Thursday,
November 30
3-5 p.m. Conference Registration
7-9 p.m. Fulbright Association Arts Task Force Program
Friday
December 1
8-10 a.m.
2-6 p.m. Conference Registration
10:15 a.m. Buses depart from Omni Shoreham Hotel for Fulbright Prize Ceremony
11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Fulbright Prize Award Ceremony, Lecture & Reception
International Trade Center
1:45 p.m. Buses depart for Omni Shoreham Hotel
2:15-3:30 p.m. Election 2000: The Congressional Outlook on International Affairs
Edward J. Blakely (Sweden 1985), Dean, Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School University
Daniel E. Bob (Fiji 1985), Special Assistant for Asian and Pacific Affairs Office of Sen. William V. Roth, Jr., U.S. Senate
Michael Haltzel (Germany 1963), Democratic Staff Director for European Affairs, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Norman J. Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Fulbright 40th Anniversary Distinguished Fellow
3:45-4:15 p.m. Annual Meeting of Members
Frederick G. Acker (England 1957), President, Fulbright Association, presiding
4:15-6:00 p.m. Fulbright Program Advocacy for Chapters & Members
Carol Bender (Japan 1997), President, Fulbright Association Arizona Chapter
Lisa Chapin, Director of Member and Chapter Services, Fulbright Association
Charles F. Dambach, Chairman, Coalition for American Leadership Abroad
R. Fenton-May (U.S.A. 1967), Chairman, Fulbright Association Board of Directors Committee on Advocacy & External Relations
Jelita McLeod, Director of External Relations, Fulbright Association
Michael Ringler, Staff Assistant, Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations
7-9:30 p.m. 23rd Annual Banquet and Keynote Address
Beatriz M. Ramacciotti (U.S.A. 1988), Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Peru to the Organization of American States (1994-2000)
Saturday
December 2
9-10:15 a.m. International Education Policy: What Lies Ahead?
Barry E. Ballow, Director, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, U.S. Department of State
Madeleine F. Green, Vice President and Director, Center for Institutional and International Initiatives, American Council on Education
Eugene P. Trani (Soviet Union 1981), President, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jayne Millar Wood, Project Manager, Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support, Council on Foundations
10:30 a.m.-Noon Saving the Earth: Reconciling Economic Development & Environmentalism
J. William Futrell (Germany 1957), President, Environmental Law Institute
Melinda Kimble, Vice President for Programs, United Nations Foundation
Aseem Prakash, Assistant Professor, School of Business and Public Management, The George Washington University
David M. Roodman (Vietnam 1998), Senior Researcher, Worldwatch Institute
12:30-2 p.m. Plenary Luncheon and Address
Tom Bettag (Japan 1976), Executive Producer, ABC News Nightline
2:00-3:15 p.m. Selma Jeanne Cohen Fund Lecture: "Expression in Dance"
Leslie Friedman (India 1983), Artistic Director, The Lively Foundation, San Francisco
7-9:00 p.m. Concert & Reception, The Mexican Cultural Institute
Derek Bermel (Netherlands 1995), clarinetist, composer
Sunday
December 3
9-10:15 a.m. Fulbright Association International Education Task Force: The Future of Education and the Fulbright Program
Gerald A. Heeger (Pakistan 1983), President, University of Maryland University College
9-10:15 a.m. Global Fulbright Network
Jane L. Anderson, Executive Director, Fulbright Association
Wiltrud W. G. Hammelstein (USA 1987), President, Fulbright Alumni e.V. (the German Fulbright Alumni Association)
Jaakko E. Laine (USA 1972), Chairman, Finnish ASLA-Fulbright Alumni Association
Hassan Mekouar (U.S.A. 1968, 1973), Immediate Past President, Moroccan American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange
Esad Prohic (U.S.A. 1986), President, Croatian Fulbright Alumni Association
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Concurrent Fulbright Association Task Force Meetings
Arts Task Force
International Education Task Force
12:15 p.m. Conference Adjourned
