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EVENTS ON MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a program U.S.-Saudi Energy and Economic Relations in Global Perspective
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:45 a.m. - John H. Lichtblau, Chairman, Petroleum Industry Research Foundation, Inc.
Alfred C. DeCrane Jr., U.S. Co-Chairman, U.S.-Saudi Arabian
Business Council; former Chairman and CEO, Texaco, Inc.
9 a.m. - Energy and Economic Issues:
Official views from Washington and Riyadh
Ali Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary, Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Jeff Bingaman, Member, U.S. Senate (D-NM); Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate
Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy
Alfred C. DeCrane Jr.
10:45 a.m. - Strategic Perspectives on U.S. - Saudi Relations
David J. O'Reilly, Chairman and CEO, ChevronTexaco
Corporation
Abdulrahman Al-Tuwaijri, Secretary General, Supreme Economic Council, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Charlie Rose, Executive Producer & Host, Charlie Rose Show
Richard W. Murphy, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for the Middle East, Council on Foreign Relations
12:30 p.m. - Ibrahim Al-Assaf, Minister of Finance and National Economy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Robert E. Rubin, Director, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Citigroup; former Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Department of the Treasury
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: JW Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 212-434-9677
WEB ADDRESS:cfr.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICAN holds the National Food Policy Conference 2002 themed Consumers & Food 2002: New Challenges, New Solutions.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - Arthur S. Jaeger, Associate Director, Consumer Federation of America
John R. Cady, President and CEO, National Food Processors Association
9 a.m. - General Session
Bioterrorism and Food: Are We Ready?
Timothy M. Hammonds, President and CEO, Food Marketing Institute
Joseph A. Levitt, Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration
Rhona S. Applebaum, Executive Vice President, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, National Food Processors Association
Caroline Smith DeWaal, Director of Food Safety, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Sarah E. Taylor, Of Counsel, Covington & Burling
10:15 a.m. - Opening Address (Ballroom)
FDA's Priorities for Food and Food Safety
Lester Crawford, Deputy Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
The Bush Administration & Food Safety: One Year Later
Irene Leech, President, Virginia Citizens Consumer Council
Alice Johnson, Vice President for Food Safety, National Food Processors Association
Carol Tucker Foreman, Distinguished Fellow and Director, Food Policy Institute, Consumer Federation of America
Nancy Donley, President, Safe Tables Our Priority
Government Panelist TBA
Allergies & Food Labels: Are We Doing Enough?
Joan R. Rothenberg, Associate Director for Food Science, International Food Information Council
Panelists: Regina Hildwine, Senior Director, Food Labeling and Standards, National Food Processors Association
Kate Winkler, Legislative Assistant, Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D.-N.Y.)
Anne Munoz-Furlong, Founder and CEO, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
Amie Rappoport, Administrative Director, Food Allergy Initiative
The 'Nutrition Facts' Label: A Report Card (First Amendment Lounge)
Mary Christ-Erwin, Director, Corporate Food, Beverage and Nutrition Practice, Porter Novelli
Donna V. Porter, Specialist in Life Sciences, Congressional Research Service
Bruce Silverglade, Director of Legal Affairs, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Robert Earl, Senior Director, Nutrition Policy, National Food Processors Association
12:30 p.m. - USDA's Food Safety Agenda
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety Elsa A. Murano
2:15 p.m. - 25th Anniversary Debate
Balancing Precaution and Risk in Policymaking
Carol Tucker Foreman, Distinguished Fellow and Director, Food Policy Institute, Consumer Federation of America
David Ropeik, Director of Risk Communication, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
Måns Lönnroth, Managing Director, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Art Jaeger @387-6121
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a briefing on Earth Day 2002: Status and Trends in Environmental Quality, Is the environment getting better or worse?
featuring Steven Hayward, F.K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow at AEI, discussing his annual report on environmental trends and conditions: The Index of Leading Environmental Indicators 2002.
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA SERVICES holds an Earth Day news conference on the Bush administration's environmental regulations.
WHO: The speakers are:
John Adams, president, Natural Resources Defense Council
Rodger Schlickeisen, president, Defenders of Wildlife
Gene Karpinski, executive director, US Public Interest Research Group
Brent Blackwelder, president, Friends of the Earth
Kevin Curtis, vice president, National Environmental Trust
Joan Mulhern, senior legislative counsel, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund
Bob Musil, executive director, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Don Barry, general counsel and COO, The Wilderness Society
Betsy Loyless, political director, League of Conservation Voters
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: Willard Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-6670
WEB ADDRESS: ems.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a discussion with Deputy Prime Minister for Economy of the Slovak Republic, Mr. Ivan Miklos.
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: 181155 15th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Peter Kusek, 202-457-8728
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: ALLIANCE FOR MARRIAGE, AND THE EMPOWERMENT NETWORK hold a news conference in support of welfare reforms designed to encourage community groups that teach marriage skills to welfare recipients.
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: H 137, US Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Matt Daniels, 202-302-2045
WEB ADDRESS: allianceformarriage.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: US RUSSIA BUSINESS COUNCIL holds a luncheon honoring Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin.
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-739-9182
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program entitled Progress and Resistance to Putin's Federal Reforms for Russia with Robert Sharlet, Chauncey Winters Professor of Political Science, Union College.
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a book forum for "India Unbound: A Personal Account of a Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age."
WHO: The speakers are:
Author, Gurcharan Das, Former CEO of Procter & Gamble India
Swaminathan Aiyar, Economic Times (India).
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents Andre Kaspi, professor of North American history and director of the Center for North American History at the University of Paris discussing "Is France Anti-American?"
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled "The Judicial Confirmation Crisis."
WHO: The speakers are:
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY
Virginia L. Thomas, Director, Executive Branch Relations, The Heritage Foundation
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY AND THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL host an Earth Day celebration with to kick off Mason Week and promote the benefits of teleworking.
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Johnson Center, North Plaza
Fairfax, VA
CONTACT: 703-904-7878 x287
WEB ADDRESS: georgemason.edu
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents Xiang Huaicheng, Finance Minister of China discussing "China: Fiscal Policies for Economic Development."
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE holds an Earth Day congressional briefing to explore the world of biobased products. Biobased products are derived from plant and animal materials, such as agricultural commodities, crop residues, and wood product wastes.
WHO: The speakers are:
Ronald Buckhalt, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Lloyd Ritter, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Peter Nelson, President, AgroTech Communications
Kim Kristoff, President, GEMTEK Products
Boris A. Miksic, President, Cortec Corporation
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-628-1400
WEB ADDRESS:eesi.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a book forum for "Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism."
WHO: The speakers are:
Irving Kristol, AEI
Joshua Muravchik, AEI
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDYCENTER MILLENIUM STAGE KENNEDY CENTER presents singer/narrator Anamer Castrello guiding listeners through the soul of Latin America.
DATE: April 22, 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 presents Eric Schlosser discussing and signing copies of Fast Food Nation. The fast food industry has become synonymous with American culture.
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: KORBEL CHAMPAGNE CELLARS holds a tribute to America's 2002 Olympians and Paralympians "The Korbel Celebration of Olympic Champions."
AGENDA: Dan Hicks, NBC veteran sportscaster, will serve as the master of ceremonies. David Wallechinsky, Olympic commentator, author, and historian, will present the "Korbel Toast of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games" award, recognizing specific 2002 U.S. Olympians and Paralympians with personal, athletic and historical victories.
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: Marriott - Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Rd. NW; Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 312-233-1380
WEB ADDRESS: korbel.com
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: SIERRA CLUB MEDIA AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE hold a forum to discuss how race and class effect environment, health, quality of life.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rev. Willie Wilson, Pastor, Union Temple Baptist Church
Jennifer Ferenstein, President, Sierra Club
Damon Whitehead, Anacostia River Keeper
Eugene Dewitt Kinlow, President, Far Southwest Civic Association
George Gurley, President, Urban Defenders
DATE: April 22, 2002
LOCATION: Union Temple Baptist Church, 1225 W St., SE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-6276
WEB ADDRESS: sierraclub.org
