ExxonMobil Women and Development Roundtable Series: Women as Change Agents in the Recovery from the Global Financial Crisis
Speaker: Robert B. Zoellick, President, World Bank Group
Presider: Cokie Roberts, Senior News Analyst, ABC News
This event will serve as the inaugural meeting of a new Council on Foreign Relations series on women and development, sponsored by ExxonMobil. The series focuses on innovative approaches to advance economic opportunities for women and girls worldwide. Join Robert B. Zoellick for a discussion of women’s roles in recovery from the global financial crisis.
**Please note the special timing and format**
11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. - Registration
12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. - Seated Lunch
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
ExxonMobil Women and Development Roundtable Series: Women as Change Agents in the Recovery from the Global Financial Crisis
Speaker: Robert B. Zoellick, President, World Bank Group, Cokie Roberts, News Correspondent
This event will serve as the inaugural meeting of a new Council on Foreign Relations series on women and development, sponsored by ExxonMobil. The series focuses on innovative approaches to advance economic opportunities for women and girls worldwide. Join Robert B. Zoellick for a discussion of women's roles in recovery from the global financial crisis.
11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. - Registration
This meeting is on the record.
National Teleconference: The ExxonMobil Women and Development Roundtable Series: Women as Change Agents in the Recovery from the Global Financial Crisis
Speaker: Robert B. Zoellick, President, World Bank Group
Presider: Cokie Roberts, Senior News Analyst, ABC News
12:00-1:30 p.m. - (ET)
This meeting is on the record.
Fourteenth Annual Term Member Conference
Thursday, November 19, 2009
5:30 to 6:00 PM Reception
6:00 to 7:15 PM PLENARTY ONE
Where Are We Now: One Year Into the Economic Recession
John Cassidy, Staff Writer, New Yorker; Author, How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities
Carmen M. Reinhart, Professor of Economics and Director, Center for International Economics, University of Maryland; Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research; Co-author, This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Chief Mergers and Acquisitions Reporter, and Assistant Editor of Business and Finance News, New York Times; Author, Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System – and Themselves
Presider: Michael Elliott, Editor, Time International
Welcoming Remarks: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
7:15 to 8:30 PM Cocktail Reception
Friday, November 20, 2009
7:30 to 8:00 AM Breakfast Reception
8:00 to 9:00 AM PLENARY TWO
Afghanistan: Stand Pat, Double Down, or Fold?
Stephen D. Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Gideon Rose, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs
9:15 to 10:15 AM PLENARY THREE
Tackling Climate Change at Copenhagen
James L. Connaughton, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Public and Environmental Policy, Constellation Energy; former Chairman, White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); former Director, White House Office of Environmental Policy
Peter H. Lehner, Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Sherri W. Goodman, Senior Vice President, General Counsil, and Corporate Secretary, CNA
10:30 to 11:45 AM MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS
READINGS FOR BREAKOUT SESSIONS
12:00 to 1:00 PM PLENARY FOUR
U.S. Policy Toward Iran
R. Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; former Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State
David Menashri, Incumbent of the Parviz and Pouran Nazarian Chair for Modern Iranian Studies, Marcia Israel Senior Fellow in Maghreb Studies, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, and Professor, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University
Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, The Guardians of the Revolution: Iran’s Approach to the World
Presider: Barbara Slavin, Assistant Managing Editor for World and National Security, The Washington Times; Author, Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation
1:00 to 2:15 PM Town Hall Luncheon
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
2:30 to 3:45 PM AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS
READINGS FOR BREAKOUT SESSIONS
4:00 to 5:00 PM PLENARY FIVE
Ending Global Poverty: Strategies That Work
Nancy Birdsall, Founder and President, Center for Global Development
R. Glenn Hubbard, Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance, Columbia Business School; Former Chairman, U.S. Council of Economic Advisers; Co-author, The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty
James D. Wolfensohn, Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company; former President, World Bank
Presider: Jami Miscik, President and Vice Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
5:00 to 6:00 PM Happy Hour (Guest Event)
Enhancing Preventive Action
Speaker: Paul B. Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (ET)
*Email educators@cfr.org to register.
Audio: Academic Conference Call: Enhancing U.S. Preventive Action (Audio)
Foreign Aid, Civilian Capacity, and U.S. National Security
Speaker: Nita M. Lowey, Chair, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives (D-NY)
Presider: M. Peter McPherson, President, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities
As the Obama administration evaluates the U.S. national security apparatus and the balance between civilian and military resources, join one of Capitol Hill’s most influential voices for a discussion on foreign assistance and advancing effective civilian capabilities.
8:00-8:30 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
This meeting is on the record.
Foreign Aid, Civilian Capacity, and U.S. National Security
Speaker: Nita M. Lowey, Chair, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives (D-NY)
Presider: M. Peter McPherson, President, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities
As the Obama administration evaluates the U.S. national security apparatus and the balance between civilian and military resources, join one of Capitol Hill's most influential voices for a discussion on foreign assistance and advancing effective civilian capabilities.
8:00-8:30 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
This meeting is on the record.
Miami National Program Roundtable: U.S.-Cuba Relations in the Twenty-First Century
Speaker: Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow and Director of Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Symposium on Organized Crime in the Western Hemisphere: An Overlooked Threat?
Session One:
Organized Crime and Transnational Threats
David Holiday, Program Officer, Latin America Program, Open Society Institute
William F. Wechsler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats, U.S. Department of Defense
Lee S. Wolosky, Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP; former Director, Transnational Threats, National Security Council
Introductory Remarks: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Stanley S. Arkin, Chairman, The Arkin Group, LLC
8:00 to 8:30 AM Breakfast Reception
8:30 to 10:00 AM Meeting
Session Two:
Local and National Policy Responses
Ramon Garza Barrios, Mayor, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Rodrigo Pardo, Director, Revista Cambio; former Foreign Minister, Republic of Colombia
Presider: Andrew D. Selee, Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
10:15 to 11:30 AM Meeting
Session Three:
Regional and Multilateral Policy Responses
Adam Isacson, Director of Programs, Center for International Policy
Francisco Thoumi, Tinker Visiting Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Texas; former Research Coordinator, United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime
Presider: Shannon O’Neil, Douglas Dillon Fellow for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
11:45 AM to 1:00 PM Meeting
12:45 to 1:30 PM Lunch Reception
8:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Audios: Local and National Policy Responses to Organized Crime (Audio), Regional and Multilateral Responses to Organized Crime (Audio), Organized Crime and Transnational Threats (Audio)
Videos: Local and National Policy Responses to Organized Crime (Video), Regional and Multilateral Responses to Organized Crime (Video), Organized Crime and Transnational Threats (Video)
This meeting is on the record.
Organized Crime in the Western Hemisphere: An Overlooked Threat?
Session One
Organized Crime and Transnational Threats
David Holiday, Policy Analyst, Open Society Policy Center, and Program Officer, Latin America Program, Open Society Institute
William F. Wechsler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats, U.S. Department of Defense
Lee S. Wolosky, Principal, International Corporate Practice Group, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP; adjunct fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Introductory Remarks: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Stephen E. Flynn, Ira A. Lipman Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
8:00 to 8:30 AM Breakfast Reception
8:30 to 10:00 AM Meeting
Session Two
Local, National, and Regional Policy Responses
Ramon Garza Barrios, Mayor, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Rodrigo Pardo, Director, Revista Cambio; former Foreign Minister, Colombia
Presider: Shannon O'Neil, Douglas Dillon Fellow for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
10:15 to 11:30 AM Meeting
Session Three
Hemispheric and Multilateral Responses
Adam Isacson, Director of Programs, Center for International Policy
Francisco Thoumi, Tinker Visiting Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Texas; former Research Coordinator, United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime
Presider: Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions and Global Governance, Council on Foreign Relations
11:45 AM to 1:00 PM Meeting
12:45 to 1:30 PM Lunch Reception
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This symposium is supported by a grant from the Robina Foundation, the Hauser Foundation and the Tinker Foundation.
Organized Crime and Transnational Threats
Related Project: CFR Symposium: Organized Crime in the Western Hemisphere: An Overlooked Threat?
Introductory Speaker: Richard N. Haass, President, CFR
Speaker: David Holiday, Policy Analyst and Program Officer, Open Society Institute, William F. Wechsler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats, U.S. Department of Defense, Lee S. Wolosky, Principal, International Corporate Practice Group, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP; and Adjunct Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Presider: Stanley S. Arkin, Chairman, The Arkin Group
Audio: Organized Crime and Transnational Threats (Audio)
Video: Organized Crime and Transnational Threats (Video)
This meeting is on the record.
Local and National Policy Responses
Related Project: CFR Symposium: Organized Crime in the Western Hemisphere: An Overlooked Threat?
Speaker: Ramon Garza Barrios, Mayor, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Rodrigo Pardo, Former Foreign Minister, Republic of Colombia; and Director, Revista Cambio
Presider: Andrew D. Selee, Director, Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Audio: Local and National Policy Responses to Organized Crime (Audio)
Video: Local and National Policy Responses to Organized Crime (Video)
This meeting is on the record.
Regional and Multilateral Responses
Related Project: CFR Symposium: Organized Crime in the Western Hemisphere: An Overlooked Threat?
Speaker: Adam Isacson, Director of Programs, Center for International Policy, Francisco Thoumi, Tinker Visiting Professor of Latin America Studies, University of Texas
Presider: Shannon K. O'Neil, Douglas Dillon Fellow for Latin America Studies, CFR
Audio: Regional and Multilateral Responses to Organized Crime (Audio)
Video: Regional and Multilateral Responses to Organized Crime (Video)
This meeting is on the record.
National Program Conference Call: APEC Meeting and President Obama's Asia Trip
Speaker: Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Joshua Kurlantzick, Fellow for Southeast Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
3:00-3:45 p.m. - (ET)
The Challenge of Energy: A Conversation with Tony Hayward
Speaker: Tony Hayward, Group Chief Executive, BP p.l.c
Presider: J. Robinson West, Chairman, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, PFC Energy
This meeting is part of the CEO speaker series, which provides a forum for leading global CEOs to share their priorities and insights before a high-level audience of CFR members. The series aims to educate the CFR membership on the private sector's important role in the policy debate by engaging the global business community's top leadership. Members benefit from hearing CEOs' perspectives as well as interacting with them in an informal setting. In turn, CEOs have the opportunity to highlight the work of their organizations and strengthen their relationships with CFR.
8:00-8:30 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
The Challenge of Energy: A Conversation with Tony Hayward
Speaker: Tony Hayward, Group Chief Executive, BP p.l.c.
Presider: J. Robinson West, Chairman, Founder, and Chief Executive Officer, PFC Energy
This meeting is part of the CEO speaker series, which provides a forum for leading global CEOs to share their priorities and insights before a high-level audience of CFR members. The series aims to educate the CFR membership on the private sector's important role in the policy debate by engaging the global business community's top leadership. Members benefit from hearing CEOs' perspectives and interacting with them in an informal setting. In turn, CEOs have the opportunity to highlight the work of their organizations and strengthen their relationships with CFR.
8:00-8:30 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
The U.S. in the New Asia
Speaker: Evan A. Feigenbaum, Senior Fellow for East, Central, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
Moderator: Kevin G. Nealer, Principal, The Scowcroft Group
As Asia's economic and strategic weight has grown, Asians have sought to build multilateral frameworks capable of effectively channeling the region's energies. But for more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as proposals multiply and the region organizes itself into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. Join Evan A. Feigenbaum, co-author of a new Council Special Report, The United States in the New Asia, and Kevin G. Nealer, an advisor to this report, in discussing Asia's regional architecture and what it means for the United States, both for its strategic interests and the competitiveness of American firms.
11:00-11:45 a.m. - Conference Call
Dallas National Program Roundtable: U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan
Speaker: Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Atlanta National Program Roundtable: U.S. Economy
Speaker: Dennis P. Lockhart, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, David E. Altig, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
6:00-8:30 p.m.
Cold War Reflections and Today's Realities
Speaker: James M. Goldgeier, Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow for Transatlantic Relations, Council on Foreign Relations; Coauthor, "America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11", Robert M. Kimmitt, Senior International Counsel, WilmerHale; Former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (1989-91), and Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1991-93)
Presider: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor, CFR.org; Former Foreign Editor, "The New York Times" (1989-96)
November 2009 marks two decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall, effectively ending the Cold War and ultimately redefining the United States' global standing. At the time, how did the United States envision the next twenty years and its role in a post-Soviet world? Join James Goldgeier and Robert Kimmitt to discuss how the expectations of 1989 square with the challenges of 2009.
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Lunch Reception
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