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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION AND ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE hold the Trade hold Expo 2002: the 2nd Annual Trade professionals Day themed Trade in a Changed World.
AGENDA: Today we face new security, customs and defense issues, all which significantly impact international trade. TradeProExpo 2002 has been designed to help international trade professionals understand the ways in which the field has changed and give them the skills and information to help them handle the challenges and unfamiliar territory that lay ahead in this new and ever-changing environment.
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-312-1600
WEB ADDRESS:wita.org
TIME: 7:30 a.m.
EVENT: GREATER WASHINGTON BOARD OF TRADE Morning Star series presents Vance Coffman, CEO of Lockheed Martin.
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-867-5906
WEB ADDRESS: bot.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: THE HENRY KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION AND THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION hold a news briefing to launch a national initiative on racial and ethnic disparities in medical care.
WHO: The speakers are:
Drew Altman, CEO, The Kaiser Family Foundation
Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president, The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation
Dr. Cary Sennett, American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF); Dr. George Mensah, ACCF
Dr. Augustus Grant, president elect, American Heart Association
Waine Kong, CEO, Association of Black Cardiologists Inc.
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: Marriott Metro Center Hotel, 775 12th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mike Warner, 202-745-5109
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: CAPITAL OWNERSHIP GROUP holds a Capitol Hill Legislative Briefing to discuss ways to Fix Globalization
WHO: The speakers are:
John Logue, Ohio Employee Ownership Center, Moderator
Who Wins and Loses as Global Corporations Acquire More Concentrated Control Over Wealth and Decision-making? What Can We Do?
William Greider, Author
Mark Levin, International Labour Organization (ILO) Cooperative Branch
Examples and Research Evidence on Benefits of Ownership -- Firm Performance, Job Creation & Retention, Community Reinvestment, Asset Building, Improved Health and Education
Margaret Blair, Georgetown University Law Center
Adrian Celaya, Mondragon Cooperatives
David Erdal, Baxi Partnership Ltd.
New Capital Strategies to Protect Local Control and Humane Industrial Practices
Ron Blackwell, AFL-CIO
Jim English, United Steelworkers of America
Keith Romig, PACE International Union
Stock for Government Investment in Private Companies -- Beyond the Airline Bailout
Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick, US House of Representatives
Dennis Kucinich, US House of Representatives
Deborah Groban Olson, Capital Ownership Group
Business Perspective on Investing in Employee-Owned Companies from an Investor and Management
Regis Canny, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Eugene Keilin, KPS Special Situations Fund and Keilin and Company
Employee Ownership Act of 2001
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-CA
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: 902 Hart Office Building Washington, DC
CONTACT: Tyler Prell, 202-518-8047
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Government Foresight: Myth or Reality?
WHO: The speakers are:
James Carroll, Professor of Public Policy and Administration Florida International University
Barry White, Director, Government Performance Projects Council for Excellence in Government
Respondent Robert O'Neill, Jr. President National Academy of Public Administration
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: MIDDLE EAST POLICY COUNCIL holds a conference on "War with Iraq: A Cost-Benefit Analysis."
WHO: The speakers are:
Anthony H. Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Joseph C. Wilson, Former U.S. Chargé d'Affaires, Baghdad, Strategic Advisor, Rock Creek Corporation
Ray Takeyh, Fellow in International Security Studies, Yale University
Geoffrey Kemp, Director of Regional Strategic Programs, The Nixon Center
Chas. W. Freeman, Jr., President, Middle East Policy Council DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: 562 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Emily Linnemeier, 202-296-6767
WEB ADDRESS: mepc.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: SEN. CONRAD BURNS, R-MT, holds an on-the-record interview with reporters to discuss the pending Senate vote on Iraq and his vision of a post-Saddam Iraq.
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: 187 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jennifer O'Shea, 202-224-6830
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER Director's Forum presents former President Bill Clinton.
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 11:15 a.m.
EVENT: CAMPARIGN FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE holds a news conference to call for candidates to discuss with voters where they stand on Social Security.
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: LBJ room,Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-955-5665
WEB ADDRESS:ourfuture.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program with Peter Orszag, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, discussing "Social Security Reform in the Wake of the President's Commission."
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: LC, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-739-9404
WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: A COALITION OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS, LABOR UNIONS, AND STUDENT GROUPS hold a rally to protest the human rights atrocities in China before the Chinese Communist leader Jiang Zemin's planned visit to the United States.
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: The Supreme Court of the United States, West Lower Terrace, One First Street NE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Lee Zhang 202-285-7675, Judy Chao 301-490-8038
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY the Center for Environment present a lecture entitled "The Linkage Between Poverty and Environment: The Road Beyond Johannesburg" featuring Dr. Shelton Davis, World Bank.
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "The Sweatshop Quandary: Corporate Responsibility and Governance on the Global Frontier" with Meg Voorhees, director of social issues at the Investor Responsibility Research Center.
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS ON PALESTINE luncheon briefing with Aiyah Strauss, Chair of the Israeli section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: 2425 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-338-1290
WEB ADDRESS:palestinecenter.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE holds a program on Economic Instruments And Environmental Policy: Are They Effective In Developing Countries And Countries In Transition.
WHO: The speakers are:
Ruth Greenspan Bell, Resources for the Future
Clifford S. Russell, Vanderbilt Institute for Policy Studies, Vanderbilt University
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: 1616 P Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-5000
WEB ADDRESS: rff.org
TIME: 12:45 p.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN REALTIONS presents John Taylor Under Secretary For International Affairs, US Treasury.
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: The Washington Club, 15 Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 212-434-9537
WEB ADDRESS: cfr.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: STAND FOR ISRAEL holds a news conference to release the findings of a Tarrance Group poll measuring:
U.S. public opinion towards attacking Iraq and removing Saddam Hussein from power
Attitudes of U.S. Jews and evangelical Christians towards one another
is there an emerging Jewish-Christian alliance?
Reasons why evangelical Christians support Israel.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, co-chairman, Stand for Israel
Ralph Reed, co-chairman, Stand for Israele
Ed Goeas, President and CEO of the Tarrance Group
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Elizabeth Baggett, 770-232-2929, ext. 234.
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES W.P. Carey Forum of the SAIS Central Asia-Caucasus Institute presents Ali Jalali, director of the Afghan National Radio Initiative for Voice of America and an expert on Afghan military affairs discussing "Who Rules Afghanistan's Provinces?"
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, Dc
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a roundtable with Ambassador to the U.S. from the Kingdon of Morocco Aziz Mekouar.
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB Book Rap featuring Salman Rushdie and his new book, "Step Across This Line."
DATE: October 9, 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 FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS presents The Chestnut Brass Company, a Grammy Award-winning quintet, have been featured on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," "Fresh Air," "Radiotimes," and "Performance Today" programs
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F St. NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-467-4600
WEB ADDRESS: kennedycenter.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: ALLIANCE TO SAVE ENERGY holds its evening with the Stars of Energy Efficiency - Award Dinner and 25th Anniversary Celebration.
WHO: The speakers are:
Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and Environmental Protection AgencyAdministrator Christine Todd Whitman will accept the Alliance's Charles H. Percy Award for Public Service on behalf of the Energy Star Program
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-NM, will receive the Chairman's Award Stars of Energy Efficiency Awards to Consumers Union/Consumer Reports, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Amory Lovins, CertainTeed Corporation
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: Atrium, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Ronnie Kweller, 202-530-2203
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE holds the "Every Vote Counts" drive with a star-filled evening to promote voter education. Headlining this benefit concert will be James Taylor, Don Henley, John Mellencamp and R&B singer Debra Cox. Former President Bill Clinton and Janet Jackson also are scheduled to appear.
DATE: October 9, 2002
LOCATION: Warner Theater, 13th & E Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Press Office at 202-863-7194 or call 202-863-8148.
