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Spring 2008
April 10
ISP-IEP Event: Politics Meets Foreign Policy: The 2008 Election & Beyond
Mona Sutphen, Managing Director of Stonebridge International LLC, discussed some of the key foreign policy issues likely to gain attention during the 2008 election cycle, as well as challenges for the next President as he/she manages U.S. national interests in a changing geopolitical landscape.
April 9
Sovereign Wealth Funds: the New Foreign Investors
IAB, Room 1512
Brad Setser, fellow in Geoeconomics at the Council on Foreign
Relations, discussed sovereign investors, what drives them, and
approaches to regulating their investments. Introduction by Merit Janow, professor in the Practice of Economic Law and International Affairs.
March 7
Federal Reserve Gold Vault Tour
A group of IEP’ers were able to visit the Fed's vault, which contains over $100 Billion worth of gold, roughly 30 percent of the world's official monetary gold reserves. The tour offered a rare glimpse of the gold, as well as the history of the gold-based monetary system.
February 20
Internship Coffee Hour
IAB Rm 918
1st-year IEP’ers were invited to an informal internship coffee hour to talk with 2nd-years about the internship process. Some of the internships represented were The Albright Group, Department of State, UNDP, Finca International, BNP Paribas, Chrysler Daimler, AIG, and McKinsey & Company.
Fall 2007
December 12
IEP Coffee Break
IAB Rm 918
IEP’ers got together for a short break from papers, projects, econ studying.
November 14
IEP Alumni/Student Happy Hour
The Ginger Man, 11 East 36th Street, between Fifth Ave and Madison
The IEP Alumni/Student Happy Hour brought together students and alums from the concentration, serving as forum for exchange between alumni and current students in the IEP concentration, and allowing alumni to reconnect with colleagues from IEP.
November 12
Current Developments in South Africa
IAB Rm 918
South African lawyer and WTO Appellate Judge David Unterhalter discussed current political developments in his country.
November 9
IADB Presentation on Regional Trade Agreements
IAB Rm 918
Dr. Kati Suominen, International Trade Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) in Washington, gave a presentation on some of the research at IADB concerning regional trade agreements (RTAs) in Central America.
November 1
Columbia University's APEC Study Center and IEP: Coping with Globalization: The Swedish Model
Jerome Greene Hall, Rm 105, 6:00-7:30p.m.
The discussion, featuring former Swedish Trade Minister Leif Pagrotsky with remarks by Professor Jagdish Bhagwati, focused on Sweden's experience with economic openness, especially on policies to manage the costs and benefits.
October 24
OCS Concentration 'Hour'
IAB 4th Floor, 1-1:30p.m.
IEP'ers took advantage of concentration PA's and representatives from OCS to ask career and curriculum related questions. Students were given resume supplements, concentration fact sheets, career information packets, articles from the OCS newsletter, as well as books and periodicals.
October 22
IEP & Business School event: Is American Anxiety Over Globalization Mistaken?
Lerner Auditorium, 6:30-8:00p.m.
The event, featuring Jagdish Bhagwati, University Professor of Economics and Law at Columbia University, and cosponsored with Columbia Bookstore, celebrated the New Edition of his book, "In Defense of Globalization." Panelists included Lael Brainard and Sebastian Mallaby. Opening remarks were made by Professor Merit Janow, with Sunil Gulati moderating.
October 9
IEP Internship Panel
IAB Rm 404, 1-2pm
Over 30 IEP'ers came to listen to 2nd years talk about their summer internship experiences at McKinsey & Company, UNDP, State Department, Standard and Poors, and Finca International.
September 27
Columbia Law School's Advanced Seminar in Comparative and International Trust & IEP Joint Event A Conversation with John Fingleton
Case Lounge, 7th Floor, Columbia Law School, 3-4:30 p.m.
Dr. John Fingleton, CEO of the UK's Office of Fair Trading, spoke on EU and UK Competition Law Policy.
September 26
IEP Social
1020
An impressive turnout of IEP'ers and other SIPA students packed into 1020 for our first social of the year.
September 14
IEP Recruitment Orientation
IAB 1501, 12-1pm
The Office of Career Services (OCS) organized an IEP Private Sector Recruiting Orientation for 1st and 2nd IEP students. This orientation gave students an opportunity to learn about all of the resources available for the private sector recruiting season.
September 7 and 8
IEP Retreat
First and second year IEP studentsare invited to a weekend in the woods at Camp Talcott.
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