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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2001
TIME: All Day
EVENT: JANES INFORMATION GROUP, INC. holds a conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction 2001: Protecting the Lifeline. While Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) is a broad category, public fears centre on the spectre of a chemical, biological or radiological agent release into the environment. Communities seek to understand what these hazards can do to them or their children, how to protect themselves and where to look for advice.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Special Events and Crowd Management
Commander Kevin O'Connell, Metropolitan Police (UK)
9:50 a.m. - Just in Time -- Training People for First Response
John Eldridge, NBC Analyst, Jane's Information Group
11:05 a.m. - Exercise DARK WINTER -- a realistic BW scenario
Randall Larsen, Director, ANSER Institute for Homeland Security
11:50 a.m. - Organizing for Defense: A Personal View
Brigadier General (res.) Abraham Bachar (Avi), President & CEO, Israteam 98 Ltd
2 p.m. - Better Detection in the Domestic Arena
Christopher A. Wrenn, Product Applications Manager, RAE Systems
14:45 p.m. - Science and new WMD Threats
Michael J. Goldblatt, Ph.D., J.D., Director, Defense Sciences Office
Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA)
15:30 p.m. - Where to next?
Discussion on the key issues arising from the conference with the aim of publishing a guidance report for delegates Introduced by JohnEldridge
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-842-1300
WEB ADDRESS: janes.com
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: FARM BUREAU FEDERATION PRESIDENT BOB STALLMAN holds a briefing to discuss the status of the farm bill.
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-484-3612
WEB ADDRESS:fb.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents Jan Kavan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic discussing NATO enlargement and EU expansion.
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Elliott School of International Affairs holds a briefing on Asia and the implications of anti-terrorist campaign.
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: 800 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-994-3087
WEB ADDRESS:gwu.edu
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a discussion on "Defending America: A Homeland Defense Strategy For The 21st Century."
WHO: The speakers are:
Christopher Whitcomb and Author, Cold Zero: Inside the FBI Hostage Rescue Team Antulio J. Echevarria Author, The Army and Homeland Security: A Strategic Prospective
Larry Wortzel, The Heritage Foundation
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: WASHINGTON AREA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION holds a 2nd annual leadership awards benefits luncheon themed "Giving Back to Build Our Future
Washington Women Making a Difference.
WHO: The speakers are:
Keynote Speaker Pat Mitchell, President and CEO of Public Broadcasting Service Susan Kidd, Anchor WRC-TV, NBC4 and The Women's Foundation
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: Ritz Carlton, 1150 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-478-5420
WEB ADDRESS:wawf.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: METLIFE AND COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT hold a news conference to release The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher, 2001: Key Elements of Quality Schools.
WHO: The speakers are:
Barbara Byrd-Bennett, Chief Executive Officer of the Cleveland Municipal School District
Jerry D. Weast, Superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools
Irasema Salcido, Principal of Ceasar Chavez Charter High School
Humphrey Taylor, CEO of Harris Interactive
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Thomas Nelson, 202-296-5860
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: URBAN LEAGUE holds its First Tuesday's forum entitled "Welfare and the Working Poor in a Declining Economy."
WHO: The speakers are:
Sebastian Mallaby, The Washington Post
Demetra Smith Nightingale, Urban Institute
Sheila Zedlewski, Urban Institute
Harry Holzer, Georgetown University/Urban Institute
Richard Kazis, Jobs for the Future
Connie Tolbert, Maryland Department of Human Resources
Don Winstead, Florida Department of Children and Families
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: Urban Institute, 2100 M Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-261-5709
WEB ADDRESS: urbaninstitute.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum on Estonia's Economic Success Story: How We Did It and Where We're Going with Minister of Finance of Estonia Siim Kallas.
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSITUTE holds a democracy forum entitled "The Future of Democracy in Nicaragua."
WHO: The speakers are:
Caleb McCarry, committee on International Relations
William Perry, William Perry & Associates
Stephen Johnson, policy analyst, Heritage Foundation
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: 1212 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-408-9450
WEB ADDRESS: iri.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE holds a program entitled "The Iraqi Leadership On Trial?" With Bakhtiar Amin, Human Rights Alliance.
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: MEI, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-1141
WEB ADDRESS: mideasti.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Can Macro Policy Really Help Micro-Enterprise?" with Thomas Fox, former assistant administrator for policy and program Coordination at the U.S. Agency for International Development
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Indonesian Official, Public and Media Response to September 11" with Ramadhan Pohan, Washington correspondent for Indonesia's Java Post.
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: 1619Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring presents Dan Snyder, Owner, Washington Redskins.
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Dr. Deborah Tannen, the best selling author and linguistics professor, to speak to us about her latest book "I Only Say This Because I Love You": Talking to Mom, Dad, Kids and Sibs When You're.
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: MUSHARRAF TASK FORCE ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN, PRESIDENT DR. NASIM ASHRAF, AMERICANS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE FOR SOUTH ASIA hold a telephone news conference to discuss the real agenda for the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan.
DATE: October 2, 2001
CONTACT: Sean McCabe, 703-683-5004
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program entitled Debating the Real State of the World: Are Dire Environmental Claims Backed by Sound Evidence? with Bjorn Lomborg, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen and author.
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum on Fighting Terrorism, Preserving Civil Liberties.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Bob Barr, R - GA.
Solveig Singleton, Senior Analyst, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Stuart Taylor, Senior Writer, National Journal
Jonathan Turley, Professor of Law, George Washington University.
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE holds a book launch for "Russia's Unfinished Revolution: Political Change From Gorbachev To Putin," with author Michael McFaul, senior associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS:ceip.org
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense discussing "The Quadrennial Defense Review: Building the Military of the 21st Century."
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents the award-winning Motor City Brass Band is a modern American brass band in the British tradition. The band features virtually every style of music from Shostakovich to Setzer, from Copland to Motown. DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Poland After the Elections: Moving Forward or Backward?"
WHO: The speakers are:
Frank Babetski, senior analyst for the CIA's Office of
Russian and European Analysis
Paul Goble, publisher of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Newsline
Mark Brzezinski, partner at McGuire Woods
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, Dc
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE features Kati Marton discussing and signing Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our Recent History.
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
EVENT: LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS holds its annual dinner honoring environmental leaders in Congress and featuring Robert Redford, actor and environmental advocate.
WHO: The speakers are:
Mary McGrory, Washington Post columnist
Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-RI
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA
Sen. James Jeffords, I-VT
Rep. John Lewis, D-GA
LCV Chairman Theodore Roosevelt IV
LCV President Deb Callahan
DATE: October 2, 2001
LOCATION: 1127 Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Scott Stoermer, 202-785-8683 x599
WEB ADDRESS: lcv.org
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