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Ambassadors' Roundtable

 
    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

 

Celebrating Twenty-Five Years!

Date Topic / Speaker
Sept. 21, 2011

Wednesday
Breakfast

The Israel-Palestine Quandary

Dr.Dov Waxman
Professor of Political Science, City University of NY


Oct. 19, 2011

Wednesday
Breakfast

National Security Issues for 2012

Stephen J. Hadley
Former National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush and Associate, Rice Hadley Group


Nov. 9, 2011

Wednesday
Dinner

The Velvet Revolution and the Arab Spring

Ambassador Petr Gandalovic
Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the US


 Dec. 14, 2011

Wednesday
Breakfast

Winding Down the Wars

Ambassador Robert P. Finn
Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Professor of International Relations, Princeton University


Jan. 18, 2012

Wednesday
"After Work"
Reception

The World's Water Crisis

Steven Solomon
Author, Water:  The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization



March 7, 2012

Wednesday
Breakfast

Japan:  A Year After the Deluge

Dr. Sheila A. Smith
Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations


April 11, 2012

Wednesday
Breakfast

Mongolia:  The Legacy of Ghengis Khan in the 21st Century

Dr. Christopher P. Atwood
Chair, Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University


May 16, 2012

Wednesday
Dinner

Indonesia:  South Asian Superpower"

Ambassador Dino Patti Djalal
Ambassador of Indonesia to the United States


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

Date / Location Topic / Speaker
  Sept. 14, 2011

  Wednesday
  UCONN/Stamford
Explaining Conflict in India and Pakistan

Dr. Steven Wilkinson
Professor of India and South Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Yale University

 Oct. 12, 2011

Wednesday
UCONN/Stamford
 
Syria and the Arab Autumn

Andrew J. Tabler
New Generation Fellow, Program on Arab Politics, The Washington Institute


  Nov. 16, 2011
 
  Wednesday

 
UCONN/Stamford
 

 

Learning from Singapore & Asia:  National Governance & Business Development

Dr. Gary Katzenstein
Associate Visiting Professor of Management, Stern School of Business, NYU

 February 15, 2012

 Wednesday
 UCONN/Stamford
 

Chinese Foreign Policy & US Security Interests in Asia

David J. Firestein
Vice President, East West Institute

 March 14, 2012
 
 Wednesday
 
UCONN/Stamford
 

US Higher Education's Role in Educating Tomorrow's Global Leaders

Peggy Blumenthal
Senior Counselor to the President of the Institute of International Education

  April 25, 2012

 Tuesday
  UCONN/Stamford
 
 

 

Women in Global Conflict

Dr. Helen Benedict
Professor, Columbia University School of Journalism and author of The Lonely Soldier:  The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq

Maj. Katie Matthew
I
nstructor, US Military Academy

 

SPECIAL EVENTS

 
   
Date
 
Topic / Speaker

 

 

Date Topic / Speaker

 

 

 November 2-4, 2011

 

 

World Affairs Councils of America National Conference

US National Security:  Six Top Issues for the 2012 Election

Mayflower Hotel
Washington, DC

   
Date
 
Topic / Speaker
  December 1, 2011
 
  6 pm Reception
  7 pm Lecture

  Pitney Bowes
  One Elmcroft Rd, Stamford

Global Economic Trends Lecture

Dr. Carl Weinberg
Chief Economist, High Frequency Economics, Ltd.

"The Global Debt Crisis and the US Economy?

Date
 
Topic / Speaker

  January 22, 2012
  Sunday

  2 pm
  Ferguson Library
  Stamford

The Marie Hurley Travel Program

Date
 
Topic / Speaker

  February 4, 2012
  Saturday

  9:30 am - 12:00 pm
  UCONN/Stamford Campus

ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST--local high school competition on international topics
Date Topic / Speaker
  March 29, 2012
  Thursday

  6 pm, Reception/Registration
  6:45 pm, Dinner
  7:30 pm, Game

  Italian Center, Stamford

WORLDQUEST XII - Fundraiser

The Ultimate International Trivia Competition featuring David Smith as Game Master

 

 

Date
 
Topic / Speaker

  April 16, 2012
  Monday
  7 PM Presentation
  Greenwich Library
  Cole Auditorium

Senator George Mitchell, Former US Special Envoy for Middle East Peace

"Turmoil in the Middle East and Its Effect on American Policy"

 

Date Topic / Speaker

  June 7, 2012
  Thursday

  Cash Bar:  5:30 pm
  Meeting:  6 pm
  Dinner/Lecture:  7 pm
  Stamford Yacht Club

WORLD AFFAIRS FORUM WILBUR MILLER ANNUAL MEETING, DINNER & KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Andrew R. Wilson, Professor of Strategy and Policy US Naval War College, Editor, World Policy Journal, World Policy Institute

"The Rise of the Chinese Military and the State of the Chinese Economy”      

Date Topic / Speaker
 

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GREAT DECISIONS

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NEW CANAAN PUBLIC LIBRARY

SPONSORED BY HSBC DARIEN BRANCH

 

Time/Location Date/Topic
7 PM PRESENTATION

NEW CANAAN LIBRARY
LAMB ROOM
151 MAIN STREET
SEPT. 26 Germany Resurgent and the European Union

Jose Rasco Senior Investment Strategist, HSBC Private Bank Americas

OCT 24Political Risk from US Fiscal, Trade and Financial Policy

Sean West
, Analyst, Comparative Analytics, Eurasia Group

NOV 22: 
The Challenges of a Runaway World: The Successes and Failures of Multilateralism

Nayan Chanda, Director of Publications and Editor, Yale Global Online Magazine, Center for the Study of Globalization

 

 

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GREENWICH LIBRARY

COSPONSORED BY THE GREENWICH LIBRARY
 

7PM PRESENTATION

GREENWICH LIBRARY
COLE AUDITORIUM
101 WEST PUTNAM AVE.

FEB 27:  Middle East Realignment

Herbert I. London, President Emeritus, Hudson Institute

MARCH 19:  State of the World's Oceans

Sara Tjossem, Senior Lecturer, Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs

April 30:  Energy Geopolitics

Leslie Palti-Guzman, Analyst, Eurasia Group

 

 


 


 

 

 
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