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Fulbright Association 
24th Annual Conference

Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.

Schedule of Events

 

“Transforming Transitions: A Fulbright Perspective”

November 8 – 11, 2001

 


THURSDAY - November 8th
5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Conference Registration
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Member Share Program
 

FRIDAY - November 9th

8:00 a.m. - 10 a.m. Conference Registration
10:15 a.m. Bus Departs for Fulbright Prize Event
11:00 a.m. - 1:15 a.m. Fulbright Prize Award Ceremony, Lecture, & Luncheon Reception, U.S. Department of State
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Conference Registration
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Concurrent Workshops:

Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program

*Jochen Hoffmann - Chief, Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program

Fulbright Scholar Program

*Ellen S. Barclay - Deputy Executive Director, Council for International Exchange of Scholars

3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Coffee Break
3:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Fulbright Association: Looking Forward

*Fulbright Program Update

*Advocacy

*Chapter Development

7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. 24th Annual Banquet & Keynote Address

*Patricia de Stacy Harrison - *invited* Assistant Secretary of State for Educational & Cultural Affairs 

 

SATURDAY - November 10th

8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. The Digital Divide

*Gail Breslow (France 1977) - Director, The Computer Clubhouse Network, Boston

*Sally Shelton-Colby (France 1968) - Deputy Secretary-General, Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development; Member, Digital Opportunities Task Force

*Ethan Zuckerman (Ghana 1993) - *invited* Co-founder & CEO, Geekcorps

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. International Engagement: Art as Ambassador

*Miguel-Angel Corzo (USA 1979) - President & CEO, The University of the Arts

*Charles Hobson (Germany 1996) - Executive Producer, Vanguard Documentaries; Senior Fellow, Medgar Evers CUNY Digital Media Center

*Shirley Lim (USA 1969; Distinguished Lecturer, Singapore 1996) - Writer, Professor of English, University of California at Santa Barbara

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Plenary Luncheon & Address

*Thomas E. Gouttierre - Dean, International Studies and Programs & Director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha & University of Nebraska Medical Center; former Executive Director, Afghan-American Educational Commission (Fulbright Foundation), Kabul, Afghanistan (1971 to 1974)

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Shaping Civil Society

*Mark Brzezinski (Poland 1991) - Partner, McGuireWoods LLP; former Director of Southeast European Affairs, National Security Council

*Kenneth Gallant (Nepal 1991; India 1995) - Professor of Law & Director of Clinical Programs, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

* Denis Makarov (USA 1998) - Associate Professor of Political Science, Moscow State Pedagogical University

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Coffee Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. The Selma Jeanne Cohen Fund Lecture
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Embassy Reception & Performance, The Embassy of Indonesia

*I Nyoman Catra (USA 1992) - Member of the Faculty, Indonesian Arts College (STSI), Denpasar

Performing "Topeng Pajegan," a solo masked dance portraying several characters

 

SUNDAY - November 11th

8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Chapter Seminar
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Global Fulbright Network
12:00 p.m. 24th Annual Conference Adjourned

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