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EVENTS ON MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS' holds its 2002 legislative conference. The conference will focus on the need for additional fire fighter staffing.
AGENDA: Highlight:
9:30 a.m. - Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge
WHO: The speakers are:
DATE: March 18, 2002
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency -- Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-737-8484
WEB ADDRESS: iaff.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN TURKISH COUNCIL holds its 21st annual conference themed "Partners Today, Partners Tomorrow."
AGENDA: Highlights:
Opening session - General Brent Scowcroft, Chairman, American-Turkish Council
Akin Öngör, Chairman, US-Turkish Business Council of DEIK
Ambassador Faruk Logoglu, Turkish Ambassador to the United States
Dr. Kemal Dervis, Minister of State for Economy
Awards: Dr. Kemal Dervis and Caspian Finance Center
10 a.m. - The Political Landscape Forum -- Terrorism: The Global Impact
Chris Matthews, Host of MSNBC's Hardball
Peter Bergen, CNN Correspondent
Richard Perle, former Assistant Secretary of Defense
Prof. Ilter Turan, Professor of International Relations and Politics
Dr. Erkut Yücaoglu, Businessman and former Chairman of TUSIAD
12 noon - Rebuilding Afghanistan and Opportunities for American and
Turkish Companies
Ambassador John Kelly (R), Moderator
Güven Sazak, Chairman, Turkish Afghan Business Council / DEIK, Vice Chairman, Yüksel Holding
Ambassador Ahmet Rifat Ok'un, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Coordinator for Afghanistan
Martin Erim, First Renaissance Ventures
Dr. Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Award: Lieutenant General Resat Turgut, J-5
6:30 p.m. - Reception Hosted by the Turkish Ambassador at the Residence
DATE: March 18, 2002
LOCATION: The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
TIME: 8:45 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a conference on Japan's Worsening Slump: Implications for the U.S. and the World Economy
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Forces Of Contraction
"Leveraging the Financial Sector"
Robert Dugger, managing dir., Tudor Investment Corp.
"Impact of Finances on Aging and Labor Markets"
Paul S. Hewitt, director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative
"International Pressures and Japanese Competitiveness"
Adam S. Posen, senior fellow, Institute for Int'l Economics
Arthur Alexander, Georgetown University
Kiyoto Ido, minister of financial affairs, Embassy of Japan
10:45 a.m. - Future Impact On The World Economy
"A Perspective on Japanese Monetary Policy"
Laurence Meyer, CSIS distinguished visiting scholar;
Former member, Board of Governors, U.S. Federal Reserve
"Could U.S. Businesses Weather a Strengthening Dollar?"
Ernest Preeg, senior fellow, Manufacturers' Alliance;
deputy asst. secretary of state for int'l finance (former)
Sylvester Schieber, VP, Watson Wyatt Int'l
12:15 p.m. - Luncheon Address
Thomas S. Foley, partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, & Feld
Speaker of the House of Representatives (former)
U.S. Ambassador to Japan (former)
1:30 p.m. - The Politics Of Reform In Japan
Edward Lincoln, senior fellow, Brookings Institution
Leonard Schoppa, associate professor, University of Virginia.
Tatsuya Terazawa, senior visiting fellow, METI
DATE: March 18, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE holds a pre-trip briefing with Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Co-Director, Migration Policy Institute also releasing a background paper on the immigration and border negotiations between Presidents Bush and Fox. Key issues include: earned legalization, a registration program for unauthorized immigrants, border security measures, and a temporary worker program.
DATE: March 18, 2002
LOCATION: Resources for the Future Conference Center, 1400 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Ana Claros, 202-266-1940
WEB ADDRESS: migrationpolicy.org.
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds Broadband Policy: Do We Really Need Legislation?
WHO: The speakers are:
Robert W. Hahn, Joint Center
Robert Litan, Brookings Institution and Joint Center
Thomas Hazlett, Manhattan Institute and Joint Center
Charles Ferguson, Brookings Institution
DATE: March 18, 2002
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring The Ambassador of Spain to the U.S., Javier Ruperez, discussing The Spanish Presidency of the European Union: Priorities and Goals.
DATE: March 18, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Can the West Meet Putin's Challenge? Toward a Euro-Atlantic Security Community with James Goodby, Senior Research Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution.
DATE: March 18, 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 presents J. Bottum -"Books and Arts" editor of the Weekly Standard and poetry editor of First Things - reads from, and comments on The Fall and Other Poems, his critically acclaimed first collection of poems.
DATE: March 18, 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 features a concert for VSA arts Young Soloists, featuring Shannon Devido and Quamon Fowler.
DATE: March 18, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE features An Unfinished Marriage with author Joan Anderson taking us through the journey that she and her husband take as they reconnect and try to rebuild their marriage.
DATE: March 18, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
