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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: U.S. Conference of Mayors holds its 71st Winter Meeting.
AGENDA: Highlight:
12:30 p.m. - James A. Garner, Mayor of Hempstead, Vice President, The United States
Conference of Mayors
Francois Nader, M.D, Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs, Aventis Pharmaceuticals
Duane Meek, President, Nationwide Retirement Solutions
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-MA
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: Capital Hilton, 16th and K Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-293-7330;
WEB ADDRESS: usmayors.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ACADEMYHEALTH AND JOURNAL HEALTH AFFAIRS provides an in-depth look at the nation's health policy agenda at the National Health Policy Conference.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:15 a.m. - Plenary Session: Bush Administration's Health Policy Agenda
Key officials will address the Bush Administration's 2003 health policy agenda.
Tommy Thompson, HHS (invited)
Thomas Scully, CMS (confirmed)
Mark McClellan, FDA (confirmed)
9:45 a.m. - Trends in Health Care: Challenges and Implications
Chairman and CEO of one of the nation's largest health insurers will discuss the major health care trends and how they're reshaping health care.
Leonard Schaeffer, WellPoint Health Networks
12:45 p.m. - Lunch and Luncheon Speaker
Concierge Health Care: Using Economic Theory to Peek Deeply into America's Soul
Speaker: Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton University
4:15 p.m. - Public Perception of Key Health Issues
Bob Blendon, Harvard University
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Kari Root, 202-292-6778
WEB ADDRESS: academyhealth.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: ANNUAL MARCH FOR LIFE on the 30th anniversary of Roe.
AGENDA: Highlights:
7:45 a.m. - Praise and worship
9a.m. - Prayer at Planned Parenthood
10:30 a.m. - Walk to March for Life site
11 a.m. - Literature and sign distribution
11 a.m. - Corner of 15th & Constitution, next to the Washington Monument
DATE: January 22, 2003
CONTACT: Rachel Starr, 202-488-7000
WEB ADDRESS: nrlc.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION'S Mid-Winter Conference.
AGENDA: Highlight:
Congressional Visits
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: Washington Hilton and Towers, 1919 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: John O'Shea, 202-646-7710 or 202-329-5734
WEB ADDRESS: roa.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a news conference releasing a report on water resource management along the U.S.-Mexico border.
WHO: The speakers are:
Thomas "Mack" McLarty, Former Special Envoy to the Americas, Vice Chairman, Kissinger McLarty Associates
James Jones, Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Cochairman, Manatt, Jones Global Strategies
Al Zapanta, President and CEO, U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce
Armand Peschard-Sverdrup, Director, CSIS Mexico Project
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS ECONOMISTS presents Takayuki Matsuo, Director of the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD, discussing Knowledge/innovation-driven Growth: The OECD Approach.
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: OECD Washington Center, 2001 L Street NW, Suite 650
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202.463.6223
WEB ADDRESS: nabe.com
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: US PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP holds a news conference to release a report entitled Toxic Release And Health: A Review Of Pollution Data And Current Knowledge On The Health Effects Of Roxic Chemicals.
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: 2203 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-546-97-7
WEB ADDRESS: uspirg.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE holds a news conference to unveil the first phase of its new three-part ad campaign titled "The Deadly Dozen." This ad campaign will identify 12 members of the United States Senate who openly support legalized abortion while also claiming to be faithful Catholics. The subsequent ad campaigns will focus on "Deadly Dozens" among the ranks of U.S. House members and U.S. governors.
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Erik Whittington, 703-690-2510
WEB ADDRESS: all.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR FREE MARKET ENVIRONMENTALISM holds a news conference to present our "Mid-Term Report Card on Bush's Environmental Policy."
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 406-587-9591
WEB ADDRESS: perc.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a panel discussion on The State of the Nation's Ecosystems: An Assessment. The panel will review and discuss the results of the most ambitious private sector effort ever undertaken to ascertain environmental conditions and trends in U.S. ecosystems: the H. John Heinz III Center's report, State of the Nation's Ecosystems: Measuring the Lands, Waters, and Living Resources of the United States.
WHO: The speakers are:
Thomas Lovejoy, H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
Robin O'malley, H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
Paul Portney, Resources for the Future
Norbert Henninger, World Resources Institute
Indur Goklany, AEI
Steven F. Hayward, AEI
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES will hold a conference call briefing to discuss The $10 billion in domestic program reductions that have been incorporated into the large, omnibus appropriations bill for 2003 now on the Senate floor, as well as the proposal in the Administration's tax package to accelerate cuts in income tax rates
scheduled for 2004 and 2006.
WHO: The speakers are:
Peter Orszag, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Robert Greenstein, Executive Director
Richard Kogan, Senior Fellow
Joel Friedman, Senior Fellow
DATE: January 22, 2003
CONTACT: Michelle Bazie, 202-408-1080.
WEB ADDRESS:cbpp.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE holds a program featuring Ambassador David Shinn, who has recently returned from a visit to the Sudan, will discuss Sudan's regional role and the role of the United States in promoting a resolution to the civil war between President Umar Al-Bashir's National Islamic Front and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement. Ambassador Shinn is former U.S. Ambassador to Ethopia and served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Sudan (1983-1986).
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: MEI, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-1141
WEB ADDRESS: mideasti.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Combating Organized Crime in the Balkans.
WHO: The speakers are:
David Binder, Correspondent, The New York Times and MSNBC
John F. Markey, Director of Law Enforcement Assistance Programs and Coordinator, SECI, U.S. Department of State
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE Environment Section holds a discussion on "Recent Trends in Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Laws."
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: 600 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-785-9842
WEB ADDRESS: wiit.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a luncheon talk on Japan featuring Shizuka Kamei, member of the Japanese Diet. He is the former Chairman of the Policy Research Council of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the leader of the LDP's second largest faction. At AEI, Mr. Kamei will discuss both foreign and domestic policy issues facing Japan. The title of his speech will be "Japan's choices in 2003.
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE AGING hosting an event to launch BenefitsCheckUpRx, the first and only Web-based screening tool that enables seniors to determine eligibility for public and private patient assistance and other programs that can help them save money on the medications they need.
WHO: The speakers are:
James Firman, president/CEO, NCOA
Thomas A. Scully, administrator, CMS
John Rother, policy director, AARP
Barbara Cooper, senior program officer for Medicare's Future, The Commonwealth Fund
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: Edgewood Terrace, Youth Development Gateway, 601 Edgewood St., NE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Scott Parkin, 202-479-6975, Tracy Krughoff, 202-585-0231 or Kari Shellhorn, 202-585-0235
WEB ADDRESS: ncoa.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: JOE FOSS INSTITUTE holds a luncheon and media briefing celebrating the life and achievements of the late General Joe Foss, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient and World War II Marine Ace.
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 310-566-7242
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE holds a program on A Quiet Revolution in Transportation Finance with Martin Wachs, University of California, Berkeley.
AGENDA: For over eighty years the transportation system has been financed by a system of "user fees," typified by tolls, motor vehicle registration fees, and motor fuel taxes. By statute, these have been earmarked for transportation uses. In recent years, revenues from user fees have gradually been declining in the US, providing fewer funds for new transportation systems and the operation of existing ones.
DATE: January 22, 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 Rep. Tom Davis, R-VA, discussing Partnership for Public Service,
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE holds a news conference to discuss the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Megan Dillon, 202-626-8833
WEB ADDRESS:
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
AGENDA: Highlight:
3:30 p.m. - Panel discussion on religious differences, 12th floor, Gewirz Building, Georgetown University Law Center
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: NOW is holding a vigil on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: Supreme Court, One First St. NE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-365-3806
WEB ADDRESS: now.org
TIME: 6:45 p.m.
EVENT: ROCK FOR LIFE, the youth project of the American Life League holds a prayer and protest at th NOW Rally.
LOCATION: Supreme Court, One First St. NE, Washington, DC
DATE: January 21, 2003
CONTACT: call 540-659-4171 or 540-226-9004
WEB ADDRESS: rockforlife.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Warren Zimmerman, a career Foreign Service Officer, who was the last U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia. He has now turned his talents to history and written a chronicle of the United States's emergence as a world power at the beginning of the 20th century in the The First Great Triumph.
DATE: January 22, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com