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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a conference on NATO and the EU: The Institutional and Policy Challenges for Euro-Atlantic Organizations and Northeastern and Southeastern Europe.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:45 a.m. - Introductions
Martin Sletzinger, East European Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center
Samuel Wells, West European Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center
James Henderson, Stanley Foundation
9 a.m. - Panel 1: NATO and the EU After the "Big Bang" Approach: What's Left?
Chair: Samuel Wells, West European Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center
Paul Gallis, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
Ann-Sofie Dahl, Swedish Atlantic Council
Stefan Froehlich, Center for European Integration Studies, University of Bonn, Germany, and Center for Transatlantic Relations, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
10:45 a.m. - Panel 2: Are the US and its Allies Seeing Eye to Eye?
NATO and the EU: New Purpose, New Missions
Chair: James Henderson, Stanley Foundation
Jeffrey Simon, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Frances Burwell, Program on Transatlantic Relations, The Atlantic Council of the United States
John C. Hulsman, The Heritage Foundation
12:45 p.m. - Lunch Keynote Speaker: The Future of the Transatlantic Relationship
Chair: Martin Sletzinger, East European Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center
Martin Walker, UPI
1:45 p.m. - Panel 3: Implications of NATO and EU Enlargement for the Baltic Region
Chair: Andrew Michta, Rhodes College
Andrew Michta, Department of International Studies, Rhodes College
Stephen Blank, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College
Joshua B. Spero, Department of Political Science, Merrimack College
3:45 p.m. - Panel 4: Implications of NATO and EU Enlargement for the Balkans
Chair: Martin Sletzinger, East European Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center
Ronald Linden, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
Obrad Kesic, Political Analyst
Geert Ahrens, Woodrow Wilson Center
DATE: December 19, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION holds a program on "Covering US Trade News: What's Hot, What's Not."
WHO: The speakers are:
Paul Magnusson, Correspondent, Business Week Magazine
Edward Alden, Trade Correspondent, The Financial Times
Blair Pethel, Trade Policy Reporter, Bloomberg News
Sam Gilston Editor, Washington Tariff and Trade Letter.
DATE: December 19, 2002
LOCATION: Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-312-1600
WEB ADDRESS: wita.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: MIGRATION POLICY CENTER holds a panel discussion on Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Administration's plans for making the transition to DHS, issues of concern to INS customers, and unanswered questions about immigration policymaking and coordination in the new department.
WHO: The speakers are:
Mike Becraft, Acting Deputy Commissioner of INS, whose responsibilities include INS' office of restructuring
Jeanne Butterfield, Executive Director, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow, MPI, and former INS Commissioner
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Senior Associate at the Migration Policy Institute and Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center (Chair)
DATE: December 19, 2002
LOCATION: Resource and Conservation Center, 7th Floor Conference Room
1616 P Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Ana Claros, 202-266-1940
WEB ADDRESS: migrationpolicy.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA SERVICES holds a breakfast program to describe the status and outlook for a range of fundamental issues facing serious challenges from Bush administration agencies and the new Congress.
WHO: The speakers are:
Greg Wetstone, NRDC, Director of Advocacy
Joan Mulhern, EarthJustice, Senior Legislative Counsel
Julie Sibbing, National Wildlife Federation, Wetlands Legislative Representative
Rodger Sclickeisen, Defenders of Wildlife, President
Mike Francis, The Wilderness Society, Regional Director
Debbie Sease, Sierra Club, Legislative Director
Alys Campaigne, NRDC, Legislative Director
Becky Stanfield, U.S.PIRG, Staff Attorney and Clean Air Advocate
John Walke, NRDC, Director, Clean Air Project
DATE: December 19, 2002
LOCATION: Old Ebbitt Grill, 675 15th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-6670
WEB ADDRESS: ems.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES will hold a conference call briefing to discuss the lack of clarity in President Bush's announcement last Saturday regarding the extension of federal unemployment insurance.
WHO: The speakers are:
Wendell Primus, Director, Income Security, CBPP
Maurice Emsellem, Public Policy Director, National Employment Law Project
Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, CBPP
DATE: December 19, 2002
CONTACT: Michelle Bazie, 202-408-1080.
WEB ADDRESS: cbpp.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: SIERRA CLUB, CLEAN AIR TRUST AND OUR CHILDREN'S EARTH FOUNDATION hold a news conference to unveil a landmark "White Paper" looking at emission trading (including the much-vaunted acid rain trading scheme).
DATE: December 19, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Frank O'Donnell, 202-785-9625 or 202-262-6026
WEB ADDRESS: cleanairtrust.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "The European Union in World Affairs" with Chris Patten, the European Commission's commissioner for external affairs.
DATE: December 19, 2002
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HUDSON INSTITUTE holds a luncheon program featuring Henry Sokolski, Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, discussing the North Korean nuclear program. Mr. Sokolski previously worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and on Capitol Hill.
DATE: December 19, 2002
LOCATION: Hudson Institute, 1015 18th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-974-2404
WEB ADDRESS: hudson.org
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH REFORM holds a luncheon briefing on "Health on the Hill: What Health Legislation Can We Expect from the New Congress?"
WHO: The speakers are:
Tom Scully, administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Bobby Jindal, assistant secretary for planning and evaluation at HHS
Dean Rosen, Republican staff director of the Senate Subcommittee on Public Health
Bridgett Taylor, a Democratic staff member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
Linda Fishman, Republican health policy director of the Senate Finance Committee
Debbie Curtis, chief of staff for Rep. Pete Stark, D--CA
Ed Howard, Alliance executive vice president
DATE: December 19, 2002
LOCATION: Columbus Club, Union Station, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-2300
WEB ADDRESS: allhealth.org
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: CITIZENS FOR A SOUND ECONOMY holds a panel discussion on The Case For More Tax Cuts: How Congress Can Create and Sell A Stimulus Package in 2003.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Daniel Mitchell, Heritage Foundation
Dr. Wayne Brough, CSE
Erick Gustafson, CSE
DATE: December 19, 2002
LOCATION: 1539 Longworth Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-783-4687
WEB ADDRESS:cse.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents U.S. Air Force Concert Bans Brass Quintet present seasonal music.
DATE: December 19, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
