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Washington Agenda - General News Events

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EVENTS ON MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2002

TIME: All Day

EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATION, CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AND THE FUTURE OF MUSIC COALITION host the annual Policy Summit.

AGENDA: Highlights:

8:30 a.m. - Welcome by D. Linda Garcia, Director, Georgetown University Communication Culture and Technology Program

9 a.m. -- Rep. Rick Boucher, D-VA

9:30 a.m. - The State of the Union

10:45 a.m. - Taking Care of Business: Traditional Music Business Models

11:45 a.m. - California State Senator Kevin Murray

1:45 p.m. - To Legislate or Not to Legislate: Government's Role in the Music/Tech Debate

3 p.m. -- Konrad Hilbers, CEO, Napster

4:15 p.m. - Roadblocks to Copying: A Help or Hindrance to Market Growth

DATE: January 7, 2002

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LOCATION: 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-687-4328

WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu

TIME: All Day

EVENT CONGRESS ON MEDICAID AND MEDICARE holds its sixth Annual Congress on Medicaid & Medicare themed Innovations for the Challenging Regulatory Environment."

AGENDA: Highlight:

3:45 p.m. - Assess Options for Making Drugs More Affordable

DATE: January 7, 2002

LOCATION: Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Jessica J. Lawton, 781-663-6524

WEB ADDRESS:nmhcc.org

TIME: All Day

EVENT: CENTER FOR STUDY OF RESPONSIVE LAW holds a conference, "The Federal Reserve: Reality v. Myth."

AGENDA: Highlights:

8:15-8:45 a.m.--Registration and Coffee

9 a.m.-- Opening Remarks--Ralph Nader

9:15 a.m.-- Jeff Faux, President, Economic Policy Institute

9:45 a.m.-- Robert Auerbach, Ph.D, professor, University of Texas, "Breaking the Public Trust"

10:15 a.m.-- Panel and questions "The Greenspan Years" William Greider, author and journalist, and Tom Schlesinger, Director Financial Markets Center

Robert Auerbach, moderator.

11:30 a.m.-- Kenneth Thomas, Ph.D, Lecturer in Finance, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

James Galbraith, Ph.D, professor, University of Texas

1:30 p.m.-- Sheldon Friedman, economist, AFL-CIO

2:00 p.m.-- Jim McTague, Washington editor, Barrons Magazine, "Congressional Oversight and News Coverage"

2:30 p.m.-- Walter Charlton, lawyer for plaintiffs in class action discrimination suit against the Federal Reserve Board

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3:00 p.m.-- Walker Todd, former assistant counsel and research officer, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank.

3:30 p.m.-- Federal Reserve and Community Credit Needs--Allen Fishbein, General Counsel, Center for Community Change, Jon Brown, Director of Research, Essential Information, Sarah Ludwig, Executive Director, Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, and Matthew Lee, President, Inner City on the Move, New York.

4:30 p.m.-- Overview of Conference, Ralph Nader and Dr. Auerbach.

DATE: January 7, 2002

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

CONTACT: Jake Lewis, 202-387-8030

WEB ADDRESS: csrl.org

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: EDUCATION WEEK holds a news conference releasing a report entitled "Quality Counts 2002L Building Blocks For Success" which examines what the states are doing to provide early childhood education.

DATE: January 7, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-955-9450

WEB ADDRESS:edweek.org

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR COMMUNITY JUSTICE AND AETNA hold a program entitled "The 2002 Voice of Conscience: The Seventh Annual Conversation On Race, Ethnicity and Culture."

DATE: January 7, 2002

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

CONTACT: Diane Powers, 202-682-2322

WEB ADDRESS:nccj.org

TIME: 12 noon

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EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER presents a program on Ukrainian Military Reform and Prospects for Enhanced Euro-Atlantic Security Cooperation with Stacy Closson, former Ukraine Country Director, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense.

DATE: January 7, 2002

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

Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

TIME: 5:30 p.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE Bradley Lecture presents "Radical Reform: Transitions to Liberal Democracy and the Rule of Law" featuring Stephen F. Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

DATE: January 7, 2002

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS:aei.org

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Pianist Joshua Rich who has an untraditional approach to playing, singing, and songwriting that reflects the inspiration of many musical eras.

DATE: January 7, 2002

LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-416-8000

WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org

TIME: 6:30 p.m.

EVENT: SISTERSPACE & BOOKS presents actress and author Eartha Kitt, discussing and signing copies of Rejuvenate! It's Never Too Late: Eartha Kitt's Purr-fect Strategies for Staying Healthy and Vital in Mind and Body.

DATE: January 7, 2002

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LOCATION: Sisterspace & Books, 1515 U St. NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-332-3433

TIME: 7 p.m.

EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE features Dr. Akbar S. Ahmed, chair of Islamic Studies at American University, discussing a revised edition of his book, Islam Today: A Short Introduction to the Muslim World.

DATE: January 7, 2002

LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-364-1919

WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com

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