The pattern and quality of the 2007- 2008 Distinguished Speakers Program will be continued in the "to be announced" 2008-2009 program.
Reception: 5:15 p.m. Address: 6:00 – 7:10 p.m. WORLD TRADE CENTER BALTIMORE - CONSTELLATION ROOM 401 EAST PRATT STREET, BALTIMORE Members: Free of Charge - Guest of a Member: $10.00 - Non-Members*: $15.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - The 2008 PROGRAM will continue to be comprehensive with respect to geographic areas, the great powers, and perennial issues; and to focus on the pressing and critical issues of the day.
The year's programs will continue to be comprehensive with respect to regions and critical issues, will deal with the great powers and focus on the pressing issues of the day, including both the redistribution of global economic, and hence, political power and also the phenomenon of islamic extremism. 2008 Guests: MUHAMMAD ASLAM KHAN
Deputy Chief of Mission and Acting Ambassador
Embassy of Pakistan
"United States-Pakistan Relations" R. JAMES WOOLSEY
Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
"Energy, Security and the Long War of the 21st Century" A PANEL DISCUSSION Vice Admiral John Morgan, Jr. - Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information, Plans and Strategy Brigadier General Lawrence Nicholson - Deputy Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command Rear Admiral Brian Salerno - Director, Inspection and Compliance, United States Coast Guard Commodore K.E. Williams, Assistant Chief of the Maritime Staff, Canadian Navy
“A New Maritime Strategy for the Nation”
DR. TODD J. MOSS Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, United States Department of State
“Africa, an Emerging Strategic Partner”
AMBASSADOR JOHN BRUTON
Head of Delegation of the European Union to the United States Former Prime Minister of Ireland
“Why the European Union Matters to Baltimore”
DAVID WOOD
Defense Correspondent, The Baltimore Sun
“The Next President and the War on Terrorism”
2007 Guests:
AMBASSADOR HENRY A. CRUMPTON
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, United States Department of State
“A New Era of Conflict”
MR. RALSTON DEFFENBAUGH, JR.
President, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services
“America’s Broken Immigration System: The Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform”
AMBASSADOR JAMES C. SWAN
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, United States Department of State
“Somalia”
DR. DAVID M. LAMPTON
Director of the China Studies Program, JHU School of Advanced International Studies
“Chinese Power and What It Means for the World”
THE HONORABLE DR. MEGHAN L. O’SULLIVAN
Special Assistant to the President, Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan
“The Way Forward in Iraq”
HIS EXCELLENCY SAMIR SHAKIR MAHMOOD SUMAIDA’IE
Ambassador of Iraq to the United States
“Update on Iraq”
MR. DANIEL PIPES
Director, Middle East Forum
“Vanquishing the Islamist Enemy”
AMBASSADOR RAMINDER SINGH JASSAL
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India to the United States
“India’s Foreign Policy and Relations with the United States”
MR. DAVID KRAMER
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, United States Department of State
“Where is Russia Headed? Implications for Russian Relations”
DR. FREDERICK KAGAN
Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
“Today’s Most Urgent Question: Will the ‘Surge’ Work”
PROFESSOR JEFFREY LEGRO
The University of Virginia
“The Past and Future of the American Worldview”
MR. GORDON ENGLAND
Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Defense
“A Perspectiver on the Current Situation in Iraq and Security Challenges to the United States”
AMBASSADOR DAVID M. SATTERFIELD
Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State on Iraq, State Department, Coordinator for Iraq
“The Way Ahead in Iraq"
DR. JOHN DUKE ANTHONY
President and CEO, National Council on U.S-Arab Relations
“America and the GCC, Iraq and Iran: Analyses and Assessments”
MR. MARK MATTHEWS
Former Diplomatic Correspondent, The Baltimore Sun
“Missed Opportunities in the Middle East”
MR. DANIEL SULLIVAN
Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs
“American Economic Leadership and Strategies in an Era of Changing Dynamics in the Global Economy” |
