Harvard Kennedy School Reunion Weekend | May 10-12, 2013

Schedule of Events

Friday, May 10, 2013
1:00 –8:00 PM
Fisher Family Rotunda		 Reunion Registration
 
4:00 –5:00 PM
Nye Conference Center,
5th Floor
Taubman Building
Opening Plenary Session: "America's Global Challenges"

R. Nicholas Burns, The Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations
5:30–8:00 PM
JFK Jr. Forum,
Littauer Building		 Welcome Reception

Saturday, May 11, 2013
8:00 AM–7:00 PM
JFK Jr. Forum,
Littauer Building		 Reunion Registration
8:00-9:00 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00–10:00 AM

A Call for Execeptional Public Leadership

Dean David Ellwood

10:15–11:15 AM
JFK Jr. Forum
Littauer Building

Morning Plenary Session “Keep Calm and Carry On: Toward a More Resilient Nation”

Professor Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
11:15 AM-12:30 PM
JFK Jr. Forum
Littauer Building

A Conversation with the President of the UN General Assembly

Dean David Ellwood and Vuk Jeremic MPA/ID 2003, President of the United Nations General Assembly and Former Foreign Minister to Serbia

12:30–3:00 PM Lunch and Individual Class Time

1978 | 1983 | 1988 | 1993 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008
3:00 PM

Afternoon Coffee Break 

3:00-4:00 PM
JFK Jr. Forum
Littauer Building		 Class Gift Presentation and Alumni Awards

Alumni Award Presentation:
Iris Bohnet, Academic Dean; Director, Women and Public Policy
Poranee “Pam” Kingpetcharat MPA/ID 2005
Vanessa Tantillo, MPP 2009 Alumni Awards Committee Co-Chairs

Reunion Class Gift Presentation:
Sean Rush MC/MPA 2007, HKS Fund Chair
Charles Haight, Senior Associate Dean of Alumni Relations and Resource Development
4:00-5:30 PM
Assigned classrooms		 Individual Class Time

1978 | 1983 | 1988 | 1993 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008
4:00-5:30 PM
Nye Conference Center,
Taubman Building		 Alumni Session on MPP Core
MPPs from All Reunion Class Years

Hosted by Debra Isaacson MPP 2000
4:00- 5:30 PM
TBD		 MPA2 Session

Hosted by Amy Davies MC/MPA 2010
5:30-7:30 PM
JFK Jr. Forum
Littauer Building		 Reunion Reception and Class Photos

  • 5:35 PM Class of 1978
  • 5:45 PM Class of 1993
  • 5:55 PM Class of 2008
  • 6:05 PM Class of 2003
  • 6:15 PM Class of 1998
  • 6:25 PM Class of 1988
  • 6:35 PM Class of 1983

Sunday, May 12, 2013
9:00 AM- 12:00 PM
JFK Jr. Forum
Littauer Building		 Registration

10:00-11:00 AM
Nye Conference Center, Taubman Building

 Celebration of Life
Officiated by Bryan Hehir HKSEE, Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life

A nondenominational service to honor fellow alumni from the classes of 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008
11:00 AM–1:00 PM
JFK Jr. Forum
Littauer Building		 Brunch