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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2001
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE ENERGY OFFICIALS' holds its 2001 Winter Fuels Outlook Conference
AGENDA: Highlights:
8.30 a.m. - David Terry, Managing Director, NASEO
Jeff Pillion, Chair, NASEO Energy Data and Energy Security Committee
8.45 a.m. - World Oil Market Outlook
David Knapp, Energy Intelligence Group
9.30 a.m. - EIA Heating Fuels Overview
Mary Hutzler, Acting Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration (Includes Press Conference)"
10.30 a.m. - Distillate Supply Issues
Cheryl Trench, President, Allegro Energy Group
11:15 a.m. - Natural Gas Supply Issues
Bruce Henning Director, Regulatory and Market Analysis, Energy and Environmental Analysis, Incorporated
12 noon -Keynote Luncheon: Implementation of the National Energy Plan
Frank Blake, Deputy Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
1.15 a.m. - Propane Supply and Demand Forecast
Pending
2 p.m. - State Energy Emergency Planning
Jeff Pillion, Chair, NASEO Energy Data and Energy Security Committee
3 p.m. - Closing Remarks
David Terry, Managing Director, NASEO
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: Holiday Inn Old Town Select, 480 King Street, Old Town, Alexandria, VA
CONTACT: David Terry, 703-299-8800
WEB ADDRESS:naseo.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA'S holds its annual utilities conference entitled ¡§Residential Utility Services: Meeting Consumer Energy and Communications Needs in a Dynamic Marketplace.¡¨
AGENDA: Highlight:
12:15 p.m. - Pat Wood, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: The Washington Plaza, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Adele Ellis, 202-387-6121
WEB ADDRESS: cfa.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: US RUSSIA BUSINESS COUNCIL holds its annual meeting. This year's theme, Russia in the Global Economy: Status and Prospects, will provide a forum for discussion of Russia's current political and economic situation and the steps Russia should take to speed its integration into the global economy.
AGENDA: Highlights:
12 noon - Annual Meeting Opening Luncheon with Condoleezza Rice, National Security
Advisor
2:15 p.m. - Panel Session: Politics Under Putin
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: Park Hyatt Hotel, 24th and M Streets NW, Washington,
CONTACT: 202-739-9184
WEB ADDRESS:usbr.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA Columbus School of Law, School of Nursing, School of Philosophy and the German Embassy hold a conference on the Ethics of Health Care: An Assessment in Germany and the U.S.
WHO: The speakers are:
Thomas A. Scully, administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will deliver the keynote address.
Other speakers include Justice Rainer Schlegel, Federal Social Court, Kassel, Germany
Edmund Pellegrino, director of the Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University and former CUA President
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: 3600 John McCormack Road NE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-319-6081
WEB ADDRESS:cua.edu
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Recent Developments in the Congo."
WHO: The speakers are:
Herbert Weiss, Columbia University
Richard Bogosian, State Department
Learned Dees, National Endowment for Democracy
Bakamana Mouana, Muinda Project for Peace
10 a.m. - U.S. Chamber of Commerce briefing on a New Report that calls for reform of the failing U.S. education system.
Governor Paul Patton, (D-KY), chair, National Commission on the High School Senior Year
Dr. Richard Ferguson, president, American College Testing, Inc.
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE holds briefing on a report that calls for reform of the failing U.S. education system.
WHO: The speakers are:
Governor Paul Patton, (D-KY), chair, National Commission on the High School Senior Year
Dr. Richard Ferguson, president, American College Testing, Inc.
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDS holds a telephone news conference on a report entitled ¡§Status And Trends Of The HIV/AIDS Epidemic In Asia And The Pacific.¡¨
WHO: The speakers are:
Bernhard Schwartlander, Chief epidemiologist, UNAIDS
Karen Stanecki, US Census Bureau
Sarup Sarkar, team leader, South Asia Intercounty Team UNAIDS
DATE: October 4, 2001
CONTACT: 212-584-5024
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: NEWSEUM presents "Nick News" host Linda Ellerbee discussing news for kids and how to engage young people in world and local news.
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: 1101 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA
CONTACT: 703-284-3527.
WEB ADDRESS:newseum.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE holds a policy briefing on a report entitled the State of U.S. Economy And A Comprehensive Proposal For Stimulus.
WHO: The speakers are:
Lawrence Mishel, vice president, EPI
Christina Weller, Macroeconomics, EPI
Jeffrey Wenger, labor economist, EPI
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: 1660 L Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Nancy Coleman, or Tom Kiley 202-775-8810
WEB ADDRESS:epinet.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AIDSWALK WASHINGTON 2001 kicks off with a performance by South African musical group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-3514
WEB ADDRESS:mambazo.com
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Washington College of Law presents a panel to discuss the various legal responses to the terrorist acts. The discussion will include the Department of Justice anti-terrorist legislation package, the establishment of a homeland defense position within the President's cabinet, wiretapping, the Department of Justice anti-terrorist legislation package and many other issues that have surfaced as a result of this unprecedented situation.
WHO: The speakers are:
Herman Schwartz, professor of law
Thomas Sargentich, co-director, Program in Law and Government
director, LLM Program in Law and Government; professor of law
Steve Wermiel, associate professor of law
Jeffrey Lubbers, practitioner in residence
Mark Niles, assistant professor of law
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: 4801 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-885-5950
WEB ADDRESS:au.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NEWSEUM The World This Week" features People¡¦s Daily correspondent Rujun Wang; China Radio International correspondent Lei Yang and Voice of America¡¦s Huchen Zhang examining the state of press freedom in China.
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: 1101 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA
CONTACT: 703-284-3527.
WEB ADDRESS:newseum.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: COOLER HEADS COALITION holds a briefing on the ¡§Skeptical Environmentalist Looks at Global Warming, Kyoto, and What We Should Do,¡¨ with author Dr. Bjorn Lomborg.
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: HC-5 U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-331-1010
WEB ADDRESS:cei.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program entitled Iranian Women: Rising Expectations with Jaleh Shadi-Talab, Director of the Women's Center at Tehran University.
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB presents Ward McCarthy, Principal and co-founder, Stone, McCarthy Research Associates, "The Changing Role of the Dollar."
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: Montpelier Room, 6th fl., Library of Congress Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-739-9404
WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN¡¦S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Robert McIntyre, Director of Citizens for Tax Justice, a nonpartisan research and advocacy group that fights for tax fairness at the federal, state, and local levels.
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE holds a congressional briefing to discuss national energy security entitled "National Energy Security:
Implications for National Energy Policy."
WHO: The speakers are:
Richard H. Truly, Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; and retired Vice Admiral of the U.S. Navy.
Bill Holmberg, President, Biorefiner; Board Member, New Uses Council; and retired Marine Corps Lt. Colonel.
Richard Cowart, Director and Principal, Regulatory Assistance Project; and former Chair of the Vermont Public Service Board. He also served as President of the New England Conference of Public Utility Commissioners, and is the author of a recent study for NARUC, "Efficient Reliability: the Critical Role of Demand-side Resources in Power Systems and Markets."
Peter Bradford, former Chair of the New York State Public Service Commission and the Maine Public Utilities Commission; and former Commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: 124 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-628-1400
WEB ADDRESS:eesi.org
TIME: 4:45 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program entitled "A Defining Moment: U.S.-Russian Relations in the Wake of September 11" with Wayne Limberg, chief of the Russian Foreign Policy Division at the State Department's Bureau of Investigation and Research.
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents Eduard Shevardnadze, president of Georgia discussing ¡§Georgia, the United States and the New Security Paradigm in Eurasia."
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: Willard Inter-Continental Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY presents Professor Akbar Ahmed discussing the understanding of Islam in relation to current events.
WHO: The speakers are:
Abdul Aziz Said, Mohamed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, American University
Osman bin Bakar, Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia, Georgetown University?n
John Esposito, director, Center for Muslim and Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
Sulayman Nyang, professor of African Studies, Howard University
Lawrence Rosen, chair, Department of Anthropology, Princeton University
Tamara Sonn, William R. Keenan Distinguished Professor of Humanities, College of William & Mary
Yasmin Said, president, Muslim Student Association, American University
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-885-5950
WEB ADDRESS:au.edu
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Lunasa who uses melodic interweaving of wind and string instruments, pairing flutes, fiddle, whistle, and pipes in breathtaking arrangements.
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM features Richard Guy Wilson, architectural history professor at the University of Virginia discussing Schindler, Neutra, and Wright: Three Architects Respond to California.
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: 401 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-272-3606
WEB ADDRESS:nbm.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE features photographer Antonin Kratochvil¡¦s presenting a fresh look at the world of artists and movie stars in his latest, ¡§INCOGNITO.¡¨
DATE: October 4, 2001
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
