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AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Thursday, April 10
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March 20 - April 13. NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL — National Cherry Blossom Festival. http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org
April 5 - 10. NATIONAL 4-H CONFERENCE — Billed as the premier civic engagement opportunity for 4-H members (15-19 yrs.) who are actively engaged in 4-H programs across the U.S. and its territories. http://www.4-h.org/4-h-conference/
Location: National 4-H Youth Conference Center, 7100 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD.
April 7 - 12. 108TH ASIL ANNUAL MEETING — The American Society of International Law holds their 108th ASIL Annual Meeting and 76th International Law Association Biennial Conference. Speakers will include: former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Singaporean Supreme Court Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, U.K. Supreme Court Justice Jonathan Mance, International Court of Justice (ICJ) President Peter Tomka, former Liberal Party of Canada Leader Michael Ignatieff, Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth, and former UN Under-Secretary General and Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict and Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women Radhika Coomaraswamy. http://www.asil.org/annualmeeting
Highlights:
Chief Justice Menon, Chief Justice of Singapore, will deliver the second annual Charles N. Brower Lecture on International Dispute Resolution.
Remarks: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, US Supreme Court (retired); Honorees: ICJ Judges Julia Sebutinde, Joan Donoghue, and Xue Hanqin.
Location: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Atrium Ballroom.
April 8 - 10. NDIA - TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE — The National Defense Industrial Association hold its 15th Annual Science & Engineering Technology Conference/Defense Tech Exposition. Theme: "Leveraging the DoD Science and Technology Program to Create Future Warfighting Capabilities Through Rapid Prototyping and Emerging Concept Demonstration."
Location: College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center.
Contacts: Molly Holt, mholt@ndia.org, 703-247-2572
Notes: http://www.ndia.org/meetings/4720/Pages/default.aspx
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April 8 - 13. INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND / WORLD BANK MEETINGS — Thousands of government officials, journalists, civil society organizations, and invited participants from the academia and private sectors, are expected to gather in Washington DC for the Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group.
Highlights:
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. IMF Press Briefing: IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde. IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room).
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. The World Bank Group ;Press Briefing: World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim. IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2 (Press Briefing Room).
2 p.m. - 3 p.m. IMF Seminar: Conversation on Global Economy. Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director; Charlie Rose, PBS. George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium.
3:15 p.m. Press Conference with Mr. Michel Spain, Minister of Finance and Public Accounts - hosted by the French Embassy. IMF HQ2, room 3-768.
6 p.m. Media are invited to attend a panel discussion on climate change with a special preview screening of clips from the "Years of Living Dangerously" documentary series in the Preston Auditorium of the World Bank HQ. World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will make opening remarks.
On the Net: http://www.imf.org/external/spring/2014/about.htm
Notes: Official meeting dates are April 11- 13, with a number of related events leading up to those meetings. There will be additions to the schedule as the event gets closer, particularly final press conferences by the delegations. The full schedule can be found at: http://www.imf.org/external/meetings/schedule.aspx?meetingid=8
April 9 - 10. MBA NATIONAL ADVOCACY CONFERENCE — Held by The Mortgage Bankers Association. http://events.mortgagebankers.org/NAC2014/default.html
Highlights:
7:30 a.m. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Deputy Republican Whip, Member of the House Financial Services Committee, Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.
Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. NW
Notes: Press credentials must be approved in advance. To apply for press credentials, please contact: Rob Van Raaphorst, (202) 557-2799, rvanraaphorst@mba.org.
April 9 - 10. MINSKY CONFERENCE — 23rd Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference on the State of the U.S. and World Economies - "Stabilizing Financial Systems for Growth and Full Employment, is being organized by the Levy Institute with support from the Ford Foundation. Participants include Jason Furman, chairman, Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President; Daniel K. Tarullo, member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Charles L. Evans, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Vmtor Constbncio, vice president, European Central Bank; Peter Praet, executive board member, European Central Bank; U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH); U.S. Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY, 12); Richard Berner, director, Office of Financial Research, U.S. Department of the Treasury; Willem H. Buiter, global chief economist, Citi; Bruce Kasman, chief economist and managing director of global research, J. P. Morgan; Anat Admati, professor of finance and economics, Stanford University; Denis MacShane, European Policy Counsel, and former U.K. minister for Europe; Mercedes Marcs del Pont, former president, Central Bank of Argentina; Frank N. Newman, chairman, Promontory Financial Group China, and former deputy secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury; Tom Redburn, economics editor, The New York Times; Jon E. Hilsenrath, chief economics correspondent, The Wall Street Journal; Binyamin Appelbaum, business and economics reporter, The New York Times; Deborah Solomon, news editor, The Wall Street Journal; and James Politi, U.S. economics and trade correspondent, Financial Times.
Location: National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW.
Notes: Media RSVP: Mark Primoff at 845-758-7412 or by sending an e-mail to primoff@bard.edu.
April 9 - 12. NYLC CONFERENCE — The National Youth Leadership Council's service-learning conference has convened over 48,000 youth and adults.
The culminating event of MONUMENTAL, sponsored by The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, is Saturday, April 12 where an estimated 1,000 volunteers will provide 3,000 hours of service to the community during a MONUMENTAL Day of Service: A Celebration of Global Youth Service Day. CONTACT: Amy Meuers, Marketing and Communications Director, National Youth Leadership Council, (651) 999-7363, ameuers@nylc.org; For more information: http://servicelearningconference.org/2014/general\_information/general\_info.php
Location: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Park Rd. Washington.
April 9 - 10. 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. FAIR MEDIA MARATHON — "Hold Their Feet to the Fire 2014," an annual radio row organized by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). Dozens of talk radio hosts from across the country will spend two days discussing immigration policy with listeners, lawmakers, law enforcement, immigration experts, activists, and members of the media live from radio row while broadcasting their shows back to their home markets.
Location: Phoenix Park Hotel, 520 North Capitol St., NW.
Contacts: Kristen Williamson, 202-328-7004
April 10 - 11. POSTALVISION-2020 — Everything from mailboxes to autonomous aerial vehicles (aka drones) will be on the agenda at the fourth annual PostalVision 2020 Conference. contact John Callan, Managing Director of Ursa Major Associates and founder of the PostalVision 2020 Initiative, at 860-767-0709 or jcallan@ursamajorassociates.com For more information: www.postalvision2020.com
Location: Westin Washington City Center, 1400 M St. NW.
7:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. MOBILE WORK EXCHANGE - TOWN HALL - TANGHERLINI — Dan Tangherlini, Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), will deliver the morning keynote, providing insight into GSA's workplace transformation strategy and sharing its vision to create both the workspace and workplace of the future. Attendees at the Mobile IT and Workforce Management Training to discuss key areas to improve government mobility, including cloud computing, mobile IT, virtualization, mobile security, and workforce management best practices. https://www.mobileworkexchange.com/events/town-hall-meeting/home/3403?mkt\_tok3RkMMJWWfF9wsRokuqTBZKXonjHpfsX56e0kXKW1lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4CTMtmI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFSrLNMapoz7gLXxQ%3D
Location: Walter Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place, NW.
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. HOWARD UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYMPOSIUM — The Howard University Initiative On Democracy, Markets, Communications And Technology presents its 2014 Health Symposium On U.S. Healthcare.
Location: Armour J. Blackburn Center, 2397 6th Street NW.
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. IMES 2014 ANNUAL CONFERENCE — IMES 2014 Annual Conference: Reacting to Refugee Crises in the Middle East: Responses from States, Scholars, and Humanitarian Organizations Conference Participants: Julie Peteet, University of Louisville; Lamis Abdelaaty, University of California - Santa Cruz; Rochelle Davis, Georgetown University; Elizabeth Ferris, Brookings Institution; Geraldine Chatelard, Institut Frangais du Proche-Orient; Margot Ellis, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Hani Mowafi, Yale Medicine & Amnesty International; Adrienne Fricke, University of California - Davis, Human Rights Initiative; Nell Gabiam, Iowa State University; Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University; Zainab Saleh, Haverford College. RSVP: http://go.gwu.edu/imes2014
Location: Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, 1957 E St NW.
8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION - FINANCIAL TIMES CONFERENCE — The Bertelsmann Foundation and the Financial Times hosts their 6th annual financial conference "A World Out of Balance: A Surplus of Politics, A Deficit of Ideas". Speakers: Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime Minister, Turkey; Martin Blessing, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, Commerzbank; Agustin Carstens, Governor, Bank of Mexico ; Christopher Clark, Author, "The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914"; Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Minister of Finance, The Netherlands and Eurogroup Chairman; Karnit Flug, Governor, Bank of Israel; Jacob Frenkel, Chairman, JPMorgan Chase International and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Group of Thirty; Jason Furman, Chairman, White House Council of Economic Advisers; Peter Orszag, Vice Chairman, Global Banking, Citigroup; Pier Carlo Padoan, Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy; Adam Posen, President, Peterson Institute for International Economics and former Member, Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee.
Location: Andrew W Mellon Auditorium, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW.
On the Net: http://www.bfna.org/2014confagenda
9 a.m. - 2 p.m. CSIS - GEOPOLITICS — New Energy, New Geopolitics: Balancing Stability and Leverage. http://csis.org/event/new-energy-new-geopolitics-balancing-stability-and-leverage
Location: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1616 Rhode Island Avenue NW.
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8 a.m. - 9 a.m. NGO'S - EL SALVADOR LETTER — The Institute for Policy Studies along with a number of NGOs will deliver a letter to President Jim Jong Kim of the World Bank. The letter, signed by more than 300 organizations worldwide, urges the World Bank to reject Canadian mining company Pacific Rim's lawsuit against El Salvador over the country's moratorium on mining.
Location: Main entrance to the World Bank at 1818 H St. NW.
Contacts: Alex Blair (Oxfam America), 202-777-2929
Notes: Letter delivery expected at 8:30 a.m. sharp. Link to the letter: http://www.stopesmining.org/j25/index.php/campaigns/letter-to-the-world-bank
8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. SAIS - NORTH KOREA — On-the-Record Event, "38 North Press Breakfast." Discussion Topics: The possibility of increasing tensions on the peninsula in the aftermath of the missile tests and South Koreas seizure of a DPRK fishing boat, as well as the recent exchange of artillery fire between the two Koreas; The DPRK's recent Nodong ballistic missile launches and their implications; The results of the Supreme People's Assembly meeting, which will conclude just before our breakfast, and any hints about the impact of the Jang Song Thaek purge as well as the future of DPRK domestic and foreign policy; and The U.S.-ROK-Japan trilateral meeting on North Korea.
Location: Kenney Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.
Notes: RSVP REQUIRED. Reply to: Sarah Ahn, sahn27@jhu.edu
8 a.m. - 10 a.m. MERIDIAN - U.S. GLOBAL LEADERSHIP — Gallup and Meridian International Center hosts the launch of the latest global insight into the standing of U.S. leadership in the "eyes of the world." http://www.meridian.org/events/upcoming-events/item/1301-us-global-leadership-project-what-the-world-thinks-about-us-leadership-april-10-2014
Location: The Gallup Building, 901 F Street, NW.
8:30 a.m. ATLANTIC - ANGOLA - EMERGING MARKETS — Angolas Emerging Capital Markets. http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/upcoming-events/detail/africa-center-20140410
Location: 1030 15t Street, NW, 12th Floor (West Tower).
8:30 a.m. BICAMERAL TASK FORCE - CLIMATE CHANGE — Bicameral Task Force to Hear from Business Leaders on Climate Change. Participants: Colin Dyer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Jones Lang LaSalle; Amy Hargroves, Director of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Sprint; Rob Olson, Chief Financial Officer and Acting US President, IKEA; Kevin Rabinovich, Director of Global Sustainability, Mars, Inc.; Letitia Webster, Senior Director of Global Corporate Sustainability, VF Corporation.
Location: SVC-215.
On the Net: http://livestream.com/climatenexus
9 a.m. - 10 a.m. CSIS - ROLE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT — The Role of the U.S. State Department in Complex Relief Efforts with Ambassador Donald Teitelbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, United States Department of State; and Former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana. http://csis.org/event/role-us-state-department-complex-relief-efforts
Location: Concourse 115, CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Avenue NW.
9 a.m. - 10 a.m. FSR - FINANCIAL LITERACY — Financial Services Roundtable (FSR) is hosting an event, "Are You More Financially Literate Than a High School Senior?" focused on financial illiteracy issues among high school students and how the financial services industry and Congress can formulate solutions. FSR CEO Tim Pawlenty will moderate a panel discussion featuring Congressman Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Co-Chair of the congressional Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus, as well as financial services industry leaders Larry Zimpleman, Principal Financial Group Chairman, President & CEO, and Junior Achievement USA President & CEO Jack Kosakowski.
Location: 2200 Rayburn.
Contacts: Alison Hawkins, Alison.Hawkins@FSRoundtable.or, 202-589-2427
9 a.m. - 10 a.m. MEI - EGYPTS ECONOMY — The Middle East Institute holds discussion on An Insider's Perspective on Egypt's Economy Featuring H.E. Ashraf El-Araby, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation. http://www.mei.edu/events/perspective-egyptian-economy-featuring-he-ashraf-el-araby-minister-planning-and-int
Location: SEIU Conference Center, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW.
9 a.m. - 10 a.m. USIP - U.S. - CHINA — U.S.-China Cooperation in Peace and Security with Ambassador Cui Tiankai.
Location: U.S. Institute of Peace, 2301 Constitution Ave. NW.
Contacts: Allison Sturma, interviews@usip.org
9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. INTER-AMERICAN DIALOGUE - ECUADOR — A discussion with Cesar Montufar, a former member of Congress, president of the Movimiento Concertacion, and director of the global and social studies program at the Universidad Andina Simsn Bolmvar in Quito, on Ecuador's recent elections for mayors and regional governments.
Location: 1211 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 510.
Contacts: Inter-American Dialogue, 202-822-9002
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9 a.m. - 12 p.m. COLLEGE RATINGS — The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities holds public forum: "Alternatives to College Ratings: Reforming Federal Aid Effectively & Fairly."
Location: APLU Headquarters, First Floor Multipurpose Room, 1307 New York Ave, NW.
Contacts: Jeff Lieberson, 202-478-6073
Notes: Members of the news media are encouraged to e-mail Jeff Lieberson at jlieberson@aplu.org if they plan to attend.
10 a.m. BPC - DODD-FRANK — Panel discussion featuring the co-chairs of BPC's Regulatory Architecture Task Force: Richard H. Neiman, Vice Chairman of Global Financial Services Regulatory Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Former Member of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Congressional Oversight Panel, Former New York Superintendent of Banks @PwC_LLP; Mark Olson, Co-chair, Treliant Risk Advisors, Former Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, Former Chairman of the Public Company Accounting Advisory Board @Treliant RSVP at: http://bpcevents.cloudapp.net/Pages/Home.aspx?eventid=½807F5193-73AF-E311-8B62-6C3BE5A88D08¾&\_cldeeZGF5Ym9va0BhcC5vcmc%3d&utm\_sourceClickDimensions&utm\_mediumemail&utm\_campaignFRRI%20Reg%20Arc%20Release%204.10
Location: Bipartisan Policy Center, 1225 Eye Street NW, Suite 1000, 10th floor.
10 a.m. IFIAR SURVEY - GLOBAL AUDIT INSPECTIONS — Lewis H. Ferguson, IFIAR Chairman and PCAOB Board member, and Janine van Diggelen, IFIAR Vice Chairman and Head of the Audit & Reporting Quality Division at the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets, will hold a briefing for members of the media on the results of the IFIAR second annual survey of global audit inspections.
Contacts: n/a, publicaffairs@pcaobus.org, 202-207-9227
Notes: The briefing will be webcast from the PCAOB homepage at www.pcaobus.org). Reporters may participate in person or by teleconference. Please RSVP to ensure that your name is added to the participant list. Only those on the list will be permitted to ask questions from the telephone. To RSVP, please respond to IFIARSecretariat@pcaobus.org by Tuesday, April 8. Alternatively, you can RSVP by telephone to +1 202-207-9227.
10 a.m. U.S. PIRG - AIRLINE COMPLAINTS — U.S. PIRG Education Fund will release a report analyzing trends in consumer complaints about air travel from the past five years. The analysis includes which airlines consumers complain about the most over time and what kind of problems consumers are complaining about the most. When: Thursday, April 10th at 10am. There will be no press event. This is the time the report will be posted on the U.S. PIRG Education Fund website at www.uspirgedfund.org.
Contacts: Laura Murray lmurray@pirg.org (202-461-3830)
10 a.m. - 11 a.m. WILSON CENTER - CONFLICT AND CRISIS — Director's Forum, "International Humanitarian Action: Changing Responses to Conflict and Crisis." With Peter Maurer, President, International Committee of the Red Cross.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
Notes: RSVP to http://pages.wilsoncenter.org/DirectorsForumICRC\_ModelEvent\_ModelEvent\_Registration.html
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. CSIS - PHILIPPINE SECRETARY OF FINANCE — Banyan Tree Leadership forum keynote by Excellency Cesar V. Purisima, Secretary of Finance, The Republic of the Philippines The Promise of Regional Integration: Protecting and Strengthening ASEAN Centrality. Moderator: Murray Hiebert, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies, CSIS.
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. SAIS - IMF WORLD BANK MEETINGS — "China's Financial Reform" with Yi Gang, Deputy Governor, Peoples Bank of China; David Li, Tsinghua University; Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone Group. http://www.eventbrite.com/e/financial-prospects-in-southern-europe-tickets-11143120373
Location: Johns Hopkins SAIS, Kenney Herter Auditorium, Nitze Building, 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.
Contacts: Francesca Di Marco SAIS (fdimarco@jhu.edu)
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. FREEDOM HOUSE - GLOBAL GENDER EQUALITY — Human Rights and U.S. Policy in the Global Gender Equality Movement. http://freedomhouse.org/event/human-rights-and-us-policy-global-gender-equality-movement.Uz7e9\_ldWGw
Location: Freedom House, 1301 Connecticut Ave NW, 4th Floor.
11 a.m. 'TAX DAY EVE' — Americans for Tax Reform's 2014 "Tax Day Eve" Press Conference. With Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) - Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee; Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) - Senate Republican Leader; Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) - Member, Senate Finance Committee, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth; Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) - Member, Senate Finance Committee; Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Health Care; Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) - Member, House Ways and Means Committee; Chairman, Subcommittee on Health; Rep. Aaron Shock (R-Ill.) - Member, House Ways and Means Committee; Grover Norquist - President, Americans for Tax Reform.
Location: HVC-201, Capitol Visitors Center.
Contacts: John Kartch, jkartch@atr.org (Americans for Tax Reform), 202-785-0266
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. BROOKINGS - EMERGING MARKETS — "Global Monetary Policy: A View from Emerging Markets." A discussion with Raghuram Rajan, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
Location: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
Contacts: n/a, events@brookings.edu, 202-797-6105
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11:45 a.m. IMMIGRATION COMMISSION — A commission of formerly and currently "undocumented immigrant leaders" will present its recommendations to the President for DHS reforms, helping fill the "noticeable lack of representation" from those seeking legal status and citizenship in recently-convened White House meetings. With Jose Valdez (currently on hunger strike outside the White House), Neidi Dominguez, Erika Andiola, Cesar Vargas, Guadalupe Arreola, Tania Unzueta and others.
Location: United Methodist Building Room 1, 100 Maryland Ave. NE.
Contacts: B. Loewe, bloewe@ndlon.org (NDLON), 773-791-4668
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AFTERNOON
April 9 - 10. 1 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. ATLANTIC COUNCIL - GLOBAL SOLUTIONS SUMMIT — The Global Solutions Summit is based on the premise that in the coming decades, with population growth, rising incomes, and increasing rates of urbanization in emerging markets, billions more people will have the income to afford such basic necessities as electricity, adequate nutrition, clean water, clean air, and essential health care as well as other middle class amenities and life styles. http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/upcoming-events/detail/global-solutions-summit
Highlights:
Thursday session. George C. Marshall Conference Center, Harry S. Truman Building, US Department of State, 2201 C Street NW.
12 p.m. HEALTH EXCHANGE OFFICIALS PRESS CALL — Health coverage exchange directors from at least five states will offer a preliminary review of the 2014 goals met and lessons learned in their respective state health care enrollment programs in a teleconference organized by Families USA. Participants: Peter V. Lee, Executive Director, Covered California; Kevin Counihan, Chief Executive Officer, Access Health CT; Bill Nold, Deputy Executive Director, Office of the Kentucky Health; Benefit Exchange; Donna Frescatore, Executive Director, New York State of Health; Richard K. Onizuka, PhD, CEO, Washington Health Benefit Exchange; Ron Pollack, Executive Director, Families USA. Dial in toll-free: 888-438-5519. Confirmation code: 9679021.
Contacts: info@familiesusa.org
On the Net: www.familiesusa.org
12 p.m. NIAF LUNCHEON - AMBASSADOR THORNE — National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) hosts Ambassador David Thorne as keynote Speaker for the NIAF Frank J. Guarini Public Policy Luncheon Series. Topic: Trade Policy.
Location: Rayburn House Office Building, B 339, United States Capitol.
Contacts: Elissa Ruffino 202/939-3106, 703/727-8479 C (elissa@niaf.org)
On the Net: www.niaf.org
12 p.m. PETA - CANADIAN SEAL SLAUGHTER PROTEST — PETA members to protest Canada's annual seal slaughter. Protest will include a "baby seal covered in blood". RSVP to Sophia Charchuk at 323-210-2275 or SophiaC@peta.org.
Location: Outside the Canadian Embassy, 501 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
On the Net: http://www.PETA.org
12 p.m. SOVEREIGN ECONOMIC PANEL — The Peterson Institute and Moody's Investor Service host their joint Semi-Annual Sovereign Economic Panel. This time the panel will address the short- stresses versus medium-term prospects for emerging markets.
Location: Bergsten Conference Center at the Peterson Institute at 1750 Massachusetts Avenue NW.
Notes: RSVP to Yvonne Priestley at meetings@piie.com
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12 p.m. STEERING COMMITTEE ON TELEHEALTH AND HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS — Capitol Hill Luncheon Series seminar on "The Value of Health Data in Transforming Care Using Secure Information to Improve Efficiency and Quality." Invited panelists: Neal Neuberger, CISSP, Executive Director, Institute for eHealth Policy (Moderator); Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) - Brief Remarks; Dr. Karen DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health IT; Dr. Kevin Park, Vice President Quality, Molina Healthcare; Ryan Lehman, British Telecomm; Dr. William Kennedy Smith, MedRed; Dr. Peter Edelstein, LexisNexis.
Location: 485 Russell.
Notes: For further information please email: asimmons@e-healthpolicy.org or neal@e-healthpolicy.org.
12 p.m. WORLD BANK - MILLENNIALS - POVERTY — "EndPoverty 2030: Millennials Take On the Challenge." The World Bank Group, in partnership with its Youth Network and the Global Poverty Project, hosts a special "Call to Action" for this to be the generation to end extreme poverty. Featuring Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group and Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations.
Location: World Bank Main Complex, 1818 H Street, NW.
Notes: RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org
12 p.m. - 1 p.m. HERITAGE - CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION — Big Tent: The Story of the Conservative Revolution - As Told by the Thinkers and Doers Who Made It Happen. http://www.heritage.org/events/2014/04/big-tent
Location: Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE.
12 p.m. - 1 p.m. PUBLIC CITIZEN - CPSC — A symposium with Robert Adler, acting chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). With Robert Weissman, president, Public Citizen; moderator.
Location: Public Citizen, 1600 20th St. NW.
Contacts: Barbara Holzer, 202-588-7716
Notes: Due to limited seating, please register for the event as soon as possible by emailing bholzer@citizen.org.
12 p.m. - 2 p.m. COOPERATIVE MONITORING CENTER ANNIVERSARY — 20th Anniversary of the Cooperative Monitoring Center with Dr. Rodney Wilson, Director, Nonpriliferation and the Cooperative Monitoring Center, Sandia Laboratories; Dr. Douglas Shaw, Associate Dean for Planning, Research, and External Relations, Elliott School of International Affairs, GW. Established at Sandia National Laboratories in 1994, the Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC) provides a venue in which experts on technology and policy from around the world can explore the use of shareable, unclassified technology and research. RSVP: http://go.gwu.edu/1g7
Location: Elliott School, Room 505, 1957 E Street NW.
12 p.m. - 2 p.m. EAST-WEST CENTER - ASEAN — The East-West Center in Washington hosts an Asia Pacific Seminar and launch of: "ASEAN Centrality and the ASEAN-US Economic Relationship." Featuring: Dr. Peter A. Petri, Professor of International Finance, Brandeis University, Senior Fellow, East-West Center; Dr. Michael G. Plummer, Professor of International Economics, the Johns Hopkins SAIS, Bologna, Senior Fellow, East-West Center.
Location: 1819 L Street, NW, Sixth Floor.
Notes: RSVP to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?uspdrive\_web&formkeydHdqWEtLT0RQME1GZl83VGpQRW93VkE6MAgid0
12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION - AFGHANISTAN — The Wrong Enemy - America in Afghanistan 2001 - 2014. Speakers: Carlotta Gall, North Africa correspondent, New York Times, Author, The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan 2001 - 2014; Peter Bergen, Director, National Security Program, New America Foundation.
Location: New America Foundation, 1899 L St. NW.
12:30 p.m. HERITAGE - THE BIG TENT — Discussion on Big Tent: The Story of the Conservative Revolution - As Told by the Thinkers and Doers Who Made It Happen with author Mallory Factor. http://www.heritage.org/events/2014/04/big-tent
Contacts: (202) 675-1752
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1 p.m. - 3 p.m. 'THE PASHTUN QUESTION' — A conversation with author Abubakar Siddique. Comments from Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker.
Location: Bernstein-Offit Building, Room 500, 1717 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
Notes: Please RSVP to Rebecca Aman at Southasia@jhu.edu.
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1:45 p.m. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT - ALBUQUERQUE POLICE — Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division Jocelyn Samuels and Acting U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez for the District of New Mexico will hold a press call for reporters on the results of the civil investigation into the Albuquerque Police Department's use of force. Call-in: 1-800-860-2442. Call title: Telephone Briefing for Beat Reporters.
Notes: Participants will be asked for their name and media outlet. Press inquiries may be directed to the Office of Public Affairs at 202-514-2007.
2 p.m. EPI - POVERTY — The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and The Century Foundation will hold a discussion on the long-term and devastating impact of growing up in high-poverty neighborhoods, with leading experts Paul Jargowsky (professor, Rutgers University and Century Foundation Fellow) and Patrick Sharkey (professor, New York University). They will be joined by Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic and Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. EPI Research Associate Richard Rothstein will moderate.
Location: 1333 H. Street NW, Suite 300 East Tower (Paul Wellstone Room).
Notes: Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neighborhoods-with-concentrated-poverty-tickets-10842408937
2 p.m. SHUT DOWN THE SPY CENTERS — National Day of Action Against Fusion Centers. April 10th is the National Day of Action Against Fusion Centers. Protests, rallies and teach-ins will take place in cities all over the country to draw attention to the spy centers arguing that " through fusion centers, local police may have access, without a warrant, to all the data the NSA has on you." Washington DC: Shahid Buttar, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, (202) 316-9229, media@bordc.org
2 p.m. - 3 p.m. CARNEGIE - ASIA - REBALANCE - MARINE CORPS — Realizing the Rebalance: The United States Marine Corps in Asia. http://carnegieendowment.org/2014/04/10/realizing-rebalance-united-states-marine-corps-in-asia/h6ix
Location: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. OECD SECRETARY-GENERAL — The Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Angel Gurria, will deliver opening remarks alongside President Jim Yong Kim of the World Bank Group at an event entitled "Making Innovation Policy Work: Learning from Experimentation." A joint OECD-World Bank report of the same title will be released at the event.
Location: Room 13-121, World Bank HQ, Main Complex 1818 H Street, NW.
Notes: Contact and RSVP: Hyun Kyong Lee, 202-473-8725, hlee9@worldbank.org
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2:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. ASPEN INSTITUTE - INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT — "The Challenges of International Criminal Justice: Mass Atrocities, the International Criminal Court, and the Role of States." http://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/2014/04/10/challenges-international-criminal-justice-mass-atrocities-international-criminal
Location: Jones Day Building, 51 Louisiana Ave. NW.
Contacts: Shanel Balloo, 202-736-5847
3 p.m. - 5 p.m. GW - ELECTRIC GRID — The George Washington University Cybersecurity Initiative hosts a discussion on how government and industry are partnering to secure the electric grid. Panelists: Rand Beers, Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security; Caitlin Durkovich, Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Patricia Hoffman, Assistant Secretary for Electric, Delivery & Energy Reliability, Department of Energy; Thomas R. Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute; Joseph M. Rigby, Chairman, President, and CEO, Pepco Holdings, Inc.; Michael J. Wallace, Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies. Moderated by:
Location: Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st Street NW.
Notes: Register at http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e94xwf55dab949bf&llr=mysjo9cab
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. CSIS - U.N. DEVELOPMENT — The CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development presents "Food, Jobs, and Technology: Public-Private Partnerships and the post-2015 Development Agenda." A conversation with representatives from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the tech, hospitality, and agriculture sectors for a discussion on the role of partnerships in development and the post-2015 development agenda.
Location: CSIS 2nd Floor Conference Center, 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW.
Notes: RSVP to PPD@csis.org.
4 p.m. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - REALPOLITIK SERIES — The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress presents a three-part series on Anglo-American foreign policy in the past, present and future through the lens of realpolitik, an approach to the world that puts national interest before morality or ethics. Third in three part series: Thursday, April 10, "Real Realpolitik: A History, lecture by Bew. Press Contact: Donna Urschel (202) 707-1639, durschel@loc.gov
On the Net: www.loc.gov/kluge
4 p.m. - 5 p.m. GW— EUROPEAN UNION - FRANCHISING — Franchising as a Tool for Promoting European Standards beyond the European Union with Solomiya Ohinok, Ivan Franko National University & William Petrach Fellow, IERES. RSVP: http://go.gwu.edu/Ohinok
Location: Elliott School, Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412, 1957 E Street NW.
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. NED - WILL CHINA DEMOCRATIZE — A discussion celebrating the publication of "Will China Democratize?, a Journal of Democracy book edited by Andrew J. Nathan, Larry Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner, published by Johns Hopkins University Press. http://www.ned.org/events/will-china-democratize-a-discussion-celebrating-the-publication-of-the-journal-of-democracy-b
Location: National Endowment for Democracy, 1025 F. Street, N.W., Suite 800.
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. WILL CHINA DEMOCRATIZE? — The International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy host book discussion on Will China Democratize? A Journal of Democracy with speakers Louisa Greve, Andrew J. Nathan, Minxin Pei, and Marc F. Plattner.
Location: 1025 F Street, N.W., Suite 800.
Notes: RSVP (acceptances only) with name and affiliation by Tuesday, April 8 at http://chinademocratize.eventbrite.com.
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. WILSON CENTER - ASIA - REBALANCE — Speaker: Hamish McDonald, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and former foreign editor, Sydney Morning Herald. http://pages.wilsoncenter.org/2014.04.10AssessingtheRebalance.html
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
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5 p.m. - 6 p.m. CCIS - AUSTALIAN TREASURY SECRETARY — The Banyan Tree Leadership Forum with Martin Parkinson, Australian Treasury Secretary on International Economic Cooperation: Is It at Risk? http://csis.org/event/banyan-tree-leadership-forum-dr-martin-parkinson
Location: CSIS Second Floor Conference Center, 1616 Rhode Island Avenue NW.
5 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. BROOKINGS - FRAGILE STATES — "Aid in Fragile States: Improving Our Response to Global Humanitarian Crises." The Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement and the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings will host European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva for an address on humanitarian aid delivery in an "increasingly fragile, unpredictable and complex world."
Location: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
Contacts: n/a, events@brookings.edu, 202-797-6105
5 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. MILITARY CHILD OF THE YEAR AWARDS — In recognition of April as Month of the Military Child, Operation Homefront will host its sixth annual Military Child of the Year Award Ceremony. Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is attending for the third straight year, along with senior leaders from each of the five service branches. Bret Michaels, singer/songwriter, philanthropist - and a military child himself - will deliver the keynote.
Location: Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.
Notes: All media wishing to cover this event should RSVP to Cyndi Lucas of Operation Homefront by Noon on Wednesday, April 9. 703-421-9033 or 703-864-1849 or Cyndi.Lucas@operationhomefront.net
5:15 p.m. CSIS - GRENADA PM — The CSIS Americas Program presents: "Building Sustainable Nations and a Competitive Hemisphere: Harnessing the US$6 Trillion Market for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Industries." Keynote Speaker: Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister, Grenada.
Location: 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW.
Notes: To RSVP, send confirmation to the Americas Program at americas@csis.org.
5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. GW - DIGITAL REVOLUTION — The George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration and GW's Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies will host "The Coming Big Disruption," a discussion on the effects of the coming digital revolution and what it means for society. The discussion will be based on guest speaker Andrew McAfee's co-authored book "The Second Machine Age."
Location: The George Washington University, Media and Public Affairs Building, Room B-02, 805 21st St., NW.
Notes: Media interested in attending should contact Nicole Carlotto at 202-994-6466 or nfcarlotto@gwu.edu.
6:30 p.m. LATINO POETRY — Poet, writer and book critic Rigoberto Gonzalez will present a lecture titled "Latino Poetry: Pivotal Voices, Era of Transition at the Library of Congress. Press contact: Donna Urschel (202) 707-1639, durschel@loc.gov
Location: Montpelier Room on the sixth floor of the James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E.
On the Net: www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/
6:30 p.m. NPC - MIKE MCCURRY — The NPC Communications and Marketing Committee presents "Dinner with Mike McCurry." The former White House press secretary will discuss his career in communications and political strategy that has now spanned nearly four decades in the nation's capital. (This is a ticketed event.)
Location: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW.
Contacts: Tom McMahon, tmcmahon2@gmail.com
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. WASHINGTON QUARTERLY - U.S. SECURITY STRATEGY — The Elliott School of International Affairs and The Washington Quarterly present the "TWQ Spring 2014 Issue Launch: U.S. Security Strategy." Featuring: Bruce W. Jentleson, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Duke University; Michael J. Mazarr, Professor of National Security Strategy, U.S. National War College; Alexander Lennon (Chair), Editor-in-chief, The Washington Quarterly .
Location: Lindner Family Commons, Room 602, Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E Street NW.
Notes: RSVP: go.gwu.edu/TWQlaunch
6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. AFRICAN YOUTH LEADERS — The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa's Youth Advisory Committee will host Meck Khalfan, Jacqueline Musiitwa, Amadou Daffe and Rahama Wright as the featured speakers for the first installment of the African Spotlight program.
Location: 1113 15th Street, NW.
Contacts: Patricia Baine, 202-232-3862
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