Events Calendar

Geopolitics of Energy Seminar: India

The Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series Wednesdays, Land Lecture Hall (4th Floor, Belfer Building), 10:30am-12:00pm?Harvard Kennedy School Hosted by...

• Location:
  Land Lecture Hall, 4th Floor, Belfer Building
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 1, 2009
• Time:
  10:30 AM

White House Politics and Economic Policy

Richard Parker is Lecturer in Public Policy and Senior Fellow of the Shorenstein Center. An economist by training, he is a...

• Location:
  Littauer 332
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 1, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

UDHR Speaker Series: Article 26: Martha Davis

Wednesday, April 112:00 - 1:30pm HKS Campus, Carr Center Conference Room (Rubenstein 219) Martha Davis, Faculty Director at the Program on Human Rights and the Global...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room - Rubenstein 219
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 1, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

The Politics of Covering Regular People

For more information, http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/news_events/calendar.html...

• Location:
  Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 1, 2009
• Time:
  1:00 PM

Study group led by IOP Fellow Teresa Vilmain

Staffing up! How to Hire (and Fire) Campaign Staff and Consultants...

• Location:
  L-166
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 1, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

U.S. Energy Independence: Forty Years of Failure, Society Ever More Divided and Unequal. What's Next?

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009   6:00 PM ...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 1, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Harvard Toastmasters Club

The Harvard Toastmasters Club is a group of students from throughout Harvard University who meet weekly to improve their public speaking and...

• Location:
  Taubman Building, Fourth Floor, Room 401
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 1, 2009
• Time:
  6:45 PM

Informing the Debate: A Panel Discussion on Boston's Charter, Pilot, and Traditional Schools

Tom Kane, Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard Graduate School of Education ...

• Location:
  Askwith Auditorium, Longfellow Hall, Graduate School of Education
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 1, 2009
• Time:
  7:00 PM

The Impact of the Financial Crisis on the Business-Government Relationship

The Impact of the Financial Crisis on the Business-Government Relationship ...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor, Littauer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, April 2, 2009
• Time:
  8:30 AM

Can We Afford the Government We Need? The Role of Private Actors in Producing Public Services

  Skip Stitt, as Senior Deputy Mayor and Chief Operating Officer from the city of Indianapolis, was responsible for many of...

• Location:
  Taubman 135/Darman Seminar in the Center for Public Leadership
• Date:
  Thursday, April 2, 2009
• Time:
  8:30 AM

Maximizing State Assets During a Fiscal Crisis

                                                                                   Alan Trager Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Commissioner,...

• Location:
  Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer Building)
• Date:
  Thursday, April 2, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

U.S. Highway Privatization and Motorists' Heterogeneous Preferences

U.S. Highway Privatization and Motorists'  Heterogeneous Preferences  Thursday, April 2nd,...

• Location:
  Taubman Building-Room 301
• Date:
  Thursday, April 2, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

New Evaluation Mindsets and Their Application to Complex Community Based Interventions

This mid-day seminar is being hosted by the Malcolm Wiener Center.  Lunch will be provided. The presentation is based upon...

• Location:
  L166 - IOP 1st Floor Conference Room
• Date:
  Thursday, April 2, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

The Pitfalls of Jihad

For more information, http://www.belfercenter.org/events/3898/pitfalls_of_jihad.html...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, April 2, 2009
• Time:
  12:15 PM

China Salon Speaker Series: The Global Crisis and China's Short- and Long-Term Growth Prospects

Speaker Series Organized by Harvard Kennedy School China Caucus ...

• Location:
  Room 230, Littauer Building, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Thursday, April 2, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Afghanistan: Rhetoric and Reality

• Location:
  WCFIA - Bowie-Vernon Room N262
• Date:
  Thursday, April 2, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Study group led by IOP Fellow Tina Flournoy and Richard Rothstein - Research Associate for "Economic Policy" and former New Y

The Achievement Gap. Education Reform. Accountability....

• Location:
  L-166
• Date:
  Thursday, April 2, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Study group led by IOP Fellow Howard Zucker and Thomas Novotny, MD, MPH, Professor, Graduate School of Public Health, San Die

The Role of The White House, State Department, HHS, & Congress...

• Location:
  L-FDR (Faculty dining room)
• Date:
  Thursday, April 2, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Philanthropy Study Group: The Ins and Outs of Mission-Related Investing

Thursday, April 2ndfrom 4:30-6:00 pm in Rubenstein G-20 (HKS campus) for “The Ins and Outs of Mission-Related Investing: When,...

• Location:
  Rubenstein G-20
• Date:
  Thursday, April 2, 2009
• Time:
  4:30 PM

"A Country That Works"-- A public address by Andy Stern

THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2009   6:00 PM  A public address by: Andy...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, April 2, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Ecological Urbanism: Alternative and Sustainable Cities of the Future

Opening Remarks by Drew Gilpin Faust, President, Harvard University and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino Keynote Speakers: ...

• Location:
  Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street
• Date:
  Friday, April 3, 2009
• Time:
  9:00 AM

30th Anniversary of Taiwan Relations Act

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA). Enacted on April 10, 1979, the bill continued the...

• Location:
  Knafel Building, Room 354, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
• Date:
  Friday, April 3, 2009
• Time:
  10:30 AM

The U.S.-Japan Alliance: A Fifty Year Perspective

• Location:
• Date:
  Friday, April 3, 2009
• Time:
  12:30 PM

Practice of Public Diplomacy: A Pakistani Perspective

The Harvard Public Diplomacy PIC aims to engage and cultivate public diplomacy practitioners within the HKS student body and the Harvard University...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, L369
• Date:
  Friday, April 3, 2009
• Time:
  2:00 PM

China's Emerging Energy Security Debate

• Location:
• Date:
  Friday, April 3, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

2009 International Development Conference

For more information, http://www.harvard-idc.com/...

• Location:
  Nye Conference Center, Taubman Building, 5th Floor
• Date:
  Friday, April 3, 2009
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Africa Week at Harvard

The Harvard African Law Association (HALA), Harvard Kennedy School Africa Caucus, Harvard African Students Association (HASA), and Harvard Graduate School of Education's...

• Location:
  HKS, HGSE, HLS
• Date:
  Saturday, April 4, 2009
• Time:
  10:00 AM

International Bridge Builders Conference 2009

International Bridge Builders Conference 2009Schedule of Public Events Monday April 6th - 10th, 2009 ...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Monday, April 6, 2009
• Time:
  8:30 AM

Scaling Energy Technologies: Historical Evidence & Applications

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Monday, April 6, 2009
• Time:
  9:30 AM

Tirana, Albania in Transition: Reconciling the Formal and Informal City

• Location:
  Graduate School of Design, 49 Quincy St, Gund Hall 517
• Date:
  Monday, April 6, 2009
• Time:
  1:00 PM

Rhetoric and Reality in Afghanistan and Development

  Rhetoric and Reality in Afghanistan and Development Rory Stewart; Faculty Director, Carr Center; Founder and Cheif Executive, Turquoise Mountain Foundation ...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse
• Date:
  Monday, April 6, 2009
• Time:
  3:00 PM

Executive Compensation and the Crisis of Capitalism

For more information, http://www.belfercenter.org/events/3913/executive_compensation_and_the_crisis_of_capitalism.html...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Monday, April 6, 2009
• Time:
  3:00 PM

Study group led by IOP Fellow Jim Ramstad and Jeff Blodgett, Executive Director of Wellstone Action

April 6, 2009 -- The Politics of Health Care ...

• Location:
  L-166
• Date:
  Monday, April 6, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Political Islam and the Obama Administration

Seminar with Emile Nakhleh, Former Director of the Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program in the Directorate of Intelligence at the CIA; Author...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, Littauer-324
• Date:
  Monday, April 6, 2009
• Time:
  4:30 PM

A public address by the Honorable Barney Frank

MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2009   6:00 PM   ?         A public address by:            THE HONORABLE...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Monday, April 6, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

The Clean Development Mechanism, Technology Transfer, and China's GHG Reductions

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 7, 2009
• Time:
  9:30 AM

First 100 Days and the Press

• Location:
  Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 7, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

The Panic of '08 - What Happened? What's Next?

The Panic of '08 - What Happened? What's Next? Glenn...

• Location:
  Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer Building)
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 7, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Combining Social and Economic Enterprise

Join Bridge Builders Gildo Cuamba and Veronique Kittirath for a special CID luncheon during the 2009 International Bridge Builders Conference. ...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Flr Rubenstein Bldg, CID
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 7, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Polar Diplomacy: The Future of the Arctic and Antarctica

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 7, 2009
• Time:
  2:00 PM

Study group led by IOP Fellow Rose Styron and journalist/author Ward Just

Ward Just - award winning author and war correspondent....

• Location:
  L-166
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 7, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

For the Common Defense: The Future of the US Marine Corps

Vision and Strategy 2025 As America faces challenges that...

• Location:
  Belfer Library (L-369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 7, 2009
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Solutions: A Transformative U.S.-Africa Policy - A public address by the Honorable Jendayi Frazer

TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2009   6:00 PM  A public address by: ...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 7, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

What's Happening in the Rental Housing Market During the Crash?

Housing and the Economy Series: What's Happening in the...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, Belfer Building-5th Floor
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 8, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

UDHR Speaker Series: Article 28 - Beth Simmons

  60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Speaker Series: Article 28Beth Simmons; Director of the Weatherhead Center for International...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room - Rubenstein 219
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 8, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Environment and politics in Egypt and the Gulf

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 8, 2009
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Philanthropy Study Group: Educational Innovation - What do Funders Want? A View from the Ford Foundation and Grantmakers for

“Educational Innovation – What do Funders Want?  A View from the...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, Littauer 3rd Floor (Please note room change)
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 8, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

CANCELED: No study group with Teresa Vilmain this Wednesday

Canceled...

• Location:
  L-166
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 8, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Towards Zero Nuclear Weapons - A Third World Perspective

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369
• Date:
  Thursday, April 9, 2009
• Time:
  9:30 AM

Effectively Reducing Vulnerability from Climate Impacts: The Limits of Community Based Adaptation

• Location:
  Perkins Room, Rubenstein 415
• Date:
  Thursday, April 9, 2009
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Reproductive Health and Human Rights: Implications for U.S. Law and Policy

Martha Davis is a Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law, where she also co-directs the law school's Program...

• Location:
  Taubman 401, Taubman building 4th floor
• Date:
  Thursday, April 9, 2009
• Time:
  11:30 AM

Schooling in Post Conflict Societies: The Role of Human Rights

Schooling in Post Conflict Societies: The Role of Human Rights   Thursday, April 9  11:30-1:00pmHKS Campus - Wiener Auditorium  Co-Sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School...

• Location:
  Wiener Auditorium
• Date:
  Thursday, April 9, 2009
• Time:
  11:30 AM

Do Boards Matter? A Study of Board Practices and Health Quality at U.S. Hospitals

• Location:
  Hauser Center (Main Conference Room) 5 Bennett St. Charles Hotel Courtyard
• Date:
  Thursday, April 9, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

The Financial Crisis: How Did We Get Here and How Will Regulation Change?

The Financial Crisis:  How Did We Get Here and...

• Location:
  Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer Building)
• Date:
  Thursday, April 9, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Grabbing the Third Rail: Reflections on The Israel Lobby

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, April 9, 2009
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Critical Issues in Humanitarian Response: The intersection of climate change and disasters - acting in time through policy an

• Location:
  HKS Faculty Dining Room, Littauer 163
• Date:
  Thursday, April 9, 2009
• Time:
  2:00 PM

Climate Change Technology R&D Portfolio Analysis under Uncertainty

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, April 9, 2009
• Time:
  2:30 PM

Study group led by IOP Fellow Tina Flournoy and Wade Henderson, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Right

Wade Henderson is the president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR); and counselor to the Leadership Conference on...

• Location:
  L-166
• Date:
  Thursday, April 9, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Myth of the Social Volcano: Perceptions of Inequality in Contemporary China

Sponsored by Harvard Kennedy School China Caucus and the Ash Institute, this China Salon Speaker Series event features Martin Whyte, professor of...

• Location:
  Littauer 280
• Date:
  Thursday, April 9, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

NGO-Private Sector Engagement in the 21st Century

Chris Jochnick is the Director of the Private Sector Department at Oxfam America and Coordinator of the Private Sector Team of Oxfam...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Flr Rubenstein Bldg, CID
• Date:
  Friday, April 10, 2009
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Nuclear Terrorism: Who's in Charge?

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Friday, April 10, 2009
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Deng Xiaoping, Manager of China's Reform and Opening

Sponsored by Harvard Kennedy School China Caucus and the Ash Institute, this China Salon Speaker Series event features Ezra Vogel, the Henry...

• Location:
  Littauer 130
• Date:
  Friday, April 10, 2009
• Time:
  3:00 PM

A Sustainable and Innovative Safe Water Solution: the Anwarul Quadir Prize Lecture and Award Ceremony

A Sustainable and Innovative Safe Water Solution: the Anwarul Quadir Prize Lecture and Award Ceremony ...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Floor Rubenstein
• Date:
  Friday, April 10, 2009
• Time:
  3:00 PM

Forum: Take Me Out to the Ballgame!

FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2009 4:00 PM ? "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" Ken Burns ...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Friday, April 10, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform: Lessons for the Federal Government from Colorado's Commission

 For more information, http://www.hks.harvard.edu/criminaljustice/events.htm...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Monday, April 13, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Kazakhstan - a Powerhouse of Eurasia?

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Monday, April 13, 2009
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Housing Policy in the Post-Bush Era: The View from Boston

John Palmieri, Director, Boston Redevelopment Authority Cosponsored by the Joint Center for Housing Studies and the Taubman Center for...

• Location:
  Room 112, Gund Hall, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street
• Date:
  Monday, April 13, 2009
• Time:
  1:00 PM

Study group led by IOP Fellow Jim Ramstad and Senator Max Cleland

Veterans Health Care...

• Location:
  L-166
• Date:
  Monday, April 13, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Global Democracy: In the Beginning

• Location:
  Starr Auditorium, HKS
• Date:
  Monday, April 13, 2009
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Leadership through Public Service: Turning Aspirations in Reality

MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2009 6:00 PM ? "Leadership through Public Service: Turning Aspirations into Reality" ...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Monday, April 13, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Near Term Opportunities to Advance the Goals of NPT Article VI through International Technical Cooperation

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 14, 2009
• Time:
  9:30 AM

Health Care Reform: What the Public Needs to Know

• Location:
  Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 14, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

For the Common Defense: A Study of American Military Affairs

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 14, 2009
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Final Seminar: UDHR Speaker Series: Article 27 - Stephen Marks

FINAL SEMINAR 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Speaker Series: Article 27Stephen Marks; Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room - R219
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 15, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

White House Politics and Economic Policy

Richard Parker is Lecturer in Public Policy and Senior Fellow of the Shorenstein Center. An economist by training, he is a...

• Location:
  Littauer 332
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 15, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Sign up for Studies at the Harvard Decision Science Laboratory

The Harvard Decision Science Laboratory is a new group doing research right next door to HKS. We would like to invite...

• Location:
  124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 101
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 15, 2009
• Time:
  1:00 PM

Science Diplomacy

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 15, 2009
• Time:
  3:00 PM

Study group led by IOP Fellow Howard Zucker and Kenneth Bernard

Session 7:  Working with International Organizations – The Politics of Health Security, Legal Frameworks and other Thorny Issues: (April...

• Location:
  L-FDR
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 15, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Nicosia: A Story of Conflict and Cooperation

• Location:
  Fainsod Room (L324), Littauer Building
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 15, 2009
• Time:
  4:15 PM

A Public Address by: David Plouffe

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2009 6:00 PM ? A public address by: David Plouffe 2008 Obama Campaign Manager  ...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 15, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Harvard Toastmasters Club

The Harvard Toastmasters Club is a group of students from throughout Harvard University who meet weekly to improve their public speaking and...

• Location:
  Taubman Building, Second Floor, Room 275
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 15, 2009
• Time:
  6:45 PM

Millennial Makeover: How MySpace and YouTube are Transforming American Politics

"Millennial Makeover: How MySpace and YouTube are Transforming American Politics" With Professor Elaine Kamarck and Authors Morley Winograd, Michael D. Hais Wednesday, April 15,...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 15, 2009
• Time:
  7:30 PM

Comparative Aspects of Patriarchy from a Political Economy Perspective

Comparative Aspects of Patriarchy from a Political Economy PerspectiveThursday, April 16th, 11:40am-1pm | Taubman 401 ...

• Location:
  Taubman 401
• Date:
  Thursday, April 16, 2009
• Time:
  11:40 AM

The People Factor: Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, April 16, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

CANCELLED: What Asia Wants from the Obama Administration: Address by Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan

Thursday, April 16, 12:00 p.m. ...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, 5th Floor, Littauer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, April 16, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Fear Factor: Understanding the Origins and Consequences of Beliefs about National Security and the Threats We Face

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, April 16, 2009
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Creating Your Most Effective Sustainability Strategy: What Cities and Counties Can Do (online)

• Location:
  This event will be hosted online.
• Date:
  Thursday, April 16, 2009
• Time:
  1:00 PM

Final Study group: Led by IOP Fellow Tina Flournoy

WEEK EIGHT – APRIL 16: WRAP UP SESSION We’ll end no doubt by...

• Location:
  L-166
• Date:
  Thursday, April 16, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

5 Secrets of Powerful Communicators

Please join Women in International Security-HKS, for a communications training and roundtable discussion with Dr. Marie Danziger, Lecturer in Public Policy and...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library
• Date:
  Thursday, April 16, 2009
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Joining Forces to End Gang Violence

THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2009 6:00 PM ? "Joining Forces to End Gang Violence" A...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, April 16, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Development of China's Capital Market: Through the Lenses of China's Securities Law

Sponsored by Harvard Kennedy School China Caucus and the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, this China Salon Speaker Series event...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, Fifth floor, Belfer Building, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Thursday, April 16, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

A Paradigm Shift in Development: View from Western Rwanda HIV/AIDS Healthcare Initiative

Larry Smith will give a brief overview of the paradigm shift in development which recognizes the importance of public, private, parish partnerships...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Floor Rubenstein Building, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Friday, April 17, 2009
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Nuclear Power, But Hold the Recycle.

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369
• Date:
  Friday, April 17, 2009
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Real Estate in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges

About the speaker: Laila Macharia is a principal of Scion Real (www.scionreal.com) a real estate and infrastructure investment firm that...

• Location:
  Joint Center Offices at 1033 Massachusetts Avenue 5th floor, Cambridge MA
• Date:
  Friday, April 17, 2009
• Time:
  12:30 PM

Victory in Unity: Realizing the Dream Deferred

FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2009 6:00 PM ? "Victory in Unity: Realizing the Dream Deferred" A...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Friday, April 17, 2009
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Black Policy Conference

 ...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum, various
• Date:
  Friday, April 17, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Health as a National Security Issue

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Monday, April 20, 2009
• Time:
  10:30 AM

The Sum of Two Parts: Security and Prosperity in the 21st Century

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Monday, April 20, 2009
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Back to the Drawing Board - Regulation and Macroeconomics after the Credit Crisis

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Monday, April 20, 2009
• Time:
  3:00 PM

Final Study group led by IOP Fellow Jim Ramstad

April 20, 2009 -- The Grand Finale I will...

• Location:
  L-166
• Date:
  Monday, April 20, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

The Impact of Carbon Emission Constraints on Chinese Coal-Based Power Technologies

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 21, 2009
• Time:
  9:30 AM

Criminal Justice and Empirical Theory: Applied Research Presentations by Scholars from China

Criminal Justice and Empirical Theory: Applied Research Presentations by Scholars from China ...

• Location:
  Taubman Nye-A, 5th Floor of Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 21, 2009
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Who Caused the Crisis and What We Can Do

• Location:
  Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 21, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

For the Common Defense - Airpower in Conventional and Counterinsurgency Operations (note time change)

Time Change to 2:30pm   Due to General Petraeus' presentation at the...

• Location:
  Belfer Library (L-369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 21, 2009
• Time:
  2:30 PM

Ticketed Forum: 21st Century Leadership - Lessons from the U.S. Military

***ALL TICKETS SOLD OUT*** - Watch LIVE on the IOP Web site ...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 21, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Study group led by IOP Fellow Rose Styron and author Carlos Fuentes

Session VIII – The influence of writers on national and international politics – April 21st ...

• Location:
  T-275
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 21, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

For the Common Defense: A Study of American Military Affairs

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 21, 2009
• Time:
  4:10 PM

Using Non-Compete Laws to Spur Economic Development in Massachusetts

Lee Fleming, Alfred Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, co-author...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th floor Belfer Building, Corner of JFK and Eliot Streets
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 21, 2009
• Time:
  5:30 PM

What Does It Take to Found an Urban Charter School?

What Does It Take to Found an Urban Charter School? with Thomas L. Smith,...

• Location:
  Pound Hall 332, Harvard Law School
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 21, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

A conversation with Carlos Fuentes

A conversation with: Carlos FuentesInternational renowned novelist; Author of The Death of Artemio Cruz Moderated by: Maria Hinojosa Host,...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 21, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Geopolitics of Energy: Energy, Markets and Geopolitics

Today's policy and academic discussions about energy focus on the need to reduce consumption and to shift to alternative, renewable fuel sources....

• Location:
  Land Lecture Hall (4th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS)
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 22, 2009
• Time:
  10:30 AM

Six-Degrees of Criminal Justice: Connecting Research and Policy Using Social Network Analysis

Six-Degrees of Criminal Justice: Connecting Research and Policy Using Social Network...

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 22, 2009
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Financial Bubbles: Letting the Air Out Before They Burst

The recent implosion of the stock and real estate markets has raised questions about the origin and management of financial/asset bubbles. Financial...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor, Littauer Building
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 22, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Cultivating a Culture of Creativity and Innovation: Learning from Jazz Improvisation

The Taubman Center's Program on Emergency Preparedness, Crisis Management, and Disaster Recovery is sponsoring: ...

• Location:
  Littauer Building-Fainsod Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 22, 2009
• Time:
  4:30 PM

Financial Crisis and its Impact on Developing Countries

Please join CID in welcoming our esteemed guests and colleagues for a panel discussion on the International Financial Crisis.  The event...

• Location:
  Starr Auditorium, 2nd Floor Belfer Building, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 22, 2009
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Health Care Reform: Is the Massachusetts Model the Rx for the U.S.?

A conversation with:Robert Reischauer President, The Urban Institute Gail Wilensky Senior Fellow, Project HOPE Jon Kingsdale Executive Director, Commonwealth Connector Sheila Burke...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 22, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

The Challenges of China's Energy Policy

Please join EEPIC for a student-speaker event followed by a reception for the EEPIC leadership Speakers:  Jason Lee & Jitao Niu "China's Climate...

• Location:
  Rubenstein G-20
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 22, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Harvard Toastmasters Club

The Harvard Toastmasters Club is a group of students from throughout Harvard University who meet weekly to improve their public speaking and...

• Location:
  Taubman Building, Second Floor, Room 275
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 22, 2009
• Time:
  6:45 PM

12th Annual Latino Law and Public Policy Conference

12th Annual Latino Law and Public Policy Conference: BuildingBridges: Connecting the US and Latin America Co-sponsored by the HKS Latino Caucus and HLS...

• Location:
  Harvard Kennedy School, various locations
• Date:
  Thursday, April 23, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 AM

Structuring an Energy Technology Revolution

For more information, http://www.belfercenter.org/events/3917/structuring_an_energy_technology_revolution.html...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, April 23, 2009
• Time:
  10:00 AM

The Shape of Financial Re-Regulation

  CEO, Plymouth Rock group of property and casualty insurance companies Former Chairman, Commodity Futures...

• Location:
  Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer Building)
• Date:
  Thursday, April 23, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Measuring Power: The View from Beijing

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, April 23, 2009
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Weathering the Economic Storm: Fostering Stability in Southeastern Europe

• Location:
  Goodman Classroom (L140), Littauer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, April 23, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Final Study group led by IOP Fellow Howard Zucker

Our closing session will provide an opportunity for all participants to imagine the impossible and then discuss how best to make it...

• Location:
  L-FDR (Faculty dining room)
• Date:
  Thursday, April 23, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

China's Overseas Investments-War or Ordinary Business

Sponsored by Harvard Kennedy School China Caucus and the Ash Institute, this China Salon Speaker Series event features Asia Fellow Amy Cheng....

• Location:
  Room 230, Littauer Building
• Date:
  Thursday, April 23, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Lives on the Line: Hostage Negotiation Lessons for Business Negotiation

L130 Bolton (Littauer Building 1st Floor) Harvard Kennedy School79 JFK St, Cambridge, MA 02138 rsvp requested (not required): david_callaway@hks09.harvard.edu  Chris Voss is a former FBI...

• Location:
  Littaeur 130 Bolton
• Date:
  Thursday, April 23, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Leadership in Crisis

The Center for Public Leadership Invites you to Attend: "Leadership in Crisis” Featuring: Gary Winnick International Financier and Philanthropist Interviewed by: David...

• Location:
  NYE B&C, Taubman Bldg, 5th Floor
• Date:
  Thursday, April 23, 2009
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Building Bridges: Connecting the U.S. and Latin America

A public address by: Jose Miguel Insulza Secretary-General of the Organization of...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, April 23, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Liberal Theory and the Muslim Question

Moderator: Mathias Risse, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Philosophy, Harvard Kennedy School Panelists: Anne Norton, Professor of...

• Location:
  CGIS North K354
• Date:
  Friday, April 24, 2009
• Time:
  11:00 AM

Enterpise Solutions to Poverty Grant Recipients and the SEVEN Fund

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Bldg, Harvard Kennedy School
• Date:
  Friday, April 24, 2009
• Time:
  11:45 AM

Politics, Policy and Progress: Gay Rights as Human Rights

Politics, Policy and Progress: Gay Rights as Human Rights April 24, 2009 12:30 - 2:00pm Littauer 130 TACKLING SENSITIVE SUBJECT...

• Location:
  Littauer 130, Bell Hall, Starr Auditorium, JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Friday, April 24, 2009
• Time:
  12:30 PM

Critical Issues in Humanitarian Response: Is Humanitarian Assistance Becoming Too Politicized and Militarized?

• Location:
  Hauser Center, Conference Room, 5 Bennett Street, Charles Hotel Courtyard.
• Date:
  Friday, April 24, 2009
• Time:
  2:00 PM

NEW DATE AND TIME: Study group led by IOP Fellow Teresa Vilmain and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (via video conferenc

Former IOP Fellow and Obama's Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack...

• Location:
  L-166
• Date:
  Friday, April 24, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

A conversation with: Dustin Lance Black

A conversation with: Dustin Lance Black Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Milk  ...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Friday, April 24, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Making Courts Count: International Human Rights Tribunals and the Problem of Measuring Compliance

MEASUREMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM Carr Center for Human Rights policy Please...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room , Rubenstein Building, Room 219
• Date:
  Monday, April 27, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

CCCSN: Genes and Social Networks

Cambridge Colloquium on Complexity and Social Networks Seminar Abstract Social networks exhibit strikingly systematic patterns...

• Location:
  Bell Hall (Belfer Bldg)
• Date:
  Monday, April 27, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

MTA Seminar - Negotiating with North Korea

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369
• Date:
  Monday, April 27, 2009
• Time:
  3:00 PM

How to Manage Risk when the Government is Now your Shareholder

The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government Harvard Kennedy School invites you to attend a...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor Taubman Building
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 28, 2009
• Time:
  8:30 AM

Updating Deterrence Theory for the Next Nuclear Age

 ...

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 28, 2009
• Time:
  9:30 AM

The Early Cost of Carbon Capture and Sequestration

• Location:
  Fainsod Room (Littauer 324)
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 28, 2009
• Time:
  9:30 AM

The Early Cost of Carbon Capture and Sequestration

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, Littauer 324
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 28, 2009
• Time:
  9:30 AM

GlobalPost: Transforming the Coverage of International News in the Digital Age

• Location:
  Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 28, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Foreign Philanthropies in China: Evolution of China's Philanthropic Environment

• Location:
  Hauser Center Conference Room, 5 Bennett Street (Charles Hotel Courtyard).
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 28, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

The Future of Iraq

The Future of Iraq Tuesday, April 2812:00 - 1:30pm Allison...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 28, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

The US and China: What Next?

Many experts argue that the relationship between China and the United States is one of the most important of the 21st...

• Location:
  1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 28, 2009
• Time:
  1:45 PM

The US and China: What Next?

Online Event Many experts argue that the relationship between China and the United States...

• Location:
  Online Event
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 28, 2009
• Time:
  1:45 PM

The People Factor: Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service

The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government Harvard ...

• Location:
  Taubman 275 (Taubman Building, 2nd Floor)
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 28, 2009
• Time:
  2:30 PM

Serbia -- Challenging the Crisis: A Public Address by Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building (5th floor)
• Date:
  Tuesday, April 28, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Best Practices to Combat Human Trafficking: Collecting Data From Official Sources

Registration is required.For registration and conference information, please go to:  http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/spotlight.html?id=2281*Note: From April 9-14, you may experience technical difficulties registering for the conference...

• Location:
  Online conference
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 29, 2009
• Time:
  10:00 AM

Geopolitics of Energy, "Looking Forward"

Today's policy and academic discussions about energy focus on the need to reduce consumption and to shift to alternative, renewable fuel sources....

• Location:
  Belfer Library (Littauer 369), HKS
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 29, 2009
• Time:
  10:30 AM

Does the Car Have a Future?

TRANSPORTATION and INFRASTRUCTURE STUDY GROUP                                                      Does the Car have a Future?  "The private automobile has...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, 3rd Floor, Littauer Building
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 29, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Covering Global Climate Change

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 29, 2009
• Time:
  12:15 PM

From the classroom to the Statehouse: Preparing as a student to run for public office

Led by IOP Fellow Teresa Vilmain...

• Location:
  L-166
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 29, 2009
• Time:
  2:00 PM

Armed Overwatch: Airpower and COIN in Afghanistan

Armed Overwatch: Airpower and COIN in AfghanistanBrigadier General James M. "Mike" Holmes Wednesday, April 293:30 - 5:00 pmHKS Campus - Carr Center Conference...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room - Rubenstein 219
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 29, 2009
• Time:
  3:30 PM

CANCELLED! The Need to Transform America's Education, Healthcare and Energy Systems

  CANCELLED!!!   A public address by: ...

• Location:
  JFK Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Wednesday, April 29, 2009
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Why Iraq Needs a Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Why Iraq Needs a Truth Commission:Comparative Lessons from South Africa, East Timor, Sierra Leone and RwandaDr. Jeremy Sarkin; UN Special Rapporteur for the United Nations...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room - Rubenstein 219
• Date:
  Thursday, April 30, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

The European Business Lobby

The European Business Lobby David Coen Professor of Public Policy and Deputy...

• Location:
  Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer Building)
• Date:
  Thursday, April 30, 2009
• Time:
  12:00 PM

The Problem with Making Friends: Alliance Constraints & Foreign-Imposed Regime Change

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
• Date:
  Thursday, April 30, 2009
• Time:
  12:15 PM

Seeing Like a Citizen: International Perspectives on Deepening Democracy

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, HKS. Light refreshments will be served.
• Date:
  Thursday, April 30, 2009
• Time:
  1:30 PM

Developing Evidence Based Child Protection Policy: engaging communities and policymakers in Sierra Leone

Measurement and Human Rights Program (MHR)Carr Center for Human Rights Policy MHR Seminar:"Developing Evidence Based Child Protection Policy: engaging communities and policymakers in Sierra...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room, Rubenstein 219
• Date:
  Thursday, April 30, 2009
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Cyberattacks Through the Lens of International Law

Jack Goldsmith Goldsmith will discuss international law and related policy issues implicated by public and private cross-border information attacks and warfare. The...

• Location:
  Belfer Library (L369)
• Date:
  Thursday, April 30, 2009
• Time:
  4:15 PM

Obama's Challenge: Prospects for Economic Success

• Location:
  Emerson Hall 105, Harvard Yard
• Date:
  Thursday, April 30, 2009
• Time:
  8:00 PM