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WEEK AHEAD EVENTS FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2002
Tuesday June 18, 2002
TIME: 9:45 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on "The New Pharmaceutical Litigation: What It Is And Where It Is Going."
AGENDA: During the past two or three years pharmaceutical-related litigation has increased dramatically. It also has shifted its focus to Medicaid and Medicare drug reimbursement rates, the introduction of generic drugs when branded drug patents expire, and marketing practices directed at health care organizations.
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER holds a news conference to reveal that female athletes are still not getting a fair share of athletic scholarships. As a first step in a campaign to remedy these persistent inequities, NWLC will send demand letters to colleges and universities that have severe scholarship gaps between the number of female athletes and the scholarship dollars they receive.
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: First Amendment Lounge, National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Margot Friedman, 202-588-5180
WEB ADDRESS: nwlc.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-MA, discussing "America's Forgotten Health Care Agenda: A Call for Action."
DATE: June 18, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
Wednesday, June 19, 2002
TIME: 8:45 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE HUDSON INSTITUTE hold a BOOK FORUM for "Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East."
WHO: The speakers are:
Author Michael OREN
Reuel Marc Gerecht, AEI
Michael Ledeen, AEI
Edward N. Luttwak, CSIS
DATE: June 19, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION AND THE ALLIANCE FOR BETTER CAMPAIGNS holds a policy forum on Free Air Time: A Broadcast Spectrum Fee For Campaign Finance Reform.
WHO: The speakers are:
Sen. John McCain
Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute
Paul Taylor, Alliance for Better Campaigns
Robert Corn-Revere, Hogan & Hartson
J.H. Snider, New America Foundation
Adam Thierer, Cato Institute
DATE: June 19, 2002
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled "Warming Up To The Truth: The Real Story About Climate Change.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Sallie Baliunas, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Rep. John Peterson, R -- PA
DATE: June 19, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum entitled "Will More Health Insurance Improve Health Outcomes?"
WHO: The speakers are:
John Mirowsky, Ohio State University
Tom Miller, Cato Institute
Theodore Pincus, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
DATE: June 19, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
Thursday, June 20, 2002
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ROMANIA host a news conference featuring Sorin Ducaru, Romanian Ambassador to the United States, and Obie Moore, president of AmCham Romania discussing unique insight into the opportunities available in Romanian markets and what is required to achieve profitability.
DATE: June 20, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
TIME: 8:45 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE New Atlantic Initiative program on "Tackling Terror: NATO's New Mission," featuring Lord Robertson, NATO Secretary General, discussing how a revamped NATO will be relevant to the war on terrorism and other security challenges of the future.
DATE: June 20, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: FOREIGN PRESS CENTER holds a briefing entitled "Cycle Beads: Innovations in Natural Family Planning."
WHO: The speakers are:
Jeff Spieler, Chief of the Research, Technology and Utilization
Division of the Bureau for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development
Dr. Victoria H. Jennings, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Dr. Marcos Arevalo, Research Assistant Professor at Georgetown University Medical Center's Institute for Reproductive Health
DATE: June 20, 2002
LOCATION: Foreign Press Center, National Press Building, Room, 898, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-724-1640
WEB ADDRESS:fpc.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled program on Building Missile Defense in a Post-ABM-Treaty World featuring Lt. General Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency
DATE: June 20, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org
Friday, June 21, 2002
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Promoting Civic Society Between Arab and Jewish Israelis: An NGO's Perspective featuring Shuli Dichter and As'ad Ghanem, co-directors of Sikkuy, a Jewish-Arab advocacy organization dedicated to achieving civic equality between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel.
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: DEFENSE FORUM FOUNDATION holds a luncheon featuring Gen. John Jumper, Air Force Chief of Staff discussing Airpower in the Age of Terrorism.
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: B-339, Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-534-4313
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presents President of the Republic of Peru Alejandro Toledo discussing the state of the Peruvian economy.
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
