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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION AND WINDHOVER INFORMATION hold the BIO-Windhover Partnering Conference.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - The Future of Pharmaceutical Research: Challenges and Solutions
Roger Longman, Managing Partner, Windhover Information Inc.
Robert Tepper, Head of R&D, Millennium Pharmaceuticals
Goran Ando, President, R&D, Pharmacia Corp.
Richard DiMarchi, Group VP, Research Technologies, Eli Lilly
William Haseltine, Chair and CEO, Human Genome Sciences
10:30 a.m. - Intellectual Property
Raymond Kurz, Director - Intellectual Property Practice, Hogan & Hartson LLP
M. Jean Connolly, Partner - Intellectual Property Practice, Hogan & Hartson LLP
Chris Earl, Managing Director of Perseus - Soros Biopharmaceutical Fund
Dennis Kovach, Staff Vice President, Intellectual Property Attorney - Tyco International Ltd.
Ronald Pepin, SVP, Business Development - Medarex, Inc.
1:30 p.m. - Financing Panel: VC, Fund Manager, and Big Pharma Perspective
Gary Pinkus, McKinsey & Company
Scott Sacane, Perseus Soros
Jim Flynn, Deerfield Management
Michael Lytton, Oxford Bioscience
Nick Galakatos, MPM Capital
Karen Bernstein, BioCentury
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: Ritz Carlton, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-962-9200
WEB ADDRESS: bio.org
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: PUBLIC FORUM INSTITUTE holds a briefing on the lack of preparedness to respond to future acts of bio terrorism. Although multiple efforts are currently underway in the public and private sectors to fortify our bio defense network, gaps remain in our public health infrastructure that inhibit efficiently and effectively preparing communities to respond to future threats.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8 a.m. - Jonathan Ortmans, President, The Public Forum Institute
8:05 a.m. -- Sen. Bill Frist, R-TN
8:25 a.m. - Sidney Taurel, Chairman, President & CEO, Eli Lilly & Company
9:30 a.m. - Jonathan Ortmans, President, The Public Forum Institute
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-467-2776
WEB ADDRESS: publicforuminstitute.org
TIME: 9:15 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a health policy discussion on "Health Outcomes among the Chronically Ill: What Explains the Differences?"
WHO: The speakers are:
Dana Goldman, RAND Corporation
Steven Clauser, National Cancer Institute
Lawrence J. Fine, National Institutes of Health
Robert B. Helms, AEI
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: ECONOMIC STRATEGY INSTITUTE AND ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT marks the release of the OECD Economic Outlook with a forum to explore the prospects for the global economy.
WHO: The speakers are:
Allan Mendelowitz, member, Federal Housing Finance Board
Mike Aho, Visiting Fellow, Economic Strategy Institute
David Hale, Chief Global Economist, Zurich Financial Services
Val Koromzay, Director, Economics Department, Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development
David Malpass, Chief Global Economist, Bear Stearns
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-289-1288
WEB ADDRESS: econstrat.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: SAUDI INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT holds a symposium on "How to Reform Saudi Arabia."
WHO: The speakers are:
Paul Michael Wihbey, SAIS
Stephen Schartz, author and journalist
Ali Al-Ahmed, Saudi Institute
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-766-0200
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program featuring The President's New Mandate for Foreign Assistance: Tying Assistance to Sound Policy with Andrew Natsios U.S. Agency for International Development.
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program with Ian Shepherdson, Chief U.S. Economist, discussing High Frequency Economics: Policy Issues of the U.S. Economy as it Recovers."
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: Chinatown Garden, 618 H St., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-739-9404
WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Building Leaders for Our Future: The Entrepreneur Corps" with Chris Gergen, president, chairman and co-founder of Smarthinking."
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts 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 Kay Coles James, Director, Office of Personnel Management.
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on The Soul of Foreign Policy: Religion and American Diplomacy. America's role in the world cannot be understood without considering religious faith. As an ideological influence on American foreign policy, and as a salient factor in how other nations view the United States, religion maintains an important presence in international affairs.
WHO: The speakers are:
David Brooks, Weekly Standard
Hillel Fradkin, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Ambassador John Hanford, U.S. Department of State
William Inboden, AEI and Yale University
Angelo Codevilla, Boston University
Walter A. McDougall, University of Pennsylvania
Leo P. Ribuffo, George Washington University
Scott Flipse, Brookings Institution and University of Notre Dame
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY AND YOUNG SCHOLARS NETWORK OF THE AMERICAN CONSORTIUM ON EUROPEAN UNION STUDIES present Margot Wallström, EU Commissioner for the Environment.
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-8067
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Coordinating Colors: The WTO Green Box and Green Payments in Farm Programs.
WHO: The speakers are:
Joseph Glauber, Deputy Chief Economist, United States Department of Agriculture
David Minge, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Konrad Von Moltke, Senior Fellow, World Wildlife Fund, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Friedrich Wacker, Agricultural Affairs, Embassy of Germany
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE LAW AND POLICY holds a forum on Adolescents' Reproductive Rights Under Attack by the Bush Administration
WHO: The speakers are:
Lindy Blodgett - A 19 year-old student from the US and spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Global Partners®
Julia Zajkowski, JD - Consulting Legal Advisor for Global Projects
Shingayi Musarurwa - Youth activist from Zimbabwe with Advocates for Youth International Youth Leadership Council
Kathleen Kurz, PhD - Director of the International Center for Research on Women
Lorena Redondo Delgado - A young psychologist from Veracruz, Mexico and volunteer for the Mexican Foundation for Family Planning
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: 121 Cannon Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-530-2975
WEB ADDRESS:crlp.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features Guitarist Eddie Pennington, a 2001 National Heritage Fellow, performing in the thumbpicking style made famous by Mose Ranger.
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS ON PALESTINE holds a opening for the film Afghanistan Unveiled featuring Executive Director of Afghanistan Libre and Vice President of Public Affairs for the Afghanistan Information Center, Hassina Sherjan Samad who documented the status of Afghan women and their instrumental role in rebuilding the economic, social, and educational infrastructure of their war-torn country.
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: 2425 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-338-1290
WEB ADDRESS:palestinecenter.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES holds a program to present its Humane Awards. The gala will honor those who, through lifetime commitment, legislative efforts, and sound business practices, have made possible successful strides in promoting the protection of animals.
WHO: Honorees include:
Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W-VA
Sen. Robert Smith, R-NH
Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-CA
Rep. George Miller, R-PA
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-OR
Richard Leakey, world-renowned paleontologist and conservationist, will receive The HSUS Krutch Medal.
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: Willard Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 301-258-8255
WEB ADDRESS:husu.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Richard Lourie discussing and signing copies of SAKHAROV a biography of one of the 20th century's greatest heroes. Sakharov was able to defy the Soviet state because of his undeniable contribution to science and military program. He protected and defended scores of artists, writers, and intellectuals, and for that he was exiled for many years.
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 6:40 p.m.
EVENT: ASIA SOCIETY holds an evening with India-born Arizona resident Anjana Appachana is the author of two books, 'Listening Now' (Random House, 1998) and 'Incantations and Other Stories' (Rutgers University Press, 1992).
DATE: April 25, 2002
LOCATION: Embassy of India, 2107 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-833-0189
WEB ADDRESS: asiasociety .org