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EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 15, 2001
October 16, 2001
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: INSTITUTE FOR POLICY INNOVATION holds a program on "Effective Components of an Economic Stimulus Package."
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Dick Armey, House Majority Leader (R-TX)
Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX)*
Rep. Jennifer Dunn Rep. Phil Gramm (R-WA)
Tom Giovanetti, President, Institute for Policy Innovation
Aldona Robbins, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy Innovation
Steve Moore, President, Club for Growth
Gary Robbins, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy Innovation
Larry Hunter, Chief Economist, Empower America
Steve Entin, President and Executive Director, Institute for the Research on the Economics of Taxation
DATE: October 16, 2001
LOCATION: 345 Cannon Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-912-5742
WEB ADDRESS: ipi.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Nationalism and the Problem of Inclusion in Hungary with Alice Freifeld, Associate Professor of History, University of Florida and former EES Short-term Scholar.
DATE: October 16, 2001
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION presents The Roots of the Computer Revolution: What Information Technology Today Owes to Government Investment and the Vision of J. C. R. Licklider" with M. Mitchell Waldrop, Author, The Dream Machine: J. C. R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal.
DATE: October 16, 2001
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
October 17, 2001
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum The Future of the Bomber Force.
WHO: The speakers are:
Gen. Richard Hawley, United States Air Force (retired)
John Tirpak, Air Force Association
Jack Spencer, Heritage Foundation
Ivan Eland, Cato Institute
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program-featuring Chairman of the Federal Aviation Administration Jane Garvey.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Book Launch: No Peace, No Honor: Nixon, Kissinger, and Betrayal in Vietnam.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents Hernando de Soto, best-selling author and noted Peruvian economist.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
October 18, 2001
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled panel discussion on Freedom And Security: Preserving Constitutional Liberties In Times Of War
WHO: The speakers are:
Jennifer Neustead U.S. Department of Justice
Lee Casey Partner, Baker & Hostettler
Todd Gaziano The Heritage Foundation
DATE: October 18, 2001
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Iran Beyond Tehran: Afghan Refugees and Provincial Elections with Darius Rejali, Associate Professor of Political Science at Reed College, Portland, OR
DATE: October 18, 2001
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled presents former Presidential Adviser David Gergen discussing "Presidential Leadership: Eyewitness to Power."
DATE: October 18, 2001
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
October 19, 2001
TIME: All Day
EVENT: MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE holds its 55th Annual Conference: 2001 and Beyond: Middle East Challenges for the New Administration
AGENDA: Highlights:
8 a.m. - Opening Remarks
Edward Walker, Middle East Institute
9:15 a.m. - Keynote address with Shibley Telhami, Sadat Chair in Peace and Development, University of Maryland
10:30 a.m. - Panel I: Arab-Israeli Peacemaking Ten Years After the Madrid Conference
Tamara Wittes, MEI
Murhaf Jouejati, MEI Scholar-in-Residence
Ron Pundak, Peres Center for Peace
Khalil Shikaki, Palestinian Center for Policy Research, Ramallah
2 pm. - Panel II: Challenges of Globalization
Michael Dunn, Middle East Journal
Richard Holmes, Managing Director, MenaLink
Faisal al-Kasim, Al-Jazeera TV, Doha, Qatar
Bob Copaken, MEI Scholar-in-Residence
7:30 p.m. - Banquet
William Burns, Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East
Don Peretz will receive an award of recognition from MEI
DATE: October 18, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-1141
WEB ADDRESS: mideasti.org
TIME: 9:45 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a Book Forum on The Joy of Freedom: An Economist's Odyssey, with author David R. Henderson
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Egypt in Hollywood: Pharaohs of the Fifties with Sam Serafy, a Washington filmmaker.
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
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