Peter Singer and Eric Schlosser explore the broad and compelling issues and ethical dilemmas surrounding food production in the U.S. and the choices individuals make regarding the food they eat.
Peter Hooper, Managing Director and Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank Securities. Robert J. Shiller, Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics, Yale University. Stephen S. Roach, Chairman, Morgan Stanley Asia.
Presider: Daniel K. Tarullo, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Speaker: Professor Arvind Panagariya. Professor Panagariya is the Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy and Professor of Economics at SIPA.
Location: Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
Date: Jan 31, 2008
Nicholas Negroponte speaks about the One Laptop per Child project (OLPC) at Internet and Society 2007 (is2k7), a conference at Harvard University, Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Jeremy Jackson, marine ecologist and environmental advocate, professor of oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, describes how overfishing, habitat destruction, global warming and other human-induced activities have contributed to a crisis in the health of the world's oceans.
Speaker: King Abdullah II, the reigning monarch of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Date of event: Feb 29, 2008
Location: Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Abdullah Gul, 11th President of Turkey, spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations in February 2007, when he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
moderated by Dr. James M. Lindsay, Director of the Strauss Center. Panelists included:
James B. Steinberg, Dean, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Kristen Silverberg, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of International Organization Affairs
Heidi Cruz, Vice President, Investment Management Division, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
The University of Chicago hosted a symposium on oil for students, faculty, the general public, and the press in May 2007. Session 4.
Brian C. Gahan, Energy Consultant; Chair of the Chicago Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; former Senior Scientist and Manager of E&P Technology Development at the Gas Technology Institute