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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES hosts the Sea-Air-Space
Exposition.
AGENDA: Highlight:
9:15 a.m. - Opening Ceremony
Special Guests:
Master Chief Petty Officers of the Navy and Coast Guard and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road NW,
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Amanda Kotval, 703-528-1775
WEB ADDRESS: navyleague.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE holds a conference on "Specialty Hospitals: Focused Factories or Cream Skimmers?" The conference will examine the recent growth in the construction of specialty facilities focused on specific surgical procedures. HSC will release a new report examining the reasons behind this building boom and its implications for costs, quality and access to care.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:15 a.m. - Panel One: The View from the Health System
Moderator: Paul Ginsburg
William Greene, CEO, OrthoArkansas
David Kelleher, Health Care Options, Indianapolis
Gary Taylor, Principal of Equity Research, Bank of America Securities
William Petasnick, CEO, Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
10:30 a.m. - Panel Two: The View from the Policy Makers
Maria Castillo, Office of Rep. Jerry Kleczka, (D-Wisc.)
Mark Miller, Executive Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Thomas Walsh, consultant
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Avenue NW,
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Roland Edwards, 202-484-4514
WEB ADDRESS: hschange.org
TIME: 7:30 a.m.
EVENT: NORTHERN VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY COUCIL holds a business development and marketing workshop
entitled The Smart Marketer- The Best Marketing Tactics for Success Today.
WHO: The topics include:
Integrated Marketing - Lisa Martin, President, LeapFrog Solutions
Digital marketing, direct marketing, web presence and more. Learn ways to effectively reach customers through diverse, targeted means.
Branding - Bill Buckley, President, CGS Solutions
Define your message and learn how to keep it consistent.
Marketing Operations - Hilary Bruggen, President, Strelmark
Creating an effective marketing function requires a realistic budget, talented staff, and clear criteria for selecting outside agencies. Learn how to put all the necessary pieces in place for an effective marketing operation.
PR/Communications Strategy - Ben Merritt, President, The Merritt Group
Understanding how to get your message to the business and trade press is critical for increased product visibility. Learn valuable tools to get your message to the influencers in the marketplace, including customers, industry analysts, the financial market, and more.
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: Kelley Drye & Warren, 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, McLean, VA
CONTACT: 703-904-7878
WEB ADDRESS: nvtc.org
TIME: 8:30 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds its weekly Black Coffee Briefing on the War in Iraq.
WHO: The speakers are:
Thomas Donnelly, AEI resident defense and national security fellow
Janet Daley, Daily Telegraph (London), on European public opinion and the aftermath of war
Joshua Muravchik, AEI resident scholar, on the public diplomacy
Richard Perle, AEI resident fellow, on post-war Iraq
Danielle Pletka, AEI, moderator
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled "A Juggernaut's First Steps? The Future Of Economic Reform In India," with Dr. S. Narayan, Finance Secretary and Economic Affairs Secretary of the Republic of India.
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring Martha Burk, Chair of the National Council of Women's Organizations and leader of the protest against the all-male Augusta National Golf Club.
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER Director's Forum holds a book launch for Secret Empire: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America's Space Espionage with Philip Taubman, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, The New York Times and two-time Polk award-winner.
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM hold its annual National Taxpayer rally.
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, Ballroom, 14th and F Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Paul Prososki, 202-785-0266
WEB ADDRESS: atr.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Reconciling Global Development Challenges and National Interests: European and U.S. Views with Jacobus Nicolaas Richelle, Director-General of DG Development at the European Commission.
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a hill briefing to discuss "You Can Fight City Hall: Ending the District of Columbia's Gun Ban."
WHO: The speakers are:
Robert Levy, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute
Gene Healy, Senior Editor, Cato Institute
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: B-338 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE holds a program featuring Ray Takeyh, PhD. of the Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, who will discuss how political change in Iran since President Khatami's rise to power may affect the responses of various Iranian political players to the U.S. as a next-door neighbor, should the U.S. maintain troops in Iraq following a war.
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: MEI, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-1141
WEB ADDRESS: mideasti.org
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service presents Isabelle Veyrat-Masson Professor, Sciences Po (Paris) discussing "The Use of National Stereotypes in the Franco-American Crisis."
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: ICC 662, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Venezuela Today: Political and Economic Outlook" with Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, ambassador of Venezuela to the United States.
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring presents Actor/Director Tim Robbins and Win Without War National Director, former Congressman Tom Andrews, addressing the range of Iraq-related issues including the war, the anti-war movement, post-war issues and the Bush "First-Strike Doctrine."
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Curator Stephen Phillips discussing the exhibition entitled, "Margaret Bourke-White, The Photography of Design, 1927-36." (Now at the Phillips Collection through May 11.) Bourke-White was a very creative photographer who left her visual imprint on the 20th Century by her groundbreaking photographs of industrial America.
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION holds a conference call briefing to discuss its new report Closing the Diesel Divide: Protecting Public Health From Diesel Air Pollution."
AGENDA: To participate: Call 888-242-9714 Pin Number 648-44-47.
DATE: April 15, 2003
CONTACT: 202-572-3324
WEB ADDRESS: lungusa.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH holds a news conference to discuss Keeping Global Immunization A Critical Priority news conference. Immunization has proven to be one of the most cost-effective public health interventions available. Annual investment and sustained commitment are required to protect each cohort of children in each district of every country each year. A strong primary (or "routine") immunization program is recognized as a prerequisite to achieve equitable and timely protection.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. E. Anne Peterson, Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Health at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Robert Steinglass, the Immunization Team Leader at BASICS II,
Joe Naimoli, a Senior Health Specialist at the World Bank, is on assignment from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Michel Othepa
is the Country Team Leader for the BASICS II project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, Ballroom, 14th and F Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 703-248-1614
WEB ADDRESS: msh.org
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service presents Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet Professor of Political Science, University of Würzburg/Germany discussing "The Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union: Perspectives on the Current Crisis."
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: ICC 450, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Triangular Diplomacy and Regional Conflict: Re-Evaluating the Kissinger Years.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jussi Hanhimaki, 2002-2003 Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow, will present findings from his current research project.
William Burr, Senior Analyst at the National Security Archive.
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The Mental Worlds of the Contemporary Russian Population, with Boris Firsov, Rector, European University at St. Petersburg, and Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center.
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE THE NEW ATLANTIC INITIATIVE holds a discussion
On Economic Shock Therapy--A Prescription for the Middle East? Lessons of Post-Communist Transformations with Leszek Balcerowicz, President, Central Bank Of Poland.
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features Joan Schirle who embodies the art of the total performer in "Second Skin," a dynamic, original one-woman theater piece.
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: TURNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY presents 2003 Henry C. Turner Prize For Innovation In Construction Technology Architect I.M. Pei. Pei will discuss his work - from the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, to the 70-story Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, to the famous glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris (which, upon completion became the largest museum in the world), and the Miho Museum in Japan.
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: National Building Museum located at 401 F Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Jennifer Halpern, 212-981-2529 X 12
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents a panel discussion on the Center for Public Integrity two-year investigation on Making a Killing-The Business of War.
WHO: The speakers are:
CPI executive director Chuck Lewis
Maud Beelman, head of the Business of War project at the Center
Phillip van Niekerk, chief reporter for the project
Bill Allison, CPI managing editor.
DATE: April 15, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
