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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INSTITUTE holds a conference On Judicial Capacity Regarding Intellectual Property Enforcement and Dispute Settlement.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:30 a.m. - Training and Reforming IP Judicial Capacity
Specialized IP training at law schools -- Professor Martin Adelman, George Washington School of
Specialised IP training for judges -- James G. Apple, International Judicial Academy
Role of the Bar -- Donald R. Dunner, Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett &
Experience of Federal Judges in Overseas Training Programs -- The Honorable Randall Rader,
Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
10:45 a.m. - The Role of Alternative Dispute Resolution
Michael L. Smith, Attorney-Advisor, Office of Enforcement, USPTO
Alternative Dispute Resolution -- mechanisms for the enforcement of IP rights - David Plant
ADR; another perspective -- Lee Gillespie-White, Projects Counsel, IIPI
ADR for Intellectual Property Disputes in the International Context -- Bartolomeo Migone, Senior
Legal Officer, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
1 p.m. - Handling Administrative Determinations and Appeal Procedure
Moderator: James A. Toupin, General Counsel, USPTO
Patent Decisions at the USPTO -- The Honorable Bruce H. Stoner Jr., Chief Administrative Patent
Judge, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, USPTO
International Trade Commission -- ALJ Determinations/Section 337- Tim Yaworski, Assistant
General Counsel for Section 337 Investigations
China -- Administrative Enforcement -- Singer Huang, Managing Partner, East IP
3 p.m. - Perspectives from Industry-Judicial Enforcement in Developing Countries
Moderator: Michael S. Shapiro, Attorney-Advisor, Office of International Affairs, USPTO
Steven Metalitz, Senior Vice President, International Intellectual Property Alliance
Mihir Kumar Chakrabarti, Senior Attorney, L.S. Davar & Co. and H.V. Williams & Co.
DATE: September 13, 2002
LOCATION: Court Room, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 717 Madison Place, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-544-6610
WEB ADDRESS: iipi.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS holds its Legislative Caucus Education Braintrust.
AGENDA: Highlights:
7:30 a.m. - Net Generation of Youth Leadership Forum will participate in an orientation session including a visit to the headquarters of the National Visionary Leadership Project where well known journalist Renee Poussaint will host a session on journalistic issues and techniques.
10:30 a.m. - VIP Networking Brunch & Coalition Briefing for Media and Stakeholders, 2154 Rayburn Office Building this session will present "hot topics" on issues ranging from education finance and construction; rural/urban issues in addressing the digital divide; telecommunications policy.
1 p.m. - TEC Building Blocks to an Equitable Cybercivilization: 3 Issue Forums (1-5:30 pm) DC Conv Center
Legislative Overview: Congressman Major Owens and Colleagues 'No Child is Left Behind'
Stakeholder Dialogue: Education Challenges & Opportunities for the Hip Hop Generation"
Kiva Style Dialogue: Youth Activists, National Leaders in Government, Education & Community dialogue with NetGeneration of Youth and Hip-Hop Artists.
4 p.m. -"Spotlighting TEC Champions: Model Technology Partnerships that Redefine Learning Opportunities & Restructure Community Relationships"
DATE: September 13, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Convention Center, 900 9th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Ronnie Lowenstein, 703-448-6022
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FAIR. This fair, a showcase of agriculture and country life in a rapidly urbanizing county, features traditional exhibits of home crafts and farm products and entertainment along the lines of tractor pulls, draft horse pulls, country music concerts - and a midway with all the fun and games
DATE: September 13, 2002
LOCATION: Generals Highway, (Route 178), Crownsville, MD
CONTACT: 410-923-3400
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: THE PROGRESSIVE POLICY INSTITUTE holds a conference on the future of the private contracting in public education.
WHO: The speakers are:
Andrew Rotherham, director, 21st century Schools Project
Christopher Cerf, CEO, Edison Schools
Blanche Fraser, Development Edison Affiliates
Kyle Rutledge, Development Edison Affiliates
DATE: September 13, 2002
LOCATION: 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-547-0001
WEB ADDRESS: ppionline.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a program featuring Minister of Foreign Affairs for Israel Shimon Peres.
DATE: September 13, 2002
LOCATION: Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-775-3125
WEB ADDRESS: cfr.org
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BLACK MAYORS holds a Clean Air Forum
DATE: September 13, 2002
LOCATION: Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 404-505-8188
WEB ADDRESS: blackmayors.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA AND THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET holds a Briefing by Palden Gyatso, who spent over three decades in a Chinese prison in Tibet until his release in August 1992. 10 years after his release, at least 250 Tibetan prisoners of conscience are still imprisoned, many of them monks and nuns. Reports continue to be received of torture and harsh prison conditions inside Tibet.
DATE: September 13, 2002
LOCATION: 600 Pennsylvania Ave. SE 5th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Alistair Hodgett, 202-544-0200 x302 or Lisa Sock at 202.785.1515 x24
WEB ADDRESS:asusa.org
EVENT: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE INFORMAL FRIDAY FORUM: "After Irrational Exuberance
or How we Mis-manage Most People's Money," featuring John Makin, AEI resident scholar, author of AEI's monthly "Economic Outlook," former member of the panel of economic advisers of the Congressional Budget Office, and former adviser to the U.S. Treasury Department, will share his thoughts on stocks and bonds.
DATE: September 13, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Turkey in Crisis: Implications for Washington with Henri Barkey, Department Chair of International Relations, Lehigh University.
DATE: September 13, 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 General Richard Meyers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
DATE: September 13, 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: CATO INSTITUTE holds a hill briefing on From Homeland Defense to Nation Building: A Foreign Policy for a Constitutional Republic.
WHO: The speakers are:
Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato Institute
Doug Bandow, Cato Institute
DATE: September 13, 2002
LOCATION: B-338 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The Portuguese Legacy in Asia with Howard J. Wiarda, Senior Scholar, Wilson Center, and Professor of International Politics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
DATE: September 13, 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: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Budgeting During Wartime: Dueling Priorities.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jacob J. Lew, clinical professor of Public Administration, New York University, former director, OMB
G. William Hoagland, Republican staff director, Senate Budget Committee
Philip G. Joyce, associate professor of public administration, George Washington University
Jonathan Weisman, reporter, The Washington Post
DATE: September 13, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Helanius Wilkins and Edgeworks Dance Theater featuring Fearless, an urban journey that provokes thoughts and questions about male identity in America.
DATE: September 13, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
