may cover the Summit by presenting: a U.S. government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense, or Foreign Press Center); a photo ID issued by employing media organization; or a letter on official letterhead from parent organization verifying employment as a journalist with an official photo ID (valid driver's license or passport).

Media should use the Department of State 23rd Street entrance. Media registration is 8:00 to 8:45 a.m. EDT. The Summit news conference is at 10:05 a.m. Administrator O'Keefe speaks at 2:30 p.m. EDT.

Continuous televised coverage of the open sessions will be available via satellite from Telstar 5, C-Band, Transponder 12, Horizontal Polarity, downlink frequency 3940 MHz, audio: 6.2/6.8. For information about the Summit on the Internet, visit:

http://www.earthobservationsummit.gov