Events
Book Discussion: The Great Creation and Destruction of Value: The Globalization Cycle
October 15, 2009 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Harold James, Professor of History and International Affairs, Princeton University.
The German Elections: The State of the Polity and Prospects for German Foreign Policy
September 30, 2009 // 4:00pm — 5:00pm
Constanze Stelzenmüller, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, Berlin Office, German Marshall Fund and Former Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Liechtenstein: Transparency, Trust and Credibility in a Changing Global Financial Order
September 25, 2009 // 10:00am — 11:00am
His Excellency Klaus Tschütscher, Prime Minister, Principality of Liechtenstein
What's the Prescription for Health Care Reform?
September 24, 2009 // 8:00am — 10:00am
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.
Book Discussion: In FED We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic
September 16, 2009 // 4:00pm — 6:00pm
Author David Wessel, Economics Editor, The Wall Street Journal and Former Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Biofuels and Economic Development
July 24, 2009 // 8:30am — 4:30pm
with Luiz Guilherme de Oliveira, Universidade de Brasilia-UnB; Robbin Johnson, University of Minnesota; Ford Runge, University of Minnesota; Harry de Gorter, Cornell University; Maura O'Neill, Senior Advisor for Energy and Climate, USDA; and Kent Hughes, Director, Global Energy Initiative.
No Country Left Behind: Bringing the U.S. Up to International Standards
July 16, 2009 // 12:30pm — 1:45pm
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.
The European Edge in Education: What the United States Can Learn
July 16, 2009 // 10:00am — 12:00pm
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
Conference on the Formulation of Energy and Climate Policy: Toward an Open and Transparent Process
June 18, 2009 // 9:00am — 6:00pm
The conference explores how best to assist policymakers in understanding the implications of various energy and climate policy options.
America's Best Teachers Take Uncle Sam to School: Education and America's 21st Century
June 02, 2009 // 12:00pm — 1:15pm
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