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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA holds its Subprime Lending Conference focusing on transition.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Opening Keynote Speaker
Ed Gotschall, Vice Chairman/CFO, New Century Financial Corporation
12 noon - Luncheon and Keynote Speaker Paul S. Sarbanes (Invited)
1:45 p.m. - Technology Advancements and Automated Underwriting Systems
New technology innovations provide major advantages to increase product alternatives, and
guarantee the accurate structuring of loans, as well as reducing costs. Hear the latest innovations
in affecting the subprime industry.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: Marriott-Metro Center, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-557-2730
WEB ADDRESS: mbaa.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND POLICING holds its conference themed "Advancing Women's Leadership In Law Enforcement."
AGENDA: Highlights:
11 a.m. - Preparing & Responding to Terrorist Attacks
SAIC Margaret Moore, Director, NCWP
Congresswoman Jane Harman
John Magaw, Undersecretary, Department of Transportation
Chief Edward Flynn, Arlington County Police Department
Chief Charles Ramsey, Metropolitan D.C. Police Department
2:15 p.m. - Update on the Violence Against Women Office
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency-Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-522-2214
WEB ADDRESS: womenpolicing.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: GLOBAL BUSINESS DIALOGUE AND NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL hold a program featuring
Ambassador Linnet F. Deily, US Representative to the WTO.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202463-5074
WEB ADDRESS:gbdinc.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a briefing on "Return of the Right? The French Elections and European Politics."
WHO: The speakers are:
James B. Steinberg, Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies Program, Brookings Institution; Former Deputy National Security Adviser
Philip H. Gordon, Senior Fellow and Director of the Brookings Center on the United States and France, Brookings Institution; Former Director for European Affairs, National Security Council
Ivo H. Daalder, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program; Former Director for European Affairs, National Security Council
E.J. Dionne, Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, Brookings Institution; Columnist, The Washington Post
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE holds a news conference releasing a report on a new study that shows the need for concerted national action to secure retirement incomes in the near future. The findings of the study hold troubling news for millions of Americans nearing the threshold of retirement. Retirement Insecurity: The Income Shortfalls Awaiting the Soon-to-Retire, by noted New York University economist Edward N. Wolff, shows that despite the recent boom times, more Americans will be facing straitened circumstances in their retirement years.
WHO: The speakers are:
Senator Jon Corzine, D-NJ
Edward N. Wolff, professor of economics, New York University and author of EPI's new publication, Retirement Insecurity: The Income Shortfalls Awaiting the Soon-to-Retire
William Spriggs, Director, National Urban League Institute for Opportunity and Equality
Jeff Faux, president, EPI
Christian Weller, economist, EPI
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Brian Lustig, 202-331-5530
WEB ADDRESS: epinet.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL SAFE KIDS CAMPAIGN holds a news conference to discuss the incidence of traumatic brain injury among children when on wheels. Learn what parents and kids can do to reduce the risk of wheel-related brain injury by as much as 88 percent.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. C. Everett Koop, Sc.D., former U.S. Surgeon General, chairman, SAFE KIDS
Dr. Martin Eichelberger, director of trauma and burn services, Children's
National Medical Center, president, SAFE KIDS
Heather Paul, Ph.D., executive director, SAFE KIDS
Owen Rankin, executive director, corporate contributions, president,
Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute
Edwin K. Zechman, Jr., president and CEO, Children's National Medical Center
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: Freedom Plaza, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mary Lou O'Toole, 202-662-0600
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TERRY MCAULIFFE holds a news conference to discuss issues from Social Security and Medicare to education and protecting the environment.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: DNC Headquarters, First Floor Conference Room, 430 South Capitol St., SE
CONTACT: 202-863-8148
WEB ADDRESS:democrats.org
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: REP.JOHN LARSON, D-CT, holds a news conference to discuss aeronautics and aviation industry.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: House Triangle, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Michael Kirk, 860-278-2105
WEB ADDRESS: house.gov
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: SEN. RICK SANTORUM, R-PA, AND SEN. JOE LIEBERMAN. D-CT, hold a news conference to discuss the care act.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: Senate Swamp, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-224-2928
WEB ADDRESS: senate.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: GEORGE C. MARSHALL INSTITUTE Washington Roundtable on Science and Public Policy presents
Is Cyber terrorism Coming? featuring Dr. Denning is Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University and Director of the Georgetown University Institute for Information Assurance. Her current research encompasses the areas of cyber crime and cyber terrorism, information warfare and security, and cryptography.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: University Club, 1135 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-296-9655
WEB ADDRESS:marshall.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Islam, Europe, the West: Rethinking the Mediterranean Space with Mohammad Arkoun, Professor, Sorbonne University, Paris.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program featuring Don Norman, Director, Financial Councils, Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI, discussing "The Business Outlook for the Manufacturing Sector."
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: Chinatown Garden, 618 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-739-9404
WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION brownbag lunch entitled Germany's Texan: Chancellor Stoiber? With Robert von Rimscha, Berlin Bureau Chief, Der Tagesspiegel.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Al Sharpton discussing election reform, voter disenfranchisement and the Madison Ave. Initiative lawsuit.
DATE: May 2, 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: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE holds a program on The Effects of Business-to-Consumer ("B2C") E-Commerce on Transportation" with Patricia L. Mokhtarian, University of California, Davis.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: 1616 P Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-5000
WEB ADDRESS: rff.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presents Dr. Ciro Gomes, a member of the Popular Socialist Party and one of Brazil's leading presidential candidates, on Thursday, May 2. Dr. Gomes will discuss his expectations for Brazil's economic growth and political future.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS: uschamber.com
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Gene Sperling, former National Economic Advisor to President Clinton, and current Visiting Fellow at Brookings, will speak on global poverty and achieving universal education in the developing world.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: SEN. CHRIS DODD, D-CT, AND SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY, D-MA, hold a news conference and rally against President's Bush's Education cuts.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: senate Swamp, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-224-2633
WEB ADDRESS: senate.gov
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program to release a report, Preserving America's Advantage in Satellite Technology, outlines the recommendations of the CSIS Satellite Commission.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Howard Berman, D-CA
Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-CA
Lt. General James King (Ret.), Former Director of National Imagery and Mapping Agency
John Hamre, President and CEO of CSIS
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: Capitol Building, House Courtyard Room 7, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS: csis.org
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its Afternoon Newsmaker" news program featuring Adam Shapiro of the International Solidarity Movement and Michael Tarazi, Legal Communications Advisor of the Negotiating Affairs Division of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, discussing "The Work of the International Solidarity Movement in the Occupied Territories and the Current Humanitarian Crisis."
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION Welfare Reform & Beyond Forum presents a program on "Welfare Reform and Beyond: The Future of the Safety Net. Participants discuss their priorities for this year's reauthorization of the 1996 welfare reform law. Congress has already begun work on the legislation, which must be reauthorized by October 1, 2002.
WHO: The speakers are:
E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution;
Syndicated Columnist, The Washington Post
Isabel V. Sawhill, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution;
Co-Director, Welfare Reform & Beyond
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-NM
Sen. John Breaux, D-LA
Sen. Rick Santorum, R-PA
Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-MD
REP. Wally Herger, R-CA
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presents Pre-Summer Harvest media availability and site tour featuring Chilean Ambassador Andrés Bianchi and acclaimed Chilean chef Guillermo Rodríguez.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS: uschamber.com
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a program entitled "Sending Inspectors to Iraq: If They Get In, What Will They Find?"
WHO: The speakers are:
Charles Duelfer, Former Deputy Executive Chairman, U.N. Special Commission UNSCOM
Khidir Hamza, Former lead scientist, Iraqi nuclear weapons program, appointed by Saddam
Hussein (left in 1994); author, Saddam's Bombmaker (2000).
Richard Spertzel, Former Chief, Biological Weapons Team, U.N Special Commission UNSCOM
Kenneth M. Pollack, Director, National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations;
author, "Next Stop Baghdad," Foreign Affairs, (March/April 2002).
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Marieke Beeuwkes, 212-434-9537
WEB ADDRESS: cft.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features Army Blues who pay tribute to the big bands of yesterday.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB presents an author event with Lawrence Schiller with special guest Norman Mailer discussing "Into the Mirror: The Life of Robert P. Hanssen."
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT holds a panel discussion on "Choosing to Lead."
WHO: The speakers are:
Gwen Ifill, senior correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Dr. Johnnetta Cole, former president, Spelman College
Geraldine Ferraro, president, G&L Strategies
Geraldine Laybourne, Chairman and CEO of Oxygen Media
Martha Lee, President & CEO, Asian Pacific American Women's Leadership
Institute
Kavita Ramdas, President & CEO, Global Fund for Women.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: Ritz Carlton, 1150 22nd St., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 212-785-6001
WEB ADDRESS: thewhitehouseproject.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Sharon Boorstin reading and signing copies of Let Us Eat Cake: Memories of Food and Friendship. In this memoir with recipes, she contends that food serves as a bond for women like baseball is for men.
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY presents "Global War, National Security and Non-Stop News: Are the Media Up to the Job?" a symposium that tackles urgent questions surrounding America's complex war on terrorism and the media coverage it generates.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rear Adm. Craig Quigley, deputy secretary of defense, public affairs
Jamie McIntyre, CNN senior Pentagon correspondent
Vicki Divoll, general counsel, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Jim Rutenberg, media critic, New York Times
Chris Schroeder, chief executive officer, Washington Post-Newsweek Interactive
DATE: May 2, 2002
LOCATION: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
CONTACT: 703-993-8782
WEB ADDRESS:georgemason.edu
