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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY School of Business and Public Management Research Program in Social and Organizational Learning and the Columbian School of Arts and Sciences Organizational Sciences Program holds a conference on "Systems Approach to Terrorism." The conference will provide an opportunity for leading thinkers and practitioners from Government, industry and academia to examine how the nation can construct an effective posture for countering terrorism for the long-as well as short-term, based on systems thinking models.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - Susan Phillips, Dean, School of Business and Public Management, George Washington University
Introduction and Setting the Stage - Paul Kleindorfer, Anheuser-Busch Professor of Management Science and Co-Director, Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, The Wharton School
Terrorism: A Systems Perspective - Russell L. Ackoff, Emeritus Anheuser-Busch Professor of The Wharton School
Geo-Political Perspectives on Terrorism - Brian M. Jenkins, Senior Advisor to the President, RAND
Economic and Policy Perspectives on Terrorism - Robert E. Litan, Vice President and Director, The Brookings Institution
10:40 a.m. - Breakout Sessions
Systemic Foundations of Terrorism
Facilitated by Stuart Umpleby, Director, Research Program in Social and Organizational Learning, The George Washington University
William E. Halal, Professor of Management, The George Washington University
II. The Economics of Interdependent Security
Facilitated by Geoffrey Heal, Professor of Economics, Columbia University
Nariman Behravesh, Chief Economist, DRI-WEFA
III. Homeland Security: A Geo-Political Perspective
Facilitated by Paula Gordon, Senior Fellow, Research Program in Social and Organizational Learning, The George Washington University
David H. McIntyre, Deputy Director, ANSER Institute for Homeland Security
11:40 a.m. - Plenary: Reports from Breakouts - Structured Summary
DATE: July 16, 2002
LOCATION: 800 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-994-2492
WEB ADDRESS:gwu.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE / THE COUNCIL FOR EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT hold the seventh annual Excellence in Government conference themed "Government 2002: New Focus New Priorities."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Frank Ostroff, author of "The Horizontal Organization"
9:45 a.m. - Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson
12:30 p.m. - Andrew Card, White House chief of staff
DATE: July 16, 2002
LOCATION: Marriott - Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-739-8400
WEB ADDRESS:govexec.com
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS holds a briefing on protection of American Indians Sacred lands.
WHO: The speakers are:
Suzan Harjo, Morning Star Institute
Lillian Sparks, NCAI
DATE: July 16, 2002
LOCATION: 1301 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 200, Washington D.C.
CONTACT: Liz Hill, 202-466-7767
WEB ADDRESS:naci.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: PEW FORUM ON RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE holds a program on The Compassion Component: Welfare Reform and the Tradition of Social Justice.
WHO: The speakers are:
Ken Connor, President, Family Research Council
Ron Haskins, Senior Advisor for Welfare Policy at the Domestic Policy Council of the White House
Sharon Parrott, Co-director of Federal TANF Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Jim Skillen, President, Center for Public Justice
Roberto Suro, Executive Director, Pew Hispanic Center
Jim Wallis, Convener and President, Call to Renewal
DATE: July 16, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Brenna Moore, 202-955-5075
WEB ADDRESS: pewforum.org
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum on Ads for Reduced-Risk Tobacco: Public Scourge or Protected Speech?
WHO: The speakers are:
Matthew Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Carlos T. Angulo, Associate, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
John E. Calfee, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Erik S. Jaffe, Chair, Federalist Society Subcommittee on Advertising Law and Regulation
DATE: July 16, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: PUBLIC CITZEN holds a news conference to unveil report documenting how the pharmaceutical industry is using a prominent seniors group to run a multimillion-dollar ad campaign designed to promote a Medicare drug bill favored by the industry and opposed by most seniors groups.
AGENDA: Public Citizen estimates that the United Seniors Association (USA) has spent nearly $10 million over the last 12 months running TV and radio "issue ads" that promote GOP legislation favored by drug companies.
WHO: The speakers are:
Frank Clemente, director, Public Citizen's Congress Watch
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, chairman, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Sen. Debbie A. Stabenow, coordinator of the Senate Prescription Drug Task Force
DATE: July 16, 2002
LOCATION: 418 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Ben Peck, 202-454-5155; Angela Bradbery, 202-588-7741
WEB ADDRESS: citizen.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE holds a luncheon program on lecture on "Turkey at the Crossroads: EU Accession and Turkey's Future" featuring Abdullah Akyuz, Washington representative, Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association.
DATE: July 16, 2002
LOCATION: MEI, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-1141
WEB ADDRESS: mideasti.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Benjamin Wittes, editorial writer for the Washington Post discussing his book, which presents a dispassionate look at Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's investigation of President Bill Clinton.
DATE: July 16, 2002
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY presents Sen. John Edwards, D-NC, discussing "Arresting the Rise in Crime: A New Strategy."
DATE: July 16, 2002
LOCATION: Copley Formal Lounge, 37th & O Streets, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 12:45 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS ON PALESTINE holds luncheon briefing with human rights advocate Bianca Jagger.
DATE: July 16, 2002
LOCATION: 2425 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-338-1290
WEB ADDRESS:palestinecenter.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION holds a news conference announcing support for maintaining the farm bill provisions.
DATE: July 16, 2002
LOCATION: Capitol Holiday Inn, 6th and C Streets SW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-484-3600
WEB ADDRESS: fb.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: US WESTERN SAHARA FOUNDATION reception honoring President Mohamed Abdelaziz of the Republic of Sahrawi.
DATE: July 16, 2002
LOCATION: 2168 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-534-4313
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE holds a news conference to kick-off First Monday 2002: Civil Liberties In a New America to bring attention to critical public policy issues, uniting student activists on college, university, and law school campuses nationwide to fight for social justice.
WHO: The speakers are:
Alliance for Justice President Nan Aron
Rep. Barney Frank
Georgetown Law Professor David Cole
DATE: July 16, 2002
LOCATION: Capitol City Brewing Company, 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-822-6070
WEB ADDRESS: afj.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents the guitar duo Young & Rollins blending flamenco motifs with Latin jazz, classical, reggae, blues, and a salsa rhythm section.
DATE: July 16, 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 features journalist Alexia Lewnes who spent time with five street kids in their world. In Misplaced: New York City's Street Kids, she shows kids "patching together existences," as they struggle to survive without the support. Lewnes portrays the downward spirals that brought them to the street-and how families and society have dismissed and ignored them.
DATE: July 16, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
EVENT: WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL Summer Festival Organ Recital entitled "Luminous Spirit." The concert will be sung by Rosa Lamoreaux, and Scott Reiss featuring Tina Chancey providing improvised accompaniment on hammered dulcimer, medieval fiddles, and recorders.
DATE: July 16, 2002
LOCATION: Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-537-6248
WEB ADDRESS: cathedral.org
