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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS holds its Congressional Caucus.
AGENDA: Highlights:
08:50 a.m. - Rep. Steve Latourette (R-OH)
09:30 a.m. - Mike Vadala, President of The Summit FCU
10 a.m. -- Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
10:30 a.m. - Rep. George Gekas (R-PA)
11 a.m. - Debbie Matz, NCUA Board Member
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: Grant Hyatt, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, DC
1000 H Street NW
CONTACT: John H. Zimmerman, 202- 522-4770 x291
WEB ADDRESS: nafcu.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: FANNIE MAE International Housing Finance Symposium entitled U.S. Housing Finance System:
Developing a practical understanding of the market structure and best practices of the U.S. housing finance market -- and
considerations for implementation in other markets.
AGENDA: The educational forum is designed to provide representatives of foreign governments, financial institutions, and multilateral organizations with a practical understanding of the U.S. housing finance system -- guiding participants through the fundamentals of the primary mortgage market, secondary mortgage market, and securitization.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 3900 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Gwen Moore Holliday, 202-752-8068
WEB ADDRESS: fanniemae.com/ihfs
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION holds its annual Public Affairs Conference.
AGENDA: Highlights:
10:30 a.m. - Restaurant Neighbor Award ceremony
6 p.m. - GO Dine-Out event, conference attendees will pair up for an evening at one of D.C.'s fabulous restaurants. State partners will also invite members of Congress, or key staffers, to join each delegation for a unique dining experience.
DATE: September 23, 2002
LOCATION: J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC
CONTACT: Tom Foulkes, 202-331-5902
WEB ADDRESS: restaurant.org/paconference/index.cfm
TIME: 8:45 a.m.
EVENT: INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS holds a conference on the dollar.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:45 a.m. - Welcome and Introduction
C. Fred Bergsten, Director, Institute for International Economics
9 a.m. - The Equilibrium Exchange Rate of the Dollar and Other Key Currencies
Paper: Andrew Hughes-Hallett, Vanderbilt University
A Market View
Michael Rosenberg, Deutsche Bank, The Financial Dimension
Catherine Mann, Institute for International Economics
The Exchange Rate and Trade Policy
I.M. Destler, University of Maryland and Institute for International Economics
11 a.m. -- The Dollar and the US Economy
Paper: Martin Baily, Institute for International Economics
A Corporate View
Mustafa Mohatarem, General Motors Corporation
A Labor View
Thomas Palley, Open Society Institute and formerly, AFL-CIO
A Financial Markets View
Stephen Roach, Morgan Stanley
2 p.m. - The Impact on Other Key Economies
The Yen and the Japanese Economy
Paper: William R. Cline, Institute for International Economics and Center for Global Development
The Euro and the European Economy
Paper: Daniel Gros, Centre for European Policy Studies
James O'Neill, Goldman Sachs International
3:30 p.m. - Policy Instruments
Paper: Does Intervention Work?
Kathryn Dominguez, University of Michigan
The Limits of Intervention
Edwin M. Truman, Institute for International Economics
Intervention as "Manipulation" Ernest Preeg, Manufacturer's Alliance/MAPI
5 p.m. - Summary and Conclusions
C. Fred Bergsten, Director, Institute for International Economics
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 1750 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-454-1349
WEB ADDRESS: iie.com
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE holds a conference to examine the questions surrounding a national energy policy Strategy.
WHO: The speakers are:
Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-NE
Congressman W.J. "Billy" Tauzin, R-LA
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-NM
Patrick Henry Wood, III, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
David N. Parker, President and CEO, American Gas Association
Red Cavaney, President and CEO, American Petroleum Institute
Joe F. Colvin, President and CEO, Nuclear Energy Institute
Thomas R. Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682 or 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS: uschamber.com
TIME: 9:30a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY holds a program to discuss the need for the program, capabilities of the V-22 Osprey and successes enjoyed during recent test flights.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: Reserve Officer's Association, One Constitution Ave., NE, Washington DC
CONTACT: Bud DeFlaviis, 202-225-2011
WEB ADDRESS: house.gov
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents President of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akaev discussing the country's relations with the United States and Russia.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: REP. CURT WELDON, R-PA AND SEN. CONRAD BURNS, R-MT, hold a news conference to discuss diversifying America's energy supplies.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: Senate TV Gallery, US Capitol, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-225-2011
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE holds a briefing on Afghanistan: Prospects for Free & Independent Media featuring Pakistani journalist and best-selling author Ahmed Rashid.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 1200 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-429-3832
WEB ADDRESS: usip.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: ENDOCRINE SOCEITY holds a news conference releasing results from its consensus conference on subclinical thyroid disease.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 301-941-0255
WEB ADDRESS: endo-society.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: THE ALLIANCE FOR EXCELLENT EDUCATION holds a program releasing its new report, Every Child a Graduate: A Framework for an Excellent Education for all Middle and High School Students,
WHO: The speakers are:
Susan Frost , Executive Director, Alliance for Excellent Education
Scott Joftus , Policy Director, Alliance for Excellent Education
Richard W. Riley, Former Secretary, Department of Education ; Senior Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough; Distinguished Chair, Richard W. Riley Institute of Government Politics and Public Leadership, Furman University
Gerry House, President and CEO, Institute for Student Achievement and former school superintendent (Memphis, TN and Chapel Hill, NC)
Jane Hannaway, Director, Education Policy Center, Urban Institute
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Trish Smallow, 202-842-4888
WEB ADDRESS:all4ed.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum Digital Pearl Harbor: How Real Is the Cybersecurity Threat, and Who's Responsible Anyway?
WHO: The speakers are:
Howard Schmidt, Federal Office of Cybersecurity
Ken Silva, Verisign Corporation
Ira H. Parker, Genuity
Warren Axelrod, Pershing Division of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
Scott Charney, Microsoft
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled Is Racism the Real Culprit? What the Data Do and Don't Show about the Racial Health Gap. Why the great disparity in health status between whites and minorities--primarily African Americans? One popular explanation is prejudice--in the doctor's office and throughout the health care system. Most recently, the Institute of Medicine released, "Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care."
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Sally Satel, American Enterprise Institute
Dr. Peter Bach, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Byron Spice, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Dr. Maxwell Gregg Bloche, Georgetown Law Center and Institute of Medicine, Committee on Racial Disparity
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: THE H. JOHN HEINZ III CENTER FOR SCIENCE, ECONOMICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT holds a news conference releasing The State of The Nation's Ecosystems: Measuring the Lands, Waters, and Living Resources of the United States.
WHO: The speakers are:
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: J.W. Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-585-2755
WEB ADDRESS: heinzctr.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW holds a discussion on the International Criminal Court and the United States.
AGENDA: Highlight:
WHO: The speakers are:
Pierre-Richard Prosper Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, U.S. Department of State
David Stoelting, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York City; ABA Delegate, Rome Diplomatic Conference on the International Criminal Court
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: The American Society of International Law, 2223 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-939-6000
WEB ADDRESS:asil.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS ON PALESTINE holds a briefing with Ziad Abu Zayyad, member of the legislative council, Jerusalem District.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 2425 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-338-1290
WEB ADDRESS:palestinecenter.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Mari Carmen Aponte, Director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration here in Washington discussing Puerto Rico celebrating the 50th anniversary of its status as a Commonwealth of the United States.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE presents Madame Chen Wu Sue-Jen, first lady of the Republic of Taiwan discussing Taiwan's Democratic Development.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presents Sen. Conrad Burns, R-MT, discussing America's dependence on oil from Iraq and Saudi Arabia while calling for greater energy partnerships with Russian and the former Soviet states of the Caspian Sea.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H St. NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION discussion on World Politics in the 21st Century
Philip Bobbitt, Former Member, National Security Council, Professor, University of Texas/Oxford University.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 4:30 p.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE Social Security and Young Americans: A Cato Institute Event Series presents The Politics of Social Security Reform.
WHO: The speakers are:
John S. Barry, Chief Economist and Director of Research, Tax Foundation
Scott Stewart, President, College Republican National Committee
Will Daley, Special Projects Editor, Zogby International
Lex Paulson, Vice President, College Democrats of America
Hans Riemer, Senior Policy Analyst, Campaign for America's Future
Featured Address: The Gen-X Perspective and Social Security Reform
Bruce Tulgan, Founder, Rainmaker Thinking; Author, Managing Generation X
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 1539 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features Bob Boguslaw Quartet performing original jazz compositions and standards, with Boguslaw on piano, together with saxophone, bass and drums.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB presents an author event entitled "WAR TORN: Stories of War from the Women Reporters Who Covered Vietnam."
WHO: The speakers are:
Tad Bartimus, then with the Associated Press
Denby Fawcett, Honolulu Advertiser
Jurate Kazickas, freelance
Edith Lederer, Associated Press
Anne Morrissy Merick, ABC-TV
Laura Palmer, ABC and NBC Radio
Tracy Wood, UPI.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Who Owns the Genome?
WHO: The speakers are:
Eric S. Lander, Ph.D. Director, Whitehead Center for Genome Research
Q. Todd Dickinson, JD, Partner Howrey Simon Arnold & White, Former Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Pilar N. Ossorio, Ph.D., JD, Assistant Professor of Law and Medicine, University of Wisconsin
Scott A. Brown, JD, Vice President, Chief Patent Counsel, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Justin Gillis, Staff Reporter, Washington Post
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents The Everlasting Stream: A True Story of Rabbits, Guns, Friends, and Family featuring Walt Harrington, a former reporter for The Washington Post, comparing his fast-paced, urban lifestyle with the slower pace of the long Thanksgiving weekends that he spent every year with his African-American father-in-law and his friends hunting rabbits in Kentucky.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919.
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 8 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Amnesty International Speaker Series presents syndicated columnist and editorial page reporter for the Washington Post, McCarthy teaches at Georgetown University.
DATE: September 24, 2002
LOCATION: 102 Maguire, Healy Hall, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
