May 17-19, 2006 | Chicago, IL

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Day I | Wednesday, May 17, 2006

The Casino
195 East Delaware Place | Chicago, Il

Cultural Activity
The largest city in the Midwest, Chicago is a sprawling mixture of innovative architecture, fine dining, outstanding accommodations, lively nightclubs and theaters, and world-class museums. Famed for its modern sculpture by Picasso, Calder, Chagall, and Miro in monumental downtown plazas, Chicago is also distinguished by its symphony, opera, and sports teams -- the Bulls, Bears, Cubs, (2005 World Series Champion) White Sox, and Blackhawks.

Take advantage of Chicago's numerous attractions during your visit.

6:00 p.m. - Opening dinner at The Casino, a private club
Keynote Address: Dr. Maria Rosa Menocal, R. Selden Rose Professor in Spanish and Director of the Whitney Humanities Center and of Special Programs in the Humanities, Yale University

Day II | Thursday, May 18, 2006

The Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street | Chicago, IL

9:00-9:30 a.m. - Registration

9:30-11:00 a.m. - Panel: The Bush Administration's Foreign Policy and Terrorism

• Charles Glaser, Professor and Deputy Dean, Harris School of Public Policy Studies (moderator)
• Robert Pape, Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
• John Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Program on International Security Policy, University of Chicago

11:00-12:00 p.m. - Presentation on the City of Chicago by the Mayor of Chicago's Office of Special Events

12:00-1:15 p.m. - Lunch at the Cultural Center
State of the Harris School
Susan E. Mayer, Professor and Dean of the Harris School

1:15-1:30 p.m. - Break

1:30-3:00 p.m. - Panel: World Fundamentalism

• Anthony Ghorayeb, Partner, Harmony Capital (moderator)
• Scott Appleby, John M. Regan Jr. Director of the Kroc Institute, Professor of History, University of Notre Dame
• Martin E. Marty, Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Modern Christianity in the Divinity School; also in the Committee on the History of Culture, University of Chicago

3:00-3:30 p.m. - Coffee Break

3:30-4:30 p.m. - "After Rio"
The fall 2005 meeting of the Dean's International Council in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was an outstanding success. Where do we go from here? How can we continue our momentum to address the challenging social and economic issues that impact the Brazilian community?

• Paulo Atallah, President, Direta Strategy & Engineering
• Susan Mayer, Professor and Dean, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies
• Charles Wheelan, Lecturer, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies

5:30 p.m. - Cocktail reception at the Cultural Center

6:30-9:00 p.m. - Dinner at the Cultural Center
Keynote Address: Neil Shubin, Professor and Chair, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy Professor, Committee on Evolutionary Biology

Day III | Friday, May 19, 2006

The Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street | Chicago, IL

9:30-10:00 a.m. - Continental Breakfast at the Cultural Center

10:30-12:00 a.m. - Panel: International Trade in Crime

• Antonio Cabrales, President, Fundación Salvadoreña para el Desarrolla Económico y Social (FUSADES) (moderator)
• Jeffrey Grogger, Irving Harris Professor of Public Policy, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies
• Robert J. LaLonde, Professor, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies
• Rafael Pleitez, Gerente Seccion Social, Economic and Social Studies Department, Fundación Salvadoreña para el Desarrolla Económico y Social (FUSADES)
• Gary Slutkin, Professor, Epidemiology and International Health, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and Executive Director, The Chicago Project for Violence Prevention and CeaseFire Illinois

12:00-2:00 p.m. - Lunch at the Cultural Center
Keynote Address: The Honorable Friis Petersen, Ambassador of Denmark to the United States

2:30-3:00 p.m. - Roundtable Discussion
Dean's International Council Members only

3:00 p.m. - Meeting Adjourned