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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2001
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION National Clusters of Innovation holds a meeting to discuss long-term economic development strategies.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8 a.m. - Anthony Williams*, Mayor, Washington DC
F. Duane Ackerman, Co-Chair of Clusters of Innovation Initiative;
Industry Vice-Chairman, Council on Competitiveness; Chairman & CEO,
BellSouth Corporation
Raymond V. Gilmartin, Chairman, Council on Competitiveness;
Chairman, President & CEO, Merck & Co.
8:15 a.m. - Findings from National Clusters of Innovation Initiative
Michael E. Porter, Co-Chair of the Clusters of Innovation Initiative
Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School
9:30 a.m. - Cluster Based Development: The Role of State Government
Peter Behr, The Washington Post
Governor John Engler, Additional Governors*
Charles Vest, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12 noon - Luncheon Keynote Speaker Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary,
Department of Treasury
1:45 p.m. - Dialogue: Pilot Region Representatives
David Wessel, Wall Street Journal
Richard Bendis, former President, Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp & current President and CEO, Innovation Philadelphia Corporation
Jared Cohon, President, Carnegie Mellon University
Molly Corbett Broad, President, University of North Carolina
Wayne Clough, President, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jeff Grogan, Partner, Monitor Group
Duane Roth, Chairman and CEO, Alliance Pharmaceuticals Corp.
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: Grand Hyatt, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-624-5330
WEB ADDRESS:nga.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE hold the 14th annual Institute on Current Issues in International Taxation. Globalization of business operations and structures is a fact of life in the 21st century. International tax issues permeate all aspects of daily business activities and transactions.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - Address by B. John Williams, Chief Counsel Nominee, Internal Revenue Service
12:30 p.m. - Luncheon with Address by the Honorable R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers, The White House
3 p.m. - Evolution of Business Form: Hybrids, Contractual Ventures, Etc.
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: JW Marriott- 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-994-6467
WEB ADDRESS: gw.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS focuses on emergency preparedness for the region at its annual meeting themed "Terrorism: Defending Globally, Responding Locally -- Preparedness in the National Capital Region,"
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: The National Press Club, 14th and F Streets, NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-962-3250
WEB ADDRESS: cog.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE holds a program on Argentina: The Latest Developments And Prospects For Recovery."
WHO: The speakers are:
Joyce Chang, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Jane Eddy, managing director, Latin America Sovereign Ratings Standard & Poor's
Michael Gavin, UBS Warburg
David Rolly, Loomis Sayles & Company
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS:ceip.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: SURFACE TRANSPORTATION POLICY PROJECT holds a news conference introducing the Alliance for a New Transportation Charter. The Alliance for the New Transportation Charter is a broad-based coalition working to make transportation better serve communities. The intended audience is transportation and political decision makers and the general public. We seek to affirm the successes of ISTEA and begin to articulate needs for reauthorization of the federal transportation law, TEA-21 in 2003.
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 20-546-9170
WEB ADDRESS:transact.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: PEW FORUM ON RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE holds a panel discussion on What Do Christians Have To Say Post 9/11?
WHO: The speakers are:
Jim Skillen, Center for Public Justice
Harold Heie, Center for Christian Studies, Gordon College
Kathy Pomroy, Bread for the World
Joan Rosenhauer, U. S. Catholic Conference
John Schroeder, Acton Institute
Ken Johnson, Ella J. Baker House/Azusa Christian Community
Nathan Wilson, Call to Renewal
Melissa Rogers, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: Council for Christian Colleges and Universities,
329 Eighth Street, NE, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Kirsten Hunter, 202-955-5075
WEB ADDRESS: pewforum.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a panel discussion on "A New Era In Cross-Strait Relations: Taiwan And China In The WTO."
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Tsai Ing-Wen, Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan Republic of China (Taiwan)
Dr. Larry Wortzel, The Heritage Foundation
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES holds a conference call briefing to discuss the conclusions and recommendations of the President's Social Security Commission. The Commission, appointed by President Bush earlier this year, was asked to come up with a proposal that would insure Social Security solvency for the next 75 years and include voluntary individual accounts. The Commission's final meeting, at which it is expected to adopt three options rather than a single plan, is scheduled for Tuesday, December 11.
WHO: The speakers are:
Henry Aaron, senior fellow, Brookings Institution
Peter Orszag, senior fellow, Brookings Institution
Kilolo Kijakazi, senior policy analyst, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
DATE: December 13, 2001
CONTACT: Michelle Bazie, 202-408-1080.
WEB ADDRESS:cbpp.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE holds a news conference releasing its new study, Traveling Light: New Paths for International Tourism, looking at the future environmental impact of the tourism industry after September 11.
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: 1776 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Leanne Mitchell, 202-452-1992 Ext. 527
WEB ADDRESS: Worldwatch.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum entitled "Should the United States Go to War against Iraq? "
WHO: The speakers are:
With James Woolsey, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
William Niskanen, Chairman, Cato Institute.
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: ASIA SOCIETY holds a program focusing on Afghanistan's Northern Alliance with Mohammad Eshaq, a representative of the Northern Alliance in Washington DC, discusses the origins of the Alliance, their policies, and their vision for Afghanistan's political and economic future.
AGENDA: As of this writing, the Taliban have retreated from Kabul and other major northern cities of Afghanistan. Many observers believe they are on the verge of collapse. The Northern Alliance or United Front -- a coalition made up of Tajik, Uzbek, Hazara, and other ethnic groups in the northern part of Afghanistan -- now controls Kabul and more than half of the country. WHO: DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: Conference Level, 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-833-2742
WEB ADDRESS: asiasociety.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The Chemical and biological Weapons Challenge: Is Prevention Possible?
WHO: The speakers are:
Elisa Harris, Center for International Security Studies
Amy Smithson, Henry Stimson Center
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS holds a Congressional forum on Laos.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Arthur Dommen, author of Conflict in Laos: The Politics of Neutralization
Dr. Jane Hamilton-Merritt, a distinguished Lao & Hmong scholar and author of the highly acclaimed book Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, the Americans and the Secret Wars for Laos Stephen Vang, of the University of Wisconsin, Stout
Chuhu Xiong of the Chicago and Minnesota-based Hmong International Human Rights Watch
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: 2105 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Meghan McCann or Philip Smith, 202-543-1444.
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program with presentation by Dan Mitchell, Heritage Foundation, on "Tax Competition And Fiscal Sovereignty: The Case Against International Tax Harmonization."
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: Chinatown Garden Restaurant, 618 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-739-9404
WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION presents lunch meeting Hamiltonians, Jeffersonians, Jacksonians, and Wilsonians: The Success of American Foreign Policy and How it Changed the World.
WHO: The speakers are:
Walter Russell Mead, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations and
Member, Board of Directors, New America Foundation
Steven C. Clemons, Executive Vice President, New America Foundation
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents Aleksandr Nikitin, former chief inspector of Russian defense nuclear facilities, discussing freedom of speech and the state of public discourse in Russia.
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents singer/songwriter Susan McKeown who's sound is acoustic-rock, blending progressive jazz and Celtic influences. Scottish fiddler Johnny Cunningham is as known for his lightning-fast reels and beautiful Scottish airs as his wry humor and fascinating stories.
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a meeting to discuss "21st Century Journalism."
WHO: The speakers are:
Tucker Carlson, Co-host of Crossfire
Tamala Edwards, White House Correspondent, ABC News
Christopher Schroeder, CEO and Publisher Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
Jacob Weisberg, Chief Political Correspondent, Slate Twenty-first Century Journalism: Is There a Future?
DATE: December 13, 2001
LOCATION: 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 212-434-9537
WEB ADDRESS:cfr.org
