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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS holds its International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - Cyborg: Symbiosis of Bio and Robotics, Professor H. Harry Asada, M.I.T., featuring the emerging are of bio-robotics
5 p.m. - United States Military Robotics
Eric Krotkov, Griffin Technologies
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA
CONTACT: Emma Cox, 202-319-5160
WEB ADDRESS:ieee.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NORTHEAST SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION holds a Tour de Sol: The Great American Green Transportation Festival.
AGENDA: Highlights:
10 a.m. - For the first time, the starting ceremonies for the Tour de Sol road rally competition
1:30 p.m. -- Washington to New York Road Rally Start
Test-drive new hybrid-electric vehicles built by Honda and Toyota. See the on-road debut of Honda's Civic Hybrid.
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: 3rd Street NW between Constitution and Independence Avenues on the National Mall, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 413-774-6051
WEB ADDRESS: nesea.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE holds its 79th Annual Meeting.
AGENDA: Highlight:
12:45 p.m. - Luncheon Honoring New Life Members, featuring Conrad K. Harper, Esquire
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 800-253-6397
WEB ADDRESS: ali.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE holds a conference on Emergency Mobilization for Palestine. The conference will focus on the crisis confronting Palestinians and what Americans who support peace can do to work for a balanced U.S. policy.
AGENDA: Highlights:
10 a.m. -- Lobbying Congress for Peace"
Reps. Nick Rahall (D-WV), Darrel Issa (R-CA) and AAI Pres., James Zogby
11:30 a.m. - Dr. Shibley Telhami Anwar Sadat Chair, U of MD
Philip Davies, Vice President, American Near East Refugee Aid
Dr. Steven Kull, Program on International Policy Attitudes, U of MD
Dr. Jerome Segal, Sr. Research Scholar, Intl. Security Studies Ctr., U of MD; Jewish Peace Lobby
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jenny Salan, 202-429-9210 x21
WEB ADDRESS: aaiusa.org
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION AND FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS
hold a "National Summit on Economic & Financial Literacy."
WHO: The speakers are:
Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-MD, Chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-ND, Member, House Ways & Means Committee
Anne O. Krueger, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Susan Phillips, Dean, School of Business & Public Management, George Washington University
Alice Rivlin, Fellow, Brookings Institution
Lisa Graham Keegan, CEO, Education Leaders Council; former Arizona Superintendent of Schools
Robert T. Jones, President & CEO, National Alliance of Business
Gary Stern, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and Chairman, NCEE
Robert Duvall, President & CEO, NCEE
8 a.m. - Carnegie Endowment and the Nuclear Threat Reduction Campaign are hosting a discussion of topics facing Presidents Bush and Putin at their upcoming summit
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Douglas F. Parrillo, 202-861-5838,
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE presents a program on "Can the U.S.-Russia Summit Reduce the Risk of Nuclear Terrorism?"
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - "Can the U.S.-Russia Summit Reduce the Risk of Nuclear Terrorism?"
Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-CA
Rep. Curt Weldon, R-PA
9:30 a.m. - Agreements and Impact"
former assistant secretary of state Karl F. Inderfurth of the Nuclear Threat Reduction Campaign
Rose Gottemoeller and Joseph Cirincione, senior associates from the Carnegie Endowment
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS:ceip.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE hosts a workshop on the Platform for Privacy Preferences project. The workshop will help educate business leaders about privacy and about efforts to give consumers the ability to protect themselves online through P3P, which automates and standardizes privacy policies.
AGENDA: Highlights:
Opening Remarks: Representative Jim Moran (VA-8)
J. Howard Beales, Director, Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection
Panel 1: Overview of Online Privacy Issues
Joe Rubin, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Shane Ham, Progressive Policy Institute
Ari Schwartz, Center for Democracy and Technology
Panel 2: P3P: Explanation and Implementation
Martin Presler-Marshall, IBM
Marc Berejka, Microsoft
Brian Tretick, Ernst & Young
Brian Zwit, AOL
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Challenges for International Justice and Reconciliation" with David J. Scheffer, senior vice president of the United Nations Association of the United States of America.
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES holds a panel discussion on "America's Identity Crisis: Widespread Document Fraud Threatens National Security."
WHO: The speakers are:
Marti Dinerstein, the author, and president of Immigration Matters, a
public policy analysis firm in New York
Tom Wolfsohn, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and
Communications at the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Robert Rector, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: 340 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: John Keeley, 202-466-8185
WEB ADDRESS: cis.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: ALLIANCE TO SAVE ENERGY holds a breakfast briefing announcing the 2002 Earth Apple Awards.
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-530-2203
WEB ADDRESS:ase.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF AGING ORGANIZATIONS holds a program on the private individual social security accounts.
WHO: The speakers are:
Robert Ball, former Social Security Commissioner
Henry Aaron, Brookings Institution
Kilolo Lijakazi, Center On Budget and Policy Priorities
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: 628 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-216-8376
WEB ADDRESS:lcao.org
TIME: 9:45 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS holds a news conference to discuss Senate passage of the recent compromise on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) without complicating amendments.
WHO: The speakers are:
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-IA
Jerry Jasinowski, president, National Association of Manufacturers
John Castellani, president, the Business Roundtable
Tom Donohue, president, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: S207 Mansfield Room, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Ed Armstrong, 202-419-3243 or Scot Montrey, 202-637-3099
WEB ADDRESS: nam.org
TIME: 9:45 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION holds an issues briefing on diabetes.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:45 a.m. - Welcome and Opening Remarks
Moderator: Catherine D. DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H., Editor, The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Chicago
10 a.m. - Ethnic Disparities in Diabetic Complications in an Insured Population
Joe V. Selby M.D., M.P.H., Director, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, Calif.
10:30 a.m. - Risk Factors for Acute Complications in Children With Type 1 Diabetes
Arleta Rewers, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital, Denver
11 a.m. - Effects of Chronic Moderate Alcohol Intake on Fasting Insulin and Glucose Concentrations and Insulin Sensitivity in Postmenopausal Women
David J. Baer, Ph.D., Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Md.
11:30 a.m. - Progress and Promise of Diabetes Research
Chris Saudek, M.D., President, American Diabetes Association; Professor of Medicine, Director, John Hopkins Diabetes Center, Baltimore
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-7447
WEB ADDRESS: ama.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: GEORGE MASON AND JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITIES hold a news conference to discuss Critical Infrastructure Protection Project a program to clarify the technical, legal and policy issues involving securing the vital networks and economic processes supporting the nation's critical infrastructure.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Frank R. Wolf, R-VA, Chair, House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary
Alan Merten, President, George Mason University
Linwood Rose, President, James Madison University
Mark Grady, Dean, George Mason University School of Law
John Noftsinger, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, James Madison University
John McCarthy, Executive Director, CIP Project
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: George Mason University School of Law, Dean's Conference Room (Room 215), 3301 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
CONTACT: Dan Walsch, 703-993-8785 or James Madison University: John Noftsinger, 540-568-2700
WEB ADDRESS: georgemason.edu
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL COALITION FOR HAITIAN RIGHTS holds a news conference to discuss the Immigration and Naturalization Service Haitian -Only detention policy.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dina Paul Parks, National Coalition for Haitian Rights
Cherly Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center
Frank Sharry, National Immigration Forum
Ketteli Destina, recently released detainee
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: 2141 Rayburn Office Building Washington, DC
CONTACT: 212-337-0005
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program on Building Missile Defense in a Post-ABM-Treaty World featuring Lt. General Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency.
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a program on the upcoming Bush-Putin Summit meeting.
WHO: The speakers are:
Stephen R. Sestanovich, George F. Kennan Senior Fellow, Russian and Eurasian Studies,
Council on Foreign Relations
Philip K. Verleger, B.P. Senior Fellow, International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations;
Senior Advisor, The Brattle Group
Richard N. Perle, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Mark C. Medish is a partner in the public law and policy practice group of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. in Washington. Mr. Medish advises clients on investing in emerging markets and on international capital market transactions.
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 212-434-9537
WEB ADDRESS: cfr.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION holds a news conference on School Boards at the Dawn of the 21st Century and the release of the survey of who school board members are and what they do.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Anne L. Bryant, Executive Director, National School Boards Association
Dr. Frederick M. Hess, University of Virginia. Dr. Hess is a nationally recognized expert on government and education and the study's author.
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Renée Williams Hockaday, 703-838-6717
WEB ADDRESS: nsba.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum on "Eminent Domain: Its Uses and Abuses."
WHO: The speakers are:
Jeff Finkle, Chief Executive Officer, International Economic Development Council
Scott Bullock, Senior Attorney, Institute for Justice.
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and WTOP political commentator Mark Plotkin engaging in an informal and lively discussion on the affairs of Washington, D.C., "The Last Colony."
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 1:15 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION holds a luncheon briefing on the "Effects Of Medicare Prospective Payment System and the Quality of Skilled Nursing Care."
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. William Roper, University of North Carolina
Allen Dobson, Lewin Group
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: 562 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-454-1283
WEB ADDRESS: ahca.org
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES hold a briefing to spotlight the financial impact of the FCC cable modem ruling.
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-626-3051
WEB ADDRESS: nlc.org
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER presents Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda discussing The Rwandan Genocide: Could It Have Been Prevented?
DATE: May 14, 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: REP. JIM LANGEVIN, D-RI, holds a news conference to discuss the amendment, which would prohibit the military from requiring or formally or informally compelling U.S. servicewomen in Saudi Arabia to wear abayas, to be added to the Defense Authorization Act, H.R. 4546, as a Suspension Bill.
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: House Triangle, outside the U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Michael K. Guilfoyle, 401-732-9400
WEB ADDRESS: house.gov
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "The Just War Debate from an Eastern German Christian Perspective" with Friedrich Schorlemmer, director of the Evangelische Akademie in Wittenberg, Germany, and author of many texts on German unification and the implications for the Lutheran Church, will discuss this topic.
DATE: May 14, 2002
LOCATION: 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
