DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY11:00 a.m. Secretary Kerry meets with Israel Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, at the Department of State.
11:30 a.m. Secretary Kerry participates in a memorial ceremony for Anne Smedinghoff, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS10:15 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Australian Ambassador to the U.S. Kim Beazley, at the Department of State.
11:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns participates in the memorial service for Anne Smedinghoff, at the Department of State.
1:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with German State Secretary Emily Haber, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman meets with Permanent Secretary Sihasak Phuangketkeow of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, at the Department of State.
11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman participates in the memorial service for Anne Smedinghoff, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS8:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats holds a State Department Innovation Workshop, at the National Academy of Sciences.
11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Virginia Rometty, Chairman and CEO, IBM and John E. Kelly III, Senior VP and Director of Research, at the Department of State.
2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Clifford A. Hart, Consul General-designate, Hong Kong, at the Department of State.
4:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Teresa Stanek Rea, Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE
8:00 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine participates in a teleconference with the Africa Media Hub.
11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine participates in the memorial service for Anne Smedinghoff, at the Department of State.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL 
Ambassador Marshall accompanies President Obama on his foreign travel.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS FREDERICK BARTON
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Rick Barton meets with Don Graham, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of The Washington Post Company, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer meets with United Nations Information Centers (UNIC) Deputy Stefania Piffanelli, at the Department of State.
3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer meets with United Nations' Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) Jose Ramos-Horta, at the Department of State.

ACTING COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS MAUREEN CORMACK
11:30 a.m. Acting Coordinator Cormak participates in the memorial service for Anne Smedinghoff, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN
Assistant Secretary Countryman is on foreign travel to lead the U.S. Delegation to the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), in Geneva, Switzerland through May 3. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Fernandez moderates a panel, “Inputs: Seeds, Crop Protection, and Plant Nutrition,” at the Global AgInvesting Summit in New York, NY.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE HAMMER
Assistant Secretary Hammer is on foreign travel to Costa Rica from May 2 through May 5 to present at the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day International Conference 2013, in San Jose, Costa Rica.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
Assistant Secretary Jacobson accompanies President Obama on foreign travel to Mexico and Costa Rica. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with Frédéric Doré, Deputy Chief of Mission of the French Embassy, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD6:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard attends the Refugee International Anniversary Dinner in Washington, DC.

ACTING SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS THOMAS DEBASS
Acting Special Representative Debass participates in a design-based thinking workshop associated with Unreasonable@State, a two-day event and workshop highlighting how the Department of State is promoting entrepreneurship to address global challenge and meet key foreign policy objectives. 

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR ERIC GOOSBYAM-PM Ambassador Goosby tours a PEPFAR-supported HIV/AIDS laboratory and hospital, in Andhra Pradesh, India.