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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY holds a conference on Bio terrorism and the Future of Public Health Infrastructure.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - Congressional Health Policy Agenda
This session will focus on the health policy priorities of the 107th Congress.
9:30 a.m. - The Economy, Health Costs and the Future
Overview: Gail R. Wilensky
Bruce E. Bradley, Daniel L. Crippen
12:30 p.m. - Lunch & Plenary
"Looking Back: Reflections from Seasoned CEOs"
This session provides a forum for top level executives from the health care and foundation worlds to reflect on the lessons they've learned about health care in a constantly changing social, economic, and political environment.
Moderator: John K. Iglehart
Thomas F. Frist, Steven A. Schroeder, Gail L. Warden
2:45 p.m. - Researcher Response to the 2002 Health Policy Agenda
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: JW Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 301-652-1558
WEB ADDRESS:academyhealth.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: FAMILIES USA holds Health Action 2002. The conference will discuss the tough times that pose special challenges for those of us who work for health care justice. We also discuss devising strategies to preserve what we've won and to protect vulnerable Americans who need dependable, affordable health care.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Opening Plenary: The Challenge of Covering the Uninsured
Dr. Steven Schroeder, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
12:45 p.m. - Consumer Advocate of the Year Awards
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: Mayflower Hotel is located at 1127 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-347-3000
WEB ADDRESS: familiesusa.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE holds its Winter Meeting.
AGENDA: Highlights:
3 p. m. -- Roundtable Discussions
African American Vote
Base Vote Turnout
The Hispanic Project
4:30 p.m. -- Women's Vote Center
Rural/Suburban Vote
VRI/Election Reform
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Rd., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-2000
WEB ADDRESS:democrats.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CONSTITUTION PROJECT holds a program on Federal Election Reform: Action and Reaction.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: Georgetown University Law Center, 120 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-299-6454
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on U.S. Policy Toward Latin America.
WHO: The speakers are:
Arturo Valenzuela, Center for Latin American Studies, Georgetown University
Cresencio Arcos, former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs
Bill Rogers, former Assistant Secretary of State, for Inter-American Affairs
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: NORTHROP GRUMMAN holds a news conference presenting Robert P. Iorizzo, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman's Baltimore, Md.-based Electronic Systems sector, briefing reporters on this rapidly growing, electronics powerhouse within the corporation.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-875-8450
WEB ADDRESS:northgrum.com
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: NORTH AMERICAN SECURITIES ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION, INC. holds a news conference on Prime Banks: Wall Street's X-File.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Ashley Baker, 202-737-0901, ext. 105
WEB ADDRESS: nasaa.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: Competitive Enterprise Institute holds a program on does corporate average fuel economy (CAFÉ) Kill? featuring Dr. Leonard Evans, internationally renowned traffic safety expert. Last summer the National Academy of Sciences reported that CAFE may contribute to as many as 2,600 deaths each year because the program has forced the downsizing of cars, making them less crashworthy.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: Competitive Enterprise Institute, 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-331-1000
WEB ADDRESS:cei.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on Border Security with US Customs Commissioner Robert Bonner
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: CLUB FOR GROWTH presents Steve Forbes, editor Forbes Magazine discussing the state of the economy.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-683-5004
WEB ADDRESS:clubforgrowth.org
TIME: 10:15 a.m.
EVENT: PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE presents a news conference launching a public service campaign to discuss milk's ability to build strong bones. The Strong Bones campaign will debut with an ad on USAToday.com, featuring a crumbling plaster milk carton and the headline: "Milk. It's Not All It's Cracked Up to Be."
WHO: The speakers are:
Neal Barnard, M.D., PCRM president, nutrition researcher, and author of seven books on health, including Eat Right, Live Longer
Amy J. Lanou, Ph.D., PCRM nutrition director, author of Healthy Eating for Life for Children (John Wiley & Sons, February 2002).
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-686-2210
WEB ADDRESS: pcrm.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES holds a conference call briefing to discuss State Fiscal Update: Tax Systems More Regressive, New Cuts Jeopardize Aid to Those Hit by Recession.
WHO: The speakers are:
Iris J. Lav, deputy director
Kevin Carey, state fiscal analyst
Nick Johnson, senior policy analyst
DATE: January 17, 2002
CONTACT: Michelle Bazie, 202-408-1080.
WEB ADDRESS: cbpp.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Washington College of Law holds a Law & Government forum on Current Issues Regarding the Death Penalty.
WHO: The speakers are:
Angela Davis, professor of law at AU's Washington College of Law
Richard Wilson is director, International Human Rights Law, Washington College of Law
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-885-5950
WEB ADDRESS:au.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Center For Contemporary Arab Studies holds a program on "Iraq And The US: Will There Be War." Featuring Dr. Judith Yaphe, National Defense University.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4327
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program on "Civil Rights and Wrongs: A New Agenda for a New Era with Peter Kirsanow United States Commission on Civil Rights.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: JUDICIAL WATCH AND ACTIVIST REV. JESSE LEE PETERSON hold a news conference to announce the filing of a civil rights lawsuit against Jesse Jackson, his son Jonathan, Judge Mathis.
AGENDA: The lawsuit alleges the defendants, during a December 10, 2001 public meeting to discuss the awarding of minority-oriented contracts by Toyota, surrounded and assaulted Rev. Peterson -- calling him "nigger" as they taunted and harmed him.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-646-5172
WEB ADDRESS:judicialwatch.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a book forum on "Building Capitalism: The Transformation of the Former Soviet Bloc," the author, Anders Åslund, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; with comments by Stanley Fischer, International Monetary Fund.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Chris Matthews an in-your-face journalist and host of his own television show, Hardball.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Richard Meserve, Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring The Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, Bulent Ecevit, discussing "Turkish-American Relations, Trade Issues, and Turkey's Role in the Global War on Terrorism."
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH AREJOURNALISTS holds a reception and sneak preview of the conference themed Improving Public Understanding Of Health and Health Care
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 612-626-8251
WEB ADDRESS:ahcj.umn.edu
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a Director's Forums entitled "The Role of the Congress in a Democratic Mexico," with Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, Leader of the National Action Party (PAN) in the Mexican Congress.
DATE: January 17, 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 Patton Circle Brass Quintet featuring Kirsten Lies-Warfield, the first woman trombonist of the U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own."
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE holds its Roe v. Wade 2002 Anniversary Dinner.
WHO: The speakers are:
Actor Ed Harris
Actress Amy Madigan
Sen. Jim Jeffords, I-VT
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-CA
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: Omni Shoreham, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-973-3032
WEB ADDRESS:naral.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: ECONOMIC CLUB OF WASHINGTON holds a dinner program featuring Dr. Craig Venter, president, Celera Genomics.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: Four Seasons Hotel, 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-224-4560
WEB ADDRESS: economicclub.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds a wine event with Clos Pegase Proprietor Jan Shrem leading us on a fascinating journey through a hundred wine-related images into the worlds of health, mythology, religion, history, and love.
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE features David Cole and James Dempsey discussing and signing copies of Terrorism & The Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties In The Name Of National Security. Cole (No Equal Justice) and Dempsey argue that this is harmful legislation that we cannot afford as a society--it persecutes the innocent, yet does not stop potential terrorist attack. This is a critical book that undermines the popular facade so nicely packaged by government and media institutions
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 6:20 p.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a World Economic Update.
WHO: The speakers are:
John Lipsky of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
William Dudley of Goldman Sachs & Co.
Daniel Tarullo of Georgetown University Law Center
DATE: January 17, 2002
LOCATION: 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 212-434-9537
WEB ADDRESS:cfr.org
