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AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Wednesday, March 19
GENERAL
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March 17 - 19. CONNECT ID CONFERENCE — The International Biometrics & Identification Association (IBIA) and Science Media Partners (SMP) present the connect:ID exhibition and conference. http://ibia.org/newsevents/events/details/?id=742
Location: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
March 17 - 21. OAS ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION — The Twenty-Third Meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism for the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC) of the Organization of American States (OAS) will take place.
Location: Padilha Vidal Room, OAS General Secretariat Building, 1889 F Street, NW.
Contacts: 202-370-5437
On the Net: http://www.oas.org/en/media\_center/webcast\_schedule.asp
March 18 - 19. WASHINGTON EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY POLICY SUMMIT — The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), and the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) will present the eleventh installment of the Washington Education Technology Policy Summit. http://cosnconference.org/special-events/washington-ed-tech-advocacy-summit/
Highlights:
8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Senate Visitor Center 209-08.
Contacts: Dr. Jennifer Fritschi, jfritschi@setda.org, 202-715-6636 ext 704
Jodie Pozo-Olano, jpozoolano@iste.org, 804-986-6911
Michael Kaplun, michaelkaplun@cosn.org, 202-822-9491
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March 19 - 22. COSN ANNUAL CONFERENCE — The CoSN 2014 Annual Conference is designed for education leaders to better understand their changing roles in creating the new face of learning. http://cosnconference.org/
Highlights:
3:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education Deb Delisle will moderate a town hall on education technology. The session, "Can Big Data and Innovative Digital Learning Play Together?" will highlight how technology can be leveraged to transform learning in the future. Bob Wise, former governor of West Virginia, and Yong Zhao, presidential chair and director of the Institute for Global and Online Education at the University of Oregon, are expected to join the panel.
Location: Washington Hilton & Towers, 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW.
Contacts: Jennifer Cummings jcummings@cosn.org (202-496-2131)
Michael Kaplun michaelkaplun@cosn.org (202-496-2120)
8:30 a.m. U.S. CHAMBER - CAPITAL MARKETS SUMMIT — Speakers: Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Mary Jo White, Chair, SEC; Steve Antonakes, Deputy Director, CFPB; Jason Furman, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors; Douglas L. Peterson, President and CEO, McGraw Hill Financial; Jim Rosenthal, COO, Morgan Stanley; Mark Wetjen, Acting Chairman, CFTC; David Hirschmann, President and CEO, CCMC. http://www.capitalmarketssummit.com/files/2010/11/CCMC-Summit-Agenda-3.7.pdf
Highlights:
9:05 a.m. Steve Antonakes, Deputy Director, Consumer, Financial Protection Bureau.
9:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S., Chamber of Commerce.
12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Conversation with Mary Jo White, Chair,, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
2:15 p.m. Mark Wetjen, Acting Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
4 p.m. The State of the U.S. Economy and Prospects for Growth with Jason Furman, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors.
Location: U.S. Chamber Headquarters, 1615 H Street, NW.
Notes: Credentialed members of the media are invited to participate. To register, e-mail press@uschamber.com or call 888-249-NEWS.
9 a.m. - 7 p.m. ANNUAL BUSINESS EXPO — Billed as the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's (GWHCC) premier event for showcasing businesses and building connections with participating government agencies, corporations, embassies, non-profits, small businesses, and individuals in the local Hispanic business community. http://www.gwhcc.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=HomeExpo
Location: Walter Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place, NW.
Contacts: Pamela Nieto, 202-728-0352
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. HOLOCAUST IN HUNGARY — The United States Holocaust Memorial Museums Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies and the Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) are convening a major international conference on the Holocaust in Hungary. Conference program: http://www.ushmm.org/research/scholarly-presentations/conferences/the-holocaust-in-hungary-70-years-later/conference-program
Location: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW. http://www.ushmm.org/
Contacts: Kristy Buechner 202.314.1754
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MORNING
9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. BPC - GSE REFORM - FEDERAL BUDGET — Forum on the Implications of GSE Reform for the Federal Budget and National Debt. Speakers: Michael Bopp, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Former Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget; Ike Brannon, Senior Fellow, George W. Bush Institute, President, Capital Policy Analytics; Jim Hearn, Former Deputy Staff Director, Senate Budget Committee and former housing and banking analyst, Congressional Budget Office, Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration; Deborah Lucas, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management, Former Assistant Director, Congressional Budget Office; Tim Rood, Chairman, The Collingwood Group.
Location: Bipartisan Policy Center, 1225 Eye Street NW, Suite 1000, 10th floor.
9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. CARNEGIE - FRIEDMAN — The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosts Marwan Muasher in Conversation With Thomas L. Friedman. http://carnegieendowment.org/2014/03/19/marwan-muasher-in-conversation-with-thomas-l.-friedman/h2mg
Location: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
9 a.m. - 11 a.m. BROOKINGS - RESTORING OPPORTUNITY — Restoring Opportunity - A Center on Children and Families Event. https://www.cvent.com/events/restoring-opportunity/registration-5b3fa9dfccbb4a23907e0680791bafae.aspx
Location: The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW.
Contacts: 202.797.6105
On the Net: http://restoringopportunity.com/
9 a.m. - 11 a.m. WILSON CENTER - MERGING U.S., CANADA — Canadian journalist Diane Francis argues in her book, "Merger of the Century: Why Canada and America Should Become One Country," that the United States and Canada should merge to become an economic superpower. Experts will discuss the effect of a hypothetical merger on Canada, the United States, North America, and the global economy. Speaker: Diane Francis, Editor-at-Large, The National Post. Commentators: Michael Geary, Global Fellow, Wilson Center; Kent Hughes, Public Policy Scholar, Wilson Center; Chris Wilson, Associate, Mexico Institute, Wilson Center.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center, 6th floor, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
NEW
10 a.m. HALL OF HEROES CEREMONY — Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh, and Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno deliver remarks at the Hall of Heroes Ceremony for 24 Army veterans Medal of Honor Recipients in the Pentagon Auditorium (BH650).
Notes: Journalists without a Pentagon building pass will be picked up at the Metro Entrance only. Plan to arrive no later than 9 a.m., have proof of affiliation and photo identification. Please call 703-693-5084 for escort into the building.
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. HERITAGE - PRESIDENT'S ASIA TRIP PREVIEW — Preview of the Presidents Asia Trip with Randall G. Schriver CEO and President, Project 2049 Institute; Bruce Klingner, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation. Hosted by: Walter Lohman Director, Asian Studies Center.
Location: 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE.
Contacts: (202) 675-1752
On the Net: ww.heritage.org/events/2014/03/president-in-asia
11 a.m. CATO - LIBYA INTERVENTION — Policy forum, "Did the Military Intervention in Libya Succeed?" Featuring Christopher Chivvis, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation; Alan Kuperman, Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace and Associate Professor of Public Affairs, LBJ School, University of Texas at Austin; and Benjamin Friedman, Research Fellow in Defense and Homeland Security Studies, Cato Institute; moderated by Christopher Preble, Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
Location: 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW.
Contacts: Cato Media Relations, pr@cato.org, 202-789-5200
11 a.m. NSN - IRAN TALKS — "Vienna Talks: Assessing negotiations with Iran." The National Security Network and ReThink Media will hold a press call looking to assess the diplomatic progress already made, expectations going forward, and what impact the crisis in Ukraine will have on Russia's role in the negotiations. With Alireza Nader, a senior international policy analyst at the RAND Corporation; Laicie (Olson) Heeley, Director of Middle East and Defense Policy at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation; Dr. Jim Walsh is an expert in international security and a Research Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Security Studies Program (SSP).
Contacts: Kate Brown, KBrown@nsnetwork.org, 202-213-7051
Notes: To register for the press conference call, go to: http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/60K2LN0VBHLS4M5K
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AFTERNOON
12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. EU AND U.S. FINANCIAL CONSUMER PROTECTION REFORMS — The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) hosts a discussion on Forging legitimizing coalitions: Comparing EU and US Financial Consumer Protection Reforms. https://www.z2systems.com/np/clients/aicgs/eventRegistration.jsp?event=279&&secureIdCustomer1&
Location: AICGS, Suite 700, 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.
Contacts: Kimberly Frank kfrank@aicgs.org
12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. ITIF - NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN — The National Broadband Plan: Four Years Later. Speakers: Robert D. Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Moderator; Blair Levin, Communications and Society Fellow, Aspen Institute; Mohit Kaushal, Partner, Aberdare Ventures. http://www.itif.org/events/national-broadband-plan-four-years-later
Location: Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 1101 K St. NW, Suite 610A.
12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. WILSON CENTER - WHAT'S FOR DINNER? — CEF and the Environmental Film Festival present a screening of the documentary Whats For Dinner? http://wilsoncenter.org/event/cef-and-the-environmental-film-festival-present-screening-the-documentary-what%E2%80%99s-for-dinner
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. KAISER WEBINAR - FY 2015 BUDGET — The Kaiser Family Foundation is hosting an interactive webinar exclusively for journalists to examine "The President's Budget Request and Funding for Global Health Programs." Kaiser Family Foundation Vice President and Director of Global Health and HIV Policy Jennifer Kates and Director of the U.S. Global Health Budget Project Adam Wexler will present a breakdown of global health program areas in the president's budget request, based on Kaiser's ongoing analysis. Former Deputy Press Secretary to U.S. President George W. Bush Tony Fratto will provide insights on the budget process and broader perspective on the role of U.S. global health programs within a foreign policy agenda. Penny Duckham, executive director of the Foundation's Media Fellowships Program, will moderate, and most of the webinar will be devoted to a question and answer session with journalists.
Contacts: Katie Smith, ksmith@kff.org, 202-347-5270
Notes: Register at https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cidg1d2mat7w0xe
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. HERITAGE - FEDERAL RESERVE AT 100 — The Federal Reserve at 100: How Well Has It Done? Speakers: Larry White, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, George Mason University; George Selgin, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia; Jerry Dwyer, Ph.D., Visiting Professor and BB&T Scholar, Clemson University, and a former Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Jim DeMint, President, The Heritage Foundation. http://www.heritage.org/events/2014/03/federal-reserve-at-100
Location: 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE.
Contacts: heritage.org (202) 675-1752
1:30 p.m. WHEN PRESS OFFICES BLOCK THE PRESS — When Press Offices Block the Press. Speakers: Moderator Kathryn Foxhall, a member of the National Press Club, Freedom of the Press Committee and a freelance reporter; Carolyn S. Carlson, communication professor from Kennesaw State
University and leader of the two new surveys; David Cuillier, President of the Society of Professional Journalists and director of the University of Arizona School of Journalism; A representative of the Education Writers Association. http://press.org/events/when-press-offices-block-press
Location: National Press Club, 5Zenger Room, 529 14th Street NW.
Contacts: Kathryn Foxhall all@verizon.net
Notes: This is a ticketed event.
2 p.m. IWP - NON-KINETIC WARFARE — Non-Kinetic Warfare in the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict with Dr. Vahan Dilanyan, Chairman, Political Developments Research Center and Vilen Khlgatyan, Vice-Chairman, Political Developments Research. http://www.iwp.edu/events/detail/non-kinetic-warfare-in-the-nagorno-karabakh-conflict
Location: The Institute of World Politics, 1521 16th Street NW.
2 p.m. - 3 p.m. IISS -ISRAELI, PALESTINIAN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS — IISS-US Discussion Meeting on Prospects for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Negotiations with Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer, S Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern Policy, Princeton University, former US Ambassador to Israel; Ghaith al-Omari, Executive Director, American Task Force on Palestine; Steven Simon, Executive Director, IISS-US, former Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa, National Security Council. http://www.iiss.org/en/events/events-s-calendar/prospects-for-israeli-palestinian-peace-negotiations-ca51
Location: IISS-US, 2121 K Street NW, Suite 801.
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. BROOKINGS - NATO - RASMUSSEN - WEBCAST — The Future of the Alliance: Revitalizing NATO for a Changing World. Spekaer: Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow and Director, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution. Featured Speaker; Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organization. https://www.cvent.com/events/the-future-of-the-alliance-revitalizing-nato-for-a-changing-world/registration-a85b988488a8434b9b59b4ff0b57254e.aspx
Location: The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW.
Contacts: 202.797.6105
NEW
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. FDA DIABETES WEBINAR — The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) will host a webinar with FDA division director Courtney Lias, PhD, about FDA's new draft guidance proposing separate performance and accuracy criteria for over-the-counter blood glucose meters used in the home and prescription point-of-care blood glucose meters used in the hospital.
Contacts: Molly Polen, mpolen@aacc.org, 202-420-7612
On the Net: http://www.aacc.org/events/meetings/Pages/9079.aspx
3 p.m. ATLANTIC COUNCIL - CYBER RISK — Cyber Risk Wednesday: Risk and Resilience for the Financial Sector. Speaker: John Carlson, Executive Vice President for Technology Risk, Financial Services Roudtable. Moderator: Neal Pollard, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council. http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/upcoming-events/detail/cyber-risk-wednesday-20140319
Location: 1030 15th Street, NW, 12th Floor.
3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. MARSHALL INSTITUTE - RUSSIAN MISSILE MODERNIZATION — Russian Missile Modernization: Developments and Implications for U.S. Security. Speakers: r. Mark Schneider, Senior Analyst at the National Institute for Public Policy; Paula DeSutter, formerly Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation.
Location: 2212 Rayburn.
Contacts: (571) 970-3180
On the Net: http://Missilethreat.com
3 p.m. - 5 p.m. WILSON CENTER - FATE OF THE ARTIC — Intro: Paul Schopf Professor of Oceanography and Department Chair, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University Panelists: David W. Titley, Professor of Practice, Department of Meteorology Director, Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk; Igor Krupnik, Curator, Arctic and the North Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History; Miriam C. Jones, Research Geologist, Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center U.S. Geological Survey. Moderator: Paul Schopf, Professor of Oceanography and Department Chair, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
4 p.m. - 6 p.m. DIALOGUE ON DIVERSITY - WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH — The Dialogue presents a Public Policy Forum dedicated to facing and mastering the tasks that confront women in the world of 2014.
Location: American Federation of Teachers, 555 New Jersey Ave. N.W.
Contacts: dialog.div@prodigy.net 703-631-0650
On the Net: www.dialogueondiversity.org
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EVENING
5 p.m. - 6 p.m. CSIS - SHIEFFER SERIES - RUSSIA — Schieffer Series: A Conversation about Russia Hosted by Bob Schieffer, Chief Washington Correspondent, CBS News; Anchor, CBS News "Face the Nation. Panelists: Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former U.S. National Security Adviser to President Jimmy Carter, Counselor and Trustee, CSIS; Roger Cohen New York Times Columnist; Lt. General Brent Scowcroft (USAF ret.), Former U.S. National Security Adviser to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, Counselor and Trustee, CSIS, President, Scowcroft Group.
Location: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW.
5 p.m. - 6 p.m. HERITAGE - VETERAN NATION - FILM SCREENING — VETERAN NATION offers an overview of how our nation has treated its veterans from the American Revolution to the present, and explores the current and future challenges of helping those who have dedicated their lives to serving our country. . http://www.heritage.org/events/2014/04/veteran-nation-2
Location: Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE.
Contacts: (202) 675-1752
6 p.m. GWU - FORENSICS CENTER — George Washington University open house for their new Department of Forensic Sciences Forensic Chemistry Lab Center of Excellence. Speakers: Dr. Victor Weedn, Chair, Forensic Sciences, George Washington University, Delivering overview of new facility and collaboration; Jon DiVincenzo, President, Environmental Health, PerkinElmer, Closing remarks.
Location: George Washington University's Mt. Vernon Campus, Ames Hall, 2100 Foxhall Road NW.
Contacts: Kurtis Hiatt, kkhiatt@gwu.edu, 202-994-1849
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. GW - AVON CEO — The 15th Annual Robert P. Maxon Lecture hosted by the George Washington University School of Business and GW's Institute for Corporate Responsibility will feature Sheri McCoy, CEO and director of Avon Products, Inc. Ms. McCoy will speak about "empowering people to drive change and her experience with turnaround management."
Location: The George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium, 805 21st St. NW.
Notes: Media interested in attending should contact Dustin Carnevale at 202-994-3674 or dcarnevale@gwmail.gwu.edu or Angela Olson at 202-994-3087 or olsona@gwu.edu.
6:30 p.m. BLACK TIE AND SNEAKERS GALA — The Greater Washington Urban League, Inc. (GWUL) will commemorate 76 years of service in metropolitan Washington, DC, at its 42nd Annual Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Gala.
Location: Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H St. NW.
Contacts: Robyn Wilkes, 202-265-8200 ext 250
6:30 p.m. FORUM ON D.C. OPEN GOVERNMENT — Forum on D.C. Open Government Issues. http://press.org/events/forum-dc-open-government-issues
Location: National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 529 14th Street NW.
Contacts: John Donnelly jdonnelly@cq.com
Notes: This is a ticketed event.
6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL - CHINA — Author series with Geoff Dyer will discuss his new book "The Contest of the Century: The New Era of Competition with China" https://www.worldaffairsdc.org/EventDetails.aspx?enc=BvuuEhGA/RirVJycduJiWPqmTW3ui9toy20fEeHU67g
Location: UCDC Auditorium, 1608 Rhode Island Avenue NW.
7 p.m. WE ARE THE GIANT SCREENING — Human Rights First hosts a screening of "We Are The Giant". http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/event/film-screening-we-are-giant
Location: 1600 I (Eye) Street, NW.
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