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WEEK AHEAD CALENDAR: January 3 – 7, 2011
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Monday, January 3, 2011



WHEN: 1:00 p.m.

WHAT: Susan B. Anthony List; and Americans for Tax Reform hold a debate among candidates for chairmanship of the Republican National Committee.

WHERE: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, 13th Floor Ballroom, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: Jameson Cunningham, 703-739-5920, jcunningham@sbpublicaffairs.com

RSVP: Email debate@atr.org

NOTE: RSVP required; the event will be live online: http://www.rncrebate.org



Tuesday, January 4, 2011



WHEN: 9:00 a.m.

WHAT: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) forum on a new report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on the emerging field of convergence, which brings together the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering. Speakers: Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg; Alan Leshner, CEO of AAAS; Paula Hammond, professor of chemical engineering at MIT; Tyler Jackson, director of the MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research; Tom Kalil, director of policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Doug Lauffenburger, head of the MIT Bioengineering Department; and Phillip Sharp, Nobel Laureate and MIT Institute professor

WHERE: AAAS, 1200 New York Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: Katherine Zambon, 202-326-6434, kzambon@aaas.org; Jen Hirsch, 617-253-1682, jfhirsch@mit.edu

RSVP: Contact Ms. Zambon.





WHEN: 2:00 p.m.
WHAT: Heritage Foundation discussion on "The Filibuster: A Unique Parliamentary Tool of the Senate." Speakers: Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.; Brian Darling, director of government relations at the Heritage Foundation; Steven Duffield, policy director of Crossroads GPS; James Wallner, legislative director of the Office of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.; and Bill Wichterman, senior legislative adviser of Covington and Burling LLP
WHERE: Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Lehrman Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202-675-1752, lectures.seminars@heritage.org; web site: http://www.heritage.org



Wednesday, January 5, 2011



WHEN: 12:00 p.m.

WHAT: International Spy Museum presentation on "Tories: Fighting for the King in America's First Civil War." Speaker: author Thomas Allen

WHERE: International Spy Museum, 800 F Street NW, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: Caitlin Williams, 202-654-0946, cwilliams@spymuseum.org



WHEN: 12:00 p.m.

WHAT: The Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) holds a discussion on "The Crisis in the Arab World's Aging Leadership." Speakers: David Ottaway, senior scholar at WWC
WHERE: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202-691-4000; web site: http://www.wilsoncenter.org


WHEN: 1:00 p.m.

WHAT: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) holds a discussion on "What Happened in Cancun and Where do the Climate Negotiations go from Here?"

Speakers: Jonathan Pershing, deputy special envoy of climate change at the State Department; and Sarah Ladislaw, senior fellow of CSIS Energy and National Security Program

WHERE: CSIS, 1800 K Street NW, B-1 Conference Level, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: Andrew Schwartz, 202-775-3242, aschwartz@csis.org; web site: http://www.csis.org



Thursday, January 6, 2011



WHEN: 9:00 a.m.

WHAT: Brookings Institution Discussion on “Shifting the Balance: The Obama Administration and the Americas - A Midterm Assessment.” Speakers: Mauricio Cárdenas

Director, Latin America Initiative; Arturo Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Abraham F. Lowenthal, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy; and Ted Piccone, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Foreign Policy

WHERE: Falk Auditorium, The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington D.C.

CONTACT: Brookings Office of Communications; events@brookings.edu; 202-797-6105; web site: www.brookings.edu.
RSVP: https://www.cvent.com/EVENTS/Register/IdentityConfirmation.aspx?e=1022a870-ca4e-44cc-a3a9-b952f54e90d3



WHEN: 12:00 p.m.

WHAT: Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Statesmen's Forum: Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan. Speaker: His Excellency Seiji Maehara

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.

WHERE: B1 Conference Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K Street, N.W., Washington D.C.

CONTACT: 202-887-0200; web site: www.csis.org

RSVP: statesmensforum@csis.org



WHEN: 1:00 p.m.

WHAT: Brookings Institution discussion on “Waging Peace in Sudan: The Inside Story of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Prospects for Sudan’s Future.” Speakers: Ted Piccone; Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Foreign Policy; Hilde F. Johnson, Deputy Executive Director UNICEF; The Honorable Donald Payne (D-N.J.), Chairman, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, Committee on Foreign Relations

U.S. House of Representatives; Gayle Smith, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Development and Democracy, National Security Council; and Richard Williamson

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy

WHERE: Falk Auditorium, The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington D.C.

CONTACT: Brookings Office of Communications; events@brookings.edu; 202-797-6105; web site: www.brookings.edu.

RSVP: https://www.cvent.com/EVENTS/Register/IdentityConfirmation.aspx?e=998af087-00b2-4e56-a2b7-9e9b46877662


Friday, January 7, 2011