Sunday, October 16, 2016

Monday in Washington, October 17, 2016

ENERGY AND THE NEXT U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION. 10/17, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Speakers: Kevin Book, Managing Director, ClearView Energy Partners, LLC; Elgie Holstein, Former Chief of Staff, Department of Energy; Hon. David Goldwyn, Chairman, Atlantic Council’s Energy Advisory Group, Former Assistant Secretary, Energy for International Affairs; Hon. Robert McNally, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, Former Senior Director, International Energy, National Security Council; Elizabeth Rosenberg, Senior Fellow and Director, Energy, Economics and Security Program, Center for a New American Security.

US ARCTIC COUNCIL CHAIRMANSHIP: ACHIEVEMENTS & REMAINING PRIORITIES. 10/17, Noon. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Ambassador Mark Brzezinski, Executive Director, U.S. Government Arctic Executive Steering Committee; Melanie Nakagawa, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Transformation, Bureau of Energy Resources, Department of State; Cathleen Kelly, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Moderator: Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky, Senior Fellow, The Future of Diplomacy Project, Harvard University JFK Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Introducer: Ambassador Richard Morningstar, Founding Director and Chairman, Global Energy Center Atlantic Council.

FUKUSHIMA AFTER 2047 DAYS: CURRENT REVITALIZATION ON THE GROUND. 10/17, 3:00-4:00pm. Sponsor: CSIS Proliferation Prevention Program. Speakers: The Honorable Masao Uchibori, Governor of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan; Sharon Squassoni (Moderator), Director and Senior Fellow, Proliferation Prevention Program, CSIS.

WEAPONS OF MATH DESTRUCTION. 10/17, Noon-1:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Open Technology Institute. Speakers: Cathy O’Neil, Data Scientist and Activist; David Robinson, Co-founder, Upturn; Rachel Levinson-Waldman, Senior Counsel, Liberty and National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice; Daniel Castro, Vice President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF); K. Sabeel Rahman, Assistant Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School.

ECONOMIC DISRUPTION, POLITICAL UPHEAVAL, AND SOCIAL STRIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. 10/17, 2:00-3:00pm. Sponsor: Governance Studies, Brookings. Speakers: Darrell M. West, Vice President and Director, Governance Studies, Brookings; Ed Luce, Washington Columnist and Commentator, Financial Times; David Corn, Washington Bureau Chief, Mother Jones; Jill Lawrence, Commentary Editor, USA Today.

LEADERSHIP AND SPACE: A CONVERSATION WITH SIMONETTA DI PIPPO. 10/17, 4:30-5:30pm. Sponsor: Women in Public Service Project, Wilson Center. Speakers: Simonetta Di Pippo, Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs; Gwen Young, Director, Women in Public Service Project; Federiga Bindi, Director, Foreign Policy Initiative at the Institute for Women's Policy Research.

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