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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: COMDEF 2002, addresses the issues of "Driving Interoperability - Transforming Coalitions" relative to force structure, operations, equipment, production, modernization, and inter-operability. The conference will look into new threats to peace and relationships with nations of concern. Aging equipment inventories and the ability of industrial bases of friendly nations to modernize existing equipment will also be addressed.
AGENDA: Highlight:
8:15 a.m. - Force Transformation -- International Implications
Prof. Adrian Kendry, Senior Defense Economist, NATO, Brussels
Richard Millies, Deputy Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Moderator: Colin Clark, Senior Writer, Defense News
9:15 a.m. - Mind the Gap -- Equipment Shortfalls in Coalition Activity
Aaron B. Fuller III, VP and General Manager, Computer Sciences Corporation
Dr. Hilmar Linnenkamp, Director for International Cooperation, Rue III, FMoD, Bonn (Invited)
LTGEN Robert Magnus, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Programs & Resources, HQ USMC
Moderator: Wolfgang Winter, FMoD, Bonn
10:30 a.m. - International Ballistic Missile Defense
Dr. Bernard Brown, Head, Business Development Sector, Extended Air Defense, MBDA
Dr. J. David Martin, Deputy for Strategic Relations, Missile Defense Agency
Dr. Danny Peretz, Director, Arrow Program, IAI, MLM Division
Klaus Riedel, President, MEADS International, Inc.
CAPT. Dallas G. Wilfong, III, USN, PEO TSC/Pacific Area TBMD Rep. - Coalition Communications
Moderator: Dr. Hans Binnendijk, Director, Center for Technology and National Security Policy
12:30 p.m. - Alan Williams, Assistant Deputy Minister of Materiel, Department of National Defense, Canada
MGEN Simon Willis, Head, Australian Defense Staff, Embassy of Australia
Hon. Michael W. Wynne, Principal Deputy for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, OUSD
Moderator: John Roos, Editor, Armed Forces Journal International
2 p.m. - Defense Industries Financial Prognosis
Gregory Bernardi, President, London Forfaiting Americas, Inc
Pierre Chao, Managing Director, Global Aerospace/Defense, Credit Suisse First Boston
Wolfgang Demisch, President, Demisch Associates
Lucy Fitch, VP, Acquisitions & Strategy, BAE Systems
Victor F. Ciardello, Director, Financial & Economic, Analysis, OSD (AT&L)/IA
Vago Muradian, Editor, Defense News
3 p.m. - Successful Cooperative Models
Stephen C. Moss, President, AgustaWestland, Inc.
Jon Schreiber, Director International Programs, JSF
Otmar W. Titus, President & COO, RAM-System GmbH
Ralf Uekermann, Program Executive Office, German Representative, MIDS
Moderator: Frank Kenlon, OUSD (AT&L)/IC
4 p.m. -- Technology Transfer - Showstopper
Lisa Bronson, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Tech. Security Policy & Counterproliferation), DoD
Hon. David McCurdy, President, Electronic Industries Alliance
Stan Z. Soloway, President, Professional Services Council
Moderator: Hal Gershanoff, Publisher & Editor, Journal of Electronic Defense
4:45 p.m. -- Rep. Mark Kirk, R-IL
Introduction: Paul Behrends, Vice President, Rhoads/Weber Shandwick Government Relations
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-760-0762
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TIME: All Day
EVENT: THE NATIONAL COALITION ON HEALTH Care presents a meeting on "Improving Quality of Care in Intensive Care Units Through Best Practices."
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: Hotel Washington, 15th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-638-7151
WEB ADDRESS: nchc.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: HOSPITALITY SALES & MARKETING ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL'S 13th annual Affordable MeetingsĀ® National show.
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: Washington, D.C. Convention Center, 900 9th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-610-9024
WEB ADDRESS:hsmai.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR PUBLIC JUSTICE AND HUDSON INSTITUTE hold a news conference to discuss Fruitful Collaborations: A Survey of Government-Funded Faith-Based Programs in 15 States a survey of nearly 400 faith-based organizations that are receiving funding through Charitable Choice. The findings provide the first available hard evidence of whether Charitable Choice is working in practice or not
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Amy L. Sherman, Study Co-Author, Hudson Institute
Dr. John Green, Study Co-Author, Bliss Institute, University of Akron
Sen. Evan Bayh, D-IN, Chairman, Democratic Leadership Council
Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas)
Dr. Wade F. Horn, Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families, Dept. of Health and Human Services
Rev. Dr. Cheryl Anthony, Founder & CEO, Judah International, Crown Heights, New York
Dr. Stanley Carlson-Thies, Fellow, Center for Public Justice, Former Associate Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Stephen Lazarus,
410-571-6300
WEB ADDRESS: cpjustice.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: 10 a.m.
EVENT: THE HOMELAND SECURITY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION holds its inaugural news conference
WHO: The speakers are:
Bruce Aitken, Aitken, Irvin, Berlin & Vrooman
Bruce DeGrazia, Versar, Inc.
Joseph D'Agostino, Haynes Security
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC
CONTACT: Steve Ellis-947-0513
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL holds a news conference announcing its policy paper entitled Staying the Course: Opportunities and Limitations in the U.S. China Relationship
AGENDA: Highlight:
WHO: The speakers are:
Adm. Joseph Prueher, USN (Ret.)
Gen Mack Merritt, USA, (Ret.)
Walter Slocombe, Caplin & Drysdale
Harry Harding, George Washington University
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: Room S-116, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-778-4958
WEB ADDRESS: acus.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA holds a briefing to discuss H.R. 4. energy legislation.
WHO: The speakers are:
Diemer True, chairman, IPAA
Barry Russell, president, IPAA
Lee Fuller, vice president of government relations, IPAA
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: 1201 15th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-857-4722
WEB ADDRESS: ipaa.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND RESEARCH ACTION CENTER, THE NATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE, AND CONSUMER ACTION hold a news conference to petition the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) to issue new rules that will dramatically reduce junk
email referred to as "spam."
WHO: The speakers are:
Samuel A. Simon, chairman, Telecommunications and Research Action
Center (TRAC).
Susan Grant, vice president of public policy, National Consumers
League (NCL). Formed in 1899, the non-profit NCL works to protect and
promote the economic and social interests of America's consumers, using
education, research, science, investigation and publications.
Ken McEldowney, executive director, Consumer Action
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Stephanie Kendall, 703/276-3254
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY School of International Service Lounge holds a discussion on "South Asia: Meeting the Challenge of 9/11"
WHO: The speakers are:
Francis Vaz, Minister of Political Affairs, Embassy of India
Akbar Ahmed, chair of Islamic Studies, American University and
former Pakistani Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Louis W. Goodman, dean, School of International Service
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-885-5950
WEB ADDRESS:au.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS hosts a press roundtable to unveil its new report, Health Care Crossroads: Manufacturers' Agenda for Lower Costs and Higher Quality.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jerry Jasinowski, NAM President
Neil Trautwein, NAM Director of Employment Policy
Ann Brown, President, Lowen Corporation, Hutchinson, KS
Randy Johnson, Director of U.S. Human Resources & Legislative Affairs, Motorola
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Darren McKinney, 202-637-3093
WEB ADDRESS: nam.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Ramsey Clark discussing Iraq.
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-332-5880
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: POTOMAC INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES holds a program on September 11, A Year Later: Combating Terrorism.
WHO: The speakers are:
Amb. Philip Wilcox, Former Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S.
Department of State
Col. Terence Taylor (Ret.), International Institute for Strategic
Studies
Dr. Roger Fontaine, Journalist and former Advisor, National Security
Council
Felix Valdez, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Spain
Francis Vaz, Political Minister, Embassy of India
Ali Koknar, Turkish Security Specialist
James Zackrison, Former Intelligence Analyst, Office of Naval Intelligence
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-562-4511
WEB ADDRESS: PotomacInstitute.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: COMMUNICATIONS CONSORTIUM MEDIA CENTER holds a telephone news conference to discuss welfare reform.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Larry Aber, National Center for Children in Poverty
Laura Fortman, Main Women's Lobby
John Corlett, Ohio Federation For Community Planning
DATE: September 4, 2002
CONTACT: 888-339-1203 passcode: 6172834
WEB ADDRESS: welfarenewsalert.org
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 HomelandSecurity, 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: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS holds its 3rd annual Ed-Tech and Ice Cream event. This event will highlight the educational technology initiatives that public television stations are undertaking as part of the transition to digital technology.
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: G-50, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202 654 4210
WEB ADDRESS:apts.org
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
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Jorge Saade-Scaff, Ecuador's most outstanding violinist, playing a repertoire of works by Ibero-American composers.
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: U.S.-Ireland Business Summit.
AGENDA: Highlight:
6:30 p.m.- Congressional Reception
Father Daniel Coughlin, Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-MA
Rep. James Walsh, R-NY
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: Cannon House Office Building, Cannon Caucus Room, First Street & Independence Avenue, SE
CONTACT: 202-414-0786
WEB ADDRESS: business-summit.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Ruy Teixeira and co-writer John B. Judis contend that America is shifting from a period of domination by the Republican Party to one that will see moderate and progressive Democrats gain power in The Emerging Democratic Majority.
DATE: September 4, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com