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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a conference on Sri Lanka's struggle for peace.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:30 A.M. -- Welcoming Remarks
Teresita Schaffer, Director, CSIS South Asia Program
Devinda Subasinghe, Ambassador to the United States,
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
10 A.M. -- Keynote Address
Richard Armitage, Deputy U.S. Secretary of State
10:45 A.M. -- Challenges for the Peace Process
Teresita Schaffer, Director, CSIS South Asia Program
Neil DeVotta, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Michigan State University
Vidyamali Samarasinghe, Professor, American University
Chester Crocker, Professor, Georgetown University
12:30 P.M. -- Looking Ahead: Sri Lanka-U.S. Economic Ties
Jon Huntsman, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
1 P.M. - Lunch Address
Devinda Subasinghe, Ambassador to the United States,
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
DATE: February 14, 2003
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS: csis.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: 2003 WASHINGTON BOAT SHOW. There are over 110 manufacturers showing the latest 2003 models, featuring express cruisers, saltwater fishing boats, power catamarans, high performance boats, family cruisers, motor yachts, bass boats, runabouts, pontoon boats, canoes, sailing cruisers, day trippers, one design, personal watercraft and racing boats.
DATE: February 14, 2003
LOCATION: Washington Convention Center, 900 9th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACRT: 703-823-7960
WEB ADDRESS: washingtonboatshow.com
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AIR TRANSPORT WORLD, IN CONJUNCTION WITH GLOBAL AVIATION ASSOCIATES, LTD., will host third Annual Managing Technology and Information for Profit.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Panel V - Passenger Processing and Profiling
10:45 a.m. - Panel VI - System Integration - Tie It Together
12:15 p.m. - Luncheon Speaker - Philip C. Wolf, President & CEO, PhoCusWright, Inc.
DATE: February 14, 2003
LOCATION: Capital Hilton, 16th and K Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-457-0212
WEB ADDRESS: ga2online.com
TIME: All Day
EVENT: COMMUNITY ANTI-DRUG COALITION holds its National Leadership Forum XIII.
AGENDA: Highlights:
1:30 p.m. -- Asa Hutchinson, Undersecretary of Transportation and Border Security
Hodding Carter, president, John and James Knight Foundation
DATE: February 14, 2003
LOCATION: Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-423-9630
WEB ADDRESS: cadca.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Elliott School of International Affairs holds a The Homeland Security Seminar.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:45 a.m. - Panel one: Gauging the Terrorists Threat:
Brad Roberts, part-time professor, The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs; research staff member in strategy, forces and resources division, Institute for Defense Analyses
Robert Kadlec, Colonel, U.S. Air Force, director of biodefense programs in the Office of Homeland Security; USAF physician; former United Nations Special Commission inspector
David Franz, Colonel, Ret. U.S. Army; vice president, Southern Research Institute; former UNSCOM inspector
10:30 a.m. - Panel two: Are We Ready:
Keith Holtermann, associate dean, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University
Elin Gursky, senior fellow for biodefense and public health, ANSER Institute
Peggy Hamburg, vice president of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) for biodefense programs; former assistant secretary for Department of Health and Human Services
12 noon - Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-CT, Democratic presidential candidate; ranking minority member of the Senate Government Relations Committee
DATE: February 14, 2003
LOCATION: 800 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-994-3087
WEB ADDRESS: gwu.edu
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring Former Sen. George McGovern discussing his opposition to a war against Iraq.
DATE: February 14, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a hill briefing on "The President's Tax Cuts for Dividends and Personal Saving."
WHO: The speakers are:
Eric Engen, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Steve Entin, President, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation
Alan Reynolds, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Chris Edwards, Director of Fiscal Policy Studies, Cato Institute
DATE: February 14, 2003
LOCATION: B-338 Rayburn Office Building, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WASHINGTON AREA STATE RELATIONS GROUP holds its luncheon featuring National Association of Attorneys General president, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson
DATE: February 14, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 540-972-6550
WEB ADDRESS: wsrg.org
TIME: 4:30 p.m.
EVENT: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA AND U.S CAMPAIGN TO END THE TRADE IN CONFLICT DIAMONDS hold a news conference to launch "The Marriage from Hell: Conflict and Diamonds." As the trade in conflict diamonds continues, revenues continue to flow to groups like Al-Qaeda, prolonging conflicts and suffering in countries like the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia and impacting scores of other countries in Africa.
DATE: February 14, 2003
LOCATION: Dupont Circle, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-544-0200 x 232
WEB ADDRESS: aiusa.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features Washington, DC bluesmen John Cephas and Phil Wiggins offering their unique stylings and interpretations of Ragtime music and Piedmont blues.
DATE: February 14, 2003
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 Mary D. Esselman and Elizabeth Ash Vélez discussing and signing copies of their anthology, Kiss Off: Poems to Set You Free, which is a follow-up to their best-selling collection, The Hell with Love.
DATE: February 14, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
