GWCSG Globalization Week Fall 2005

Event summaries of Globalization Week Fall 2005

The Challenge of Globalization: Reinventing Good Global Governance

Keynote Speaker:
Kemal Dervis, Administrator of The United Nations Development Programme

Panels:
Global Human Security and Development
Global Health
Global Trade and Investment

  • When: Friday, November 4th, 9:00am-6:00 pm
    Keynote Speech: Jack Morton Auditorium
    805 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC
    Panels: Marvin Center Room 307
    800 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC
  • Sponsored by: The GW Center for the Study of Globalization

Film Event: Africa, Open for Business

  • When: Monday, November 7th, 7:00pm-9:00 pm
    Location: Marvin Center Amphitheater, 3rd Floor
    800 21st Street, NW
  • Sponsored by: The GW Center for the Study of Globalization

Brownbag Lunch: Global Immigrant Gateways

Speakers:
Lisa Benton-Short, Professor of Geography, George Washington University
Marie Price, Professor of Geography and International Affairs, George Washington University

  • When: Friday, November 11th, 1:00pm-3:00 pm
    Location: Marvin Center Room 309
    800 21st Street, NW
  • Sponsored by: The GW Center for the Study of Globalization

International Development Forum: NGO-Military Relations in Complex Emergencies

Speakers:
General Pascal Vinchon, head of the military mission of the French Embassy
Stéphane Sisco, French NGO Medecins du Monde
Mike O'Neill, Director of Security for Save the Children
Jitendra Vijay, GW doctoral student
Along with representatives of the NGO sector and the military from both France and the United States.

Moderator:
Jennifer Brinkerhoff, Associate Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, George Washington University

  • When: Tuesday, November 15th, 6:00pm-7:00 pm
    Location: Marvin Center Room 308
    800 21st Street, NW
  • Sponsored by: The GW Center for the Study of Globalization