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NPC Luncheon with NTSB Chair Christopher Hart
National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Christopher Hart will address the role of automation in preventing transportation accidents and will apply lessons learned in aviation to the development of self-driving cars at a National Press Club luncheon June 30. Hart will talk about new technology in transportation with special emphasis on self-driving cars and how lessons from past investigation experience can help to prevent accidents. Hart has served as NTSB chairman since April 2014. Before a long career at NTSB, Hart was a deputy director for air traffic safety oversight at the Federal…
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NPC Luncheon with FCC Chair Tom Wheeler
The U.S. is the leader in wireless technology and spectrum innovation, currently occupying the worldwide top spot in 4G wireless network utilization. Now, the development of framework is beginning for the next-generation. These 5G wireless communications services and technologies will offer dramatically faster wireless broadband services. Public and private sector stakeholders around the world have begun to shape the new 5G landscape to benefit their national and commercial interests. This major policy address by Federal Communications Commission Chair Tom Wheeler will lay out the framework…
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The Kalb Report - The American Story: A Master Class with David McCullough
From his Pulitzer-prize winning biographies John Adams and Truman, to his distinctive narration of Ken Burns’ seminal documentaries “The Civil War” and “Baseball,” David McCullough is perhaps America’s most recognized storyteller. On this special daytime edition of The Kalb Report, moderator Marvin Kalb and McCullough, the renowned author and historian, discuss our founding fathers (and mothers), freedom of the press and the challenges facing our democracy today. The Kalb Report series is produced jointly by The National Press Club Journalism Institute, the George Washington University…
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NPC General Membership Meeting
NPC members: Click here to watch the live stream.
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Casino Royale Party
Friday, May 13th could be your lucky night. Join us as we transform the Holeman Lounge into a casino lounge for a night of fun and friendly gambling. This black tie - optional event will feature music, casino games, themed-cocktails (shaken not stirred), and $200 in "casino cash" per person, for which you can use to win prizes. The party starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 for members and $10 for non-members, which can be exchanged for a free drink. The event is hosted by the National Press Club's Events Committee.
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NPC International Correspondents Committee Tour of VOA
NPC Freedom of the Press Committee
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ICC Panel to examine changes to American foreign reporting
Imprisoned Americans Fighting for their Lives in UAE
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D.C. Open Government Summit Celebrates Sunshine Week 2016
NPC Events Committee
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NPC Members Tour of the Washington, DC world headquarters of NPR
The Events Committee has scheduled a one hour tour, for Press Club members of the Washington, DC world headquarters of NPR. The one-hour, guided tour will take us through the NPR Newsroom and studios, tell us about NPR’s history and mission and give us a glimpse of daily life at NPR. The tour will take place on Tuesday, March 22 from 2:00 to 3:00. There is no cost for the tour, but we are limited to a maximum of 20 people, registration is first come basis. This event is open to NPC members ONLY.
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Rep. Bill Shuster, Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Economist Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University's Lise Johnson and Researcher and Corporate Executive Ralph Gomory
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