Events
Report Launch: Emerging Global Trends in Advanced Manufacturing
March 26, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
This report by Institute for Defense Analyses and done at the request of the National Intelligence Manager for Science and
Technology in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, aims to identify emerging global trends in advanced manufacturing and to propose scenarios for advanced manufacturing 10 and 20 years in the future.
Congress & the Politics of Trade
March 19, 2012 // 4:00pm — 6:00pm
This panel will explore the intersection presidential and congressional politics as they play-out against the President’s trade agenda.
Book Discussion: The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis
March 01, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
In The Last Great Senate Ira Shapiro describes how Senators of the 1960s and '70s overcame southern opposition to civil rights, passed Great Society legislation, and battled the executive branch on Vietnam, Watergate, and its abuses of power. The right's sweep of the 1980 elections shattered that Senate, leaving a diminished institution in its wake.
Trade and Agriculture: Trans-Pacific Perspectives
February 13, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Agriculture has often been a stumbling block in free trade negotiations. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), often seen as the economic component of the Obama Administration’s “Asia pivot,” is no exception. Can Japan’s leadership, which has indicated a willingness to join the TPP, surmount resistance from its domestic agricultural lobby? Is the TPP attractive to countries like Korea, which has enthusiastically negotiated separate bilateral free trade agreements, most notably with the United States? What are the problems and opportunities in the agreement for American agricultural producers? How do nations like New Zealand, an agricultural powerhouse and original member of the TPP, view the negotiating positions of potential new members to the agreement?
Book Launch--The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents
February 09, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
In The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents, author Linda Killian looks beyond the polls and the headlines and talks with the frustrated citizens who are raising the alarm about the acute bi-polarity, special interest-influence, and gridlock in Congress, asking why Obama’s postpartisan presidency is anything but, and demanding realism, honest negotiation, and a sense of responsibility from their elected officials.
Climate Finance: Innovative Financing Sources for Sustainable Development?
December 15, 2011 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
With donor countries' budgets constrained,alternative financing sources for development are gaining some momentum, inside and outside the climate negotiations context.
Partnering Scientists and Teachers: Priming the STEM Pipeline
December 13, 2011 // 9:00am — 10:30am
The panel will discuss first-hand experience with teacher-scientist partnerships and how they can strengthen K-12 STEM education.
Book Discussion - World Under Pressure: How China and India are Influencing the Global Economy and Environment
December 09, 2011 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
Join us for a discussion of Carl Dahlman's new book "World Under Pressure: How China and India are Influencing the Global Economy and Environment."
"Doing Business in a More Transparent World": A Discussion of the 2012 World Bank Report
December 06, 2011 // 9:30am — 11:30am
Join a panel of business, labor, and economic experts on December 6 for a careful examination of this year’s World Bank report, "Doing Business in a More Transparent World."
America’s Educational Challenge: Creating the Next Generation of Technology Leaders (Offsite:Austin, TX)
December 06, 2011 // 8:30am — 11:00am
Education lies at the heart of America’s future. America’s innovative edge in economics and national security builds on our pool of scientists, engineers, and technically trained specialists.