DIC | Chicago 2011

Agenda

May 25, 2011

3:30 p.m.-5:30pm
Open roundtable Discussion
Dean’s International Council members only
Everest, 440 S. LaSalle St., 40th Floor, Chicago, IL 60605

6:00 p.m.-9:00p.m.
Opening Reception and Dinner
John Mearsheimer, Prof. of Political Science, Univ. of Chicago
Everest | 440 S. LaSalle St., 40th Floor | Chicago, IL

May 26, 2011
 

8:00 a.m. 
Breakfast with Henry Paulson, Former US Treasury Secretary

9:30 a.m. Welcome
Colm O’Muircheartaigh, Dean, The Harris School
James Harpel, Co-chair, Dean’s International Council
Anthony Ghorayeb, Co-chair, Dean’s International Council
Gleacher Center

9:45 a.m. The Energy Context
James Harpel, Co-chair, Dean’s International Council

10:00 a.m. Session I
"Sustainability, Technology, and Innovation"
Samer Salty, Partner, Zouk Ventures Ltd.
Kathleen Walsh, Professor, Naval War College, Newport
Gleacher Center

11:15 a.m. Session II

"The Future of Nuclear Energy After Fukushima"
Kennette Benedict, Executive Director and Publisher,
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Gleacher Center

12:15 p.m. Lunch
David Schenker, Aufzien Fellow and Director, Program on Arab Politics, The Washington Institute
Gleacher Center

1:45 p.m. Session III
"Middle East Uprising and the Peace Process"
Graham Wisner, Partner, Patton Boggs LLP
Anthony Ghorayeb, Co-chair, Dean’s International Council
Gleacher Center

2:45 p.m.
Break

3:00 p.m. Session IV
"Rethinking Revolution in the Arab World"
Orit Bashkin, Assistant Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Chicago
""Between Two Revolutions: Personal Reflections on Fifty Years in the Middle East"
Cornell Fleischer, Kanuni Suleyman Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies, University of Chicago
Gleacher Center

6:30 p.m. Reception and Dinner
"How Many Universes?: From Before the Big Band to the End of Time (and Back)!"
Michael Turner, Bruce & Diana Rauner Distinguished Service Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago
The Adler Planetarium 

May 27, 2011

8:00 a.m. Breakfast
Ray LaHood, U.S Secretary of Transportation
Gleacher Center

10:00 a.m. Session V
"The Societal Impact and Policy Relevance of Advances in Computing"
Rick Stevens, Associate Laboratory Director, Argonne
Gleacher Center

11:00 a.m. Session VI -Panel
"Financial Meltdowns and Central Banks"
Niall Booker, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC North America Holdings
David Marshall, Senior Vice President and Director, Financial Markets Group, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Dr. Haroutiun Samuelian, Vice Governor, Bank of Lebanon
Gleacher Center

12:30 p.m. Lunch & Closing Roundtable Discussion
Honorable Jose Miguel Gonzalez, Consul General of Chile