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WEEK AHEAD EVENTS FOR MAY 27-30, 2003
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY and THE CSIS RUSSIA AND EURASIA PROGRAM
CAUCASUS INITIATIVE hold a conference on "Iraq and the Caucasus: How Will War Affect the Region?
WHO; The Speakers are:
Ambassador Arman Kirakossian, Embassy of Armenia
Ambassador Levan Mikeladze, Embassy of Georgia
Ambassador Hafiz Pashayev, Embassy of Azerbaijan
DATE: May 27, 2003
LOCATION: 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-457-6949
WEB ADDRESS: rferl.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on President Putin: A Continuation of Yeltsin's Reforms or a New Course? With Fedor Burlatsky, Professor and President, Council of Political Science, Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow; and former Guest Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center.
DATE: May 27, 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 policy forum on Public Health and Private Rights: Communicable Diseases, Panic Attacks, and the Constitution. The global spread of SARS, the possible return of smallpox as a bioterror weapon, and the post-9/11 anthrax attacks have renewed debate over the
limits of state police power in protecting public health
WHO: The speakers are:
Jonathan Turley, George Washington University, Law School
George J. Annas, Boston University, School of Public Health
Lawrence O. Gostin, Georgetown University Law Center and Johns Hopkins University
DATE: May 27, 2003
LOCATION: The Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Anthony Principi, Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
DATE: May 27, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on "Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs: The American and New Zealand Experiences."
AGENDA: Highlights:
1:30 p.m. - Panel One: New Survey Research on DTC Advertising in the U.S.
Ed Slaughter, Prevention magazine
Robert Leitman, Harris Interactive
John E. Calfee, AEI
3 p.m. - Panel Two: The New Zealand Experience with DTC
Janet Hoek, Massey University
Glen Wiggs, New Zealand Advertising Standards Authority
John E. Calfee, AEI
DATE: May 27, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE holds a panel discussion on U.S.-Russia Relations on the Eve of the St. Petersburg Summit
WHO: The speakers are:
Anders Åslund senior associate, a leading specialist on post-communist economic issues especially in Russian and Ukraine.
Edward Chow visiting scholar and leading energy expert.
Anatol Lieven senior associate, specialist on Russian security, internal conflict, regional relations and U.S.-Russian relations.
Martha Olcott senior associate, expert in the problems of democratic and economic transition in Central Asia and the Caucasus and security challenges in the Caspian region.
Andrew Kuchins, Carnegie director Russian and Eurasian Program will chair the session. Kuchins is a specialist in Russian foreign and security policy and in Augus
DATE: May 28, 2003
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS: ceip.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER Directors Forum presents Reflections from Space featuring Frederick (Rick) Hauck, president and CEO AXA Space and former NASA astronaut.
DATE: May 28, 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: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on East Central Europe Between Paris and Washington
with Vladimir Tismaneanu, Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, College Park, former Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar, and former Title VIII EES Research Scholar.
DATE: May 28, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring NAACP President Kweisi Mfume discussing Civil Rights: Americaís Unfinished Agenda.
DATE: May 28, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on "Analyzing the Argentine 2003 Elections"
Now that the presidential elections have been decided, have the Argentines put their crisis behind them? Join us for a discussion of what lies ahead
DATE: May 28, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
Thursday, May 29, 2003
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a BOOK FORUM: Understanding the Regulation Game"
WHO: THE Speakers are:
Robert W. Hahn, Joint Center
Sally Katzen, former Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs administrator
Robert Litan, Joint Center
Cindy Skrzycki, Washington Post
DATE: MAY 29, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program featuring Martin Baily, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics, "A Radical Transformation of the European Economy."
DATE: MAY 29, 2003
LOCATION Chinatown Garden, 618 H St., NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 703-739-9404
WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation, will announce "America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2003."
DATE: MAY 29, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE presents Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, talking about the role of poetry in America, the subject of his book Can Poetry Matter?, and reading from his third full-length collection of poems, Interrogations at Noon, winner of the 2002 American Book Award.
DATE: MAY 29, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
Friday, May 30, 2003
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY holds a program on Human Rights in Russia: Putin's Pre-Election Report Card.
WHO: The speakers are:
Ludmilla Alekseeva, Chair, Moscow Helsinki Group
President, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
Tanya Lokshina, Executive Director, Moscow Helsinki Group
DATE: May 30, 2003
LOCATION: 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-457-6949
WEB ADDRESS: rferl.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled Communism to Democracy: Lessons from Mongolia featuring Elbegdorj Tsakhia, Former Prime Minister of Mongolia
DATE: May 30, 2003
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
