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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: CENTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, AND THE THOMAS JEFFERSON CENTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF FREE EXPRESSION holds a conference on freedom of the press and the war on terror. Specifically, the conference will focus on the near-term military prospects from a national security viewpoint, a media assessment of the challenges anticipated in covering and reporting such events, and the appropriate balance between media access and the needs of national security in perilous times.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Setting the Stage
John Norton Moore, Director, Center for National Security Law
Robert M. O’Neil, Director, The Thomas Jefferson Center for the
Protection of Free Expression
9:15 a.m. - Roundtable I: The War on Terror: What Should We Expect?
John Norton Moore, Director, Center for National Security Law
Richard Falkenrath, Special Assistant to the President and Senior
Director for Policy and Plans,
Office of Homeland Security
Neil C. Livingstone, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board, GlobalOptions, Inc.
Larry Mefford, Assistant Director for Counterterrorism, Federal Bureau
of Investigation
Dennis Murphy, Assistant Commissioner for Public Affairs, United States
Customs Service
11 a.m. - Roundtable II: Military Operations and the Media:
Covering the Next War
Bruce Sanford, Attorney, Baker & Hostetler
Tom Bowman, Pentagon Correspondent, The Baltimore Sun
Doyle McManus, Washington Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times
Paul McMasters, First Amendment Ombudsman, The Freedom Forum
Michael Steger, Legal Counsel, TwentiethTelevision/America’s Most Wanted
Evan Thomas, Assistant Managing Editor, Newsweek Magazine
Bryan Whitman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (Media
operations), Department of Defense
12:45 p.m. - Luncheon
Steven V. Roberts, author, syndicated columnist, radio and television commentator,
Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs George Washington University
2 p.m. - Roundtable III: Right Against Right: Reconciling
National Security and the Public’s Right to Know
Robert M. O’Neil, Director, Thomas Jefferson Center for the
Protection of Free Expression
Stephanie Abrutyn, Legal Counsel/East Coast Media, Tribune Company
Scott Armstrong, Founder, National Security Archive
Peter Copeland, Editor and General Manager, Scripps Howard News Service
Colonel Jay DeFrank, USAF, Director, Press Operations Office of Public
Affairs, Department of Defense
Leonard Downie, Executive Editor, The Washington Post
Robert McNamara, former General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency
Mark Thompson, National Security Correspondent, TIME Magazine
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Josh Wheeler, 434-295-4784
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 16, 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: 7:30 a.m.
EVENT: NORTHERN VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY COUCIL e-Business Morning Forum holds program on Industry Outlook on 2003 IT Spending & Priorities
WHO: The speakers are:
Jerrold Grochow, CTO, FOLIOfn, Inc.
David Guzman, Senior VP & CIO of Owens & Minor
Frank Patry, VP of Enterprise IT at XM Satellite Radio.
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: 1710 SAIC Drive, McLean, VA
CONTACT: 703-904-7878
WEB ADDRESS: nvtc.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The Terrorism of Hizbollah: Ideology, Scope, Threat.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jeffrey Goldberg, Wilson Center Scholar and staff writer, The New Yorker
Martin Kramer, Former Fellow, Washington Institute For Near East Policy and Editor, Middle East Quarterly
Walter Reich (Chair), Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Relations, George Washington University, and Wilson Center Senior Scholar
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on Iraqi Oil: The Morning After featuring Iraqi Oil: The Morning After
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program to discuss Political, Economic Issues in South America for 2003.
WHO: The speakers are:
Arturo Porzecanski, Head of Emerging Markets Economics & Debt Strategy
ABN AMRO
Mark Falcoff, Resident Scholar and Specialist on Latin America
American Enterprise Institute
Howard Wiarda, Professor of Political Science and Comparative Labor Relations
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Senior Associate, CSIS
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS: csis.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL holds a news conference to discuss 30 Years After Roe v. Wade
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Kristen Hansen 202-624-3017
WEB ADDRESS: frc.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a program entitled Radiological Terrorism: Security Risks of Commercial Radioactive Sources featuring Dr. Charles Ferguson, Scientist-in-Residence, Center for Nonproliferation Studies Monterey Institute of International Studies.
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE holds a news conference with Family members of the victims shot by D.C. area sniper to discuss significant legal development.
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Brian Edwards, 301-656-7900, Annmarie Edwards, 301-871-5852
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE holds a program featuring Professor Marwan M. Kraidy, from the School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C. will examine media laws and discuss how media are having a profound impact on determining the political agenda of governments in the region. Dr. Kraidy teaches global communication and culture at American University and is the co-editor of Global Media Studies, to be published in 2003.
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: MEI, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-1141
WEB ADDRESS: mideasti.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: INTERNFAITH ALLIANCE commemorates National Religious Freedom Day. The day celebrates the Virginia General Assembly's adoption of Thomas Jefferson's landmark Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on January 16, 1786. First proclaimed by President George H.W. Bush in 1993, National Religious Freedom Day is recognized across the United States as a day of thanksgiving for our nation's freedom of religion. A proclamation affirming the date has been signed by the sitting Executive every year since.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, President, The Interfaith Alliance
Chris Anders, Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union
Mark Pelavin, Associate Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Brenda Girton-Mitchell, JD, Associate General Secretary for Public Policy and Director, Washington Office of the National Council of the Churches of Christ, USA
Rich Foltin, Legislative Director, American Jewish Committee
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: Front steps of the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Melissa Schwartz, 202-639-6370
TIME: 12:45 p.m.
EVENT: WOMEN'S PEACEFUL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL.
AGENDA: Highlighted events:
-- 12:45 p.m. - Students Painting Peace Banners To Be Presented To Embassies, Edmund Burke School, 2955 Upton St, NW, 202-210-6850
-- 5:30 p.m. - Women's Peaceful Candlelight Vigil, (Speeches Begin At 5:30 Pm, Walk Begins Shortly Thereafter), Central Park, International Drive South Of Van Ness St. Between Reno Rd. And Connecticut Ave.
-- 6:15 p.m. – Presentation Of Peace Banner And Candle To Embassy Of Austria Embassy Of Austria, 3524 International Court, Roland Rudorfer, Second Secretary, Embassy Of Austria, And Participants In Women’s Vigil
DATE: January 16, 2003
CONTACT: Lindsey Marcus, 202-210-6850.
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a book forum on The Case Against Lawyers featuring the author, Catherine Crier, Host, “Catherine Crier Live,” Court TV.
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE holds a lunch forum on Foreign Direct Investment 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 16, 2003
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS: ceip.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: UNITED AMERICAN NURSES holds a news conference on Nurses' Solutions to the Nursing Shortage.
WHO: The speakers are:
Cheryl Johnson, RN, UAN president and Staff Nurse at the University of Michigan Medical Center
Susan Bianchi-Sand, UAN Director
Celinda Lake, President, Lake Snell Perry & Associates
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jan Ziska Crawford, 703-390-9132 or Suzanne Martin, 202-651-7133
WEB ADDRESS: UANNurse.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: RURAL COALITION news conference to discuss Arlean Leland Associate General Counsel for Civil Rights, for her actions with respect to a noose incident involving a top official of the Department's Farm Credit program.
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Lorette Picciano, 202-628-7160
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
AGENDA: Highlight:
2 p.m. - Panel discussion on women in the civil rights movement, Gaston Hall, Georgetown University
Dr. Dorothy Height, Chair and President Emerita, National Council of Negro Women
Cheryl Cooper, Executive Director, National Council of Negro Women
Elizabeth Hayes Patterson, Professor of Law, Georgetown University
June Johnson, activist and member, State Committee for DC Democrats
7 p.m. - Worship Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., featuring Rev. Franklin Richardson, Grace Baptist Church, Mt. Vernon, NY, Gaston Hall, Georgetown University
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a BOOK FORUM "Ronald Reagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of His Presidency."
WHO: The speakers are:
Peter J. Wallison, AEI
William Kristol, Weekly Standard
Michael Barone, U.S. News and World Report
Moderator: Steven F. Haward, AEI
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents an evening that brings together dance works from a variety of genres that defy physical boundaries and stylistic traditions.
WHO: The performers are:
African Dance Ensemble
Baltimore Dance Tech Reverence Ensemble
Creative Outlet Theater of Brooklyn
Lisa Jones and Darby Pack Duet
Phlava Dance Company
The Wild Zappers
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON hosts a sneak preview of the highly acclaimed documentary film, Cosmic Africa. Cosmic Africa is a true story of one extraordinary man's journey into the rich and surprising history of African astronomy. Thebe Medupe, narrator, astronomer, and central figure, built his first telescope at age 13 in a remote African village. As an astrophysicist today, Thebe leads the audience through the breathtaking landscapes of the Sahara, Namibia, and Mali as he explores the deep connections the indigenous cultures have with the cosmos.
LOCATION: 1530 P Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS: carnegieinstitution.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents one of the original Mercury astronauts, Scott Carpenter who had what Tom Wolfe referred to as "the right stuff." In For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut, co-written with his daughter, Kris Stoever, Carpenter chronicles his life growing up in Colorado, his education, training, and ultimately his famous space flight aboard Aurora 7.
DATE: January 16, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
