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.
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.
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)
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Audio: Academic Conference Call: Enhancing U.S. Preventive Action (Audio)
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.
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.
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)
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
Transcript: Session One of a Council on Foreign Relations Symposium on Organized Crime in the Western Hemisphere: An Overlooked Threat?
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.
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
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
Cold War Reflections and Today's Realities
Speaker: Robert M. Kimmitt, Senior International Counsel, WilmerHale; Former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (1989-91) and 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
Recovery from Recession: Latin America
Speakers: Eduardo Cavallo, Research Economist, Inter-American Development Bank
Joaquin Vial, Chief Economist, South America, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA)
Lisa M. Schineller, Director, Sovereign Ratings, Standard and Poor's
Presider: Teresa Ressel, Chief Executive Officer, UBS Securities LLC
The International Monetary Fund and others are predicting that Latin America will fully emerge from recession in 2010. However, recovery in the region is not homogenous across countries, nor is it clear how positive economic developments in certain countries are affecting the larger region. What does Latin America's economic emergence from recession portend for politics and power in the region, and between the region and the United States, and for international business? Please join Joaquín Vial and Lisa Schineller for a discussion on the nuanced reality facing Latin America as it emerges from the economic downturn.
This call will be part of the 2009-2010 "Recovering from Recession" conference call series, which examines regions and countries experiencing economic, political, and social shifts and developments exacerbated by or resulting from the global financial crisis. Drawing on experts from the United States and from the regions under discussion, these calls will address the factors influencing recovery and the impact of economic shifts on politics and policy.
1:00-1:45 p.m. - Conference Call
World Economic Update
Speaker: Richard Berner, Managing Director, Co-Head of Global Economics and Chief U.S. Economist, Morgan Stanley, Mickey Levy, Chief Economist, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Hans Timmer, Director, Development Prospects Group, The World Bank
Presider: Douglas A. Rediker, Director, Global Strategic Finance Initiative, New America Foundation
Since the global economic downturn, both advanced and emerging economies have undergone internal and externally-driven changes that have affected indicators such as debt, trade balances, currency values, GDP, and inflation rates. These shifts influence countries' and multinational institutions' economic policies and plans and are changing the landscape in which international business operates. Join us for a roundtable discussion concerning the state of economies around the world and the implications for the United States, international business, and other stakeholders.
12:00-12:15 p.m. - Lunch
The Future of Energy: A Conversation with Christophe de Margerie
Speaker: Christophe de Margerie, Chief Executive Officer, Total
This meeting is part of the CEO speaker series.
12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch Reception
Keynote - Connecting Domestic and International Action
Related Project: CFR Symposium: Countdown to Copenhagen: What's Next for Climate Change?
Speaker: Edward J. Markey, Member (D-MA), House of Representatives
Presider: William L. Allen, Former Editor-in-Chief, National Geographic Magazine
Transcript: Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 2: Connecting Domestic and International Action
Audio: Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 2: Connecting Domestic and International Action (Audio)
Video: Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 2: Connecting Domestic and International Action (Video)
This meeting is on the record.
National Teleconference: Bernard L. Schwartz Lecture on Business and Foreign Policy: Countdown to Copenhagen and the Climate Change Legislative Imperative
Speaker: James E. Rogers, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy Corporation
Presider: William F. Weld, Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP
6:00-7:00 p.m. - (ET)
U.S. Options for Copenhagen
Related Project: CFR Symposium: Countdown to Copenhagen: What's Next for Climate Change?
Speaker: Frank E. Loy, Chair, Board of Directors, PSI, Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, CFR, Daniel M. Price, Senior Partner for Global Issues, Sidley Austin, LLP
Presider: Juliet Eilperin, National Environment Reporter, Washington Post
Transcript: Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 3: U.S. Options for Copenhagen
Audio: Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 3: U.S. Options for Copenhagen (Audio)
Video: Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 3: U.S. Options for Copenhagen (Video)
This meeting is on the record.
Countdown to Copenhagen and the Climate Change Legislative Imperative
Speaker: James E. Rogers, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy Corporation
Bernard L. Schwartz Lecture on Business and Foreign Policy
5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
Copenhagen in Global Context
Related Project: CFR Symposium: Countdown to Copenhagen: What's Next for Climate Change?
Speaker: Atul Arya, Chief Adviser for Energy and Climate Policy, BP, Jose Goldemberg, Professor, Institute of Electrotechnics and Energy, University of Sao Paolo, Sun Guoshun, First Secretary, Embassy of the People's Republic of China
Presider: Robert Lane Greene, International Correspondent, The Economist
Transcript: Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 1: Copenhagen in a Global Context
Audio: Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 1: Copenhagen in a Global Context (Audio)
Video: Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 1: Copenhagen in a Global Context (Video)
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