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WEEK AHEAD EVENTS FOR May 13-May 16, 2003

TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2003

TIME: 9 a.m.

EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Bridging the Gap Between America and the Muslim World: The Role of Muslim and Arab American Organizations."

WHO: The speakers are:

Radwan Masmoudi, founder and president of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Nihad Awad, co-founder and executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Azizah al-Hibri, professor at the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond

DATE: May 13, 2003

LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-663-5626

WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled Planning a Revolution: Mapping the Pentagon's Transformation with Admiral Arthur Cebrowski, Director, Office of Force Transformation

DATE: May 13, 2003

LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-675-1752

WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Curtis Gans, Director of the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate. He is an acknowledged expert on voter turnout and participation and has become the primary source of information for most newspapers, wire services, news magazines and columnists

DATE: May 13, 2003

LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-232-7363

WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org

TIME: 1 p.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on "Environmental Federalism?

State Activism on Cleaning the Air"

AGENDA: Since the beginning of the environmental movement, business groups and economists criticized environmental regulation as overly centralized. Environmental groups however, viewed tough national regulation as the only way to remedy pollution that crosses state boundaries and prevent a "race to the bottom" among the states.

WHO: The speakers are:

Barry Rabe, University of Michigan

Robert Gasaway, Kirkland & Ellis

Marlo Lewis, Competitive Enterprise Institute

Christopher Schroeder, Duke Law School

Moderator:

Michael S. Greve, AEI Federalism Project

DATE: May 13, 2003

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS: aei.org

TIME: 2:30 p.m.

EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled Heritage Foundation Press Freedom in China: A SARS Case Study.

WHO: The speakers are:

David M. Finkelstein, Center for Naval Analysis, Inc.

Huchen Zhang, Voice of America

Robert Keatley, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

DATE: May 13, 2003

LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-675-1752

WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org

TIME: 3:30 p.m.

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The Chinese Communist Party—The End of the Line?

WHO: The speakers are:

David Shambaugh, Professor, George Washington University, and Wilson Center Fellow

Cheng Li, Professor, Hamilton College, and Wilson Center Fellow

Bruce Dickson, Associate Professor, George Washington University.

DATE: May 13, 2003

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

Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

TIME: 5 p.m.

EVENT: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION AND BREAD AND ROSES CULTURAL PROJECT Unveil "Unseen America."

AGENDA: The "Unseen America" project started as a way for the Local 1199 of the SEIU to share the stories of its growing immigrant membership. Bread and Roses, the not-for-profit cultural arm of 1199/SEIU, secured100 donated cameras and organized introductory photography classes for immigrant workers. After receiving the classroom training, each worker was sent out with five rolls of film each week with instructions to document their lives at work. The project resulted in thousands of photographs of rarely captured workplace scenes, some of which will be on exhibit at the Department of Labor

DATE: May 13, 2003

LOCATION: U.S. Department of Labor, Great Hall, 200 Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Yvonne Ralsky, 202-693-4676

WEB ADDRESS: dol.gov

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2003

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on "Castro's Crackdown: Why and What Now?" After the massive crackdown on human rights activists and political dissidents in Cuba, it's time to take another look at the island and U.S. policy toward it.

WHO: The speakers are:

Panelists:

Philip Peters, Lexington Institute

Dennis K. Hays, Cuban American National Foundation

DATE: May 14, 2003

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS: aei.org

TIME: 2 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring The Kandahar Field Director for Afghans for Civil Society and Former National Public Radio Reporter, Sarah Chayse, discussing "Warlords and Terrorists—Closing the Loop."

DATE: May 14, 2003

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Swiss Foundation for World Affairs holds a lecture entitled "Seeking Justice for Iraq: Who Will Shuffle the Deck of Cards?"

WHO: Panelists include:

Carla del Ponte, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals in the Hague, Stephen Schwebel, former president of the International Court of Justice

Ruth Wedgwood, director of the SAIS International Law and Organization Program

Frank Smyth (moderator), freelance journalist and the Washington representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists.

DATE: May 14, 2003

LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-663-5626

WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org

THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2003

TIME: 8 a.m.

EVENT: GERMAN AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL holds a breakfast discussion with Ambassador Dr. Guenter Burghardt, the Head of the European Commission in Washington, DC addressing " EU-U.S. Relations: A Transatlantic Update."

DATE: May 15, 2003

LOCATION: The Westin Embassy Row Hotel, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202 332 7700

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Democracy and Moderation in an Islamic Society: The Case of Turkey with Binnaz Toprak is a professor of political science at Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, and author of works such as 'Islam and Political Development in Turkey' and 'Islam and the Secular State in Turkey.'

DATE: May 15, 2003

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

Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

TIME: 4:30 p.m.

EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Pew International Journalism Program holds a conference entitled "New Eyes, New Voices: A New Generation Looks at War, Peace and International News."

AGENDA: Highlights:

4:30 p.m. - Opening of "Eyes on the World," an exhibit of photographs by Pew Fellows in International Journalism 1998 – 2003

5:30 p.m. - Welcoming Remarks

Jessica Einhorn, Dean, Johns Hopkins University - SAIS

John Schidlovsky, Director, Pew International Journalism Program

Louise Lief, Deputy Director, Pew International Journalism Program

"New Eyes, New Voices: Young Video Journalists Look at the World"

Screenings of three video stories by former Pew Fellows, with commentary by the journalists and guest panelists:

Tom Bettag, executive producer, ABC News "Nightline"

Sharon Tiller, executive in charge, "FRONTLINE/World"

Video: "Living With Terror: Sri Lanka's Civil War"

Joe Rubin, video journalist

\How Sri Lankans have coped with civil war. Broadcast on PBS's "FRONTLINE/World"

Video: "Why the Children?"

Jamila Paksima, video journalist

Child rape in South Africa. Aired on PBS's "NOW Wient of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Nihad Awad, co-founder and executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Azizah al-Hibri, professor at the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond

DATE: May 15, 2003

LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-663-5626

WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org

FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2003

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BUSINESS ECONOMICS holds a breakfast program featuring Paul Atkinson, Deputy Director of the Directorate for Science, Technology, OECD.

DATE: May 16, 2003

LOCATION: OECD Washington Center, 2001 L Street NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-463-6223

WEB ADDRESS: nabe.org

TIME: 9 a.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on Economy Watch: "Boom after Baghdad?"

AGENDA: In the months leading up to the war with Iraq, the Federal Reserve warned that heightened "geopolitical risk" could harm the economy. Last week, President Bush announced the end of combat operations in Iraq. Now that geopolitical risk is a smaller factor, can the economy return to an upward path? Is monetary or fiscal policy action still necessary?

WHO: The speakers are:

Eric M. Engen, AEI

Kevin A. Hassett, AEI

John H. Makin, AEI

David Malpass, Bear Stearns & Co

DATE: May 16, 2003

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS: aei.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds its Friday Forum featuring AEI's education expert, Rick Hess, discussing the politics of school choice.

DATE: May 16, 2003

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS: aei.org

TIME: 6:30 p.m.

EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Egyptian Queens of the Ptolemaic Period" with Sabine Albersmeier, assistant curator of ancient art at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.

DATE: May 16, 2003

LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-663-5626

WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org