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October, 2009
Book Discussion: The Great Creation and Destruction of Value: The Globalization Cycle
Thursday, October 15 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
with author Harold James, Professor of History and International Affairs, Princeton University.
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September, 2009
What's the Prescription for Health Care Reform?
Thursday, September 24 2009, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
with Jason Altmire, U.S. Representative (D-PA); Member, House Education and Labor Committee;Charles M. Brain, President, Capitol Hill Strategies; Director of Legislative Affairs, President Bill Clinton; Michael Burgess, U.S. Representative (R-TX); Member, House Energy and Commerce Committee; Joe Courtney, U.S. Representative (D-CT); Member, House Education and Labor Committee; Kent Hughes, Director, Program on America and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center; Barry Jackson, Former Assistant to President George W. Bush for Strategic Initiatives and External Affairs; Member, Board of Trustees, Woodrow Wilson Center; Linda Killian, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Gerald Seib, Assistant Managing Editor and Executive Washington Editor, The Wall Street Journal; John Shadegg, U.S. Representative (R-AZ); House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Book Discussion: In FED We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic
Wednesday, September 16 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Author David Wessel, Economics Editor, The Wall Street Journal and Former Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
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July, 2009
The European Edge in Education: What the United States Can Learn
Thursday, July 16 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Andreas Schleicher, Head of the Indicators and Analysis Division, OECD Directorate for Education, which manages the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA); William Schmidt, Professor, Michigan State University, and Principal Researcher, The Preparation Gap: Teacher Education for Middle School Mathematics in Six Countries; Iris C. Rotberg, Professor, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, George Washington University, and Editor, Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform
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No Country Left Behind: Bringing the U.S. Up to International Standards
Thursday, July 16 2009, 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
with Andreas Schleicher, Head of the Indicators and Analysis Division, OECD Directorate for Education, which manages the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA); William Schmidt, Professor, Michigan State University, and a Principal Researcher for The Preparation Gap: Teacher Education for Middle School Mathematics in Six Countries; and Iris C. Rotberg, Professor, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, George Washington University, and Editor of Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform.
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June, 2009
Conference on the Formulation of Energy and Climate Policy: Toward an Open and Transparent Process
Thursday, June 18 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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America's Best Teachers Take Uncle Sam to School: Education and America's 21st Century
Tuesday, June 02 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Ed Potosnak, High School Chemistry Teacher, N.J., and Einstein Fellow, Office of Representative Michael Honda (D-CA); Steve Scannell, High School Science Teacher, Ore., and Einstein Fellow, Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings, National Science Foundation; Karen Stiner, Middle School Math Teacher, Ore., and Einstein Fellow, Research and Science Education Subcommittee, Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives; Jennifer Thompson, Primary School Math and Science Teacher, Alaska, and Einstein Fellow, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation
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May, 2009
Land Grab: The Race for the World's Farmland
Tuesday, May 05 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Carl Atkin, Partner and Head of Research, Bidwells Agribusiness; Gary R. Blumenthal, President and CEO, World Perspectives, Inc.; David Hallam, Deputy Director, Trade and Markets Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Chido Makunike, Agricultural Exporter and Consultant (Senegal); Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Raul Q. Montemayor, National Manager, Federation of Free Farmers Cooperatives, Inc. (Philippines); and Alexandra Spieldoch, Director, Trade and Global Governance Program, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
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Water: A Conversation With Dean Kamen
Monday, May 04 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Dean Kamen, Founder, DEKA Research & Development Corporation
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April, 2009
Book Launch: Structuring an Energy Technology Revolution
Monday, April 27 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
With co-authors Charles Weiss, Distinguished Professor of Science, Technology, and International Affairs, Georgetown University, and William B. Bonvillian, Director, MIT Washington Office
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The Eagle and the Elephant: Strategic Aspects of U.S.-India Economic Engagement
Wednesday, April 22 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Raymond E. Vickery, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
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The Obama Administration: A Report Card on the First 100 Days
Thursday, April 16 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Tom Fiedler, Dean, College of Communication, Boston University; Michael Fletcher, White House reporter, The Washington Post; Michael Kazin, Professor, Department of History, Georgetown University; Gerald Seib, Assistant Managing Editor and Executive Washington Editor, The Wall Street Journal; Linda Killian, Director, Washington Center, Boston University and Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center (moderator)
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March, 2009
Seeing American Schools through the Prism of International Benchmarks
Wednesday, March 25 2009, 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
With Andreas Schleicher, Head of the Indicators and Analysis Division of the OECD Directorate for Education
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February, 2009
New Kids on the Block:
Chinese Oil and Mining Companies Go Global
Wednesday, February 25 2009, 9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Jill Shankleman, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
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