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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY hold a conference Outlook 2003: The State of American Business.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:45 a.m. - Opening Address: The State of American Business
Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
9:30 a.m. - What Issues Will Dominate 2003?
Josephine S. Cooper, President and CEO, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Edward R. Hamberger, President and CEO, Association of American Railroads
Thomas R. Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute
Donald Young, President, Health Insurance Association of America
Robert W. Merry, President and Publisher, Congressional Quarterly
10:45 a.m.- Political Outlook for 2003
Kate O'Beirne, Washington Editor, National Review
Alan Murray, Washington Bureau Chief, CNBC
Fred Barnes, Executive Editor, The Weekly Standard
Bob Benenson, Managing Editor, Politics, Congressional Quarterly
12 noon - Luncheon Address
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Director, Office of Management and Budget
Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS: uschamber.com
TIME: All Day
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG LAW INSTITUTE hosts Food Labeling conference entitled
Package it Right--FDA & USDA Perspectives on Labeling
WHO: The speakers are:
Elizabeth J. Campbell, Senior Consultant. AAC Consulting
Barry Carpenter, Deputy Administrator, AMS/USDA
Kathleen Ellwod, Ph.D., Associate Director for Nutritional Science and Review, Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling & Dietary Supplements, CFSAN/FDA
Maureen Enright, Attorney, Collier Shannon
Sally Jones, Senior Technical Advisor/Food Technologist, Labeling & Consumer Protection Staff, OPPED/FSIS/USDA
Geraldine June, Consumer Safety Officer, CFSAN/FDA
Wanda K. Kelker, Branch Chief, Conventional Foods & Specials Nutritionals Branch, CFSAN/FDA
Rosalyn Murphy-Jenkins, Senior Technical Advisor/Food Technologist, LCPS/OPPED/FSIS/USDA
Dennis R. Kolsun, Sr. Manager, Govt. & Regulatory Affairs, H.J. Heinz Company
Kenneth C. Mercurio, Director, Regulatory Nutrition, Nutrition Division, Nestle USA
Tammy Myrick, Food Technologist, Labeling & Consumer Protection Staff, FSIS/USDA
Felicia Satchell, Director, Division of Standards & Labeling Reg, CFSAN/FDA
Steven B. Steinborn, Partner, Hogan & Hartson
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: Westin Grand Hotel, 2350 M Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-371-1420 or 800-956-6293
WEB ADDRESS: fdli.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER presents a symposium on "Ethnic Conflict, Ethnic Partition, and U.S. Foreign Policy."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Dr. Hillel Fradkin, President, EPPC
9:05 a.m. - Introduction: To Make Peace, Should We Give Partition a Chance?
Dr. Timothy Samuel Shah, Research Fellow, EPPC
9:15 a.m. - India: Prospects for Ethnic Partition in Kashmir and the Northeast
Dr. Sumit Ganguly, Professor of Asian Studies & Government, University of Texas-Austin
Dr. Stephen P. Cohen, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program, The Brookings Institution
10:45 a.m. - Indonesia: Is Ethnic Partition Inevitable?
Dr. Harold Crouch, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, The Australian National University
Dr. Muthiah Alagappa, Director, East-West Center Washington
12:45 p.m. - Afghanistan: Is Ethnic Federalism a Recipe for Peace?
Dr. Marin Strmecki, Vice-President, Smith Richardson Foundation
Dr. David C. Isby, Director, Committee for a Free Afghanistan
2:15 p.m. - Iraq: Making Ethnic Peace after Saddam
Dr. Kanan Makiya, Professor, Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
Dr. Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
3:45 pm. - Debating the Merits of Ethnic Partition: A Roundtable Discussion
Dr. Chaim Kaufmann, Professor of International Relations, Lehigh University
Dr. Donald Horowitz, Duke Professor of Law and Political Science, Duke University
Dr. Ashutosh Varshney, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for South Asian Studies, University of Michigan
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: The St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-682-1200
WEB ADDRESS: eppc.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Prospects for Democratic Change in Iraq
Barham Salih, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY holds a news conference releasing a report entitled "ABOVE THE LAW." The report exposes and documents the exploits of Abdul Rasyid a member of the Indonesian Parliament, whose company stands accused of illegal logging, bribery, kidnapping and violence in the world famous Tanjung Puting National Park.
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-6621
WEB ADDRESS: eia-international.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: COLLEGE BOARD holds a news conference to discuss its ongoing effort to increase financial aid opportunities for students who are pursuing higher education, will reveal the results of its National Dialogue on Student Financial Aid
WHO: The speakers are:
Gaston Caperton, president, the College Board
Michael S. McPherson, Ph.D., president, Macalaster College
Gary Orfield, Ph.D., co-director, The Harvard Civil Rights Project
Michael T. Nettles, Ph.D., professor of education, University of Michigan
Morton O. Schapiro, president, Williams College
Sandy Baum, Student Financial Aid Visiting Scholar, The College Board
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Stacey Finkel, 202-667-0901
WEB ADDRESS: collegeboard.com
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE hold a news conference on the domestic and global energy market situation and its impact on U.S. supplies in light of current events.
AGENDA: The news event will include a review of API's Monthly Statistical Report for December, being released that day.
The report covers U.S. crude oil and petroleum product supply and demand statistics for the year 2002.
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Chris Kelley, 202-682-8181
WEB ADDRESS: api.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled Retoothing the Tiger: Restoring Confidence in the Securities and Exchange Commission.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Michael G. Oxley, R OH, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee
and co-sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation for corporate accountability.
James K. Glassman, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute,
syndicated columnist with the Washington Post and host of TechCentralStation.com.
Professor Lawrence E. Mitchell, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School, Director of the Sloan Program for the Study of Business in Society and the International Institute for Corporate Governance and Accountability.
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
AGENDA: Highlight:
12:00 p.m. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Service
Gaston Hall, Georgetown University
3 p.m. - Panel Discussion on D.C. Voting Representation in Congress
ICC Bunn Auditorium, Georgetown University
Featuring: Eleanor Holmes Norton, DC Delegate to Congress
Ilir Zerkha, DC Votes
Donna Brazile, DNC Voting Rights Institute and Professorial Lecturer, Georgetown Women's Studies Program
Hilary Shelton, Director, Washington Bureau, NAACP
7 p.m. - Evening of Student Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sellinger Lounge, Leavey Center, Georgetown University
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CANADIAN-AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL presents Sergio Marchi, Canadian Ambassador to the World Trade Organization discussing "The WTO: To Cancun and Beyond."
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: Canadian Embassy, 501 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-682-7732
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program featuring Kathleen Utgoff, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, discussing "New Developments at the BLS."
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: Chinatown Garden, 618 H St., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-739-9404
WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE holds a luncheon forum on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China: Why Surging Levels of FDI May Indicate Serious Economic Problems.
WHO: The speakers are:
Yasheng Huang, Associate Professor at Harvard Business School
Minxin Pei, Senior Associate and Co-Director of the China Program at Carnegie
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS: ceip.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE holds a program on Using Mandated Speed Limits to Measure the Value of a Statistical Life with Orley Ashenfelter, Princeton University.
DATE: January 15, 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 Lynn Swann NFL Hall of Famer and Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 1 pm.
EVENT: CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA holds a news conference to discuss The Pro-life movement is marching forward into a fourth decade of defending the rights of the unborn.
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-488-7000
WEB ADDRESS: cwfa.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: THE ACCESS PROJECT holds audio news conference to discuss The survey report, Paying for Health Care When You're Uninsured: How Much Support Does the Safety Net Offer?
WHO: The speakers are:
Mark Rukavina, Executive Director, The Access Project, Brandeis University
Dennis P. Andrulis, primary researcher of the report. Research Professor, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Michael Beachler, Director, Rural Health Policy Center, Penn State College of Medicine
Sonia Bouvier, Director, Hampshire HealthConnect, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, MA
Dan Hawkins, Vice President for Federal, State and Public Affairs, National Association of Community Health Centers
DATE: January 15, 2003
CONTACT: Nancy Bennett, 800-834-1110
WEB ADDRESS: accessproject.org
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA SCHOOL OF LAW holds a lecture on "Shaping the Church: Resisting Scandal and Avoiding Secularization" with Mark Chopko, General Counsel, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: 3600 John McCormack Drive NE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Tom Haederle, 202-319-5438
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture featuring Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, ambassador of Pakistan to the United States discussing "Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States Since the Fall of the Taliban."
DATE: January 15, 2003
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 program on Inside the Politics of Nation Building: Cambodia After the Khmer Rouge.
WHO: The speakers are:
Evan Gottesman, Former Deputy Director, American Bar Association Cambodia Law and Democracy Project; Author of the new book, Cambodia After the Khmer Rouge: Inside the Politics of Nation Building
Elizabeth Becker, Washington Correspondent, New York Times
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: Washington Club, 15 Dupont Circle, N.W. Washington, DC
CONTACT: Marieke Beeuwkes, 212-434-9537
WEB ADDRESS: cfr.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on St. Petersburg: Architectural Legacy and Restoration Challenges.
WHO: The speakers are:
Svetlana Boym, Professor, Slavic Department, Harvard University
Roger Lewis, Professor, School of Architecture, University of Maryland
Nikita Maslennikov, former Head of Investment Projets, St. Petersburg City Administration
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: 401 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Misha Feigin, one of Russia's foremost guitarists with a program of storytelling and music and sung in both English and Russian.
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents a discussion on essays in Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment edited by Marc Mauer and Meda Chesney-Lind, which examine the social and political ramifications of the dramatic growth in the U.S. prison population in the past three decades.
DATE: January 15, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
