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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: WORLD BANK holds an International Conference on Poverty Reduction Strategies. The objectives of the conference are to discuss the experience to date with the design and implementation of PRSPs, the challenges that lie ahead, and possible areas where the approach could be strengthened.
AGENDA: Highlight:
2:30 p.m. - Theme II Plenary: Content of Poverty Reduction Strategies
DATE: January 15, 2002
LOCATION: 600 19th Street NW, Room H1-200, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-458-7321
WEB ADDRESS:worldbank.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: COMCARE ALLIANCE holds a news conference releasing its recommendations to improve emergency communications in times of individual and mass emergencies. The report, entitled The E-Safety Program -- Making Americans Safer, recommends necessary steps to close dangerous holes in the nation's current emergency response communications capabilities.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Mohammed Akhter, Executive Vice President, American Public Health Association
Dr. Jack Potter, Director of Emergency Medical Services, Winchester Medical Center; Richard Taylor, Wireless 9-1-1 Administrator; State of North Carolina
David Aylward, Director, ComCARE Alliance
DATE: January 15, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-429-0574.
WEB ADDRESS:comcare.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE holds a program on "Afghanistan: Prospects For Peace and Reconstruction."
WHO: The speakers are:
James Dobbins, special envoy for Afghanistan
Barnette, Rubin, Center on International Cooperation, New York University
Deepa Ollapally, US Institute of Peace
DATE: January 15, 2002
LOCATION: 1200 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-429-3824
WEB ADDRESS:usip.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a conference on "North American Energy: U.S. And Canada."
AGENDA: Highlights:
10:30 a.m. - Introduction
John Hamre, CSIS president and CEO
10:40 a.m. - North American Energy
Guy Caruso, senior fellow, CSIS Energy Program
Vicky Bailey, assistant secretary of energy for international affairs and domestic policy
11:10 a.m. - Proposed Arctic-U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline
Robert Ebel, director, CSIS Energy Program
David Welch, president, Alaska-Canada Gas, BP
12:45 p.m. - Geopolitics of Energy
Robert Ebel, director, CSIS Energy Program
1:30 p.m. - The Canadian Response
Christopher Sands, fellow and director
CSIS Canada Project
Canadian official to be announced
2 p.m. - Energy and Canada
Christopher Sands, fellow and director,
CSIS Canada Project
Murray Smith, energy minister, Alberta Province
Andre Caille, president and CEO, HydroQuebec
3:30 p.m. -- Some Observations on North American Energy
Joseph Dukert, consultant
DATE: January 15, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a book forum on The Race To The Top: The Real Story Of Globalization featuring the author, Tomas Larsson; with comments by Adrian Wooldridge, Washington correspondent, The Economist.
DATE: January 15, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presents Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit discussing his government's strategy to invigorate Turkey's economy while creating a more favorable commercial environment for U.S. companies in Turkey.
DATE: January 15, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The Kremlin's Civic Forum: Defeat or Victory for Civil Society in Russia? With Aleksandr Nikitin, Director, Coalition for Environment and Human Rights, St. Petersburg, and Galina Starovoitova Fellow for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, Kennan Institute.
DATE: January 15, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on NATO After September 11: New Purpose or Accelerated Atrophy? With Ilya Prizel, UCIS Research Professor of East European Studies and Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
DATE: January 15, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES holds a program entitled "The Peacekeeping Debate: The Role of International Force in the Reconstruction of Afghanistan," featuring
William J. Durch, Henry L Stimson Center
DATE: January 15, 2002
LOCATION: 733 15th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-234-9382
WEB ADDRESS:ips-dc.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: PROGRESSIVE POLICY INSTITUTE holds a panel discussion on the report by The Working Group on Human Needs and Faith-based and Community Initiatives.
DATE: January 15, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-547-0001
WEB ADDRESS: ppionline.org
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Normalization of the Russian Economy: Obstacles and Opportunities with James Millar, Director, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University, and former Wilson Center Fellow.
DATE: January 15, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents the Celtic fusion of Broderick using Fiddles, violas, accordions and percussion, challenging rhythms and haunting vocals.
DATE: January 15, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON holds a its Capital Science lectures presenting Linda G. Griffith Department of Chemical Engineering and Division of Bioengineering & Environmental Health Massachusetts Institute of Technology discussing Promises And Realities Of Tissue Engineering Nova/Frontline's.
DATE: January 15, 2002
LOCATION: 1530 P Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS: carnegieinstitution.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: TRANSAFRICA FORUM, presents Randall Robinson, discussing and signing copies of The Reckoning: What Blacks Owe to Each Other.
DATE: January 15, 2002
LOCATION: 1744 R St. NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-2301
WEB ADDRESS:transafrica.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE features Peter Hessler discussing and signing copies of RIVER TOWN: Two Years on the Yangtze as recounts his experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in Fuling, a small Chinese city.
DATE: January 15, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
