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EVENTS ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PLANS holds its policy conference themed National Policy Forum: A Dialogue with Decision Makers. The meeting is for all those interested in the development of national and state health care policy. 2003 promises to be a momentous year in the industry.
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: Grand Hyatt, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-778-3200
WEB ADDRESS: aahp.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NON-GOVERNMENTAL WAR AGAINST TRAFFICKING ABUSE holds International Conference on "Pathbreaking Strategies in the Global Fight Against Sex Trafficking.
AGENDA: The meeting will highlight strategies from throughout the world that have been successful in the prevention and prosecution of trafficking, or in the protection of its victims. It will also recognize those who have devised practical solutions to the increasing problem of modern-day slavery.
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency Hotel, 400 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703- 683-5004, ext. 140
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS holds its winter council meeting themed "Defining Our Agenda: Reflect, Refocus, Renew."
AGENDA: Highlight:
9 a.m. -- News conference
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: Wyndham Washington Hotel, 1400 M Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-466-7767
WEB ADDRESS: ncai.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE Seminar Series in Economic Policy on Is the Fed Biased toward Inflation or Deflation? Among policymakers and social scientists, one of the most frequently debated and studied issues is income inequality. Many recent reports have focused on a rise in global inequality in recent years.
AGENDA: Highlights:
10 a.m. - Eric M. Engen, AEI
Xavier Sala-I-Martin, Columbia University
Nicholas Eberstadt, AEI
Catherine Mann, Institute for International Economics
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA holds a news conference to discuss Report on Value of Variable Universal Life.
AGENDA: Last year consumers spent over $250 billion on the annuity component
of cash value life insurance and "Variable Universal" was the most popular
product. Few consumers, however, have the ability to evaluate the many
claims associated with this product and make an informed choice.
WHO: The speakers are:
Stephen Brobeck, Executive Director, Consumer Federation of America
James H. Hunt, F.S.A. Life Insurance Actuary, Consumer Federation of America
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-737-0766
WEB ADDRESS: stateandlocal.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY BMW Center's Politics in the New Europe Seminar Series presents Alan S. Zuckerman, Professor of Political Science, Brown University, "The Dynamics of Partisanship in Established Democracies: Evidence from British and German Panel Surveys."
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: ICC 662, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a luncheon and conversation about: "Crossing Divides: New Common Ground on Poverty and Economic Security."
WHO: The speakers are:
Stephen Goldsmith, Special Advisory to the President for Faith-Based and Not-For-Profit Initiatives
Bob Greenstein, Executive Director, Center On Budget and Policy Priorities
Andrea Kane, Nonresident Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and Director of
Public Policy, National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Ralph Smith, Senior Vice President, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Juan Williams, National Public Radio
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: Phoenix Park Hotel, 520 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Censorship in Ukraine Intensifies- Journalists Fight Back with Marta Dyczok, Associate Professor, Departments of Political Science and History, University of Western Ontario; and Fellow, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto.
DATE: February 24, 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: CATO INSTITUTE holds a book forum on "The Worm in the Apple: How the Teacher Unions Are Destroying American Education," featuring Peter Brimelow; with comments by Jay Mathews, Washington Post.
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program on The Bush Presidency at Midterm: An Assessment Michael Barone US News and World Report.
WHO: The speakers are:
Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard
Carl Cannon, National Journal
James Pfiffner, George Mason University
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER presents a program on Lebanon and Hizbollah with Farid Abboud, Ambassador of Lebanon to the United States.
DATE: February 24, 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: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee news briefing.
WHO: The speakers are:
George G. Kaufman (cochair),Loyola University Chicago
Robert E. Litan (cochair), Brookings Institution
George J. Benston, Emory University
Marshall Blume, University of Pennsylvania
Charles W. Calomiris, AEI and Columbia University
Franklin R. Edwards, Columbia University
Scott E. Harrington, University of South Carolina
Richard J. Herring, University of Pennsylvania
Paul M. Horvitz, University of Houston
Hal S. Scott, Harvard Law School
Kenneth E. Scott, Stanford University
Peter J. Wallison, AEI
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring General J.R. (Jack) Dailey, Chairman, US Centennial of Flight Commission and Director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Possibilities and Pitfalls for U.S.-Russian Security Collaboration" with Dmitri Trenin, deputy director of the Moscow Center at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a book forum on "From Liberty to Democracy: The Transformation of American Government."
WHO: The speakers are:
the author, Randall G. Holcombe
Dennis Coyle, Catholic University of America
Joseph Romance, Drew University.
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Jazz trumpeter Vaughn Nark, a former member of the U.S. Air Force's premiere jazz ensemble, leading the Vaughn Nark Quintet in a program with a wide variety of jazz styles and improvisations.
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB Book Rap featuring Dana Priest, discussing The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace With America's Military.
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents author Chandler Burr discussing a fast-paced tour of the perfume industry, the halls of science, and our own noses in The Emperor Of Scent: A Story of Obsession, Perfume, and the Last Mystery of the Senses.
DATE: February 24, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
