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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 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: Highlights:
Lobby Day, when IAFF members visit with their elected officials to discuss IAFF priority issues. All conference participants are urged to contact their Representatives and Senators at least one month before the Conference to schedule appointments for that day.
6 p.m. - Evening will feature a special congressional reception. All Members of Congress will be invited to come and meet their local fire fighters in a relaxed setting.
DATE: March 19, 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:
08:45a.m. - Plenary Session
Turkey Today, Turkey Tomorrow
10:45 a.m. - Banking and Finance Roosevelt
Foreign Affairs and Security Issues Salon I
U.S.--Turkey Trade Issues Washington
12:30 p.m. - Luncheon Salons II and III
14:15 p.m. - Energy Roosevelt
Foreign Affairs and Security Issues Salon I
4 p.m. - Energy Salon III A
Textile and Apparel Roosevelt
Telecommunications and Transportation Salon III B
7 p.m. - Cocktail Prolongé and Jazz Concert
The Spirit Behind the Rhythms: Ahmet Ertegun, An Evening of Jazz produced by Ahmet Ertegun and George Wein, Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:americanturkishcouncil.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: FOSE holds its 2002 conference.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Pat Gelsinger, Vice President and CTO of Intel Corporation
"Technology Leadership for Today and Beyond"
Mr. Gelsinger will discuss Intel Corporation's role in the digital world and address the broad range of issues--including power, performance, programming and application--facing the industry today.
1 p.m. - Dr. Vance Coffman, Chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin
"Information Solutions for a New World Order"
Dr. Coffman will discuss the increasing challenges--including customer requirements, cyber security and new procurement trends--facing today's new and ever-changing environment for IT users.
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: Washington DC Convention Center, 900 9th Street NW, Washington, DC CONTACT: Bill Howell, 703-226-1173
WEB ADDRESS: fose.com
TIME: All Day
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE AND NATIONAL BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE hold a conference Social Security and African Americans. Perhaps no group has as much at stake in the debate over Social Security reform as African Americans. Elderly African Americans are much more likely than their white counterparts to be dependent on Social Security benefits for most or all of their retirement income. Yet Social Security benefits are inadequate to provide for the retirement needs of the elderly poor, which leave nearly 30 percent of African-American seniors in poverty.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Edward H. Crane, President, Cato Institute
Harry C. Alford, President and CEO, National Black Chamber of Commerce
9:15 a.m. -- Introduction
Casey Lartigue, Policy Analyst, Cato Institute
Gwendolyn King, Former Social Security Commissioner, Member, President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security
10 a.m. - Panel 1: Is Social Security Fair to African Americans?
11:30 a.m. - Panel 2: Savings, Investment, and the African-American Community
1:30 p.m. - Introduction--Deroy Murdock, President, Loud and Clear Communications
J. Kenneth Blackwell, Secretary of State, Ohio
2:15 p.m. - Panel 3: The Great Debate: Should Social Security be Privatized?
Dylan Glenn, Special Assistant to the President, National Economic Council
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: PRIVACY COUNCIL holds a breakfast briefing to discuss workplace privacy.
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: Grand Hyatt, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-683-5004
WEB ADDRESS:privacycoucil.com
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presents Brazil's Energy Czar Minister Pedro Pullen Parente discussing Prospects for Brazilian Energy Sector.
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: PROGRESS AND FREEDOM FOUNDATION conference on "The Role of the FCC and Bush Administration: in Communications Policy."
WHO: The speakers are:
Randolph J. May, PFF
Harold Furchtgott-Roth, American Enterprise Institute
James Gattuso, Heritage Foundation
Thomas Hazlett, Manhattan Institute
Adam Thierer, Cato Institute
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-289-8928
WEB ADDRESS: pff.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN ISSUES AND OFFICE OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
Present a conference on SOUTH AMERICA: PROMOTING INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ENHANCED ENERGY SUPPLY
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Panel 1: South America's Projected Energy Needs
11:15 a.m. - Panel 2: Impediments to Investment in the Energy Sector
1 p.m. - Lunch. Keynote Speaker: Minister Pedro Parente, Chief of Staff of the Presidency
and Minister of Mines and Energy of Brazil
2:45 p.m. - Panel 3: Overcoming Barriers to Energy Investment
4:15 p.m. - Summary and Conclusions
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: 800 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-994-2492
WEB ADDRESS:gwu.edu
TIME: 9:15 a.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Contemporary Arab Studies presents breakfast with the Ambassador featuring Ambassador to the U.S. from Lebanon Farid Abboud.
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-678-6215
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: SEN. DEBBIE STABENOW D-MI, holds a news conference calling on volunteers to pay tribute to September 11 victims through community service.
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: S-207 U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-224-4822
WEB ADDRESS: senate.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE holds a program featuring Dr. Raphael Danziger, who has just returned from Israel, discussing pressures on the National Unity Government of Ariel Sharon, leadership contests in the Likud and Labor parties, the rise of Benyamin Netanyahu and prospects for Israeli elections in the coming year.
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: MEI, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-1141
WEB ADDRESS: mideasti.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service James Ziglar.
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY presents Jaime Mosquera Borja, Mayor of Buenaventura City discussing "Local Governance in Colombia: an Afro-Colombian perspective."
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: Copley Formal Lounge, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Boston Globe columnist, Alex Beam, discussing and signing copies of "Gracefully Insane: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital."
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents a concert for VSA Arts Young Soloists, featuring Shannon Devido and Quamon Fowler.
DATE: March 19, 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 its Capital Science lectures presenting Robert P. Kirshner, Clowes Professor of Science, Harvard University
Discussing The Accelerating Universe.
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: 1530 P Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS: carnegieinstitution.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE features Joe Klein discussing and signing copies of The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton. Klein asks what went wrong with politics in the 90s and whose fault it was.
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 8 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY presents Rep.Marty Meehan, D-MA, discussing Shays-Meehan Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, on the importance of campaign finance reform and its effects on the future of campaigns and elections.
DATE: March 19, 2002
LOCATION: The Bunn Intercultural Center Auditorium, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu