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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DRUG COURT PROFESSIONALS holds 8th Annual Drug Court Training Conference to discuss various issues involving drug courts. "Under the guise of offering treatment instead of incarceration, a series of state ballot initiatives developed by the Drug Policy Alliance actually take a dangerous step closer to legalization of drugs in this country."
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - Sen. Joseph Biden (Del.) and Drug Czar John P. Walters
9:30 a.m. -- DEA Administrator Asa Hutchinson
9:45 a.m. -- Drug Policy Reform: The Drug Court Model
panelists will discuss impact of initiatives; success of drug court model
5:30 p.m. -- Capitol Hill Reception for Participants, Members of Congress
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: Marriott Wardman - Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 1-800-228-9290
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS holds the National Small Business Summit. Summit delegates will discuss and express their views on some of the most pressing issues facing them as business owners today. Senior Bush administration officials and members of Congress will attend the meeting as well, both listening and speaking to the business owners gathered there.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - Opening general session
Jack Faris, President & CEO, NFIB
Karl Rove, Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush
Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans
12 noon - Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill
Rep. Dennis Hastert, IL-14, Speaker, United States House of Representatives
Steve Jacobsen Sr., Vice President, Mills Corporation
7:15 p.m. - Gala dinner
Vice President Dick Cheney
Special performance by Lee Greenwood
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency --Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-554-9000
WEB ADDRESS:nfib.com
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on North - South Korean Relations.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:45 a.m. - Welcoming Remarks
Kurt Campbell, Director, CSIS International Security Program,
Alton Frye, Director, CFR Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy Program
9 a.m. - Perspectives on the Sunshine Policy
Chair: Kim Kyung Won, Institute of Social Sciences
Dan Oberdorfer, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
Victor Cha, Georgetown University
Yoon Young Kwan, Seoul National University
Kim Wook, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
10:45 a.m. - The Political, Economic, and Security Dynamic
Chair: Victor Cha, Georgetown University
Hazel Smith, U.S. Institute of Peace
Kurt Campbell, CSIS International Security Program
Han Yong Sup, NDU Korea
Ahn Young Sop, Myong Ji University
1 p.m. - Military Implications of North-South Reconciliation
Chair: Robert Einhorn, CSIS International Security Program
Moon Youung Han, Embassy of South Korea
2:45 p.m. - The Ambassador's Panel
Chair: Yang Sung Chul, South Korean Ambassador to the U.S.
William Gleysteen, Former Ambassador to South Korea
Wendy Sherman, Former Ambassador to South Korea
Dixie Walker, Former Ambassador to South Korea
Kim Kyung Won, Former South Korean Ambassador to the U.S.
4:30 p.m. - The Future of North-South Relations
Chair: Joel S. Wit, CSIS International Security Program
Kim Sangwoo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Paek Hakson, Sejong Institute
John Merrill, U.S. Department of State
Alan Romberg, Henry Stimson Center
Larry Wortzel, Heritage Foundation
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS: csis.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: TRUST FOR AMERICNA'S HEALTH, PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND U.S. PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP hold a news conference to discuss the need for a Nationwide Health Tracking Network.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, Director, National Center on Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Ed Thompson, MD, MPH, Mississippi State Health Officer,
Jill and Jeff McElheney of Athens, GA, whose young son was diagnosed with leukemia and whose drinking water was contaminated
Dr. Shelley Hearne, Executive Director, Trust for America's Health
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: B340 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC
CONTACT: Danette Rapp, 202-777-3549, or Mindy Crowe, 202-777-3536
WEB ADDRESS: tfah.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE NATIONAL LEGAL CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST present former Attorney General of the United States Griffin Bell for a presentation titled "Asbestos Litigation and Judicial Leadership."
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS: uschamber.com
TIME: 8:45 a.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a program on The 401(k) Fix: Preventing Future Enrons.
WHO: The speakers are:
Sen. Charles Grassley
Sen. Jon S. Corzine
Jim Klein, President, American Benefits Council
David Certner, Director of Federal Affairs, AARP
Rick McGahey, Managing Vice President, Abt Associates, Inc.
David John, Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
Michael Calabrese, Public Assets Program Director, New America Foundation
Peter Gosselin, Columnist, LA Times
Leon Panetta, Chairman, Center for National Policy
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: TREATY FOR THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND SEN. JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR. (D-DE), CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE hold a news conference on the Treaty for the Rights of Women.
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: 419 Senate Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-224-3553
WEB ADDRESS: womenstreaty.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC. AND DELTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION hold a news conference to announce their partnership to launch the "Science and Everday Experiences" (Program, a national educational initiative on science, math, and technology for students, parents, and community leaders National Science Foundation.
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: American Association for the Advancement of Science Office
1200 New York Ave, NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Deborah Peaks Coleman, 410-462-2781 or 410-428-9930 cellular
WEB ADDRESS:aaas.org
TIME: 9:15 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS news conference releasing the Laszlo/Luntz poll on American attitudes towards educating children.
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: SC-6, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-276-1604
WEB ADDRESS: aasa.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds the first full meeting of the CSIS HIV/AIDS Task Force and release the panel's seven-point plan for U.S. leadership in battling the epidemic.
AGENDA: Highlights:
10 a.m. - Welcoming remarks: David Abshire, Vice Chairman, CSIS Board,
and J. Stephen Morrison, Task Force director, and director, CSIS Africa
Program
10:10 a.m. - Opening remarks and summary of the Task Force "Call to Action": Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Senator William Frist (R-Tenn.)
Task Force co-chairs
10:25 a.m. - Discussion: CSIS Task Force's "Call to Action"
11:35 a.m. - Closing Remarks: Senators Frist and Kerry
11:45 a.m. - Interview Opportunities
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: Room G-11, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: PROFESSIONAL PILOTS FEDERATION holds a news conference and protest to discuss the right to fly for beyond the age of 59.
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: FAA, 7th and Maryland Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 415-793-3340
WEB ADDRESS:ppf.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE COALITION, NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE, CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AMERICA, AS WELL AS CHILD ABUSE SURVIVORS (AUTHENTIC VOICES) hold a briefing to explore solutions to reducing the incidence of child abuse and neglect.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT)
Juanita Millender-McDonald, (D-CA)
Robert F. Anda, MD, MS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (co-author of study connecting child abuse to disease later in life)
Eva Bunnell, Executive Board Member, National Call To Action Authentic Voices, Chair-Connecticut Health Policy Project (child abuse survivor)
Tanya Long, Executive Board Member, National
Call To Action Authentic Voices, Parents Anonymous Parent Leader (child abuse survivor)
Jayne Fawcett, Ambassador and Tribal
Councilor for the Mohegan Nation (expert on Native American issues and child abuse)
Pamela Deiter-Sands, Ph.D., Chair, Committee on Children and Youth, Connecticut Psychological Association
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: EF100, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Kit Gray, 202-745-5110
WEB ADDRESS: nationalcalltoaction .com
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: REP. MARK KIRK, R-IL, REP. HENRY HYDE, R-IL, REP. TOM LANTOS, D-CA, REP. CHRIS COX, R-CA, AND NINE MEMBERS OF THE RUSSIAN DUMA hold roundtable discussion to discuss the potential of FINCA microfinance and small business development in the rebuilding of the Russian economy.
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: 2255 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-321-8923
WEB ADDRESS: villagebanking.org
TME: 11:20 a.m.
EVENT: SEN. EDWARD M. KENNEDY, D-MA, holds a news conference to discuss the Prison Rape Reduction Act.
WHO: The speakers are:
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-AL
Rep. Frank Wolf, R-VA
Congressman Bobby Scott, D-VA
Michael Horowitz, Hudson Institute
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: Senate Swamp, Outside U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Stephanie Cutter, 202-224-2633
WEB ADDRESS:senate.gov
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES holds its 2002 annual luncheon program featuring CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour.
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-986-2600
WEB ADDRESS: nationalpartnerships.org
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES holds its 2002 annual luncheon program featuring Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Correspondent, CNN and special guest Jamie Rubin, Visiting Professor, London School of Economics.
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-986-2600
WEB ADDRESS: nationalpartnership.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: GEORGE C. MARSHALL INSTITUTE presents Baker Spring Senior Defense Policy Analyst at The Heritage Foundation and former adviser on defense and foreign policy issues to two U.S. Senators, discussing Missile Defense In A World Without The ABM Treaty.
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: Room H-122, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-296-9655
WEB ADDRESS: marshall.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE SEMINAR SERIES IN TAX POLICY holds a program on "Will Changing Budget Estimates Improve Policy?"
AGENDA: Politicians are calling for a new way of estimating government revenue. They claim calculations are based on "static scoring," a method that does not fully account for key economic variables and can create biases against proposed tax cuts. Could a new method, known as "dynamic scoring," resolve those problems?
WHO: The speakers are:
DAN CRIPPEN, Congressional Budget Office
ERIC M. ENGEN, AEI
NORMAN J. ORNSTEIN, AEI
Kevin A. Hassett, AEI
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB AND COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE ECONOMICS PROFESSION hold luncheon program featuring Marilyn Moon, Urban Institute, will speak on "Dollars and Drugs: Key Issues in Medicare Reform.
DATE: June 13, 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: ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH REFORM holds a luncheon briefing on "Hatch - Waxman Reconsidered: How Best to Promote Prescription Drug Innovation and Affordability."
AGNEDA: Today generics' share of the U.S. prescription drug market by volume is close to 50 percent, up from about 19 percent in 1983. Most generics enter the marketplace immediately upon the expiration of a patent. Within a few short weeks, sales of the brand name drugs they compete with drop by as much as 75 percent. However, sales of generic drugs still accounted for only about 8 percent of the $141 billion spent on prescription drugs in 2000.
WHO: The speakers are:
Ted Snyder, dean of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
Greg Glover, representing the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; Kathleen Jaeger, president and CEO of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association
John Rother of AARP
Sen. Rockefeller, R-WV, chairman, Alliance
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: Room 325 Russell Senate Office Bldg., Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-2300
WEB ADDRESS: allhealth.org
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE holds a luncheon featuring Yegor Gaidar discussing Where Is Russia Heading?"
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS:ceip.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: U.S. INSTITUTE OF PEACE holds a program for a project report on Legal Authority for Peace: International Law, the Security Council and Armed Conflict in the Post-Cold War Period with Senior Fellow Michael Matheson who has focused his research at the Institute on the great expansion in legal authority asserted by the UN Security Council in conflict situations during the past decade.
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: 1200 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-429-3865
WEB ADDRESS:usip.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Jan Hartke, founder and Executive-Director of EarthVoice, a global environmental organization that is active in over 100 countries, empowering local partners and implementing model projects to protect biodiverse ecosystems.
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. Keith C. Mitchell, discussing "The Challenge of Free Market Enterprise To Small State Development."
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on Future of the Distribution of Video Programming. Online distribution of video programming, one of the much-anticipated applications of the Internet, has yet to be substantially developed. Until recently, technological limitations, limited broadband availability, intellectual property protection, and a lack of demand, among other factors, stifled development of the market.
WHO: The speakers are:
Harold Furchtgott-Roth, AEI
James Ramo, CEO of Movielink
Jerald N. Fritz, Albritton Communications Co.
Michael Kupinski, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Jonathan Potter, Digital Media Association
Donald M. Whiteside, Intel Corporation
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENNIUM STAGE presents Stuart Weber, classical guitarist, who was featured in the documentary of Robert Redford's The Horse Whisperer.
DATE: June 13, 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 Linda Pastan discussing and signing copies of The Last Uncle who share memories of the old country. It is a quiet and gnawing reminder to seize life.
DATE: June 13, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
