Weekly Update - DC Events of Interest

@ Georgetown:

The Bilden Asian Security Speaker Series
presents

An American Strategy for Asia:
Prosperous, Peaceful, and Free
featuring
Daniel Blumenthal

Resident Fellow in Asian Studies
The American Enterprise Institute

Wednesday, March 4, 2009
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
McGhee Library
301 Intercultural Center
Georgetown University
37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC

Please RSVP to http://www12.georgetown.edu/sfs/rsvp/cpass

@ The Center for Strategic and International Studies:

The Center for Strategic and International Studies
cordially invites you to attend

A conversation on U.S.-China relations
with
Dr. Wang Jisi
Dean of the School of International Studies, Peking University
and
Ambassador John D. Negroponte
Vice Chairman, McLarty Associates

Moderated by:
Bonnie Glaser
Senior Associate, CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies

Friday March 6 ~ 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
CSIS, B-1 Level

Please RSVP by emailing your name and affiliation to Savina Rupani at
srupani@csis.org or at (202) 457-8719.

More events at CSIS: http://www.csis.org/events/

Thailand: Defending Human Rights in Political Upheaval

Monday, March 2, 2009, 2-4 pm, B-1 Level Conference Center

Please register by providing your full contact information to Nick Malouta at nmalouta@csis.org.

The UK Global Health Strategy

Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 9:30 am - 11:00 am, B-1 Level Conference Center

Ghana’s Big Test: Oil's Challenge to Democratic Development

Thursday, March 5, 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., B-1 Level Conference Center

Please RSVP to the CSIS Africa Program at africa@csis.org to attend.

Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K Street, NW, Washington DC, 20006

@ The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars:

RSVP and More Information - http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.welcome

China’s Green Revolution: Prioritizing Technologies to Achieve Energy and Environmental Sustainability
Monday, March 02 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Jonathan Woetzel, McKinsey & Company’s Shanghai office; Martin Joerss, McKinsey & Company’s Beijing office; Rob Bradley, World Resources Institute

Winning the Peace in Burundi and DR Congo
Wednesday, March 04 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Alain Pekar Lempereur, Professor, ESSEC Business School, Paris; Elizabeth McClintock, Managing Partner, CMPartners; Steve McDonald, Consulting Program Director, Africa Program (moderator)

Transnational Integration Regimes as Development Programs
Wednesday, March 04 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Gerald A. McDermott, Associate Professor, Sonoco International Business Department, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina

Global Health Spending: Why Maternal Health Is Not a Political Priority
Wednesday, March 04 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Jeremy Shiffman, Associate Professor of Public Administration, The Campbell Public Affairs Institute Maxwell School, Syracuse University; Ann M. Starrs, President, Family Care International

Protection of the Mediterranean Ecosystem
Wednesday, March 04 2009, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Spyridon Kouvelis, Member of Parliament, Greece, and in charge of the Environment Sector, Policy Coordination Body, PanHellenic Socialist Movement

China's Carbon Cost Abatement Curve: What it Means for U.S. Climate Policy
Wednesday, March 04 2009, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
with Jonathan Woetzel, Director, McKinsey & Company Shanghai Office; and David Moulton, Director, Climate Policy and Conservation Funding, The Wilderness Society. Moderated by: Jennifer Turner, Director, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars