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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a conference on Sustainable Development and Public Health.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - Scott Barrett, Director, EEST, SAIS
Terry Barnett, Chairman, Novartis USA
8:40 a.m. - Keynote Addresses
Alfred Crosby, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Texas, Austin; author of Ecological Imperialism, The Columbian Exchange, America's Forgotten Pandemic, and other books.
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor and Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University; former chairman, Commission on Macroeconomics and Health.
Drug Resistance, Globalization, and Public Health
11 a.m. - Francis Fukuyama, Dean of Faculty, Bernard Schwartz Chair Professor of Political Economy, SAIS; author of Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution.
Stephen Palumbi, Professor of Biology, Stanford University; author of The Evolution Explosion.
Ramanan Laxminarayan, Fellow, Resources for the Future, editor of Battling Resistance to Antibiotics and Pesticides: An Economic Approach.
1:45 p.m. - Innovation for Sustainable Development and Public Health
Ian Johnson, Vice President, Environmentally & Socially Sustainable Development, World Bank
Paul Herrling, Head of Corporate Research, Novartis Corporation
Jean (Jenny) Lanjouw, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute; Associate Professor, UC Berkeley
3:30 p.m. - Policies for Sustainable Development and Public Health
Chair: Scott Barrett, Director, EEST Program, SAIS
Lynn Goldman, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; former Assistant Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
Dean Jamison, Senior Fellow, Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health: Professor, UCLA; co-editor, Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries.
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL PTA AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION hold Partners for Student Success 2002 National Summit on Parent Involvement in Teacher Education.
WHO: The speakers are:
Beth Ann Bryan, Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Education
Dr. Ben Carson, Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Ann Compton, ABC News White House Correspondent
Dr. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, George Washington University President and Professor of Public Administration
Reg Weaver, President, National Education Association
Sen. Jack Reed - D-RI
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: Marvin Center Building, 800 21st Street, NW Washington, DC
CONTACT: Debbie Dabrowski, National PTA, 1-202-289-6790 x212 or Karen McMullen, AACTE, 1- 202-293-2450
WEB ADDRESS: pat.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY presents the Washington Program of the Helsinki Women Business Leaders Summit.
"The Helsinki Summit is key in establishing connections between the U.S. and Baltic region businesses," said U.S. Ambassador to Finland Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, "Through 'person-to-person diplomacy,' we hope to strengthen economies, increase opportunities for creating new jobs, and nurturing long-term cross-border prosperity."
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: Gaston Hall, 3rd Floor, Healy Hall, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION holds a program on When PUBLIC PAYMENT DECLINES DOES COST-SHIFTING OCCUR? HOSPITAL AND PHYSICIAN RESPONSES.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:15 - Economic Theory and Research Evidence: What Do They Say?
11:30 a.m. - Bringing Practice to Policy: Effects of Reductions in Public Payments
2 p.m. - The Policymakers Perspective: How Has Current Policy Developed and How Can the Past Inform the Future?
4 p.m. - Conference Summary, Closing Comments
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: Wyndham Washington, 1400 M Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-292-6700
WEB ADDRESS: academyhealth.org
TIME: 7:30 a.m.
EVENT: NORTHERN VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY COUCIL holds Emerging Business Network program.
WHO: The speakers are:
Steve Burger, Director of Product Development, ENSCO, Inc.
Nelson Carbonell, Jr., CEO, Cysive, Inc.
Frances Craig, President & CEO, Unanet Technologies
Cynthia Gilmer, President, Opus Plus
Kayvan Shahabi, Director, PRTM
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: Deloitte & Touche Development Center, 1750 Tysons Boulevard, McLean, VA
CONTACT: 703-904-7878
WEB ADDRESS:nvtc.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents former Chilean President Eduardo Frei discussing the broad scope of domestic and international issues facing Chile.
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT:INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK holds a breakfast meeting on Freedom Of the press in Latin America and the Caribbean.
WHO: The speakers are:
Eduardo Bertoni, OAS
Carlos F. Chamorro, Confidencial, Nicaragua
Jack Fuller, Tribune Publishing Company
Karin Karlekar, Freedom House
Joel Simon, Committee To Protect Jouranlists
DATE: November 12, 2002
LOCATION: B-369 Rayburn Office Building Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-822-9002
WEB ADDRESS: iadb.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY presents Gov. Marc Racicot, Chairman of the Republican National Committee discussing the Republican Party and its future goals.
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: Gaston Hall, 3rd Floor, Healy Hall, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL COALITION ON BLACK CIVIC PARTICIPATION will host a media briefing on the black vote and its impact on the 2002 elections. The briefing will provide a forum for new voices to analyze what happened and its implications for 2004 and beyond. There will also be reports on efforts to ensure voters' rights were protected at the polls.
WHO: The speakers are:
Richard Womack, chairman, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
Barbara Arnwine, executive director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Kirk Clay, co-chair, Black Youth Vote! National Advisory Board
George E. Curry, editor-in-chief, NNPA News Service and BlackPressUSA.com
Felicia Davis, executive director, Benjamin E. Mays Educational Resource Center
Earl O'Neal, assistant political director for voter mobilization, AFL-CIO
Dr. Delisa Saunders, deputy director for field operations, People for the American Way Foundation
Dr. Ronald A. Walters, professor of government and politics, University of Maryland
Melanie Campbell, executive director and CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-659-4929
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: WHITE HOUSE PROJECT AND AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WOMEN AND POLITICS INSTITUTE holds a briefing to recap how women fared in the 2002 elections and release the findings of Barriers and Opportunities for Women Candidates.
WHO: The speakers are:
Marie Wilson, Founder and President, The White House Project
Celinda Lake, President, Lake, Snell, Perry & Associates
American Viewpoint Research Analyst Jennifer Mastin
Dawn Laguens, President, Laguens, Hamburger, Stone,
Karen O'Connor, Director, Women and Politics Institute at American University
Jim Farwell, President, The Farwell Group
Pamela Womack, Director of Campaigns and Elections, Democratic Governors' Association
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Andrea Miller or Susan Lamontagne, 212-260-1520 or Sonal Nalkur, 212-785-6001
WEB ADDRESS: thewhitehouseproject.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a press briefing on "The NATO Summit in Prague: Challenges to Bush and the Alliance."
WHO: The speakers are:
Strobe Talbott, President, The Brookings Institution
Ivo H. Daalder, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, and The Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair, Brookings
James B. Steinberg, Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings
Philip H. Gordon, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, and Director, Center on the United States and France, Brookings
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION holds a program Exploring Economic Growth Potential for 2003.
WHO: The speakers are:
Lawrence B. Lindsey, Assistant to the president for Economic Policy
Roger W. Ferguson, Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve System
Kathleen Cooper, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Department of Commerce
Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President & CEO, FedEx Corporation
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS: uschamber.com
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program with Adam Posen, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics, "Is Germany the Next Japan?"
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: Chinatown Garden, 618 H St., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-739-9404
WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE holds a program on "Slicing the Pie: Alternative Approaches to Distributing Allowances under the Multi-Pollutant Bills."
WHO: The speakers are:
David Doniger, Natural Resources Defense Council
Karen Palmer and Billy Pizer, Resources for the Future
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: 1616 P Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-5000
WEB ADDRESS: rff.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS presents Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Less Hsien Loong discussing U.S. Singapore Free Trade.
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: 1750 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-9000
WEB ADDRESS: iie.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture on "Alternatives to Opium Poppies: Agricultural Development Strategies in the New Afghanistan" with Raymond Morton, a senior policy adviser at USAID.
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a book form for Reagan's War: The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph over Communism, will discuss the strategies that Ronald Reagan applied in the 1980s to win the Cold War.
WHO: The speakers are:
Peter Schweizer, Hoover Institution
Steven F. Hayward, (author of book on Reagan) AEI
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, (former U.N. ambassador) now at AEI
Michael Barone, U.S. News and World Report
Caspar Weinberger, (former Sec. of Defense) now at Forbes, Inc.
Newt Gingrich, (former Speaker of the House of Rep.) now at AEI
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Afternoon Newsmaker" news program featuring participants in the Helsinki Women Business Leaders Summit Conference, discussing "Developing Economic Stability in the Baltic Sea Region by Building Networks among Baltic, Russian, Finnish and American Business Women."
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Afternoon Newsmaker" news program featuring Bolivian President Sanchez de Lozada discussing democracy, open markets, terrorism and illegal drug production and trafficking.
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS Women in the Economy project will host a Capitol Hill briefing to discuss the need to create personal and portable health and retirement benefit systems to better accommodate the needs of women.
WHO: The speakers are:
Moderated by NCPA Senior Fellow Celeste Colgan
Terry Neese, President of Women Impacting Public Policy
Karen Schaeffer, President of Schaeffer Financial
NCPA President John Goodman.
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: 385 of the Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 1-800-859-1154
WEB ADDRESS:ncpaonline.org
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a forum, "Turkey Under Islamic Rule? The Turkish Election, Central Asia and the Caucasus," with Soner Cagatay, the Soref Fellow at the Washington Institute for
Neareast Policy, will be the featured speaker.
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a Middle East Forum Roundtable with Khalil Shikaki, Ph.D., director, Palestinian Center For Policy and Survey Research.
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-775-3125
WEB ADDRESS: cfr.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Cellicion Traditional Zuni Dancers from the Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico performs music and dances that preserve and reflect the 1000 year-old Zuni culture. Presented in cooperation with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE ATLANTIC MEDIA GROUP hold a ceremony for the "Service to America Medals" to help turn around negative stereotypes about government "bureaucrats", and show the American people the amazing things federal employees do on the job.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jewell and Thelma McNair, parents of Denise McNair
Judy Woodruff, anchor, CNN (Master of Ceremonies)
Andrew Card, chief of staff to President George W. Bush
John Spencer, chief of staff to "President Bartlett" on NBC's "The West Wing" Director of Homeland Security Tom Ridge
Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta
Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio)
U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO)
Kay Coles James, director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Bethany Hardy, 202-775-9111, ext. 27
WEB ADDRESS: ourpublicservice.org
TIME: 6:45 p.m.
EVENT: WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL holds discussion and reception on Oil and National Security
WHO: The speakers are:
James A. Placke, Cambridge Energy Research Associates
Robert E. Ebel, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Shirley Neff, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Franklin D. Kramer, Changing World Technologies
Frank Verrastro, Vinson & Elkins LLP
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-293-1051
WEB ADDRESS: worldaffairsdc.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents school reformer Deborah Meier who argues for alternative methods for teaching academics and measuring student performance. In Schools We Trust she asserts that, for many reasons, current testing is inaccurate: for instance, students often choose answers based on their experiences and therefore fail to demonstrate their academic abilities. The system also forces educators to "teach to" the test thereby taking time away from more valuable lessons.
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: BONNEVILLE INTERNATIONAL, NORTHROP GRUMMAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, GEICO, METRO NETWORKS/SHADOW BROADCAST SERVICES/WESTWOOD ONE, ARBITRON AND R&R holds the March of Dimes 16th annual A.I.R. Awards.
AGENDA: The gala event will be emceed by Russ Parr & Olivia Fox from the Russ Parr Morning Show with Olivia Fox. Recognizing the top radio broadcasters in categories like Best Morning Show, Best News Anchor and Best Traffic Reporter -- plus this year's new categories: Best Station Web Site and Best Student Talent -- the A.I.R. Awards® will also honor WMAL veteran Larry Krebs.
DATE: November 13, 2002
LOCATION: Hyatt - Bethesda, Bethesda, Maryland
CONTACT: Gina Harps, 703-824-0111, ext. 16 or Joe Balintfy, 301-654-9810, ext. 130
WEB ADDRESS: modimes.org.
