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EVENTS ON MONDAY, MAY 5, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a conference "Energy Policy and International Conflict: Responding to War, Terrorism and Disruption."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Welcoming Remarks
Sarah McKinley, NCAC President, FERC
Keynote Speaker
Daniel Yergin, Chairman, Cambridge Energy, Research Associates
Chair:
Wil Kohl, Johns Hopkins IEEP
10:15 a.m. - Oil and Geopolitics
Fereidun Fesharaki, FACTS Inc. and East-West Center
Impact of the Iraq War on the
World Oil Market, and on Asia
Luis Giusti, CSIS, formerly CEO of PDVSA
The World Oil Market and
Venezuela
Raad Alkadiri, Petroleum Finance Company
Iraq and Saudi Arabia
Robert Ebel, CSIS Energy Program
Russian Oil Production
Chair:
Wil Kohl, Johns Hopkins IEEP
Prof. Mamoun Fandy, Georgetown University
Impact of the Iraq War on the
Middle East
2 p.m. - Natural Gas: How secure is it?
Skip Horvath, Natural Gas Supply Association
Overview of supply, infrastructure
Thomas Choi, Altos Management Partners, Inc.
Natural gas markets and demand
Daniel R. Rogers, Chadbourne & Parke
LNG imports
Chair:
John Jimison, Cameron McKenna
3:45 p.m. - Outlook for Hydrogen Vehicles
Robert Rose
Christian Demeter, Antares Group
5:15 p.m. - Reception
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION holds a Seminar On Latest Issues In Tax Reporting & Withholding.
Bankers, tax officers and Internal Revenue Service officials will deliver the most up-to-date information on tax issues, withholding requirements and information reporting.
AGENDA: Highlight:
8:30 am - Welcome and Opening Remarks
Steve Smith, Huntington Bancshares
8:40 am - Keynote Address
Jeff H. Paravano, U.S. Department of the Treasury
9:40 am - Information Reporting Program
(IRPAC) Update
Carol Kassem, Bank One Corporation
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: Marriott Crystal City, 1999 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, V. A.
CONTACT: Julie Malveaux, 202-663-5466,
WEB ADDRESS: aba.com
TIME: All Day
EVENT: EQUITY INTERNATIONAL holds a conference on Iraqi Reconstruction. With costs ranging from $25 to $100 billion, the relief, reconstruction, and development of Iraq is expected to be the largest endeavor since World War II reconstruction. This huge program is not dependent upon the end of the war – relief is underway and some reconstruction contracts have already been awarded.
AGENDA: Highlight:
12 noon - Conference Keynote address features Andrew S. Natsios (invited), Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-756-2244.
WEB ADDRESS: globalsecurity.bz
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL BREAST CANCER COALITION FUND'S (NBCC) 11th Annual Advocacy Conference
AGENDA: Highlight:
8:15 a.m. - Politics and Healthcare
4 p.m. - Lobby Day State Delegation Meetings
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel, 999 9th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202) 973-0569
WEB ADDRESS: stopbreastcancer.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS holds its annual Leadership and Legislative Issues Conference to provide leaders in emergency medicine
AGENDA: Highlight:
10 a.m. - The Professional Liability Crisis: Point/Counterpoint
Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD, president-elect, American Medical Association
Thomas Henderson, JD, CEO, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: Renaissance Hotel, 999 9th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Laura Gore or Colleen Horn at 202-728-0610
WEB ADDRESS: acep.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AND THE UNITED NURSES OF AMERICA hold the 9th National Nurses Congress 2003 themed AFSCME Nurses: United for Quality Care."
AGENDA: Highlight:
9:00 a.m. - Keynote Speaker: Gerald W. McEntee,
International President, UNA Excellence Awards
10:00 a.m. - Plenary Panel: "Addressing the Nurse Shortage
Crisis"
2:45 p.m. - Plenary Session: "Organizing to Improve Patient
Care and Working Conditions"
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: Omni Shoreham, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-429-1000
WEB ADDRESS: afscme.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: FIRESTONE/BRIDGESTONE NATIONAL CLASS ACTION news conference
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Joe Lisoni, 626-440-1333
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN holds a news conference to release a Report that Details Progress and Challenges for Today's Working Women
WHO: The speakers are:
Jacqueline E. Woods, AAUW Executive Director
Mary Ellen Smyth, President, AAUW Educational Foundation Board
Elena Silva, AAUW Educational Foundation Director of Research
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCAITON: American Association of University Women, Board of Directors Conference Room – 7th Floor, 1111 16th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 888-273-9885
WEB ADDRESS: aauw.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds program with a Juan Somavia, director-general of the International Labor Organization, discussing the enforcement of ILO and national labor standards through international trade. Somavia will outline the role his organization can play in enforcing commitments to domestic labor laws made in bilateral trade agreements by the United States and Jordan, Chile, and Singapore. He will also discuss international efforts to recognize and protect by domestic law the ILO 1998 Fundamental Declaration of Rights in the Workplace, which covers collective bargaining, child and forced labor, and discrimination.
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS: csis.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The Problem with Forming Political Culture in Ukraine: Lessons from Western Political Philosophy with Valentyn Gusiev, Professor of Philosophy and Head of Department, Department of Philosophy and Religious Study, University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: KOREA PRESS holds a news conference to discuss Korea-U.S. Visa Issue Corrected.
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Kae Ho Kim, 703-505-7569
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a "Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee" Press Briefing And Luncheon.
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
Kenneth W. Dam, University of Chicago
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: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: FIGHT CRIME: INVEST IN KIDS holds a news conference releasing groundbreaking report on child abuse and neglect and to call on U.S. Congress to dramatically increase funding for proven prevention programs. Also, hear from two mothers whose children were victims of violent crimes.
WHO: The speakers are:
Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Kings County, NY (Brooklyn)
William Ritter, Jr., District Attorney, Denver County, CO
Gary L. Walker, Prosecuting Attorney, Marquette County, MI
Randall Alexander, Director, Center for Child Abuse, Morehouse School of Medicine
Sanford Newman, President, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: U.S. Capitol Grounds, Upper Senate Park, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Phil Evans, 202-776-0027, ext. 109;
WEB ADDRESS: fightcrime.org
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy will release a report about the results from a survey of mayors on TANF reauthorization and the remaining challenge of welfare reform. This press briefing comes as the Bush administration and Congress debate reauthorization of the 1996 federal welfare law that limits the time welfare recipients can collect assistance and requires them to work. The administration's proposal for TANF reauthorization maintains current-funding levels, requires a 40-hour workweek, and redefines what activities count as work.
WHO: The speakers are:
E.J. Dionne Jr., Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings; Columnist, The Washington Post
MAYOR ANTHONY WILLIAMS, (Washington, DC), Second Vice President, National League of Cities
MAYOR ED GARZA, (San Antonio, TX)
SEN. JOHN BREAUX (D-LA)
MAYOR TOM MENINO, (Boston, MA), President, U.S. Conference of Mayors
MAYOR KAREN ANDERSON, (Minnetonka, MN)
MARGY WALLER, Visiting Fellow, Brookings, Center
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: THE ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH REFORM holds a program on Providing Health Coverage For The Uninsured: Time for a Giant Step?
WHO: The speakers are:
Karen Davis, president of The Commonwealth Fund, and author of a new plan appearing last week in the journal Health Affairs
David Nexon, health policy director for the minority staff of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
Colin Roskey, health policy advisor and counsel, Senate Finance Committee majority
Stephanie Kennan, senior health policy advisor to Senator Ron Wyden, who, with Senator Orrin Hatch, has put forward a plan to bring about a Congressional vote on a comprehensive coverage expansion
Jeff Lemieux, senior economist at the Progressive Policy Institute
Neil Trautwein, director of employment policy at the National Association of Manufacturers
Ed Howard of the Alliance
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: Room G-50, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-789-2300
WEB ADDRESS: allhealth.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY TOM RIDGE, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, TOMMY THOMPSON, UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE, GRANT GREEN, MAYOR OF SEATTLE, GREG NICKELS AND TED MACKLIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR OFFICE FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY holds a news conference to announce the launch of a five-day, full-scale exercise of how our country would respond in the event of a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) attack, otherwise known as TOPOFF 2.
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-437-3076
WEB ADDRESS: dhs.gov
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled Asia: The View from Capitol Hill.
WHO: The speakers are:
Frank Jannuzi, Professional Staff Member, Committee on Foreign Relations
Sara Hessenflow, Legislative Assistant, Senator Sam Brownback
Dennis Halpin, Professional Staff, Committee on International Relations
Peter Yeo, Deputy Staff Director, Committee on International Relations
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on "The United Nations Human Rights Commission: Tragedy or Farce?"
WHO: The speakers are:
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, AEI
Phyllis Kaminsky, Kaminsky Associates
Mark Falcoff, AEI
Radek Sikorski, NAI
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 4:45 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a discussion on NATO and Ukraine featuring NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson and Gen. Yevhen Marchuk, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS: csis.org
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Culture/Kultura: Russian Influence on American Performing Arts: Dance.
WHO: The speakers are:
Suzanne Carbonneau, Professor of Performance and Interdisciplinary Studies in the Arts, George Mason University
Suzanne Farrell, Suzanne Farrell Ballet Company, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Camille Hardy, Principal Researcher, Popular Balanchine Project, New York and Senior Critic, Dance Magazine
DATE: May 5, 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 features The Mili Bermejo Trio celebrating Cinco de Mayo with music. Mili Bermejo (composer/vocals), Dan Greenspan (bass), and Doug Johnson (piano) break new original Mexican American Jazz ground while honoring the rich musical traditions of the past.
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a program on "Setting Priorities in Homeland Security: The Balance Between Protecting U.S. Soil and Projecting Military Power."
WHO: The speakers are:
Michael E. O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution and author of "Defense Policy Choices for the Bush Administration, 2001-05"
Robert C. Orr, Vice President and Washington Director, Council on Foreign Relations and previously the deputy to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Frederick P. Hitz, the former inspector general of the CIA and now a lecturer of public and international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School
Barton Gellman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning special projects reporter for The Washington Post. Lt. Col. Thomas F. Lynch of the U.S. Army, Legislative Special Assistant to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army and former Commander of the First Squadron of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Lynne Weil, 202-544-0062
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Jane Smiley discussing and signing copies of Good Faith: A Novel. Smiley's novel displays a crazy quilt of characters who become involved in a get-rich-quick land deal during the high-rolling '80s. Small-town realtor (and narrator) Joe Stratford meets up with an ex-IRS scam artist and a conniving S&L president.
DATE: May 5, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
