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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2001
TIME: All Day
EVENT: BUSINESS WOMEN'S NETWORK INTERACTIVE holds its Women & Diversity Leadership Summit And Gala 2001.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:05 a.m. - Marilyn Carlson Nelson is Chair and CEO of Carlson Companies, which operates in more than 140 countries around the world.
1:15 p.m. - Rita Cosby, News Reporter, FOX News
1:20 p.m. - CELEBRATING MARYLAND, Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-3780
WEB ADDRESS:bwni.com
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on "U.S. Biowarfare Defense: Creating Vaccines From Genetically Modified Plants."
WHO: The speakers are:
John J. Hamre, CSIS president and CEO
Charles Arntzen, Founding Director, Arizona Biotechnology Institute president emeritus, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Mich Hein, Founding Scientist, Epicyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE special symposium on "The New Realities: What You Need to Know to Run Your Association After September 11". Leading Authorities are assembling a "who's who" of experts on the economy, air travel, national and international affairs, and business, with the goal of helping you understand, anticipate, and navigate today's rapidly changing business environment.
WHO: The speakers are:
President and CEO of MacNair Travel Management, Michael MacNair
Former FEMA Director James Lee Witt
Former National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Jim Hall
CNN's Tucker Carlson (who will be returning from Pakistan)
Economists Larry Chimerine and Kevin Hassett
Business gurus, James Belasco, Oren Harari. and Don Neal
Former U.N. Ambassador and Secretary of Energy, Bill Richardson (Tentative)
Former Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis and
Counterintelligence, Congressman Bill McCollum
Judith Kipper, Director Middle East Studies Program, CSIS
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: THE DISABILITY STATISTICS CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH hold The 8th National Disability Statistics and Policy Forum.
WHO: The speakers are:
Mitchell P. LaPlante, Ph.D., Director, The Disability Statistics Center, University of California at San Francisco
Adrienne Asch, Ph.D., Henry R. Luce Professor in Biology, Ethics and the Politics of Human Reproduction, Wellesley College
Richard K. Scotch is Associate Professor of Sociology and Political Economy,
University of Texas at Dallas
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: The Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC
CONTACT: call 415-502-5217
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS AND THE WYE RIVER GROUP ON HEALTHCARE hold a Congressional briefing on consumer directed healthcare.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:10 a.m. - Project Overview by Dr. Marcia Comstock, MD Board Member, Wye River Group on Healthcare
9:25 a.m. - The Research: "The How To of Consumer Centric Healthcare Purchasing" by Mr. Ken Berkowitz, Consultant, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
9:45 a.m. - A Roundtable Discussion :"Do we have a quorum? Can we do business?"
Julie Appleby, USA Today, Discussion Moderator
Rep. Jim DeMint, House Education and the Workforce Committee
Dean Clancy, Office of the House Majority Leader
John Comola, Wye River Group on Healthcare
Jeff Lemieux, Progressive Policy Institute
John C. Goodman, National Center for Policy Analysis
Cathy Schoen, Commonwealth Fund
Ann Killian, TRW
Karen Williams, National Pharmaceutical Council
11 a.m. - A Glimpse of the Future: The Tools to Enable It, the Technology Behind It, and the Employer Appetite for Change
Tony Miller, Definity Health
Jess Parks, Channelpoint
Brian Medford, Cyberdialogue
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: HC-6, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-628-6671
WEB ADDRESS:ncpa.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE holds a program entitled "The Khatami Presidency and Emerging patterns in Iranian Foreign Policy" Mahmood Sariolghalam, professor, University of Tehran.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS:ceip.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: US INSTITUTE OF PEACE holds a current issues briefing with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson discussing "Post Durban, Post September 11th, and the Anti-Discrimination Agenda."
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: 1200 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-429-3878
WEB ADDRESS:usip.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM Executive Director Catherine Bertini holds a news briefing on the crisis facing Afghanistan.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Abby Spring, 202-653-0010
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter Schwimmer discussing "The European Response to the September 11 Terrorist Attacks: Cooperative Steps Being Implemented by the 43-Nation Council of Europe."
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a briefing entitled "A View From the Frontlines: Innovations in Delivery of Welfare Services."
WHO: The speakers are:
Stephen Goldsmith, Chairman, the Corporation for National Service
Irene Lurie, Rockefeller College at SUNY Albany Paper Presenter
Bryna Sanger, The Brookings Institution, The New School University
Peter Harkness, Editor, Governing Magazine
Jerry Stepaniak, Executive Vice President, Welfare Reform Maximus
Daine Baillargeon, Senior Vice President SEEDCO
Juani Diaz, Director, Self-Sufficiency Division Fairfax County Department of Family Services
Kerry Korpi, Director, Research & Collective Bargaining AFSCME
Richard Stolz, Deputy Director of Public Policy Center for Community Change
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS:brook.edu
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on "The Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Subsidy: CBO Replies."
AGENDA: In May, the Congressional Budget Office issued a new report on the size of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac subsidy, estimating that in 2000 these two government-sponsored enterprises received an implicit government backing of $10.6 billion. This was an increase of more than 50 percent from five years before.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES WILL hold conference call briefings with Columbia University Professor Joseph Stiglitz, one of the 2001 Nobel Prize winners in economics.
DATE: October 17, 2001
CONTACT: Michelle Bazie, Ph: 202-408-1080
WEB ADDRESS:cbpp.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum The Future of the Bomber Force.
WHO: The speakers are:
Gen. Richard Hawley, United States Air Force (retired)
John Tirpak, Air Force Association
Jack Spencer, Heritage Foundation
Ivan Eland, Cato Institute
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program with William Gale, Brookings Institution, discussing "First Things First: The Case for Changing Budget Rules and Procedures.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: Chinatown Garden Restaurant, 618 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-739-9404
WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: THE INDEPENDENT WOMEN'S FORUM holds "Women Facing War," as an expert panel explores how women, both within and outside the military, will be affected by this new type of war.
WHO: The speakers are:
Christina Hoff Sommers, Chairman of IWF's National Advisory Board and Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute
Elaine Donnelly, President, Center for Military Readiness
Margot H. Hill, Boston Police Department Commander and personal safety expert
Laurie Mylroie, Publisher of Iraq News, terrorism expert, and author of Study of Revenge.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 301-972-2367
WEB ADDRESS:iwf.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY AND Federalist Society presents a program on "Federally Funded Faith-Based Initiatives: Great Potential, or Problem?
WHO: The speakers are:
Kevin Hasson, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberity
Stephen Lazarus, Center For Public Justice
Michael Tanner, CATO Institute
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: George Mason University School of Law, Room 3301 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
CONTACT: 703-993-8782
WEB ADDRESS:georgemason.edu
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a program on "God, Science, and American Politics." When was the last time religious, moral, or social considerations triumphed over science? How will the culture war over stem cells and human cloning change the face of American politics?
WHO: The speakers are:
Eric Cohen, Fellow, New America Foundation
James Pinkerton, Fellow, New America Foundation
DATE: October 17, 2001
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 "The Effect of Allowance Allocation on the Cost of Carbon Emission Trading."
WHO: The speakers are:
Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future
Karen Palmer, Resources for the Future
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: 1616 P Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-5000
WEB ADDRESS: rff.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES "Contemporary Colombia Economics in the Broader Latin American Context" with Roberto Junguito, alternate executive director of the International Monetary Fund.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION:1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program-featuring Chairman of the Federal Aviation Administration Jane Garvey.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: AFRICA POLICY INITIATIVE OF THE CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND THE AFRICA SOCIETY OF THE NATIONAL SUMMIT ON AFRICA will host a symposium entitled, "Africans Speak Out on the War Against Terrorism."
WHO: The speakers include:
Ambassador Jerome Mendouga of the Republic of Cameroon
Ambassador Yusuf Nzibo of Kenya
Ambassador Cheick Diarrah of Mali
Ambassador Jibril Aminu of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Ambassador Richard Sezibera of the Republic of Rwanda
Ambassador Makate Sheila Sisulu of the Republic of South Africa
Ambassador Mustafa Nyanganyi of the United Republic of Tanzania
Ambassador Hatem Atallah of Tunisia
Ambassador Edith Ssempala of Uganda
Rep. Edward Royce, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Africa
Jendayi Frazer, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council
William G. Thom, Defense Intelligence Officer for Africa.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: Brookings Institution,1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS:ceip.org
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Book Launch: No Peace, No Honor: Nixon, Kissinger, and Betrayal in Vietnam.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Central Asia-Caucasus Institute Forum on "The Afghan Battlefield: Forces & Tactics" with Ali Jalali, head of the Farsi service for Voice of America and author of two books on Soviet and Afghan war tactics,
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: US CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY holds its annual meeting and the presentation of the 2001 Freedom Award. This year's Freedom Award id being presented to Corinne "Lindy" Clairborne Boggs. The award recognizes indivuduals who have advanced
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: 345 Cannon Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-543-8919
WEB ADDRESS:uschs.org
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents Hernando de Soto, author and noted Peruvian economist. De Soto, one of the world's most creative minds dealing with the problem of poverty in the Third World.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents award-winning guitarists/singer-songwriters John McVey and Terri Allard blending folk, country, and acoustic pop.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE features Richard A. Posner discussing and signing copies of Breaking The Deadlock: The 2000 Election, The Constitution, And The Courts.
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: NEWSEUM Military and the Media discussion of how the relationship between the military and the media affects news coverage.
WHO: The speakers are:
Gen. James L. Jones, commandant of the Marine Corps
Victoria Clarke, assistant secretary of defense for public affairs
veteran journalist Peter Arnett
Susanne Schafer, military writer for The Associated Press
DATE: October 17, 2001
LOCATION: 1101 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA
CONTACT: 703-284-3527.
WEB ADDRESS:newseum.org
