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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: KANTER FAMILY FOUNDATION sponsors an annual conference to promote a broader understanding of the importance of evidence-based health treatment. The conference focuses on the initiative by the Foundation and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to develop a National Health Outcomes Database.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - Welcome and Overview of Day's Events Joseph H. Kanter, President, Joseph H. Kanter Foundation
8:35 a.m. - The Role of Information in Improving the Quality of Health Care - Carolyn Clancy, MD, Acting Director, Agency for Health Care Research
8:55 a.m. - The U.S. Health Care System: Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions - Russell J. Ricci, MD, Chairman of the eHealth Initiative; General Manager, Global Healthcare, IBM Corporation
9:10 a.m. - The Need for Information to Support Better Quality Care: The Patient's Perspective - Fran Visco, President, National Breast Cancer Coalition; David Lansky, PhD, President, Foundation for Accountability
10:40 a.m. - Making our Vision of an Interconnected, Electronic Health Information Infrastructure a Reality - Moderated by Carol Diamond, MD, MPH, Managing Director of the Information Technologies for Better Health Program, the Markle Foundation
1 p.m. - Recognition of Leadership and Contributions to an Integrated Public Health Information Infrastructure, Janet Marchibroda, Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative
3 p.m. - Stakeholder Roles in Laying the Foundation for an Interconnected, Electronic Health Information Infrastructure and Best Practices in Using Information Technology to Improve Patient Care -Moderated by Michael Millenson, Mervin Shalowitz, MD Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University's Kellogg School Graduate School of Business
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Phil Duncan, 703-237-1500
WEB ADDRESS: healthlegacy.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG LAW INSTITUTE holds a workshop on "Introduction To Medical Device Law And Regulation: Understanding How FDA Regulates the Medical Device Industry."
WHO: The speakers are:
Edward M. Basile, Senior Partner, King & Spalding
Karen M. Becker, Ph.D., President, Becker & Associates Consulting, Inc.
Marvin A. Blumberg, Senior Consultant, AAC Consulting Group, Inc.
Mark S. Brown, Partner, King and Spalding
Philip Katz, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP
Alan G. Minsk, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Suzan Onel, Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
Marlene K. Tandy, M.D., J.D., General Attorney, Law Department,
Johnson & Johnson
Edward C. Wilson, Jr., Partner, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P.
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: Westin Grand Hotel, 2350 M Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-429-0100
WEB ADDRESS:fdli.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: HEATH INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA holds a media briefing on the HIAA D.C. Decision-Makers Survey.
WHO: The speakers are:
Donald A Young, President, HIAA
Bill McInturff, Partner, Public Opinion Strategies
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202/824-1810
WEB ADDRESS: hiaa.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE holds a public addresses featuring Dennis McNamara, newly appointed to the role of UNHCR Inspector General, to speak on the topic of "UNHCR: Protection and Accountability."
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: Resources for the Future Conference Center, 1400 16th Street, lobby level
CONTACT: Ana Claros, 202-266-1940
WEB ADDRESS: migrationpolicy.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: THE JOINT CENTER FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STUDIES holds a news conference to release its 2002 National Opinion Poll findings on politics.
WHO: The speakers are:
Eddie N. Williams, President, Joint Center
David Bositis, Senior Research Associate, Joint Center
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Liselle Yorke, 202-789-6366
WEB ADDRESS:
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB NPC Forums Committee holds a program on Where is Brain Research Leading Us in the Fields of Learning, Spirituality and the Law.
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Elliott Ryan. 703-237-5591
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on U.S.-Brazil Bilateral Relations.
WHO: The speakers are:
James Carragher, Director of Brazilian and Southern Cone Affairs for the U.S. Department of State
Anthony Harrington, President, Stonebridge International, Former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil
William Perry, CSIS Senior Associate, Special Advisor for the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
for Hemispheric Affairs
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Center for Latin American Studies Political Database of the Americas features Patricio Gajardo and Pablo Galarce from the Americas Division of the International Foundation for Election Systems discussing the first and second round of elections in Ecuador.
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: ICC 550, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum Corporate Accounting: Before and After the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
WHO: The speakers are:
Richard Bassett, Managing Director, Risktoolz
Peter Wallison, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
William Niskanen, Chairman, Cato Institute.
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Brazilian Studies Program holds a lecture with Diva Moreira, Scholar Afro-Brazilian Studies discussing affirmative action in Brazil and USA: Limits and Possibilities.
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: ICC 241, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Science, Technology and International Affairs and the Center for Environment present a lecture on "Black Earths of the Amazon," featuring Professor William Woods of Southern Illinois University.
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: ICC 450, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a forum on "Elections in Kashmir: Results and Implications."
WHO: The speakers are:
Usmaan Ahmad, member of the Central Diplomatic Bureau and
Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front
Walter Andersen, head of office for analysis of South Asia at the
State Department and SAIS adjunct professor
Selig Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Center for
International Policy, and the author of India: The Most Dangerous
Decades
Vijay Sazawal, international coordinator for Indo-American Kashmir
Forum and political analyst on history of Jammu-Kashmir
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a book forum on Human Cloning and Human Dignity: The Report of the President's Council on Bioethics.
WHO: The speakers are:
J. Bottum, Weekly Standard
William A. Galston, University of Maryland
Charles Murray, AEI
Diana Shaub, Loyola College of Maryland
Leon Kass, AEI; and Tony Snow, Fox News
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY presents John Edgar Wideman, novelist, essayist and distinguished professor in the Department of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst discussing "Work in Progress: A Reading."
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: Gaston Hall, 3rd Floor, Healy Hall, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a book launch for Democratic Autonomy: Public Reasoning about the Ends of Policy with Henry S. Richardson, Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University; former Wilson Center Fellow, and author.
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 4:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a forum on "Attacking Iraq: Is Pre-emptive Self-defense Lawful?" with Ruth Wedgwood and Mary Ellen O'Connell, professor of law at Ohio State University, will be the debaters, and Michael M. Matheson, visiting professor of law at GWU,
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS ON PALESTINE Cultural Committee of The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development holds a reception and discussion of "The Intifada's Youngest Victims."
WHO: The speakers are:
Dutch photojournalist Nadja Groux
Daniel Quinn, recently returned from the West Bank where he volunteered for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: 2425 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-338-1290
WEB ADDRESS: palestinecenter.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Andrew White's ZORROSAX ALLSTARS who will perform the American premiere of a jazz concerto for saxophone sextet, as well as 3 other jazz pieces: "Bad Dance," "Everybody Loves the Sugar," and "Theme."
DATE: October 29, 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 Amir Aczel discussing and signing copies Entanglement: The Greatest Mystery in Physics.
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL WRITERS UNION hosts a panel discussion on "Writers, Secrecy and National Security" to address the challenges facing journalists and writers in an era of heightened national security.
WHO: The speakers are:
Panelists include: Emily Sheketoff, American Library Association (Washington Office)
Kai Bird, historian and author
Jeff Stein, editor of the new Congressional Quarterly magazine Homeland Security; and Scott Armstrong, founder of the National Security Archive and former reporter for The Washington Post.
DATE: October 29, 2002
LOCATION: Sumner School, 17th and M Streets, NW in Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-234-9382
