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Published: Oct. 25, 2002 at 2:48 PM
By United Press International

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EVENTS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2002

TIME: All Day

EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG LAW INSTITUTE holds a workshop on "Introduction To Medical Device Law And Regulation: Understanding How FDA Regulates the Medical Device Industry."

WHO: The speakers are:

Edward M. Basile, Senior Partner, King & Spalding

Karen M. Becker, Ph.D., President, Becker & Associates Consulting, Inc.

Marvin A. Blumberg, Senior Consultant, AAC Consulting Group, Inc.

Mark S. Brown, Partner, King and Spalding

Philip Katz, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP

Alan G. Minsk, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Suzan Onel, Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP

Marlene K. Tandy, M.D., J.D., General Attorney, Law Department,

Johnson & Johnson

Edward C. Wilson, Jr., Partner, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P.

DATE: October 28, 2002

LOCATION: Westin Grand Hotel, 2350 M Street NW, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202-429-0100

WEB ADDRESS:fdli.org

TIME: 8 a.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT holds the Import Security seminar.

DATE: October 28, 2002

LOCATION: Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Rose Flores, 202-872-9280

WEB ADDRESS: ncitd.org

TIME: 9 a.m.

EVENT: CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE holds a discussion on Did the Market Economy Fail in Latin America? The Second Generation of Institutional Reform featuring Paul Holden, the Director of The Enterprise Research Institute.

DATE: October 28, 2002

LOCATION: 1155 15th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-721-9200

WEB ADDRESS: cipe.org

TIME: 9:30 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB Forums Committee holds a program on "Corporate Crime."

DATE: October 28, 2002

LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Impact of Public Opinion and Elections on Russian Foreign Policy, 1996-2000 with William Zimmerman, Professor, Department of political science, and Director and Senior Research Scientist, Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

DATE: October 28, 2002

LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum on "Global Agricultural Trade: Where It Stands, Where It's Going."

WHO: The speakers are:

Pedro de Camargo Neto, Secretary of Production and Trade, Agriculture Ministry of Brazil

John Wood, New Zealand Ambassador, to the United States

Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau.

DATE: October 28, 2002

LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-789-5229

WEB ADDRESS:cato.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Archie Dunham, newly-elected chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers and chairman of ConocoPhillips, discussing a major speech about how to promote strong, long-term economic growth and restore public confidence in corporate America.

DATE: October 28, 2002

LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 5:45 p.m.

EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on "Mending The Transatlantic Rift."

WHO: The speakers are:

Stuart Eizenstat, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and Former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union

Wolfgang Ischinger, Germany's Ambassador to the United States

Bruce Stokes, Columnist, National Journal

DATE: October 28, 2002

LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242

WEB ADDRESS:csis.org

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents TheatreSports Comedy Improv from Dad's Garage Theatre Company, a fixture in the Atlanta arts scene.

DATE: October 28, 2002

LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-416-8000

WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org

TIME: 6:30 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds a professional program on Business Coverage 101," a primer for reporters. Speakers will discuss what everyone needs to know about understanding the Securities and Exchange Commission and the stock market, along with how to make business stories compelling for readers and broadcast audiences.

DATE: October 28, 2002

LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 7 p.m.

EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Linda Chavez who is President of the Council on Equal Opportunity, an organization dedicated to countering race-based public policies discussing and signing copies of her autobiography An Unlikely Conservative: The Transformation of an Ex-Liberal (Or How I Became the Most Hated Hispanic in America) In her story she traces her political journey from the Young People's Socialist League to the Reagan wing of the Republican Party.

DATE: October 28, 2002

LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-364-1919

Topics: John Wood, Stuart Eizenstat, Wolfgang Ischinger, Woodrow Wilson
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