National Peace Essay Contest Program
June 18-23, 2005

2005 Awards Homepage First Prize Winner Announced Daily Pictures of Winners' Week Winners' Pictures and Bios Program Schedule Winners' Simulation Research: Turkey and the European Union (EU) Web Links Honorable Mentions

Saturday, June 18, 2005

All Day

6:15-7:00 - Welcome

• Alison Milofsky
  Program Officer, Education Program
  United States Institute of Peace


• Raina Kim
  Program Assistant, Education Program
  United States Institute of Peace


• Pamela Aall
  Director, Education Program
  United States Institute of Peace

7:00-7:45 - Dinner

8:00-9:30 - Introductory Activities

Sunday, June 19, 2005

7:00-7:45 - Breakfast

8:00-8:45 - Simulation Introduction

• Jeff Helsing
  Program Officer, Education
  United States Institute of Peace

8:45-11:45 - Simulation

12:15 - Bus Departs

12:30 - Lunch

1:30-5:00 - Tour Smithsonian Museums

5:15 - Bus Departs

5:45-7:15 - Dinner

8:00-9:00 - Kardelen Turkish Dance Ensemble

9:00-10:00 - Ice Cream Social

Monday, June 20, 2005

7:00-7:45 - Breakfast

8:00 - Bus Departs Conference Center

8:45-9:30 - US-Turkey Relations

• Douglas Silliman
  Deputy Director, Southern European Affairs
  Department of State

9:30-10:15 - Transitions to Democracy

• Daniel Chirot
  Senior Fellow
  United States Institute of Peace

10:30-12:00 - Issues Surrounding Turkey’s Accession Process

• “Perspectives on Turkey’s Accession”
  Andrew Finkel
  Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow
  National Endowment for Democracy


• “The Challenges of EU Enlargement”
  Esther Brimmer
  Deputy Director and Director of Research
  Center for Transatlantic Relations

12:00-12:30 - Welcome to USIP

• Richard H. Solomon
  President
  United States Institute of Peace

12:30 - Lunch at USIP

1:30 - Bus Departs

2:00-5:00 - Simulation

5:15 - Bus Departs

5:45-6:45 - Dinner

7:15-10:00 - Monument and Memorial Bus Tour

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

7:00-7:45 - Breakfast

7:45 - Bus Departs

8:30-9:00 - Capitol Hill Overview

• Anne Hingeley
  Congressional Relations Specialist
  United States Institute of Peace

9:00-10:00 - The Making of American Foreign Policy

• Norman Ornstein
  Resident Scholar
  American Enterprise Institute

10:00 - Bus Departs USIP

10:15-11:00 - Islamic Center Educational Tour

11:10 - Bus Departs

11:30-1:30 - Simulation with working lunch

1:30-2:10 - Debriefing

• Jeff Helsing
  Program Officer
  United States Institute of Peace

2:20 - Bus Departs

3:00-5:00 - Holocaust Museum

5:15 - Bus Departs

5:45-7:00 - Dinner

8:00-10:00 - Pacific Overtures at Signature Theater

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

7:15-8:00 - Breakfast

8:15 - Bus Departs Conference Center

9:00-9:30 - Capitol Hill Briefing

10:00-11:00 - Capitol Hill Tour/Hearing

11:00-2:00 - Capitol Hill Appointments

12:00-2:00 - Lunch

2:00-3:00 - Capitol Hill Tour/Hearing

4:00 - Bus Departs Capitol Hill

4:15-5:15 - Prepare for banquet

5:30 - Bus Departs Hotel

6:15-9:30 - National Peace Essay Contest Awards Banquet

• Morton Halperin
  Director of U.S. Advocacy
  Open Society Institute

10:00 - Airport Departure Meeting

10:30 - Informal Social

Thursday, June 23, 2005

8:15-9:00 - Breakfast

9:00-9:45 - Closing Remarks

• Alan Tidwell
  Director, Center for Australian Studies
  Georgetown University
  

9:45–10:00 - Closing

All Day - Airport Departures