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From the American People: Health Diplomacy and US Foreign Policy

3 hours 37 min ago
Michael O. Leavitt U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
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White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters

Thu, 20/11/2008 - 1:00am
Robert Schlesinger, U.S. News and World Report
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Corporate responsibility - thrive, die or be sidelined through the quest for profits

Wed, 19/11/2008 - 1:00pm
Gerry Acher CBE LVO, RSA Chairman.
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Liberals and Libertarians: Common Ground or Separate Agendas?

Wed, 19/11/2008 - 1:00am
Panel discussion with a mix of self-described liberals and libertarians
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Prospicience (The Art and Science of Looking Ahead) and Geoengineering (PEI series Pt 3)

Tue, 18/11/2008 - 1:00pm
Speaker: Robert Socolow, Co-Director, The Carbon Mitigation Initiative and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University Discussant: Dr. Bennett Foddy, Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioethics, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
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Global Warming: What Do We Know and What Should We Do? (PEI series Pt 2)

Tue, 18/11/2008 - 1:00pm
Speaker: Richard C. J. Somerville, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Discussant: Elizabeth Harman, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University
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The Ethical Challenge of Climate Change (PEI series Pt 1)

Tue, 18/11/2008 - 1:00pm
Speaker: Peter Singer, Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University Discussant: George Philander, Professor of Geosciences, Princeton University
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Science Education in the 21st Century: Using the Tools of Science to Teach Science

Tue, 18/11/2008 - 1:00am
Nobel Laureate Dr. Carl Wieman directs the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at the University of British Columbia and the Colorado Science Education Initiative.
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Pt 1 - Symposium on International Law and Justice

Mon, 17/11/2008 - 1:00am
Session 1: International Obligations Toward Victims of Mass Atrocities Welcoming Remarks: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations Speakers: - Wesley K. Clark, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Wesley K. Clark Associates - Victoria Holt, Senior Associate and Codirector, Future of Peace Operations Program, Henry L. Stimson Center - Edward C. Luck, Senior Vice President and Director of Studies, International Peace Institute; Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General Presider: David J. Scheffer, Professor of Law, Northwestern University; Former Ambassador at Large for War Crimes, U.S. Department of State
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Pt 2 - Symposium on International Law and Justice

Mon, 17/11/2008 - 1:00am
Session Two: U.S. Engagement in the International Legal System Speakers: - Greg Craig, Partner, Williams Connolly; Senior Adviser, Barack Obama Campaign - Nicholas Rostow, University Counsel and Vice Chancellor, Legal Affairs, State University of New York; Adviser and Surrogate, John McCain Campaign Presider: Cynthia McFadden, Co-anchor, Nightline, ABC News
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Pt 3 - Symposium on International Law and Justice

Mon, 17/11/2008 - 1:00am
Session Three: The Darfur Case Welcoming remarks: Angelina Jolie, Goodwill Ambassador, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Co-chair, Jolie-Pitt Foundation Speaker: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court Presider: Nicholas D. Kristof, Columnist, New York Times
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God and Country: A New Role for Faith in Presidential Politics?

Sun, 16/11/2008 - 1:00am
Moderator: Kim Lawton, PBS` Religion and Ethics Newsweekly. Panelists: - Julian Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School - Burns Strider, former Director of Faith Outreach, Sen. Hillary Clinton`s presidential campaign
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Cold War Lessons and Contemporary Dilemmas

Sat, 15/11/2008 - 1:00am
Melvyn P. Leffler is the Edward R. Stettinius Professor of American History at the University of Virginia
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Origins of the Financial Mess

Fri, 14/11/2008 - 3:00pm
Alan Blinder, a Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and co-director of Princeton`s Center for Economic Policy Studies
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Wealth creation in the developing world: Is Africa a lost cause?

Fri, 14/11/2008 - 1:00pm
Firoz Rasul, president, the Aga Khan University, Richard Dowden, director, Royal African Society, Anver Versi, editor, African Business, Boko Inyundo, trustee and director, the Africa Centre and Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, executive director, Afford (African Foundation for Development).
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Our energy future: a major change

Fri, 14/11/2008 - 1:00am
David Blittersdorf is C.E.O. of Earth Turbines, Inc. and the founder and co-owner of NRG Systems
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Keep the Faith: Reclaiming Christianity from the Religious Right

Thu, 13/11/2008 - 1:00pm
Randall Balmer, professor of American Religious History at Barnard College and visiting professor at Yale Divinity School
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Same Dynamics, New Directions: Centering Race, Class and Gender in Transformative Education

Thu, 13/11/2008 - 1:00am
David Stovall, Assistant Professor of Policy Studies, University of Chicago
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Pt 1: Regional and National Financial Crises: Roots, Results and Responses

Wed, 12/11/2008 - 1:00pm
A PRIOR conference focuses on the mortgage crisis, the public finance arena, financial regulation and the responsibility of the U.S. Congress. With keynotes by former Congressman James Leach, Princeton economist Alan Blinder and Wharton School Professor Susan M. Wachter. Pt 1: WELCOME OPENING REMARKS Richard F. Keevey, Director, Policy Research Institute for the Region OPENING ADDRESS: FINANCIAL REGULATION and the RESPONSIBILITY of the UNITED STATES CONGRESS Honorable James A. Leach, former Chairman, Banking and Financial Services Committee, United States Congress, and currently John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs Co. Visiting Professor, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
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Pt 2: Regional and National Financial Crises: Roots, Results and Responses

Wed, 12/11/2008 - 1:00pm
A PRIOR conference focuses on the mortgage crisis, the public finance arena, financial regulation and the responsibility of the U.S. Congress. With keynotes by former Congressman James Leach, Princeton economist Alan Blinder and Wharton School Professor Susan M. Wachter. Pt 2: ANATOMY OF THE MORTGAGE CRISIS Opening Comments and Moderator: Hyun Song Shin, PhD, Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics, and Associate Chair of the Economics Department, Princeton University Panelists: Mark Zandi, PhD, Chief Economist and co-founder Moody’s Economy.com Erica Groshen, PhD, Vice President and Director of Regional Outreach, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York David Wilcox, PhD, Deputy Director, Division of Research and Statistics, the Federal Reserve Board, Washington DC
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