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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2001
TIME: All Day
EVENT: E-GOV AND NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION present "Ensuring Homeland Defense: A Workshop for Frontline Professionals."
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:15 a.m. - Mary Schiavo, Partner, Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo and former Inspector General, U.S. Department of Transportation
9:15 a.m. - Session 1
A Survey of the Key Policies and Players -- What Works and What Needs to Change?
10:45 a.m. - Session 2
Challenges for Creating Networked Organizations for Crisis Response
12 noon - Dr. Ivan C.A. Walks, Chief Health Officer and Director, Department of Health, District of Columbia
1:30 a.m. - Session 3
Information Technology Considerations for Crisis Management Scenarios
3 p.m. - Session 4
Professional Discussion Forum -- What Do You Need to Know Today?
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: Ronald Reagan Building/International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 800-746-0099
WEB ADDRESS:e-gov.com/homeland
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE holds a program to discuss the War on Terrorism: What Does It Mean for Science?"
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. John H. Marburger III, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Dr. Donald M. Kerr Science and Technology, Central Intelligence Agency
Dr. Rashid Chotani, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Louis W. Goodman, School of International Service, American University
Robert M. O'Neil, The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
Anne Witkowsky, CSIS Committee on Science and Security
Dr. Jonathan D. Moreno, Center for Biomedical Ethics, University of Virginia
Kevin S. McCurley International Association for Cryptologic Research
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: Marriott at Metro Center Hotel, 775 12th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Monica Amarelo, 202-326-6431
WEB ADDRESS:aaas.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE holds a program on "When Negotiations Fail: Alternative Approaches To Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking" with Shlomo Avineri, professor of political science and director of the Institute for European Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS:ceip.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILD ADVOCATES holds a briefing that reveals a state-by-state profiles of priorities in state legislatures. According to the report, child health, economic security and education are the top children's issues being debated in statehouses across America.
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-741-7500
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: FREEDOM HOUSE holds a briefing for the official release of Freedom House's annual survey results from Freedom In The World, 2001-2002. The Survey examines the state of political rights and civil liberties worldwide. This year's presentation will focus particularly on the democracy and freedom deficits in the Arab and Islamic Worlds.
WHO: The speakers are:
Bill Richardson, Freedom House Chairman and former Energy Secretary and US Ambassador to the United Nations Prof. Daniel Brumberg, Middle East expert at Georgetown University and Freedom House Survey consultant
Adrian Karatncyky, Freedom House President
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Michael Goldfarb, 212-514-8040 x308
WEB ADDRESS:freedomhouse.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CAUCUS holds a briefing on Afghanistan in the Post-Taliban Era: Human Rights and the Role of Women.
WHO: The speakers are:
Claudius Fischbach, German Embassy
Abdul Ghaffar Karzai, Uncle of the newly elected Interim Prime Minister
Sima Wali, Refugee Women and Development
Guenet Guebre-Christos, UNHCR
T. Kumar, Amnesty International
Zohara Razic, Afghan women's rights activist , Representative of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
Missific Gizabi, Afghan women's rights activist
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: 2255 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5341
WEB ADDRESS:house.gov
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a form on The End Game in Afghanistan: What's Next?
WHO: The speakers are:
James B. Steinberg, V.P. and Director, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution; Former Deputy National Security Adviser
Stephen Philip Cohen, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution; Former Member, Policy Planning Staff, U.S. State Department
Ivo H. Daalder, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution; Former Director for European Affairs, National Security Council
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS holds a program releasing its new book, "Ten Myths About School Choice: Answering the Campaign Against School Vouchers."
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. John Boehner, R-OH
Gov. Pete du Pont, NCPA Policy Chairman
Dr. Kaleem Caire, president & CEO, Black Alliance for Educational Options
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: HC-6, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Joan Kriby, 202-628-6671
WEB ADDRESS: ncpa.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT holds a news conference to discuss filing a lawsuit in federal court to overturn a federal law that prohibits District of Columbia residents from voting on an initiative that would legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
WHO: The speakers are:
Robert Kampia, Executive Director of the Marijuana Policy Project
Alexei Silverman, Esq., Covington & Burling
Candida Fraze, MS patient who has used medical marijuana Illegally in DC
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: Outside E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse, 333 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Robert Kampia, 202-462-5747
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: US INSTITUTE OF PEACE holds a current issues briefing to discuss "Terrorism on Trial."
WHO: The speakers are:
Eugene R. Fidell, President, National Institute of Military Justice
Michael J. Matheson, Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace & Legal Consultant to the U.S. Department of State
David Scheffer, Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace & Former U.S. Ambassador for War Crimes Issues
John Yoo, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice
Neil Kritz, Director, U.S. Institute of Peace Rule of Law Program
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: 1200 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-429-3878
WEB ADDRESS:usip.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Center for Transatlantic Relations holds a forum entitled "Europe After September 11." Speakers are discussing recommendations for the European Union to work with the United States and others to confront the common challenge of terrorism.
WHO: The speakers are:
Charles Grant, director, Edward Bannerman, head of the Economics and Business Unit
Steven Everts, senior research fellow, will be the featured speakers
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM holds a presentation on Border, Visa Security Measures a Good Starting Point.
WHO: The speakers are:
Stephen E. Flynn, Senior Fellow, National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations and Commander, U.S. Coast Guard
Daniel T. Griswold, Associate Director, Cato Institute, Center for Trade Policy Studies
Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Co-Director and co-founder of the Migration Policy Institute
Jeanne Butterfield, Moderator, Executive Director, American Immigration Lawyers Association
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: Room 385, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-544-0004
WEB ADDRESS: immigrationforum.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: SEN. BARBARA BOXER, D-CA, AND SEN. JON CORZINE, D-NJ, hold a news conference to discuss legislation to protect pension plan holders.
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: Senate Radio and TV Gallery, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-224-8120
WEB ADDRESS:senate.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INSTITUTE AND AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, SECTION ON ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL hold a program on Sustainable Development and the Environmental Practitioner.
WHO: The speakers are:
Alan Hecht, CEQ
Jonathan Margolis, U.S. Department of State
Jack Stein, Anheueser Busch
Martha Rees, DuPont
Edward Quevedo, WSP Group
Frank Friedman, Frank B. Friedman & Associates
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: 1616 P Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-939-3858
WEB ADDRESS:eli.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum on "Airlines in the Aftermath and What the Government Should Do."
WHO: The speakers are:
David Swierenga, Air Transport Association of America
James Gattuso, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Clifford Winston, Brookings Institution
John Nannes, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES AND THE WASHINGTON PEACE CENTER hold a series entitled "Stopping the Cycle of Terror: An Examination of the Costs of War and Alternative Approaches to International Security," featuring a discussion on "Israel and Palestine."
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: 733 15th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-234-9382
WEB ADDRESS:ips-dc.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds book launch for Sacred Places, Civic Purposes: Should Government Help Faith-Based Charity?
WHO: The speakers are:
Joyce Ladner, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Author, The New Urban Leaders
Melissa Rogers, Executive Director, The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, The Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism
William A. Galston, Professor, Maryland School of Public Affairs Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy
Isabel Sawhill, senior Fellow, Brookings Institution,
Keith Pavlischek, Fellow, Center for Public Justice
Director, Civitas Program in Faith and Public Affairs
Mary Bogle, Consultant, early childhood, youth development and nonprofit management
Jim Wallis, Editor, Sojourners,
Father Joseph Hacala, Rector, Jesuit Community, Special Assistant to the President, Wheeling Jesuit University
Julie Segal, Former Legislative Counsel, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: JOBS FOR JUSTICE holds a rally to demand that DC Mayor Anthony Williams release emergency aid to displaced workers and families in need.
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: One Judiciary Sq. Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-624-6915
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a program on Are Japan and It's Dreams Dead? Can There Be Resurrection? with Akio Fujii, Chief Correspondent for Economic Affairs, Nihon Keizai Shimbun (NIKKEI) Washington Bureau.
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents the Eric Mintel Quartet performing original compositions and daring jazz improvisations of holiday standards.
DATE: December 18, 2001
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
