June 9-11, 2010 | Chicago, IL

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Focus

The University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy Studies has organized its 11th Dean’s International Council meeting to enhance dialogue and collaboration on issues of urbanization in a global perspective. By launching the Urban Policy Initiative this year, the Harris School adds to a long University of Chicago tradition of researching urban density issues like human capital, diversity, environmental degradation, education, and infrastructure.

The goal of this meeting is to enhance dialogue and collaboration among university faculty, business and political leaders and the Dean's International Council.

Location

The University of Chicago Gleacher Center
450 North Cityfront Plaza
Chicago, Illinois

Speakers & Agenda

To read about the sessions, see the blog coverage »

Opening Reception & Dinner
Keynote Address: "Worldwide Boom in Higher Education: Is the United States Participating?"(blog post)
Gary Becker, 1992 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, University Professor of Economics and of Sociology, University of Chicago

Welcome 
James Harpel, Chairman, Dean’s International Council

Session I 
"Iran Confronts the West: Nuclear Enrichment and Domestic Turmoil" (blog post)
Marvin Zonis, Professor Emeritus, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Session II
"Impact of Urbanization on Women in the Middle East" (blog post)
Guity Nashat, Professor Emerita, University of Illinois at Chicago, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and adviser to the Gender Economic Research and Policy Analysis of the World Bank

Lunch
Keynote Address: "The Hebrew Republic: Greater Israel or Global Israel?" (blog post)
Bernard Avishai, Adjunct Professor of Business, Hebrew University

Session III
"An Urban Future: From the Practical to the Theoretical" (blog post)
Peter Ellis, Design Partner, Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP, DIC Member, Harris School, University of Chicago
George Schipporeit, Associate Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology

Session IV
"Urban Policy" (blog post)
Jens Ludwig, McCormick Foundation Professor of Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy, School of Social Service Administration and the Harris School; Director, University of Chicago Crime Lab

Reception & Dinner
Keynote Address: "Medieval History Meets Geopolitics" (blog post)
David Nirenberg, Deborah R. and Edgar D. Jannotta Professor of Medieval History and Social Thought, University of Chicago

Session V
"Harpel Initiative: Program Updates" (blog post)
Susan Mayer, Professor, Harris School

Session VI
"Toward a 21st Century Military: Challenges and Opportunities" (blog post)
John Allen Williams, Professor of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago

Session VII
"Refugees, Human Rights, and the United Nations: A Humanitarian Critique" (blog post)
Karen Koning AbuZayd, Former Under Secretary General and Commissioner-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugee in the Near East