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Please note that each faculty presenter will be teaching two, one and a half hour class sessions. Participants will be divided into smaller groups and will have the opportunity to attend class with each faculty member. The smaller groups will allow for more interaction during class.
Thursday, October 23, 2008 6-7:30 PM | Opening Cocktail Reception and Check-In
Welcome: Dean Jessica P. Einhorn and Professor Roger Leeds
Keynote Speaker: Nancy Birdsall, President for the Center for Global Development, SAIS Class of '69 |
Friday, October 24, 2008 | 8 AM | Continental Breakfast | | 8:30-9:30 AM | Keynote Speaker and Recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award: Michael Van Dusen, Deputy Director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, SAIS Class of '68 and '71 | | 9:45-11:15 AM | Class Session One, David M. Lampton: "Chinese Power and America's Next President" | | 11:30 AM-1 PM | Class Session Two, Francis Fukuyama: "Is American Ready for a Post-American World?" | | 1-2:45 PM | Faculty Panel Lunch Led by Professor Riordan Roett, Sarita and Don Johnston Professor of Western Hemisphere Studies: "Foreign Policy Challenges for the New Administration: Regional Perspectives" | | 3-4:30 PM | Class Session Three, John McLaughlin: "Intelligence, Challenges and Priorities for the Next Administration" | | 5 PM | Happy Hour with SAIS Students | | 6:30-8 PM | Special Dinner Event with Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan, Career Ambassador in the Mexican Foreign Service |
Saturday, October 25, 2008 | 8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast | | 9-10:30 AM | Student-led Presentation | | 10:45-12:15 PM | Class Session Four, Pravin Krishna: "Trade Policy and the Doha Agenda: U.S. Priorities | | 12:30-2 PM | Class Session Five, Mary Habeck: "The War on Terror and the Next President: How Should He Assess the Conflict?" (Lunch Served) | | 2:15-3:45 PM | Class Session Six, Michael Manelbaum: "The Foreign Policy Agenda for the New Administration" | | 3:45-4:30 PM | Alumni College Debriefing and Send-off: Professor Roger Leeds |
Please note that this is a preliminary schedule of events. Refer back to this schedule for updates regarding times, faculty and topics for this event. |
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SAIS Alumni College 2008 |
