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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: HOOVER INSTITUTION holds a program on The Politics Of Prosperity.
AGENDA: Highlights:
10:15 a.m. - Welcome
John Raisian, Director, Hoover Institution
10:30 A.M. The Condition of Capitalism, 2003
David Brooks, The Weekly Standard
Holman W. Jenkins, The Wall Street Journal
Sebastian Mallaby, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Virginia Postrel, Author, The Future and Its Enemies
Tod Lindberg, Hoover Institution's Policy Review
12:15 p.m. - Keynote Address, Crystal Ballroom
A. Michael Spence, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences
2 p.m. - Fundamental Elements of Economic Policy
R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Edward Lazear, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Robert Hall, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Gary Becker, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
David Brady, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: ST. REGIS HOTEL, 16th and K Streets, NW, WASHINGTON, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-380-0608.
TIME: All Day
EVENT: THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION holds its 30th annual Conservative Political Action Conference
AGENDA: Highlights:
11:30 a.m. - Welcome to the 30th Annual CPAC
David A. Keene, The American Conservative Union
11:45 a.m. - Senator James Inhofe, R-OK, Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
12 noon - Vice President Dick Cheney
12:30 p.m. - Book signing
Kimberly Schuld, author of "Guide to Feminist Organizations"
12:45 p.m. - 2002 and beyond: Are liberals an endangered species?
Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard
Paul Rodriguez, Insight Magazine
Michael Barone, U.S. News and World Report
Marc Rotterman, Rotterman & Associates
7:30 p.m. - Presidential Banquet: Presidential Banquet: A Tribute to Phyllis Schlafly on the 20th Anniversary of the Defeat of the ERA
Master of Ceremonies: Mona Charen, Syndicated Columnist and Author of "Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got it Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First"
Tribute: *Bob Dornan, Host of the Bob Dornan Show
Speaker: Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum
Presentation of the Defender of Freedom Award
Presenter: *Brad O'Leary
Recipient: *Senator Jon Kyl, R-AZ
Invocation: Fr. John Putka, S.M., University of Dayton
Pledge of Allegiance: *Nichole Jaskiw of Central Michigan University, Young America's Foundation
National Anthem: Victory Singers, Lakemont, NY- Freedom Village USA
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: Marriott Crystal Gateway, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA
CONTACT: 703-836-8602
WEB ADDRESS: cpac.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT holds the 3rd National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment themed "Education For A Sustainable And Secure Future."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Welcome Dr. Stephen Hubbell, Chair, National Council for Science and the Environment
9:15 a.m. - Keynote Address Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute
Roundtable Discussion
Ray Suarez, The NewsHour
Dr. Dee T. Allsop, CEO, Wirthlin Worldwide
Dr. Charles G. Groat, Director, U.S. Geological Survey
Denis Hayes, President, The Bullitt Foundation
Timothy R. E. Keeney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jan Pronk, Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations on Sustainable Development and former Minister for Environment of The Netherlands
Dr. David Orr, Professor and Chair, Environmental Studies, Oberlin College
Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary of Policy, Management, and Budget, U.S. Department of the Interior
5:30 p.m. - Third John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture on Science and the Environment
Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Director, National Science Foundation
Obstinate Issues, Sophisticated Solutions: Environmental Science and Education for a New Age
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-530-5810
WEB ADDRESS: NCSEonline.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL INSURANCE holds a conference on Strengthening Community: Social Insurance in a Diverse America
AGENDA: Highlights:
Opening Speaker: The Honorable Xavier Becerra, U.S. House of Representatives
10 a.m. - Session I: What are the Implications of Growing Diversity?
Lisa Mensah, The Aspen Institute
Presenters:
Cecilia Conrad, Pomona College
Nancy Gordon, U.S. Census Bureau
Lee Hargraves, Center for the Study of Health Systems Change
Donna Chifriller, Verizon Communications
Jerry Mashaw, Yale Law School
12 noon - Luncheon Dialogue: The Impact of U.S. Social Insurance on Disparities Over Time
Christopher Edley Jr., Harvard Law School
Robert C. Lieberman, Columbia University, author of Shifting the Color Line: Race and the American Welfare State
Jill Quadagno, Florida State University, author of Promoting Civil Rights Through The Welfare State: How Medicare Integrated Southern Hospitals
1:30 p.m. - Session II: Social Security in a Diverse America
Margaret Simms, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Lee Cohen, Social Security Administration
Pamela Herd, University of Michigan
Kilolo Kijakazi, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Maya Rockeymoore, The National Urban League Institute for Opportunity and Equality
Kim Hildred, Republican Staff Director, Subcommittee on Social Security, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives
Kathryn Olson, Democratic Staff Director, Subcommittee on Social Security, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives
3:45 p.m. - Session III: State-Administered Programs and Diversity: What do we know about the impact of state programs on diverse populations?
Moderator/Commentator: The Honorable Grantland Johnson, Secretary, California Department of Health and Human Services
Cheryl Hill Lee, The National Urban League Institute for Opportunity and Equality
Vicki Lovell, Institute for Women's Policy Research
John Monahan, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Cindy Mann, Georgetown University
6:30 p.m. -- Dinner
Master of Ceremonies: Lawrence H. Thompson, NASI President
John Heinz Dissertation Award ceremony
Jeffrey R. Lewis, Executive Director of the Heinz Family Foundation and Robert Hudson, Chair of the Heinz Dissertation Awards Committee
Dinner Speaker
Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, "What Can We Anticipate From America's Diverse Public?"
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-452-8097
WEB ADDRESS: nasi.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY holds the International Trade Update 2003. This annual conference brings together the leading private practitioners in international trade, high-ranking government officials, and leading scholars to examine the most current issues in international trade and to explore the issues that will be affecting companies and their customers in the future.
AGENDA: Highlight:
8:45 a.m. - Keynote Address: New Trends in International Trade Law: Changing Assumptions
and Changing Contexts, Professor John H. Jackson
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: Law Center, Moot Courtroom, 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL holds its conference on "US and Asia: What Does the Future Hold?"
AGENDA: Highlight:
10:45 a.m. - Dealing w/ N. Korea, with Amb. Keun Park & Journalist Don Oberdorfer, Washington Marriott, 1221 22nd St. NW
Q & A on Asia with Senator Joseph Biden, G-50 Senate Dirksen Office Building
DATE: January 30, 2003
CONTACT: Cori Welbourn Bassett, 202-833-4557.
TIME: All Day
EVENT: WORLD LEARNING & THE SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAINING holds a symposium on "Globalization: The Human Dimension."
AGENDA: Highlight:
Panel discussing the experience of development agencies and Western governments.
Mary McClymont, President of the InterAction international development coalition
Rep. James Moran (D-VA)
Dr. Emmy Simmons, Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: 2200 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Margaret Goodman, 202-408-5420 x184
WEB ADDRESS: worldlearning.org
TIME: 7:30 a.m.
EVENT: NORTHERN VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY COUCIL Aerospace Technology Committee holds program on A New Way to Get From Here to There: How Technology will improve your Air Travel Experience and Provide New Business Opportunities.
WHO: The speakers are:
Trevor Cornwell, Vice President Strategy and Business Development, Bombardier Business Jet Solutions
George Ellis, Senior Vice President, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Charlie Huettner, Executive Director, Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry
Steve Means, Senior Vice President of Marketing, ARINC
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: Microsoft Innovation & Technology Center, Two Discovery Square, Reston, VA
CONTACT: 703-904-7878
WEB ADDRESS: nvtc.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION holds a program on Cyber security Research and Development. The Information Infrastructure, which encompasses all of the technologies that enable us to gather, handle and share information within a single enterprise or across enterprises, is not secure and is vulnerable to cyber attacks.
WHO: The speakers are:
Richard A. Clarke, Chairman, President's Critical Infrastructure
Protection Board
Michael A. Vatis, Chair, I3P, and Director, Dartmouth's Institute for
Security Technology Studies
Catherine A. Allen, CEO, BITS, Financial Services Roundtable
Robert W. Holleyman, II, President and CEO, Business Software
Alliance
Harris Miller, President, Information Technology Association of America
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: JW Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 603-646-3661
WEB ADDRESS: the13p.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: RAND holds a briefing On Turkey And Its Changing Roles.
WHO: The speakers are:
F. Stephen Larrabee, RAND Corporate Chair in European Security and co-author of "Turkish Foreign Policy In An Age Of Uncertainty."
Ian Lesser, vice president, director of studies, Pacific Council on International Policy, and co-author of "Turkish Foreign Policy in an Age of Uncertainty."
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: 1200 S. Hayes St., 4th Floor Conference Room 4204, Arlington, Virginia
CONTACT: Paige Parham, 703-413-1100, ext. 5156
WEB ADDRESS: rand.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on U.S.-Pakistan Relations:
The War on Terror and Beyond.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, AEI
Kursheed Kasuri, foreign minister of Pakistan
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: MARCH OF DIMES holds a news conference kicks off a new five-year, $75 million Prematurity Campaign aimed at raising public awareness, educating women to the signs and symptoms of preterm labor, and increasing research to find the causes of premature births. The annual rate of babies born prematurely has risen 27 percent since 1981, and almost half of all premature births have no known cause.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, president, March of Dimes.
Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, president emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, former Secretary of Health and Human Services, and honorary chairman of the March of Dimes new Prematurity Campaign.
Dr. Charles J. Lockwood, chairman of Yale University's Obstetrics and Gynecology department and expert on high-risk pregnancies.
Susan, Jeff and Emma Henderson, an Oklahoma family whose emotional journey after their daughter was born 3 months too soon puts a face on this common and serious problem. The Hendersons will serve as the March of Dimes 2003 National Ambassador Family.
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 914-997-4608 or 202973-5826
WEB ADDRESS: marchofdimes.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE holds a telephone news conference to discuss its study on Economic Impact of White House Growth Package.
AGENDA: Dial-in telephone number: 1-888-423-3276
WHO: The speakers are:
John J. Castellani, President of The Business Roundtable
Kenneth L. Wertz, Economist, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Dr. Douglas Meade, Economist, University of Maryland who oversaw the study
DATE: January 30, 2003
CONTACT: Tita Thompson, 202-872-1260
WEB ADDRESS: brt.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring David Dorman, AT&T's new CEO, discussing the future of the telecommunications industry and his company, both of which are undergoing dramatic changes.
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CODE PINK WOMEN FOR PEACE holds a news conference to discuss the women's peace delegation to Iraq.
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: National Organization For Women, 733 15th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-393-5016
WEB ADDRESS: codepeace4peace.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE holds a news conference opposing a plan to take away the legal rights of gun violence victims.
WHO: The speakers are:
Sen. Jack Reed, D-RI
Sarah Brady, chair, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Hillary Shelton, NAACP
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: SC-4, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-289-5785
WEB ADDRESS: bradycampaign.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: SENATORS DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CALIF.) AND OLYMPIA SNOWE (R-MAINE) hold a news conference to introduce legislation to equalize fuel efficiency standards for Sport Utility Vehicles and all other light duty trucks.
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: Senate Radio/TV Gallery, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-224-8667
WEB ADDRESS: senate.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: EMBASSY OF JAPAN holds a holds a ceremony conferring upon Dr. William Perry, former Secretary of Defense a Japanese Decoration, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun.
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: Ambassador's residence, 4000 Nebraska Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-238-6700
WEB ADDRESS: embajapan.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a lunch discussion on Global Trade and Development
entitled A View From France: Do Our Agricultural Policies Starve Developing Nations?
With French Minister For Agriculture Herve Gaymard.
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS hosts a Capitol Hill briefing entitled, "Expanding Patient Power: Ideas for the 108th Congress."
WHO: The speakers are:
NCPA President John C. Goodman, author of the groundbreaking book "Patient Power," which earned him the title of "father of MSAs."
Sen. Larry E. Craig, R-ID on Medical Savings Accounts
Rep. Jim DeMint, R-SC (invited) on Flexible Spending Accounts
Ronald E. Bachman, PricewaterhouseCoopers on Health Reimbursement Arrangements
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: 311 of the Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Sean Tuffnell, 800-859-1154
WEB ADDRESS: ncpa.org
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Harmonization of Russian and Ukrainian Textbooks: A New Beginning or a Return to a Lamentable Past?
WHO: The speakers are:
Frank Sysyn, Senior Fellow, Centre for Russian and East European Studies (CREES), University of Toronto; and former Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute
Sergei Zhuk, Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 3:45 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a book release and discussion on Corruption & Public Policy entitled PIGS AT THE TROUGH: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America.
WHO: The speakers are:
Arianna Huffington, Columnist and Author
Steven C. Clemons
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN LEAGUE OF LOBBYISTS holds a program on Lobbying Compliance: What You Need to Know.
WHO: The speakers are:
Pam Gavin, Superintendent, Senate Office of Public Records
Jim Christian, Partner, Patton Boggs
Tom Susman, Partner, Ropes & Gray
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: 430 1st Street SE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-960-3011
WEB ADDRESS: alldc.org
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a hill briefing, "Who Are the Real Free Traders in Congress?"
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Tom Petri, R-WI
Sen. Sam Brownback, R-KS
Dan Griswold, Cato Institute.
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: G-11 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The New White Nationalism: Its Causes, Its Effects, and Ways of Dealing With It.
WHO: The speakers are:
Carol Swain, Vanderbilt University Law School
Ronald Walters, University of Maryland
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents The Whitworth Brass, led by Roger Whitworth featuring jazz standards on the French horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba.
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a discussion on After the Elections: Where Does Israel Go?
WHO: The speakers are:
Yossi Shain, Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University
David Makovsky, Director, Project on America, Israel, and the Peace Process
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Peter R. Rosenblatt, Partner, Heller and Rosenblatt,
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: Washington Club, 15 Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Marieke Beeuwkes, 212-434-9537
WEB ADDRESS: cfr.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Ross King discussing and signing copies of Michelangelo And The Pope's Ceiling focusing on the four momentous years during which Michelangelo interrupted his sculpting to take on the difficult task of frescoing the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
DATE: January 30, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
