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EVENTS ON MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ELECTION LAW JOURNAL presents Election Law Summit themed Meeting the Challenges of the Coming Elections. The Summit brings together leading legal practitioners, legislators, and legal scholars to address the many challenges to the election process in the months and years ahead.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Facing The Challenges Ahead
Sam Hirsch and Sharon Priest
9:15 - Gearing Up For Campaign 2002
Daniel H. Lowenstein, moderator
Professor of Law, UCLA Law School; Co-Editor, Election Law Journal
Thomas E. Mann
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Trevor Potter, Partner, Caplin & Drysdale
11 a.m. - Update On Technology Of Uniform Voting
Michael Alvarez, moderator
Associate Professor of Political Science, Caltech
MIT and Caltech report on the findings of their study, undertaken at the request of the United States Senate, to determine the ideal uniform voting system.
11:45 a.m. -- State And Federal Leaders Press For Funds And Recommend Reforms
Sharon Priest, moderator
Susan Frederick, Director, Law and Justice Committee, National Conference of State Legislators
Tova Wang, Program Officer and Special Counsel, The Century Foundation
12:30 p.m. - Luncheon And Award In Memory Of L. Anthony Sutin
Paul E. Lund, Award Recipient, Interim Dean and Associate Professor of Law, The Appalachian School of Law
Steven J. Uhlfelder, Uhlfelder & Associates, P.A.
2 p.m. - Redistricting And Reapportionment: Victories And Defeats In Litigation
Sam Hirsch, Partner, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC
Todd A. Cox, Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
5:30 pm. - Media Challenges In 2002
Judy Woodruff, CNN Prime Anchor and Senior Correspondent
Roger Cossack, Host, Burden of Proof
Norman J. Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
David Cardwell, Principal, The Cardwell Law Group; CNN commentator
DATE: June 24, 2002
LOCATION: Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-898-9000.
WEB ADDRESS: bioconferences.com
TIME: All Day
EVENT: TRAVEL AND TOURISM RESEARCH ASSOCIATION holds its annual conference themed "Capitalizing on Travel Research for Marketing Success."
AGENDA: Highlight:
9 a.m. - Keynote Address: Roger Dow, Senior Vice President,
Global Sales and Customer Advocate, Marriott International.
12:30 p.m. - Bill Norman, President, Travel Industry Association
of America, will update us on the state of the travel industry.
DATE: June 24, 2002
LOCATION: Marriott Crystal Gateway, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA
CONTACT: 208-941-8832
WEB ADDRESS:ttra.com
TIME: All Day
EVENT: E-Gov 2002. The Conference and Exposition attracts government managers and industry professionals who are focused on enabling the business of government in today's digital economy. They come together with the sole purpose of discussing strategies, policies, and technologies necessary to enable the business of government.
AGENDA: Highlight:
12:30 p.m. - A Vision for Wireless E-Government Operations
Jaclyn Easton, Business Technology Expert
DATE: June 24, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Convention Center, 900 9th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-876-5060
WEB ADDRESS:egov.com
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH AND HEALTH POLICY holds its annual Research Meeting themed Health Services Research: From Knowledge to Action.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Welcome and Introduction
Judith Feder, Ph.D., Chair, Academy Board of Directors Georgetown University
Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Ph.D., Conference Chair, RAND Health
Keynote Address
"Implementing the 21st Century Health Care Chassis"
Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Supported, in part, by Delmarva Foundation and Nemours Foundation
1:15 p.m. - Distinguished Investigator Award Presentation and Speech
Awardee: Paul D. Cleary, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health
Martin F. Shapiro, M.D., Ph.D., UCLA
Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award Presentation
Awardee: Dana P. Goldman, Ph.D., RAND
Speaking with One Voice: Building the Coalition for Health Services Research
Gail Wilensky, Ph.D., Chair, Coalition Board of Directors
DATE: June 24, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202 296-6700
WEB ADDRESS: academyhealth.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: FAMILIES USA holds a news conference releasing a report to reveal the 50 most prescribed drugs for seniors and their costs.
WHO: The speakers are:
Ron Pollack director, Families USA
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-MI
DATE: June 24, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202 955-5665
WEB ADDRESS:familiesiusa.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a Book Forum For The U.S. Organ Procurement System: A Prescription for Reform.
AGENDA: More than 7,000 people die each year in the United States as a direct result of the faulty system established to procure organs for transplants. Despite the success of transplant technology, the number of patients on waiting lists has continued to grow.
WHO: The speakers are:
12:35 p.m.
Marvin Kosters, AEI
David L. Kaserman, Auburn University
A.H. Barnett, American University of Sharjah
Robert B. Helms, AEI
DATE: June 24, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a brown-bag luncheon to discuss Bono's and Paul's Big Adventure: Can Information Technology Save Africa? The implications of IT for developing countries with Nicholas Thompson, Markle Fellow, New America Foundation Co-Author, The Baobab and the Mango Tree.
DATE: June 24, 2002
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a forum entitled "Georgia's Local Elections: Breakthrough to Democracy or to Chaos?"
WHO: The speakers are:
Giorgi Sekniashvili, deputy project director for IFES' elections
assistance program in Georgia
Paul Fagan, program officer for Azerbaijan and Georgia at the
International Republican Institute
Irakly Areshidze, visiting scholar at CACI at SAIS
DATE: June 24, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENNIUM STAGE presents Tony-nominated actress Alice Ripley, performing "suburban folk" from her solo release Everything's Fine, ranging from piano tunes to guitar rock.
DATE: June 24, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: NEW MEDIA SOCIETY holds a panel discussion on Nothing Fails Like Success: What's Next When Things Keep Changing?
WHO: The speakers are:
Tobin Smith, President, ChangeWave International Research
Charlie Fink, President, AmericanGreetings.com
Doug Wolford, former General Manager, Mass Market Division, VeriSign
Sean Carton, author of Dot Bomb & Managing Partner, Carton Donofrio
Partners
Bob Woods, InstantMessagingPlanet/Internet.com (Moderator)
DATE: June 24, 2002
LOCATION: eCITI Café & Bar, 8500 Tyco Rd., Tysons Corner, Virginia
CONTACT: 301-388-0865
WEB ADDRESS: newmediasociety.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents novelist Philip Gerard telling the story of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, a top secret group of painters, designers, actors, filmmakers, and other artists whose mission was to deceive Axis forces in World War II via camouflage, props, and sonic illusion in Secret Soldiers: The Story of World War II's Heroic Army of Deception.
DATE: June 24, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
