This Week at SAIS [Oct. 27 – Nov. 1]
Another week at SAIS means another week of excellent events.
Monday, October 27
- “Food Security and Government Dysfunction: Can Progress Be Made in the Current Environment” Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Dan Glickman,10:30am, Kenney Herter Auditorium
- “OECD’s Young Professionals Programme Presentation” 12:30pm, BOB500
- “Offshore Control: A Strategy for the United States Rebalance to the Asia-Pacific” Retired Colonel T.X. Hammes,12:30pm, Rome 203
- “Advancing U.S. – Nordic-Baltic Security Cooperation” 3pm, BOB500
- “Designing a Peace Process: Lessons from a UN Mediator” Svens Koopmans, 4:30pm, Herter Room
Tuesday, October 28
- “What did the U.S. – Africa Summit Mean for the Great Lakes Region?” David Gilmour, State Department, 9:30am, BOB500
- “Public-Sector Agricultural Research Priorities for Sustainable Food Security” Gerald Nelson, 12:30pm, BOB736
Wednesday, October 29
- “Building a Small International Non-Profit: Bikes for the World” Keith Oberg, ’77, 8am, Rome 812
- “Preventing Nuclear Terrorism Globally” Panel Discussion, 9am, BOB500
- “EES Current Event Seminar” 12:30pm, Rome 535
- “Election Violence in Democratizing States: Africa in Comparative Perspective“12:30pm, BOB736
- “Federal Reserve Bank of New York Information Session” 12:30pm, Nitze 417
- “Five policy-relevant questions on the mind of a Fed policy maker” *Please note this event is completely off the record* 12:30pm, BOB500
- “An Update on Argentina and the Debt Default Saga” Dr. Arturo Porzecanski,12:45pm, Nitze 517
- “Political Order and Political Decay” Francis Fukuyama, 4:30pm, Kenney Herter Auditorium
- “Thai Club Movie Night” 7:30pm, Rome 812
Thursday, October 30
- “Clean Energy Fuels Presentation” John Somers ’03, 12:30pm, Career Services Conference Room
- “WIN (Washington Interest in Negotiation) Meeting: Democratizing Negotiation” Bertram Spector, 12:30pm, Nitze 410
- “Public-Private Partnership Related to Food and Health” Dr. Jonathan Marks,12:30pm, BOB736
- “Conflict Management Program Field Trip Briefing: Colombia Peace Process“4:30pm, Nitze 417
- “Change Agents: The Role of Women in Rebuilding in Post-Conflict Societies” Panel Discussion, 6pm, Kenney Herter Auditorium
Friday, October 31
- “SAIS Christian Forum” 11am, Nitze 410
- “Net Impact Club Panel Discussion with Walmart Senior Executive” Beth Keck ’85,12:15pm, Rome 203
- “The Geopolitics of TTIP: Re positioning the Transatlantic Relationship for a Changing World” Panel Discussion,12:30pm, Kenney Herter
- “LASP Club Happy Hour” 4pm, Nitze 410