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EVENTS ON MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: E-GOV holds the electronic procurement conference themed "Acquisition For the Digital Age."
AGENDA: Highlight:
12 noon - William E. Kovacic General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission
DATE: January 28, 2002
LOCATION: 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-876-5060
WEB ADDRESS: e-gov.com
TIME: 10:45 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION holds a "Dialogue On Freedom," a new American Bar Association initiative born in the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11 that is designed to foster discussions in our nation's classrooms about American civic values and their compatibility with other cultures.
WHO: The speakers are:
Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States
Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice of the United States
Robert E. Hirshon, President of the American Bar Association
DATE: January 28, 2002
LOCATION: School Without Walls Senior High School, 2130 G Street, NW (near 22nd and G on GWU campus), Washington, DC
CONTACT: Stephanie Ortbals Tibbs, 202-662-1091ofc/202-486-5116 cell
WEB ADDRESS:abanet.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE holds a program on The Arab-Israeli Military Balance: An Assessment featuring two well-known experts, John L. Moore, senior associate with C & O Resources, is the former Defense Intelligence Officer for the Middle East. Kenneth Pollack is Director for National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and former Senior Director for Persian Gulf Affairs at the National Security Council.
DATE: January 28, 2002
LOCATION: MEI, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-1141
WEB ADDRESS: mideasti.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Caspian Oil and Energy Security: Working with Russia to Reduce U.S. Dependence on Middle East Oil with Akezhan Kazhegeldin, former Prime Minister, Kazakhstan.
DATE: January 28, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Welcome Home to Nothing: Refugees Repatriate to a Forgotten Somaliland" with Joel Frushone, Africa policy analyst for the U.S. Committee for Refugees.
DATE: January 28, 2002
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Javier Gonzales President, National Association of Counties discussing homeland security, and the public health infrastructure.
DATE: January 28, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on "Global Aging Recessions: New Study Outlines Fiscal Threats Posed by Aging in Industrialized Countries."
WHO: The speakers are:
Robert England, author, Research Director, CSIS Commission on Global Aging
William Haseltine, CEO of Human Genome Sciences
Sylvester Schieber, Vice President, Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Ben Wattenberg, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Paul Hewitt, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative
DATE: January 28, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on "Combating Terrorism in the Triple Frontier."
WHO: The speakers are:
LTG Julio Hang, Commanding General, Army IIIrd Corp, Argentina
Rubens Barbosa, Ambassador of Brazil to the United States
Leila Rachid Cowles, Ambassador of Paraguay to the United States; Commentator: Joseph S. Tulchin, Director, Latin American Program
Rut Diamint, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina
Edward Luttwak, Senior Fellow, Preventive Diplomacy, CSIS
Johanna Mendelson Forman, Association of the U.S. Army; Commentator
Luis Bitencourt, Director, Brazil at the Wilson Center
DATE: January 28, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE holds hearings examining the issue of increased automotive fuel economy through higher Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. The issue has gained increased attention as a result of the Congressional energy debate and heightened concerns about national energy security.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. David L. Greene, member of the Committee on the Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards, National Academy of Sciences
Greg Dana, Vice President, Environmental Affairs, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.
Skip Laitner, Senior Economist for Technology Policy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
David Friedman, Senior Analyst, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Focus: The benefits of increasing CAFE standards.
Carl Nash, former Director, Office of Strategic Planning and Evaluation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration;
DATE: January 28, 2002
LOCATION: 253 Senate Russell Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-1886
WEB ADDRESS: eesi.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: US INSTITUTE OF PEACE holds a discussion on "A Balancing Act: The Role of the Fourth Estate in New Democracies."
WHO: The speakers are:
Ralph Begleiter, University of Delaware
Veran Matic, ANEM Chair and Radio/TV B92 Editor-in-Chief (Belgrade)
Andrei Sitov, Washington Bureau Chief for ITAR-TASS
DATE: January 28, 2002
LOCATION: 1200 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-429-3824
WEB ADDRESS: usip.org
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: JUDGE KENNETH W. STARR, JUDGE ROBERT H. BORK, PROCOMP PRESIDENT MIKE PETTIT AND ATTORNEY GLENN MANISHIN hold a news conference to discuss comments on the proposed settlement in the federal antitrust case against Microsoft, as those documents are filed according to law on the Monday, January 28th deadline.
DATE: January 28, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-973-2913
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on "Labor Conditions And Worker Rights In China And Hong Kong."
WHO: The speakers are:
Arthur Waldron, AEI
Dong Fang Han, China Labor Bulletin
Trini Leung, author and researcher
Elizabeth Tang, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
DATE: January 28, 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 Writers' Night focusing on folk music treasures: award-winning singer/songwriter/activist Pat Humphries and the original ballads, and musical stories of Steve Key.
DATE: January 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER holds a seminar entitled "Coexistence of Religious Faiths and Cultures."
WHO: The speakers are:
Ahmed Kamal Aboulmagd, Professor of Public Law, Cairo University; Commissioner for Cultural and Civilizational Dialogue, The Arab League
Milad Hanna, Professor of Structural Engineering, Ain Shama University, Cairo; Chairman, El-Tawfic Coptic Society
DATE: January 28, 2002
LOCATION: 1630 Crescent Place NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-939-5568
WEB ADDRESS:meridian.org
