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WEEK AHEAD EVENTS FOR WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2002
Wednesday September 4, 2002
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY holds a program featuring Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty invites you to a briefing by Elena Poptodorova, Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the U.S. discussing Bulgaria and NATO on the Eve of the Prague Summit.
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-457-6949
WEB ADDRESS:rferl.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a program on Cooking the Books: The Economic and Political Implications of the Crisis in Corporate Governance.
WHO: The speakers are:
Strobe Talbott, President, The Brookings Institution
Carol Graham, Vice President and Director, Governance Studies; Co-author, "Cooking the Books: The Cost to the Economy" (Brookings Policy Brief #106)
Thomas E. Mann, Senior Fellow and W. Averell Harriman Chair, Governance Studies
William G. Gale, Senior Fellow and Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair, Economic Studies
Charles L. Schultze, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Economics Studies; Former Chairman, President's Council of Economic Advisers; Former Director, U.S. Bureau of the Budget
Mary Graham, Visiting Fellow, Governance Studies; Author, Democracy by Disclosure: The Rise of Technopopulism
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a program on Homeland Security: The White House Plan Explained and Examined.
WHO: The speakers are:
Richard A. Falkenrath, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Policy and Plans, Office of Homeland Security, The White House
James B. Steinberg, President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution
Ruth A. David, President and CEO, ANSER (Analytic Services Inc.)
Michael E. O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution
Peter R. Orszag, Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
Philip Zelikow, Director, Miller Center of Public Affairs and White Burkett Miller Professor of History, University of Virginia
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a discussion on International Relations Japan's Political and Intellectual Cartels Revisited: Commentary from the Front Line with Ivan P. Hall, Author, BAMBOOZLED: How America Loses the intellectual Game with Japan and its Implications for our Future in Asia.
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Afternoon Newsmaker" news program featuring The Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia, Siim Kallas, discussing Estonia's Preparations for NATO and EU Enlargement, its Economic Success and Estonian-American Relations."
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
Thursday September 5, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION AND THE NAVAL INSTITUTE hold Forum 2002: Transformation: Time to Walk the Talk?
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m.- General James L. Jones Jr., USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps
10 a.m. - Panel: Transformation: Evolution or Revolution? Defining Transformation
Moderator: Major General Tom Wilkerson, USMC (Ret.), consultant on homeland security
12 noon - Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
1:45 p.m. - Panel: The War on Terrorism: Has It Transformed Us? Or Should It?
Moderator: Lieutenant General Bernard Trainor, USMC (Ret.), Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, The Council on Foreign Relations
3:15 p.m. - Panel: Paying for Transformation: What Will the New Budget Really Buy?
Moderator: Dr. Lawrence J. Cavaiola, President, Thales International North America, and Chairman and CEO, Thales, Inc.
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: Crystal Gateway-Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia,
CONTACT: 410-295-1058
WEB ADDRESS: usni.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE hosts a special public conference to discuss America's efforts to address the key foreign and security challenges that have emerged since the September 11 attacks.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:45 a.m. - Welcome & Opening Remarks
Richard Solomon, President, U.S. Institute of Peace
Morning Keynote Address
Brent Scowcroft, President, Scowcroft Group
9:30 a.m. - Panel Discussion I
The War on Terrorism a Year On
Paul Stares, U.S. Institute of Peace
Paul Bremer, Marsh and McLennan Companies
Brian Jenkins, RAND
Paul Pillar, National Intelligence Council
11:15 a.m. - Panel Discussion II
Afghanistan and the Future of Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Richard Kauzlarich, U.S. Institute of Peace
Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Special Envoy to Afghanistan
Barnett Rubin, New York University
Michael Sheehan, UN Assistant Secretary General for Mission Support
12:30 p.m.- The luncheon speakers is Richard Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State
3:15 p.m. - One Year Later: America's Agenda
Samuel "Sandy" Berger, Chairman, Stonebridge International
4:15 p.m. - View from the Hill
Chuck Hagel, United States Senate
5 p.m. - Closing Remarks & Final Thoughts
Chester Crocker, Chairman, U.S. Institute of Peace
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: Capital Hilton, 16th and K Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: John Brinkley, 202-429-3824
WEB ADDRESS: usip.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a program on Election 2002: What's at Stake?
WHO: The speakers are:
Larry Sabato, University of Virginia
John Samples, Cato Institute
Ron Faucheux, Campaigns & Elections
Patrick Basham, Cato Institute
Robert Novak, CNN
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: The Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION presents Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance William H. Lash, III discussing Trade Compliance After Trade Promotion Authority.
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Sports Illustrated commentator and author Frank Deford.
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
Friday September 6, 2002
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee holds a meeting to discuss new drug application, SPIRIVA (Tiotropium bromide) by Boehringer-Ingelheim, for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
DATE: September 6, 2002
LOCATION: Holiday Inn, The Ballroom, Two Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg, MD.
CONTACT: Kimberly L. Topper, 301-827-7001
WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov
