Events

Event
Audiences
US Commerce Secretary Pritzker and Canadian Trade Minister Fast Discuss Economic and Security Relations

The Honorable Penny Pritzker, Secretary, US Department of Commerce; The Honorable Edward Fast, MP, Minister of International Trade, Canada. Introduced by Ivo H. Daalder.
Plutocrats, Populists, and the Global Economy

Chrystia Freeland MP, Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre, Parliament of Canada. Introduced by Patrick Lundy.
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Terrorism: Crime and Punishment

Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, Career Ambassador, US Department of State; Ambassador David Scheffer, Mayer Brown/Robert A. Hellman Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law; Thomas P. Sullivan, Partner Jenner & Block LLP. Moderated by Douglass Cassel.
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China's Authoritarian Capitalism: Open for Business?

James McGregor, Author and former Mainland China and Taiwan Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal . Moderated by Jennifer Scanlon.
Secretary Robert Gates: On Duty, Service, and War

The Honorable Robert M. Gates, Former US Secretary of Defense. Introduced by David Hiller.
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Defusing the Global Nuclear Risk

Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund. Moderated by Kennette Benedict.
Leadership Circles
The Promise of Global Prosperity?

John J. Hamre, President, CEO, and Pritzker Chair, The Center for Strategic and International Studies ; Katherine F. Pickus, Divisional Vice President, Global Citizenship and Policy, Abbott Laboratories; Thomas J. Pritzker, Chairman and CEO, The Pritzker Organization; Executive Chairman, Hyatt Hotels Corporation . Introduced by Lester Crown.
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Reimagining Education—Not by Chance, But by Design

Kiran Bir Sethi, Founder and Director, The Riverside School, Design for Change, and aProCh. Introduced by Patricia Blunt Koldyke.
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US-Cuba Politics: From Polls to Policy

David Axelrod, Director, Institute of Politics, The University of Chicago; Peter Schechter, Director, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, Atlantic Council; Paul Maslin, Principal Researcher; Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz and Associates; Dr. Alberto Coll, Professor of Law and Director, European and Latin American Legal Studies Program, DePaul University. Introduced by Dina Smeltz.
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Creative Power: Combatting Violence and Empowering Youth

FM Supreme , Hip-Hop Artist, Founder, The Chicago International Youth Peace Movement, Cofounder, The Peace Exchange: Chicago-Asia 2013; Jeff McCarter, Founder and Executive Director, Free Spirit Media and Emerging Leader, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Kiran Bir Sethi, Founder and Director, Riverside School, Founder, Design for Change and 2013 Koldyke Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Introduced by Roseanna Ander; Niamh King.
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