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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION AND THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY hold a media briefing and national policy forum on What Is The State of the Union?
WHO: The speakers are:
Sen. John Breaux, D-LA
Maya MacGuineas, Fellow,
Michael Calabrese, Director, Public Assets Program
Ray Boshara, Director, Asset Building Program
Michael Lind, senior Fellow
Margaret Talbot, Senior Fellow
Karen Kornbluh, Director, Work and Family Program, New America Foundation
Shannon Brownlee, Senior Fellow
James Pinkerton, Fellow
Ted Halstead, President and CEO
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: NORTHERN VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY COUCIL holds program on Success Factors for Unlocking the Potential of Wireless Technology. Wireless technologies have the capability to deliver actionable information anytime, anywhere, anyhow that can help companies across industries achieve next-generation operating results. Despite the potential, however, many companies do not know what to do or where to start and are unable to turn to technology providers that remain more product than solution-focused.
WHO: The speakers are:
Steve Cooley, VP, Information Services, Medicorp Health System
Daniel Emig, Director, Health & Technology, Siemens Medical Systems
Gene Huang, Vice President, Health Facilitation, Intracorp (Cigna Healthcare)
Aamir Rehman M.D., Senior Director, Clinical Advisory Board and Leadership Development Institute, Advisory Board Company
Launa Stewart, Product Manager, Industry Solutions, Nextel
Mohamed Kande, Director, PRTM
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: The Ritz-Carlton, 1700 Tysons Boulevard, McLean, VA
CONTACT: 703-904-7878
WEB ADDRESS: nvtc.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE holds a program on "Ambivalent Neighbors: The EU, NATO, The Price of Membership."
WHO: The speakers are:
Anatol Lieven is senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment. A prolific writer, he was formerly correspondent for the Financial Times in Eastern Europe and the Times of London in the former Soviet Union, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
Dmitri Trenin serves as deputy director of the Carnegie Moscow Center following a career in the Russian army that included participation in the Geneva strategic arms control negotiations and teaching at the Military Institute.
Charles King, a contributor to Ambivalent Neighbors, is associate professor in the School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government at Georgetown University, where he also holds the Ion Ratiu Chair of Romanian Studies.
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS:ceip.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT holds a forum on the need for an independent ombudsman at the Environmental Protection Agency.
WHO: The speakers are:
Sen. Michael Crapo, R-ID
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, N-NY
Robert Martin, former EPA Ombudsman
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: 628 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-408-0034
WEB ADDRESS: whistleblower.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: GLOBAL BUSINESS DIALOGUE AND WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION present Sergio Marchi, Canada's ambassador to the WTO and chairman of the WTO's General Council.
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: The Rotunda, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-463-5074
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a program on "Challenge for the Bush Administration: Dealing with a Nuclear North Korea."
AGENDA: While the Bush administration prepares for a possible war with Iraq, it has been confronted by a new and potentially graver crisis-North Korea's resumption of its nuclear weapons program and expulsion of United Nations inspectors.
WHO: The speakers are:
James B. Steinberg, Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings
Richard C. Bush III, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, and Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, Brookings
Ivo H. Daalder, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, and the Sydney Stein Jr. Chair, Brookings
Don Oberdorfer, Journalist-in-Residence, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Author, The Two Koreas (1997)
Michael E. O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, and the Sydney Stein Jr. Chair, Brookings
Jaw Ho Chung, Visiting Fellow (South Korea), Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, Brookings
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds an Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center Forum to discuss the estate tax.
WHO: The speakers are:
William H. Gates, Sr. is the co-author with Chuck Collins of a new book, Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes.
Bruce Bartlett, National Center for Policy Analysis (former Treasury deputy assistant secretary)
Len Burman, Urban Institute (co-director, TPC and former Treasury deputy assistant secretary)
William Gale, Brookings Institution (co-director, TPC and former senior staff economist, Council of Economic Advisers)
Raymond Scheppach, National Governors Association (former deputy director, Congressional Budget Office)
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: The Urban Institute, 2100 M Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH holds a news conference releasing The 558-page Human Rights Watch World Report 2003 which covers human rights in 58 countries in 2002. It identifies positive trends such as the formal end to wars in Angola, Sudan, and Sierra Leone, as well as peace talks in Sri Lanka. But negative developments included the outbreak of serious communal violence in Gujarat, India, and the continued killing of civilians in wars from Colombia to Chechnya, from the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
WHO: The speakers is Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch who will
discuss global trends, including the war on terror and government repression worldwide
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Tom Malinowski, 202-612-4358
WEB ADDRESS: hrw.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: DRUG STRATEGIES holds a news conference to discuss The new guide, Treating Teens: A Guide to Adolescent Drug Programs, which outlines the key elements of adolescent drug treatment, providing the questions that anyone considering a teen treatment program should ask, lists exemplary programs in every region of the country, and offers parents, counselors, judges and others crucial information about adolescent drug treatment programs.
WHO: The speakers are:
Mathea Falco, President, Drug Strategies
Dr. Robert Millman, Weill Medical College, Cornell University and Chair, Teen Treatment Expert Advisory Panel
Charles G. Curie, Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Constance M. Pechura, Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Gretchen Wright, 202-371-1999
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The Future of the Transatlantic Relationship
with Ambassador Antonio Puri Purini, Diplomatic Advisor to the President of Italy.
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE hosts a luncheon discussion on "The Prognosis for the Middle East" featuring Ambassador Walker, President and CEO of the Middle East Institute.
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood LLP, 1501 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-9842
WEB ADDRESS: wiit.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Iran: From Political Gridlock to Crisis of Legitimacy
with Ramin Jahanbegloo, Head of the Department for Contemporary Studies, Cultural Research Bureau (Tehran).
DATE: January 14, 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: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents a program on the HIV/AIDS Pandemic -- The Crisis of Our Time.
WHO: The speakers are:
Philippe Chiliade, M.D., Medical Dir., Whitman Walker Clinic
Radhika Sarin, Staff Researcher, Worldwatch Institute
Naina Dhingra, Pres., GW Student, Global AIDS Campaign, "Young
Visionary Award" (National Capital Region UN Assn.)
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE holds a Inter-industry press briefing with technology and recording industry associations to announce landmark consensus on groundbreaking policy principles to address digital content issues.
WHO: The speakers are:
Robert Holleyman, President and CEO, Business Software Alliance
Ken Kay, Executive Director, Computer Systems Policy Project
Hilary Rosen, Chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: The Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Jeri Clausing, 202-530-5127
WEB ADDRESS: bsa.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Afternoon Newsmaker" news program featuring Ambassador of Greece to the United States, H.E. George Savvaides, discussing "The Greek Presidency of the European Union: Priorities and Goals."
DATE: January 14, 2003
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: WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION presents a primer on customs laws and procedures featuring Sandra Bell who has served as the Acting Deputy Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Regulations and Rulings.
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202) 312-1600
WEB ADDRESS: wita.org
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY presents Ambassador Haass will deliver a major foreign policy address entitled "Sovereignty: Existing Rights, Evolving Responsibilities." He will focus on the evolving circumstances and rights of the international community -- and the US in particular -- to intervene and use force inside sovereign countries.
DATE: January 14, 2003
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 Singer/songwriter Otis Taylor, winner of a Handy Award for Best New Artist of the Year, performing minimalist blues from his recent CD Respect the Dead.
DATE: January 14, 2003
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 with author Gavin Menzies discussing his book "1421: The Year China Discovered America."
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Washington Writers' Publishing House, featuring readings featuring their latest fiction and poetry titles.
-- Meadow Fugue And Descant is the first novel by Faith Jackson, former professor at American University
-- Hero-Surfing is Anne Sheldon's first poetry collection. She is a former children's librarian, a storytelling instructor at the University of Maryland
DATE: January 14, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
