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Monday, February 10

SIPA in DC

Join us on February 10 to celebrate SIPA’s extraordinary 75+ year legacy and our vibrant community of accomplished alumni. This special evening will feature engaging conversations led by renowned SIPA faculty and thought leaders.

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Agenda

Opening Remarks

Opening Remarks

Keren Yarhi-Milo, Dean and Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Relations
Katrina Armstrong, Interim President, Columbia University in the City of New York

Economic Statecraft panel

Economic Statecraft in a Shifting World: Growth, Sanctions, and Global Markets

Wally Adeyemo, Former US Deputy Treasury Secretary; IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow and CGEP Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Edward Knight, Executive Vice Chairman, Nasdaq
Jacob J. Lew, Former US Ambassador to Israel; Professor of International and Public Affairs
Merit E. Janow, Dean Emerita at Columbia SIPA; Professor of Practice in International Economic Law and International Affairs (moderator)

acknowledgements

Acknowledgments and Special Messages

Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Journalist; Cofounder, CEO, and President of Rappler; Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs
Mozelle Thompson, ’76CC, IF ’79, ’81LAW, SIPA Advisory Board Member; CEO, Thompson Strategic Consulting; Presenting Sponsor Representative
Michael A. Nutter, David N. Dinkins Professor of Professional Practice in Urban and Public Affairs; Former Mayor of Philadelphia

The World Today Panel

The World Today: Navigating Complex Global Challenges

Lisa Anderson, Dean Emerita at Columbia SIPA; Special Lecturer and James T. Shotwell Professor Emerita of International Relations; Former President of the American University in Cairo
Mauricio Cárdenas, Professor of Professional Practice in Global Leadership; Director, MPA in Global Leadership
Thomas J. Christensen, James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations; Director of the China and the World Program at Columbia SIPA
Victoria Nuland, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor in the Practice of International Diplomacy; Director of the International Fellows Program at Columbia SIPA; Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Professor of International and Public Affairs; 67th Secretary of State; Former US Senator from New York; IGP Faculty Advisory Board Chair (moderator)

Across the Aisle panel

Across the Aisle: Energy at a Crossroads: US Policy, Global Impacts, and the Road Ahead

Jason Bordoff, Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs; Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA; Cofounding Dean Emeritus of Columbia Climate School
Paul Dabbar, Former Under Secretary for Science; Adjunct Senior Research Scholar of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA
Claire Shipman, ’86CC, MIA ’94, Cochair, Board of Trustees of Columbia University (moderator)

Dean Yarhi-Milo

Closing Remarks by Keren Yarhi-Milo

National Portrait Gallery

Monday, February 10

6:00 p.m. ET

National Portrait Gallery & Smithsonian American Art Museum
Kogod Courtyard
800 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

Sponsorships Available
Please email Michael Roberts or Katie Benvenuto for sponsorship information.

Tickets required for admission.

Featured Guests

Interim President Katrina Armstrong

Katrina Armstrong

Interim President, Columbia University in the City of New York
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Dean and Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Relations
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Professor of International and Public Affairs; 67th Secretary of State; Former US Senator from New York; IGP Faculty Advisory Board Chair
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Former US Deputy Treasury Secretary; IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow and CGEP Distinguished Visiting Fellow
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Dean Emerita at Columbia SIPA; Special Lecturer and James T. Shotwell Professor Emerita of International Relations; Former President of the American University in Cairo
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Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs; Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA; Cofounding Dean Emeritus of Columbia Climate School
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Professor of Professional Practice in Global Leadership; Director, MPA in Global Leadership
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James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations; Director of the China and the World Program at Columbia SIPA
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Paul Dabbar

Paul Dabbar

Former Under Secretary for Science; Adjunct Senior Research Scholar of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA
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Dean Emerita at Columbia SIPA; Professor of Practice in International Economic Law and International Affairs
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Ed Knight

Edward Knight

Executive Vice Chairman, Nasdaq

Former US Ambassador to Israel; Professor of International and Public Affairs
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Shelby Cullom Davis Professor in the Practice of International Diplomacy; Director of the International Fellows Program at Columbia SIPA; Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
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David N. Dinkins Professor of Professional Practice in Urban and Public Affairs; Former Mayor of Philadelphia
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Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Journalist; Cofounder, CEO, and President of Rappler; Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs
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Claire Shipman Alternative

Claire Shipman

’86CC, MIA ’94, Cochair, Board of Trustees of Columbia University

MozelleThompson

Mozelle Thompson

’76CC, IF ’79, ’81LAW, SIPA Advisory Board Member; CEO, Thompson Strategic Consulting; Presenting Sponsor Representative

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Sponsorships Available

Please email Michael Roberts or Katie Benvenuto for sponsorship information.

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