Past Meetings

May 23, 2013

National Program Meeting ⁄ Chicago

Chicago Meeting: A Brave New World: Reorienting America

Speaker:

Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
May 23, 2013 6:00-7:15 p.m. - Public Meeting
7:30-8:30 p.m. - Private Reception

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General Meeting ⁄ Washington

Biotechnology: Innovations, Applications, and U.S. Competitiveness

Speakers:

James C. Greenwood, President and CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Robert Langer, David H. Koch Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Presider:

Josh Wolfe, Founding Partner and Managing Director, Lux Capital Management
May 23, 2013 8:00-8:30 a.m. - Breakfast Reception
8:30-9:30 a.m. - Meeting

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May 22, 2013

Roundtable Meeting

Child Marriage and U.S. Foreign Policy

Speakers:

Donald K. Steinberg, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, Helene D. Gayle, President and Chief Executive Officer, CARE USA

Presider:

Rachel B. Vogelstein, Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
May 22, 2013

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May 21, 2013

General Meeting ⁄ New York

C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics: The EU-U.S. Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Speaker:

Karel De Gucht, European Commissioner for Trade
May 21, 2013 7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting

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May 17, 2013

National Program Meeting ⁄ Los Angeles

CANCELED: Los Angeles Roundtable: Why American Foreign Policy Can—And Needs to—Begin at Home

Speaker:

Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
May 17, 2013 12:00-1:30 p.m.

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May 16, 2013

National Program Meeting ⁄ Chicago

Chicago Roundtable: U.S. Policy and Cuba: Opportunities for Change

Speaker:

Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director, Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Moderator:

Alberto R. Coll, Professor of Law and Director, European and Latin American Legal Studies Program and Director, International Law LL.M. Program, DePaul College of Law
May 16, 2013 6:00-8:15 p.m.

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National Program Meeting ⁄ San Francisco

San Francisco Reception and Meeting: Refocusing U.S. Foreign Policy on the Home Front

Speaker:

Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
May 16, 2013 5:45-7:30 p.m.

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General Meeting ⁄ New York

Arthur C. Helton Memorial Lecture with Richard Engel

Speaker:

Richard Engel, Chief Foreign Correspondent, NBC News

Presider:

Bob Woodruff, Correspondent, ABC News
May 16, 2013 5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception

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General Meeting ⁄ New York

A Conversation with Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada

Speaker:

Stephen Harper, Prime Minister, Canada

Presider:

Robert E. Rubin, Co-Chairman,, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
May 16, 2013 12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting

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General Meeting ⁄ Washington

High-Frequency Trading and the Financial Markets

Speakers:

Bernard S. Donefer, Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Statistics and Computer Information Systems, and Associate Director, Subotnick Financial Services Center, Baruch College; Principal, Conatum Consulting LLC, Edgar Perez, Author, The Speed Traders: An Insider’s Look at the New High Frequency Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World, Joseph Saluzzi, Cofounder, Themis Trading LLC

Presider:

Marcus Brauchli, Vice President, The Washington Post Company
May 16, 2013 6:00-6:30 p.m. - Dinner Reception
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting

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General Meeting ⁄ New York

C. Peter McColough Series with Lael Brainard, Undersecretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Speaker:

Lael Brainard, Undersecretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury
May 16, 2013 7:45-8:00 a.m. - Breakfast
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Meeting

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National Program Teleconference ⁄ Virtual

A Conversation with Richard Engel

Speaker:

Richard Engel, Chief Foreign Correspondent, NBC News

Moderator:

Bob Woodruff, Correspondent, ABC News
May 16, 2013 6:00-7:00 p.m. - (ET)

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May 15, 2013

Guest Event ⁄ Washington

Book Reception for "The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity, and the Battle for America's Future" by Michael A. Levi

Speaker:

Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment; Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change, Council on Foreign Relations

Introductory Speaker:

James M. Lindsay, Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign Relations
May 15, 2013 6:00-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Brief Remarks

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National Program Meeting ⁄ London

London Roundtable: A Double Crisis in Iran

Speaker:

James Buchan, Author and Journalist

Moderator:

Carolyn Makinson, Executive Director, International Rescue Committee UK
May 15, 2013 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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Guest Event ⁄ New York

National History Center Series: Coolidge

Speaker:

Amity Shlaes, Director, 4% Growth Project, George W. Bush Institute; Author, Coolidge

Presider:

Evan W. Thomas III, Ferris Professor in Residence, Princeton University; Author, Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World
May 15, 2013 5:30-6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Meeting
7:00-7:30 p.m. - Cocktail Reception

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Roundtable Meeting

Prevention, Protection, and Prosecution: An Assessmen of Anti-Trafficking Efforts

Speakers:

Holly J. Burkhalter, Vice President of Government Relations and Advocacy, International Justice Mission, E. Benjamin Skinner, Senior Vice President, Tau Investment Management

Presider:

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Fellow and Deputy Director, Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
May 15, 2013

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May 14, 2013

National Program Meeting ⁄ Dallas

Dallas Meeting: Beyond the Border: Evolving U.S.-Mexico Relations

Speaker:

Shannon K. O’Neil, Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
May 14, 2013 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

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National Program Meeting ⁄ Seattle

Seattle Reception and Meeting: Foreign Policy Begins at Home

Speaker:

Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations

Introductory Speaker:

Steve Davis, President and Chief Executive Officer, PATH
May 14, 2013 6:30-7:15 p.m. - Private Reception
7:30-8:45 p.m. - Public Meeting

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National Program Meeting ⁄ Houston

Houston Meeting: Beyond the Border: Evolving U.S.-Mexico Relations

Speaker:

Shannon K. O'Neil, Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
May 14, 2013 6:30-9:00 p.m.

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May 13, 2013

Roundtable Meeting

Realizing Democracy: Lessons from Thailand and Indonesia

Speaker:

Joshua Kurlantzick, Fellow for Southeast Asia, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider:

Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations
May 13, 2013

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