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EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF, DECEMBER 17, 2001

December 18, 2001

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE holds a program on War on Terrorism: What Does It Mean for Science?"

WHO: The speakers are:

Dr. John H. Marburger III, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Dr. Donald M. Kerr Science and Technology, Central Intelligence Agency

Dr. Rashid Chotani, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Louis W. Goodman, School of International Service, American University

Robert M. O'Neil, The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression

Anne Witkowsky, CSIS Committee on Science and Security

Dr. Jonathan D. Moreno, Center for Biomedical Ethics, University of Virginia

Kevin S. McCurley International Association for Cryptologic Research

DATE: December 18, 2001

LOCATION: Marriott at Metro Center Hotel, 775 12th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Monica Amarelo, 202-326-6431

WEB ADDRESS:aaas.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum on "Airlines in the Aftermath and What the Government Should Do."

WHO: The speakers are:

David Swierenga, Air Transport Association of America

James Gattuso, Competitive Enterprise Institute

Clifford Winston, Brookings Institution

John Nannes, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General.

DATE: December 18, 2001

LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-789-5229

WEB ADDRESS:cato.org

TIME: 2 p.m.

EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds book launch for Sacred Places, Civic Purposes: Should Government Help Faith-Based Charity?

WHO: The speakers are:

Joyce Ladner, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Author, The New Urban Leaders

Melissa Rogers, Executive Director, The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life

Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, The Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism

William A. Galston, Professor, Maryland School of Public Affairs

Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy

Isabel Sawhill, senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Co-director, Welfare & Beyond Initiative

Keith Pavlischek, Fellow, Center for Public Justice

Director, Civitas Program in Faith and Public Affairs

Mary Bogle, Consultant, early childhood, youth development and nonprofit management

Jim Wallis, Editor, Sojourners, convener, Call to Renewal

Father Joseph Hacala, Rector, Jesuit Community, Special Assistant to the President, Wheeling Jesuit University

Julie Segal, Former Legislative Counsel, Americans United for Separation of Church and State

DATE: December 18, 2001

LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-797-6105

WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu

TIME: 3:30 p.m.

EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a program on Are Japan and It's Dreams Dead? Can There Be Resurrection? With Akio Fujii, Chief Correspondent for Economic Affairs, Nihon Keizai Shimbun (NIKKEI) Washington Bureau.

DATE: December 18, 2001

LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901

WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net

December 19, 2001

TIME: 9:45 a.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE and the Korean International Trade Association hold a seminar on "Trade Remedies and Their Impact on the National Economic Interest."

WHO: The speakers are:

Young-Soo Han, KITA

Claude E. Barfield, AEI

Bruce Blonigen, University Of Oregon

Gary Hufbauer, Institute for International Economics

J. Michael Finger, AEI

Brink Lindsey, Cato Institute

Tom Prusa, Rutgers University

James Durling, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher

DATE: December 19, 2001

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS:aei.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Robin Wright, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and author of Sacred Rage: The Wrath of Militant Islam will speak.

DATE: December 19, 2001

LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 12:15 p.m.

EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION presents The Architecture of Innovation: Why the FCC's Broadband and Spectrum Policies Threaten America's Technology Sectors with Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School and Author, The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World.

DATE: December 19, 2001

LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901

WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net

TIME: 5 p.m.

EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Islam and Anti-Chinese Militancy in Xinjiang" with Graham Fuller, an Islamic specialist from the Rand Corporation, and Jonathan Lipman, a professor of history at Mount Holyoke College.

DATE: December 19, 2001

LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-663-5626

WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org

December 20, 2001

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a forum on" Government's Greatest Priorities of the Next Half Century."

WHO: The speakers are:

Paul C. Light, Vice President of Governmental Studies and Director, Center for Public Service

E.J. Dionne, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution and columnist, The Washington Post

David Broder, Columnist for The Washington Post

DATE: December 20, 2001

LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-797-6105

WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu

December 21, 2001

TIME: 8 p.m.

EVENT: FOLGER SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL LIBRARY Folger Consort presents a La Notte di Natale: Christmas in Italy featuring Soprano Johana Arnold, with her mellifluous voice, joining the Consort and guest instrumentalists.

DATE: December 21, 2001

LOCATION: Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-675-0345

WEB ADDRESS: folger.edu