Race and Class: Which Voices Count Most in Civil Society?
Friday, May 30, 10:30-12:00 pm
McCosh 10
Moderator:
Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and the Center for African American Studies
Panelists:
Alan Deane Buchanan ’68, Judge, Cleveland Heights Municipal Court
Helen Zia ’73, writer and social-justice activist
Lawrence Otis Graham ’83, attorney and author
Robert Doar ’83, Commissioner, NYC Department of Social Services
Alexis McGill ’93, Executive Director, Citizen Change
Vanessa Tyson ’98, Ph.D. candidate in Political Science, University of Chicago
What’s Next for Healthcare Reform?
Friday, May 30, 10:30 am-12:00 pm
McCosh 50
Moderator:
Uwe Reinhart
Panelists:
Mark Siegler ’63, University of Chicago Lindy Bergman Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Surgery; Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
Raymond J. Baxter ’68 *76, Senior Vice President, Community Benefit, Kaiser Permanente
Max Gomez ’73, Health and Science Editor, WNBC
Jonathan C. Javitt '78, Senior Fellow, National Security Health Policy Center, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown University Schools of Medicine
Evan Fieldston ’98, Physician, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Is There an Honor Code in Sports?
Friday, May 30, 9:15-10:15 am
McCosh 50
Moderator:
Chris Sailer, Head Coach, Women’s Lacrosse
Panelists:
Bob Casciola ’58, former president, The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame
Edward Swift ’73, Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated
Karen Smyers ’83, Professional Triathlete/Coach/Motivational Speaker
John Thompson ’88, Head Coach, Men’s Basketball, Georgetown
Maura Bolger ’03, Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance & Recruiting, Department of Athletics, Fairfield University
Gays in the Media: What’s Old and What’s New
Saturday, May 31, 10:30-11:30 am
McCormick 101
Moderator:
Debbie Bazarsky
Panelists:
Greg Morris ’83, Management Consultant – Diversity & Inclusion
Chris Douglas ’88, Managing Partner, Hendrickson, C.H. Douglas & Co., LLC
Sarah Swords ’03, filmmaker
Mark Blasius *90, Professor of Political Science, CUNY
How Will the Dust Settle? Themes in the 2008 Presidential Election
Saturday, May 31, 9:15-10:15 am
McCosh 50
Moderator:
Martin Gilens, Associate Professor of Politics
Panelists:
Eddie Cox ’68, Partner, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler
Sarah Rosen Wartell ’83, Executive Vice-President for Management & General Counsel,Center for American Progress
Chris Lu ’88, Legislative Director, Senator Barack Obama
Massie Ritsch ’98, Communications Director, Center for Responsive Politics
Bill Beaver ’03, Legislative Assistant, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Prospects for Post-surge Iraq
Friday, May 30, 2:30 – 3:30 pm
Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall
Moderator:
Barbara Bodine, Lecturer in Public and International Affairs and Ambassador-in-Residence, Woodrow Wilson School
Panelists:
Joseph Nye ’58, University Distinguished Service Professor and Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Alison Ryscavage ’83, Lt. Col, U.S. Army (Iraq veteran)
Eric Young ’98, Team Chief/Governance Team, Multi-National Force- Iraq
Peter Hegseth ’03, Executive Director, Vets for Freedom (Iraq veteran)
What to Do about Free Trade and China
Friday, May 30, 2:30-3:30 pm
McCosh 50
Moderator:
Lynn White, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School
Panelists:
Gordon Y.S. Wu ’58, Chairman, Hopewell Holdings Limited
John Taylor ’68, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution; Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs (2001 – 2005)
David Sedney ’73, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense/East Asia, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Carol Wingard ’83, Managing Partner, L.E.K. Consulting
Ali Zafar ’88, World Bank
Will Pres. Bush’s Most Enduring Legacy Be the Supreme Court?
Saturday, May 31, 10:30-11:30 am
McCosh 50
Moderator:
Christopher Eisgruber ’83, Provost and Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the University Center for Human Values
Panelists:
Christopher H. Schroeder ’68, Professor of Law, Duke Law School
Lisa Heinzerling ’83, Professor, Georgetown Law School
Paul Berman ’88, Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law
Orin Kerr ’93, Professor, George Washington University Law School
Michael Kimberly ’03, Student Director, Yale Law School Supreme Court Clinic
Immigration: To Liberalize or Criminalize?
Friday, May 30, 2:30-3:30 pm
McCormick 101
Moderator:
Panelists:
Thomas Bray ’63, Editor, Detroit News
Robert S. Faron ’68, Acting Chief, Monitoring & Compliance Branch, Verification Division, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service, Department of Homeland Security
Lolita Buckner-Innis ’83, Cleveland Marshall Law School
Olivier Kamanda ’03, Editor-Foreign Policy Digest
Sandra Bruno ’04, law student, Tulane Law School
Challenges and Changes in International Development
Friday, May 30, 10:30-11:30 am
McCormick 101
Moderator:
Jennifer Widner
Panelists:
Scott White ’73, Chief Counsel, Finance, World Bank (LIKELY)
Corinne Whitaker ’83, Senior Program Officer, International Women's Health Coalition
Andrea Freeman ’93, Sudan Program Specialist, USAID
Elizabeth Williams ’98, health care in Liberia
Julius Coles *66, President, Africare
Investing Today: What’s the Next Bubble?
Saturday, May 31, 9:15-10:15 am
McCormick 101
Moderator:
Robert Vanderbei, Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Panelists:
Marc E. Lackritz ’68, President and CEO, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
Scott Gurvey ’73, Bureau Chief/Senior Correspondent, The Nightly Business Report
Joseph Gatto ’78, Vice Chairman, Lehman Brothers
Andrew Bary ’83, Associate Editor, Barron's
Natural Resources and Sustainability
Friday, May 30, 2:30-3:30 pm
McCosh 46
Moderator:
Panelists:
Steven Rockefeller ’58, Professor of Religion Emeritus, Middlebury College and Member, Earth Charter Commission
Kirk Emerson ’73, Director, U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
John H. Rogers ’88, Senior Energy Analyst/Advocate, Union of Concerned Scientists
Gil Rogers ’98, Staff Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center
Andrew Jarrett ’03, geologist, Chesapeake Oil Company
Beyond the iPhone: What will Technology Look Like in 2018?
Friday, May 30, 10:30-11:30 am
McCosh 46
Moderator:
Edward Felten, Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs and Director, Center for Information Technology Policy
Panelists:
Peter Stockman ’68, Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute
Don Boroson ’73, Group Leader, Optical Communications Technology Group, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
F. Thomson Leighton '78, Chief Scientist and Director, Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Katherine Hays Miller ’98, Chief Operating Officer, Massive Inc./Microsoft Corp.
Alex Halderman ’03, Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science, Princeton University
Do We Take Our Infrastructure for Granted?
Friday, May 30, 9:15-10:15 am
McCormick 101
Moderator:
David Billington ’50, Gordon Y. S. Wu Professor of Engineering. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director, Program in Architecture and Engineering
Panelists:
Connie Crawford ’78, Senior Vice President & Chief Engineer, MTA New York City Transit, Department of Capital Program Management
Todd Campbell ’83, Civil Engineer, Minnesota Department of Transportation
Theodore Zoli ’88, Technical Director - Bridges, HNTB Corporation
Educating America: Innnovations in K-12 Education
Saturday, May 31, 10:30-11:30 am
McCosh 46
Moderator:
Christina Paxson, Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School and Director, Center for Health and Well-Being
Panelists:
Daniel F. Oscar ’88, Edison School District
Karen Richardson ’93, Deputy Superintendent for Family & Community Engagement, Boston Public Schools
Temp Keller ’98, Founder and President, Resources for Indispensable Schools and Educators (RISE)
Megan Aghazadian ’03, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University