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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS holds a conference on "Free Trade Agreements and US Trade Policy." The conference will address US initiatives to enter into free trade negotiations with a broad range of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the Western Hemisphere, and Africa.
AGENDA: Highlight:
9 a.m. - Welcome and Introduction
C. Fred Bergsten, Institute for International Economics
9:15 a.m. - Panel I: The Case for More FTAs and US Experiences to Date
Papers: "The Case for and Against More FTAs"
Jeffrey J. Schott, Institute for International Economics
"Lessons from NAFTA"
Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Institute for International Economics
"Lessons from US FTAs with Israel and Jordan"
Howard F. Rosen
"Lessons from US FTAs with Chile and Singapore"
Sidney Weintraub, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Derminio Blanco, former Mexican Minister of Trade
Richard N. Cooper, Harvard University
Noboru Hatakeyama, Japan Economic Foundation
Hugo Paemen, former EU Ambassador to the United States
12 noon - Luncheon
"Congressional Perspectives on FTAs"
Rep. Cal Dooley,
Rep. Sander Levin,
2 p.m. - Panel II: New Initiatives in the Asia Pacific?
Papers: "Australia and the United States"
Andrew Stoler, University of Adelaide
"ASEAN Countries and the United States"
Dean A. DeRosa, Institute for International Economics
"Korea and the United States"
Inbom Choi, Federation of Korean Industries, and
Jeffrey J. Schott, Institute for International Economics
"Taiwan and the United States"
Nicholas R. Lardy, Institute for International Economics
Daniel H. Rosen, Institute for International Economics
Oh-Soek Hyun, Korea International Trade Association
Robert Scollay, University of Auckland
6 p.m. - Dinner
"A Private Sector View of FTAs"
Christopher G. Caine, Vice President, Governmental Programs, IBM
James W. Owens, Group President, Caterpillar
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: 1750 Massachusetts Avenue, NW * Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-454-1361
WEB ADDRESS: iie.com
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE holds a conference on Latin America and the Caribbean
AGENDA: Highlighted speakers:
Francisco Flores Perez President of the Republic of El Salvador
Luiz Fernando Furlan Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil
Asa Hutchinson Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
J. Curtis Struble Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
Herminio Blanco Former Minister of Commerce and Industrial Development, Mexico
Larry A. Liebenow Chairman of the Board, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
President and CEO, Quaker Fabric Corporation
Jeffrey Davidow Former Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs
Former Ambassador to Mexico
William D. Gambrel President, AACCLA
President, BankBoston (Colombia)
James E. Callahan President, American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico
President and General Director, BankBoston (Mexico)
Regina Vargo Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the Americas
Armando Codina President, VIII FTAA Ministerial and Americas Business Forum
Graham Stock Head Sovereign Strategies, Latin America, J.P. Morgan Chase
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS: uschamber.com
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE'S holds its 97TH Annual Meeting.
AGENDA: Highlights:
10 a.m. - America at Crossroads: A Debate on Affirmative Action
Jeffrey Lehman, Dean, University of Michigan Law School and
President designate, Cornell University
Roger Clegg, Vice President and General Counsel, Center for Equal
Opportunity
12:30 p.m. - Luncheon Presentation of the Congressional Leadership Awards
6:30 p.m. - Plenary Dinner
Presentation of Mass Media Award
Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist
Perceptions and Reality of America's Global Impact
Jose Ramos-Horta, Foreign Minister of East Timor; 1996 Nobel Peace
Prize Winner
Pilar Rahola, Author, journalist, former member of Spanish Parliament
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-504-6300
WEB ADDRESS: ajc.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS holds its annual Leadership and Legislative Issues Conference to provide leaders in emergency medicine
AGENDA: Highlights:
8 a.m. - Leslie Norwalk, Acting Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
8:30 a.m. - Rep. Jim Greenwood (R-PA), Introduced the HEALTH Act
10:30 a.m. - Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), U.S. House Ways & Means Committee
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Laura Gore or Colleen Horn at 202-728-0610
WEB ADDRESS: acep.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ARMED FORCES COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION holds TechNet 2003.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:30 a.m. - Panel Session
Intelligence and Homeland Security: Transcending Federal, State and Local Boundaries
Dr. Mark M. Lowenthal
Vice Chairman of the National
Intelligence Council
Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis & Production
Central Intelligence Agency
2:30 p.m. - Panel Session
Information Technology Support to Interagency Coordination
Dr. Alan Harbitter
Chief Technology Officer
PEC Solutions, Inc.
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: Washington Convention Center, 900 9th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 800-336-4583, ext. 6158
WEB ADDRESS: afcea.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AND THE UNITED NURSES OF AMERICA hold the 9th National Nurses Congress 2003 themed AFSCME Nurses: United for Quality Care."
AGENDA: Highlights:
10 a.m. - Video – "Nurses Speak Out"
Gerald W. McEntee, International President
A Call to Action
Kathy Sackman, RN & Bonnie Marpoe, LPN
Closing Remarks
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: Omni Shoreham, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-429-1000
WEB ADDRESS: afscme.org
TIME: 7:30 a.m.
EVENT: NORTHERN VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL CFO Forum features Carol Stacey, Chief Accountant of the Division of Corporate Finance, SEC, at the next CFO Series program for a discussion on the latest changes in rules and regulations issued by the SEC. During her keynote address, Stacey will provide an overview of the Hot Topics currently being addressed by the Commission.
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency Reston, 1800 Presidents Street, Reston, VA
CONTACT: 703-904-7878
WEB ADDRESS: nvtc.org
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on U.S.-MEXICAN RELATIONS featuring Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez Bautista.
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS: csis.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative Public Forum entitled Perspectives from the Bush Administration, Congress, States, Advocates, and Researchers: Head Start's Future.
AGENDA: Highlights:
Panel 1: Overview of Administration Plan and Reaction from Capitol Hill
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, The White House
Rep. Michael N. Castle, R-DE
Rep. George Miller, D-CA
Panel 2: The Role of States and Communities
Edward Zigler, Sterling Professor of Psychology, Yale University
Henry L. Johnson, Superintendent of Education, State of Mississippi
Ron Herndon, Director, Albina Head Start Program, Portland Oregon
Helen Blank, Consultant, Child Care Strategies
Panel 3: What Does the Research Tell Us?
James J. Gallagher, Kenan Professor of Education, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Lynn Karoly, Director of Labor and Population Program and Professor of Economics, RAND
Craig T. Ramey, Distinguished Professor in Health Studies and Director of the Georgetown Center on Health and Education, Georgetown University
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION holds its Health Literacy Media Briefing.
WHO: The speakers are:
Arlene S. Bierman, M.D., M.S., Senior Research Physician, Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, Md.
Prevalence Of Poor Health Literacy: Scope Of The Problem
David W. Baker, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Economic Impact Of Low Health Literacy
Robert B. Friedland, Ph.D., Director, The Center on an Aging Society, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Putting A Face On Limited Health Literacy
Terry C. Davis, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics; Head, Behavioral Science Unit of the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport
Ann and Charlie Martin, Patient Advocates, Shreveport
Betty Walker, Patient Advocate, Shreveport
Health Literacy And Cultural Competency
Aliza A. Lifshitz, M.D., Private Practice, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Strategies For Optimizing Patient-Physician Communication
Darren A. DeWalt, M.D., Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program; Clinical Instructor, Divisions of General Internal Medicine and General Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brenda L. Craine
Director, Washington Media Relations
American Medical Association (AMA)
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Brenda Craine, 202-789-7447
WEB ADDRESS: ama-assn.org/go/briefings
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: ARMS CONTROL ASSOCIATION holds a briefing on The North Korean Nuclear Crisis: What Next?
WHO: The speakers are:
Amb. Robert Gallucci, currently Dean of Georgetown University's Edmund A.
Walsh School of Foreign Service,
David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security
Dr. Lawrence Scheinman, distinguished professor of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS: ceip.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE features democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Joe Lieberman unveiling a major policy initiative on the importance of energy independence in making America more secure and helping create jobs.
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: 1616 P Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-5000
WEB ADDRESS: rff.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT holds a news conference to discuss its unemployment survey. Currently, nearly two million workers—the highest figure in 10 years—are unemployed and have been searching for work for six months or more. This survey is the first to capture the pulse of what it means to be unemployed during the current recession and depicts the critical importance of their jobless benefits.
Maurice Emsellem, Policy Director, National Employment Law Project
Guy Molyneux, Senior Vice President, Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Sarah Massey, 212-285-3025
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: PEW COMMISSION ON CHILDREN & FOSTER CARE holds a news conference to discuss improvement in Foster Care System.
WHO: The speakers are:
Maureen K. Byrnes, Director, Health and Human Services Program, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Bill Frenzel, Chairman, Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care, Guest Scholar, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution
William H. Gray, III, Vice Chairman, Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care, President and Chief Executive Officer, United Negro College Fund
Geoffrey Garin, President, Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Survey co-author
Bill Mcinturff, Partner and Co-Founder, Public Opinion Strategies, Survey co-author
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Gina Russo, 202-687-0697
WEB ADDRESS: pewfostercare.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a book forum for The Real Environmental Crisis: Why Poverty, Not Affluence, Is the Environment's Number One Enemy, featuring the author, Jack M. Hollander, Professor Emeritus of Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley.
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on "Does the National Market System for Securities Serve the Needs of Investors?"
AGENDA: Highlights:
Paul Atkins, Securities and Exchange Commission
1:30 p.m. - Panel One: What Does the National Market System Require?
Dale Oesterle, University of Colorado Law School
Harold Bradley, American Century Investments
John M. Liftin, Prudential Financial
Joseph Mecane, Charles Schwab & Co.
Steven Swanson, ATD Brokerage Services
Peter J. Wallison, AEI
2:45 p.m. - Panel Two: How Do the Main Elements of the Current Structure Serve the Needs of Investors?
Jonathan Macey, Cornell Law School
James L. Cochrane, New York Stock Exchange
Robert L. D. Colby, Securities and Exchange Commission
Dean Furbush, Nasdaq
Ed Nicoll, Instinet
Moderator:
Peter J. Wallison, AEI
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "A Natural Gas Pipeline for India and Pakistan" featuring Toufiq Siddiqi, president of Global Environment and Energy in the 21st Century.
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: Room 806, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT holds a program releasing it's newest policy paper, Learning for the Future: Changing the Culture of Math and Science Education to Ensure a Competitive Workforce, featuring remarks by Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ), one of the leading voices in Congress on education and science issues.
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: Phoenix Park Hotel, 520 North Capitol Street, NW, Washington, DC.
CONTACT: 202-223-0776
WEB ADDRESS: ced.org
TIME: 12:15
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a program on Money And Politics:Reviewing The U.S. District Court Decision On Mccain-Feingold Campaign Finance Law.
WHO: The speakers are:
Trevor Potter, Former Chairman, Federal Elections Commission And
General Counsel, Campaign Legal Center
Glen Shor, Associate Counsel And FEC Program Director, Campaign Legal Center
Mark Glaze, Associate Counsel, Campaign Legal Center
Steven Clemons, Executive Vice President, New America Foundation
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE presents a program on How Well Can Markets for Development Rights Work? Evaluating a Farmland Preservation Program featuring Virginia McConnell (Resources for the Future and the University of Maryland) and Margaret Walls and Elizabeth Kopits, Resources for the Future.
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: 1616 P Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-5000
WEB ADDRESS: rff.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: FANNIE MAE holds a news conference to discuss the Mortgage Relief Act.
WHO: The speakers are:
Mel Martinez, Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Daniel Mudd, Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Fannie Mae
Paul Peterson, Executive Vice President, Single Family, Freddie Mac
John Courson, Chairman, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, President and Chief Executive Officer, Central Pacific Mortgage Company
Frank Pollack, President, Pentagon Federal Credit Union
Louis W. Jennings, Executive Vice President- Lending, Navy Federal Credit Union
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Janice Dauem, 202-752-2131
WEB ADDRESS: fanniemae.org
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
EVENT: CHRISTOPHER REEVE PARALYSIS FOUNDATION holds a news conference announcing the introduction of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act of 2003. If enacted, this bi-partisan legislation would authorize additional funding for paralysis research at the National Institutes of Health
WHO: The speakers are:
Christopher Reeve, Chairman, The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF)
Rep. Michael Bilirakis (R-FL) (invited)
Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) (invited)
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) (invited)
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) (invited)
Anthony J. Principi – Secretary, Veterans Affairs
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: 2362 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202.887.0500 ext. 18
WEB ADDRESS: Christopherreeve.org.
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a forum on The Iraqi Marshlands: Can They Be Saved: Assessing the Human and Ecological Damage.
WHO: The speakers are:
The Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Member, European Parliament; (Special Guest)
Andrew Natsios, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Peter Clark, Chief Executive Officer, Amar International Charitable Foundation; Co-editor, The Iraqi Marshlands: A Human and Environmental Study (2002)
Peter Galbraith, Professor, National War College; Former U.S. Ambassador to Croatia; Former Iraq Expert, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mohammed Jama, Regional Coordinator, World Health Organization, Cairo
Thomas Naff, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Victor Tanner, Consultant on Humanitarian Issues; Faculty Member, Johns Hopkins SAIS
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: ALZHEIMER'S PREVENTION FOUNDATION holds a briefing to discuss Alzheimer's Prevention.
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Matt Russell, 520-232-9840
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features Tempest delivering a hybrid of high-energy folk rock fusing Irish reels, Scottish ballads, Norwegian influences and other world music elements. The San Francisco based group formed in 1988, has nine CDs to its name and regularly appears at Festivals around the world.
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: REPUBLICAN GOVERONRS ASSOCIATION holds its fundraising reception and dinner featuring 2003 Mississippi candidate for Governor Haley Barbour.
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: 555 11th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-62-4927
WEB ADDRESS: rga.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Robert Stone discussing and signing copies of Bay Of Souls: A Novel. Stone's novel portrays an affair, begun in Midwest academia, that spins out of control on a Caribbean island caught up in violent political turmoil. Stone captures his protagonists as they seek redemption in voodoo.
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
EVENT: ASIA SOCIETY Washington Center holds its16th annual dinner program celebrating Singapore featuring Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore Goh Chok Tong.
DATE: May 7, 2003
LOCATION: Fairmont Washington, 2401 M Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-833-0189
WEB ADDRESS: asiasociety.org