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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2003

TIME: All Day

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a conference on "The New Antitrust Paradox: Policy Proliferation in the Global Economy."

AGENDA: Highlights:

9 a.m. - Panel Three: Central Regimes and Local Monopolies

Panelists: D. Bruce Johnsen & Moin Yahya, GMU Law School

Paul B. Stephan, Univ. of Virginia

Moderator: Richard A. Epstein

10:45 p.m. - Panel Four: Neutral Rules or Harmonization?

Panelists: Andrew T. Guzman, Boalt Hall Law School

Michael Trebilcock & Edward Iacobucci, Univ. of Toronto

Moderator: Richard A. Epstein

12:15 p.m. - Luncheon

Introduction of Speaker: Richard A. Epstein

Luncheon Address: Cooperation and Convergence in International Antitrust: Why the Light Is Still Yellow

Speaker: Diane Wood, Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

2 p.m. - Panel Five: International Harmonization or Competition?

Panelists: Wolfgang Kerber & Oliver Budzinski, Univ. of Marburg

John O. McGinnis, Northwestern Law School

Moderator: Michael S. Greve

3:30 p.m. - Closing Remarks: Richard A. Epstein

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS: aei.org

TIME: All Day

EVENT: EARTH TECHNOLOGIES FORUM holds its annual conference evolved from the International Conference on Ozone Protection Technologies and the International Climate Change Conference & Technologies Exhibition.

AGENDA: Highlight:

8:30 a.m. - Linda Fisher, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Washington, DC

9 a.m. - Kevin Fay, International Climate Change Partnership, Arlington, VA

David Conover, Director, Office of National Climate Change Technology Initiative, U.S.

Department of Energy, Washington, DC

Technology Approach to the Climate Challenge

Susan Solomon, Senior Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA);

and Co-Chair, Working Group I, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Boulder, CO

Climate Change Ozone Depletion Science Assessments

Bob Page, Chairman, International Emissions Trading Association, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Emerging Carbon Market and Its Role in Climate Protection

Durwood Zaelke, President, Center for International Environmental Law, Washington, DC

Industry Genius - Ten Examples of Protecting the Climate and Ozone Layer

12 noon - Timothy E. Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation, Washington, DC

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: Hyatt Regency - Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 703-807-4052

WEB ADDRESS: earthforum.com

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Winning the Peace: Women's Role in Post-Conflict Iraq.

WHO: The speakers are:

Ambassador Hattie Babbitt, Senior Vice President, Hunt Alternatives Fund and Women Waging Peace Zainab Salhbi, President, Women for Women International

Rakiah Al Kaissy, Iraqi Jurist Association, to be confirmed

Sanam Anderlini, Policy Commission Director, Women Waging Peace/Hunt Alternatives Fund.

DATE: April 22, 2003

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

Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE Black Coffee Briefings on the War in Iraq. Victory in war has been achieved; victory in peace seems less certain. AEI will conclude its war-time series on Iraq with a look at the mistakes of the past and the challenges for the future.

WHO: The speakers are:

Newt Gingrich, AEI, on why Secretary Powell should not go to Syria, why the Near Eastern Bureau personnel should be pulled out of Iraq, and why the State Department should be totally overhauled

Charles Krauthammer, syndicated columnist, on stepping back and assessing the big picture

Sally Satel, AEI, on the psychological impact of the war

Danielle Pletka, AEI, moderator

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS:aei.org

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program announcing a program to improve the health and fitness of high school students in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, where students will demonstrate some of the physical fitness activities of the President's Challenge, the awards program of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Denise Austin, Council member and noted TV fitness expert and author, will be a featured speaker.

DATE: April 22, 2003

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500 or 202-409-7972

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring Irakly Areshidze, Co-Chairman, Georgia-Caucasus Council of the United States will announce formation of the bi-partisan Georgia-Caucasus Council of the U.S.

DATE: April 22, 2003

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 11 a.m.

EVENT: PUBLIC CITIZEN holds a news conference releasing a report about the medical malpractice insurance situation in Washington, D.C. The report rebuts assertions by the D.C. Medical Society that a "crisis of major proportions" will occur unless the D.C. City Council adopts draconian proposals that would take away injured patients' legal rights.

WHO: The speakers are:

Frank Clemente, director, Public Citizen's Congress Watch

Council Member Harold Brazil (At Large)

Council Member Adrian Fenty (Ward 4)

Sharon Baskerville, executive director, D.C. Primary Care Association

Sam Jordan, director, Health Care Now!

Patricia Thompson, executive director, Alliance for Fairness in Reforms to Medicaid (AFFIRM)

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: Public Citizen, 1600 20th Street NW, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: Dennis Jaffe, 202-454-5136; LuAnn Canipe, 202-588-7759; or Frank Clemente, 202-491-4077

WEB ADDRESS: citizen.org

TIME: 11 a.m.

EVENT: WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION holds a briefing on Defending Against Bio-Terrorism: Legal Policy Challenges for Government and Private Industry.

WHO: The speakers are:

Frank M. Rapoport, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Dr. Ken Alibek, Executive Director, Center for Biodefense, George Mason University

Christine Grant, Vice President, Aventis Pasteur

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: Washington Legal Foundation, 2009 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.

CONTACT: 202.588.0302

WEB ADDRESS: wlf.org

TIME: 11 a.m.

EVENT: U.S. INSTITUTE OF PEACE AND WASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AMERICA hold a briefing on Colombia: Trip Report on Armed Conflict & Society.

WHO: The speakers are:

Rep. James P. McGovern, D-MA

Kimberly Stanton, Washington Office on Latin America

Charles Currie, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities

Eric Olson, Amnesty International, USA

Virginia Bouvier, U.S. Institute of Peace

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: 1200 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202-457-1700

WEB ADDRESS: usip.org

TIME: 11 a.m.

EVENT: ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA SERVICES holds an Earth Day news conference on Bush administration's environmental and health protections.

WHO: The speakers are:

Bill Meadows, president, the Wilderness Society

Gene Karpinski, executive director, US Public Interest Research Group

Greg Wetstone, Director of Programs, Natural Resources Defense Council

Brent Blackwelder, president, Friends of the Earth

Rodger Schlickeisen, president, Defenders of Wildlife

Deb Callahan, president, League of Conservation Voters

Ken Cook, president, Environmental Working Group

Marty Hayden, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund

Debbie Sease, Sierra Club

Alden Meyer, Union Of Concerned Scientists

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: Willard Hotel, Pierce room (lower level), 14th and Pennsylvania, NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202- 822-5200

WEB ADDRESS: ems.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a book forum for The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea.

WHO: The speakers are:

Author, Adrian Wooldridge, The Economist

Daniel Yergin, Cambridge Energy Research Associates and Author, The Prize and The Comanding Heights.

DATE: April 22, 2003

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

CONTACT: 202-789-5229

WEB ADDRESS: cato.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND holds a panel discussion on Iraq, Post-War Issues.

WHO: The speakers are:

Jean Abi Nader, Arab American Institute

Benjamin Barber, professor University of Maryland

Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland

Stansfield Turner, former director, CIA

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: University of Maryland, chapel, College Park, M.D.

CONTACT: 301-405-4627

WEB ADDRESS: umd.edu

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES holds a panel discussion on The Nike Case: Free Speech for the Business Community?

WHO: The speakers are:

Erik Jaffe, Law Office of Erik S. Jaffe, P.C.

Carl Mayer, Law Office of Carl Mayer

Alan Morrison, Litigation Director, Public Citizen

Kannon Shanmugam, Kirkland & Ellis

D. Eric Schippers, President, Center for Individual Freedom

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: Wiley, Rein & Fielding, 1750 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202-822-8138

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: US ACTION AND CENTER FOR JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY hold a news conference to discuss Consumers Hurt by Medical Malpractice Legislation.

DATE: April 22, 2003

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

CONTACT: Helen Gonzales, 202-624-1727

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION holds its Natural Gas Roundtable luncheon program featuring William F. Hederman, Jr., director of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Market Oversight and Investigations.

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: University Club (1135 16th Street, N.W., in Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202-824-7204

WEB ADDRESS: aga.org

TIME: 12:15 p.m.

EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a program on Development Strategy & International Trade entitled The Developing Nation Problem: Does Trade Help Or Hurt. A French Proposal for a G8 Trade Initiative Benefiting Sub-Saharan Africa with Jean-Pierre Landau, French Executive Director, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, Special Adviser to the French President for the next G8 Summit, Former French Executive Director, IMF and World Bank.

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901

WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net

TIME: 12:15 p.m.

EVENT: ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH REFORM holds a briefing to discuss insights gained from these seven Medicare study panels entitled "Changing Medicare: Proposals to Strengthen the Program."

WHO: The speakers are:

Robert Reischauer, president of the Urban Institute

Marilyn Moon, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute

Rosemary Stevens, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania

Stuart Butler, vice president of the Heritage Foundation

Ed Howard of the Alliance will moderate

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: Room G-50, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202-789-2300

WEB ADDRESS: allhealth.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring presents Gaylord Nelson, regarded as the founder of the modern environmental movement.

DATE: April 22, 2003

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Senator Bumpers who served Arkansas in the U.S. Senate from 1974 to 1999. Recently, he published an auto-biography, covering his early years, entitled The Best Lawyer in a One Lawyer Town.

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-232-7363

WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org

TIME: 1:30 p.m.

EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY will host a panel entitled "Minor Casualties: The Impact of War on Children" featuring expert perspectives on how war affects children, especially in Iraq today.

WHO: The speakers are:

Tony Lake, U.S. Fund for UNICEF Board of Director and former National Security Advisor

Dawn Calabia, UN Information Center

Darla Silver, Washington Liaison for Watchlist on Children in Armed Conflict

Richard Garfield, Professor of Nursing (Columbia University)

Carol Miller, Save the Children

Moderator: Julia Chan (SFS '03), Co-Founder and President of UNICEF - Georgetown University

LOCATION: Leavey Building, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-687-4328

WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu

TIME: 4:30 p.m.

EVENT: CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA holds Katharine Drexel Chair of Religion Lecture entitled "Can Everyone be Wrong? A Reading of John 11," Featuring Frank Moloney, S.D.B.

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: Herzfeld Auditorium, Hannan Hall, The Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-319-5600

WEB ADDRESS: cua.edu

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "America Becomes a Great Power: 1898-1909" with Warren Zimmermann, former U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia and former professor of international democracy at Columbia University.

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-663-5626

WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: NYPD POLICE BOXING ASSOCIATION presents Champions & Heroes "A Night At The Fights" benefit. All proceeds will benefit the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Rd NW, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: Sheara Reich, 202-955-1242

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features members of The Washington Opera Young Artist Program of the Americas performing semi-staged scenes from American operas.

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202-416-8000

WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org

TIME: 6:30 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB Book Rap/Wine Dinner with Nancy Harmon Jenkins featuring her book, The Essential Mediterranean. Jenkins introduces cooks and readers to a cluster of core ingredients and foodways that are fundamental to all of the Mediterranean's diverse cuisines.

DATE: April 22, 2003

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 6:30 p.m.

EVENT: CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON presents Peter and Rosemary Grant from Princeton University's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology as they discuss "Evolution of Darwin's Finches."

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: 1530 P Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-483-7600

WEB ADDRESS: carnegieinstitution.org

TIME: 7 p.m.

EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents two old treasures about Washington architecture are now expanded and reissued by James M. Goode Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings and Best Addresses: A Century of Washington's Distinguished Apartment Houses.

DATE: April 22, 2003

LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202-364-1919

WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com