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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: FEDERAL SOCIETY holds its 4th annual Financial Services Conference.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Federal Deposit Insurance Reform
Bert Ely, Ely & Company
Carter McDowell, Senior Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services
Arthur Murton, Director, Division of Insurance and Research, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Julius L. Loeser, Comerica Bank, Moderator
10:45 a.m. - Fair Credit Reporting Act & Privacy
Anne Fortney, Managing Partner, Lovells
Evan Hendricks, Editor, Privacy Times
Oscar Marquis, Hunton & Williams
Dina Ellis, Moderator
12:30 p.m. - Hon. Peter R. Fisher, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, United States Department of the Treasury
2:15 p.m. - Third Part Liability & Class Actions
Joseph L. Barloon, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
James Chareq, Of Counsel, Lovells
Ira Rheingold, National Association of Consumer Advocates
Sandy Ross, former Senior Trial Attorney, Division of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice
John Douglas, Aston & Bird, Moderator
DATE: October 11, 2002
LOCATION: Room B-340 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202- 822-8138
WEB ADDRESS: fed-soc.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: CHRISTIAN COALTION OF AMERICA AND JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES hold the Road to Victory 2002 God Bless America -- One Nation Under God conference.
AGENDA: Highlight:
9 a.m. - "Morning General Session" with inspiring political, pro-family and religious leaders
2 p.m. - "Christian Support for Israel Rally" at The Ellipse near The White House
7 p.m. - "Praise and Worship Service" with Ron Kenoly and a commemoration of the events of 9/11.
DATE: October 11, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Convention Center, 900 9th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-479-6900
WEB ADDRESS:cc.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE holds a program on 56th Annual conference entitled "Turbulence and Transition in US-Middle East Relations."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:00 a.m. - The Bush Doctrine: An Evaluation
Geoffrey Kemp, Nixon Center
Charles Krauthammer, Columnist*
Lee Hamilton, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Moderator: Edward S. Walker, Jr., Middle East Institute
11 a.m. - Liberal Islam and Islamist Liberalism
Azizah al-Hibri, University of Richmond
Muqtedar Khan, Adrian College
Akbar Ahmed, American University
Moderator: Shukri Abed, Middle East Institute
2:45 p.m. - The Military in Middle Eastern States
Yoram Peri, U.S. Institute of Peace
Henri Barkey, Lehigh University
Judith Yaphe, National Defense University
Moderator: Michael Collins Dunn, Middle East Journal
7:30 p.m. - Banquet: The Hon. Richard N. Haass U.S. Department of State*
DATE: October 11, 2002
LOCATION: Capital Hilton, 16th and K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-1141
WEB ADDRESS: mideasti.org
TIME: 8:30 p.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a program to discuss "Do Americans Really Support a War With Iraq?"
WHO: The speakers are:
Andrew Kohut, director Pew Research center For the People And The Press
Ronald Steel, Council on Foreign Relations
Tamala Edwards, White House Correspondent, ABC News
DATE: October 11, 2002
LOCATION: Capitol, Room H-313, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Marieke Beeuwkes, 212-434-9537
WEB ADDRESS: cfr.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND holds a panel discussion on how women voters will put women candidates over the top in November.
WHO: The speakers are:
Pollster Celinda Lake
Journalist Helen Thomas
Author Robin Gerber
Martha Burk, National Council of Women's Organizations
DATE: October 11, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Stefanie Weiss, 301-405-7938
WEB ADDRESS: academy.umd.edu
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: SOUJOURNERS MAGAZINE holds a program to oppose the war entitled "Not Just A War."
WHO: The speakers are:
Bishop Peter Price, Church of England, Bishop of Bath and Wells
Bishop John Bryson Chane, Episcopal Diocese of Washington
Rev. Bob Edgar, general secretary, National Council of Churches
Sr. Carole Shinnick, SSND, executive director, Leadership Conference of Women Religious
Rev. Jim Wallis, editor, Sojourners
DATE: October 11, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-8842
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on U.S.-KOREAN Security Relations.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:30 A.M. -- Welcoming Remarks
Shin Sung-oh, Chancellor, IFANS, Roh Jeong-seon, Director, Korea Press Foundation, and Robin Niblett, Executive Vice President, CSIS
9:45 A.M. -- Session 1: Prospects of US-North Korea Relations
moderator: Derek Mitchell, CSIS
Joel Wit, CSIS and Kim Sung-han, IFANS
Seol Won-tae, Kyung-hyang Daily, and Sonni Efron, L.A. Times
11:30 A.M. -- Luncheon
"The Bush Administration and East Asia: A Regional Strategy"
Dr. Michael Pillsbury, Policy Advisory Group, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense
1:45 P.M. -- Session 2: Prospects of Inter-Korean Relations
moderator: Lee Dong-hwi, IFANS
Hong Kyudok, Sookmyung Women's University
Don Oberdorfer, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
David Steinberg, Georgetown University
Kim Chang-ki, Chosun Daily
Kim Tae-hyo, IFANS
3:15 P.M. -- Session 3: Directions for ROK-US Security Cooperation
moderator: Kurt Campbell, CSIS
Victor Cha, Georgetown University,
Kim Woosang, Yonsei University
Mike McDevitt, Center for Naval Analyses
Song Moon-Hong, Dong-A Ilbo
4:30 P.M. -- Wrap-Up and Conclusion
moderators: Joel Wit, CSIS & Lee Dong-hwi, IFANS
DATE: October 11, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE AND SENATE DEMOCRATS hold the Summit on the economy.
AGENDA: Highlights:
Opening Statements
Senator Byron Dorgan
Chairman, Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Senator Tom Daschle
Senate Majority Leader
Representative Richard Gephardt
House Democratic Leader
9:30 a.m. - Panel I- The Economy: Right Track or Wrong Track?
Senator Jon Corzine
Representative Charlie Rangel
Gene Sperling- Council on Foreign Relations
Lawrence Kudlow- CNBC
Janet Yellin- Haas School of Business Administration, Univ. of CA, Berkeley
Stephen Moore- Club for Growth
10:30 a.m. - Panel II- Retirement Security
Senator Hillary Clinton
Representative Robert Matsui
Henry Aaron- The Brookings Institution
May MacGuineas- The New America Foundation
Peter Orszag- The Brookings Institution
David John- The Heritage Foundation
11:30 a.m. - Panel III- Corporate Responsibility
Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-MD
Rep. Ellen Tauscher
Arthur Levitt- The Carlyle Group
John Castellani- The Business Roundtable
Richard Moore- Treasurer, State of North Carolina
Carolyn Bracato- The Conference Board
Reed Hundt- Intel
DATE: October 11, 2002
LOCATION: 325 Russell Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-0100
WEB ADDRESS: senate.gov
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE holds a program on "Pakistan Has Voted--Now What?"
WHO: The speakers are:
Jonah Blank, Chief Policy Advisor for South Asia, Central Asia, and Archipelagic Southeast Asia for the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the author of several books on South Asia, and a frequent commentator on the region; Husain Haqqani, a journalist, former diplomat and political advisor, and, currently, a Visiting Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Mushahid Hussain, a journalist, scholar, and the former Minister of Information of Pakistan.
George Perkovich, Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment.
DATE: October 11, 2002
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS:ceip.org
TIME: 11:45 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a luncheon program featuring Ehud Olmert, Mayor of Jerusalem discussing The Shape of Peace in Jerusalem.
DATE: October 11, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY bookstore holds a book signing with GW alumna Robyn Walensky, editor of Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11.
DATE: October 11, 2002
LOCATION: Marvin Center, lower level, 800 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202- 994-1423
WEB ADDRESS:gwu.edu
TIME: 4:30 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Washington College of Law Program on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest hosts a forum to discuss the Supreme Court's hearing of the Eldred v. Ashcroft copyright case.
WHO: The speakers are:
Michael Birnhack, Haifa University, Israel
Peter Drahos , Australian National University
William W. Fisher, III, Harvard University
Bernt Hugenholtz, University of Amsterdam
David Nimmer, Irell & Manella and treatise writer
Arti Rai, University of Pennsylvania
Pamela Samuelson, University of California, Berkeley
Dierdre Mulligan, University of California, Berkeley
Peter Jaszi (Moderator), director of the Program on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, and director of the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic, American University Washington College of Law
DATE: October 11, 2002
LOCATION: 4801 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-885-5950
WEB ADDRESS:au.edu
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents the Chuck Redd Quartet who is led by the former drummer and vibraphone player of the Charlie Byrd Trio. The group features guitarist Howard Alden and will include selections from its new release "All This and Heaven Too."
DATE: October 11, 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 Barbara Kingsolver novelist, poet, and essayist. She is also a social activist and conservationist. In Last Stand: America's Virgin Lands, she takes readers across America's lands from tallgrass prairies to deserts to Arctic tundras.
DATE: October 11, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
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