Calendar

Week of March 24, 2013–March 30, 2013

1. Mar 25

   Let there be Light: Addressing the Energy Access Challenge through Innovation

   12:30 PM – 1:45 PM

   with Kartikeya Singh, Junior Research Fellow, CIERP, The Fletcher School

2. Mar 25

   IBGC Speaker Series Presents: Stuart Spencer (F89), Chief Operating Officer, Chubb Accident & Health Worldwide

   12:30 PM – 1:45 PM

   Stuart A. Spencer is Chief Operating Officer of Chubb Accident & Health Worldwide, one of four strategic business units within one of the world’s largest property and casualty insurance groups. Mr. Spencer joined the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies as a Chief Operating Officer and head of its Life, Accident and Health division in June 2009 after more than a dozen years in the insurance industry. We will be live-tweeting at the event and encourage you to join us! Please mention @IBGC_Fletcher and use hashtag #IBGCSpeaks. Registration required via the link above.

3. Mar 25

   Admissions Information Session

   12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

   We invite you to attend a small group Information Sessions during your campus visit to learn about The Fletcher School.

4. Mar 25–
   Mar 26

   Deadly Dance: Arctic Warming and Global Climate Change

   5:30 PM – 4:00 PM

   Please join the Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy and Center for International Environment and Resource Policy on March 25 for dinner and on March 26 for a full-day conference on arctic warming and global climate change.

5. Mar 26

   Mafia Madness: Fletcher's Inaugural Internal Networking Event

   7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

   Fletcher Net Impact presents Mafia Madness - our first ever professional student-to-student networking event.

6. Mar 27

   Preventing Sex Trafficking by Targeting Demand: Holding 'Johns' Accountable

   12:30 PM – 3:00 PM

   This presentation and discussion will focus on how prostitution and sex trafficking intersect, and why stemming the demand for commercial sex is a critical piece to a comprehensive approach to combat trafficking.

7. Mar 27

   Gorillas and Elephants, People and Parks: Lessons in Conservation and Conflict from Central Africa

   5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

   with Bill Weber, International Conservationist, Co-Founder of the Mountain Gorilla Project in Rwanda, and Co-Author of In the Kingdom of Gorillas

8. Mar 28

   U.S. Cultural Diplomacy in Japan

   12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

   The Twenty-fourth Diplomatic Studies Roundtable presentation by and discussion with Mark Davidson F’86, Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs of the United States Embassy in Tokyo, on "U.S. Cultural Diplomacy in Japan."

9. Mar 28

   "My Life in North Korea": A Testimony by Joseph, a North Korean Defector

   3:20 PM – 5:00 PM

   Fletcher North Korea Working Group is pleased to host this meaningful event at The Fletcher School. Joseph Kim will share his North Korean life story, the long journey to freedom, and his new life in the U.S. This event will show how the North Korean people suffer in North Korea and what Mr. Kim went through to flee from North Korea in pursuit of a better life. This event will be off-the-record.

10. Mar 28

    Black Nobel Laureates (Ralph Bunche, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barack Obama) Debate War and Peace

    5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

    Please join The Fletcher Africana Club, The Fletcher Ralph Bunche Society, and The Fletcher Students in Security (FSIS) on "Black Nobel Laureates (Ralph Bunche, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barack Obama) Debate War and Peace"