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EVENTS ON 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
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?
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?
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: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: U.S.-IRELAND BUSINESS SUMMIT.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Don Evans, Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
Mary Harney, T.D., Tanaiste & Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Ireland
Sir Reg Empey, MLA, Minster for Enterprise, Trade & Investment, Northern Ireland
10:40 a.m. - Peter Lynch, Vice Chairman, Fidelity Management & Research Company
11:30 a.m. - Dr. William Harris, Director, Science Foundation Ireland
Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, Director, National Cancer Institute
Dr. Rita Colwell, Director, National Science Foundation
6:30 p.m. -- Gala
His Eminence Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington
The Riverdance Company and Sir James Galway
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: Ronald Regan Building and International Trade Center, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-414-0786
WEB ADDRESS: business-summit.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 speaker 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: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL COALITION ON HEALTH CARE holds a meeting on "Improving Quality of Care in Intensive Care Units Through Best Practices."
DATE: September 5, 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 Meetings® National show.
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Convention Center, 900 9th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-610-9024
WEB ADDRESS:hsmai.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Implementation of Recent Peace Agreements in the Democratic Republic of Congo."
WHO: The speakers are:
Monsignor Mumbe, president of the National Conference of Congolese Bishops
Jacques Depelchin, secretary general of the Congolese Rally for Democracy-Liberation Movement
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION/HEALTH RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST 2002 holds a news conference releasing its annual Employer Health Benefits Survey.
WHO: The speakers are:
Drew Altman, Ph.D., president of the Kaiser Family Foundation
Diane Rowland, Sc.D., the Foundation's executive vice president
Mary Pittman, Sc.D., president of the Health Research Educational Trust
Jon Gabel, vice president for Health System Studies at the Health Research and Educational Trust
John Iglehart, founding editor of Health Affairs,
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Tiffany Ford, 202-347-5270
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: PEW HISPANIC CENTER holds a news conference releasing its report Latinos in Higher Education: Many Enroll, Too Few Graduate. The report reveals that Latinos often pursue higher education in ways that thwart degree completion. Many enroll in community college and attend school only part-time, while others delay or prolong their college education into their mid-20s and beyond. Additional obstacles to completing college, graduate and professional degrees may be increasing tuition costs and family obligations.
WHO: The speakers are:
Roberto Suro, Director, Pew Hispanic Center
Rick Fry, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Pew Hispanic Center
Sarita Brown, President & CEO, Hispanic Scholarship Fund Institute
Teresa A. Sullivan, Ph.D., Vice President & Dean, Graduate Studies, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Ricardo R. Fernández, Ph.D., President, Lehman College, CUNY, Bronx, NY
Gregory Staff, a Hispanic Scholarship Fund scholarship recipient and 2002 graduate of the University of Virginia
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202.292.3304
WEB ADDRESS: pewhispanic.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: PUBLIC CITIZEN holds a Press briefing on the benefits of the federal renewable electricity standard featuring The Union of Concerned Scientists releasing a new analysis showing how federal renewable electricity standard could help the rest of the United States to reap some of the economic and pollution reductions benefits that Texas has garnered through its renewable energy policies.
WHO: The speakers are:
Peter Altman, Executive Director, SEED Coalition
Alden Meyer, Director of Government Relations, Union of Concerned Scientists
Sherry Phillips, Mayor of McCamey, TX
Mark Morgan, west Texas Landowner
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: Willard Intercontinental Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-223-6133
WEB ADDRESS: ucsusa.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EMPLOYER SUPPORT OF THE GUARD AND RESERVE holds My Boss is a Patriot" Award Ceremony honoring 50 Congressmen who Employ National Guardsman or Reservists
WHO: The speakers are:
Secretary of the Army Thomas White
Executive Director of ESGR Bob Hollingsworth
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Matt Langan, 301-263-2241 OR Cheryl Pellegrino, 212-309-2795
WEB ADDRESS: esgr.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM holds a news conference releasing a report entitle "An Invitation to Terror: How Our Immigration Still Leaves America At Risk?"
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: 2257 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-7004
WEB ADDRESS:fairs.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 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program featuring Dr. Kenneth Rogoff,
Chief Economist, International Monetary Fund discussing issues that perennially face the IMF in its programs, including fiscal policy and budget deficits, moral hazard, and transparency. It will also touch on other issues concerning openness, financial liberalization and growth, and alternative approaches to transition.
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: Chinatown Garden Restaurant, 618 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-739-9404
WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.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
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: SEN. CHRIS DODD, D-CT, and Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-PA, hold a news conference announcing the Student Bill of Rights Act 2002. the legislation addresses inadequacies and inequities in educational opportunities available to students in many areas nationally. Today, nearly 50 years after the United States Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education struck down "separate and unequal" schooling, millions of children still do not have access to the educational resources.
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: Upper Senate Park, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Tom Lenard or Alex Swartsel, 202-224-0346
WEB ADDRESS: senate.gov
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: CHRISTIAN COALITION holds a news conference to discuss Christian support for Israel.
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Michelle Ammons, 202-479-6900
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "NATO Enlargement: The Political, Economic and Industrial Implications."
WHO: The speakers are:
Adrian Kendry, senior defense economist for NATO Headquarters
Ronald Asmus, European studies senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former deputy assistant secretary of State for Europe
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR COMMUNITARIAN POLICY STUDIES holds a news conference to discuss and release its report "American Society in the Age of Terrorism," an analysis of data gathered on sociological changes in a post-September 11 American society. American Demographics will also make available the complete surveys included in "A Look Back at 9/11," which examines the trends in Americans' attitudes towards family, religion, work and entertainment since 9/11. Panelists will address these findings and how they help us understand the lasting effects of the terrorist attacks.
WHO: The speakers are:
David Brooks, Senior Editor, The Weekly Standard
Amitai Etzioni, University Professor, George Washington University
Seema Nayyar, Editor, American Demographics
Alan Wolfe, Director, Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Boston College
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Dana Graber, 202-994-8937
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: REP. JENNIFER DUNN, R-WA, AND REP. MARTIN FROST, D-TX, hold a news conference to discuss the AMBER ALERT COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: HC-09, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-9205
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE 2002 Prelude Festival featuring Keyboardist Bill Heid, bassist Patrick O'Leary, and drummer Mike Petrocino previewing their Blues Tour to Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand.
DATE: September 5, 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 presents New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman describing his job as the best on earth. In Longitudes And Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism he shares many of his post-September 11 columns, a small sampling of earlier ones, a forward, and a long, 100-page section from a journal he kept as he traveled through the Middle East.
DATE: September 5, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
