Improving Quality and Value in the Delivery of Care

Apr. 24, 2008
The Ritz-Carlton

Hosted by Senator Tom Daschle

Press Release

The Future of NATO: Reflections on the 2008 Bucharest Summit

Apr. 23, 2008
St. Regis Hotel

The Bipartisan Policy Center and its National Security Initiative

Invite you to a lunch for the inauguration of its

National Security Speaker Series

The Future of NATO: Reflections on the 2008 Bucharest Summit

Keynote Speaker:

Aleksander Kwasniewski

Former President of Poland (1995-2005)

Moderated by:

General (ret.) Chuck Wald

Former deputy commander of the U.S. European Command (2002-2006)

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

St. Regis Hotel
923 16th Street
Washington, DC

12:00pm – 2:00pm

Seating is limited. Please click here to register for the event.

Jason Grumet spoke at Climate Change Regulation Conference

Apr. 14, 2008
Sheraton Crystal City Hotel

Prospects for New Federal Legislative Initiatives

The debate rages as the Senate moves forward but will greenhouse gas emissions control legislation be enacted in the 110th Congress or only after the 2008 Presidential election? What are the prospects and possible timelines?

Jason S. Grumet, Esq., Executive Director

National Commission on Energy Policy ~ Washington, DC

Joseph C. Stanko, Jr., Esq.

Hunton & Williams LLP ~ Washington, DC

Churchill and Zionism: Not By Sufferance

Mar. 27, 2008
Center for Jewish History

Michael Makovsky, author of Churchill's Promised Land: Zionism and Statecraft, Winner 2007 National Book Award in History; Harold Evans, Moderator, author of The American Century.

Admission: $15 general / $7 students

http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1354

Dave Conover, panelist at the National Association of Environmental Law Societies Conference

Mar. 21, 2008
Sugar Maple Room, University of Vermont

Capping Carbon: The Current State of Climate Legislation

An Evening with Author Michael Makovsky

Feb. 27, 2008
Bipartisan Policy Center

Gen. Jim Jones, Gen. Chuck Wald and the Bipartisan Policy Center celebrated the publication of the award winning book, Churchill's Promised Land, by BPC Foreign Policy Director Michael Makovsky.

Joshua Schank spoke at the NADO 2008 Washington Policy Conference

Feb. 26, 2008
Marriott Crystal Gateway

Joshua Schank, Director of Research for the National Transportation Policy Project spoke at the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) 2008 Washington Policy Conference. His session was titled "The Future of Federal Infrastructure and Development Programs".

Joshua Schank spoke at conference held at the American Enterprise Institute

Feb. 20, 2008
American Enterprise Institute

Joshua Schank, National Transportation Policy Project Director, spoke at the American Enterprise Institute on February 20th as part of a conference entitled “Old Europe, New Ideas: What America Can Learn From Its Allies,” which explored policy innovations which have been enacted in Europe by parties from the left and the right. The panel was entitled “Markets and Transportation Policy in Europe” and takes place from 2:30pm-3:45pm.

Joe Kruger, Policy Director, spoke about U.S Climate Policy at Ursinus College

Feb. 1, 2008
Ursinus College

Joe Kruger, Policy Director, spoke about U.S. climate policy at the Focus the Nation Climate Conference at Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA.

Exisiting Coal Power Plants and Climate Change: CO2 Retrofit Possibilities and Implications

Jan. 24, 2008
Washington Court Hotel

On January 24, 2007, over 100 participants attended the National Commission On Energy Policy's Pulverized Coal Retrofit Forum where Senator George Voinovich joined with leaders from the power sector and the environmental community to highlight the enormous potential to address climate change via retrofit of the existing coal fleet and to examine the challenges associated with developing the necessary technologies.

Existing Coal Power Plants and Climate Change:CO2 Retrofit Possibilities and Implications

Jan. 24, 2008
Washington Court Hotel on Capitol Hill

Climate mitigation discussions have typically focused on the development and deployment of new energy technologies, partly due to the promise of advanced technologies but also because of the general understanding that existing energy capital—particularly the pulverized coal (PC) fleet—would be impossible or impractical to retrofit for CO2 management.

Emil Frankel participated on three panels during the 87th Annual Conference of the Transportation Research Board

Jan. 13 - 15, 2008
Washington Hilton

January 13-15, 2007 - Emil Frankel, BPC’s Director of Transportation Policy participated on three panels during the 87th Annual Conference of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) to be held in Washington, DC.

Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008, Panelist in a workshop titled, “Emerging Debate About New Systems for Transportation Finance and Funding Approaches for the Future,” 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Washington Hilton, Lincoln East Room;

Dave Conover- Panelist at National Global Climate Change Legislation: How the Key Players View the Issues

Dec. 7, 2007

David Conover, Counsel for the National Commission on Energy Policy and BPC's National Transportation Policy Project, will be a panelist during an ABA SEER Climate Change teleconference titled, "National Global Climate Change Legislation: How the Key Players View the Issues."

Time: 9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. PST; 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 p.m. MST; 11:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. CST; and 12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. EST.

Meeting on Agricultural Carbon Markets

Sep. 24, 2007

Presentations and reports from the Sept. 24 meeting on Agricultural Carbon Markets

Joshua Schank spoke at the Transportation Research Board’s 87th Annual Meeting

Jan. 14, 2007
Hemisphere Room at the Washington Hilton

Joshua Schank, BPC’s Director of Transportation Research for the National Transportation Policy Project, spoke at the Transportation Research Board’s 87th Annual Meeting. His presentation titled, “Freight Transportation Planning: Benchmarking and Best Practices,” took place from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. in the Hemisphere Room at the Washington Hilton. He also presented a poster session on that same topic from 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. on Monday, January 14th in the International Center of the Washington Hilton.