Social Sciences
12/1 - WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2015: MIND, SOCIETY AND BEHAVIOR released by the World Bank. Participate in a live chat on December 4th from 10:30am to Noon EST HERE
12/1-12 - United Nations Climate Change Conference. 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 20). Lima, Peru.
12/1-2 - Migration Forum and launch of International Migration Outlook 2014. Paris, France.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS OF THE U.S. TREASURY: STRENGTHENING GOVERNMENT CAPACITY AND SUPPORTING PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH. 12/1, 9:00-10:30am. Sponsor: CSIS Project on U.S. Leadership in Development. Speaker: Larry McDonald, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Technical Assistance, U.S. Department of the Treasury.
IRAN NUCLEAR EXTENSION: KEY TO DEAL OR AN EMPTY ROOM? 12/1, 10:00-11:00am. Sponsor: Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) Middle East Program. Speakers: Former Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., director, president and CEO of WWC; Robert Einhorn, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution; Ali Vaez, senior analyst on Iran at the International Crisis Group; Robin Wright, scholar at WWC and the United States Institute of Peace; Aaron David Miller, vice president for new initiatives at WWC; Robert Litwak, vice president of scholar and academic relations at WWC.
RUSSIAN-AMERICAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: CURRENT STATUS, FUTURE STEPS. 12/1, Noon-6:30pm. Sponsors: American Institute of Energy Efficiency; Embassy of Russia. Speakers: Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kisliyak; Adrian Herrera, executive director of Arctic Power; Justin Russell, principal at Rialitas Public Strategies LLC; Charles McConnell, executive director of the Energy and Environment Initiative at Rice University; Claire Casey, managing director at Garten Rothkopf; Mike Moore, vice president of Fearn Oil Inc.
INTRODUCTION OF GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE IN CHINA. 12/1, 1:00-2:00pm. Sponsor: Georgetown University Law Center's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. Speaker: Gao Minjie drug inspector at the Center for Certification and Evaluation of the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration.
PUTIN AND RUSSIAN POWER IN THE WORLD: THE STALIN LEGACY. 12/1, 2:00-3:30pm. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Stephen Kotkin, professor of history and international affairs at Princeton University and author of Stalin Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928; Strobe Talbott, president of Brookings.
ADAPTING INTELLIGENCE FOR NEW NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES. 12/1, 5:00-6:30pm. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: U.S. National Intelligence Council Chairman Gregory Treverton; Moderator: Frederick Kempe, president and CEO, Atlantic Council.
- Monday In Washington, November 30, 2015
BEYOND THE BUDGET DEAL: A CONVERSATION WITH DOD COMPTROLLER MIKE MCCORD. 11/30, 8:30-9:30am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speaker: Mike McCord, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer. HOUSING, INCLUSION AND SOCIAL EQUITY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE....
- Monday In Washington June 1, 2014
25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre - June 4th 70th Anniversary of D-Day - June 6thTHE EVOLUTION OF TREASURY'S NATIONAL SECURITY ROLE. 6/2, 8:30am-2:00pm. Sponsors: Department of the Treasury; and CSIS. Speakers: David Cohen, Under Secretary...
- Monday In Washington April 28, 2014
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS: THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR POWER. 4/28, 9:30am-Noon. Sponsor: Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. Speakers: Peter Lyons, Assistant Energy Secretary for Nuclear Power; Carol Bower, Former EPA Administrator; Susan Tierney, Principal, Analysis...
- Monday In Washington July 15
POLITICS IN TOUGH PLACES: UNITED NATIONS DIPLOMACY IN TODAY'S CRISES. 7/15, 11:00am-12:30pm. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Jeffrey Feltman, United Nations Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs; Wegger Strommen, Norwegian Ambassador to the United...
- Monday Events
IMPACT OF U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS IN ASIA: REGIONAL VIEWS. 9/20, 8:30am-5:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsors: Wilson Center?s Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Asia Program, Kennan Institute. Speakers: James Steinberg, U.S. Deputy Secretary...
Social Sciences
Monday in Washington, December 1, 2014
12/1-12 - United Nations Climate Change Conference. 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 20). Lima, Peru.
12/1-2 - Migration Forum and launch of International Migration Outlook 2014. Paris, France.
IRAN NUCLEAR EXTENSION: KEY TO DEAL OR AN EMPTY ROOM? 12/1, 10:00-11:00am. Sponsor: Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) Middle East Program. Speakers: Former Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., director, president and CEO of WWC; Robert Einhorn, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution; Ali Vaez, senior analyst on Iran at the International Crisis Group; Robin Wright, scholar at WWC and the United States Institute of Peace; Aaron David Miller, vice president for new initiatives at WWC; Robert Litwak, vice president of scholar and academic relations at WWC.
RUSSIAN-AMERICAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: CURRENT STATUS, FUTURE STEPS. 12/1, Noon-6:30pm. Sponsors: American Institute of Energy Efficiency; Embassy of Russia. Speakers: Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kisliyak; Adrian Herrera, executive director of Arctic Power; Justin Russell, principal at Rialitas Public Strategies LLC; Charles McConnell, executive director of the Energy and Environment Initiative at Rice University; Claire Casey, managing director at Garten Rothkopf; Mike Moore, vice president of Fearn Oil Inc.
INTRODUCTION OF GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE IN CHINA. 12/1, 1:00-2:00pm. Sponsor: Georgetown University Law Center's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. Speaker: Gao Minjie drug inspector at the Center for Certification and Evaluation of the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration. PUTIN AND RUSSIAN POWER IN THE WORLD: THE STALIN LEGACY. 12/1, 2:00-3:30pm. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Stephen Kotkin, professor of history and international affairs at Princeton University and author of Stalin Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928; Strobe Talbott, president of Brookings.ADAPTING INTELLIGENCE FOR NEW NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES. 12/1, 5:00-6:30pm. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: U.S. National Intelligence Council Chairman Gregory Treverton; Moderator: Frederick Kempe, president and CEO, Atlantic Council.
- Monday In Washington, November 30, 2015
BEYOND THE BUDGET DEAL: A CONVERSATION WITH DOD COMPTROLLER MIKE MCCORD. 11/30, 8:30-9:30am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speaker: Mike McCord, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer. HOUSING, INCLUSION AND SOCIAL EQUITY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE....
- Monday In Washington June 1, 2014
25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre - June 4th 70th Anniversary of D-Day - June 6thTHE EVOLUTION OF TREASURY'S NATIONAL SECURITY ROLE. 6/2, 8:30am-2:00pm. Sponsors: Department of the Treasury; and CSIS. Speakers: David Cohen, Under Secretary...
- Monday In Washington April 28, 2014
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS: THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR POWER. 4/28, 9:30am-Noon. Sponsor: Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. Speakers: Peter Lyons, Assistant Energy Secretary for Nuclear Power; Carol Bower, Former EPA Administrator; Susan Tierney, Principal, Analysis...
- Monday In Washington July 15
POLITICS IN TOUGH PLACES: UNITED NATIONS DIPLOMACY IN TODAY'S CRISES. 7/15, 11:00am-12:30pm. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Jeffrey Feltman, United Nations Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs; Wegger Strommen, Norwegian Ambassador to the United...
- Monday Events
IMPACT OF U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS IN ASIA: REGIONAL VIEWS. 9/20, 8:30am-5:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsors: Wilson Center?s Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Asia Program, Kennan Institute. Speakers: James Steinberg, U.S. Deputy Secretary...