| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| January 2011 | H.E. Igor Munteanu, Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to the US | “Discussion on “”Moldova’s European Future in Light of the November 28th Parliamentary Elections”" (Joint with GWU)” |
| January 2011 | Dr. Janamitra Devan, Vice President of Finance and Private Sector, World Bank | Dinner Discussion on “Are there any lessons that Europe and the US could learn from the recent development experience of Asia?” |
| November 2010 | Kati Suominen, Trans-Atlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund; Ted Truman, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute of International Economics; Angel Ubide, Director of Global Economics, Tudor Investment Corporation & Visiting Fellow at the Peterson Institute; Professor James Vreeland (Moderator), Georgetown University | Panel Discussion on “After the G20 Summit” |
| November 2010 | Jurek Martin, Financial Times Columnist | Dinner Discussion on “After the U.S. Midterm Elections”n |
| October 2010 | Alan Beattie, International Economy Editor of the Financial Times | Dinner Discussion on “After the IMF/World Bank Meetings and Towards the G20 Summit” |
| September 2010 | Deborah G. Rosenblum, Executive Vice-President of the Nuclear Threat Initiative; Justin P. Friedman, Director of the Office of Export Control Cooperation (ISN/ECC) in the State Department’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation; Blaise Misztal, Associate Director of Foreign Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center | Film Screening of Nuclear Tipping Point and Roundtable Discussion (Joint with Nuclear Threat Initiative) |
| September 2010 | Amar Bakshi, Special Assistant to Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the UN; Steve Feldstein, Professional Staff Member for the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee; and Harris Mylonas, Assistant Professor at GWU | Dinner Conversation on the UN |
| May 2010 | Liu Lina, DC Correspondent, Xinhua News Agency; Tan Yingzi, DC Chief Correspondent, China Daily; Xiong Min, DC Correspondent, 21st Century Business Herald; Yun He, DC Correspondent, China Central TV | Dinner Conversation with leading Chinese journalists in Washington DC on “Current China-European- U.S. Issues.” |
| May 2010 | Paul Adamson (Publisher of E!Sharp and Chairman of The Centre) and Danuta Hübner (Member of European Parliament, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, 2004-2009) | Brown Bag Lunch Video Conference on US-EU Relations in the Post-Lisbon Era (Joint with Bertelsmann Foundation) |
| April 20109 | David Rothkopf , CEO of Garten Rothkopf and a leading political commentator and author. | Private Dinner Conversation on “Obama’s Foreign Policy” |
| April 2010 | Film Maker Fabienne Lips-Dumas and expert Robert Alvarez, Senior Scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of Energy in the Clinton Administration | Film Screening of the widely acclaimed documentary on nuclear non-proliferation “The Children of Armageddon” followed by a panel discussion. |
| April 2010 | H.E. Audrius Bruzga, Ambassador of Lithuania to the US; H.E. Andrejs Pildegovics, Ambassador of Latvia to the United States | Baltic Perspectives on the Lisbon Treaty, Enlargement and the Future of the EU at Large |
| January 2010 | H.E. Vassilis Kaskarelis, Greek Ambassador | Dinner Discussion and Reception at the Greek Embassy on the Lisbon Treaty |
| November 2009 | H.E. Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarredo, Ambassador of Spain | Dinner Discussion on “Spain’s plans for its upcoming Presidency of the European Council” |
| October 2009 | Reception at British Ambassador’s Residence for the Launch of E!Sharp. Special Guest European Commissioner Ashton | |
| October 2009 | Kemal Dervis | Vice President of Brookings and former Head of UNDP |
| October 2009 | Event with The Washington Ballet’s Jeté Society Working Rehearsal of Don Quixote by the Washington Ballet | |
| September 2009 | Meglena Kuneva, EU Commissioner for Consumer Protection | Breakfast Meeting |
| September 2009 | Marco Vicenzino, Founder and Director of the Global Strategy Project | Dinner Discussion on ”US and European Foreign Policy in the Middle East” |
| April 2009 | Clare Lockhart, Co-founder & Director, Institute for State Effectiveness; Henry Ensher, Director for Afghanistan, State Department; Enrique Gelbard, Mission Chief to Afghanistan, IMF; Parag Khanna, Director of the Global Governance Initiative, New America Foundation | Panel Discussion on “The Situation in Afghanistan: Problems and Perspectives” |
| March 2009 | Paul Adamson, Co-founder and Chairman of The Centre, Brussels first “think-do tank” Founder and Publisher of E!Sharp; Baroness Ashton, European Commissioner for Trade; Jonathan Faull, Director General for Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission; David O’Sullivan, Director General for Trade, European Commission | Private Dinner Discussion |
| March 2009 | Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Former Spanish Minister of Justice, Leading candidate of the Spanish Social Democratic Party for the European Parliament elections (June 2009) | Discussion (Joint with SAIS) on “New Perspectives for Transatlantic Relations with the Obama Administration |
| February 2009 | Kathleen McNamara, Associate Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Matthias Matthijs, Assistant Professor of Political Economy, American University; Mitchell Orenstein (Moderater), Associate Professor European Studies Department, SAIS | Panel Discussion (Joint with SAIS) on “The End of Neoliberalism” |
| February 2009 | H.E. Pierre Vimont, Ambassador of France to the USA | Dinner Discussion at French Ambassador’s Residence on “An Assessment of the French Presidency of the EU” |
| January 2009 | Marek Belka, Director of the European Department, IMF and former Prime Minister of Poland | Dinner Discussion on “Europe, the New Member States and the Financial Crisis” |
| November 2008 | Daisuke Kotegawa, Executive Director for Japan, IMF; Edwin Truman, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics; Angel Ubide, Director of Global Economics at Tudor Investment Corporation; Professor Korok Ray (Moderator), Professor at Georgetown University and previously Senior Economist on the White House Council of Economic Advisors | Panel Discussion on “Bretton Woods II Summit” |
| November 2008 | H.E. Dr. Klaus Scharioth, German Ambassador | Lunch Conversation on “US After the Elections & the Bretton Woods II Summit” |
| October 2008 | Dr. Matthias M. Matthijs, American University Assistant Professor of Political Economy; Dr. Paul Mills, IMF; Dr. Kendall Myers, United States State Department Bureau of Intelligence Research | Panel Discussion on “Brown’s Britain and the Global Financial Crisis” |
| September 2008 | Moises Naim, Foreign Policy, Editor-in-Chief | Conversation and Reception on “The Dark Side of Globalization” |
| September 2008 | Edouard Balladur, French National Assembly, Member, Former Prime Minister of France | Address followed by Reception For a Union of the West (Partnership with the Streit Council) |
| August 2008 | Strobe Talbott, President of Brookings. Moderated by Daniel Dombey, Financial Times Diplomatic Correspondent Washington Bureau | Lunchtime Discussion on “U.S., Europe, and the World During the Next Administration” |
| June 2008 | H.E. Carlos Westendorp | Dinner Discussion on “The Transatlantic Relationship” |
| May 2008 | Andrei Ilarionov, Cato Institute, Former Economic Advisor to the Russian President | Discussion on Russia |
| May 2008 | Miriam Teresa Mozgan, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia, Deputy Chief of Mission | Celebration – Reception Europe Day and the EU Presidency (Partnership with ACES student organization) |
| May 2008 | H.E. Dominique Struye de Swieland, Embassy of Belgium, Ambassador | Dinner Discussion on Lisbon Treaty |
| February 2008 | Mattias Sundholm, Deputy Spokesperson for the Delegation of the European Commission in Washington | Dinner Discussion on “How the Shift in Power within the EU is is Affecting the Nordic Countries” |
| January 2008 | Pablo Pardo, El Mundo Correspondent | Dinner Discussion on “The U.S. Presidential Election.” |
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