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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: GLOBAL AIR & SPACE 2002 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FORUM AND EXHIBITION themed "Aerospace in a Changed World."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:30 a.m. -- Rep. Curt Weldon, House Armed Services Committee -- The Sleeping Giant Awakened: Dealing with the National Security Threats of the 21st Century
10:15 a.m. - Weapon System Concepts in a Rapidly Changing World
Robert P. Iorizzo, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Thomas Burbage, Lockheed Martin
Thomas Enders, EADS
William H. Swanson, Raytheon Company
Lt. Gen. Ronald E. Keys, Commander, Allied Forces Southern Europe and Commander, 16AF
David M. North, Aviation Week and Space Technology
12 noon - Luncheon Speaker: Ronald M. Sega, Director, Defense Research & Engineering
1:30 p.m. - Keynote Address: General John P. Jumper, Chief of Staff, USAF -- Air and Space Integration
2:30 p.m. - Unmanned Systems in a Changing World
Robert Mitchell, Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems
Thomas Cassidy, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Lt. Gen. George Muellner, USAF (Ret.), The Boeing Company
Lt. Gen. Charles F. Wald, USAF, Air and Space Operations
RADM John Chenevey, USN, Strike Weapons and Unmanned Aviation
Moderated by Richard Barnard, Defense News
4 p.m. - Information Security in a Changed Aerospace Environment
Mark Goldman, Citrix Systems, Inc.
LTG Joseph Cosumano, USA, SMDC Commander
Lee Holcomb, NASA
Joseph N. Pelton, George Washington University
Moderated by Lon Rains, Space News
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA
CONTACT: 703/264-7535
WEB ADDRESS: aiaa.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES ALLIANCE holds its annual Spring Conference themed "New World, New Priorities."
AGENDA: Highlights:
12 noon - General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff discussing the contributions the electronics industry has made to military preparedness.
7 p.m. - Governor Tom Ridge, Director of the Office of Homeland Security keynoting the annual EIA Government/Industry Dinner. The G/I dinner is the largest event of the EIA Spring Conference and brings together key industry and government officials for a black-tie optional gala.
Also at Tuesday's G/I Dinner, Dr. Sidney Harman, Chairman and CEO of Harman International, will be awarded the prestigious EIA Medal of Honor. Legendary jazz musician Wynton Marsalis will take the stage to introduce his longtime friend Dr. Harman.
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: Grand Hyatt, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-907-7500
WEB ADDRESS:eia.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY holds a conference titled "American Muslims: Community at a Crossroads" that will address some of the most critical issues facing America and the world since September 11: the role of Islam and Muslim Americans in public life; the compatibility of Islam with democracy and pluralism; and the possible role of American Muslims in bridging the gap between the U.S. and the Muslim world.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Opening Remarks by Professors Esposito and Nyang
09:15 a.m. - Who is my Neighbor? A Profile of American Muslims Results of the first American Muslim Poll by Zahid Bukhari, Project MAPS
9:30 a.m. - Panel I: From Isolation to Engagement: the Evolving Role of Muslims in a Pluralistic Society Altaf Husain, Howard University; Muhammad Nimer, Council on American-Islamic Relations; Aminah McCloud, DePaul University; Agha Saeed, University of California, Berkeley; Chair: Yvonne Haddad, CMCU, Georgetown University
11 a.m. - Panel II: Conceptualizing Islam: Internal & External Intellectual Challenges Louay Safi, Association of Muslim Social Scientists; Akbar Muhammad, SUNY, Binghamton; Khalid Blankenship, Temple University; Sherman Jackson, University of Michigan; Chair: Ahmad Saifuddin Turkistani, IIASA
1 p.m. - Lunch Address: Muslims in America since September 11: Challenges and Opportunities by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, University Professor of Islamic Studies, George Washington University (Question & Answer session to follow)
3:15 p.m. - Panel III: Beyond the Clash of Civilizations: American Muslims and Foreign Policy; M. A. Muqtedar Khan, Adrian College; Mumtaz Ahmad, Hampton University; John Esposito, CMCU, Georgetown University; Sulayman Nyang, Project MAPS; Chair: John Voll, CMCU, Georgetown University
5 p.m. - Closing Remarks: Sulayman Nyang
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: Georgetown University Conference Center, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4327
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a program entitled "Women in Afghanistan: Progress and Problems."
WHO: The speakers are:
Sima Samar, Minister of Women's Affairs, Interim Administration
Mahboba Hoquqmal, Emergency Loya Jirga Commission
Jennifer Seymour Whitaker, director, Project on Women's Human Rights and U.S. Policy
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Club, 15 Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-775-3125
WEB ADDRESS: cft.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program featuring Brazil's Central Bank's economic policy director, Ilan Goldfajn, discussing his country's monetary policy and economic outlook.
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE SEMINAR SERIES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEREGULATION presents "From 2G to 3G: Wireless Competition for Internet-Related Services." The introduction of 3G services will offer cellular users high-speed wireless Internet access and create more broadband services competition. Hausman will present evidence explaining why the European, Asian, and Australian markets have been more successful in achieving higher wireless penetration rates and introducing innovative 3G services than the United States.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jerry A. Hausman, the John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J. Gregory Sidak, AEI
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: LATINO COALITION FOR FAMILIES holds a news conference to demand that Congress improve our nation's safety net by helping low-income families move out of poverty.
WHO: The speakers are:
Marisa Demeo, Regional Counsel, MALDEF
Manny Mirabal, President, National Puerto Rican Coalition
Linda Chavez-Thompson, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO
Eric Rodriguez, Director Economic Mobility Initiative, National Council of La Raza
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: 2360 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jumena Vazquez, 202-293-2828
WEB ADDRESS: maldf.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND INTERCULTURAL CANCER COUNCIL hold a briefing entitled The Burden of Cancer: Unequal and Unnecessary for congressional staff next week in recognition of National Minority Cancer Awareness Week.
WHO: The speakers are:
Harold Freeman, M.D., Chairman, United States President's Cancer Panel, and John Ruffin, PhD, Director, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: 226 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-661-5710
WEB ADDRESS: cancer.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: PUBLIC CITIZEN holds a news conference to release and discuss a report on the need for built in child safety seats.
WHO: The speakers are:
Joan Claybrook, president, Public Citizen
Jamaal Walker, 12, of Riviera Beach, Fla., rendered quadriplegic in 1996 crash
Palmella Rainford, Jamaal's mother
C. Tab Turner, attorney in Jamaal Walker case
Susan Lister, attorney in Jamaal Walker case
Kathy Lacky, of Boca Raton, Fla., juror in Jamaal Walker case
Autumn Skeen, of Washington State, whose 4-year-old son Anton died in a rollover
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: 1600 20th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Shannon Little, 202-588-7742 or Angela Bradbery, 202-588-7741
WEB ADDRESS: citizen.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES AND THE ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE hold conference call briefings to release a new joint study of income trends in all 50 states over the past two decades. The study finds that despite the tremendous overall economic growth of the 1980s and 1990 and the low unemployment rates of the late 1990s, the gaps between high-income and low- and middle-income families are wider than they were 20 years ago. (Prior to the late 1970s, economic growth in the United States was more evenly shared.)
WHO: The speakers are:
Jared Bernstein, Economist, EPI
Elizabeth McNichol, State Fiscal Project Dir., CBPP
Heather Boushey, Labor Economist, EPI
Robert Zahradnick, Policy Analyst, CBPP
DATE: April 23, 2002
CONTACT: Michelle Bazie, 202-408-1080.
WEB ADDRESS:cbpp.org
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled Lecture Our Growing Dependency on government: How It Will Shape the Great Policy Debates for the Next Decade.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Jim DeMint, R -- SC)
Rep. Christopher Cox (R -- CA)
David Beito, Assistant Professor of History,
The University of Alabama
Peter Kirsanow, President Bush's nominee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Bill Beach, Director, Center for Data Analysis, The Heritage Foundation
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA AND COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION hold a news conference on Consumer and industry groups to announce opposition to AT&T Comcast merger- Release Study Exposing Myth of Cross-Technology Competition.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Mark Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America Gene
Kimmelman, Director Washington Office, Consumers Union
Ed Black, President & CEO, Computer & Communication Industry Association
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: Reserve Officers Association Headquarters, 5th Floor Conference Room, One Constitution Ave. NE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Cooper, CFA at 301-384-2204 or Greg Minchak, CCIA at 202-783-0070 ext. 109
WEB ADDRESS:cfa.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program entitled "Sudan's Lost Children: Resettled in the United States."
WHO: The speakers are:
Jessica Yutacom, an official from the State Department's Office of Refugee Admissions
Anne Edgerton, a representative from Refugees International,
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: EMBASSY OF BULGARIA holds a breakfast briefing featuring the Prime Minister of Bulgaria Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: Hay Adams, 16th and H Street Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-387-0174
WEB ADDRESS:Bulgaria-embassy.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Performance Plus featuring the fascinating history and passion of Argentine Tango.
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program entitled "Poland and the Future of Europe" with Przemyslaw Grudzinski, Polish ambassador to the United States.
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: THE RECORDING ACADEMY presents its Heroes Awards of Washington, D.C. annually to honor outstanding individuals and institutions that have improved the environment for the creative community. Proceeds from the premier event benefit the MusiCares® Foundation
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Howard Coble, R-NC
recording artist Vince Gill
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT
the American Youth Philharmonic
recording artist Amy Grant
actors Hal Holbrook
Actress Dixie Carter
Mickey Hart, Grateful Dead drummer
Michael Greene, President/CEO Recording Academy
Frances Preston, President/CEO BMI and Master of Ceremony
Political impressionist Jim Morris
DATE:
LOCATION: Willard Inter-Continental, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-469-3766
WEB ADDRESS: grammy.com
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program entitled "The Serapeum of Saqqara" with Aidan Dodson, archaeology professor from the University of Bristol (U.K.).
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents the launching of a new magazine Legal Affairs. The premier of this general-audience magazine includes pieces by, Christopher Buckley, Jeffrey Rosen, Benjamin Wittes and Lincoln Caplan, legal historian.
DATE: April 23, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
