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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS holds its 2002 Civil Engineering Conference and Exposition
DATE: November 7, 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.
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: Marriott - Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-522-5717
WEB ADDRESS: atca.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS holds its 25th anniversary conference themed Champions For Children: Celebrating and Inspiring Success.
AGENDA: Highlight:
4 p.m. - Opening General Session: "Champions for Children: Celebrating and Inspiring
Success"
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: The Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-928-5956
WEB ADDRESS: cisnet.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Section of Antitrust Law 2002 Fall Forum. This conference will feature current antitrust policy issues as framed by senior officials of the Federal Trade Commission and US Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division and senior members of the private bar and academia. Sessions will focus on major policy initiatives and current enforcement actions, as well as reflection on important antitrust anniversaries-the 20th Anniversary of the Merger Guidelines and the 25th Anniversary of the GTE-Sylvania decision.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - Criminal Enforcement
11:15 a.m. - Competition Regulation
11:15 a.m. - International Competition
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 312-988-5606
WEB ADDRESS: abanet.org
TIME: 7:30 a.m.
EVENT: COURT TV holds The Women Superstars Breakfast honoring everyday heroes through its American Heroes Initiative. Through this initiative, the network recognizes the contributions of men and women who go above and beyond the call of duty, either in their work or in their communities, helping to make the world a better and safer place.
WHO: Honorees:
Mary Beth Buchanan, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Alice Fisher, Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Kathleen Kiernan, Assistant Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Andrea Thompson, Court TV personality, Host of the breakfast
Additional Special Guests:
Henry Schleiff, Chairman and CEO of Court TV
Margot Gilman, Senior Articles Editor, Ladies' Home Journal
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: Hilton Washington, 1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Leslie Schwartz, 212.576.2700 X223 or Carole Shander 212.973.2629
TIME: 7:30 a.m.
EVENT: NORTHERN VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY COUCIL Capital Formation Committee holds program on how the venture capitalists investment can get done in this tough market for raising capital.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jay Markley, Partner, Columbia Capital
Joe Zell, General Partner, Grotech Capital Group
Mike Tessler, President and CEO, Broadsoft
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: Ernst & Young Building, 8484 Westpark Drive, Second Floor, McLean, VA
CONTACT: 703-904-7878
WEB ADDRESS:nvtc.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: GILMORE COMMISSION holds its meeting to approve recommendations for annual report to the president and congress on domestic preparedness for combating terrorism. The commission will also discuss an update to its terrorist threat assessment, and will receive a final briefing on the results of a recent survey of state and local response organizations.
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: RAND 1200 Hayes St., 4th Floor, Room 4204, Arlington, Virginia
CONTACT: 703-423-1100, ext. 5117
WEB ADDRESS: rand.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on "The Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth in the Democratic Republic of Congo."
WHO: The speakers are:
Adotei Akwei, Amnesty International's Africa advocacy director
Alex Laskaris, a representative from the State Department's Policy Planning
Alexis Lamek, the French Mission to the U.N.'s first secretary for Africa
Learned Dees, Africa program officer for the National Endowment for Democracy
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents Raila Odinga, prime minister-designate of the National Rainbow Coalition, Kenya's foremost opposition alliance, who will discuss Kenya's current political situation in the run-up to the country's December 27 general election.
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: GOVERNOR JAMES J. BLANCHARD (FORMER GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN AND U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CANADA) AND SENATOR WILLIAM E. BROCK (FORMER SENATOR FROM TENNESSEE AND U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE) hold a roundtable discussion announcing an alliance of U.S. and Canadian interests working together to resolve the long-standing dispute on Canadian lumber.
AGENDA: A 27% import tax has been imposed on Canadian lumber, creating a trade
barrier that is damaging this relationship. If left in place, this 27% tax
will cause economic harm on both sides of the border.
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Kelley Mullaney, 202-530-4628
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presents political analysts Charlie Cook and Stuart Rothenberg discussing the political landscape following Tuesday's elections and also forecast what's in store for the 108th Congress.
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: WORLD BANK holds a book launch for The Right The Right to Tell -- The Role of Mass Media in Economic Development.
WHO: The speakers are:
Nobel Prize winner and former World Bank chief economist Joseph Stiglitz
Roumeen Islam, an editor of the book and a manager at the World Bank Institute
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC:
CONTACT: Andrew Kircher, 202-473-6313
WEB ADDRESS: worldbank.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE ELECTION WATCH 2002 featuring nationally renowned team of political analysts and special guests from the 2002 campaigns: Norman Ornstein, Bill Schneider, Karlyn Bowman, John Fortier, and author Ben Wattenberg who will moderate the discussion.
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a Capitol Hill briefing on Election 2002: A Look Back. What do the elections tell us about the mood of the country? How will the results affect the next two years of the Bush administration?
WHO: The speakers are:
Ron Faucheux, Campaigns & Elections
Patrick Basham, Cato Institute
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: B-369 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Implications of the Yugoslav Elections for U.S. Interests in the Balkans.
WHO: The speakers are:
John Hulsman, Research Fellow for European Affairs, The Davis Institute for International Studies, The Heritage Foundation
Damjan de Krnjevic-Miskovic, Assistant Managing Editor, The National Interest
Philip W. Lyon, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, University of Maryland at College Park
DATE: November 7, 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: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB holds a luncheon to discuss post-election analysis.
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: CNA CORPORATION holds a book launch and panel discussion for China's Leadership in the 21st Century: The Rise of the 4th Generation Edited by David M. Finkelstein and Maryanne Kivlehan (M.E. Sharpe, October 2002).
WHO: The speakers are:
Li Cheng, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Hamilton College: Poised to Take the Helm: Rising Stars and the Transition to the Fourth Generation
Murray Scot Tanner, Western Michigan University: Hu Jintao's Succession: Prospects and Challenges
Zhiyue Bo, St. John Fisher College: The Provinces: Training Ground for National Leaders or a Power in Their Own Right?
Bruce Dickson, George Washington University: Economics As The Central Task: Do Entrepreneurs Matter?
Carol Lee Hamrin, George Mason University: Social Dynamics And New Generation Politics
Michael S. Chase, RAND: The Role of Mishus in the Chinese Political System: Change And Continuity
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-824-2386
WEB ADDRESS: can.org
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Putin's Economic Straitjacket: Austere Budgeting in a Poor State with James Duran, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Canisius College, Buffalo NY.
DATE: November 7, 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: VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND holds a commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of The Wall with The Reading of the Names that will take place at The Wall for 65 hours over a four-day period beginning with a special ceremony. Volunteers will read names for approximately eight hours from 4 p.m. on November 7 to 12 a.m. on November 8.
AGENDA: The Reading of the Names is the single most poignant tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Vietnam War. As the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and our nation commemorate The Wall's 20th Anniversary, it is important to pause and reflect as every name inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is read aloud. Each of those names was a young man or woman who died in the prime of their life, fighting for the principles of freedom and democracy that continue to make our country the greatest in the world."
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-393-0090
WEB ADDRESS: vvmf.org
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE New Atlantic Initiative presents What Is Wrong with Europe? For the past half-century Western Europe has been America's most reliable ally. Yet, many question whether all is well in the transatlantic relationship. Quite a few in Europe have ratcheted up their criticism of the United States, and some leaders have focused particularly on the American desire to terminate the tyranny of Saddam Hussein.
WHO: The speakers are:
Danielle Pletka, AEI
Patrick Chamorel, Woodrow Wilson Center
Radek Sikorski, NAI
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies of Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service presents Dr. James J. Zogby, founder and president of the Arab American Institute discussing his recent publication, "What Arabs Think: Values, Beliefs, and Concerns," a landmark study of Arab values and political concerns analyzing the views of 3,800 Arab adults from eight countries (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Morocco, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Israel).
DATE: November 7, 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 Phat Alpert, featuring trumpet player Zach Smith of the Dixie Power Trio, paying musical tribute to Herb Alpert.
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a program on The Aftermath: The Winners, the Losers and What Election 2002 Really Meant for Both Parties.
WHO: The speakers are:
Peter Beinart, Senior Editor, The New Republic
John Judis, Author, The Emerging Democratic Majority
James Pinkerton, Fellow, New America Foundation
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: 13th ANNUAL FIGHT FOR CHILDREN'S FIGHT NIGHT. Fight Night, a first-class "black tie" smoker complete with a top quality boxing card and exceptional entertainment.
AGENDA: All benefiting organizations aid in the development of our "whole" child concept and families in need. Together with our donors, Fight For Children makes it possible for children to explore, discover, grow, heal and profit from the extraordinary resources in our community.
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Hilton and Towers 1919 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Anne Hines, 703-245-3566
WEB ADDRESS: fightforchildren.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents author Justin Martin discussing "NADER: Crusader, Spoiler, Icon. It is a crisp, intelligent and nuanced portrait of a talented, and determined activist. Martin provides a lively and vivid look at the work that has made Nader's singular reputation as a notable and polarizing actor in American politics. The details of Nader's battle with General Motors are fascinating.
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
EVENT: AUGUST GEORGES, MARY BUTLER, LOCKHEED MARTIN, MARTHA SCHAR, AND THE RAMSEY FOUNDATION presents 9TH Annual Knock Out Abuse Against Women Gala.
AGENDA: The evening, which includes a dinner, silent and live auctions featuring over 100 "must have" items. Jill Sorensen Robert and Cheryl Davis Masri serve as the event co-chairs. Proceeds from the event will benefit Bethany House, Crossway Community and House of Ruth.
DATE: November 7, 2002
LOCATION: Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 1150 22nd Street, NW Washington, DC
CONTACT: Ellen Blankenstein, 703-245-3567
WEB ADDRESS: knockoutabuse.org
