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Spring Semester 2013
These listings are updated frequently. For additional listings, please explore individual M-RCBG program websites.
Monday, January 28
Study Group
The Global Interface of Medicine, Business, and Government
Tim Christian, MD, MPA
Senior Fellow, M-RCBG
Please click here for additional information.
M-RCBG Conference Room, 5th Floor Belfer
12-1PM
Monday, January 28
ETIP/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar Series
Challenges of Energy, Technology, and Development
Bill Clark
Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development
Director of the Sustainability Science Program
Harvard Kennedy School
Bill Hogan
Raymond Plank Professor of Global Energy Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer
12-1:30PM
Wednesday, January 30
Study Group
Benefit-Cost Analysis in the Real World: Assessing Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulations
Lisa Robinson
Senior Fellow, M-RCBG
Please click here for additional information.
M-RCBG Conference Room, 5th Floor Belfer
2:40-4PM
Wednesday, January 30
Special Panel
Defeating Malaria: From the Genes to the Globe Inaugural Forum
This panel will cover business approaches to malaria, including malaria control and eradication as we approach 2015 targets.
Hosted by Thomas Healey, Founder and Partner at Healey Development LLC; Senior Fellow, M-RCBG
Moderated by Rajesh K. Garg, McKinsey & Company
Panelists include:
Suzanne M. McCarron, President, ExxonMobil Foundation
Jane Nelson, Senior Fellow and Director, Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, HKS
Dr. Josephine Ojiambo, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations
N. Regina Rabinovich, ExxonMobil Malaria Scholar in Residence, Harvard University
Dr. NaohiroTakahashi, President and CEO, Sumitomo Chemical America, Inc.
Daniel H. Stern, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Reservoir Capital
Dyann F. Wirth, Professor and Chair, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health
This event is co-sponsored by M-RCBG, Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HSPH), CSRI, and the Departments of Global Health & Population and Immunology & Infectious Diseases at HSPH.
Nye ABC, 5th Floor Taubman Building
4-6PM
Wednesday, January 30
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
California Energy Efficiency: Lessons for the Rest of the World, or Not?
Arik Levinson
Georgetown University
L-382
4:10-5:30PM
Friday, February 1
Special Event
Davos Debrief
Moderated by John Haigh, HKS Executive Dean and Co-Director, M-RCBG
Nancy F. Koehn
James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Josh Lerner
Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking
Harvard Business School
Eric Hellweg
Editorial Director
Harvard Business Review Online
Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor Taubman
12-1PM
Monday, February 4
Study Group
The Global Interface of Medicine, Business, and Government
Tim Christian, MD, MPA
Senior Fellow, M-RCBG
Please click here for additional information.
M-RCBG Conference Room, 5th Floor Belfer
12-1PM
Monday, February 4
ETIP/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar Series
Mitigating Climate Change with Short Lived Climate Pollutants: Sustainable Pathways for Going Beyond Carbon Dioxide
Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Distinguished Professor
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
UNESCO Professor of Climate and Policy
TERI University, India
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer
12-1:30PM
Wednesday, February 6
Study Group
Benefit-Cost Analysis in the Real World: Assessing Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulations
Lisa Robinson
Senior Fellow, M-RCBG
Please click here for additional information.
M-RCBG Conference Room, 5th Floor Belfer
2:40-4PM
Thursday, February 7
Business & Government Seminar
The Promise and Limitations of Social Impact Bonds
A panel discussion featuring:
Jeffrey Liebman
Harvard Kennedy School
Ryan Gillette
Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance
Thomas Dermine
HKS student
Katherine Klem
HKS student
Yuan Wang
HKS student
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Office of Career Advancement.
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
11:45-1PM
Monday, February 11
Study Group
The Global Interface of Medicine, Business, and Government
Tim Christian, MD, MPA
Senior Fellow, M-RCBG
Please click here for additional information.
M-RCBG Conference Room, 5th Floor Belfer
1:10-2PM
Monday, February 11
ETIP/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar Series
The Political Economy of Oil in Latin America
Francisco Monaldi
Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor of Latin American Studies, Harvard Kennedy School
Director, Center on Energy and the Environment, IESA, Venezuela
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer
12-1:30PM
Wednesday, February 13
Study Group
Benefit-Cost Analysis in the Real World: Assessing Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulations
Lisa Robinson
Senior Fellow, M-RCBG
Enrolled Harvard students, faculty, fellows and staff are welcome.
Please click here for additional information.
L-382 (Kahn)
2:40-4PM
Thursday, February 14
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar
Reinforcing Regulatory Regimes: How States, Civil Society, and Codes of Conduct Promote Adherence to Global Labor Standards
Michael W. Toffel
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
11:45-1PM
Wednesday, February 20
Study Group
Benefit-Cost Analysis in the Real World: Assessing Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulations
Lisa Robinson
Senior Fellow, M-RCBG
Enrolled Harvard students, faculty, fellows and staff are welcome.
Please click here for additional information.
L-382 (Kahn)
2:40-4PM
Wednesday, February 20
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Adoption of a New Water Technology: The Role of Joint Liability, Asset Collateralization, and Credit Access
Michael Kremer
Harvard University
L-382
4:10-5:30PM
Thursday, February 21
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar
The Labor Market Impacts of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Moratorium
Joseph Aldy
Harvard Kennedy School
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
11:45-1PM
Monday, February 25
Study Group
The Global Interface of Medicine, Business, and Government
Tim Christian, MD, MPA
Senior Fellow, M-RCBG
Enrolled Harvard students, faculty, fellows and staff are welcome.
Please click here for additional information.
M-RCBG Conference Room, 5th Floor Belfer
1:10-2PM
Monday, February 25
ETIP/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar Series
Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves
Rema Hanna
Associate Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer
12-1:30PM
Wednesday, February 27
Study Group
Benefit-Cost Analysis in the Real World: Assessing Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulations
Lisa Robinson
Senior Fellow, M-RCBG
Enrolled Harvard students, faculty, fellows and staff are welcome.
Please click here for additional information.
L-382 (Kahn)
2:40-4PM
Thursday, February 28
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar
The Health Effects of Coal Electricity Generation in India: Implications for Pollution Regulation
Maureen Cropper
University of Maryland
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
11:45-1PM
To watch a video of the seminar, click here.
Monday, March 4
ETIP/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar Series
Frugal Innovation
Daniel Nocera
Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy
Harvard
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer
12-1:30PM
Wednesday, March 6
Study Group
Benefit-Cost Analysis in the Real World: Assessing Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulations
Lisa Robinson
Senior Fellow, M-RCBG
Enrolled Harvard students, faculty, fellows and staff are welcome.
Please click here for additional information.
L-382 (Kahn)
2:40-4PM
Thursday, March 7
Business & Government Seminar
Capitalism at Risk: What Can Business Do?
Lynn Paine
Harvard Business School
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
11:45-1PM
Monday, March 11
Study Group
The Global Interface of Medicine, Business, and Government
Tim Christian, MD, MPA
Senior Fellow, M-RCBG
Enrolled Harvard students, faculty, fellows and staff are welcome.
Please click here for additional information.
M-RCBG Conference Room, 5th Floor Belfer
1:10-2PM
Monday, March 11
ETIP/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar Series
Using Feed-in Tariffs to Foster the Development and Diffusion of Clean Energy Technologies: Lessons from the Case of Solar Photovoltaic Power in Germany
Joern Hoppmann
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, HKS
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer
12-1:30PM
Tuesday, March 12
Speed Networking
Talk about industries, jobs and careers with experts-in-the-know
Participating senior fellows and practitioners include:
Esko Aho
Former Prime Minister of Finland
Executive VP for Corporate Responsibility, Nokia
Joseph Anton
Founder of Anton Lucas, an investment banking firm
Former chair, M-RCBG leadership council
Richard Balzer
Organizational consultant to leading multinationals focused on leadership, strategy and change
Steven Kerrigan
President and CEO of the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee
Held key positions in government and politics
Marco Magnani
Expert in economics reform in Italy
VP, Credit Suisse First Boston and JPMorgan
Managing Director, Mediobanca S.p.A.
Lisa Robinson
Expert in regulatory benefit-cost analysis whos career has spanned government, consulting and academia
John Sherman
General Counsel, Secretary and Senior Advisor to SHIFT, an independent non-profit center for business and human rights
Howard Wolk
Co-President of The Cross Country Group (CCG), one of the largest privately held companies in Massachusetts; active angel investor
This event is cosponsored by the B&G PIC, Office of Career Advancement and M-RCBG
RSVP required to jennifer_nash@harvard.edu
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
6-7:30PM
Wednesday, March 13
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar
The Reality of Precaution: Comparing Risk Regulation in the United States and Europe
Jonathan Wiener
William R. and Thomas L. Perkins Professor of Law, Professor of Environmental Policy and Professor of Public Policy
Duke University Law School
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
1-2:15PM
To watch a video of the seminar, click here.
Wednesday, March 13
Study Group
***MOVED TO 3/27***
Benefit-Cost Analysis in the Real World: Assessing Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulations
Lisa Robinson
Senior Fellow, M-RCBG
Enrolled Harvard students, faculty, fellows and staff are welcome.
Please click here for additional information.
L-382 (Kahn)
2:40-4PM
Thursday, March 14
Business & Government Seminar
Rising Tide: Is Growth in Emerging Economies Good for the United States?
Robert Lawrence
Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment
Harvard Kennedy School
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
11:45-1PM
To watch a video of the seminar, click here.
Monday, March 25
ETIP/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar Series
The Effects of Energy Subsidies in Developing Countries
Joe Aldy
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer
12-1:30PM
Tuesday, March 26
WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar
U.S.-East Asian Relations as Seen From Tokyo
Glen Fukushima
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Former President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Veronon Room (K262)
12:30-2PM
Wednesday, March 27
Business & Government Seminar
U.S. - EU Free Trade: Global Blockbuster?
Ben Heineman
Senior Fellow
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor Littauer
12-1PM
Click for presentation slides, February 2013 article, and December 2012 article
Wednesday, March 27
Study Group
Benefit-Cost Analysis in the Real World: Assessing Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulations
Lisa Robinson
Senior Fellow, M-RCBG
Enrolled Harvard students, faculty, fellows and staff are welcome.
Please click here for additional information.
L-382 (Kahn)
2:40-4PM
Wednesday, March 27
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
***CANCELLED***
Trade, CO2, and the Environment
Joseph Shapiro
MIT
L-382
4:10-5:30PM
Thursday, March 28
Business & Government Seminar Series
Just Business: Human Rights and Multinational Corporations
John Ruggie
Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs
Harvard Kennedy School
The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy is co-sponsoring this seminar.
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
11:45-1PM
Monday, April 1
ETIP/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar Series
Decision-Making Under Scarcity: Navigating the Water-Energy Nexus in the Yellow River Basin, People's Republic of China
Scott Moore
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, HKS
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer
12-1:30PM
Wednesday, April 3
Business & Government Seminar Series
The Odd Couple: Bank Regulation and Human Rights in Peru
View slides
Dani Schydlowsky
Chief Banking, Insurance and Private Pension Regulator in Peru
Head of Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP
Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor Littauer
12-1PM
Wednesday, April 3
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Do the Laws of Tax Incidence Hold? Point of Collection and the Pass-Through of State Diesel Taxes
Erich Muehlegger
Harvard University
L-382
4:10-5:30PM
Thursday, April 4
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar
Who Gains and Who Loses? What We Know About the Distributional Effects of Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulations
Lisa Robinson
Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government
Harvard Kennedy School
Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor Littauer
11:45-1PM
Monday, April 8
ETIP/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar Series
The Costs and Benefits of Carbon Taxes in China
Chris P. Nielsen, Executive Director, Harvard China Project, School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)
Mun S. Ho, Visiting Scholar, Harvard China Project (SEAS) and Visiting Scholar, Resources for the Future
Land Lecture Hall, 4th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS
12pm-1:30pm
Monday, April 8
Special Forum Event: M-RCBG's 30th Anniversary
Is America Working? What Business & Government Can Do
See video, pictures, and coverage here.
Lawrence Summers
Charles W. Eliot University Professor and M-RCBG Director
Harvard Kennedy School
Roger Porter
IBM Professor of Business and Government
Harvard Kennedy School
Paula Dobriansky
Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Ben Heineman
Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Distinguished Senior Fellow, Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance
Nina Easton
Fortune Magazine columnist
Commentator for Fox News
Fall 2012 Fellow at Harvard's Institute of Politics
Institute of Politics Forum, Littauer Building, Harvard Kennedy School
6-7PM
Tuesday, April 9
Seminar
Monetary policy and wealth management in a small petroleum economy
The central bank of Norway manages a $700 billion fund – one of the biggest sovereign wealth funds in the world. The fund is invested in stocks and bonds in all major markets, and is now beginning to invest in US real estate. Norges Bank Governor Øystein Olsen will outline how the Norwegian monetary and fiscal policy framework is set up in order to manage the fund on behalf of current and future generations, while coping with shocks hitting a small open economy.
Øystein Olsen
Governor
Central Bank of Norway
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
12-1PM
Wednesday, April 10
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Intensive Margin of Electrification: Evidence from Rural India
Ujjayant Chakravorty
Tufts University
L-382
4:10-5:30PM
Monday, April 15
ETIP/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar Series
Getting Electricity Prices Right: New Approaches to Scarcity Pricing
William W. Hogan
Raymond Plank Professor of Global Energy Policy
HKS
Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building
12pm-1:30pm
Tuesday, April 16
Regulatory Policy Program Seminar
Swaps Market Reform: Increasing Transparency and Lowering Risk
Gary Gensler
Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Nye A, 5th Floor Taubman Building
11:45-1pm
To watch a video of the seminar, click here.
Wednesday, April 17
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Voting Architecture for the Governance of Free-Driver Externalities, with Application to Geoengineering
Martin Weitzman
Harvard University
L-382
4:10-5:30PM
Thursday, April 18
PIC Event
Challenges to Telecommunications Regulation
Alexis Milo
Commissioner of the Mexican Federal Commission of Telecommunications (COFETEL)
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
3PM
Monday, April 22
ETIP/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar Series
Evaluating Licensing Agreements for Technology Diffusion at the U.S. National Labs
Gabe Chan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, HKS
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer
12-1:30PM
Wednesday, April 24
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Contracting for Environmental Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kelsey Jack
Tufts University
L-382
4:10-5:30PM
Thursday, April 25
Forum Event
A conversation with Felipe Calderon and David Ellwood
The Honorable Felipe Calderon
Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow
President of Mexic (2006-2012)
MPA/Mason Fellow (2000), Harvard Kennedy School
David T. Ellwood
Scott M. Black Professor of Political Economy
Dean, Harvard Kennedy School
Enter the lottery through April 18 here.
JFK Jr. Forum
6PM
Monday, April 29
ETIP/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Seminar Series
Power Sector Technology Investment Planning under Uncertainty
Nidhi R. Santen
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, HKS
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer
12-1:30PM
Tuesday, April 30
WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar
Will Japan Join the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Trade Policy at a Crossroads
Mireya Solis
Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies and Senior Fellow, Brookings Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
Associate Professor, School of International Service, American University
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, Ted and Doris Lee Gathering Room (S030)
12:30-2PM
Wednesday, May 1
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Will Carbon Prices Reduce Emissions in the U.S. Electricity Industry? Evidence from the Shale Gas Experience
Erin Mansur
Dartmouth College
L-382
4:10-5:30PM
Thursday, May 2
Business & Government Seminar Series
New Ideas for Achieving Economic Inclusion and Mobility in the U.S.
This panel discussion will include three HKS alumni who have dedicated their careers to promoting financial inclusion, wealth building, and economic opportunity for low- and moderate-income families. Drawing on lessons learned from field-related practice and research, panelists will share their ideas about building, strengthening, and scaling financial products and public policies that promote financial security and opportunity for all American families.
Moderated by Brigitte C. Madrian, Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management, HKS
Panelists include:
Ray Boshara
Senior Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Timothy Flacke
Executive Director, Doorways to Dreams (D2D) Fund
Sherry Riva
Founder and Executive Director, Compass Workign Capital
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer
11:45AM-1PM
Monday, May 6
Business & Government Seminar
What Happens if Interest Rates Go Up 500 Basis Points?
Thomas Healey
Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government
Harvard Kennedy School
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer
12-1PM
To watch a video of the seminar, click here.
To view the seminar PPT presentation, click here.
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