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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE holds its winter meeting.
AGENDA: Highlight:
10 a.m. - DNC General Session
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Sen. Joe Lieberman
Amb. Carol Moseley-Braun
Rep. Dick Gephardt
Gov. Howard Dean
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency -- Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-863-8148
WEB ADDRESS: dnc.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: WORLD MEDIA ASSOCIATION holds a conference on the "Mission of the Media and World Peace: Responsibilities in a Time of Crisis."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. -- Plenary Session I: Crises in the Family and the Role of Journalism
Michael Marshall, Executive Director, World Media Association
10:30 a.m. - A Moral and Responsible Journalism: The Work of the Washington Times
Mr. Douglas D. M. Joo, President of The Washington Times
2 p.m. - Plenary Session II: The Media on International Security and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Robert Morton, Managing Editor, Washington Times Weekly Edition
4:30 p.m. - A Vision for the 21st Century and the Peace Movement of Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Dr. Chung Hwan Kwak, Chairman and President, UPI
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: Sheraton National Hotel, Arlington, VA
CONTACT: 202-636-3124
WEB ADDRESS: wmassociation.com
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Center for Business and Public Policy at holds a telecom forum "Integration, Investment and Innovation: Future Directions for the Telecommunications Industry."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:05 a.m. - Overview: The Telecommunications Industry Today
John Mayo, Dean, McDonough School of Business
9:30 a.m. - Business Keynote: Doing Business In The Evolving Telecommunications Industry: Opportunity And Challenges
David McCourt, CEO RCN
10:15 a.m. - State Policy Keynote:
The Evolution Of Telecommunications Policy
Rebecca Klein, Chair Texas Public Utilities Commission
10:45 a.m. - Integration: Business, Consumer And State Policy Implications
Marius Schwartz, Professor of Economics, Georgetown University
Kevin Crull, VP, AT&T Consumer Markets
Paul Vassington Chair, Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy
Simon Wilkie, Chief Economist, FCC
Kathy Brown Verizon (invited)
Bruce Phillips Senior Fellow, NFIB
James Bradford Ramsey, General Counsel NARUC
Larry Spiwack, Invited
12 noon - Commissioner Kevin Martin
1:15 p.m. - Innovation And Investment: Feast Or Famine?
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: Gaston Hall, 3rd Floor, Healy Hall, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: NORTHROP GRUMMAN holds a news conference.
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Brandon Belote, 703-875-8411
WEB ADDRESS: northgrum.com
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE Seminar Series in Economic Policy holds a program on Has Global Income Inequality Been Rising?
WHO: The speakers are:
Eric M. Engen, AEI
Xavier Sala-I-Martin, Columbia University
Nicholas Eberstadt, AEI
Catherine Mann, Institute for International Economics
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Center for Latin American Issues holds a panel discussion that will focus on the significance of the recently negotiated trade agreement between the U.S. and Chile, and its potential impact on bilateral trade and on hemispheric trade relations.
WHO: The speakers are:
Andrés Bianchi, ambassador of Chile to the United States
Regina Vargo, assistant United States Trade Representative
William Lane, director of government affairs, Caterpillar, Inc.
James Ferrer Jr. (moderator), director, CLAI
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: 800 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-994-5205
WEB ADDRESS:gwu.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "A Crisis in an Emerging Market: The Venezuelan Crisis from a Wall Street Perspective."
WHO: The speakers are:
Luisa Palacios, head economist for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation in New York
Maria Beatriz Orlando, research associate at the Institute for International Economics' Center for Global Development
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE Social Security University presents The Alternatives to Individual Accounts.
WHO: The speakers are:
Michael Tanner, director of the Cato Institute's Project on Social Security Choice
Andrew Biggs, Social Security analyst, Cato Institute, and former staffer to the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: B-339 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH REFORM holds a luncheon briefing entitled "Medicare 101: Prepare Yourself for the Debate." Now is a good time to refresh your understanding about the fundamentals of Medicare -- how it's structured, how it's funded, and how it operates.
WHO: The speakers are:
Diane Rowland, executive vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation
Tricia Neuman, director of the Medicare Policy Project at the Foundation
Julian Pettengill, a research director for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: Room 106, Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202/789-2300
WEB ADDRESS: allhealth.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA presents Vilma Nunez, president of the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights discussing Economic and Human Rights in Nicaragua."
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: 110 Maryland Avenue NE, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-797-2171 or 202-544-9355
WEB ADDRESS: wola.org, or afgj.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: CITIZENS FOR LONG TERM CARE holds a news conference to discuss Federal Medicare help for the states.
WHO: The speakers are:
John Rother, AARP
Andrew Stern, Service Employees International Union
Dale Thompson, vice chair-CLTC
John Wagner, Alzheimer's Assn.
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-336-7962
WEB ADDRESS: citizenforltz.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features The music of songwriters Chris & Meredith Thompson weaving vocals, flute, strings and percussion together with strong doses of riff-driven guitar and Latin rhythms, while independent internationally acclaimed songwriter SONiA presents her original folk/rock/pop combination from a fifteen-year career.
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Ruler of the Rulers: Art and Architecture in the Time of Amunhotep III" with Matthias Seidel, curator at the Walters Art Museum.
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Manning Marable discussing and signing copies of The Great Wells Of Democracy: Reconstructing Race and Politics in the 21st Century. Marable examines the structural racism that has defined the United States, and which has persisted from the age of slavery through Jim Crow, to its current expression in economic disenfranchisement, criminalization, and poverty for the majority of African Americans.
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, VIRGINA PRESS ASSOCIATION, ASSOCIATION OF NEWSPAPER EDITORS, AND THE NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA present the Opportunities 2003 Minority Job Fair.
AGENDA: Highlight:
Clarence Page has been a columnist and member of the editorial board at the Chicago Tribune since 1984. He is syndicated in more than 200 papers nationwide, is the author of several books, including Showing My Color: Impolite Essays on Race and Identity, and is also a television commentator.
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: vpa.net/professional_development/minorityjobfair
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: URBAN AMERICAN FILMMAKERS holds its annual workshop.
AGENDA: Highlight:
Opening night party and film screening of Paramount Pictures/MTV Films release "Better Luck Tomorrow", which showcases the rarity of an all Asian-American ensemble cast. The workshops bring an opportunity for one lucky attendee to become a semifinalist for a scholarship from the Fox Searchlab filmmaker program.
DATE: February 21, 2003
LOCATION: French Embassy Theater, 4101 Reservoir Road, N.W., Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 770/471-4600
WEB ADDRESS: uafw.org
