Social Sciences
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 States; Martin Indyk, Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy, Brookings; Bruce Jones, Senior Fellow and Director of Managing Global Order, Brookings.
WHAT DOES NASA HAVE TO DO WITH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT? 7/15, Noon-1:30pm. Sponsor: Society for International Development. Speakers: Nancy Searby, NASA's Capacity Building Program Manager; Basanta Shrestha, Regional Program Manager, ICIMOD; Birendra Bajracharya, Program Coordinator, ICIMOD.
EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE DATA-SHARING: POLICIES AND PARTNERSHIPS. 7/15, Noon-2:00pm. Sponsor: Wilson Center, Science and Technology Innovation Program. Speakers: Mariel John Borowitz, Research Analyst, Space Foundation; Molly Macauley, Vice President of research, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future; Martha Maiden, Program Executive, NASA Earth Science Data Systems; Timothy Stryker, Chief of Plans and Analysis in the Land Remote Sensing Program, U.S. Geological Survey; Tiffany Chow, Project Manager, Secure World Foundation.
THE EICHMANN TRIAL. 7/15, Noon. Sponsor: Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service. Speaker: Deborah Lipstadt, Professor of modern Jewish history and holocaust studies, Emory University.
VIETNAM: TWO DECADES OF POVERTY REDUCTION, AND CURRENT CHANGES. 7/15, 2:00-3:30pm. Sponsor: World Bank. Speakers: Bui Quang Vinh, Minister of Planning and Investment, Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Axel van Trotsenburg, Regional Vice President, East Asia and the Pacific, World Bank.
- Monday In Washington, August 3, 2015
House of Representatives on recess until September 8 Senate still in session, in recess at the end of the week ARE THERE STRUCTURAL ISSUES IN US BOND MARKETS? 8/3, 9:00am-Noon. Sponsor: Brookings Institution. Speakers: Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve Governor;...
- Monday In Washington, February 9, 2015
AN ECONOMIC AGENDA FOR AMERICA. 2/9, 10:30-11:30am. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT); EJ Dionne Jr., Brookings senior fellow in governance studies and Washington Post columnist. US MARINE CORPS CRISIS RESPONSE: EBOLA. 2/9,...
- Monday In Washington, February 2, 2015
THE FUTURE OF OIL MARKETS. 2/2, Noon-1:00pm. Sponsor: SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. Speaker: Claudio Descalzi, CEO, Eni. NEW AGENDA SETTER SERIES DISCUSSION ON US POLICYMAKING ANDPOLITICS. 2/2, Noon-12:45pm. Sponsor: Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)....
- Monday In Washington, November 3, 2014
OECD DATA HARVEST ? AGRICULTURE POLICIES & GLOBAL MARKET OUTLOOK. 11/3, 9:30-Noon. Sponsors: OECD, Washington Center; Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA. Speakers: Ken Ash, Director, OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate; Anne Effland, USDA Economic...
- August Programs
August in Washington is hot and quiet. Anyone with any sense leaves. Unfortunately, a few folks have not gotten the memo that this is the time NOT to hold any events. Unfortunately, the Korea Economic Institute is hiding all the new analytical talent...
Social Sciences
Monday in Washington July 15
WHAT DOES NASA HAVE TO DO WITH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT? 7/15, Noon-1:30pm. Sponsor: Society for International Development. Speakers: Nancy Searby, NASA's Capacity Building Program Manager; Basanta Shrestha, Regional Program Manager, ICIMOD; Birendra Bajracharya, Program Coordinator, ICIMOD.
EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE DATA-SHARING: POLICIES AND PARTNERSHIPS. 7/15, Noon-2:00pm. Sponsor: Wilson Center, Science and Technology Innovation Program. Speakers: Mariel John Borowitz, Research Analyst, Space Foundation; Molly Macauley, Vice President of research, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future; Martha Maiden, Program Executive, NASA Earth Science Data Systems; Timothy Stryker, Chief of Plans and Analysis in the Land Remote Sensing Program, U.S. Geological Survey; Tiffany Chow, Project Manager, Secure World Foundation.
THE EICHMANN TRIAL. 7/15, Noon. Sponsor: Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service. Speaker: Deborah Lipstadt, Professor of modern Jewish history and holocaust studies, Emory University.
VIETNAM: TWO DECADES OF POVERTY REDUCTION, AND CURRENT CHANGES. 7/15, 2:00-3:30pm. Sponsor: World Bank. Speakers: Bui Quang Vinh, Minister of Planning and Investment, Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Axel van Trotsenburg, Regional Vice President, East Asia and the Pacific, World Bank.
TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMOVAL OF CO2 FROM THE ATMOSPHERE. 7/15, 2:00-3:30pm. Sponsor: United States Energy Association (USEA). Speaker: Tim Fox, Head of Energy and Environment, Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
REAL POLITICS OF IRAN: VIEWS FROM WITHIN. 7/15, 2:00pm-4:00pm. Sponsor: United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Speakers: Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, President & CEO, Nonviolent Initiative for Democracy; Kevan Harris, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University; Daniel Brumberg, Senior Program Officer on Iran and North Africa, USIP.
G-20 AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. 7/15, 4:00-5:00pm. Sponsor: Carnegie (CEIP). Speakers: Lael Brainard, Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs; Moises Naim, Senior Associate, CEIP's International Economics Program, Chief International Columnist, El Pais, La Republica.
HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE. 7/15, 6:00pm-9:00pm. Sponsor: Reporters Without Borders; New America Foundation; POV films. Speakers: Stephen Maing, Director and Producer of "High Tech, Low Life"; Delphine Halgand, U.S. Director of Reporters Without Borders; Rebecca MacKinnon, Co-founder, Global Voices Online, Senior Research Fellow, New American Foundation.
REAL POLITICS OF IRAN: VIEWS FROM WITHIN. 7/15, 2:00pm-4:00pm. Sponsor: United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Speakers: Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, President & CEO, Nonviolent Initiative for Democracy; Kevan Harris, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University; Daniel Brumberg, Senior Program Officer on Iran and North Africa, USIP.
G-20 AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. 7/15, 4:00-5:00pm. Sponsor: Carnegie (CEIP). Speakers: Lael Brainard, Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs; Moises Naim, Senior Associate, CEIP's International Economics Program, Chief International Columnist, El Pais, La Republica.
HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE. 7/15, 6:00pm-9:00pm. Sponsor: Reporters Without Borders; New America Foundation; POV films. Speakers: Stephen Maing, Director and Producer of "High Tech, Low Life"; Delphine Halgand, U.S. Director of Reporters Without Borders; Rebecca MacKinnon, Co-founder, Global Voices Online, Senior Research Fellow, New American Foundation.
- Monday In Washington, August 3, 2015
House of Representatives on recess until September 8 Senate still in session, in recess at the end of the week ARE THERE STRUCTURAL ISSUES IN US BOND MARKETS? 8/3, 9:00am-Noon. Sponsor: Brookings Institution. Speakers: Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve Governor;...
- Monday In Washington, February 9, 2015
AN ECONOMIC AGENDA FOR AMERICA. 2/9, 10:30-11:30am. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT); EJ Dionne Jr., Brookings senior fellow in governance studies and Washington Post columnist. US MARINE CORPS CRISIS RESPONSE: EBOLA. 2/9,...
- Monday In Washington, February 2, 2015
THE FUTURE OF OIL MARKETS. 2/2, Noon-1:00pm. Sponsor: SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. Speaker: Claudio Descalzi, CEO, Eni. NEW AGENDA SETTER SERIES DISCUSSION ON US POLICYMAKING ANDPOLITICS. 2/2, Noon-12:45pm. Sponsor: Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)....
- Monday In Washington, November 3, 2014
OECD DATA HARVEST ? AGRICULTURE POLICIES & GLOBAL MARKET OUTLOOK. 11/3, 9:30-Noon. Sponsors: OECD, Washington Center; Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA. Speakers: Ken Ash, Director, OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate; Anne Effland, USDA Economic...
- August Programs
August in Washington is hot and quiet. Anyone with any sense leaves. Unfortunately, a few folks have not gotten the memo that this is the time NOT to hold any events. Unfortunately, the Korea Economic Institute is hiding all the new analytical talent...