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WEEK AHEAD EVENTS ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2002
Tuesday September 17, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: E-Gov holds its Information Assurance Conference. In the dynamic field of Information Assurance, you need to know about innovative technologies and solutions as they develop
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - Information Assurance, Searching for the Silver Bullet
Sallie McDonald, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Information Assurance and Critical Infrastructure Protection,
Federal Technology Service, General Services Administration
12 noon - Securing the Internet -- How the Insurance Industry Protects Information
Mary Guzman, Senior Vice President, Marsh, Inc.
DATE: September 17, 2002
LOCATION: Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 800-746-0099
WEB ADDRESS: e-gov.com
EVENT: 10:15 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE Seminar Series In Tax Policy entitled "Do Taxes Affect Entrepreneurial Activity?"
WHO: The speakers are:
Kevin A. Hassett, AEI
Roger Gordon, University of California at San Diego
Len Burman, Urban Institute
Eric M. Engen, AEI
Kevin A. Hassett, AEI
DATE: September 17, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a program on The Supreme Court: Past and Prologue A Look at the October 2001 and October 2002 Terms.
AGENDA: Highlights:
12:45 p.m. - Welcoming Remarks
Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs and Director, Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute
James L. Swanson, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute and Editor in Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review
12 noon - Looking Back: School Choice, the First Amendment, and Property Rights in the 2001 Term
Stephen F. Williams, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
C. Boyden Gray, Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
James L. Swanson, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute
Roger Pilon, B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute
2:20 p.m. - Looking Back: Federalism, the Drug War, and Crime in the 2001 Term
Douglas Kmiec, Dean, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University
Robert A. Levy, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute
Arthur B. Spitzer, Legal Director, ACLU, National Capital Area
Timothy Lynch, Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute
3:30 p.m. - Coming Up: Campaign Finance Regulation, Affirmative Action, Property Rights, Federalism, the First Amendment, Intellectual Property, and Crime in the 2002 Term
Walter Dellinger, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers
James Bopp Jr., General Counsel, James Madison Center for Free Speech
Thomas Goldstein, Partner, Goldstein & Howe
Erik S. Jaffe, Erik S. Jaffe, P.C.
DATE: September 17, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on the 16th Communist Party Congress and Leadership Transition in China.
WHO: The speakers are:
Susan Shirk, Research Director, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California, San Diego; Richard Baum, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Lowell Dittmer, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Cheng Li, Professor, Hamilton College, and Wilson Center Fellow
Lyman Miller, Research Fellow, Hoover Institute
David Shambaugh, Professor, George Washington University, and Wilson Center Fellow
DATE: September 17, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Goran Svilanovic.
DATE: September 17, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
Wednesday September 18, 2002
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program with Mark Olson, Governor, Federal Reserve System, will speak on "Corporate Governance--Its Impact on the Marketplace."
DATE: September 18, 2002
LOCATION: Chinatown Garden Restaurant, 618 H St., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-739-9404
WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY holds a program on "American Foreign Policy Towards South Asia: Quest for a Future."
WHO: The speakers are:
Ambassador Teresita Schaeffer, Center for Strategic and International Studies former ambassador to Sri Lanka
Mushahid Hussain, former information minister, Government of Pakistan
Dr. Ritu Vij, director, South Asia Project, American University.
DATE: September 18, 2002
LOCATION: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-885-5950
WEB ADDRESS:au.edu
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Power and Powerlessness: Factors in Devising Strategies for Social and Political Change" with Lisa VeneKlasen, co-founder of Just Associates.
DATE: September 18, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Venezuela: Political and Economic Outlook" with Maria Beatriz Orlando, research associate at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation.
DATE: September 18, 2002
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE holds a program on "Corporate Governance Explained: The Real Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002."
WHO: The speakers are:
Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
James Glassman, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
David Kornblau, Chief Litigation Counsel, Division of Enforcement, S.E.C.
David McIntosh, Partner, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw
Greg Zerzan, Senior Counsel, House Committee on Financial Services
DATE: September 18, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS: uschamber.com
Thursday September 19, 2002
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY holds a program on Democracy and the Kyrgyz Republic: The Case of Feliks Kulov.
WHO: The speakers are:
Nailia Kulova, wife of jailed Kyrgyz opposition leader Feliks Kulov
Marcel Kulov, brother of jailed Kyrgyz opposition leader Feliks Kulov
LOCATION: 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-457-6949
WEB ADDRESS:rferl.gov
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a panel debate on Copy Fights: Can Politicians or Entrepreneurs Best Protect Intellectual Property?
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Howard Berman, D-California
Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge
Phil Corwin, Butera Andrews
Troy Dow, Motion Picture Association of America
Ed Black, Computer & Communications Industry Association
James Miller, Smith College.
DATE: September 19, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH REFORM holds a briefing on State Budget Deficits: The Effect on Medicaid. Many states are facing record budget deficits. Medicaid is the second largest item in most state budgets and is growing at the fastest rate. It is no surprise, then, that governors and legislators have been considering a variety of ways to slow its growth or enlist the help of others in paying the growing cost.
WHO: The speakers are:
Anne Barry, deputy commissioner of finance in Minnesota
Kristen Testa, health program manager for The Children's Partnership
Lee Partridge, director of health policy for the American Public Human Services Association.
Diane Rowland, the Commission's director, will offer introductory remarks
Ed Howard, executive vice president of the Alliance
DATE: September 19, 2002
LOCATION: Room G-50, Dirksen Senate Office Bldg. Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-2300
WEB ADDRESS: allhealth.org
Friday September 20, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: PENN STATE EBUSINESS RESEARCH CENTER AND PENN STATE INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION POLICY hold the Accelerating Global Commerce Through Technology and Policy Conference. The conference addresses the technology
sector's rebound and economic recovery.
WHO: The speakers are:
Thomas Leary, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Vice President, IBM
Elliot Maxwell, Director of Internet Programs, Aspen Institute
Mark Forman, Associate Director of Information Technology and E-government, The Office of Management and Budget
DATE: September 20, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 814-865-5670
WEB ADDRESS: psu.ed
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Afternoon Newsmaker" news program featuring the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Igor Ivanov, discussing "His Talks with Secretary of State Powell and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld" and "His Visit to the United Nations General Assembly."
DATE: September 20, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Themes of Decapitation in Ancient Egyptian Funerary Religion," with Nick Picardo, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania.
DATE: September 20, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
