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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 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:
8 a.m. - International Terrorism - The Current Situation
A review by top experts on the core of international terrorism, the level of sophistication and technology, financial sources and charting the terror infrastructure.
Dr. Stephen Bryen - Board Member, US-IBEX - The US-Israel Business Exchange
Steve Emerson - Terrorist Expert; NBC Terrorist Analyst; Author, American Jihad; and Executive Director, The Investigative Project
Dr. Jeffrey A. Isaacson - VP-Rand, Director- National Defense Research Institute.
Shabtai Shavit - Former Head of the Mossad - The Israeli Intelligence Agency; Chairman, The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Israel; President- Athena- Human & Technology Integrated Security Solutions
9 a.m. - Hold Baggage Screening
IBHSTM is an innovative technology for integrated deployment of checked baggage screening; enhanced efficiency of integrated checked baggage screening systems by data fusion and communication between the screening machines: the Israeli experience - pilot filed evaluations of "Up-Stream" deployment models (EL AL and Ben Gurion Airport T-1); CBS (Checked Baggage Screening) computerized modeling and simulation.
Rafi Ron - CEO & Chairman, New Age Aviation Security Ltd; Former Head of Security, Israel Airport Authority; Security Consultant to Logan Airport
Christine J. Bodouva - Senior VP, William Nicholas Bodouva & Associates
Dr. Joseph M. Kosanetzky - CEO, YXLON International X-Ray GmbH
Yotam Margalit - Director of Product Management, Invision Technologies
Susan L. Massihzadeh - VP Security Services, Raytheon Technical Services Company
Terry Rookard - VP, Principal Architect, DMJM+HARRIS
10 a.m. - Special Keynote Address: "Aviation Security and the Global Terrorism Threat: A.U.S. Perspective
John W. Magaw - Under Secretary of Transportation for Security, US Department of Transportation
11 a.m. - Special Keynote Address: "Overcoming Terrorism"
Speaker:
Benjamin Netanyahu - Former Prime Minister of Israel
1 p.m. - Capitol Hill lunch briefing on legislative and professional issues regarding aviation security and homeland defense which promises to be one of the major conference highlights and will be open to all conference participants.
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Hilton and Towers, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C
CONTACT: Myra Clark-Siegel, Cell #516-643-6694
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Connecting the Americas: The Role of Hispanic Journalists in the U.S.
WHO: The speakers are:
Marcela Sánchez - The Washington Post
Alfredo Corchado - The Dallas Morning News
Armando Guzmán - The Armando Group
Armando Trull - The Armando Group;
Cecilia Alvear - National Association of Hispanic Journalists
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION a roundtable meeting discussing Globalization and Anti-Globalization: The Way Forward with Noreena Hertz, author, The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: PRESIDENT BUSH'S NEW FREEDOM COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH holds its first meeting to lay the groundwork for its study on the U.S. Mental Health services delivery system.
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: Ritz Carlton, Pentagon City, Pentagon City, VA
CONTACT: 301-443-8956
TIME: 9:45 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on "The New Pharmaceutical Litigation: What It Is And Where It Is Going."
AGENDA: During the past two or three years pharmaceutical-related litigation has increased dramatically. It also has shifted its focus to Medicaid and Medicare drug reimbursement rates, the introduction of generic drugs when branded drug patents expire, and marketing practices directed at health care organizations.
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them with Jean-François Rishard, Vice President for Europe, The World Bank.
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: US INSTITUTE OF PEACE holds a current issues briefing on Islam and Democracy.
WHO: The speakers are:
Muqtedar Khan of Adrian College
Mahmood Monshipouri of Quinnipiac University
Neil Hicks of the Lawyer's Committee for Human Rights
Laith Kubba of the National Endowment for Democracy
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: United States Institute of Peace, 1200 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-429-3832
WEB ADDRESS:usip.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER holds a news conference to reveal that female athletes are still not getting a fair share of athletic scholarships. As a first step in a campaign to remedy these persistent inequities, NWLC will send demand letters to colleges and universities that have severe scholarship gaps between the number of female athletes and the scholarship dollars they receive.
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Margot Friedman, 202-588-5180
WEB ADDRESS: nwlc.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING holds a news conference to release an eight-point plan to re-ignite the war on drunk driving.
WHO: The speakers are:
Millie Webb, president, MADD
Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-ND
Sen. Michael De Wine, R-OH
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: House Triangle, U.S. Capitol, Washington DC
CONTACT: 214-744-6233
WEB ADDRESS: madd.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: ASPEN INSTITUTE BERLIN AND HUDSON INSTITUTE hold a conference on Saudi Arabia's Role in International Terror and Changing American Attitudes Towards Islam."
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: 562 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-974-2415
WEB ADDRESS: hudsondc.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY, CLEAN WATER ACTION, ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP, LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST, NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, NUCLEAR INFORMATION RESOURCE SERVICE, PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, PUBLIC CITIZEN, SAFE ENERGY COMMUNICATION COUNCIL, SIERRA CLUB, U.S. PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP, WOMEN'S ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS hold a news conference to urge lawmakers to reject the dangerous proposal for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
WHO: The speakers are:
Joan Claybrook, president, Public Citizen
Susanne Fleek, director of Government Affairs, Environmental Working Group
Scott Denman, executive director, Safe Energy Communications Council
Bob Musil, executive director and CEO, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Gene Karpinski, executive director, U.S. Public Interest Research Group
Jim Bridgman, program director, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
Lynn Thorp, national program director, Clean Water Action
Kevin Curtis, vice president of government affairs, National Environmental Trust
Alys Campaigne, legislative director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Michael Mariotte, executive director, Nuclear Information Resource Service
Debbie Sease, legislative director, Sierra Club
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: Senate Park, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Lisa Gue, 202-454-5130, Erica Hartman, 202-905-7413
WEB ADDRESS: citizen.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: NATIIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE SELF EMPLOYED holds a news conference releasing a study on Condition Critical: Self Employed 'Affordability In Health Care.
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: 311 Cannon Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-466-2100
WEB ADDRESS: nase.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC LEGAL CONSORTIUM holds a news conference commemorating the 20th anniversary of the death of Vincent Chin who was beaten to death by two white men who blamed Japanese companies for causing one of them to lose his job.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. David Wu, APA Congressional Caucus
Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Karen Narasaki. National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: House Triangle, U.S. Capitol, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-296-2300
WEB ADDRESS:napalc.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT DICK DAVIDSON holds a news conference to discuss medical liability insurance.
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: 3257th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-626-2284
WEB ADDRESS: aha.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL HEALTH COUCIL holds a luncheon meeting and health fair to discuss priorities of patient-based voluntary health organizations.
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: G-50 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, Dc
CONTACT: 202-973-0550
WEB ADDRESS: nhcouncil.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES holds a program on "Asbestos: The Next Liability Explosion?"
AGENDA: Approximately 250,000 asbestos claims are currently pending in United States courts, with up to 3.1 million claims anticipated in the future. According to the Rand Institute for Civil Justice, the courts have adjudicated an estimated $30 billion in asbestos claims, with an estimated $200 billion in claims pending or anticipated. More than 1,000 companies, representing half of all industry types, have been named as defendants, with approximately 50 having gone bankrupt.
WHO: The speakers are:
Mr. Fred Baron, Baron and Budd
Prof. Theodore Eisenberg, Cornell Law School
Prof. Francis McGovern, Duke University School of Law
Victor Schwartz, Shook, Hardy and Bacon
Mark Behrens, Shook, Hardy and Bacon, Moderator
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Juli Walker at 202-822-8138
WEB ADDRESS: fed-soc.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: GOVERNMENT ACCOUTABILITY PROJECT holds a rally for USDA whistleblower Linda Lewis, emergency planning specialist who revealed the lack of protection from terrorist attack for America's food supply.
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: 14th and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-408-0034
WEB ADDRESS: whistleblower.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-MA, discussing "America's Forgotten Health Care Agenda: A Call for Action."
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB holds a program discussing Washington's Challenge To Broadway
WHO: The speakers are:
Washington Post and WETA's movie and theater critic, Jane Horwitz.
Joe Banno, Source Theater
Ann Norton, President of the League of Washington Theaters
Ari Roth, the author of Love and Yearning in the Not For Profits
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER holds a news conference to announce National Demonstration in Washington DC on Saturday, June 29 at FBI Headquarters.
WHO: The speakers are:
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general
Mehdi Bray, Executive Director, Freedom Foundation, Muslim American Society
Mara Verheyden-Hilliard and Carl Messineo,
attorneys & co-founders, Partnership for Civil
Justice-LDEF
Rev. Graylan Hagler, Senior Minister,
Plymouth Congregational Church
Brian Becker & Larry Holmes, International Action
Center
Macrina Cardenas, Mexico Solidarity Network
Damu Smith, Black Voices for Peace
Peta Lindsay, A.N.S.W.E.R. youth and student coordinator
Chuck Kaufman, National Coordinator, Nicaragua Network
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Tony Murphy 347-277-2930 (cell) or Sarah Sloan 202-332-5757
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a Book Launch for Korean Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and U.S. Disengagement
WHO: The speakers are:
Selig S. Harrison, Senior Scholar, Wilson Center
Nicholas Eberstadt, American Enterprise Institute
Robert Einhorn, Center for Strategic and International Studies
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a lunch forum The Future of Al Quaeda: More Terror to Come? With Rohan Gunaratna, author, Inside Al Quada: Global Network of Terror and Peter Bergen, Fellow, New America Foundation, and author, Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden.
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: ASIA SOCIETY panel discussion on Communities in Conflict and Implications for U.S. - Indonesia Relations.
WHO: The speakers are:
Meidyatama Suryodiningrat, The Jakarta Post
Matthew Daley, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia & Pacific Affairs
Sidney Jones, International Crisis Group
Riwanto Tirtosudarmo, Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
John Ikenberry, Georgetown University
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: Jurys Washington Hotel, 1500 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 212-327-9276
WEB ADDRESS: asiasociety.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENNIUM STAGE presents Pantasia, a steel drum ensemble, performing a wide variety of music with a "south seas" air, from calypso to classical.
DATE: June 18, 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 Eric Foner discussing and signing copies of Who Owns History?: Rethinking the Past in a Changing World. According to Foner "What to remember and what to forget are themselves political questions."
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com