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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS holds its 2002 Civil Engineering Conference and Exposition
AGENDA: Highlight:
8:30 a.m. - Civil Engineering Research Foundation Joint Plenary with Mary E. Peters Administrator, Federal Highway, Administration.
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Convention Center, 900 9th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-295-6300
WEB ADDRESS: asce.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSOCIATION holds its 47th annual convention on "ATCA 2002: Aviation in Recovery, Meeting New Challenges." The tragic events of September 11, 2001 dramatically changed the aviation landscape. Airlines, airports and air traffic service providers had been struggling to modernize and increase capacity to accommodate burgeoning air transportation demand. In an instant on September 11, focus shifted to assuring the safety and security of flight, and to preventing the financial collapse of an aviation industry vital to the global economy.
AGENDA: Highlights:
12 noon- Product Demonstrations, Industry Briefings, Hands on Operations, One on One Visits with Major Suppliers of ATC Products and Services in Exhibit Hall.
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: Marriott - Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-522-5717
WEB ADDRESS: atca.org
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: SHAMBAUGH LEADERSHIP GROUP holds a panel discussion to examine board roles, responsibilities and practices for optimizing board performance in light of the recent controversies surrounding corporate governance.
WHO: The speakers are:
Leslie Hortum, Managing Director, Korn/ Ferry International
Ginger Lew, CEO, Telecommunications Development Fund and a member of the NASDAQ Listing and Review Council
Ron Orol, journalist covering the SEC, FCC and Congress for The Daily Deal
Roger Raber, President & CEO, National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), a leading source on corporate governance, and standards for board policy and practices
Rebecca Shambaugh, President and CEO, Shambaugh Leadership Group
H. Brian Thompson, President, private equity investment firm Universal Telecommunications, Inc., former chairman & CEO, LCI International, Inc.
Thomas White, Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, noted counsel in complex corporate transactions, restructurings and securities law
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: Ritz Carlton Tysons Corner, 1700 Tysons Boulevard, McLean, Virginia
CONTACT: Robin Buckley, 703-533-9805
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: DEPARTMENT OF STATE holds Fulbright New Century Scholars Program's Final Plenary Seminar to discuss "Health in a Borderless World." The group will present the results of year-long research and a set of policy recommendations for public health policy research and action at the local and global levels.
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-686-4014
WEB ADDRESS:state.gov
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on Economics vs. Politics In Japan.
WHO: The speakers are:
Laurence Meyer, Former Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
Peter Ennis, Editor-in-Chief, Oriental Economist
Ed Lincoln, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
William Breer, CSIS Japan C
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds a brown-bag lunch with Stan Collender, Fleishman-Hillard, "2004 Fever: An Instant Analysis Of The Election And Its Impact On Next Year's Budget Debate."
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 L Street, NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-739-9404
WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE holds a program entitled Passion for Islam: The Roots of Religious Terrorism in the Middle East with Caryle Murphy, a Washington Post correspondent with long experience in the Middle East and covering Muslims in America. Her new book examines Egypt as a case study of Islam's modern reawakening and how regional politics combined with religion to produce violent Islamist movements.
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: MEI, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-1141
WEB ADDRESS: mideasti.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: LOUSIANA STATE UNIVIRSITY holds a program on Nonprofit Connection: A Renaissance Experience for Nonprofit CEO's.
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Amanda Joy Bell, 318-795-4262
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The EU's Eastern Enlargement: State-building or Empire-building? with Arista Cirtautas, Visiting Fellow, Center of International Studies, Princeton University, and Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia.
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE Pacific Rim Section holds a brown bag on "Current Asian Perspectives on Trade Dynamics - Within the Region and with the US".
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, 1501 K Street, Washington, DC
CONTACT: contact Jennifer Sklarew, 202-482-5664 or Caroline Cooper, 202-464-1982.
WEB ADDRESS: wiit.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "A Military Perspective on Humanitarian Relief Operations: Lessons Learned in Somalia, Kosovo and Afghanistan" with Daniel W. Jacobowitz, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, and J.D. Thomas, a retired U.S. Marine Corps major.
DATE: November 6, 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 "USAID's Development Strategy in South Africa" with William Stacy Rhodes, vice president of the Institute for International Education's Global Development Center and former USAID country director in South Africa.
DATE: November 6, 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 "Crisis in Indonesia" with T. Kumar, Amnesty International's advocacy director for Asia and the Pacific.
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Irish Tenor John McDermott.
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY African Studies Program holds a program on The Role of the UN in Resolving the Conflict in Sierra Leone with Makila James, Political Affairs Officer, US Department of State
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: CCAS Boardroom 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE holds a post-election news conference to discuss the fate of various marijuana ballot measures.
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency-Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Shayna Samuels, 646-523-6961
WEB ADDRESS: drugpolicy.org
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND holds a commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of The Wall with Musical Tribute to Vietnam Veterans.
AGENDA: Performers from Natalie Merchant to Emmylou Harris to Billy Ray Cyrus to Graham Nash sing about the war, The Wall and the veterans. As well, Vietnam veterans themselves - many with no professional musical experience - have written songs dedicated to their fellow servicemembers whose names are inscribed on the black granite wall in Washington, DC.
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-393-0090
WEB ADDRESS: vvmf.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Capital City Politics in Comparative Perspective.
WHO: The speakers are:
David Myers, Penn State University
Henry Dietz, University of Texas
Aprodicio Laquian, Woodrow Wilson Center
Setha Low, City University of New York
Josep Subiros, GAO: Projects and Ideas, Barcelona
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Institute for the Study of Diplomacy holds a Forum on Global Democratization - Session II.
WHO: The speakers are:
William Maynes, President, Eurasia Foundation
Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy
Omar Noman, Author of the UNDP Human, Human Development Report 2002, 'Deepening Democracy in a Fragmented World'
Peter Eicher, Immediate Past Deputy Director, Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights OSCE.
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: Gaston Hall, 3rd Floor, Healy Hall, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion Hanneke Cassel and folk composer/pianist Dave Wiesler joining musical forces to produce exuberant rhythms and captivating melodies.
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB Book Rap featuring actor, director, Leonard Nimoy discussing his new photography book, "Shekhina."
DATE: November 6, 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: THE AMERICAN NEWS WOMEN'S CLUB holds a program on Developing Women's Leadership in Kosovo A Visit with Hope Leadership Fellows.
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: American News Women's Club, 1607 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-332-6770
WEB ADDRESS: state.gov
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Unitarian minister Forest Church discussing and signing copies of The American Creed: A Spiritual and Patriotic Primer. In clear, and sometimes humorous tones, Church shows us how the Declaration's words-and those that were left out-have led us through history and into the present, even when misunderstood or misused.
DATE: November 6, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
