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Ambassadors' Roundtable
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Location: Stamford Yacht Club, 97 Ocean
Drive West
Breakfasts: 7:15 am
"After Hours": 5:30 pm Reception, 6:30 pm
Presentation
Dinners: 6:15 pm
Reception, 7:00
pm Dinner
Directions:
http://www.stamfordyc.com/aboutsyc/directions.htm
2010-2011 Theme:
The World's
Leading and Emerging Powers
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Sept. 22, 2010
Wednesday
Breakfast |
Russia in an Interdependent World Dr. Mark Brzezinski
Partner, McGuireWoods, and Former Director f
Southeast European Affairs, National Security
Council. |
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Oct. 20, 2010 Wednesday
"After Hours"
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China Now and Then
Ambassador Nicholas Platt
Former US Ambassador to Pakistan, the
Philippines and Zambia, and Former President,
Asia Society
Dr. Yu Zhou
Chair, Department of Earth Science and
Geography, Vassar College |
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17, 2010 Wednesday
Dinner |
India: Asian Sub-Continent Giant
Ambassador Meera Shankar
Ambassador of India to the US |
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Dec. 15, 2010
Wednesday
Breakfast
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Brazil: South American Super Power? Dr. Jeffrey W. Cason
Dean of International Programs and Professor
of International Studies and Political Science,
Middlebury College. |
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Jan. 19, 2011 Wednesday
Breakfast
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Turkey at the Crossroads? Ambassador Marc
Grossman
Former Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs (2001-2005), Former Assistant Secretary
of State for European Affairs (1997-2000) and
Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (1994-1997).
Chairman, Board of Directors, World Affairs
Councils of America. |
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March 9, 2011
Wednesday
Breakfast |
The United States: Once and Future King?
Neera Tanden
Chief Operating Officer, Center for American
Progress |
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April 13, 2011 Wednesday
Breakfast
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South Africa: Promise and Problems in
Africa's Leading Democracy Ambassador Princeton Lyman
Former US Ambassador to South Africa and
Nigeria, and Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Policy
Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
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May 18, 2011
Wednesday
Dinner |
Europe: A Nation in Formation? Jim Hoagland, Columnist
and Senior Foreign Correspondent, The Washington
Post |
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WORLD
AFFAIRS FORUM
ALL EVENTS ARE
HOSTED BY UCONN'S CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (CIBER)
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Location:
UCONN/Stamford Campus, One University
Place. Corner of Washington Blvd. and Broad St.
Networking/Refreshments: 5:45 pm Presentation:
6:15 pm-7:30 pm
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Sept. 15,
2010
Wednesday
UCONN/Stamford |
UN Peacekeeping Efforts: A Global Mission
Gillian Sorensen
Senior Advisor, UN Foundation |
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Oct. 4, 2010
(Tentative)
Monday
UCONN/Stamford
7-8:00 pm
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4th Congressional District Candidate Debate on
Foreign Policy - (Planned) State
Senator Dan Debicella (R)
Congressman Jim Himes
(D) |
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Nov. 10, 2010
Wednesday
UCONN/Stamford
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Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women are
Transforming the Middle East
Isobel Coleman
Senior Fellow for US foreign policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
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February 9,
2011
Wednesday
UCONN/Stamford
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Restoring Health and Hope in Haiti
Curt Welling
President & CEO, AmeriCares
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March
16, 2011
Wednesday
UCONN/Stamford
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Conflict Resolution in Africa
Fabienne Hara, VP, Multilateral
Affairs, International Crisis Group
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April 27,
2011
Wednesday
UCONN/Stamford
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Does Economic Prosperity Require
Democracy?
Anthony Kim
Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation
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October 14
(Tentative)
Tuesday
7 pm
Greenwich Library
101 W. Putnam Avenue
Greenwich
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Nuclear Tipping Point - (Planned)
Documentary Film Showing and Presentation |
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Topic
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October 27, 2010
(Tentative)
Wednesday
6 pm Reception
7 pm Lecture
Pitney Bowes
One Elmcroft Rd, Stamford |
Global Economic Trends Lecture |
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November 4-5, 2010
Thursday and Friday |
World Affairs Councils of
America National Conference
US Foreign Policy: Into
the Next Decade
Mayflower Hotel
Washington, DC |
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December 2, 2010
Thursday
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Fundraiser |
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January 9, 2011
Sunday
2 pm
Ferguson Library
Stamford |
The Marie Hurley Travel
Lecture |
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February 5, 2011
Saturday
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
UCONN/Stamford Campus
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ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST--local high
school competition on international topics |
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March 31,
2011
Thursday
6 pm, Reception/Registration
6:45 pm, Dinner
7:30 pm, Game
Italian
Center, Stamford |
WORLDQUEST XI - Fundraiser
The Ultimate International
Trivia Competition featuring David Smith as Game
Master
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June 9, 2011
Thursday Cash Bar:
5:30 pm
Meeting:
6 pm
Dinner/Lecture: 7 pm
Stamford Yacht Club
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WORLD AFFAIRS FORUM WILBUR MILLER ANNUAL
MEETING, DINNER & KEYNOTE SPEAKER
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NEW CANAAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
SPONSORED BY HSBC DARIEN
BRANCH
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Date/Topic |
7 PM PRESENTATION
NEW CANAAN LIBRARY
LAMB ROOM
151 MAIN STREET |
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SEPT. 27: Globalized Cyber Crime
Conor Phoenix, Special Agent, FBIOCT 25: The
Persian Gulf
Mitchell Krauss, Former CBS News Cairo
Correspondent
NOV 22: US-China Security
Relations
Michal Meidan, Analyst, China,
Eurasia Group |
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GREENWICH LIBRARY
COSPONSORED BY THE GREENWICH LIBRARY
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7PM PRESENTATION
GREENWICH LIBRARY
COLE AUDITORIUM
101 WEST PUTNAM AVE. |
FEB 28: TBA
MARCH 21: TBA
APRIL 18: TBA
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