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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL'S International and BioMedTech Committees holds "Bridging the Synapse II: Strategies for Global Positioning for Life Sciences."
AGENDA: Highlights:
1:15 p.m. - Do's and Don'ts of International Strategic Collaborations
Jonathan Aberman, Fenwick & West
Ronald Baker, Vice President Sales and Marketing, BioReliance
Jonathan Cohen, CEO, 20/20 Gene Systems
Richard Gervase, Mintz Levin; N. Peter Kostopulos, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
2:15 p.m. - Clinical Trial and Approval Issues, both in the US and Abroad
Hinrich Staecker, M.D., Ph.D., The BioMedical Sciences Group
Brad Hager, CEO, ClinServices
Wayne Pines, APCO Worldwide (ex-FDA Commissioner)
Henrik S. Rasmussen, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President, Clinical & Regulatory Affairs, GenVec, Inc.Dr. David Watkins, Consultant (ex-Duke Medical Center, ex-CDER)
Anne Wiles, IBM Life Sciences
3:15 p.m. - Global Manufacturing and R&D Issues
Jerry Coughter, Center for Innovative Technology
Kathryn Sullivan, US Department of Commerce, Office of International Technology
Brandon Price, CEO, Goodwin Biotechnology, and Chairman of Virginia BIO
Ellen Davis, National Association of Manufacturers
John Vassiliades, Morrison & Foerster
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency, 1800 Presidents Street, Reston, VA
CONTACT: 703-904-7878
WEB ADDRESS: nvtc.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE holds its 79th Annual Meeting.
AGENDA: Highlight:
9 a.m. - Remarks: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 800-253-6397
WEB ADDRESS: ali.org
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: NIXON CENTER holds a briefing to discuss the Bush-Putin Summit.
WHO: The speakers are:
James Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-KS
Graham Allison, director of the Belfer Center
Dimitri Simes, president, Nixon Center
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 L Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-887-1000
WEB ADDRESS: nixoncenter.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE holds its "Breakfast of Champions," to urge lawmakers to provide more adequate funding for the after school programs.
WHO: The speakers are:
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-CT
Sen. Herbert H. Kohl, D-WI
Sen. James Jeffords, I-VT
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-PA
Sen. Debbie A. Stabenow, D-MI
Rep. Thomas Barrett, D-WI
Rep. Rush Holt, D-NJ
Rep. Darlene Hooley, D-OR
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-MD
Rep. Dale E. Kildee, D-MI
Rep. Connie A. Morella, R-MD
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-371-1999
WEB ADDRESS: afterschoolalliance.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION Harvard Forum program on Press Coverage and the War on Terrorism featuring Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz discussing the current controversy involving the news media which grows out of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's decision to cancel the $11 billion Crusader artillery system, despite the Army's last-minute, public lobbying campaign. Wolfowitz has been assigned to prepare a list of alternative systems that might substitute for the Crusader.
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: ARMS CONTROL ASSOCIATION holds a news conference to discuss the Bush-Putin Summit
WHO: The speakers are:
John Holum, former director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Karl Inderfurth, Nuclear Threat Reduction Campaign
James Goodby, former chief negotiator, Cooperative Threat Reduction
Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Wade Boese, 202-463-8270
WEB ADDRESS: armscontrol.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled Should Government Play With Models? 'Static' Versus 'Dynamic' Economic Forecasting.
WHO: The speakers are:
Lindy Paull, Joint Committee on Taxation
Martin Sullivan, Tax Notes magazine
William Beach, The Heritage Foundation
Tom Donlan, Barron's magazine
Rex Nutting, CBS Marketwatch.com
Howard Gleckman, Business Week magazine
Dan Crippen, Congressional Budget Office
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: REP. NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ, D-NY, holds a news conference to unveil the"Scorecard III, Small Business: Opportunity Denied."
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: House Triangle (rain location, HC-9, the Capitol); Washington, DC
CONTACT: Wendy Belzer or James Snyder, 202-225-2361
WEB ADDRESS: house.gov
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP holds a briefing to discuss "Silver Lining to Enron?"
WHO: The speakers are:
Joseph Cabral, Chatsworth Products, Inc.
J. Michael Keeling, ESOP Association
Corey Rosen, National Center for Employee Ownership
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: Renaissance Washington, 999 9th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Chris Lisi, 202-828-9751
WEB ADDRESS: nceo.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: SENATOR DASCHLE, LEADER GEPHARDT, HOUSE/SENATE DEMOCRATS attend unity rally to unveil House/Senate 2002 Democratic agenda, "Securing America's future, for all or families."
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: East Front Center Steps, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Kim Molstre, 202-225-0100
WEB ADDRESS: democrats.org
TIME: 10:45 a.m.
EVENT: THE ALLIANCE FOR MARRIAGE holds a news conference to discuss The Federal Marriage Amendment.
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: 2237 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jeff Rosenberg, Rosenberg Communications, 301-972-0646
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: NORTH AMERICAN ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL will hold a conference call to discuss its 2002 Summer Assessment.
WHO: The speakers is Tim Gallagher, Manager-Technical Services, North American Electric Reliability Council.
DATE: May 15, 2002
CONTACT: Ellen Vancko, 609-452-8060
WEB ADDRESS: nerc.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: EUROPEAN INSTITUTE presents Dr. Janez Drnov?ek, Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia during a small luncheon discussion on "Challenges of EU."
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: Hay Adams Hotel, 16th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-895-1670
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR JOBS AND INCOME SUPPORT AND MOBILIZATION FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE hold a news conference to discuss the 1K Race to the Bottom.
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-339-9354
WEB ADDRESS: globalizethis.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Milosevic and the Hague War Crimes Tribunal with Louise Branson, Journalist, The Scotsman.
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents Charlotte Beers, Under Secretary of State Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs discussing efforts to improve U.S.-Muslim relations through public diplomacy. In her speech, Under Secretary Beers will focus on how the United States can better utilize the tools of public diplomacy to enhance its role and reputation within the global Muslim community.
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN-UZBEKISTAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE holds a program discussing Privatization in Uzbekistan: Opportunities for U.S. Business featuring James Woolsey, former CIA Director.
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: Embassy of Uzbekistan, 1746 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY, D-MA, holds a news conference to discuss hate crimes legislation.
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: 430 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-224-2633
WEB ADDRESS:sen.gov
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
EVENT: FBI AGENTS ASSOCIATION holds a news conference to introduce the Homeland Security Promotion
Legislation. The bill will to help attract and retain the best-of-the-best in the law enforcement community to federal service. The legislation is needed to retain skilled and seasoned federal law enforcement personnel in the fight against domestic crime and terrorism at a time when skilled personnel are being lured to the private sector by lucrative job opportunities.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-MI
Nancy L. Savage, FBI Special Agent and President, FBI Agents Association
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: Triangle U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Glenn Kelly, cell, 202-368-0813, or Dan Rene, 202-496-1000
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION holds a program on How the US Meets Foreign Export Competition.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jeri Jensen-Moran, Director for Trade Promotion and Policy, US Department of Commerce
Joan Edwards, Director, Investment Services, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Helene Walsh, Office of Policy and Planning, Export-Import Bank of the US
Dale Miller - Acting Director, Outreach & Exporter Assistance, FAS, USDA
Lee Zak, General Counsel, US Trade & Development Agency
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: Meridian Suite C, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC.
CONTACT: 202-312-1600
WEB ADDRESS: wita.org
TIME: 4:30 p.m.
EVENT: ALBERT SHANKER INSTITUTE holds a lecture featuring Szeto Wah, member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-585-4387
WEB ADDRESS: ashankerinst.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: EMBASSY OF GREECE holds a lecture featuring Speaker of Greek Parliament Apostolos Kaklamanis.
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: Ritz Carlton, 1150 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-332-2727
WEB ADDRESS: greekembassy.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE present Montclair State University, University of Southern Mississippi, Sarah Lawrence College, and Western Michigan University captivating with the physical vocabularies of four living choreographers.
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN STATESMANSHIP holds the distinguished Christian Statesman Award Ceremony presented to Rep. Tom DeLay, R-TX.
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Court Hotel Grand Ballroom, 525 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: Robert McFarland, 202-547-3052.
WEB ADDRESS: statesman.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB High Tech Committee presents"Tech Talk: Information Security and Information Warfare."
AGENDA: Highlights:
Dr. Robert C. Norris, chairman of the Department of Information Operations and Technology Information Resources Management College, National Defense University
Dr. Daniel Kuehl, Professor of Systems Management, Information Operations and Technology Department, National Defense University
Dr. Lance J. Hoffman, professor, Computer Science Department, The George Washington University.
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents author Diane Preston discussing and signing copies of Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy in which she describes a luxury liner armed with little more than the lessons of the 1912 Titanic disaster (plenty of lifeboats): Why then did so many perish in plain view of land, on that beautiful Friday afternoon in May?
DATE: May 15, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
