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NPC Luncheon with Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Federal Reserve
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, will address the National Press Club at a luncheon on February 3, 2011. The head of the Federal Reserve is often called the “second most powerful position in the country.” Bernanke has steered the economy through the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression and will discuss the burgeoning economic recovery. This luncheon is open only to National Press Club members and their guests. The National Press Club luncheon will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. and remarks will begin just after 1:00 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer…
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu to Address the National Press Club
Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy, will talk about accelerating innovation to help meet our energy and climate goals at a National Press Club luncheon on Monday, November 29. As United States Secretary of Energy, Chu, is charged with helping implement President Obama’s agenda to invest in clean and renewable energy, end the nation’s addiction to foreign oil and address the global climate crisis. Chu was co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1997. Prior to his appointment, Chu was director of DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and professor of physics and molecular and cell biology…
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Stomp The Presses!
Samples of wines, beer and spirits from around the world will be offered at "Stomp the Presses" at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, in the ballroom. Admission is $25; NPC members receive a 15 percent ticket discount. Tickets can be purchased online at www.press.org/events/stomp-presses, For the NPC member discount code, email Joshua Funk,[email protected] from Bell Wine and Spirits will guide attendees in tasting the more than 60 wines, cognacs, beers and spirits that will be available, including Flying Dog beer, Piper Heidsieck Champagne, selections from Charles Smith Winery, Cameron Hughes…
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Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca Cola Company
Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca Cola Company will address a Luncheon on Dec. 2. The luncheon begins at 12:30 p.m. and remarks begin promptly at 1 p.m., followed by a question period that concludes at 2 p.m. Cost of the luncheon is $17 for National Press Club members, $28 for their guests and $35 for the general public. To reserve, call 202-662-7501 or email [email protected] . To submit a question in advance, put KENT in the subject line and email it to [email protected] before 10 a.m. on Dec. 2.
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Condoleezza Rice
This event is sold out Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will speak at an NPC luncheon on Friday, Oct. 15. Her appearance will coincide with the publication of her new book about her childhood in racially segregated Birmingham, Alabama. The book, "EXTRAORDINARY, ORDINARY PEOPLE: A Memoir of Family," focuses on Dr. Rice's life up to the 2000 election of George W. Bush. Dr. Rice chronicles her parents, Rev. John and Angelena Rice -- educational evangelists who helped shape her life and the lives of others through their unconditional love, unwavering support, and eternal optimism…
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33rd Annual National Press Club Book Fair and Authors’ Night
Restaurant Week
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The Kalb Report: American Newspapers In The Digital Age
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NPC Luncheon with Robert L. Johnson, Chairman, RLJ Companies
NPC House Committee
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NPC Luncheon with Kathy Calvin, President/CEO of the United Nations Foundation
Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World's Most Successful Businesses
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NPC Luncheon with John H. Noseworthy, M.D. President and CEO , Mayo Clinic
NPC Book & Author Committee
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