Thursday, November 19, 2009
George W. Ball Lecture
Kemal Dervis
George W. Ball Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at SIPA and former head of the United Nations Development Programme
Globalization After the Great Crisis of 2008-2009:
Continuity or Fundamental Change?
6:30pm
Kellogg Center, 15th Floor
International Affairs Building
There are many ways to gather information about SIPA. Our Web site, this blog, and a visit to SIPA are just a few of the ways.
iTunes is another avenue you can use to obtain information about opportunities available to our students. When you open iTunes and visit the iTunes store simply type “SIPA” into the search box and you will find a long list of SIPA lectures, forums, and panels available for download. They are all free and we publish events as they happen so repeat the search on a consistent basis for updates.
Last week at Columbia former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan discussed climate change during his delivery of the Gabriel Silver Lecture at Columbia’s World Leaders Forum. Annan is part of the first cohort of SIPA’s Global Fellows Program, a distinguished group of global leaders, each of whom has played a significant role in designing, shaping, or implementing solutions to critical global problems.
The following description of the event comes from the Columbia News Web site:
The Gabriel Silver Memorial Lectures were inaugurated in 1950 at the School of International and Public Affairs to foster international understanding and world peace. The first lecture was given by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Annan’s talk on climate change coincides with a range of Columbia-hosted events showcasing other leaders on the issue, including Sir Nicholas Stern, noted economist; Denmark’s minister for climate and energy, Connie Hedegaard; and the University’s own experts in climate science and policy.
The Columbia Global Fellows Program was established to bring to campus each year a distinguished group of global leaders, each of whom has played a significant role in designing, shaping or implementing solutions to critical global problems. In May, SIPA Dean John H. Coatsworth announced Kofi Annan as one of three inaugural Global Fellows; the others include Alfred Gusenbauer, former chancellor of Austria, and Tung Chee Hwa, former chief executive of Hong Kong.
You can view a full video of Mr. Annan’s speech by visiting this link.
Just another example of the tremendous access SIPA students have to those who help to shape policy related to international and public affairs.
As mentioned a few weeks ago on this blog, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Muhammad Yunus, visited SIPA and outlined his vision for a new business model in his talk on ” Creating A World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism.” The event was co-sponsored by Center for the Study of Human Rights, Center for the Humanities, SIPA’s Economic & Political Development Concentration, and Committee on Global Thought.
We are happy to say that his full talk is available for your viewing. Simply click here to view the video. The whole presentation is 71 minutes in length.
"The most global public policy school, where an international community of students and faculty address world challenges."
—Merit E. Janow, Dean, SIPA, Professor of Practice, International and Economic Law and International Affairs
