Events

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May 16-18, 2006 : Washington Profile’s Editor in Chief Aleksandr Grigoriev will be speaking on May 18, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the World Russian Forum. Grigoriev will be on a panel discussing U.S.–Russian Science, Education and Cultural Cooperation. This is an annual gathering of hundreds of U.S. and Russian dignitaries, businessmen, political, military and civil society leaders with a goal to promote U.S.-Russian political, economic, military alliance. For more information: http://www.russiahouse.org/wrf/programeng2006.htm. To RSVP: http://www.russiahouse.org/wrf/index.html

May 15-16, 2006 : CDI Senior Analyst Rachel Stohl will be a facilitator and moderator on panels at the Conference on Youth and Conflict, organized by the Peacebuilding & Development Institute (PDI) at American University in Washington, D.C. For further information on how to attend, visit the PDI website: www.american.edu/sis/peacebuilding.

May 5, 2006 : CDI Senior Advisor Philip Coyle will be speaking on Capitol Hill on First Responders, Surge Capacity, and Informed Health Care Staff: Are we ready to respond to a public health emergency? The event is for Members of Congress and their staffs, and is being sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is part of a seminar series on biohazards and influenza. This series is designed to provide information to Congress about the current state of U.S. preparedness and response to either a natural epidemic or a biological attack from infectious agents. The event is not open to the general public.

May 3, 2006 : The Center for American Progress hosts a panel discussion on A Unified Security Budget, featuring Miriam Pemberton, a research fellow with Foreign Policy in Focus and Lawrence J. Korb, a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress and a senior advisor for the Center for Defense Information. The event will be moderated by Joseph Cirincione, senior associate and director of the Non-Proliferation Project, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. To RSVP: Please visit www.americanprogress.org/securitybudgetreg, or call 202.741.6246. Time: 9:30a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Location: Center for American Progress, 333 H Street N.W., 10th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005.

April 25, 2006 : “Defense Spending and the QDR.” CDI Senior Advisor Philip Coyle will speak at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Place: Encina Hall, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. For further information, contact Dean Wilkening at (650) 723-9742. The event is reserved for Stanford University faculty and researchers at the Center for International Security and Cooperation.

April 18, 2006 : “Military Satellites 2006: Ensuring the Future of Optimal Satellite Communications.” Theresa Hitchens, director of the Center for Defense Information and CDI’s Space Security Project, will be leading a masters class on “International Satellite Innovation and Cooperation,” with Jeffrey Lewis, a research fellow at the Center for International and Security Studies, University of Maryland School of Public Policy (CISSM). Time: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Where: Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. To register, of for more information, click here, or call 1-800-882-8684.

April 12, 2006 : “The Middle East, Car Bombs, Nuclear Weapons, and Terrorism: Where is America going on homeland security, energy security, and national defense?” CDI Senior Advisor Philip Coyle will speak at an event sponsored by the Sacramento Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Time: 6:30 P.M. The event will be held at the Sacramento Friends Meeting House at 890 57th Street (between J and H Streets), Sacramento. For more information, contact PSR Sacramento at (916) 202-0567, or on the web at www.sacpsr.org. The event is open to the public

April 7, 2006 : "Is the F-22 Worth the Price?" CDI's Straus Military Reform Project presents a briefing on the F-22 air-to-air fighter. Few, if any, have seriously questioned the F-22 as an expensive, but spectacular, aircraft. Until Now. Time: 10:00 a.m. Where: Shotwell Room (1st floor), Carnegie Building, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., near the Dupont Circle Metro stop on the Red Line. To reserve a space at this briefing, please contact or .

April 6-12, 2006 : ”Fourth Semi-Annual Russian-American Innovation Technology Week.” The editor-in-chief of the World Security Institute’s Washington Profile, Aleksandr Grigoriev, will be presenting a discussion entitled: “Novel ideas of information dissemination: Case study of Washington Profile.” When: April 7, 2006. Place: Philadelphia, Penn. For more information, please contact Val Kogan, Mid-Atlantic-Russia Business Council, (215) 708-2628, , www.ma-rbc.org.

April 6, 2006 : “American Bar Association Spring Meeting, International Law.” CDI Senior Advisor Philip Coyle will speak at an American Bar Association program on the weaponization of space. Time: 9:45 - 11:00 a.m. Place: Waldorf Astoria, 301 Park Avenue, New York, New York. For more information, contact Lauren Newman at . The event is open to those registered for the American Bar Association Spring Meeting.

March 31, 2006 : "Human Rights and the Security Continuum." Research Assistant Rhea Myerscough will be participating in discussions at the University of Pittsburgh's 11th Annual Transcending Boundaries Conference, on a panel entitled "Human Rights and the Security Continuum." The conference will be held March 31–April 1, 2006, in Pittsburgh, Pa. The discussion is open to the public; to find out more contact Rhea Myerscough.

March 30-31, 2006 : "Building the Architecture for Sustainable Space Security." CDI Director Theresa Hitchens will be participating in the Outer Space Conference sponsored by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. The event will be held in Geneva, Switzerland. For more information, contact Theresa Hitchens.

March 22, 2006 : "4th Annual U.S. Missile Defense Conference." CDI Director Theresa Hitchens will be speaking on the panel titled "Assessing Space-Based Missile Defense Issues." Where: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C., Time: 10:30 am.

March 16, 2006 : "Book Launch: COBRA II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq." The World Security Institute and the Center for Strategic & International Studies cordially invite you to a reception marking the publication of a new book by Michael Gordon and Gen. Bernard Trainor.

March 7, 2006 : "22nd Annual National Test and Evaluation Conference." CDI Senior Advisor Philip Coyle gives an invited presentation at the 22nd Annual National Test and Evaluation Conference of the National Defense Industrial Association in Jacksonville, Fla.

March 2, 2006 : "Measurement Science in Defense Acquisition and in Battle: Trends and Needs." CDI Senior Advisor Philip Coyle gives the keynote address at the 36th Annual Measurement Science Conference in Anaheim, Calif.

Feb. 24, 2006: CDI Senior Adviser Philip Coyle is speaking at a seminar at the National Press Club, Ottawa, with space security experts, Members of Parliament, government departmental representatives, journalists, and civil society leaders (by invitation only). Time: 9:30 - 11:30 am

Feb. 24, 2006: CDI Senior Adviser Philip Coyle is speaking at a Newsmakers Luncheon (open to the public). National Press Club, Ottawa, Wellington Street. Time: 12 - 2 pm

Feb. 23, 2006: CDI will present its 37th Global Security Seminar at UCLA in Los Angeles. The keynote speaker will be Sebastian Zacharia, on "The United Nations: Addressing the globe¹s 21st century challenges." Sebastian Zacharia held several senior positions with the United Nations for over 25 years. His last position was as Director, Division for Regional Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific, of the United Nations Development Program, New York. Time: 7:00 pm

Feb. 21, 2006: Straus Military Reform Project Director, Winslow T. Wheeler, will present, “The New Defense Budget and Rumsfeld’s New Plan: Old wine, bigger bottle”.

• Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2008, 10 am - 11:30 am
• Hosted by Center for Defense Information’s Straus Military Reform Project
• 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC
• RSVP: Whitney Parker: 202.797.5287

Feb. 18, 2006: Mohamed Elmenshawy, editor-in-chief of Taqrir Washington, will participate in the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar, Feb. 18 through Feb. Feb. 21. The event is organized by the government of Qatar and Brookings Institution.

Feb. 10, 2006: “Rhetoric, Realities and Resources: Media Briefing on the FY 2007 National Security Budget Request and Quadrennial Defense Review.” A panel discussion sponsored by the Security Policy Working Group will feature Winslow T. Wheeler of the Center for Defense Information.

• Friday, Feb. 10, 2006, 9:30 am - 11:00 am
• National Press Club, Zenger Room, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, DC
• Other panelists include: Steve Kosiak, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; William Hartung, World Policy Institute; and Cindy Williams, MIT Security Studies Program.
• RSVP: Sean Meyer,

Feb. 8, 2006: “Small Arms and Children Affected by Armed Conflict.” A conversation led by CDI Senior Analyst Rachel Stohl, and Richelle Smockum of the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

• Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, 3 pm - 5 pm
• Search for Common Ground; 1601 Connecticut Ave., NW, 4th Floor Conference Room, Washington, D.C.

Feb. 24, 2006: CDI Senior Adviser Philip Coyle is speaking at a seminar at the National Press Club, Ottawa, with space security experts, Members of Parliament, government departmental representatives, journalists, and civil society leaders (by invitation only). Time: 9:30 - 11:30 am

Feb. 24, 2006: CDI Senior Adviser Philip Coyle is speaking at a Newsmakers Luncheon (open to the public). National Press Club, Ottawa, Wellington Street. Time: 12 - 2 pm

Feb. 23, 2006: CDI will present its 37th Global Security Seminar at UCLA in Los Angeles. The keynote speaker will be Sebastian Zacharia, on "The United Nations: Addressing the globe¹s 21st century challenges." Sebastian Zacharia held several senior positions with the United Nations for over 25 years. His last position was as Director, Division for Regional Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific, of the United Nations Development Program, New York. Time: 7:00 pm

Feb. 21, 2006: Straus Military Reform Project Director, Winslow T. Wheeler, will present, “The New Defense Budget and Rumsfeld’s New Plan: Old wine, bigger bottle”.

• Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2008, 10 am - 11:30 am
• Hosted by Center for Defense Information’s Straus Military Reform Project
• 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC
• RSVP: Whitney Parker: 202.797.5287

Feb. 18, 2006: Mohamed Elmenshawy, editor-in-chief of Taqrir Washington, will participate in the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar, Feb. 18 through Feb. Feb. 21. The event is organized by the government of Qatar and Brookings Institution.

Feb. 10, 2006: “Rhetoric, Realities and Resources: Media Briefing on the FY 2007 National Security Budget Request and Quadrennial Defense Review.” A panel discussion sponsored by the Security Policy Working Group will feature Winslow T. Wheeler of the Center for Defense Information.

• Friday, Feb. 10, 2006, 9:30 am - 11:00 am
• National Press Club, Zenger Room, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, DC
• Other panelists include: Steve Kosiak, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; William Hartung, World Policy Institute; and Cindy Williams, MIT Security Studies Program.
• RSVP: Sean Meyer,

Feb. 8, 2006: “Small Arms and Children Affected by Armed Conflict.” A conversation led by CDI Senior Analyst Rachel Stohl, and Richelle Smockum of the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

• Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, 3 pm - 5 pm
• Search for Common Ground; 1601 Connecticut Ave., NW, 4th Floor Conference Room, Washington, D.C.

Jan. 25, 2006: WSI Board of Directors meeting at the World Security Institute.

Jan. 19, 2006: Bruce G. Blair, President of the World Security Institute, will be presenting at the United Nations, NYC, at the World Citizen Association Awards Ceremony.

Jan. 12-14, 2006: Theresa Hitchens, Director of CDI, will be a panelist at the first Forum on Space and Defense in Colorado Springs; she will discuss Space and Grand Strategy on a panel led by Dr. Jim Wirtz.

Jan. 10, 2006: CDI/PSR Global Security Seminar will hold its January meeting at the UCLA Faculty Center in Los Angeles at 6:30 p.m. The speaker will be Professor David Goodstein, Vice Provost and Professor of Physics at Caltech, who will assess the coming end of the age of oil.

Dec. 13, 2005: CDI Senior Advisor will give a presentation on the Significance of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Outcomes - Now and in the Future - to the San Diego Chamber of Commerce at the Bay View Restaurant on the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego on Dec. 13, 2005.

Dec. 13, 2005: Col. Chet Richards (USAF, ret.) has recently completed a new work, Neither Shall the Sword: Conflict in the Years Ahead. It is now at the printers and will be released in January. On Dec. 13, 2005, Col. Richards will present a short briefing summarizing his controversial new monograph, and pre-publication copies will be available.

• Time: Tuesday, Dec. 13, 11:00 – 12:00
• Place: Butler Room, First Floor, Carnegie Building, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW
• Sponsor: Straus Military Reform Project of the Center for Defense Information
• Contact: for more information, at 202-797-5271.

Dec. 12, 2005: “Conflict in the Years Ahead,” a briefing presentation on “4th Generation Warfare,” its relationship to earlier conflict, and how to win at it.

• Time: Monday, Dec. 12, 2:00 – 5:00
• Place: Shotwell Room, First Floor, Carnegie Building, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW
• Presenter: Col. Chet Richards (USAF, ret.). Col. Richards is the author of “A Swift Elusive Sword” on making the U.S. Armed Forces far more effective in conventional warfare at much lower cost, and “Certain to Win,” which applies certain concepts of warfare to business practices.
• Sponsor: Straus Military Reform Project of the Center for Defense Information
• RSVP: : 202 797-5271.

Dec. 06, 2005: CDI Senior Advisor Philip Coyle will give a presentation on the significance of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Outcomes - Now and in the Future - to the Ventura Country Regional Defense Partnership at 7:30 a.m. at the Ventura County Government Center on.

Nov. 15, 2005: CDI Director Theresa Hitchens will debate Gen. Daniel Leaf at MIT's Technology and Culture Forum on "The Militarization of Space: A Policy Debate"; Cambridge, Mass, 7 p.m.

Nov. 14, 2005: WSI International Media Division to host "Access, Bias, and Censorship: How the World Learns About America;" New York, NY, 1:30 p.m.

Nov. 09, 2005: CDI Director will speak at the National Defense University’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces on space weapons; 1:30 pm.

Nov. 07, 2005: CDI Director will chair a panel at the Carnegie Non-Proliferation Conference panel on "Outer Space Security: Past Perspectives, Future Prospects," with Ambassador Paul Meyer, Brig. Gen. Simon Worden, and Ye Ru'an; at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, DC, 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 03, 2005: CDI Director will address the 7th RUSI Missile Defense Conference during a panel session on "International Perspectives – Independent Views;" Banqueting House, Royal Palace of Whitehall.

Oct. 26, 2005: WSI Brussels Director Tomas Valasek will speak on the "The Role of Transatlantic Relationship in Global Security Environment" in Bratislava, Slovakia. More details soon.

Aug. 23, 2005: , editor in chief of Taqrir Washington, addressed the CNI Foundation Public Hearing, "Democracy in the Middle East."

July 26, 2005: WSI Caucasus Project hosts “ The South Caucasus: Problems of Stability and Regional Security.”