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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2002
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: NORTHERN VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY COUCIL holds a program on examine government spending initiatives and priorities, and the challenges ahead through teaming, partnering and subcontracting.
WHO: The speakers are:
Paul R. Brubaker, Chief Executive Officer, Aquilent
Fernando Burbano, Assistant Secretary, Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Information Resource Management, U.S. Department of State
Lawrence C. Hale, Federal Computer Incident Response Center (FedCIRC) Liasison Director
John W. Larmer II, CPA/CDP, President, SOZA
Ron Miller, Chief Information Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Donald Scott, Senior Vice President, EDS
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, 1700 Tysons Boulevard, McLean, VA
CONTACT: Nancy Rollman or Scott Warner, 703-904-7878 x287
WEB ADDRESS: nvtc.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: BETTER WORLD CAMPAIGN AND CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES hold a news conference releasing a poll on the American Attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS Pandemic.
WHO: The speakers are:
Timothy Wirth, president, United Nations Foundations
Richard Fairbanks, CSIS
Bill McInturff, Public Opinion Strategies
Bob Boorstin, Greenberg, Quinlan, and Rosner Research
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-777-3524
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION National Issues Forum on "Assessing the Bush Administration's Policy for Northeast Asia."
WHO: The speakers are:
Michael H. Armacost, President, The Brookings Institution; Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs
Peter T.R. Brookes, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs
Andrea Koppel, State Department Correspondent, CNN
Ed Lincoln, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution; author of Arthritic Japan: The Slow Pace of Economic Reform
Jia Qingguo, Professor and Associate Dean of the School of International Studies of Peking University; Visiting Fellow, CNAPS, Brookings Institution
Fiona Hill, Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution
Kyongsoo Lho, Associate Dean, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University
Paul Hsu, Attorney, Lee & Li, Tiawan
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION holds a breakfast briefing to announce formation of the High Tech Broadband Coalition.
WHO: The speakers are:
Robert Holleyman, President and CEO, Business Software Alliance
Gary Shapiro, President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association
Rhett Dawson, President, Information Technology Industry Council
Jerry Jasinowski, President, National Association of Manufacturers
George Scalise, President, Semiconductor Industry Association
Matthew Flanigan, President, Telecommunication Industry Association
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-907-7664
WEB ADDRESS:ce.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE holds a briefing on the state of the world's frontier forests.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jonathan Lash, president, World Resources Institute
Dirk Bryant, founder and co-director, Global Forest Watch
Pär Stenmark, IKEA
Hernan Verscheure, director, CODEFF, Chile
Jim Strittholt, president, Conservation Biology Institute, USA
Mariapia Bevilacqua, project coordinator, ACOANA, Venezuela
Emily Matthews, lead author, State of the Forest: Indonesia
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: 10 G. St., NE, Washington DC
CONTACT: Adlai J. Amor, 202-729-7736
WEB ADDRESS: wri.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL, AND WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION hold a program on the agenda for the new WTO trade round that was launched in Doha, Qatar, on November 14, 2001.
WHO: The speakers are:
Deputy US Trade Representative Peter Allgeier
Dr. C. Fred Bergsten, IIE
Jan Adams, Embassy of Australia
Greg Mastel, Senate Finance Committee
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 101-463-5074
WEB ADDRESS:gbdinc.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIS holds a program on "Global Economic Prospects."
WHO: The speakers are:
Michael Mussa, chief economist, International Monetary Fund
Martin Baily, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
Adam Posen, economist
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: IIE, 1750 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-5432
WEB ADDRESS: iie.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES holds a conference call briefing to discuss changes taking effect this year in the Child Tax Credit. While middle-and upper-income families have received the child credit for several years, now it is available for the first time to many lower-income working families, including many families that have earnings in the $10,000-$25,000 range. At up to $600 per eligible child, the child credit could be a big boost for millions of working families.
WHO: The speakers are:
Robert Greenstein, Executive Director
Donna Cohen Ross, Outreach Director
John Wancheck, Outreach Coordinator
DATE: April 3, 2002
CONTACT: Michelle Bazie, 202-408-1080.
WEB ADDRESS:cbpp.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY holds a discussion on "Re-Focusing the IMF"
WHO: The speakers are:
Michael Bell, external relations, International Monetary Fund;
Therese Turner-Huggins, executive board member, International Monetary
Fund;
Colin Bradford, distinguished economist in residence, American University;
Louis W. Goodman, dean, School of International Service.
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: School of International Service Lounge, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-885-5950
WEB ADDRESS:au.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY The BMW Center for German & European Studies Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service holds a lecture featuring Dr. Gerald Grisse, Permanent Representative of the European Central Bank at the International Monetary Fund The Euro: Past and Future
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: Executive Conference Room, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Alison Hillegeist, 202-687-8067
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Ambassador of El Salvador to the U.S., Rene A. Leon, discussing "President George W. Bush's Recent Trip to El Salvador."
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on "Beyond Bilateralism: U.S.-Japan Cooperation and Competition in Asia."
WHO: The speakers are:
Jennifer Amyx, University of Pennsylvania
Akiko Fukushima, National Institute for Research Advancement, Japan
John Ikenberry, Georgetown University
Ellis Krauss, University of California at San Diego
Saadia Pekkanen, Middlebury College
T.J. Pempel, University of California at Berkeley
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 3:20 p.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL OF ARAB AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS holds a news conference after the meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell discussing the Crisis in Palestine and Iraq Policy.
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: State Department, outside C St. entrance, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jenny Salan, 202-429-9210 or Hussein Ibish, 202-244-2990
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY holds a discussion on Islam and Security in Southeast Asia.
WHO: The speakers are:
Ahmad Zakaria, Tun Abdul Razak Chair, Ohio University
Suzaina Kadir, assistant professor, National University of Singapore
Quansheng Zhao, Asia Council Chair, American University
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: Butler Conference Room, 6th Floor, Butler Pavilion, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-885-5950
WEB ADDRESS:au.edu
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on Military Reform featuring General Peter Pace, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff and Michèle Flournoy, Senior Adviser, CSIS International Security Program.
DATE: April 3, 2002
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 features Miss USA Shauntay Hinton, formerly Miss DC, introducing jazz ensemble The Michael Thomas Quintet who "make hard-bop and blues swing."
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: DEPARTMENT OF STATE presents the Fulbright Visiting Scholars from 60 countries who will gather at a conference themed "The Images of the U.S. Around the World: Myths and Realities."
AGENDA: Highlight:
6:30 p.m. - Opening Dinner and Keynote Address Keynote Address: Democracy vs. Jihad vs. McWorld featuring Benjamin R. Barber
Gershon and Carol Kekst Professor of Civil Society, University of Maryland at College Park
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: Wyndham City Center Hotel, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Judy Pehrson, 202-686-4014.
WEB ADDRESS: state.gov
TIME: 8 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY School of Communication hosts An American Forum panel discussion titled, "Protecting the Press: Journalists in the War Zone."
WHO: The speakers are:
Roy Gutman, directs the Crimes of War Project & international correspondent, Newsweek;
Andrew Kain, conducts hazardous-environment training courses for international journalists & founder of AKE Ltd. Safety and Security Services
John Owen, teaches international journalism at City University (London) & former chief of bureaus, Candian Broadcasting Corp
Teresa Wiltz, writes for The Washington Post Style section & reported this year from Afganistan & Pakistan
W. Joseph Campbell, assistant professor in the School of Communication
DATE: April 3, 2002
LOCATION: Kay Spiritual Life Center, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-885-5950
WEB ADDRESS:au.edu
