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EVENTS ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION holds its annual Public Affairs Conference.
AGENDA: Highlights:
3 p.m. - Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-MS
Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor
Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)
4:30 p.m. - Grassroots Leadership Award presentation Ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)
5 p.m. - Haley Barbour, former chairman of the Republican National Committee
6 p.m. - Association Chairman Xavier Teixido's Salute to State Partners (state delegation pictures)
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC
CONTACT: Tom Foulkes, 202-331-5902
WEB ADDRESS: restaurant.org/paconference/index.cfm
TIME: All Day
EVENT: FANNIE MAE International Housing Finance Symposium entitled U.S. Housing Finance System:
Developing a practical understanding of the market structure and best practices of the U.S. housing finance market -- and
considerations for implementation in other markets.
AGENDA: The educational forum is designed to provide representatives of foreign governments, financial institutions, and multilateral organizations with a practical understanding of the U.S. housing finance system -- guiding participants through the fundamentals of the primary mortgage market, secondary mortgage market, and securitization.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: 3900 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Gwen Moore Holliday, 202-752-8068
WEB ADDRESS: fanniemae.com/ihfs
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS holds its Congressional Caucus.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:15 a.m. - Fred Becker, NAFCU President and CEO
8:45 a.m.- Jamie Gorelick (Fannie Mae Vice Chair)
9:15 a.m. - Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
9:30 a.m. - Dennis Dollar, National Credit Union Administration
10:30 a.m. - JoAnn Johnson, NCUA Board Member
11 a.m. - Judy Chapa, Treasury Deputy Secretary for Financial Education
12 noon - Rep. John LaFalce (D-NY) - luncheon
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: Grant Hyatt, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, DC
1000 H Street NW
CONTACT: John H. Zimmerman, 202- 522-4770 x291
WEB ADDRESS: nafcu.org
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL LEGAL CENTER holds its Supreme Court briefing which is an analysis of cases to be heard by the Supreme Court during its next term.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-466-9360
WEB ADDRESS: nlcpi.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: COALITION MISSING holds a news conference to discuss The lawsuit will force the public disclosure of crucial documents detailing human rights abuses committed against American citizens and their families.
WHO: The speakers are:
Meredith Larson, Washington, D.C., plaintiff, victim of Guatemalan abuse
Lisel Holdenried, Cincinnati, Ohio, plaintiff, daughter of murdered victim
Paul Joslin, Jersey City, New Jersey, plaintiff, representing murder victim
Adriana Portillo Bartow, Chicago, Illinois, plaintiff, mother of "disappeared" children
Marie Dennis, Washington, D.C., Maryknoll representative of murder victim
Jennifer Harbury, Weslaco, Texas, widow of murdered victim
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 529 14th Street, N.W., 13th Floor, Washington, D.C
CONTACT: 202-223-9050
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE AND BROOKINGS INSTITUTION Continuity of Government Commission holds a meeting. The commission will explore how the three branches of government could create safety nets strong enough to ensure their continuity if large numbers of their members were killed or injured in an attack on Washington.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: 1310 Longworth Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Carrie Rieger at 202.862.7164
WEB ADDRESS: continuityofgovernment.org/home.html
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring Mike Matz, Executive Director of the Campaign for America's Wilderness. Matz will release a new study titled "America's Wilderness Heritage in Crisis."
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: BRADY CAMAPIGN holds a news conference to discuss support for the reauthorization of the federal assault weapons ban.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: JW Marriott, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-898-0792
WEB ADDRESS:bradycampaign.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOMEN DESERVE BETTER CAMPAIGN holds a luncheon briefing on "Women Deserve Better," which campaigns against abortions.
WHO: The speakers are:
Serrin Foster, president, Feminists for Life and Jennifer
O'Neill, actress
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: 325 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-684-8352
EVENT: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum on Will Bankruptcy Reform Make the System More Equitable and Efficient?
WHO: The speakers are:
Todd Zywicki, George Mason University School of Law
Lawrence Ausubel, University of Maryland.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
EVENT: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE presents Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee briefing.
WHO: The speakers are:
George J. Benston, Emory University
Marshall Blume, University of Pennsylvania
Charles W. Calomiris, AEI and Columbia University
Franklin R. Edwards, Columbia University
Scott E. Harrington, University of South Carolina
Richard J. Herring, University of Pennsylvania
Paul M. Horvitz, University of Houston
George G. Kaufman, Loyola University of Chicago
Robert E. Litan, Brookings Institution
Hal S. Scott, Harvard Law School
Kenneth E. Scott, Stanford University
Peter J. Wallison, AEI
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "The Evolution of Emissions Credit and Quota Trading Markets with John Palmisano, managing director of Evolution Markets, LLC and a leading expert on emissions trading.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Tampering with Asylum: Recent Developments in the Treatment of Asylum Seekers in Australia" with Father Frank Brennan, a Jesuit priest and lawyer, discussing his findings as the associate director of Uniya, the Jesuit Social Justice.
Centre in Sydney.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a preview of the IMF-World Bank Meetings: What to Expect
WHO: The speakers are:
Robert E. Litan, Vice President and Director, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
Nancy Birdsall, President, Center for Global Development; Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Carol Graham, Vice President and Director, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution
Michael Kremer, Senior Fellow, Economic and Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Lael Brainerd, Senior Fellow and the New Century Chair, Economic and Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution
John Williamson, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics
William Easterly, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development and Institute for International Economics
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: Institute for International Economics, 1750 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE holds a rally against drilling in the National Wildlife Refuge.
WHO: The speakers are:
Sarah James, Gwich'in Nation
Jonathan Solomon, Gwich'in Nation
Gene Karpinski, US Pirg
Rabbi Warren Stone president, Washington Board of Rabbis
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: West Front U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2836
EVENT: 3 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a book forum on "China's Growing Military Power: Perspectives on Security, Ballistic Missiles, and Conventional Capabilities."
WHO: The speakers are:
Kenneth Allen, CNA Corporation
James R. Lilley, AEI
Eric McVadon, National Security Planning Associates
Andrew Scobell, Army War College
Arthur Waldron, AEI; and Larry M. Wortzel, Heritage Foundation
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum on Insuring against Terror: Is There a Role for Government Reinsurance?
WHO: The speakers are:
Glenn Hubbard, Council of Economic Advisers
Anne Gron, Northwestern University
Scott Harrington, University of South Carolina
Debra Ballen, American Insurance Association.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Washington College of Law presents Aharon Barak, president of the Israeli Supreme Court discussing "The Role of a Supreme Court in a Democracy and the Fight Against Terrorism."
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: Room 603, AU Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-885-5950
WEB ADDRESS:au.edu
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a Book Launch for Democracy and the Internet: Allies or Adversaries?
WHO: The speakers are:
Leslie David Simon, former senior IBM executive and Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Javier Corrales, Associate Professor of Political Science, Amherst College and former Fellow
Donald Wolfensberger, former senior congressional staff member and Director, Congress Project, Woodrow Wilson Center.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "War in Iraq? Implications for the World Oil Market and for Caspian Oil."
WHO: The speakers are:
Herman T. Franssen, director of Petroleum Economics Ltd.,
James Placke, a senior adviser at Cambridge Energy Research Associates
and former deputy assistant secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs,
Al Hegburg, a senior adviser at the Scowcroft Group and former AMOCO
Executive
Frank Verrastro, a senior policy adviser at Vinson & Elkins and former senior vice president at Pennzoil
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents The Prism Brass Quintet (trumpets, trombone, French horn and tuba) premiere with two specially commissioned pieces with Arabic and West African themes.
DATE: September 23, 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 New York Times journalist Steven Weisman who characterizes the continuing debate over the progressive income tax as one between justice and virtue in his book The Great Tax Wars: From Lincoln to T.R. to Wilson-How the Income Tax Transformed America.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: Council on Foreign Relations presents MARWAN J. MUASHER, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan discussing Jordan's Perspective: A Plan of Action
for Advancing the Peace Process.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: Council on Foreign Relations, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Marieke Beeuwkes, 212-434-9537
WEB ADDRESS: cfr.org
