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WEEK AHEAD EVENTS FOR JUNE 3-6, 2003
Tuesday June 3, 2003
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds the first in a series of discussions about the military "lessons learned" from the campaign in Iraq. Michael Vickers, director of strategic studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, will discuss the implications of the war in Iraq for the transformation of the U.S. military. Thomas Donnelly, AEI's defense expert, will moderate.
DATE: June 3, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Macedonia: A Chain in the Stability of the Balkans with Trifun Kostovski, Member of Parliament, Republic of Macedonia.
DATE: June 3, 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 Dr. Ronald D. Sugar, President and CEO, Northrop Grumman discussing industry perspective on missile defense and homeland security.
DATE: June 3, 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 Janet Wallach who has written a fascinating historical novel, Seraglio, that tells the story of a young girl's rise to power in a Turkish harem during the Eighteenth Century.
DATE: June 3, 2003
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwoman.org
Wednesday June 4, 2003
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE/ BROOKINGS CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT COMMISSION discusses the report on the continuity of Congress after a catastrophic terrorist attack.
WHO: The speakers are:
Norman J. Ornstein, AEI
Thomas E. Mann, Brookings
Presentation: Lloyd Cutler, former White House Counsel
Alan Simpson, former U.S. Senator (R-WY)
Kenneth Duberstein, former White House Chief of Staff
Lynn Martin, former Secretary of Labor
Donna Shalala, former Secretary of HHS
DATE: June 4, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The Political and Economic Future of Serbia after Djindjic with Obrad Kesic, Political Analyst and Consultant at large Srba Antic, Economic Consultant, IMF.
DATE: June 4, 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: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE holds a program on Saving Biodiversity in a World of Uncertain Values and Weak Institutions with
David Simpson, Resources for the Future. Public concern continues to mount over the loss of biological diversity. Biodiversity is concentrated in the developing nations of the tropics, but concern for its preservation tends to be largest in wealthier industrial nations.
DATE: June 4, 2003
LOCATION: 1616 P Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-5000
WEB ADDRESS: rff.org
Thursday, June 5, 2003
TIME: 9:15 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on "What Do People Buy When They Don't Buy Health Insurance?" Why do some people choose to buy health insurance and some do not? Conventional wisdom is that the uninsured cannot afford insurance, but is this really true?
WHO: The speakers are:
Helen Levy, University of Chicago
Discussants:
Eric M. Engen, AEI
Larry Levitt, Kaiser Network
Louise M. Sheiner, Federal Reserve Board
Moderator:
Robert B. Helms, AEI
DATE: June 5, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring Sen. Jim Jeffords, I-Vermont, marks the second anniversary of his decision to leave the Republican Party.
DATE: June 5, 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 Dean Robert L. Gallucci, Dean of Georgetown's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Dean Galluci has made his career in political military affairs with an emphasis on peacekeeping efforts.
DATE: June 5, 2003
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwoman.org
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam with Thomas A. Schwartz, associate professor of history at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, discussing his latest book Lyndon Jonhson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam.
DATE: June 5, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on "North Korea: Thinking the Unthinkable."
AGENDA: Highlights:
Welcoming Remarks:
James R. Lilley, AEI
Panel I: Diplomacy
Panelists:
Selig Harrison, Center for International Policy
Don Oberdorfer, School of Advanced International Studies
Leon Sigal, Social Science Research Council
Moderator:
Nicholas Eberstadt, AEI
Panel II: Contra-diplomacy: Containment or Military Options?
Panelists:
Victor Cha, Georgetown University
Nicholas Eberstadt, AEI
David Kay, Potomac Institute
Paul Leventhal, Nuclear Control Institute
Moderator:
James R. Lilley, AEI
DATE: June 5, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a program on Defining U.S. Foreign Policy:
Is the United States a Rogue Nation?
WHO: The speakers are:
Clyde Prestowitz
President, Economic Strategy Institute; Author, ROGUE NATION: American, Unilateralism and the Failure of Good Intentions
Max Boot, Olin Senior Fellow, National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Christopher Makins, President, Atlantic Co
DATE: June 5, 2003
LOCATION: Council on Foreign Relations, 1779 Massachusetts, Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC
CONTACT: Marieke Beeuwkes, 212-434-9716
WEB ADDRESS: cfr.org
Friday, June 6, 2003
TIME: 9:15 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FIRST FRIDAYS: SEMINAR SERIES IN ECONOMIC POLICY entitled "Taxes and Asset Prices."
WHO: The speakers are:
Eric M. Engen, AEI
Presenter:
Clemens Sialm, University of Michigan Business School
Discussants:
Randall Mariger, U.S. Treasury
Steve Sharpe, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Moderator:
Eric M. Engen, AEI
DATE: June 6, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
Informal Friday Forum on "Bringing Back ROTC To College Campuses." featuring AEI Resident Scholar Christina Hoff Sommers.
DATE: June 6, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
