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AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Thursday, April 3
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April 2 - 3. MUTUAL FUND FORUM — The Mutual Fund Directors Forum hosts its annual Policy Conference with SEC commissioners Luis Aguilar and Daniel M. Gallagher.
Location: Loews Madison Hotel; 1177 15th Street NW.
Contacts: Chris Sullivan (chris@macmillancom.com), 212-473-4442
Notes: Commissioner Luis Aguilar will give his lunch address on Wednesday 4/2 at 12:30p; and Commissioner Daniel Gallagher will speak on Thursday 4/3 at 10am.
April 2 - 3. PCAOB MEETING — The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board will host a public meeting to obtain further input on a proposal to enhance the auditor's reporting model. Sir David Tweedie, the former Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board, will address improving the auditor's report from an international perspective. Nick Land, Chairman of the UK Financial Reporting Council's Audit and Assurance Council, will address recent changes to the auditor's report adopted in the United Kingdom. Panelists also will include representatives from the U.S. Treasury's Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession (ACAP) that recommended improvements to the auditor's report in its October 2008 report. http://pcaobus.org/Rules/Rulemaking/Pages/Docket034.aspx
Location: The Westin Washington DC City Center Hotel, 1400 M Street NW
Contacts: n/a (publicaffairs@pcaobus.org), 202-207-9227
Notes: 2022079227
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ALL DAY
March 20 - April 13. NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL — National Cherry Blossom Festival. http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org
Highlights:
7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Grand Sake Tasting at the Carnegie Library, Mount Vernon Sq., 8th and K Streets, NW.
March 30 - April 4. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ACTUARIES — The International Actuarial Association and the actuarial profession in the United States host the 30th International Congress of Actuaries,
Location: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Park Rd. Washington.
On the Net: http://www.ica2014.org/
April 1 - 3. NATIONAL PROTON CONFERENCE — More than 200 clinicians, researchers, and other experts on proton therapy, which is an advanced form of radiation treatment for cancer patients, will gather at the second annual National Proton Conference.
Location: Ritz-Carlton-Pentagon City, 1250 S. Hayes St., Arlington, VA.
Contacts: Leonard Arzt, lenarzt@proton-therapy.org, 301-587-6100
On the Net: http://npc2014.com/
April 2 - 3. MEMA LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT — The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association holds its 2014 Legislative Summit.
Highlights:
7 a.m. Keynote Breakfast Speaker: Carl Levin, U.S. Senator from Michigan.
Location: W Hotel, 515 15th St. NW.
On the Net: http://www.mema.org/Main-Menu/Events/Legislative-Summit
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. U.S. CHAMBER - AVIATION SUMMIT — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation will bring together aviation's top experts and business leaders for its 13th annual Aviation Summit. The event, "Navigating the True Costs of Flying," will feature speeches and panels focusing on critical issues facing the industry, including the financial impact of regulations and the privatization of air traffic control.
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place.
Notes: Full agenda and list of speakers at: http://www.uschamberfoundation.org/events/2014/13th-annual-aviation-summit Credentialed members of the media are invited to attend. To register, e-mail press@uschamber.com or call 202-463-5682.
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. USCC HEARING - U.S. CHINA MEDICAL PRODUCTS TRADE — The U.S. Economic and Security Review Commission holds Public Hearing on Chinas Healthcare Sector, Drug Safety, and the U.S.-China Trade in Medical Products.
Location: 328A, Russell.
On the Net: http://www.uscc.gov
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MORNING
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. NATIONAL JOURNAL - HOUSE JUDICIARY — Judiciary Committee Chairman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), will sit down with National Journal Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons to discuss the committee's agenda for 2014.
Location: The Newseum, 3rd Floor Knight Broadcast Studio, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
Contacts: Kori Anderson, kanderson@atlanticmedia.com, 202-266-7578
Notes: RSVP: njgoodlatteconversation.eventbrite.com
9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. AEI - PATENT ABUSE - CORNYN — Preventing patent abuse: Senator Cornyn on prospects for reform. Register with Tara Kroll at tara.kroll@aei.org
Location: American Enterprise Institute, Wohlstetter Conference Center, 1150 17th St. NW, 12th floor.
9 a.m. - 11 a.m. WILSON CENTER - RUSSIA - PUBIC INTEREST LAW — Speakers: Dmitri Bartenev, Attorney, Adjunct Professor of International Law, St. Petersburg State University; Anton Burkov, Galina Starovoitova Research Scholar, Chair of European and Comparative Law Department of the Law Faculty of the University of Humanities; Anna Demeneva, Consultant to the Ombudsman for Human Rights, Sverdlovsk oblast; Nadezhda Kutepova, Director, NGO Planeta Nadezhd (Planet of Hopes); Public Adviser to Ombudsman, Chelyabinsk Oblast. http://wilsoncenter.org/event/public-interest-law-russia
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. CSIS - GLOBAL YOUTH — The Youth, Prosperity, and Security Initiative, in partnership with the International Youth Foundation and Hilton Worldwide present The Launch of the Global Youth Wellbeing Index.
Location: Second Floor Conference Room, CSIS 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Notes: RSVP to ppd@csis.org
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9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION - WEST BANK - AREA C — Unrecognized and Unwanted - Demolition and Forced Displacement in Area C (West Bank). Participants: Amira Hass, Correspondent for the Occupied Territories, Haaretz; Kareem Issa Jubran, Field Research Director, B'Tselem; Lisa Goldman, Director, Israel-Palestine Initiative, New America Foundation. Contact Liana Simonds at New America at (202) 735-2829 or simonds@newamerica.org. http://www.newamerica.net/events/2014/unrecognized\_and\_unwanted
Location: New America Foundation, 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400.
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. BPC - TURKISH ELECTION RESULTS — Discussion on the Bipartisan Policy Center's paper Turkeys Local Elections: Actors, Factors, and Implications. Speakers: Ambassador Morton Abramowitz, Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, BPC Turkey Initiative Co-Chair; Ambassador Eric Edelman, Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, BPC Turkey Initiative Co-Chair; Svante Cornell, Research Director, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and Silk Road Studies Program; Alan Makovsky, Former Professional Staff Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee. Moderator: Blaise Misztal, Acting Director, BPC Foreign Policy Project. http://bpcevents.cloudapp.net/Pages/Home.aspx?eventid=%7bA3FBC98E-B4AE-E311-9632-6C3BE5A8F744%7d&\_cldeeCWRheWJvb2tAYXAub3JnCQkJ&utm\_sourceClickDimensions&utm\_mediumemail&utm\_campaignFPP%20Turkey%20event%204.3.14
Location: Bipartisan Policy Center, 1225 Eye Street NW, Suite 1000, 10th floor.
10:15 a.m. GW - BUDDHA TO BOLLYWOOD — Communicating India's Soft Power: Buddha to Bollywood. Daya Thussu, Professor of International Communication and Co-Director, India Media Centre Westminster University, London. Sponsored by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, and the East-West Center in Washington
On the Net: RSVP: http://www.eastwestcenter.org/3yI
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. INDIA'S SOFT POWER — The East-West Center hosts a discussion on Communicating India's Soft Power: Buddha to Bollywood. Speaker: Dr. Daya Thussu is professor of International Communication and founder Co-Director of India Media Centre at the University of Westminster. www.eastwestcenter.org/3yI
Location: 1819 L Street, NW.
11 a.m. - 12 p.m. PEW WEBINAR - CLEAN ENERGY - WEB EVENT — The Pew Charitable Trusts releases its report Whos Winning the Clean Energy Race? 2013 Edition. Speakers: Phyllis Cuttino, director, clean energy program, The Pew Charitable Trusts; Ethan Zindler, head of policy analysis, Bloomberg New Energy Finance. http://www.cvent.com/events/who-s-winning-the-clean-energy-race-2013-edition-webinar-/event-summary-57ab4d822adb43969705b3f9350a9a84.aspx
Contacts: Tracy Schario (tschario@pewtrusts.org), 202-540-6582
Notes: www.webex.com; Meeting number: 632 208 887; password: Clean123 To register contact Tracy Schario, tschario@pewtrusts.org
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. CAP - NATIONAL SECURITY - TECHNOLOGIES — The Center for American pPogress hosts discussion on Emerging and Readily Available Technologies and National Security A Framework for Addressing Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues. http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2014/03/27/86592/emerging-and-readily-available-technologies-and-national-security/
Location: Center for American Progress, 1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor.
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. CHERRY TREE EXPERT — The Library of Congress hosts Ann McClellan, a renowned expert on the gift of cherry trees from the city of Tokyo to Washington, D.C. and author of two books on the subject, lectures on the history of the gift of the Cherry trees.
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Ground Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building.
Contacts: Mari Nakahara mnak@loc.gov ((202) 707-2990)
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AFTERNOON
12 p.m. HERITAGE - CULTURAL INFLUENCES — The Heritage Foundation presents What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted: 200 Years of Popular Culture in the White House; with author Tevi Troy. http://www.heritage.org/events/2014/04/what-jefferson
Location: The Heritage Foundation's Lehrman Auditorium. 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Contacts: n/a, 202-675-1761
Notes: RSVP at (202) 675-1752
12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. ITIF - INTERNET GOVERNANCE — The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) discussion on Bully or Bodyguard? Assessing the Proper Role of the United States in Internet Governance. Participants: Erin Mershon, Technology Reporter, Politico Pro. Moderator: Daniel Castro, Senior Analyst, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation; Phil Corwin, Founding Principal, Virtualaw LLC; Steve DelBianco, Executive Director, NetChoice; Eli Dourado, Research Fellow, Mercatus Center. http://www.itif.org/events/bully-or-bodyguard-assessing-proper-role-united-states-internet-governance
Location: Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 1101 K St. NW, Suite 610A.
12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. NEC - DUGGER — The National Economist Club hosts luncheon discussion with Robert Dugger, Chairman and Chief Economist, Ready Nation Advisory and Invest in Kids Working Group "Workforce Development and Economic Growth: Using Pay-for-Success Finance to Strengthen the Youth Human Capital Sector". http://thenationaleconomistsclub.shuttlepod.org/Default.aspx?pageId=483884&eventId=880898&EventViewMode=EventDetails
Location: Chinatown Garden Restaurant 618 H St NW.
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. GW - CHINA'S EAST ASIA POLICY — Rocky Rise: China's East Asia Policy (2009-present) with Nicholas Khoo, Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, New Zealand. RSVP: http://go.gwu.edu/rockyrise
Location: Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St NW.
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. INTER-AMERICAN DIALOGUE - POST-RECESSION — Report Launch: Economic Status and Remittance Behavior among Latin American and Caribbean Migrants in the Post-Recession Period.
Location: 1211 Connecticut Avenue, NW.
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. STATE OF BLACK AMERICA REPORT - FOXX — The National Urban League hosts report launch and luncheon on 2014 State of Black America. - One Nation Underemployed: Jobs Rebuild America . Speakers: Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League; Secretary Anthony Foxx, U.S. Department of Transportation. Panel discussion featuring: Jonathan Capehart, Washington Post/MSNBC; Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, City of Baltimore; Thomas Shapiro, Ph.D., Brandeis University; Jamal Simmons, Internet Innovation Alliance; Juan Williams, Fox News Channel.
Notes: MEDIA RSVP: By Monday, March 31 to Pamela Rucker Springs, pruckersprings@nul.org/202-629-5757
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. URBAN LEAGUE — The National Urban League holds event: The State of Black America 2014 -- One Nation Underemployed: Jobs Rebuild America.
Location: National Press Club, 13th Floor Ballroom
Contacts: Pamela Springs (pruckersprings@nul.org), 202-629-5757
2 p.m. - 3 p.m. BROOKINGS - STEPHEN BREYER — The Foreign Policy program at Brookings and The Hague Institute for Global Justice, with the Foreign Ministry of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, host Justice Stephen Breyer for a discussion of the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in the world. http://www.brookings.edu/events/2014/04/03-international-law-breyer
Location: The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW
3 p.m. MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS SUPPLIERS - SECRETARY MONIZ — Secretary of Energy Dr. Ernest Moniz will address the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association's (MEMA) legislative summit. Contact: Allison Finder, afinder@mema.org, 202-312-9247
Location: W Hotel, 515 15th Street, NW.
4 p.m. ATLANTIC COUNCIL - ANNE APPLEBAUM — Anne Applebaum: Between East and West, Journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author. http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/upcoming-events/detail/anne-applebaum-between-east-and-west
Location: 1030 15th Street, NW, 12th Floor (West Tower).
4 p.m. - 5 p.m. GW - CHALLENGES OF THE ARTIC — Greenland and the Challenges of the Arctic with Inuuteq Holm Olsen, Embassy of Denmark. RSVP: http://go.gwu.edu/olsen
Location: Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412 1957 E St NW.
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION - INTERNET GOVERNANCE — The Global War for Internet Governance with Dr. Laura DeNardis. Speakers: Dr. Laura DeNardis, Author of The Global War for Internet Governance, Professor in the School of Communication, American University; Benoni Belli, Minister Counselor at the Embassy of Brazil in Washington D.C.; Richard Beaird, Senior International Policy Advisor at Wiley Rein LLP; Emma Llanso, Director of Center for Democracy and Technology's Free Expression Project. Moderator: Carolina Rossini, Project Director, Open Technology Institute, New America. http://newamerica.org/events/2014/the\_global\_war\_for\_internet\_governance
Location: New America Foundation. 1899 L Street NW. Suite 400.
Contacts: Kirsten Holtz, holtz@newamerica.org, 202-735-2806
Notes: Rescheduled from March 17.
4:30 p.m. SAIS - GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS — Harvard University's Carmen Reinhart will discuss the global financial crisis and its aftermath. Speaker: Carmen Reinhart, Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Media RSVP Reply by: 3:00 p.m., Thursday, April 3, 2014 Reply to: SAISPubAffairs@jhu.edu
Location: Johns Hopkins SAIS, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW.
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EVENING
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. CISIS - CONGO — The Center for Strategic and International Studies and Internews presents Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo, with author Featuring a discussion with author Anjan Sundaram. http://csis.org/event/stringer-reporters-journey-congo
Location: 1st Floor Conference Room, CSIS 1616 Rhode Island Ave, N.W.
Notes: Pre-event Reception 5:00-5:30 PM. To register: contact imisadmin@csis.org t
5:45 p.m. - 7 p.m. ATLANTIC COUNCIL - UKRAINE - ENERGY FACTOR — Crisis in Ukraine: The Energy Factor - A conversation with Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, US Department of State. Moderated by Fred Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council.
Location: Atlantic Council, 1030 15th Street, NW, 12th Floor.
Contacts: RSVP to press@AtlanticCouncil.org
6 p.m. - 7 p.m. ENDING THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN — Security Policy Forum: Ending the War in Afghanistan; Stephen Biddle, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, GW. Moderator: Michael E. Brown, Dean, Elliott School of International Affairs, GW. RSVP: http://go.gwu.edu/Biddle
Location: Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E Street NW.
6 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. GW - AFGHANISTAN — The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs presents Security Policy Forum: Ending the War in Afghanistan.
Location: Elliott School of International Affairs Lindner Family Commons; 1957 E Street NW, Room 602 Washington, DC
Notes: RSVP: http://go.gwu.edu/Biddle
6:30 p.m. EMBASSY OF CZECH REPUBLIC AND EMBASSY OF ISRAEL EVENT — The Embassy of the Czech Republic and the Embassy of Israel host discussion on the "old Jewish Town Within Us" exhibit. The evening will also include a lecture on the history of the Golem legend, including how the Hilsner Affair in 1899 dramatically changed the retelling of the legend and Kafkas version of the legend.
Location: Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom Street, NW.
Contacts: RSVP to: czech_events@yahoo.com (put "Golem" in header)
On the Net: www.markpodwal.com
7 p.m. ST. ALBAN'S LECTURE - FAUCI — Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health and leading contributor in research in the areas of HIV/AIDS and other immunodeficiencies. Topic: Scientific and Health Challenges at Mid-Century.
Location: Trapier Theater, Marriott Hall, St. Albans School.
On the Net: www.stalbansschool.org
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