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EVENTS ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2002
February 26, 2002
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled Japan's Economic Woes and its Impact on the Region with Chikahisa Sumi The Embassy of Japan.
DATE: February 26, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org
TIME: 4:30 p.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE holds the Clean Air Act Science and Policy Forum
WHO: The speakers are:
William Kovacs, Vice President, Environment, Technology & Regulatory
Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Kenneth Green, Director, Environmental Studies and Deputy Director,
Reason Public Policy Institute
Dr. Steven Hayward, Senior Fellow, Pacific Research Institute
Dr. Harold M. Koenig, Chairman and President, The Annapolis Center
Dr. Anne E. Smith, Vice President, Charles River Associates
DATE: February 26, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Looking for History: Dispatches From Latin America with Alma Guillermoprieto, journalist and author.
DATE: February 26, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
February 27, 2002
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program featuring President of Mozambique Joaquim Chissano discussing Political Stability, Conflict Resolution and Economic Development in Southern Africa.
DATE: February 27, 2002
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 holds a lecture entitled "Why Canadian Unity Matters and Why Americans Care."
WHO: The speakers are:
Kent Weaver, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
Michael Mandelbaum, director of the SAIS American Foreign Policy Program
James Riedel, professor of international economics at SAIS
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
February 28, 2002
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Somalia & the War on Terrorism: An Agenda for Reconstruction with Abdi Samatar, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota.
DATE: February 28, 2002
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: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Al Franken Comedian and Author discussing "Predatory Lending."
DATE: February 28, 2002
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: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Novartis International Journalism Awards Program will screen, "Child Labor in Pakistan," a documentary that explores the exploitation of children in rug factories, garages and brick yards who must help their families survive.
DATE: February 28, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
March 1, 2002
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: THE LARRY KING CARDIAC FOUNDATION holds the annual black tie, star-studded "Evening with Larry King and Friends."
AGENDA: This year the foundation will bestow the Larry King Heart Award to Arthur F. Ryan, chairman and CEO of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, and Gabriella E. Morris, president of The Prudential Foundation.
DATE: March 1, 2002
LOCATION: The Ritz-Carlton hotel at 22nd and M Streets, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703/522-0703
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a book release of "Happiness & Hardship: Opportunity and Insecurity in New Market Economies."
WHO: The speakers are:
Carol Graham, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, and Co-Director, Center on Social and Economic Dynamics, The Brookings Institution
Stefano Pettinato
Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank; former senior research analyst, The Brookings Institution
Robert E. Litan, Vice President and Director, Economic Studies Program,
The Brookings Institution
Eduardo Aninat, Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Nancy Birdsall, President, Center for Global Development
Steven Durlauf, Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin
DATE: March 1, 2002
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu