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EVENTS ON MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ISRAEL MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION, THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION (IATA), THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AIRLINES PILOTS ASSOCIATION AND FISHER INSTITUTE FOR AIR AND SPACE STRATEGIC STUDIES hold an international conference entitled on aviation security entitled "Secured Skies."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:30 a.m. - Opening Session
Secured Skies- Restoring Security to Aviation
Yossi Draznin - Minister-Counselor, Defense Cooperation, Embassy of Israel, Washington, D.C
Brig-Gen (Ret) Rafi Harlev - CEO, The Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies; Former Director General of EL AL Israel Airline
Günther Matschnigg - VP Operations & Infrastructure - IATA
Dan McKinnon - Chairman & President, North American Airlines
Lior Zouker - President and CEO, ICTS International
10 a.m. - Perimeter Security and Access Control
International experts will present various airport scenarios and discuss advanced methods of securing an airport's perimeter
Jim Welna - Director of Public Safety, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), Former Chairman of the ACI World Security Standing committee
John Sczepanski - VP Business Development, Magal Security Systems
10:30 a.m. - Passenger Risk Profile
Passenger profiling, can it be effective and objective? Human interviewer versus automated computerized data analysis; the added value of human interaction
Joseph Yahav - VP International, ICTS International N.V
10:50 a.m. - Terrorist M.O - From Marking To Getaway"
Uri Tauber - Director of the Security-Consulting Department, Chameleon Group Inc
11:40 a.m. - Enhanced Aircraft Security
Training procedures and equipment for pilots and other members of the flight crew to use to defend an aircraft against acts of violence
Charles Perkins - Senior Military Analyst, AIPAC - The American Israel Public Affairs Committee
Itzcak Amitay - Executive VP, EL AL Israel Airline
Dorit Eisenberger - Business Development Director, Starling Advanced Communication
Robert Geers - Business Development Manager, Aircraft Security, Rockwell Collins
Captain Peter Reiss - IFALPA Representative at the GASAG Security Task Force, Former Chairman of the IFALPA Security Committee; Former Chairman of the US-ALPA Security Committee
12:40 p.m. - "Airport Perimeter Security Intrusion Detection System"
Michael Weinstein - VP Marketing & Sales, Trans Security Systems & Technology Ltd.
12:55 p.m. - "What Happens When Everything Else Fails?"
Garry L. Briese - Executive Director, IAFC-International Association Fire Chiefs
1:15 p.m. - Forming an International Strategy in the Battle Against Terrorism
Dr. Ephraim Sneh - Israel's Minister of Transportation
2:30 p.m. - General Aircraft Security
Prof. Israel (Izzy) Borovich - President and CEO, Arkia Israeli Airlines Ltd.
Shalom Dolev - President, Dolev Consultants ltd.
Duane E. Woerth - President, Air Line Pilots Association
3:15 p.m. - Cargo Security
"Britening - Commercial Aircraft Protection Suite"
Dr. Patrick Bar-Avi - Director, Sensing and Active Protection Systems Directorate, RAFAEL
3:30 p.m. - Sky Marshals
Mordechai Rahamim - Former Sky Marshal and famous for his part in aborting the terrorist attach in Zurich Airport; General Manager, Ephod Magen, Security & Investigations
3:45 p.m. - Human Factor in Aviation Security
David L. Hickey - International President, International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America
Doron Zicher - VP Products & Technology, ICTS International N.V
4:45 p.m. - The "Magna Carta" of an Airline Passenger - The Use and Abuse of the Post 9/11 Atmosphere
Raphael S. Grunfeld - Partner, Carter, Ledyard & Milburn
Laura Murphy - Director of the American Civil Liberties Union Washington Office
Rafi Ron - CEO & Chairman, New Age Aviation Security Ltd; Former Head of Security, Israel Airport Authority; Security Consultant to Logan Airport
Prof. Jonathan Turley - J.B. and Maurice Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, The George Washington University Law School
5:30 p.m. - Financing the Security Demands
Daniel R. Irvin - MD, UBS/Paine Webber
Raphael S. Grunfeld - Partner, Carter, Ledyard & Milburn
Catherine Lang - Director, Office of Airport Planning and Programming, Federal Aviation Administration
DATE: June 17, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Hilton and Towers, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Myra Clark-Siegel, Cell #516-643-6694
TIME: All Day
EVENT: MANHATTAN INSTITUTE center for Legal Policy holds a conference on "Class Actions/Aggregations in Magnet Courts: The Empirical Evidence."
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:45 a.m. - State Class Actions: A State-by-State Report Card
James Wootton, President, Institute for Legal Reform at the U.S.
Chamber
9 a.m. - Justified Fear of County Courts? Class Actions and Mass
Actions in Illinois and Mississippi (Preliminary Findings)
John Beisner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
9:30 a.m. Anatomy of a Madison County (IL) Class Action: A Study of Pathology
Lester Brickman, Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
10 a.m. - Economic Impact of Class Actions
George Priest, John M. Olin Professor of Law & Economics, Yale Law School
10:30 a.m. - At What Point Does Aggregating Plaintiffs Outweigh Due Process?
Bert Rein, Wiley Rein & Fielding
11:15 a.m. - Panel Response and Q & A
Moderator: Judyth Pendell, Manhattan Institute
Richard Burke, Lakin Law Firm
Jeffrey Greenbaum, Sills Cummis Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross, American Bar Association
Charles Kolb, President, Committee for Economic Development
Steephen Markman, Justice, Michigan Supreme Court
Edward Pickle, Associate General Counsel of Government Affairs, Shell Oil Company
12:30 p.m. - Future of Class Actions in the U.S. Supreme Court
Walter Dellinger, III, Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law, Duke Law School
DATE: June 17, 2002
LOCATION: Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 212-599-7000 Ex 319
WEB ADDRESS: manhattan-institute.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE holds the U.S.-India Business Council's 27th Annual Meeting to focus on business development for U.S. companies, with panels on corporate restructuring, transparency, and refinancing.
AGENDA: Highlights:
10 a.m. -- News conference
WHO: The speakers include:
Samuel Bodman, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
Om Prakash Chautala, Chief Minister of the State of Haryana
Michael Clark, Executive Director, US India Business Council
Lalit Mansingh, India's Ambassador to the United States
Dr. S. Narayan, Secretary (Revenue), Ministry of Finance
N.K. Singh, Planning Commission Member, Government of India
Amb. Frank Wisner, Vice Chairman-External Affairs, American International
Group
DATE: June 17, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS: uschamber.com
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: FORD/AAA hold the Auto Skills National Finals. Two-person teams of high school auto technicians from each state will come to Washington, D.C., to compete for the number one spot in the annual auto technology skills contest. The students will race against the clock and each other in a timed race to find the "bug" inside a Ford vehicle. Winners will receive millions of dollars in scholarships and prizes, including the Ford Quality Care Trophy and the AAA Quality Automotive Teacher Award.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:15 a.m.- Competition
11 a.m. Awards Presentation & Media Briefings *Media free to interview contestants and winners before and after the event, but not while the competition is in progress.
DATE: June 17, 2002
LOCATION: Independence Avenue and Ohio Drive, N.W. (South of the Lincoln Memorial)
CONTACT: 202-715-1512
WEB ADDRESS:aaa.com
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: INSTITUTE FOR POLICY INNOVATION Center for Tax Analysis will host a discussion of Tax Reform: Revolution or Evolution?
AGENDA: Highlights:
Tom Giovanetti, President, Institute for Policy Innovation
David Hartman, Chairman, The Lone Star Foundation
Dan Mastromarco, President, The Prosperity Institute
Carrie Ardelean, Vice President, Americans for Fair Taxation
Daniel Mitchell, Senior Scholar, The Heritage Foundation
Rudolph G. Penner, Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute
Stephen Entin, Pres., Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation
12 noon - Luncheon Symposium: Evolutionary Tax Reform
Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform
Stephen Entin, President, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation
David Hartman, Chairman, The Lone Star Foundation
Gary Robbins, President, Fiscal Associates, Inc
Daniel Mitchell, Senior Scholar, The Heritage Foundation
John Berthoud, President, National Taxpayer's Union Foundation
DATE: June 17, 2002
LOCATION: HC 5, U.S. Capitol, Washington DC
CONTACT: 214-357-1504
WEB ADDRESS:ipi.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND WASHINGTONPOST.COM present "Watergate Revisited," a special forum on the 30th anniversary of the Watergate break-in entitled "Watergate: 30 Years Later," featuring Ben Bradlee, Vice President At Large, and Bob Woodward, Assistant Managing Editor, The Washington Post, discussing the news media, investigative journalism and freedom of the press then and now.
DATE: June 17, 2002
LOCATION: Jack Morton Auditorium, Media and Public Affairs Building, 805 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: George Nolan, 703-469-2798
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum on "Reducing Tensions on the Korean Peninsula."
WHO: The speakers are:
Selig S. Harrison, Author, Korean Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and U.S. Disengagement (Princeton, 2002)
Ted Galen Carpenter, Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
DATE: June 17, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS holds a roundtable discussion on productivity.
AGENDA: The experts will address the factors contributing to the unprecedented productivity gains of the late 1990s, their significance to the overall economy and the prospects for future productivity performance.
WHO: The speakers are:
NAM President Jerry Jasinowski
Richard E. Dauch, Co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, American Axle and Manufacturing (Detroit, MI)
Dale Jorgenson, Ph.D., Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Robert Litan, Ph.D., Vice President and Director, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
DATE: June 17, 2002
LOCATION: National Association of Manufacturers, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202- 637-3096
WEB ADDRESS:nam.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN holds a protest to Demand Real Welfare Reform. The Authorization for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program -- which replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children and transformed the nation's welfare program -- is set to expire in September, and Congress must reauthorize the program before this deadline. While welfare "reform" has moved people off the rolls, it has failed at moving them out of poverty and into self-sufficiency.
DATE: June 17, 2002
LOCATION: Outside Dirksen Senate Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-628-8669 ext 116
WEB ADDRESS: now.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on "Political Rights and Democracy in Russia: The Challenge of Putting Ideals into Practice."
WHO: The speakers are:
William Smirnov, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow; Vice-Chairman, Russian Presidential Human Rights Commission; and Galina Starovoitova Fellow on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, Kennan Institute
DATE: June 17, 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 Israeli Minister of Transportation Dr. Ephraim Sneh discussing Share Techniques and Information on Combating Aviation and Urban Terror.
DATE: June 17, 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: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a luncheon program on International Finance and the Environment Environmentalism for Sale: Environmental Services as Profitable Businesses with Ricardo Bayon, Fellow, New America Foundation and John D. Shilling, Project Director, Project on International Finance & the Environment New America Foundation
DATE: June 17, 2002
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring DiPiazza, Jr. CEO for PricewaterhouseCoopers.
DATE: June 17, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: THE PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT holds award ceremony for its 2002 "Beyond the Headlines Award." The award is presented to Scott Armstrong, an investigative journalist and executive director of the Information Trust. In giving the award, POGO particularly recognizes Mr. Armstrong's tireless efforts to make government more transparent and open to the public. In 2001, Mr. Armstrong played an instrumental role in stopping the "Official Secrets Act," a provision that would have criminalized information disclosures by federal employees or whistleblowers for the first time in U.S. history.
DATE: June 17, 2002
LOCATION: Mott House, 122 Maryland Avenue NE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-347-1122
WEB ADDRESS:pogo.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENNIUM STAGE presents Writers Night with Guitarists/songwriters Greg Trooper and Lousie Taylor, with their interpretation of American blues and roots styles.
DATE: June 17, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Arthur Helton discussing and signing copies of The Price Of Indifference: Refugees and Humanitarian Action in the New Century which details refugee policies and recent humanitarian efforts have often resulted in widespread disorder, and, sometimes, disaster-the net result of system that has not stayed abreast of contemporary international realities.
DATE: June 17, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
