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Conversation on Deep Poverty
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Review of the 2018 Hurricane Season
With another challenging Hurricane Season in the books, NOAA hurricane forecasting expert Dr. Gerry Bell and MIT disaster resilience expert Jeremy Gregory will discuss the impacts of the 2018 season and the status of the 2017 season rebuilding effort at a National Press Club Newsmaker on Tuesday, March 5, 10 a.m. in the Club’s Bloomberg Room. Bell, a hurricane climate specialist and research meteorologist at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) in College Park, Maryland, will focus on the 2018 season impacts, climate drivers for hurricanes and what people can do to prepare for the 2019…
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State of Space 2019
State of Space 2019 Program Presenters: Keynote remarks – Tom Zeilbor, CEO, The Space Foundation Industry Panel Moderator: Jeanne Meserve, Principal, Jeanne Meserve Inc. Panelists:• Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Senior Vice President, Inmarsat • Allen Herbert, Vice President, Business Development and Strategy, NanoRacks• Andrew Rush, President & CEO, Made in Space• Courtney Stadd, Director, Government Affairs, Vector-Launch RSVP - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-state-of-space-2019-tickets-54375360166
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USEA 15th Annual State of the Energy Industry Forum
USEA begins each calendar year with its widely- recognized State of the Energy Industry Forum. The Forum brings together distinguished leaders from the most influential energy trade associations to share their outlook and to discuss dynamic issues facing the energy industry in the new year. 15TH ANNUAL STATE OF THE ENERGYINDUSTRY FORUM JANUARY 24, 2019 10:30 AM – 5:00 PMNATIONAL PRESS CLUB, WASHINGTON, DC Advance registration required. https://www.usea.org/event/15th-annual-state-energy-industry-forum.
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Jason Rezaian & his new memoir "Prisoner"
Livestream will begin 2/11 at 7:00pm ET. The Washington Post’s Jason Rezaian, recipient of the National Press Club’s 2015 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, will share his highly-anticipated memoir "Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison—Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out," at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Monday, February 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the Club’s Ballroom. Rezaian was serving as Tehran bureau chief for the Washington Post in July 2014 when he was arrested by Iranian police, accused of…
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Inauguration of Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak - 112th President of the National Press Club
The National Press Club Board of Governors request the pleasure of your company at The Inauguration Gala for Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak 112th President of the National Press Club Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Cocktails at 6:30 p.m. Dinner at 7:30 p.m. Black Tie Optional Join us for a night that will include roasts, toasts and a swearing in with Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. The inaugural gala begins with a reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $110 for members and one guests, and $140 for non-members. Kodjak, the health-policy correspondent on National…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Global CEOs Join Forces to Mitigate Cybersecurity Threats to SMBs
Note New Date - 12/17/18 More than half of U.S. small businesses would be unprofitable within a month if they lost permanent access to essential data from a crippling cyber-attack. Despite the ominous statistics surrounding the consequences of a breach, many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) report doing very little to protect themselves because they lack the needed resources, capabilities and knowledge to do so. As we saw with the 2013 Target breach and this year’s widely-noted PageUp incident, failing to secure SMBs not only leaves those organizations at risk, but also the world's…
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NPC Luncheon with National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis
National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis will speak at a National Press Club luncheon August 1. He will discuss this year’s 100th anniversary of the nation's system of national parks and the agency’s focus on creating the next generation of park visitors, supporters and advocates. He will also discuss the challenges in trying to operate and maintain expanding park system during an era of fiscal restraint. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a Q&A session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $24 for National Press Club members (NPC Members may…
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2016 Fourth Estate Award Honoring Wolf Blitzer
Wolf Blitzer, acclaimed journalist and CNN's lead political anchor and host of “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” will accept the National Press Club's most-honored prize, the Fourth Estate Award, at a gala on Sept. 20 in Washington, D.C. Blitzer is the 44th recipient of the award, which recognizes a journalist who has made significant contributions to the field. “Through his more than four decades in journalism, Wolf Blitzer has served as the world's eyes and ears on some of the most important stories of our time, the embodiment of the Fourth Estate's first awardee, Walter Cronkite,”…
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National Press Club Journalism Awards Dinner
43rd Annual National Press Club Journalism Awards The National Press Club's 43rd Annual Journalism Awards Dinner will be held on Thursday, August 4th, beginning with a Reception in the Holeman Lounge at 6 p.m., followed by Dinner and a Program at 7 p.m. in the Ballroom. Tickets to this event are $50.00 per person. Reservations are required and MUST be made through Eventbrite. For more information, contact Joann @202-662-7532 or [email protected].
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