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WEEK AHEAD EVENTS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2003
Tuesday, January 7, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ASSOCIATION OF THE U.S. ARMY presents an Aviation Symposium and Exhibition themed "Army Aviation - A Firm Foundation, Forging the Future."
AGENDA: Highlight:
3 p.m. - Panel Discussion on "Army Aviation in Transformation-Supporting the Warfighter!"
LTG Johnny M. Riggs, director, Objective Task Force
MG John M. Curran, Commanding General, United States Army Aviation Center
COL Ellis Golson, Director, Combat Developments
COL John C. Bendyk, Director, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs
MG Larry J. Dodgen, Commanding General, United States Army Aviation and Missile Command
MG Joseph L. Bergantz, Program Executive Officer, Aviation
Dr. Michael Andrews, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
COL John D. Burke, Program Manager, UAV
BG James A. Kelley, Chief of Staff, Unived States Army Reserve Command
COL George J. Gluski, Chief, Aviation and Safety Bereau
National Guard Bureau
DATE: January 7, 2003
LOCATION: Fairview Park Marriott - 3111 Fairview Park Dr. Falls Church, VA
CONTACT: 703-907-2687
WEB ADDRESS: ausa.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring Rev. Robert Vitillo, Executive Director, Catholic Campaign for Human Development, discussing the results of a national public opinion poll examining Americans attitudes about poverty in the United States.
DATE: January 7, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Dr. John Cole who has directed the activities of the Library of Congress' Center for the Book since it was created in 1977 by Librarian of Congress, Daniel J. Boorstin. discussing Promoting Reading in the Digital Age.
DATE: January 7, 2003
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: PRESIDENT'S NEW FREEDOM COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH holds a panel presentation entitled "Reducing Fragmentation and Improving Quality in Mental Health Services: The Role of Information Technology."
WHO: The speakers are:
Robert M. Kolodner, M.D., Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer for Health, Office
of Information, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC
Dale S. Cannon, Associate Chief for Information, Salt Lake City Veterans Administration
Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D., M.P.H., President and CEO, National Forum for Healthcare
Quality Measurement and Reporting, Washington, DC
DATE: January 7, 2003
LOCATION: Marriott - Crystal Gateway, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA
CONTACT: 1-866-326-4563
WEB ADDRESS: mentalhealthcommission.gov
Wednesday, January 8, 2003
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on the Spillover Effect: Aftershocks in Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia with Peter H. Liotta, Jerome E. Levy Professor of Economic Geography and National Security, U.S. Naval War College, PA.
DATE: January 8, 2003
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: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE holds a program on Department of Energy's Nuclear Waste Cleanup: Uncertain Vision, Troubled Program with Milton Russell, University of Tennessee.
DATE: January 8, 2003
LOCATION: 1616 P Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-5000
WEB ADDRESS: rff.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring General James L. Jones, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.
DATE: January 8, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
Thursday, January 9, 2003
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY BMW Center for German and European Studies Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service presents Christopher Hill, United States Ambassador to the Republic of Poland discussing "Poland in the New Europe."
DATE: January 9, 2003
LOCATION: Gaston Hall, 3rd Floor, Healy Hall, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program featuring David Scheffman, Director, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission, discussing "Making Economics and Economists Relevant in a Sea of Lawyers.
DATE: January 9, 2003
LOCATION: Chinatown Garden, 618 H St., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-739-9404
WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a hill briefing on A New and Improved Health Policy Agenda for 2003.
WHO: The speakers are:
Tom Miller, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Jeff Lemieux, Senior Economist, Progressive Policy Institute.
DATE: January 9, 2003
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE presents Alexander Vershbow, U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation discussing his reflections on the current and future partnership between the United States and Russia.
DATE: January 9, 2003
LOCATION: Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS: ceip.org
Friday January 10, 2003
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, discussing his legislation for comprehensive health care reform.
DATE: January 10, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a luncheon roundtable discussion the state of business ethics.
WHO: The speakers are:
Tibor Machan, coauthor, professor of business ethics at Chapman University
Prof. John Hasnas associate professor of law at George Mason University
DATE: January 9, 2003
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
