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November 20-21, 2009 University of Wisconsin Law School	Transatlantic Conference on New Governance and the Transformation of Law This conference is by invitation. For more information, please contact the Conference Co-Chairs Louise Trubek (lgtrubek@wisc.edu) or Joanne Scott (joanne.scott@ucl.ac.uk).
November 19, 2009 206 Ingraham Hall	Russia's Resource Curse 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Konstantin Sonin, SUEK Assistant Professor at the New Economic School/CEFIR in Moscow
November 19, 2009 422 North Hall	Political Selection and Persistence of Bad Governments 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Konstantin Sonin, SUEK Assistant Professor at the New Economic School/CEFIR in Moscow
November 12, 2009 Pyle Center	Developing Risk-Based Food Safety Regulations: Using Attribution and Risk Assessment to Develop Risk-Based Food Regulations 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM *Registration Required.*
November 10, 2009 Wisconsin Historical Society	Coalition Politics in the 2009 Indian Election 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Eswaran Sridharan, Academic Director, University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study India
November 10, 2009 Sheraton Madison Hotel	Luncheon Review of the First Year of the Obama Administration 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Jeremi Suri, Professor of History *Registration Required.*
November 10, 2009 Sheraton Madison Hotel	Import / Export Compliance: The Nuts and Bolts of International Trade 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM John Goodrich, International Trade Consultant and Licensed Customhouse Broker; Jeremi Suri, Professor of History and Director of the European Union Center of Excellence; Mary Lynn Murtaugh, President of Global Back Office, LLC Registration Required.
November 7, 2009 Wisconsin Union Theater	Tales from the Planet Earth Presents: Sleep Dealer (2008) 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
November 7, 2009 Fredric March Play Circle	Tales from the Planet Earth Presents: Losers and Winners (2006) 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
November 7, 2009 Fredric March Play Circle	Tales from the Planet Earth Presents: The Sixth Section (2003) 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
November 6-8, 2009 Multiple Locations	Tales from Planet Earth Film Festival Tales From Planet Earth (TfPE) showcases environmental films from around the world in a three-day festival and community outreach events across Wisconsin.
November 6, 2009 336 Ingraham	Bridging the Gap Between Scholarship and International Policy-Making 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Peter Feaver, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, Duke University
November 6, 2009 Capital Conference Room, 5120AB Grainger Hall, 975 University Avenue	Improving Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains: Codes of Conduct, Monitoring, and Beyond 9:15 AM - 3:30 PM A public workshop sponsored by the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) and the UW-Madison Labor Licensing Policy Committee *Registration Requested, Free* VIDEO now available
November 6, 2009 226 Pyle Center	Law & the New Developmental State (LANDS) Meeting 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
November 6, 2009 The Madison Club	Special Madison Committee on Foreign Relations Breakfast 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Peter Feaver, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, Duke University
November 5, 2009 Wisconsin Veterans Museum	Civil-Military Relations and the Surge Decision 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Peter Feaver, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies, Duke University
November 3, 2009 1025 Engineering Centers Building	Who will be the Next to Pursue the Nuclear Bomb? 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Cliff Singer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Andrew Kydd, Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison Man-Sung Yim, North Carolina State University Paul Wilson, Professor of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 29, 2009 Pyle Center	US-Mongolia Relations: Looking Forward, Looking Back 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Jonathan Addleton, Ambassador Designate to Mongolia
October 29, 2009 336 Ingraham	How Capitalism was Built: the Transformation of Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Anders Aslund, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
October 26, 2009 Main Dining Room, University Club	From Dictatorship to the Security Council: A Political Memoir 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Heraldo Muoz, Chilean Ambassador to the United Nations
October 23-24, 2009 206 Ingraham	Extending Experimentalist Governance: From the European Union to the World? *This event is by invitation only. Please contact* *Jonathan Zeitlin* *if you are interesting in attending.*
October 22, 2009 8146 Social Sciences	"Women on the Line" Revisited - Changes and Continuities in Women's Work 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Dr. Miriam Glucksmann, Professor of Sociology, University of Essex
October 16, 2009 Wisconsin Veterans Museum	Until the Last Man Comes Home: POWs, MIAs, and the Unending Vietnam War 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Michael Allen, Professor of History, Northwestern University
October 13, 2009 206 Ingraham	Five Centuries of Latin American Inequality 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Jeffrey G. Williamson, Laird Bell Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Harvard University Honorary Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin
October 13, 2009 Alliant Energy Center Exhibition Hall	Effective Global Communication: Electronic Media and Managing Global Websites 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Michael Bradley, Global Product Manager, Core FT-IR Products, Thermo Fisher Scientific Ulrich Henes, President, The Localization Institute
October 10, 2009 Wisconsin Veterans Museum	Sacred Trinity: US National Security Policy During the American Century 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Andrew Bacevich, Professor of International Relations and History, Boston University
October 9, 2009 8108 Social Sciences	The Paradox of the Weak State Revisited: Industrial Policy, Network Governance, and Political Decentralization 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM Josh Whitford, Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
October 9, 2009 Health Sciences Learning Center Room 1345	Can Smarter Governance Improve Health? An Interdisciplinary Symposium 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM The symposium is open to UW faculty, staff, students, and the public. No registration is required. Its aim is to promote dialogue among researchers focused on clinical and translational research and researchers focused on the system-level structures and policies that facilitate or inhibit health system improvement and population health. *This event is approved for nine Continuing Legal Education Credits.*
October 8, 2009 Wisconsin Veterans Museum	The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Nicholas Thompson, Author
October 8, 2009 411 South State Capitol	Health Care Quality, Effectiveness, and Value: How Might State of Wisconsin Investments Pay Off? 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Julie Bartels, Wisconsin Health Information Organization Lisa Ellinger, Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds Jonathan Jaffery, Chief Medical Director of Medicaid and BadgerCare
October 1, 2009 Foley and Lardner	Mergers / Acquisitions / Divestitures: Growth and Survival Strategies for Challenging Times 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Panel speakers from Emory & Co., Ernst & Young, Foley & Lardner, GE Healthcare, JP Morgan Chase, Mertz Associates, and Robert W. Baird & Company *Please note that this event is located in Milwaukee, WI. Registration Required.*
September 30, 2009 Rigadoon Room, Edgewater Hotel	Africa's World War: Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Beyond 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Scott Straus, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the UW-Madison and Faculty Coordinator of the Human Rights Initiative Registration and Fee required.
September 24, 2009 206 Ingraham Hall	The Rise of Gazprom: Profits and Politics 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Rawi Abdelal, Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
September 15, 2009 Sheraton Madison Hotel	Free Trade Agreements: Current Trends in Policy and Practice 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Christina Sevilla, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Executive Office of the President Frank Bryant, Vice President, Strategic Development at InSinkErator, Emerson Electric Company *Registration Required.*
September 10, 2009 22 Ingraham Hall	China, Russia, and North Korea: Defense Industrial Systems and Pathways from Socialism 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM David Bachman, Professor, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
September 10, 2009 Wausau - CANCELED	Finding and Entering New Export Markets 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Linda Gorchels, Faculty Associate of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison *This event has been CANCELED.*
September 9 - October 9, 2009 8108 Social Sciences	The Paradox of the Weak State Revisited: Industrial Policy, Network Governance, and Political Decentralization 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM Professor Josh Whitford, Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
September 3, 2009 8417 Social Sciences	Measuring the Effects of Education on Smoking Behavior: Evidence from Twin Data 12:15 PM - 1:15PM Pierre Koning, Professor, Delft University of Technology, Program Leader, Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
July 10, 2009 Foley and Lardner	Mergers / Acquisitions / Divestitures: Growth and Survival Strategies for Challenging Times 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Panel speakers from Emory & Co., Ernst & Young, Foley & Lardner, GE Healthcare, JP Morgan Chase, Mertz Associates, and Rober W. Baird & Co. *POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 1, 2009*
July 2, 2009 Wisconsin Veterans Museum	Nation-Building from Germany to Afghanistan: Learning and Unlearning Old Lessons 12:00 PM –1:00 PM Jeremi Suri, E. Gordon Fox Professor of History, UW-Madison Lecture and discussion
July 1, 2009 Wisconsin Veterans Museum	The Choice of War: Vietnam 1965 and Iraq 2003 12:00 PM –1:00 PM Fredrik Logevall, Professor of History, Cornell University Lecture and discussion
June 29 - July 3, 2009 various locations	“Turning Points in the Cold War”: The 2009 SHAFR Summer Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations will hold its second annual Summer Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on June 29-July 3, 2009. The Institute is designed for college and university faculty and advanced graduate students, with priority this year being given to the latter group. The Institute will pay each participant an honorarium of $500 and cover expenses of travel and accommodations.
June 25, 2009 Engineering Research Building, Room 414	Aligning Energy Security and Environmental Interests 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Dr. Steven Stoft, Author of Carbonomics This will be an informal seminar.
June 16, 2009 Fluno Center for Executive Education - Skyview Room	Uncertainties in Mexico: Update for Wisconsin Companies 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Sigrid Emrich, Acting Counselor for Economic Affairs, U.S. Embassy, Mexico City Miguel Noyola, Principal, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago Jorge Prieto, Sales Director for Asia and Latin America, BouMatic *Registration is required.*
May 26-27, 2009 Tong Auditorium in Engineering Centers Building	Food Import Safety: Systems, Infrastructure and Governance Spring workshop of the WAGE Managing Import Safety collaborative. This conference will address food import safety from a variety of perspectives including systems analysis, infrastructure resilience, governance and policy analysis. UPDATE: Conference recordings are posted here.
May 15, 2009 Madison Hilton Monona Terrace	Breakfast meeting with the directors of Wisconsin's international trade offices 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM *Registration is required.*
May 14-16, 2009 University of Heidelberg	The Transcultural Atlantic: Constructing Communities in a Global Context This two-day conference to be held at the University of Heidelberg in Germany builds upon a multinational and multidisciplinary research project launched at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in March 2008.
May 14, 2009 Northcentral Technical College	Navigating the Global Marketplace: Opportunities for Northern Wisconsin Businesses 7:45 AM - 3:45 PM *Registration is required.* (Northcentral Technical College is in Wausau, WI.)
May 12, 2009 Italian Community Center	2009 Wisconsin International Trade Conference 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM 631 E. Chicago St. Milwaukee
May 7, 2009 Wisconsin Veterans Museum	The Forgotten Wars: Overview of the Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Brian Williams, Professor of History, UMass-Dartmouth
May 6, 2009 7200 Law, Lubar Commons	In Search of a Gendered Approach to the European Immigration Policy 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Maria Pia Belloni Mignatti Visiting professor at New York University
May 5, 2009 Lubar Commons, Law School	Globalization and Labor: Outsourcing vs. Immigration 2:45 PM - 6:00 PM CLE credits for Wisconsin attorneys pending approval. *Registration requested by April 30.*
May 5, 2009 Lubar Commons (7200 Law)	US International Trade Policy Under the Obama Administration: Living with the Legacy of the Bush Administration 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Kevin Kennedy, Professor of Law, Michigan State University
May 1, 2009 Room 8108, Sewell Social Sciences Building	The Developmental State in the Information Economy: Liberalism, Social Reproduction and the Ireland-Silicon Valley Nexus 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Professor Sean O'Riain, Professor of Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth and Visiting Scholar at the Buffett Centre for International and Comparative Studies at Northwestern University, part of the speaker series on "Remaking the Developmental State"
April 30, 2009 Wisconsin Veterans Museum	From "Hearts and Minds" to "Shock and Awe:" What are the Lessons of the Vietnam War for the 21st Century 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Jeremi Suri, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin - Madison
April 30, 2009 336 Ingraham	Has 'Social Dumping' Arrived in the EU? The Cases of Viking and Laval 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Catherine Barnard, Chair in European Law, University of Cambridge
April 24, 2009 113 Psychology Building (Brogden Hall)	Challenges to Microfinance in Rural Central America 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Featuring officials from microfinance institutions in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
April 23-24, 2009 BioPharmaceutical Technology Center	8th Annual International Bioethics Forum: Sustainability April 23-24, 2009
April 21, 2009 7200 Lubar Commons, Law School	International Agriculture and Food 2:45 PM - 6:00 PM CLE credit for Wisconsin attorneys pending. *Registration is requested by April 15.*
April 20, 2009 Monona Terrace, Hall of Ideas	From Sandbags to Sanity: Lessons from the Midwest Floods of 2008 This symposium will focus on improving state policies before the next disaster and providing better information on everything from hydrology to climate change and intergovernmental collaboration. *Registration is required by April 15.*
April 14, 2009 Wisconsin Veterans Museum	Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Gordon Goldstein, author
April 14, 2009 Sheraton Madison Hotel	Best Practices in Distributor Management 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Linda Gorchels, Director, Executive Marketing Education, UW-Madison Paul Baumgart, General Manager Asia-Pacific, TomoTherapy Incorporated *Registration is required.*
April 10, 2009 4th Floor Director’s Room, Grainger Hall (Room 4151)	Nations with/out Borders: Neoliberalism and the Problem of Belonging in Africa and Beyond 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Jean and John L. Comaroff
April 10-11, 2009 see event details	Global Governance and Shifting Sovereignties: Who Rules and How Please check the agenda for locations and details.
April 9, 2009 8417 Social Sciences Building	How Reliable are Income Data Collected with a Single Question? 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM John Micklewright, Professor of Social Statistics and Policy Analysis, University of Southampton, UK
April 9, 2009 Room 1143, Mechanical Engineering Building	Campylobacter Transmission: Probabilistic Inversion for Chicken Processing Lines 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Dr. Roger Cooke, Chauncey Starr Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
April 8, 2009 University of Wisconsin - Steven's Point	Why Vietnam Matters: An Eyewitness Account of Lessons Not Learned 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Lecture and book signing by Rufus Phillips, author *Note: This event is in Steven's Point, WI*
April 7, 2009 Wisconsin Veterans Museum	Why Vietnam Matters: An Eyewitness Account of Lessons Not Learned. 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Rufus Phillips, Author
April 6, 2009 Tong Auditorium	Back to the Future or Forward to the Past? Strengthening markets and rules for effective global energy governance 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Jan Martin Witte, Associate Director, Global Public Policy Institute *Registration requested.*
April 3, 2009 Wisconsin Veterans Museum	A New Deal for Vietnam 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Robert Brigham, Professor of History and International Relations, Vassar College
April 3, 2009 336 Ingraham Hall	New Directions in the Writing of International History 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Robert Brigham, Professor of History and International Relations, Vassar College
April 1, 2009 NROTC Building	The Promise and Failure of American Grand Strategy from the End of the Cold War to the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Jeremi Suri, Professor of History, UW-Madison
March 31, 2009 La Follette School Conference Room	Does charitable giving for international development differ from giving for donkey welfare? 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM John Mickelwright, Professor of Social Statistics and Policy Analysis, University of Southampton, UK
March 30, 2009 1106 Mechanical Engineering	Food Security and Bioenergy: Approaches to assess a complex relationship – Experiences from FAO's work in Tanzania 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Andreas von Brandt, UN Food and Agriculture Organization
March 27, 2009 Lubar Commons (7200 Law)	What's the Difference Between Corporation Law and Securities Regulation? A US-EU Comparative Perspective 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Richard M. Buxbaum Jackson H. Ralston Professor of International Law, University of California-Berkeley Law School Lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis. Registration is not required.
March 26, 2009 206 Ingraham Hall	The UN’s protection of human rights on the ground: dilemmas from Rwanda, Darfur, Nepal and beyond 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Ben Majekodunmi, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
March 25, 2009 22 Ingraham Hall	Exporting Uncertainty: How China's Governance Impacts the World 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM David Kelly, Australian Scholar of Contemporary Chinese Politics and Thought EVENT WAS RESCHEDULED FROM MARCH 23.
March 25, 2009 Lubar Commons, Law School	The Global Financial Crisis and Implications for Wisconsin 2:45 PM - 6:00 PM CLE credits for Wisconsin attorneys pending approval. Registration requested by March 19.
March 23, 2009 22 Ingraham Hall	Exporting Uncertainty: How China's Governance Impacts the World 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM David Kelly, Australian Scholar of Contemporary Chinese Politics and Thought EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR MARCH 25.
March 12, 2009 8417 Social Sciences	The Effects of Home Computers on Educational Outcomes: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Low-Income Community College Students 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Robert Fairlie, Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz
March 11, 2009 Rigadoon Room, Edgewater Hotel	The History and Politics of the Nobel Peace Prize 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Geir Lundestad, Director, Norwegian Nobel Institute, Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and Professor of History, University of Oslo *Registration is required.*
March 11, 2009 CANCELLED	The global financial crisis and the global South: The experience of South Africa EVENT CANCELLED Neva Makgetla, Economist, Southern African Development Bank
March 10, 2009 Alumni Lounge, Pyle Center	The Past and Future of US-European Relations 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Public lecture with Geir Lundestad 2008-2009 Marshall-Monnet Scholar-in-Residence
March 10, 2009 La Follette School Conference Room	Immigrant Entrepreneurs 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Robert Fairlie, Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz
March 10, 2009 Sheraton Madison Hotel	Remaining Competitive in the Future World of Work 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Mark Metzendorf, Vice President of Marketing, Manpower, Inc. *Registration is required for this MITA event.*
March 6, 2009 Room 2260, UW-Madison Law School	Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities for International Law 2009 Wisconsin International Law Journal Symposium *Registration requested by February 24.*
March 6-7, 2009 336 Ingraham Hall (March 6); 206 Ingraham Hall (March 7)	Exporting EU Governance Workshop Charles F. Sabel, Columbia Law School Jonathan Zeitlin, University of Wisconsin-Madison Closed workshop, registration required.
March 5, 2009 336 Ingraham Hall	European Regional Development and the New Member States László Bruszt. Professor of Sociology and Political Science, European University Institute in Florence, Italy
March 3, 2009 Imperial Garden Restaurant	Navigating a Chinese Business Banquet 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM Wang Xiaojun (Helen), South-Central University for Nationalities (SCUN), Wuhan, China *Registration is required by March 2.*
February 26, 2009 Grainger Hall Room 1100	Sino-US Relations in Light of a Financial Crisis and a New Presidential Administration 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Menzie Chinn, University of Wisconsin-Madison Edward Friedman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
February 26, 2009 8417 Sewell Social Sciences Building	Inequality the World Around from Rome to Today 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Jeffrey G. Williamson, Laird Bell Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Harvard University & Honorary Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin
February 19, 2009 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive	Building the Rule of Law and Corporate Governance in Russia: The Unfinished Struggle 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Matthew Murray, Corruption Risk Manager, TNK-BP Management (Moscow, Russia)
February 19, 2009 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive	Building the Rule of Law and Corporate Governance in Russia: The Unfinished Struggle 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Matthew Murray, Corruption Risk Manager, TNK-BP Management (Moscow, Russia)
February 19, 2009 7200 Law, Lubar Commons	Toward Adversarial Legalism in the European Union? Evidence from Data Privacy Regulation 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Francesca Bignami, Professor of Law, George Washinton University Reception to follow.
February 11, 2009 Memorial Union, TITU	The Global Food Chain: Winners and Losers 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM John Peck, Executive Director of Family Farm Defenders Michael Bell, Professor of Sociology Bradford Barham, Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics This event is one in a series of events celebrating Human Rights Awareness Week.
February 10, 2009 Memorial Union - Wisconsin Union Theater	Chrystia Freeland Lecture 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Financial Times, United States Managing Editor Reception and book signing to follow, TITU.
February 10, 2009 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive, Madison, WI	Have the Advantages of Sourcing from Asia Diminished? 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Tim Hanley, Vice Chairman, Deloitte & Touche LLP Ron Carringi, Director of Mechanical Engineering, Johnson Health Tech *Registration is required.*
February 10, 2009 Law School Room 7200, Lubar Commons	The Transformation of the Legal Profession in Contemporary China 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM Sida Liu, Research Associate at the American Bar Foundation and Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, University of Chicago
February 9, 2009 Memorial Union - TITU	Lives in the Balance: Human Rights and Immigration in the United States 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM Dan Banda, award winning writer and producer Alex Gillis, political secretary of the Immigrant Workers Union This event is one of a series of events celebrating Human Rights Awareness Week.
February 9, 2009 206 Ingraham Hall	War and Human Rights in Africa: Insights from Darfur/Chad, DRC, and Liberia 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Professor Jennifer Leaning Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School
February 5, 2009 Grainger Hall Executive Dining Room, 975 University Avenue	Free Trade under Threat: Impact for U.S. Business 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Paul Blustein, Journalist-in-Residence, Brookings Institution *Registration is required.*
February 4, 2009 3070 Grainger Hall	International Trade in the Headlines 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Paul Blustein (UW-Madison ’73), of the Brookings Institution’s Global Economy and Development Program, will discuss trends in international trade and describe his career trajectory as an international economics correspondent covering complex economic issues around the world.
January 30, 2009 8108 Sewell Social Sciences Building	Remaking the Developmental State 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Gay Seidman, Sociolgy John Ohnesorge, Law David Trubek, Law
January 26, 2009 5120 Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave.	Energy Development and Climate Change: Global Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Ashok Sarkar, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank
January 23, 2009 Tong Auditorium, 1550 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI	Policy Making in Energy Interdependent Systems 12:30 PM - 2:15 PM Nigel Jollands, Principal Administrator, International Energy Agency
January 22, 2009 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive	America's Russian Problem: A Russia Policy for the Obama Administration 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Melvin Goodman, Senior Fellow and Director of the National Security Program, Center for International Policy
January 14, 2009 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive	International Economic Forecast for 2009 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM William Strauss, Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago Jane Mezera, Currency Exchange Department at the US Bank in Milwaukee Registration is required for this Madison International Trade Association (MITA) event.
January 14, 2009 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive	International Economic Forecast for 2009 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM William Strauss, Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago Jane Mezera, Currency Exchange Department at the US Bank in Milwaukee Registration is required for this Madison International Trade Association (MITA) event.
December 16, 2008 Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse, 8390 Market Street, Middleton	Madison International Trade Association (MITA) Annual Holiday Meeting This event was rescheduled from December 9. Madison International Trade Association (MITA) event. Jean Feraca, host of NPR's "Hear on Earth," will speak. Please note that the date and time have changed since this event was originally posted. Registration required.
November 20, 2008 Morgridge Auditorium, 1100 Grainger Hall, 975 University Avenue	The Global Economic Crisis: The Untold Stories 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM The economic bad news keeps coming: a bursting housing bubble, a volatile stock market, restricted credit markets, a recession, and more. How did a crisis in the U.S. housing market grow into a full blown global economic crisis? What do these events mean for the global economy, governments, businesses and average people around the world? How might we evaluate proposed solutions here and abroad? Join a panel of distinguished UW-Madison professors who will offer different perspectives on the causes, consequences, and potential solutions for the global economic crisis.
November 18, 2008 La Follette School Conference Room	Do Gun Buybacks Save Lives? Evidence from Panel Data 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Andrew Leigh with Christine Niell
November 17, 2008 Pyle Center	Why Should We Care About Top Incomes? 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Andrew Leigh, Australian National University
November 13, 2008 Law 2260	Deadly Food and Product Liability: A Law-in-Action Perspective 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Denis Stearns, Marler Clark LLP
November 11, 2008 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive	Import/Export Compliance: The Nuts and Bolts. Madison International Trade Association (MITA) event. 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Lunch only: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Registration required.
November 10, 2008 180 Science Hall	The Students' Economic Forum 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM A forum with leading UW professors in Political Science, International Relations, Finance and Real Estate to discuss students' questions on the economic crisis and what it means for our generation's future.
November 7, 2008 3650 Humanities Building	The Shock Doctrine 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Naomi Klein, award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author
November 7-8, 2008 Nov. 7: Room 225, Pyle Center. Nov. 8, Lubar Commons (7200 Law)	Workshop on Law and the New Developmental State Nov 7, 8:30 AM -5:30 PM Room 225, Pyle Center Nov 8, 9:15 AM - 5:00 PM Lubar Commons (7200 Law) Invitation or registration required.
November 6, 2008 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law	Can (or Should) the Law Govern Markets? Lessons from Recent Economic Crises 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM - lecture 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM - reception Professor Diogo Coutinho University of Sao Paulo, Brazil & CEBRAP
November 6, 2008 Lubar Commons (7200 Law)	China's Emerging International Role: New Inequalities in the Developing World 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Professor Barbara Stallings (Brown University), with comments by Professor Ian Coxhead (UW Madison)
November 6, 2008 350 Bascom Hall	Nuclear Realities on the Korean Peninsula 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Donald Gregg, Former Ambassador to Korea For faculty and students of UW-Madison. Public also welcome.
November 6, 2008 Law 2260	How is the WTO SPS Agreement Used to Protect Free Trade as well as to Protect Our Resources from Invasive Vectors on Imported Goods? EVENT CANCELLED due to a family emergency. PowerPoint slides now available. Shirley Wager Pageé, Branch Chief, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
November 5, 2008 Microbial Sciences 6201	Application of Phytosanitary Measures in International Trade 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Shirley Wager Pagé, Branch Chief, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
November 4, 2008 Room 1003 (Tong Auditorium), Engineering Centers Building	The Regulation of Innovation: The Special Problem of International Safety Standards 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Vincent Brannigan, University of Maryland Bernd Beier, Munich University of Applied Sciences
October 31, 2008 336 Ingraham Hall	Seminar on US-EU Political Relations 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Javier Ruperez, Consul General of Spain and former Spanish Ambassador to the US
October 30, 2008 206 Ingraham Hall	Immigration, Terrorism, and the European Union 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Javier Ruperez, Consul General of Spain and former Spanish Ambassador to the US
October 30, 2008 Law 2260	From Plan to Market: The Development of China's Food Safety Law 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Yuanyuan Shen, Brandeis University
October 30, 2008 5120AB Grainger Hall (Capitol Conference Room)	The Global Financial Crisis: What You Need To Know Now 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Menzie Chinn, Professor of Public Affairs and Economics
October 23, 2008 Room 113, Brogden Psychology Building, 1202 W. Johnson Street	Global Affairs Forum 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Debate between Tammy Baldwin (Democratic Incumbent) and Peter Theron (Republican Candidate), Candidates for Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
October 23, 2008 RESCHEDULED FOR OCT. 30	The Global Financial Crisis: What You Need To Know Now The Global Financial Crisis program has been RESCHEDULED TO OCTOBER 30.
October 22, 2008 Waukesha, WI	Building Strategic Partnerships and Alliances Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association (WBMA) Annual Conference *Registration required.*
October 21, 2008 Microbial Sciences 2511	Risk-Based Regulation and Food Safety 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Lorna Zach, University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 20, 2008 Wisconsin Union Theater	Shirin Ebadi 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear one of the most important women of our time -- Dr. Shirin Ebadi, recipient of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and Iranian Human Rights Activist. Tickets will become available to students, faculty, staff and Union members on October 13th, and to the general public on October 16th.
October 20, 2008 206 Ingraham	The Future of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Shirin Ebadi Human Rights Activist and Nobel Peace Laureate Faculty/student seminar.
October 18, 2008 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 W. Mifflin St.	One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro, on the Brink of Nuclear War 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Michael Dobbs, author and journalist Lecture and book signing.
October 17, 2008 CANCELLED	The Writing of One Minute To Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro, on the Brink of Nuclear War CANCELLED Michael Dobbs, Author and Journalist
October 16, 2008 4151 Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave	One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Michael Dobbs, author and journalist
October 14, 2008 Rigadoon Room, Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Ave.	The Impact of the Current Global Economic Crisis 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Menzie Chinn, University of Wisconsin-Madison A last minute opportunity to hear from an expert on this topic. Registration required.
October 13, 2008 Lowell Hall Room B1 a/b, 610 Langdon Street	Panel Discussion: The Presidential Candidates and the Future of US Foreign Policy in the Middle East 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
October 10, 2008 Plenary Room, Grainger Hall	Proposals for Change: Economic Policy Platforms of the Presidential Campaigns 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM (Doors open at 10:00 AM) Austan Goolsbee and Ike Brannon (instead of Holtz-Eakin), top economic advisers of the two presidential campaigns, will discuss key economic issues. Free tickets are SOLD OUT. Webcast available here.
October 9, 2008 Fredric March Play Circle, Memorial Union	Boris Yeltsin and the Puzzle of the Hero in History 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Timothy Colton, Harvard University Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies Director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University Reception immediately following the talk in the Play Circle lobby.
September 26, 2008 180 Science Hall	Fair Trade Wine: South Africa's Post-Apartheid Vineyards and the Global Economy 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM William Moseley, Macalaster College, Assistant Professor of Geography
September 26, 2008 336 Ingraham Hall	'I’ve Worked It Out': Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Health and Politics, 1944-45 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Frank Costigliola, University of Connecticut Professor of History
September 26, 2008	The Perils of Intimacy: Harry Hopkins as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s National Security Adviser Frank Costigliola, University of Connecticut Professor of History
September 25, 2008 Wisconsin Veterans Museum	The Perils of Intimacy: Harry Hopkins as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s National Security Adviser. 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
September 25, 2008 Law 2260	Alternative Forms of Regulation: A Roundtable on Innovation in Food Safety 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Cary Coglianese, University of Pennsylvania Law School
September 23, 2008 6102 Social Sciences	African Bodies and Nuclear Things: Scenes from the Transnational Production of Uranium 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Gabrielle Hecht, University of Michigan Associate Professor of History History of Science Department Colloquium
September 23, 2008 8411 Social Sciences	Nuclear Histories in Europe and Africa: A Conversation with Gabrielle Hecht 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Gabrielle Hecht, University of Michigan Associate Professor of History History of Science Department Colloquium
September 11, 2008 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive	Failure of Independence in Central Asia 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Russell Zanca, Northeastern Illinois University Associate Professor of Anthropology
September 10, 2008 Room 272 at 1710 University Ave.	Is there a threat of a pandemic from Avian Influenza H5N1? Lessons from the past two years -- and 10 Billion Dollars Alan Zelicoff, MD 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Room 272 at 1710 University Avenue
September 9, 2008 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive	Global Quality Management: Controlling Your Risks and Costs Worldwide 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Michael L. Hetzel, Americas of Pro QC International Vice President *Registration required.*
August 12, 2008 Mariner's Inn dock, 5339 Lighthouse Bay Drive, Madison	MITA Summer Boat Cruise 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Summer networking on Lake Mendota
July 18-25, 2008 University of Wisconsin - Madison	China-US Water Symposium A Wisconsin Idea approach, connecting science, policy and practice.
June 24, 2008 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive	Chinese Costs are Rising! 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Jeff Anderson, OPS America Douglas Tucker, Quarles & Brady, LLP *Registration Required.*
June 24, 2008 10320 Orland Parkway, Orland Park, IL	Entering the Global Marketplace: Building a Solid Foundation for International Success 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM Executive briefing on entering the global marketplace, focusing on building a solid foundation for international success. This interactive briefing will be presented by local practitioners in key areas of international business. *Registration required*.
June 10, 2008 N19 W24101 N. Riverwood Drive, Waukesha, WI	Entering the Global Marketplace: Building a Solid Foundation for International Success 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM Executive briefing on entering the global marketplace, focusing on building a solid foundation for international success. This interactive briefing will be presented by local practitioners in key areas of international business. *Registration required.*
June 9-10, 2008 Pyle Center	Technology Entrepreneurship & Institutions Invitational Research Conference This year's conference will especially emphasize the origins of key patterns with an emphasis on causal theory. It will include an international focus and papers at several levels of analysis.
June 5, 2008 Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave.	Entering the Global Marketplace: Building a Solid Foundation for International Success
May 19, 2008 Room 4151, Grainger Hall	Tilting at Windmills? The Environmental Movement and the Emergence of the U.S. Wind Energy Sector 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Wes Sine, Cornell University Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations
May 16, 2008 Madison Hilton Monona Terrace	Breakfast with Wisconsin's International Trade Office Directors 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
May 15, 2008 Milwaukee Athletic Club, 758 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, WI	Building Bridges to Vietnam: Investing & Business Partnerships with Asia's Most Dynamic Emerging Economy 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM H.E. Le Cong Phung, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the U.S., and panels of experts will discuss how to invest and conduct business in Vietnam. Topics will include a discussion of the legal, regulatory and investment environment, case studies from manufacturers already active in this marketplace, as well as a description of opportunities in physical and IT infrastructure, real estate and equities. Registration Required.
May 6, 2008 Morton Room, 7324 Social Science	Can Peso problems Explain Carry Trade Returns? 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Martin Eichenbaum, Northwestern University Professor of Economics International Economics Workshop
May 6, 2008 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law School	International Trade, NAFTA & the Environment 2:45 PM - 6:00 PM Outreach workshop as part of the Impact of Globalization on National Law: Lessons for Wisconsin series Registration Requested.
May 6, 2008 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law Building	Impact of NAFTA on Trade and Investment in Mexico Noon - 1:15 PM Gustavo Vega-Canovas, Colegio de México Professor and Director of the Center for International Studies
May 2-3, 2008 Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.	Current Account Sustainability in Major Advanced Economies (II) Two-day conference featuring research from the Current Account Sustainability Collaborative. Registration Requested.
May 2, 2008 336 Ingraham Hall	Ratcheting Private Standards: New Modes and Mechanisms of Governance in the Forest Sector Noon - 1:15 PM Christine Overdevest, University of Florida Assistant Professor of Sociology
May 1, 2008 336 Ingraham Hall	Complying with Europe: Beyond the Goodness-of-Fit 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Michael Kaeding, European Institute of Public Administration (Maastricht, the Netherlands) Lecturer
May 1, 2008 Fluno Center for Executive Education	Global Imbalances and the U.S. Dollar: Doing Business in the World Economy 11:30 AM - 6:00 PM Will the U.S. trade deficit shrink? Will the Chinese, the Saudis, and the Russians continue to finance our trade and government budget deficits? Will the value of the dollar continue to fall? What are the global implications of the U.S. financial distress? And, how do these issues affect Midwest firms competing in the global market? *Registration Required.*
April 30, 2008 La Follette School Conference Room, 1225 Observatory Drive	Did Improving Public Health Services in England Pay Political Dividends for the Labour Party under Tony Blair? Noon - 1:15 PM Gwyn Bevan, London School of Economics Professor of Management and Health Care
April 30 - May 1, 2008 Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Drive	Treatment and Disposal of Food Products Contaminated by Biological Threat Agents What is your company’s emergency response plan for its hazardous food waste? Has your agency developed protocol to deal with a contaminated food event? Attend this workshop to learn about appropriate response and management techniques. *Registration Required.*
April 29, 2008 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 W. Mifflin St.	General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Joseph T. Glatthaar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Stephenson Distinguished Professor of History A 2008 Distinguished Lecture Series Event; lecture and book signing for Professor Glatthaar's latest book, General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse (2008).
April 29, 2008 Morton Room, 7324 Social Sciences	Rethinking the Effects of Financial Liberalization 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Fernando Broner, Researcher Centre de Recerca en Economia Internationale, Barcelona International Economics Workshop
April 29, 2008 Monona Terrace Convention Center, 1 John Nolen Dr.	Health Care Payment Reform and Pay-for-Performance in Wisconsin: How to Promote System Transformation (and What Not to Do) 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM Gwyn Bevan, London School of Economics Professor of Management Science Registration Requested
April 28, 2008 Room 1309, Health Sciences Learning Center	DALYs, QALYs, QALYs, DALYs: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Noon - 1:00 PM Gwyn Bevan, London School of Economics Professor of Management Science
April 28, 2008 206 Ingraham Hall	Virtue out of Necessity?: Commitment vs Compliance Approaches to Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains Noon - 1:15 PM Richard Locke, MIT Professor of Entrepreneurship and Political Science
April 25, 2008 Wisconsin Veterans Museum	A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM David W. Blight, Class of 1954 Professor of American History, Yale University
April 25, 2008 2294 Grainger Hall	Technological Domains and New Product Development Processes 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Laura Cardinal, Tulane University Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship WAGE/INSITE Interdisciplinary Research Series
April 24, 2008 1418 Van Hise	Korean Economy: Opportunities in Current Asia 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Okyu Kwon, South Korea Former Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy
April 23, 2008 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law School	International Finance and International Taxation 2:45 PM - 6:00 PM Outreach workshop as part of The Impact of Globalization on National Law: Lessons for Wisconsin series. *Registration Requested.*
April 22, 2008 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 W. Mifflin St.	Melvin Laird in War, Peace, and Politics 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Series of lectures focusing on Melvin Laird, the former Secretary of Defense and Wisconsin congressman.
April 21, 2008 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law School	Global Climate Change: Lessons from Bali Noon - 1:15 PM Workshop featuring UW-Madison professors.
April 19, 2008 Wisconsin State Historical Society Auditorium	Waging Peace: Citizenship in a Time of Unjust War 9:00 AM - Noon Scott Ritter Former chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq
April 17, 2008 Wisconsin State Historical Society Auditorium	Overt and Covert Wars: from Iraq to Iran in US foreign policy, 1990-2008 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Scott Ritter Former chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq
April 17, 2008 Director's Room, 4151 Grainger Hall	Intelligence Failure: Why did so many people think there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? Noon - 1:30 PM Scott Ritter Former chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq
April 16, 2008 Rigadoon Room, Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Ave.	The Reality of Arms Control: From the Trenches 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Scott Ritter Former chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq
April 15, 2008 Morton Room, 7324 Social Science	The Marginal Product of Capital, Capital Flows and Convergence 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Kanda Naknoi, Purdue University Assistant Professor of Economics International Economics Workshop
April 11, 2008 206 Ingraham Hall	Is There a Right to Food? Noon - 1:30 PM Olivier De Schutter, New York University Professor of Global Law
April 8, 2008 Morton Room, 7324 Social Sciences	Exchange Rates under Robustness: The Forward Premium Puzzle and Delayed Overshooting 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Aaron Tornell, University of California at Los Angeles Professor of Economics International Economics Workshop
April 8, 2008 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive	Practical Legal Consideration for Your International Business 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Erik Ibele, Attorney Neider & Boucher *Registration Required*
April 7, 2008 Health Sciences Learning Center, Room 1325	Health and Development in Africa: An International Dialogue This workshop is the fourth in a series that examines the impact of emerging health policy and public health challenges on the member states of the European Union as well as the European Union’s role as an international actor in global health.
April 7-8, 2008 Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.	Designing Pro-Poor Rewards for Ecosystem Services April 7 - 8, 2008 Land Tenure Center Spring Forum Registration Required
April 4, 2008 Fluno Center, 601 University Avenue	The Giant of Excess: Individual Behavior and Public Health 4:00 PM Julian Le Grand, London School of Economics Professor of Social Policy
April 1, 2008 Grainger Hall, Room 1175	Finding the Right Balance: Decisions under Uncertainty and Venture Capital Syndicate Size 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Zur Shapira, New York University Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management WAGE/INSITE Interdisciplinary Research Series
April 1, 2008 206 Ingraham Hall	Upgrading Local Enterprises in Developing Economies: Building Standards and Networks Noon - 1:15 PM Paola Perez-Aleman, McGill University Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization; Desautels Faculty of Management
March 26, 2008 Lubar Commons, 2600 Law School	International Intellectual Property Law 2:45 PM - 6:00 PM Outreach workshop as part of the Impact of Globalization on National Law: Lessons for Wisconsin series *Registration Requested.*
March 25, 2008 Morton Room, 7324 Social Sciences	Outsourcing and Volatility 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Rob Feenstra, University of California at Davis Distinguished Chair in International Economics International Economics Workshop
March 13, 2008 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive	The Basics of Importing: Who's Responsible for What? 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Scott Alan Case, Camelot Company Vice President *Registration Required*
March 11, 2008 Grainger Hall, Room 1175	Ambidexterity and Innovative Performance: The Role of Intellectual Human Capital and Strategic Alliances 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Frank Rothaermel, Georgia Tech Associate Professor of Strategic Management WAGE/INSITE Interdisciplinary Research Series
March 8, 2008 Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street	Emerging Powers in the Global System 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Conference on the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China.
March 7, 2008 Room 1335, Health Sciences Learning Center	Medical Tourism Meets Health Law: US-EU Dialogue 8:30 AM - 5:45 PM Wisconsin International Law Journal 2008 Symposium *Registration Required*
March 4, 2008 1175 Grainger Hall	The Push and Pull of Technological Resources: When do Scientist Entrepreneurs Start New Ventures? 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Alva Taylor, Dartmouth University Assistant Professor of Business Administration WAGE/INSITE Interdisciplinary Research Series
March 3, 2008 Social Science, Room 8417	Kafka, Blade Runner and the Global Condition: Anthropology and the Demystification of the Global System 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Jonathan Friedman, University of Lund (Sweden) Professor of Anthropology Directeur d'études, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
February 28, 2008 336 Ingraham	(Re)writing the History of the Cold War 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Robert McMahon, The Ohio State University Mershon Distinguished Professor of History
February 27, 2008 Wisconsin Union Theater, Memorial Union	Saving our Future Requires Tough Choices Today 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM The Concord Coalition Fiscal Wake-Up Tour, with David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States Wisconsin Union Distinguished Lecture Series *Tickets Required.*
February 27, 2008 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 W. Mifflin St.	Dean Acheson and the Building of an American-Led World Order 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Robert McMahon, The Ohio State University Mershon Distinguished Professor of History
February 26, 2008 Morton Room, 7324 Social Sciences	The Domestic and International Effects of Financial Deregulation 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Fabio Ghironi, Boston College Associate Professor of Economics International Economics Workshop
February 21, 2008 206 Ingraham Hall	Europe as Empire: On the Nature of the Enlarged European Union 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Jan Zielonka, University of Oxford Professor of European Politics EUCE 2007-2008 Marshall-Monnet Scholar-in-Residence
February 21, 2008 Elbling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences Building, 1550 Linden Dr	Wisconsin Life Sciences: World Perspectives and Wisconsin's Advantage 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM G. Steven Burrill, Founder Burrill & Company
February 19, 2008 Morton Room, 7324 Social Science	Global Business Cycles: Convergence or Decoupling? 3:00 PM - 5:15 PM Eswar Prasad, Cornell University Senior Professor of Trade Policy International Economics Workshop
February 18, 2008 Vandeburg Auditorium, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.	Are China's and India's Growth Miracles Built to Last? 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Eswar Prasad, Cornell University Senior Professor of Trade Policy
February 15, 2008 University of Chicago, John Hope Franklin Room, Social Science 224	Joint University of Wisconsin and University of Chicago Workshop: "Crisis and Continuity in a Globalized Political History" A collaborative workshop at the University of Chicago. The workshop brings together faculty and graduate students from the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to discuss globalizing political history, with a focus on the theme "crisis and continuity."
February 12, 2008 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 702 John Nolen Drive	A View from the Trenches of International Trade 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Neal Asbury, Founder Greenfield World Trade *Registration Required*
February 8, 2008 336 Ingraham	War and the Media: From Vietnam to Iraq 10:30 AM - Noon Chester Pach, Ohio University Professor of History
February 7, 2008 Wisconsin Veterans Museum	The Tet Offensive on Television: War, TV News, the President, and Politics in 1968 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
February 7, 2008 206 Ingraham Hall	Energy from the Caspian: A New Great Game for Russia, Central Asia, and the World 4:00 PM David E. Knuti, Officer Foreign Commercial Service
January 31, 2008 Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street	Private Military and Security Corporations and the Work of the United Nations Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries as a Means of Violating Human Rights and the Right to Self-Determination 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM José Luís Gómez del Prado, Chair Amada Benavides, Member UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries
January 31 - February 2, 2008 Pyle Center	The Privatization of Security and Human Rights in the Americas: Perspectives from the Global South This unique conference brings together academic and non-academic experts on private military and security corporations (PMSCs) from throughout the Western Hemisphere to discuss the global growth of PMSCs and their regional impact on such areas as human rights, human security, and public accountability. *Registration requested.*
January 29, 2008 Grainger Hall, Room 1175	Conferences as Venues for the Organization of Emerging Organizational Fields: the Case of Cochlear Implants 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Raghu Garud, Penn State Professor of Management and Organization WAGE/INSITE Interdisciplinary Research Series
January 23, 2008 Rigadoon Room, Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Ave.	Henry Kissinger and the Seeds of the Contemporary Middle East Crisis 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Jeremi Suri, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor of History
January 8, 2008 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive	Compliance Basics: Critical Building Blocks to Trade Compliance Management 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Steve Rubison, Director of Global Import/Export JohnsonDiversey Inc. Jennifer Lam, Corporate Trade Compliance Manager Fiskars Brands *Registration Required*
December 11, 2007 The Madison Club, 5 E. Wilson St.	MITA Annual Holiday Meeting 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Gail Ambrosius, Owner Gail Ambrosius Chocolates *Registration Required*
December 4, 2007 Morton Room, 7324 Social Sciences	Cyclical Wage Movements in Emerging Markets Compared to Developed Economies: the Role of Interest Rates 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Nan Li, Ohio State University International Economics Workshop
December 3, 2007 206 Ingraham Hall	Democratizing the Transnational Polity Noon - 1:30 PM James Bohman, Saint Louis University Danforth Professor of Philosophy
November 30, 2007 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 W. Mifflin St.	A Field Report from Afghanistan: Tracking Al Qaeda and Taliban Suicide Bombers in the 'Forgotten War' Noon - 1:30 PM Brian Glyn Williams, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Professor of History
November 28, 2007 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law School	Law and the New Developmental State in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa: Implications for Law and Policy Noon - 1:15 PM Roundtable event featuring speakers from the Department of Political Science and the University of Wisconsin Law School.
November 20, 2007 Morton Room, 7324 Social Sciences	Technological Mismatch: A Model of Trade and Technology Diffusion 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Thomas Chaney, University of Chicago Assistant Professor of Economics International Economics Workshop
November 14, 2007 2120 Grainger Hall	Beyond Kyoto 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM This December in Bali, new international talks will be launched to determine the successor to the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change. We know the problem is real. The science has spoken. But how do we move forward with a solution? Join a distinguished panel of UW-Madison faculty to discuss what we have learned about environmental governance in the past 10 years and how science and politics frame our options for a post-Kyoto world.
November 13, 2007 Rigadoon Room, Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Ave.	Nigeria: A Critical U.S. Partner 5:30 PM -7:30 PM John Campbell Former Ambassador and UW-Madison Diplomat-in-Residence RSVP Required- see details for information.
November 13, 2007 2165 Grainger Hall	The Geographic Reach of Market and Non-Market Channels of Technology Transfer 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Arvids Ziedonis, University of Michigan- Ann Arbor Associate Professor of Corporate Strategy WAGE/INSITE Inter Disciplinary Research Series
November 13, 2007 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive	Transportation Options and Documentation 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Tom Petersen, Spectrum Brands Transportation Professional Paul Crepeau, Phoenix International Operations Development Manager *Registration Required.*
November 12, 2007 Room 1106, Mechanical Engineering Building	Energy Victory: Breaking Free of Oil 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Dr. Robert Zubrin Author and Engineer Registration requested.
November 12, 2007 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law School	A New Role for the State in Brazilian Development: Prospects and Challenges Noon - 1:15 PM Diogo Coutinho, University of Sao Paulo Professor of Law
November 8, 2007 Ingraham 336	WAGE Collaborative CFP - Info Session Noon - 1:00 PM Alison Alter, WAGE Associate Director, will hold an informational session to answer initial questions related to the call for proposals for WAGE research collaboratives. We invite all interested faculty to attend and take advantage of this opportunity to connect with other faculty working on questions of globalization and the international economy. Brown bags welcome. Click here to view the CFP.
November 7, 2007 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law Building	Good Governance and New Governance: Taxonomizing the Relationships Noon - 1:00 PM Kerry Rittich, University of Toronto Associate Professor of Law
November 6, 2007 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 W. Mifflin St.	Lessons Learned? Reflections on the 9/11 Commission 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Warren Bass, The Washington Post Deputy Editor of Outlook, Sunday's commentary and opinion section
November 6, 2007 Grainger Hall, Room 2165	Learning to Live with Patents: The Changing Role of Intellectual Property Rights Among Life Scientists 4:00 - 5:00 PM Fiona Murray, MIT Associate Professor in Technological Innovation & Entrepreneurship WAGE/INSITE Inter Disciplinary Research Series Rescheduled from October 16th.
November 6, 2007 Morton Room, 7324 Social Sciences	Do Falling Iceberg Costs Explain Recent US Export Growth? 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM George Alessandria, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Senior Economist International Economics Workshop
November 6, 2007	Research and Teaching New Governance in the US and EU Workshop Noon - 1:30 PM Informal discussion led by David and Louise Trubek, UW-Madison, and Colin Scott, University College-Dublin, on implications of the new governance turn for teaching and research. New Governance and the Law Series
November 5, 2007 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law School	Rethinking Regulation: Governance Beyond the Regulatory State Noon - 1:30 PM Colin Scott, University College Dublin Professor of EU Regulation and Governance New Governance and the Law Series
November 2, 2007 Monona Terrace, 1 John Nolen Drive	Business, Environment and Social Responsibility Forum 9:30 AM - 12:15 PM A lecture and panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities that lie at the intersection of business profitability, human rights and environmental ethics.
October 30, 2007 7324 Social Science	Welfare-Based Evaluation on Real Exchange Stabilization in the Presence of News about the Future 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Deokwoo Nam, University of Wisconsin- Madison Department of Economics International Economics Workshop
October 30, 2007 8417 Social Sciences	Can the World's Only Superpower Remain the World's Biggest Borrower? Noon - 1:15 PM Brad Setser, Council on Foreign Relations Geoeconomics Center Fellow
October 29, 2007 Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation Building	Trade Briefing with Visiting Government Delegation from Kano, Nigeria This trade briefing brings together a delegation of government officials and some business representatives from the Nigerian state of Kano and Wisconsin government officials, Madison business leaders, UW-System faculty, and representatives of University Research Park. Kano State, as one of the largest states in Nigeria, shares similar characteristics with Wisconsin. It is a rich agricultural state in Nigeria and has the largest commodity market in West Africa. The visiting delegation learned about trade opportunities for Nigerian companies and possibilities for Wisconsin companies to invest in Kano, particularly in biotechnology.
October 26, 2007 Ingraham 336	Israel and American Foreign Policy 10:00 AM - Noon Michael Desch, Texas A&M University Robert M. Gates Chair in Intelligence and National Security Decision-Making at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service and Director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs
October 25, 2007 Morgridge Auditorium, 1100 Grainger Hall	Is a US Military Strike on Iran Inevitable? 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Gary Sick, Columbia University Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor of International Affairs
October 25, 2007 Wisconsin Veteran's Museum, 30 W. Mifflin St.	Bush and the Generals: What Went Wrong? 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Michael Desch
October 23, 2007 AB20 Weeks Hall, 1215 W. Dayton St.	Climate Change: A Review for Everyone 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Dr. Susan Solomon 2007 IPCC Scientific Assessment Report Co-Chair, Working Group I Reception starts at 6:30 PM.
October 18, 2007 Madison Area Technical College Truax Campus, 3550 Anderson Street	Science Enhancing Life 8:15 AM - 4:15 PM Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association (WBMA) Annual Conference *Registration Required.*
October 17, 2007 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 W. Mifflin St.	The Global War on Terror: A Status Report 7:00 PM - 8:30PM Daniel Benjamin, Brookings Institution Director of the Center on the United States and Europe and Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies
October 17, 2007 Grainger Hall - See Today In Grainger Hall	Raising Our Game: The Future of Sustainable Business, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Meghan Chapple-Brown, SustainAbility Director of Client Services
October 16, 2007 Grainger Hall, Room 2165	Learning to Live with Patents: The Changing Role of Intellectual Property Rights Among Life Scientists 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Fiona Murray, MIT Associate Professor in Technological Innovation & Entrepreneurship WAGE/INSITE Inter Disciplinary Research Series
October 16, 2007 Morton Room, 7324 Social Sciences	Sovereign Debt and the Tragedy of the Commons 3:00 PM - 5:15 PM Manuel Amador, Stanford University Assistant Professor of Economics International Economics Workshop
October 16, 2007 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Dr.	International Marketing and Pricing Strategies Dick Gesteland, Author and Workshop Leader Mike Lauenstein, Bemis Company, Inc. Sales Manager *Registration required.*
October 13, 2007 Madison Room, Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club, 1 W. Dayton Street	US-India Relations 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Plenary Session as part of the Annual Conference on South Asia.
October 12, 2007 Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club, 1 W. Dayton Street	Economic Globalization and the Digital Divide in India 12:15 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch and roundtable discussion as part of the Annual Conference on South Asia. *Registration Required.*
October 12, 2007 3070 Grainger Hall	Globalizing the Undergraduate Experience 8:45 AM - 5:45 PM Joint workshop between the University of Wisconsin-Superior and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
October 10, 2007 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 W. Mifflin St.	Henry Kissinger and the American Century 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Jeremi Suri, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor of History 2007 Distinguished Historians Lecture Series
October 10, 2007 Fluno Center	Corporate Social Responsibility and Its Implications for Business and Government in Wisconsin 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Bennett Freeman, Calvert Group Head of Social Research and Policy
October 9, 2007 B10 Ingraham Hall	Global Corporate Responsibility and Socially Responsible Investment 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Bennett Freeman, Calvert Group Head of Social Research and Policy
October 9, 2007 2165 Grainger Hall	Patenting, Venture Capital, and the Brave New Markets for Race-Specific Pharmacogenomics 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Subha Ghosh, Southern Methodist University Professor of Law WAGE/INSITE Inter Disciplinary Research Series
October 9, 2007 Morton Room, 7324 Social Sciences	International Portfolios with Supply, Demand and Redistributive Shocks 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Nicolas Coeurdacier, ESSEC Business School Paris International Economics Workshop
October 8, 2007 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law School	The EU Anti-Discrimination System as an Experimental Regime Noon - 1:30 PM Grainne de Burcá, Fordham Law School Professor of Law New Governance and the Law Series
October 5, 2007 206 Ingraham Hall	"I Dreamed Misery Number 1, Misery Number 2": Burmese Workers in the Thai Economy Noon Ian Coxhead, University of Wisconsin Professor of Agriculture and Applied Economics
October 3, 2007 206 Ingraham Hall	The 'Cultural Turn' in the Writing of International History Noon - 2:00 PM Andrew Rotter, Colgate University Professor of History
October 2, 2007 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 W. Mifflin St.	Narratives of Bombing: Tokyo and Hiroshima, 1945 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Andrew Rotter, Colgate University Professor of History 2007 Distinguished Historians Lecture Series
October 2, 2007 Morton Room, 7324 Social Sciences	Contract Enforcement and Firms' Financing 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Cristina Arellano, University of Minnesota Assistant Professor of Economics International Economics Workshop
September 27, 2007 Wisconsin Union Theater in Memorial Union	Democracy Now! 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Host and Executive Producer *Tickets Required.*
September 25, 2007 2165 Grainger Hall	On the Life-Cycle Dynamics of Venture Capital and Non-Venture-Capital-Financed Firms 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Manju Puri, Duke University Professor of Finance WAGE/INSITE Inter Disciplinary Research Series.
September 24, 2007 Fluno Center for Executive Education, Skyview Room	The Rise of the Yuan 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM China plays a growing role in an interconnected world economy and its foreign exchange policy will undoubtedly affect the world in general. Since 2005, the Chinese currency (the yuan) has risen in value. Today, some U.S. policymakers advocate exerting pressure on the Chinese government to revalue the yuan much more against the dollar. For U.S. companies manufacturing in or buying products from China, this situation raises some important questions: What factors contribute to the yuans appreciation? What is the likely trajectory of the Chinese currency? What are the potential consequences of a sharp revaluation? And finally, what, if anything, can those buying or building products in China do in response to these changes? Registration Required.
September 24, 2007 3190 Grainger Hall	Economic Opportunities in Romania 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Learn about Romania, its economy and investment climate, and business opportunities for Wisconsin companies from two speakers representing the Consulate General of Romania in Chicago: George Predescu, Consul General Gheorghe Gruia, Consul for Economic Affairs
September 21, 2007 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law School	The Rule of Law in the Experimentalist Welfare State: Lessons from Child Welfare Reform Noon - 1:30 PM William Simon, Columbia Law School New Governance and the Law Series
September 20, 2007 206 Ingraham Hall	The United States and Poland: A New Special Relationship? 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Bart Putney, U.S. State Department Poland Desk Officer
September 18, 2007 Morton Room, 7324 Social Sciences	Financial Integration and International Risk Sharing 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM Jin Zhang, University of Michigan Assistant Professor of Economics International Economics Workshop
September 11, 2007 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive	Gaining Maximum Benefit from International Opportunities 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM In the first seminar of the 2007- 2008 series sponsored by the Madison International Trade Association, Chuck West and Ken Wasylik will discuss how successful companies expand their international sales and operations. Chuck will discuss the implications for companies of the new model of international sales which relies on distribution channels and website partnerships. Ken has interviewed many Wisconsin Governor’s Export Award winners and will share real examples of Wisconsin companies successful in the international arena. Registration is required.
September 10, 2007 Room 106, Engineering Research Building, 1500 Engineering Drive	The Geopolitics of Oil 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Robert Langenkamp International Oil Consultant
August 21, 2007 Lake Mendota	MITA Summer Boat Cruise Networking on Lake Mendota
August 7, 2007 Fluno Center for Executive Education	Wisconsin Trade Mission to Japan and China Pre-Departure Briefing This pre-departure trade mission briefing will prepare participants for the State of Wisconsin Trade Mission to Japan and China. The mission will seek to increase sales of Wisconsin products and services, encourage foreign direct investment in the state, assist Wisconsin's leaders in learning more about market potential in Japan and China, and expand the state's cultural and educational ties with these countries.
June 19, 2007 Monona Terrace Convention Center, One John Nolen Drive	Innovative Environmental Governance and Regulation in the European Union: Any Lessons for US? 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM How can the U.S. and the EU find solutions to environmental problems which also promote the economy? This workshop will bring together experts from the European Commission, national administrations, business, NGOs, and academia to analyze current developments in EU environmental policy, and explore with the audience their implications for the U.S. and other parts of the world. *Registration Required.*
June 4-6, 2007 Fluno Center for Executive Education, 601 University Avenue	Expanding Your Global Business into Greater China Executive Education course
May 22-23, 2007 Tripp Commons, UW Memorial Union	Technology Entrepreneurship & Institutions: Contemporary and International Research May 22, 7:45 AM - 5:30 PM; reception will follow May 23, 7:45 AM - 3:30 PM Event co-chairs: Anne Miner, UW-Madison Executive Director & Chair, INSITE; Management and Human Resources Brad Barham, UW-Madison Co-Director Agricultural Technology Studies; Department Chair, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
May 21, 2007 Conference Room 50, MG&E Innovation Center, University Research Park, 510 Charmany Drive, Madison	Doing Business in China 2:30 - 4:15 PM Collaborative workshop between the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association (WBMA), and the Department of Commerce.
May 18, 2007 Hilton Madison Monona Terrace Hotel, 5 East Wilson Street	Breakfast Meeting with Wisconsin's International Trade Office Directors 7:30 - 9:00 AM Wisconsin's international offices in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, and Europe provide valuable in-country contacts for Wisconsin exporters. Every May the directors return to the state to update Wisconsin exporters about changing business conditions and opportunities as well as offer assistance in making contacts or implementing sales strategies in their markets. Registration required by Monday, May 14.
May 16, 2007 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law School	International Trade Law & Intellectual Property Law The third in a series of workshops for attorneys, policymakers, state agencies, civil society and other interested groups on the theme "When Global Society Meets Local Society: The Impact of Globalization on National Law." Free, *registration is required*. 3.0 CLE credits.
May 8, 2007 Morton Room, 7324 Social Sciences	Financial Exchange Rates and International Currency Exposure 3:45 - 5:15 PM Philip Lane, Trinity College, Dublin International Economics Workshop
May 1, 2007 1170 Grainger Hall	Key Factors for Success: The Israel High-tech Case 4:00 - 6:00 PM Uzi de Haan, Technion Professor, Industrial Engineering & Management
May 1, 2007 Morton Room, 7324 Social Sciences	Lumpy Trade and the Price of Imports in Large Devaluations 3:45 - 5:15 PM Virgiliu Midrigan, FRB-Minneapolis & NYU International Economics Workshop
May 1, 2007 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law School	International Human Rights Law The second in a series of workshops for attorneys, policymakers, state agencies, civil society and other interested groups on the theme "When Global Society Meets Local Society: The Impact of Globalization on National Law." Free, registration is required. 3.0 CLE credits.
April 24, 2007 1170 Grainger Hall	Searching for Silicon Valley in the Rust Belt: The Evolution of Knowledge Networks in Akron and Rochester 4:00 - 6:00 PM Sean Safford, University of Chicago Assistant Professor, Organizations & Strategy
April 24, 2007 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law School	International Environmental Law: Global Climate Change 2:45 - 5:30 PM The first in a series of workshops for attorneys, policymakers, state agencies, civil society and other interested groups on the theme "When Global Society Meets Local Society: The Impact of Globalization on National Law." Free, registration is required. 3.0 CLE credits.
April 20, 2007 115 Taylor Hall	World Bank: Agricultural Trade Reform Under the Doha Agenda 2:00 - 3:30 PM Will Martin Lead Economist in the Trade division of the World Bank's Development Research Group Development Workshop, Department of Agriculture & Applied Economics
April 20-22, 2007 206 Ingraham	"New Architecture of EU Governance" Conference Workshop examining the evolving pattern of EU governance across a wide range of policy sectors, including environmental protection, data privacy, financial market regulation, anti-discrimination rights, justice and home affairs, energy, food safety, GMOs, economic policy coordination, external relations and development aid. Registration Required.
April 18, 2007 8411 Social Science Building	Lobbying the EU 4:00 PM David Coen, University College London School of Public Policy
April 17, 2007 1170 Grainger Hall	The Coevolution of Science, Technology and Strategy in Everyday Practice 4:00 - 6:00 PM Deborah Dougherty, Rutgers Professor of Management & Global Business
April 17, 2007 336 Ingraham Hall	Stirring the Lions: Strategy and Tactics in the Global Higher Education Wars Noon Susan Robertson, University of Bristol, UK Professor of Sociology of Education and Coordinator of the Centre for Globalisation Education and Societies
April 10, 2007 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 W. Mifflin St.	Iraq: A Constitutional Perspective 7:00 - 8:30 PM Brady Williamson, Godfrey & Kahn, S.A. Attorney
April 10, 2007 1170 Grainger Hall	Building Dynamic Capabilities: Innovation Driven By Individual, Firm, and Network Level Effects 4:00 - 6:00 PM Frank Rothaermel, Associate Professor and Andrew Hess, PhD Candidate Strategic Management, Georgia Tech WAGE/INSITE Inter Disciplinary Research Series
April 10, 2007 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive	Getting Paid in Export Transactions 11:45 AM - 2:30 PM This event is part of a series of programs designed for the benefit of new-to-export companies, as well as for companies needing to brush up on the export process. *Registration required.*
April 3, 2007 KI Convention Center – Green Bay, Wisconsin	5th Annual Northeastern Wisconsin Global Trade Conference 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM The Wisconsin Global Trade Conference affords a wide array of seminar sessions and presentations to increase global competitiveness.
March 28, 2007 Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.	European Research and Innovation: The Impact of the Union 4:00 - 5:30 PM An important result of European integration has been the emergence of strong European research and innovation programs. A delegation consisting of experts from the European Commission and several European research agencies will describe some of these programs. Moderator Anne Miner, Executive Director of INSITE, will provide an overview of ways in which the University of Wisconsin supports innovation and entrepreneurship, and Lorrie Heinemann, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, will discuss statewide initiatives.
March 27, 2007 1170 Grainger Hall	The Democratization of U.S. Research & Development after 1980 4:00 - 6:00 PM Robert Hunt, PhD, Federal Reserve Bank - Philadelphia Senior Economist
March 26, 2007 206 Ingraham Hall	Globalization and International Labor Standards Noon - 1:30 PM Jean-François Trémeaud, International Labor Organization Former Executive Director
March 20, 2007 The Madison Club, 5 East Wilson Street	What’s Next in Saudi Arabia? 6:00 PM Thomas W. Lippman, Middle East Institute Scholar, author, and journalist
March 20, 2007 4151 Grainger Hall	The Future of U.S.-Saudi Relations 3:30 - 5:00 PM Thomas W. Lippman, Middle East Institute, Washington DC Author, journalist, and scholar
March 15, 2007 422 North Hall	Political Institutions, Partisanship, and Inequality in the Long Run 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Kenneth Scheve, Yale University Professor of Political Science
March 14, 2007 La Follette School conference room, 1225 Observatory Dr.	9/11 and the Crisis of Authority in American Government Noon - 1:00 PM Al Roberts, Syracuse University Associate Professor, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
March 13, 2007 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 W. Mifflin St.	The Road to Iraq: The Origin and Evolution of U.S. Interests in the Middle East 7:00 - 8:30 PM Mark Stoler, University of Vermont Professor of History
March 13, 2007 Curti Lounge, 5243 Humanities	Selling Different Kinds of War: Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Public Opinion During World War II 4:00 - 5:00 PM Mark Stoler, University of Vermont Professor of History
March 13, 2007 1170 Grainger Hall	Converging Agendas and the Refashioning of Global Networks: What Role for Foreign Universities in the Modern Singaporean City-State? 4:00 - 6:00 PM Kris Olds, UW-Madison Associate Professor of Geography
March 13, 2007 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive	Export Compliance 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM This event is part of a series of programs designed for the benefit of new-to-export companies, as well as for companies needing to brush up on the export process. Registration required; deadline is March 9, 2007.
March 8, 2007 206 Ingraham Hall	After the Deal: How Far Can the Indo-U.S. Strategic Partnership Go After the Civilian Nuclear Deal? Noon - 1:00 PM Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Bernard Schwartz fellow at the Asia Society and Senior Correspondent of The Hindustan Times
March 5, 2007 206 Ingraham Hall	Social Europe and the Future of the Welfare State Noon - 4:30 PM Over the past decade, the European Union has become a virtual laboratory for experimentation with new approaches to social welfare policy, aimed at responding to a series of interlinked challenges. The presentations at this workshop, by an international group of prominent scholars, will take stock of recent developments in EU social policy and assess their implications for the future of the welfare state within and beyond Europe.
March 2, 2007 Godfrey and Kahn Hall, 2260 Law School	Islamic Law in a Globalized World: Implications for Contemporary Finance Law 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Wisconsin International Law Journal's Spring Symposium
March 2, 2007 221 Fluno Center, 610 University Avenue	Regulation and Governance of Healthcare: Alternative Practices, Theories and Visions 9:00 AM –5:30 PM An interdisciplinary and international workshop for faculty, students, and practitioners that focuses on healthcare governance and regulation. Registration is now closed due to high demand and space restrictions.
February 28, 2007 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 W. Mifflin St.	The Prospects for Peace in the Middle East in a Time of Emergency 7:00 - 8:30 PM Michael Barnett, University of Minnesota Harold Stassen Chair of International Relations, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
February 27, 2007 1170 Grainger Hall	Stories About Contracts 4:00 - 6:00 PM Gordon Smith, UW-Madison Professor of Law
February 15, 2007 206 Ingraham	Property Rights and Property Wrongs in Russia 4:00 - 6:00 PM Timothy Frye, Columbia University
February 13, 2007 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive	Finding a Qualified Foreign Supplier: A Practical Approach 11:45 AM - 2:30 PM This event is part of a series of programs designed for the benefit of new-to-export companies, as well as for companies needing to brush up on the export process. Registration required by February 9.
February 5, 2007 8417 Social Science	A German “Sonderweg”: Women, Work and the Time Politics of School Education in West Germany 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM Karen Hagemann, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill James G. Kenan Distinguished Professor of History
February 1, 2007 LaFollette School Conference Room, 1225 Observatory Dr.	Correlation verses Causation in Foreign Investment Policy Analysis: the case of Bilateral Investment Treaties Noon - 1:15 PM Emma Aisbett, University of California Berkeley
February 1, 2007 Fluno Center for Executive Education, 601 University Ave.	Mega Market Trends--Strategic Implications for Global Business 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM Chris Kuehl, Armada Corporate Intelligence Co-founder and Managing Director *Registration required by January 24, 2007.*
January 31, 2007 4151 Grainger Hall	When Opportunity Knocks it Will Probably Not Be Speaking English: Preparing for a Global Career 4:00 - 5:30 PM Chris Kuehl, Armada Corporate Intelligence Co-founder and Managing Director
January 26, 2007 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law School	Sacrificing Sovereignty: Bilateral Investment Treaties, International Arbitration, and the Quest for Capital Noon - 1:15 PM Jason Webb Yackee Gould School of Law, University of Southern California
January 9, 2007 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive	Import Compliance and Logistics 11:45 AM - 2:30 PM Presentation by Mr. Robert Gardenier, President, M. E. Dey & Co., Inc. and Ms. Lisa Ashmus and Shirley Austin of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service. *Registration required by January 5, 2007*
December 12, 2006 7324 Social Science	Imports and Productivity 3:45 - 5:15 PM Miklos Koren, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Economist, International Research Function International Economics Workshop
December 8, 2006 Curti Lounge, 5245 Humanities	Cold War Espionage: A View from the Trenches 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM James M. Olson, Bush School of Government and Public Service Senior Lecturer and CIA Officer-in-Residence
December 7, 2006 Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue	The Moral Dilemmas of the War on Terror 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM James M. Olson, Bush School of Government and Public Service Senior Lecturer and CIA Officer-in-residence *Pre-registration required by December 4th.*
December 6, 2006 336 Ingraham	Confronting Quarantine: Global Governance, Local Response, and the Threat of Avian Influenza 5:00 - 6:00 PM Deborah Meiners, UW-Madison History PhD and JD Candidate Globalization and Human Security Workshop
December 6, 2006 5120 Grainger Hall	The New Paradigm of Business: Planet, People and Profit 12:00 - 1:30 PM Frederick Schilling, Founder Dagoba Organic Chocolates Policy and Practice Seminar Series
December 5, 2006 7324 Social Science	Innovation, Firm Dynamics, and International Trade 3:45 - 5:15 PM Ariel Burstein, UCLA Assistant Professor of Economics International Economics Workshop
December 1, 2006 4151 Grainger Hall	World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Emmanuel Jimenez, World Development Report Team Staff Director
December 1-2, 2006 Columbia Law School	EU Governance: Towards a New Architecture? First of two academic workshops that bring together a group of leading international scholars to explore the proposition that beneath the apparent multiplicity of governance arrangements across the EU, a new experimentalist architecture is emerging, based on the establishment and regular revision of European framework rules in light of practical experience with their implementation in diverse national and local settings.
November 28, 2006 Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.	The Transatlantic Partnership and the Wider World 4:00 - 5:00 PM Julian Lindley-French University of Munich Senior Scholar, Center for Applied Policy
November 21, 2006 Room 1106, Mechanical Engineering, 1513 University Avenue	Ending Production of Fissile Materials for Nuclear Explosives 4:00 - 5:30 PM Clifford E. Singer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Professor of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
November 21, 2006 2169 Grainger Hall	Growing Wisconsin's Entrepreneurial Spirit 4:00 - 5:00 PM Lorrie Keating Heinemann Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI)
November 21, 2006 The Pyle Center	Have a Hand in Stopping Genocide 1:00 - 2:00 PM Mark Hanis Genocide Intervention Network
November 17, 2006 The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street; Check electronic message board under "Globalizing Political History" for exact room location.	Joint University of Wisconsin and University of Chicago Workshop: "Globalizing Political History" 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM A collaborative workshop at UW-Madison bringing faculty and graduate students from the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to discuss globalizing political history.
November 17-18, 2006 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law School	Legal Culture and Judicialization of Politics in Latin America 10:00 AM - 6:45 PM Friday 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Saturday A two-day interdisciplinary workshop hosted by Javier Couso (Universidad Diego Portales, Chile), Alexandra Huneeus (Stanford and Wisconsin) and Pablo Rueda (University of California at Berkeley). *Free, but registration required.*
November 15, 2006 Wisconsin Veterans Museum	The Second World War and its legacies for America’s place in the world at the Dawn of the 21st Century 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM David M. Kennedy, Professor of History, Stanford University
November 15, 2006 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 2nd floor auditorium (30 W. Mifflin St.)	A Tale of Three Cities: How the United States Won World War II 7:00 - 9:00 PM David Kennedy, the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University, will lecture as part of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum's 2006 Distinguished Lecture Series.
November 14, 2006 Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive	Export Transportation and Documentation 11:45 AM - 2:30 PM This is the second in a series of programs designed for the benefit of new-to-export companies, as well as for companies needing to brush up on the export process. *Registration required.*
November 10, 2006 336 Ingraham	Peacekeepers as Signals: The Demand for International Peacekeeping in Civil Wars 1:00 - 2:30 PM Lisa Martin, Harvard University Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs
November 9, 2006 206 Ingraham Hall	Representation Through Taxation: Taxability and the Political Economy of Post-Communism 4:00 - 5:00 PM Scott Gehlbach, UW-Madison Assistant Professor of Political Science
November 9, 2006 206 Ingraham Hall	Representation Through Taxation: Taxability and the Political Economy of Post-Communism 4:00 - 5:00 PM Scott Gehlbach, UW-Madison Assistant Professor of Political Science
November 8, 2006 336 Ingraham	What Makes Hierarchical Networks Succeed? Evidence from Hurricane Katrina 5:00 - 6:00 PM Don Moynihan, UW-Madison Assistant Professor of Public Affairs Globalization and Human Security Workshop
November 7, 2006 7324 Social Science	Establishing Credibility: Evolving Perceptions of the European Central Bank 3:45 - 5:15 PM Michael Klein, Tufts University Professor of International Economics International Economics Workshop
November 2, 2006 Bakken-Schaars Room (B30), Taylor Hall, 421 Lorch Street	Competition Agencies in Developing Nations 4:00 - 5:00 PM Kyle Stiegert, UW-Madison Associate Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics
October 27, 2006 336 Ingraham Hall	New Directions in the History of the Cold War 9:45 - 11:15 AM Melvyn Leffler, University of Virginia Stettinius Professor of American History and former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
October 26, 2006 Room L160, Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Avenue	George W. Bush and American Foreign Policy: What's New? What's Old? 7:30 - 9:30 PM Melvyn P. Leffler, Stettinius Professor of American History, and former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia, will speak as part of Center for the Humanities "Humanities Without Boundaries" Lecture Series.
October 20-21, 2006 4070 and 4028, 4th Floor Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue	The Politics of Consumption/The Consumption of Politics This conference will bring together scholars from around the world to share their research and discuss issues of media, consumption, politics and civil life.
October 18, 2006 336 Ingraham	Statelessness, Vulnerability, Identity: Postwar Politics and Visions of Human Rights, 1945-1950 Kevin Benish, UW-Madison Political Science Major Globalization and Human Security Workshop
October 13, 2006 206 Ingraham	The Open Method of Coordination in European Education and Research Policy: Animating a Label 3:30 - 5:00 PM Åse Gornitzka, ARENA Center for European Studies, University of Oslo Lecturer in Political Science and Senior Researcher
October 13, 2006 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law School	Understanding the South Korean Perspective on the Korea Nuclear Crisis: The Relevance of the Last Six Decades of U.S.-South Korean Relations 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Nuclear Security in Northeast Asia Workshop Gregg Brazinsky, The George Washington University Assistant Professor of History
October 13, 2006 Lubar Commons, 7200 Law School, 975 Bascom Mall	Nuclear Security in Northeast Asia Workshop 8:45 AM - 5:00 PM Day-long workshop bringing together a group of innovative scholars studying Northeast Asian foreign policy, military developments, and social change from diverse geographical and methodological points of views.
October 12, 2006 Alliant Energy Center, Exhibition Hall	Surviving the Pandemic: How your business or organization, your community, and your family can plan and prepare 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM This conference is designed to help representatives from small- and medium-sized companies and nonprofit organizations assess their levels of preparedness and begin to develop their own company-specific plans. Registration required.
October 12, 2006 GE Healthcare Institute, Waukesha, WI	Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association Annual Conference 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM Annual day-long conference to discuss issues ranging from global biological threats to biofuels.
October 11, 2006 8411 Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Drive	European Union Enlargement: Implications for the New Member Countries, the United States, and World Trade 12:00 PM Nancy Cochrane Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
October 10, 2006 Sheraton Hotel-Madison, 706 John Nolen Drive	Develop a Successful Export Strategy 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Determine your firm’s level of export readiness and what you need to do to go to the next step to lay out a long term plan for your company. This includes how to create an effective strategy by evaluating your product competitiveness, entry strategy, target markets and pricing. Registration Required.
October 8, 2006 Great Hall, Memorial Union, TITU	Candidate Global Affairs Forum 4:00 - 5:00 PM The Democratic and Republican candidates for the Second Congressional District, Rep. Tammy Baldwin(D) and Dave Magnum(R), will participate in a candidates’ forum on global aff airs at the UW-Madison Memorial Union.
October 7-10, 2006 Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.	EcoHealth ONE: Forging Collaboration Between Health and Ecology This is the first biennial conference of the International EcoHealth Association. The meeting theme of this conference is "Promoting Global Health - Sustaining Natural Resources." Registration required.
October 5, 2006 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 2nd floor auditorium (30 W. Mifflin St.)	The Atomic Bombing of Japan: Ending World War II or Beginning the Cold War? 7:00 - 9:00 PM Campbell Craig, Professor of History at the University of Southampton, will be speaking as part of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum's 2006 Distinguished Lecture Series.
October 5, 2006 336 Ingraham	The Nuclear Revolution in the History and Practice of US Foreign Policy Noon - 1:00 PM Campbell Craig, University of Southampton Professor of History
October 4, 2006 336 Ingraham	Globalization and Human Security Seminar Lou Janowski Retired U.S. diplomat whose work focused on Vietnam, Middle East and Africa *New participants welcome.*
October 3, 2006 3180 Grainger Hall	No Barrique, No Berlusconi: Identity and Technological Change in the Barolo Wine District 1:30 - 3:00 PM Hayagreeva Rao, Stanford University Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources INSITE/WAGE Interdisciplinary Research Series
September 29, 2006 Great Hall, Memorial Union	Britain's Perspectives on Climate Change 1:30 - 3:00 PM Sir David Manning British Ambassador to the United States Tickets Required.
September 27, 2006 336 Ingraham	Bio-territorial power and water in context: Israeli occupation of the West Bank, military orders, and frameworks of security, 1967-1992 5:00 - 6:00 PM Samer Alatout, UW-Madison Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology Globalization and Human Security Workshop *New participants welcome.*
September 27, 2006 4151 Grainger Hall, 975 University Avenue	Doing Business in China: A Live Webinar 12:00 - 1:30 PM China’s economy continues to expand at a torrid pace, leaving foreign investors scrambling to understand the changing rules which govern overseas investment. In this webinar, you will hear from expert legal counsel with years of experience navigating China’s complex bureaucracy.
September 26, 2006 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 2nd floor auditorium (30 W. Mifflin St.)	The Living Legacy of the Vietnam War 7:00 - 9:00 PM Robert Schulzinger, Director of the International Affairs Program and Professor of History, University of Colorado, will be lecturing and doing a book signing as part of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum's 2006 Distinguished Lecture Series.
September 26, 2006 206 Ingraham	Vietnam and Iraq: Historical Lessons for Today 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Robert D. Schulzinger, University of Colorado Director of the International Affairs Program and Professor of History
September 26, 2006 2185 Grainger	Myopia of Selection: Does Organizational Adaptation Limit the Efficacy of Population Selection 4:00 - 6:00 PM Dan Levinthal, The Wharton School Reginald H. Jones Professor of Corporate Management INSITE/WAGE Interdisciplinary Research Series
September 26, 2006 Morton Room, 7324 Social Science	Trade Integration, Competition, and the Decline in Exchange-Rate Pass-Through 3:45 - 5:00 PM Chris Gust, Federal Reserve Board International Economics Workshop
September 21, 2006 Wisconsin Department of Commerce, 1st Floor Conference Room, 201 W. Washington Ave, Madison, WI	Southern Africa Business Briefing 8:30 - 11:00 AM Richard Zurba, Director of the Council of Great Lakes Governors Southern African Trade Office will conduct a conference dedicated to discussing the benefits of southern Africa as a choice market for consumer and commercial goods from around the world and in particular Wisconsin. Registration required.
September 19, 2006 Grainger 2185	Business Outsourcing and Agency Costs 4:00 - 6:00 PM George Geis, University of Alabama INSITE/WAGE Interdisciplinary Research Series
September 19, 2006 Morton Room, 7324 Social Science	A Habit-Based Explanation of the Exchange Rate 12:00 - 1:00 PM Adrien Verdelhan, Boston University International Economics Workshop.
September 18, 2006 206 Ingraham Hall	Corruption in Latin America: The Fujimori and Montesino´s case and other embedded networks 4:00 - 6:00 PM José C. Ugaz, World Bank Department of Institutional Integrity
September 15-17, 2006 The Pyle Center	Environmental Health Network for Chinese Scholars Three day workshop to create an environmental health network for Chinese scholars.
September 13, 2006 Ingraham 336	Globalization and Human Security Seminar Series 5:00 - 6:00 PM The Governing Global Insecurities collaborative is hosting this semester-long series of case studies examining new insecurities the process of globalization has created for states and societies, with special emphasis on the globalization of violence and ecological risk, and offers concrete proposals for institutional and policy reforms to address these concerns. We invite faculty and students to join us for an introductory seminar where we will discuss the collaborative's goals and our agenda for the year. New participants welcome!
September 12, 2006 7324 Social Science	Trade Costs, Asset Market Frictions and Risk 3:45 - 5:00 PM Dorieann Fitzgerald, Stanford University International Economics Workshop
September 11, 2006 Memorial Union, TITU, 800 Langdon St.	Perspectives on a Post-9/11 World 12:00 - 1:30 PM The events of September 11, 2001, changed our world. On the fifth anniversary, we invite you to join a distinguished panel of UW faculty to reflect on our Post-9/11 world. Brief presentations by the experts will cover important questions: How has 9/11 challenged our notions of security and altered our foreign policy? How have new uncertainties affected the military? What are the appropriate limits on presidential power in a time of crisis? How has public support for the War on Terror evolved? How great are the risks of terrorism relative to other threats? An open public discussion will follow. Panelists include: Vicki Bier (Engineering), Captain Scott Mobley (US Navy and Naval Science), Jon Pevehouse (Political Science), and Jeremi Suri (History).
September 8, 2006 Ingraham 206	Vietnam's WTO Accession: Process, Progress and Prospects 12:00 - 1:15 PM Ian Coxhead, UW-Madison Professor of Agriculture and Applied Economics
June 27-28, 2006	Globalization, Religion, and the Pursuit of Global Ethics 9:00 - 5:00 PM (Tues.) and 9:00 - 12:30 PM (Wed.) This workshop will examine several parallel efforts to establish common, globally relevant norms in response to ways humans have become increasingly and globally interconnected. The workshop will examine initiatives within human rights movements, inter-faith movements, environmental groups, those concerned about responsible business practices, among others. Registration Required.
June 14, 2006 MG&E Innovation Center 510 S. Rosa Rd., University Research Park Madison, Wisconsin	Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association (WBMA) Member Breakfast: Translation of Molecular Medicine from Discovery to Clinical Care 7:30 - 9:00 AM This breakfast will feature Russ Rymut, manager of Clinical Technology for PointOne Systems.
June 9, 2006 3070 Grainger Hall	Mapping Entrepreneurial Genealogies 2:30 - 4:30 PM Please join us for a talk on entrepreneurial networks and current work by a team of UC-Davis researchers studying the Madison landscape.
May 19-20, 2006	Graduate Student Workshop: "Governing Work and Welfare in an Enlarged Europe" To date, the European Union dimension of European employment and social welfare systems reform has been relatively understudied. This graduate student conference will seek to build knowledge to fill this gap. Through scholarly exchange, it seeks to enhance theoretical and empirical understanding of the politics of work and welfare reform at the intersection between European nation-states and the EU.
May 16, 2006 Pyle Center, Room 335	UW conference on Technology Entrepreneurship and Institutions 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Join us for an intimate gathering of researchers from throughout the UW community interested in fundamental questions about technology, entrepreneurship and society. Key conference topics include the laws, rules and norms influencing technology entrepreneurship in the U.S. and abroad and the efforts used to promote technology entrepreneurship and economic development. RSVP required.
May 10, 2006 336 Ingraham	Globalization and Human Security Seminar 9:00 - 10:00 AM In many parts of the world, globalization has contributed to new and emerging patterns of human insecurity. This seminar is designed to explore and deliberate on these connections, examining the dynamics of new threats to human welfare, health, and wellbeing and their relationship to the global expansion of markets, technologies, violence, migration, and environmental degradation through.
May 9, 2006 Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI	42nd Wisconsin International Trade Conference 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM The Conference will feature discussions on doing business in China, increasing NAFTA sales, and the lessons learned in emerging markets.
May 2, 2006 3180 Grainger Hall	Humility, Stubbornness, and Improvisation 6:00 - 8:00 PM Rajiv Vinnakota Co-founder of The SEED Foundation
May 2, 2006 7324 Social Science	Shaking All Over?: International Trade and Industrial Dynamics 3:45 - 5:15 PM Phillip McCalman, UC - Santa Cruz International Economics Seminar
April 28, 2006 2080 Grainger	INSITE/WAGE Policy Lecture Series 1:00 - 3:00 PM Kenneth Hendricks, ABC Supply Company
April 28-29, 2006	Current Account Sustainability in Major Advanced Economies Experts from around the world will examine the causes and consequences of major current account imbalances associated with the key economies of the US, the Euro area and Japan.
April 25, 2006 2165 Grainger	Web of Law 4:00 - 5:00 PM Thomas Smith, Professor of Law, University of San Diego INSITE/WAGE Interdisciplinary Research Series
April 25, 2006 7324 Social Science	A model of trade, diffusion and prosperity 3:45 - 5:15 PM Andres Rodriguez-Clare, Penn State University International Economics Seminar
April 24, 2006 7324 Social Science	The exchange rate prediction puzzle revisited: reconciling Meese-Rogoff with the practice of active currency management 3:45 - 5:15 PM Richard A. Meese, Barclays Global Investing International Economics Seminar
April 24, 2006 Health Sciences Learning Center 750 Highland Avenue, Auditorium (Room 1325)	Public Health, Comparative Health Policy and Law in the European Union: A Transatlantic Dialogue 3:00 - 7:00 PM The workshop is the first of a series that examines emerging European Union-wide health policies and their impact on the member states within the European Union. The workshop features experts on the European Union recent initiatives in health policy and on public health. Approved for Continuing Law Education (CLE) credits.
April 24, 2006 7200 Law School (Lubar Commons)	New Governance in EU Environmental Regulation 12:00 - 2:00 PM Joanne Scott, University College London This lecture will examine the nature of environmental federalism in the EU, and some elements of the turn to governance. Approved for Continuing Law Education (CLE) credits.
April 21-22, 2006	Workshop on "The Rise of New Governance and the Transformation of Law" This is an invitation-only workshop to discuss how new governance and traditional law interact and the extent to which new governance is leading to a transformation of law.
April 20, 2006 206 Ingraham	Global Governance, Global Politics, Global Democracy? 4:00 - 6:00 PM with reception following talk Charles Sabel, Columbia Law School Abstract: To a substantial and growing extent, rule making directly affecting the freedom of action of individuals, firms, and nation states (and the making of rules to regulate this rule making) is taking place, undemocratically but not entirely unaccountably, in global settings created by the world’s nations but no longer under their effective control. Ensuring the accountability of an emerging global administration will require the elaboration and diffusion of new forms of governance. The measures designed to address these problems of accountability will have potentially large implications for the theory and practice of democracy.
April 20, 2006 7324 Social Science	Contracts and Technology Adoption 3:45 - 5:15 PM Pol Antras, Harvard University International Economics Seminar
April 19, 2006 336 Ingraham	Globalization and Human Security Seminar 5:00 - 6:00 PM In many parts of the world, globalization has contributed to new and emerging patterns of human insecurity. This seminar is designed to explore and deliberate on these connections, examining the dynamics of new threats to human welfare, health, and wellbeing and their relationship to the global expansion of markets, technologies, violence, migration, and environmental degradation.
April 18, 2006 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 2nd floor auditorium (30 W. Mifflin St.)	The Long War Dead: The Politics and Reality of Casualties in Iraq 7:00 PM Alex Roland, Professor of History, Duke University 2006 Distinguished Historians Lecture Series at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum
April 18, 2006 Imperial Garden, 2039 Allen Boulevard, Middleton, WI 53562	Intellectual Property Protection in China 5:30 - 8:00 PM Horror stories about the losses incurred by American businesses from patent piracy or reverse engineering by Chinese firms should not deter Wisconsin firms from doing business in a large and growing market. The April meeting of the Madison International Trade Association will address the current level of intellectual property protection in China. We will also cover what U.S. firms can do to improve their ability to do business in the Chinese market while defending their patents and trade secrets.
April 14, 2006 Lubar Commons (Law School 7200)	Law and Development in Korea: Contemporary History in Retrospect 3:00 - 5:00 PM Professor Chang Hee Lee, Seoul National University
April 11, 2006 7324 Social Science	Technological Diversification 3:45 - 5:15 PM Miklos Koren, NY Fed International Economics Seminar
April 11, 2006 Bridgewood Conference Center Neenah, WI	Northeast Wisconsin Global Trade Conference 7:30 - 5:00 PM More than 350 attendees participated in last year’s Northeastern Wisconsin Global Trade Conference and were afforded a wide array of seminar sessions and presentations to increase their global competitiveness. The 2006 event promises to be even larger, and will again provide a comprehensive forum of relevant topics in international trade.
April 7, 2006 Morgridge Auditorium, 1100 Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave.	Global Biological Threats Symposium 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Bioterrorism, Avian influenza, and SARS threaten human security around the world. How are we as a nation and a state preparing to meet these and other biological challenges? What more can we do? Government and academic experts from Washington, D.C. and Madison will address these and related issues during the Global Biological Threats Symposium. Registration Requested.
April 6, 2006 The Madison Club - 5 East Wilson Street	Avian Influenza and SARS: Global Challenges for Health Diplomacy 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM The Madison Committee on Foreign Relations invites you to our regular April meeting, co-sponsored with the UW-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) for an off-the-record discussion with Eric Noji, M.D., Senior Policy Advisor for Health and National Security Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Advanced registration and dinner fee required.
April 5, 2006 336 Ingraham	Globalization and Human Security Seminar 5:00 - 6:00 PM In many parts of the world, globalization has contributed to new and emerging patterns of human insecurity. This seminar is designed to explore and deliberate on these connections, examining the dynamics of new threats to human welfare, health, and wellbeing and their relationship to the global expansion of markets, technologies, violence, migration, and environmental degradation.
April 4, 2006 The Pyle Center 702 Langdon St.	Behind the French Strikes: Youth Protests and Employment Reform Noon-2:00 PM A panel discussion featuring: Fehti Kerrouche, Université de Provence graduate student in Madison Hunter Martin, UW-Madison graduate student in Paris Jonathan Zeitlin, UW-Madison, Sociology, Public Affairs, Political Science and History
April 4, 2006 7324 Social Science	Globalization and Emerging Markets: With or Without Crash? 3:45 - 5:15 PM Helene Rey, Princeton University International Economics Seminar
March 29, 2006 336 Ingraham	Globalization and Human Security Seminar 5:00 - 6:00 PM In many parts of the world, globalization has contributed to new and emerging patterns of human insecurity. This seminar is designed to explore and deliberate on these connections, examining the dynamics of new threats to human welfare, health, and wellbeing and their relationship to the global expansion of markets, technologies, violence, migration, and environmental degradation.
March 28, 2006 7324 Social Science	Tax Revenue and (or?) Trade Liberalization 3:45 - 5:15 PM Michael Keen, IMF International Economics Seminar
March 27, 2006 The Pfister Hotel, 7th Floor 424 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI	Persian Gulf: US Policy + Free Trade Agreements = Opportunities for US Companies? The World Trade Center Wisconsin's 7th Annual Trade Policy Conference will focus on the trade policies and commercial environment in the Arab Gulf States: the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait.
March 23, 2006 The Madison Club - 5 East Wilson St.	Policy Responses to Chernobyl - Local, National, and International Noon - 1:30 PM The Madison Committee on Foreign Relations invites you to a special March lunch meeting, co-sponsored with the UW - Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), and the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA), for a discussion with Dr. Oksana Garnets, Chernobyl Recovery & Development Advisor, United Nations Development Program, Ukraine. Advance registration and lunch fee required.
March 21, 2006 7324 Social Science	Purchasing Power Parity and Heterogeneous Mean Reversion 3:45 - 5:15 PM Mathijs A. van Dijk, Ohio State University International Economics Seminar
March 14, 2006 Nakoma Golf Club 4145 Country Club Road Madison, WI	Import Procedures and the Dane County Foreign Trade Zone 11:15 - 1:30 PM This program will provide an overview of import logistics, including customs clearance, warehousing and distribution, plus an explanation of the new FTZ and tips on how you can use it to streamline import procedures and save money through duty deferral and exemption.
March 10, 2006 Grainger 4151 (subject to change)	Open for Business: Organizing Activities and Founding Processes in Emerging Organizations 1:30 - 3:00 PM Philip Kim
March 8, 2006 336 Ingraham	Globalization and Human Security Seminar 5:00 - 6:00 PM In many parts of the world, globalization has contributed to new and emerging patterns of human insecurity. This seminar is designed to explore and deliberate on these connections, examining the dynamics of new threats to human welfare, health, and wellbeing and their relationship to the global expansion of markets, technologies, violence, migration, and environmental degradation through a series of case studies.
March 7, 2006 2165 Grainger	The Importance of Trust for Investment: Evidence from Venture Capital 4:00 - 5:30 PM Thomas Hellmann, University of British Columbia INSITE/WAGE Interdisciplinary Research Series
March 7, 2006 7324 Social Sciences	Optimal Tariffs: The Evidence 3:45 - 5:15 PM Christian Broda, University of Chicago Business School International Economics Seminar
March 3, 2006 Grainger 3070	Why Do Firms Patent? An Examination of the Utility of Patents as Indicators of Innovative Output 1:30 - 3:00 PM Michael Roach, Duke University INSITE/WAGE Interdisciplinary Research Series
March 3, 2006 8417 Social Sciences	Vaccine and R&D Policy: Current Issues and NIH's Role 10:30 - 11:30 AM Dr. Barbara Mulach, Acting Chief for Policy, Legislation, and Communications, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
March 2, 2006 Gardner, Carton and Douglas 191 N. Wacker Dr., Suite 3700 Chicago, Illinois	China's Growing Power: Can America Compete? 5:30 - 8:30 PM As China’s influence grows in the world marketplace, how will America be affected? Find out at a special On the Road event in Chicago, where you’ll join UW alumni to hear from UW-Madison experts on the Chinese economic powerhouse and discuss its political impact on our future.
February 28, 2006 114 Ingraham	The Future of American-China Relations Noon - 1:00 PM Pan Rui, Professor at the Center for American Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, and Secretary General of Shanghai Association of American Studies. Currently visiting scholar at Harvard University.
February 24, 2006 5120 Capitol Conference Room, Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave.	Political Risk for International Business 9:30 - 11:30 AM In this program Dr. Llewellyn D. Howell will provide an introduction to political risk assessment for international business and how it is used in management of foreign investments.
February 15, 2006 336 Ingraham	Globalization and Human Security Seminar 5:00 - 6:00 PM In many parts of the world, globalization has contributed to new and emerging patterns of human insecurity. This seminar is designed to explore and deliberate on these connections, examining the dynamics of new threats to human welfare, health, and wellbeing and their relationship to the global expansion of markets, technologies, violence, migration, and environmental degradation through a series of case studies.
February 7, 2006 Fredric March Play Circle--Memorial Union	The Wide Angle film, "1-800-India" 7:00 - 9:00 PM The Wide Angle film, “1-800-India,” looks at how offshore outsourcing -- firms subcontracting important parts of their businesses to firms in other countries -- are changing the nature of global business.
February 6, 2006 Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 2nd floor auditorium (30 W. Mifflin St.)	The Savage Wars for Peace: The Philippine War and War in Iraq 7:30 - 9:00 PM Brian Linn, Professor of History at Texas A&M As part of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum's Distinguished Historians Lecture Series military historian, Dr. Brian Linn, will compare the current conflict in Iraq with the Philippine War of 1899-1902.
February 6, 2006 206 Ingraham	Reexamining the "American Way of War" 3:30 - 5:00 PM Brian Linn, Professor of History at Texas A&M, will discuss his work on the U.S.-Philippine War.
February 3, 2006 3650 Humanities	Thomas Paine and American Foreign Policy 8:45 - 10:30 AM Professor Harvey Kaye will discuss Thomas Paine’s influence on early 20th century American politics and foreign policy with Professor Jeremi Suri’s History 433: American Foreign Relations before the Twentieth Century.
February 2, 2006 Wisconsin Veterans Museum 2nd floor auditorium (30 W. Mifflin Street)	Thomas Paine and America’s Unfinished Revolution 7:00 - 9:00 PM As part of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s Distinguished Historians Lecture Series, Harvey Kaye, Rosenberg Professor of Social Change and Development at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, will discuss Paine's contributions to the making of American freedom, equality, and democracy, the long struggle over Paine's memory and legacy, and what Paine has to say to us today.
February 1, 2006 336 Ingraham	Globalization and Human Security Seminar 5:00 - 6:00 PM In many parts of the world, globalization has contributed to new and emerging patterns of human insecurity. This seminar is designed to explore and deliberate on these connections, examining the dynamics of new threats to human welfare, health, and wellbeing and their relationship to the global expansion of markets, technologies, violence, migration, and environmental degradation.
January 10, 2006 Fiskars Brands, Inc 2537 Daniels Street Madison, WI 53718	Central Europe: Trade Mission Perspectives 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM During this luncheon program, attendees will have the opportunity to hear from several participants of Governor Doyle's recent trade mission to the Czech Republic and Poland.
December 13, 2005 7324 Social Science	Aid and Sanctions 3:45 - 5:15 PM International Economics Workshop Kenneth Kletzer, UC-Santa Cruz
December 6, 2005 2169 Grainger	Sources and Content of Academic Entrepreneurs Mental Models about Start-up Teams 4:00 - 6:00 PM WAGE/INSITE Interdisciplinary Seminar Series Mary Zellmer-Bruhn, University of Minnesota
December 2, 2005 206 Ingraham Hall	U.S.-China Trade Relations and the WTO Noon - 1:00 PM Amy Celico, Deputy Director of the Office of the Chinese Economic Area at the U.S. Department of Commerce
December 1, 2005 Madison Hilton Hotel	Strategic Business Opportunities: Tunisia and the Maghreb Region 1:30 - 5:00 PM This afternoon program with reception will focus on strategic business opportunities in the Maghreb region highlighting Tunisia and Morocco. The Arab Maghreb Union is an economic co-operation grouping of North African countries comprising of Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Mauritania. Reservation required.
November 30, 2005 336 Ingraham	Globalization and Human Security Seminar 5:00 - 6:00 PM In many parts of the world, globalization has contributed to new and emerging patterns of human insecurity. This seminar is designed to explore and deliberate on these connections, examining the dynamics of new threats to human welfare, health, and wellbeing and their relationship to the global expansion of markets, technologies, violence, migration, and environmental degradation.
November 28, 2005 Pyle Center	Impact of Land Use Policies on Changes in Masai Mara Wildlife (Kenya): Analyzing Coupled Human-Environment Systems 5:30 - 7:00 PM Eric Lambin, Department of Geography, University of Louvain, Belgium This is part of the Roy F. Weston Distinguished Global Sustainability Lecture series.
November 21, 2005 8411 Social Science	DSGE Models of High-Exchange Rate Volatility & Low Pass-through 3:45 - 5:15 PM International Economics Workshop Giancarlo Corsetti, European University Institute
November 17, 2005 Madison Hilton Hotel, 9 E. Wilson St.	Doing Business in India 2:00 - 4:45 PM Speakers for this program will focus on topics most critical to doing business in India, including an economic, political and social overview, how companies should assess potential benefits and costs, common market entry strategies and forms of organization, and practical corporate experiences and lessons.
November 16, 2005 336 Ingraham Hall	Globalization and Human Security Seminar 5:00 - 6:00 PM In many parts of the world, globalization has contributed to new and emerging patterns of human insecurity. This seminar is designed to explore and deliberate on these connections, examining the dynamics of new threats to human welfare, health, and wellbeing and their relationship to the global expansion of markets, technologies, violence, migration, and environmental degradation.
November 16, 2005 8411 Social Science	"Old" vs. "New" Europe: Social Stability vs. Labour Mobility: The Laval Litigation 4:00 - 6:00 PM Norbert Reich, Faculty of Law, Bremen University and Ex-Rector, Riga Graduate School of Law
November 15, 2005 7324 Social Science	Foreign Subsidization and the Excess Capacity Hypothesis 3:45 - 5:15 PM International Economics Workshop Bruce Blonigen, University of Oregon
November 15, 2005 7200 Law School (Lubar Commons)	In search of a “European contract law” and its implications for Eastern Europe Noon - 1:30 PM Norbert Reich, Faculty of Law, Bremen University and Ex-Rector, Riga Graduate School of Law
November 14, 2005 The Madison Club 5 East Wilson Street	Off the Record Discussion Series: "Saudi Arabia" 6:00 - 8:00 PM Walter Cutler, President, Meridian International Center and Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
November 14, 2005 206 Ingraham Hall	Saudi Arabia, U.S. Foreign Policy, and Oil 3:00 - 5:00 PM Walter Cutler, President, Meridian International Center and Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
November 10, 2005 206 Ingraham Hall	When David Meets Goliath: How Global Trade Institutions Shape Domestic Politics in India Noon - 1:00 PM Aseema Sinha, University of Wisconsin-Madison
November 8, 2005 2169 Grainger	Agricultural biotechnology policy: US, EU and International 4:00 - 5:30 PM WAGE/INSITE Interdisciplinary Seminar Series Daniel Kleinman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
November 7, 2005 Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee, WI	World Trade Center Wisconsin's 7th Annual Trade Policy Conference: "Gulf States-Arab Capitalism: Policy and Opportunities for U.S. Companies 8:00 AM - Noon The Bush Administration has set a goal of establishing a Middle East Free Trade Area by 2013. Building on existing Free Trade Agreements with Jordan, Morocco and Bahrain, negotiations are currently underway with other Arab Gulf Countries. These changes in the Arab commercial environment create significant opportunities for U.S. firms. The program will feature a case study of one Wisconsin company's successful venture in the UAE.
November 4, 2005 7324 Social Science	Entrepreneurship, Financial Market Imperfections and Trade Noon - 1:30 PM International Economics Workshop Hitoshi Sato, University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 28, 2005 206 Ingraham Hall	EU Governance and the Future of Social Europe 1:00 - 3:00 PM This workshop will examine the controversies surrounding the Lisbon Strategy and consider the implications of recent developments for EU governance and the future of Social Europe.
October 28, 2005 336 Ingraham Hall	Seminar Presentation: "Activists Beyond Borders" 10:00 AM - Noon Seminar presentation in Political Science 948 (The Politics of Social Movements) which will discuss Professor Sikkink's book (co-authored with Margaret Keck): Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics.
October 27, 2005 Fluno Center for Executive Education. 601 University Ave.	Pre-Mission Briefing: Governor Doyle's Trade Mission to Poland and the Czech Republic 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM The UW-Madison Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) and the UW-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) are co-sponsoring and helping to coordinate a pre-mission briefing for Governor Doyle's upcoming November 2005 trade mission to the Czech Republic and Poland.
October 26, 2005 336 Ingraham Hall	Globalization and Human Security Seminar 5:00 - 6:00 PM In many parts of the world, globalization has contributed to new and emerging patterns of human insecurity. This seminar is designed to explore and deliberate on these connections, examining the dynamics of new threats to human welfare, health, and wellbeing and their relationship to the global expansion of markets, technologies, violence, migration, and environmental degradation.
October 25, 2005 The Fluno Center, 601 University Avenue	WAGE/INSITE Policy Lecture Series 6:00 - 8:00 PM Carl Schramm, Kauffman Foundation Presentation and discussion followed by dessert & coffee
October 25, 2005 7324 Social Science	Are There Thresholds of Current Account Adjustment? 3:00 - 4:30 PM International Economics Workshop Richard Clarida, Columbia
October 20, 2005 Capitol Room, Quality Suites Hotel, 2969 Cahill Main, Fitchburg, WI	Import/Export Documentation and Payments 2:00 - 3:30 PM What are the most common documents and forms used in international transactions? Where do they come from? What does “negotiable” mean? What is an original vs. a copy? How are the transaction documents handled in the payment process? These and other questions will be answered by Randy Kupfer, manager of the Export Department at M.E. Dey & Co., Inc., and Paul Eversman, vice president of International Banking at Associated Bank, N.A.
October 18, 2005 2169 Grainger	Worldwide Patent Explosion and the Strategic Uses of Patents 4:00 - 6:00 PM WAGE/INSITE Interdisciplinary Seminar Series Bronwyn H. Hall, University of California - Berkeley
October 18, 2005 7324 Social Science	Transfer Pricing by U.S.-Based Multinational Firms 3:45 - 5:15 International Economics Workshop Andrew Bernard, Dartmouth
October 17, 2005 5120 Grainger Hall	Agricultural Production and Long-term Sustainability of Soil and Water Resources 5:00 - 6:00 PM Ken Cassman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln This is part of the Roy F. Weston Distinguished Global Sustainability Lecture series.
October 14, 2005 Olympia Resort, Oconomowoc, WI	Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association Annual Conference 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM The 2005 Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association Annual Conference is designed to promote the viability of the biotechnology and medical device industries in the Wisconsin economy. This full-day event will provide participants with information about emerging discoveries and markets, successful business models and investment opportunities. A special keynote on "bioterrorism preparedness" highlights the conference.
October 12, 2005 336 Ingraham Hall	Globalization and Human Security Seminar 5:00 - 6:00 PM In many parts of the world, globalization has contributed to new and emerging patterns of human insecurity. This seminar is designed to explore and deliberate on these connections, examining the dynamics of new threats to human welfare, health, and wellbeing and their relationship to the global expansion of markets, technologies, violence, migration, and environmental degradation.
October 11, 2005 7324 Social Science	Home Bias, Exchange Rate Disconnect, and Optimal Exchange Rate Policy 3:45 - 5:15 PM International Economics Workshop Jian Wang, Wisconsin
October 4, 2005 4151 Grainger	Technology and Policy Road Mapping 4:00 - 5:00 PM WAGE/INSITE Policy Lecture Series Ed Coyle, Purdue University
October 4, 2005 7324 Social Science	Expenditure Switching Effect and the Exchange Rate Regime Debate 3:45 - 5:15 PM International Economics Workshop Wei Dong, Wisconsin
October 3, 2005 Memorial Union	Water Pollution and Human Health 5:30 - 7:00 PM Rita Colwell, University of Maryland-College Park and Johns Hopkins University This is the first public lecture of the Roy F. Weston Distinguished Global Sustainability Lectures.
September 28, 2005 336 Ingraham Hall	Globalization and Human Security Seminar 5:00 - 6:00 In many parts of the world, globalization has contributed to new and emerging patterns of human insecurity. This seminar is designed to explore and deliberate on these connections, examining the dynamics of new threats to human welfare, health, and wellbeing and their relationship to the global expansion of markets, technologies, violence, migration, and environmental degradation.
September 28, 2005 7200 Law Schooll (Lubar Commons)	Roundtable on the Future of the European Union: "The French and Dutch NO to the EU Constitution: The Future of Europe?" 1:00 - 2:30 PM UW Faculty panelists discuss the recent referendum on the EU Constitution.
September 27, 2005 7324 Social Science	The MFN Clause and Export Platform FDI 3:45 - 5:15 PM International Economics Workshop Takeshi Yamaguchi, Wisconsin
September 21, 2005 By invitation.	Developments in International Investment 6:30 - 8:30 PM Jose Alvarez, Columbia University This outreach dinner will include an informal presentation and exchange concerning NAFTA investment rules, their judicial interpretation, and their impact on the United States internally, including for Wisconsin state government, as well as for Wisconsin investors abroad.
September 21, 2005 7200 Law School (Lubar Commons)	International Organizations as Lawmakers: The Promises and Perils Noon - 1:00 PM Jose Alvarez, Columbia University Professor Alvarez's principal areas of publishing and teaching are international law, especially international organizations; international tribunals; war crimes; international legal theory and foreign investment. In his talk he will be discussing his forthcoming book, International Organizations as Law-Makers (Oxford University Press, 2005).
September 20, 2005 7324 Social Science	A Political Economy Theory of Trade Agreements 3:45 - 5:15 PM International Economics Workshop Giovanni Maggi, Princeton
September 13, 2005 Robert B. Skuldt Conference Room, Dane County Regional Airport	International Business at the Dane County Regional Airport 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM During this lunch program, David C. Jensen, deputy airport director of the Dane County Regional Airport, will discuss the airport's connection to international business and trade. Specifically, Mr. Jensen will share information about current import and export users, future plans, including the Foreign Trade Zone, and how terrorism is affecting airport operations.
June 7, 2005 The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street (Room 232)	Free Trade for Manufacturers: How to Make Free Trade Agreements Work for Your Company The Interactive Videoconference for Wisconsin and Illinois Companies will be broadcast live from Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois. Speaker John M. Kolmer will compare and contrast existing and newly negotiated Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) involving Chile, Singapore, and Australia.
May 21-22, 2005	Globalization, Religion, and the Pursuit of Global Ethics This 2-day colloquium will review initiatives by the inter-faith movement, human rights advocates, environmentalists, business groups, the InterAction Council, and philosophers.
May 20, 2005 Porta Bella Restaurant, 425 North Frances Street	Networking Reception with Wisconsin's Overseas Representatives 4:00 - 6:00 PM During this networking reception, members of the Madison area business community will have the opportunity to meet with Wisconsin's international trade representatives in an informal setting. This program will offer participants a great opportunity to learn about changing market conditions and opportunities for Madison area exporters.
May 20-21, 2005	WTO Dispute Settlement and Developing Countries: Use, Implications, Strategies, Reforms This 2-day conference will bring together a select group of leading economists, political scientists, and legal scholars interested in seriously engaging in the subject of the WTO dispute settlement system and its use by, and implications for, developing countries.
May 17, 2005 Italian Community Center 631 E. Chicago St. Milwaukee, WI	41st Annual Wisconsin International Trade Conference: Think Global 4:00 - 6:00 PM The 41st Wisconsin International Trade Conference annual luncheon features Governor Jim Doyle's presentation of the Wisconsin Export Awards followed by a choice of three afternoon sessions addressing the following topics: Making Connections in China, European Union Expansion and Container Shipping of Imports/Exports. A cocktail and networking reception will conclude the event.
May 3, 2005 7324 Social Sciences	International Trade and Domestic Institutions: the Medieval Response to Globalization 3:45 - 5:15 PM Daniel Trefler, Professor of Economics, University of Toronto International Economics Workshop
April 29-30, 2005 Lubar Commons (7200 Law)	Disputes and Development Workshop The event is designed to explore the role of courts and alternatives to courts in developing and transition countries, look at development assistance projects designed to improve their performance, and discuss how best to provide and evaluate such assistance.
April 19, 2005 7324 Social Sciences	Trade Costs, Pricing to Market, and International Relative Prices 3:45 - 5:15 PM Ariel Burstein, assistant professor, UCLA. International Economics Workshop
April 18, 2005 422 North Hall	International Courts in International Politics: Four Judicial Roles and Their Implications for State-IC Relations 1:15 - 3:30 PM Karen Alter, Associate Professor, Northwestern University
April 15, 2005	Genetically Modified Crops/Foods: The Future of the World Agricultural Economy? International conference on Genetically-Modified Crops and Foods.
April 14, 2005 Lubar Commons (7200 Law)	Transnational Corporations and Human Rights: International Approaches to Regulation Noon - 1:00 PM Sorcha MacLeod, Lecturer in Law, University of Sheffield School of Law and GLSI Visiting Scholar, UW Law School.
April 12, 2005 Imperial Garden West 2039 Allen Boulevard, Middleton, WI	Motivating Your International Distributors 5:30 - 7:00 PM During this dinner program, participants will gain insight on how to motivate their international distributors. Companies who are exporting successfully through overseas distributors face the daily task of providing support and motivation to their overseas partners.
April 12, 2005 Lee Lounge, Pyle Center 702 Langdon St.	Transatlantic Relations in the Second Bush Term 3:00 - 4:00 PM Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat Ambassador Eizenstat has held numerous high-level positions during a decade and a half of government service, including serving as Ambassador to the European Union from 1993-1996, Deputy Treasury Secretary in the Clinton administration, and Chief Domestic Policy Advisor for the Carter administration.
April 5, 2005 7324 Social Sciences	Trading Partners and Trading Volumes 3:45 - 5:15 PM International Economics Workshop Marc Melitz, Associate Professor of Economics, Harvard University
April 1-8, 2005	World Trade Center Wisconsin-Mumbai, India Business Mission The objective of this mission is to introduce Wisconsin companies to the Indian business climate. The mission will assist local companies in exploring the existence of market opportunities in India and facilitate their ability to determine if the country is an appropriate growth strategy for their operations.
March 30, 2005 206 Ingraham	Leadership, Legitimacy, and the New Transatlantic Relationship 4:00 - 5:30 PM Erik Jones, Resident Associate Professor of European Studies, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Bologna
March 30, 2005 336 Ingraham	Building the World's Most Competitive Economy: Unpacking the Lisbon Agenda Noon - 1:00 PM Erik Jones, Resident Associate Professor of European Studies, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Bologna
March 29, 2005 Fluno Center	Global Marketing Research Panel Discussion 3:30 - 5:00 PM International business experts will analyze current trends in global marketing research during a panel discussion.
March 21, 2005 KI Convention Center, Green Bay WI	3rd Annual Northeastern Wisconsin Global Trade Conference: Global Opportunities and Challenges Designed for business professionals seeking to enhance business opportunities and personal development.
March 15, 2005 7324 Social Sciences	Endogenous Tradability and Macroeconomic Implications 3:45 - 5:15 PM International Economics Workshop Paul Bergin, Associate Professor of Economics (UC-Davis)
March 11, 2005 Room 2260 Law School	Building New Nations: The South African and United States Experiences and Lessons for the 21st Century 4:00 - 6:00 PM Laurie Carlson Progressive Ideas Forum in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the South African Constitution
March 11, 2005 336 Ingraham	Constructing Authority in the EU: Currency and Statebuilding in Historical Perspective Noon - 1:00 PM Kathleen R. McNamara, Associate Professor, Department of Government and Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
March 11, 2005	Nuclear Issues in an Age of Globalization Second community discussion on Science and International Studies
March 11-12, 2005 Grainger Hall	Wisconsin International Law Journal 2005 Symposium: Economic Globalization and Corporate Governance Leading corporate law scholars will come to Madison to discuss corporate governance on a global scale and the impact of regulatory measures on multinational corporations.
March 10, 2005 Founders' Room, Hilton Hotel	Business Confronts Terrorism 4:30 - 6:30 PM In this dinner program, Dean Alexander, a Washington-based business and security consultant, will discuss the many challenges that terrorism has created for business.
March 10, 2005 336 Ingraham	Turning the Titanic: Reforming the IMF and World Bank Noon - 1:00 PM Catherine Weaver, University of Kansas
February 28, 2005 206 Ingraham	European Integration and Institutional Reform: Reforming the Stability Pact? Noon - 1:00 PM Robert Boyer, Economist at CEPREMAP and Senior Researcher, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
February 16, 2005 Madison Concourse Hotel	Recent Developments in Foreign Exchange Markets 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Will the U.S. Dollar depreciate further due to the large US trade and budget deficits? How will this affect competitiveness of your products in the international market? Those questions and others will be addressed by Jane A. Hamann, Vice President and Foreign Exchange Specialist for Wells Fargo Bank, and Roger Eth, Country Manager for Spain and Portugal at The Bank of New York.
January 31, 2005 Monona Terrace Conference Center	Environmental Law in a Connected World 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM International conference exploring innovative approaches to environmental policy and regulation.
January 11, 2005 Capitol Warehousing 4461 Duraform Lane Windsor, WI 53598	The Importing Side of International Trade 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Panel discussion by service providers and an importer/exporter covering the logistics and regulatory issues of bringing goods into the United States.
December 17, 2004 206 Ingraham	Worldwide Governance Analysis and Policy Interferences: An Empirical Approach 10:00 - 11:30 AM Daniel Kaufman, Director of Global Programs at the World Bank Institute
December 14, 2004 Madison Club 5 East Wilson Street Madison, WI 53703	Understanding Misunderstanding in Global Business 5:30 - 7:30 PM In this presentation more subtle personal and business factors are examined with the aim of developing new insight into successful human communication across national borders.
December 7, 2004 7324 Social Sciences	Asset Prices and Exchange Rates 3:45 - 5:15 PM International Economics Workshop Series Roberto Rigobon, MIT
November 30, 2004 Founders’ Room Hilton Hotel 9 East Wilson Street Madison, Wisconsin 53703	Doing Business in a Changing Latin America 3:30 - 5:45 PM Latin American economies have experienced dramatic change in the past decade. Democratization, modernization, and openness to globalization have had significant impacts throughout the region. What do these changes mean for U.S. business?
November 17, 2004 336 Ingraham	Adaptive and Reflexive Governance: The Limits of the Dutch Miracle 4:00 - 5:30 PM Jelle Visser, Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam
November 15, 2004	Regulation of Global Regulation 1:30 - 3:00 PM John Braithwaite, Federation Fellow and Professor, Law Program and Chair, Regulatory Institutions Network, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
November 15, 2004	Law and Development David Kennedy, Harvard University
November 12-14, 2004 206 Ingraham	Transnational Regulatory Regimes and International Economic Law International Workshop
November 10, 2004 206 Ingraham	The Boundaries of Welfare: European Integration and the New Spatial Politics of Solidarity 4:00 - 5:30 PM Maurizio Ferrera, University of Milan
November 10, 2004 Lubar Commons, UW Law School	New Approaches to Environmental Regulation in Wisconsin Wisconsin is in the midst of significant innovations in environmental regulation. In the last several years, the state has enacted legislation and is implementing administrative actions that are sometimes dubbed "second generation" regulation. This roundtable will discuss these cutting-edge regulatory methods and their relationship to the law and the role of lawyers.
November 5, 2004 Lubar Commons (7200 Law School)	Japan and Law & Development in Asia Noon - 1:30 PM Speakers: Frank Upham, New York University Law School; Veronica Taylor, University of Washington Law School; and Yoshi Matsuura, Nagoya University Law School
November 2, 2004 7324 Social Sciences	Firm Heterogeneity, Capital Acquisitions, and International Trade 3:45 - 5:15 PM International Economcis Workshop Series Andrew Rose, University of California-Berkeley
October 29-30, 2004 206 Ingraham	Enlarging Social Europe: The Open Method of Coordination and the EU's New Member States International Conference
October 28, 2004 206 Ingraham	How Welfare States Learn 4:00 - 5:30 PM Anton Hemerijck, Director of the Netherlands Scientific Council on Government Policy (WRR) and Associate Professor of Public Administration, University of Leiden
October 28, 2004 Fluno Center	Europe in Focus: Opportunities in an Enlarged Europe 3:30 - 5:00 PM Panel discussion of the opportunities and challenges that European enlargement creates for U.S. businesses.
October 25, 2004 Lubar Commons (7200 Law School)	The Origins, the Nature and the Future of the European Constitutional Treaty Noon - 1:30 PM Bruno de Witte, Professor of European Union Law, European University Institute (Florence) and Marshall-Monnet Scholar-in-Residence at the UW-Madison
October 14, 2004 206 Ingraham	European Union Social Policy after Lisbon: A New Approach? 4:00 - 5:30 PM Mary Daly, Professor of Sociology at the School of Sociology and Social Policy at Queen's University, Belfast.
October 12, 2004 Quality Suites Business Center 2969 Cahill Main Fitchburg, Wisconsin	Export Letters of Credit 3:00 - 6:00 PM This seminar will provide an introduction to letters of credit followed by more advanced information such as the use of a proforma invoice, the importance of appropriate Incoterms, reviewing letters of credit, preparation of documents, the payment process and dealing with discrepancies. The program will be followed by a networking reception.
October 7, 2004 Wisconsin Club 900 West Milwaukee Avenue, Milwaukee WI 53202	Successful Marketing and Market Research Strategies in Latin America 4:00 - 8:00 PM Panel Presentation to be followed by a roundtable discussion and dinner.
October 5, 2004 7324 Social Sciences	Designing Targeting Rules for International Monetary Policy Cooperation 3:45 - 5:15 PM International Economics Workshop Series Pierpaolo Benigno, New York University
September 24, 2004 336 Ingraham	Call for Proposals Information Session Noon - 1:00 PM Jonathan Zeitlin, WAGE Director, and Alison Alter, WAGE Associate Director, will hold an information session to answer initial question related to the WAGE Call for Proposals.
September 13, 2004 Lubar Commons (7200 Law School)	The Operation of the European Court of Justice in the European Legal, Political and Social Context: The Views of an Academic and Participant Observer 11:00 AM - Noon Miguel Maduro, Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice
September 13, 2004 Memorial Union	Panel Discussion: "9/11 Three Years Later: What Have We Learned? What is the Role of the University?" Noon - 1:15 PM
July 22, 2004 Room 232, Pyle Center 702 Langdon Street	Spotlight Vietnam: Export Opportunities on the Horizon 9:00 - 11:30 AM "Spotlight Vietnam" is a joint Wisconsin-Minnesota program that will introduce exporters to opportunities in Vietnam and to Vietnamese business culture.
July 19-20, 2004 Cambridge, UK	Workshop on "New Governance and Constitutionalism in Europe and the US"
April 26, 2004 Fluno Center	Conference: Currencies in Crisis: Managing Your Financial Risk All day conference
April 26-28, 2004	International Finance and Economics Lecture Series Stephen Yeaple, University of Pennsylvania
April 19-21, 2004	International Finance and Economics Lecture Series Fabrizio Perri, Stern School of Business, New York University
April 15, 2004 178 Human Ecology	Children as Consumers in Commercial Cultures: Victims or Competent Consumers? 4:00 - 5:30 PM Alternative Foods Project Karin Ekstrom, Director of the Center for Consumer Research at the University of Gothenburg (Goteborg), Sweden
April 13, 2004 178 Human Ecology	Revisiting the Family Tree: Historical and Future Consumer Behavior Research Noon - 1:00 PM Alternative Foods Project Karin Ekstrom, Director of the Center for Consumer Research at the University of Gothenburg (Goteborg), Sweden
April 6-8, 2004	International Finance and Economics Lecture Series John McLaren, University of Virginia
March 29-31, 2004	International Finance and Economics Lecture Series Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, University of California-Berkeley
March 10, 2004 336 Ingraham	The Role of Law in the Creation of the European Market: Choice, Fate or Chance? 3:30 - 5:00 PM Daniel Wincott - Senior Lecturer in Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham, and Managing Editor, Journal of Common Market Studies
March 5-6, 2004 Fluno Center	Symposium: Speaking Law to Power: International Law and Foreign Policy
March 3, 2004 206 Ingraham	Towards More and Better Jobs for All: A Realistic Agenda for the European Union? 3:30 - 5:00 PM Hélène Clark Dageville - European Commission Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs, and European Union Fellow in Residence at the University of Washington
March 3, 2004 8417 Social Science	Thoughts on Bilateralism Versus Multilateralism 2:00 - 3:30 PM Jagdish Bhagwati, Professor of Economics, Columbia University; Director, National Bureau of Economic Research; Founder, Journal of International Economics
February 19, 2004 Lubar Commons (7200 Law School)	The Rule of Law in International Trade: Why the Haves Come Out Ahead Noon Gregory Shaffer, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School and WAGE Senior Fellow
February 18, 2004 Fluno Center for Executive Education 601 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin	Asia in Focus: Examining Japan and Korea 3:00 - 5:00 PM The diverse Asia-Pacific region provides multiple challenges and opportunities for U.S. business and foreign policy. David Baskerville will draw from his 20 years of experience working in Japan to provide practical advice to attendees wishing to improve their business performance in Asia-Pacific countries or to penetrate these markets for the first time.
January 20, 2004 Madison Concourse Hotel 1 West Dayton Street Madison, WI	Export Compliance 8:00 - 10:00 AM With the changes happening in the world since September 11, 2001, it is extremely important for businesses to comply with the rules and regulations of international trade. This program will provide a brief introduction to the primary export control regulations and offer information on additional resources that are available.
December 9, 2003 Madison Club 5 East Wilson Street Madison, WI	Trek Travel 5:30 - 7:00 PM Learn about Trek Bicycle's venture into the active tour industry with trip planner Elizabeth Witzke and brand manager Krista Rettig.
October 31, 2003 206 Ingraham Hall	New Approaches to Governance in EU Social and Employment Policy: Open Coordination and the Future of Social Europe 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM International Workshop with visiting speakers: Frank Vandenbroucke, Phillippe Pochet, Jill Rubery, and Martin Rhodes The workshop will bring together a group of leading European and US experts to discuss the promise, limitations, and prospects of open coordination as a new governance tool for EU social and employment policies.
October 31, 2003 206 Ingraham	Workshop: "New Approaches to Governance in EU Social Policy: Open Coordination and the Future of Social Europe"
October 30, 2003 206 Ingraham	Promoting Active Welfare States: A Transatlantic Dialogue 3:30 - 5:00 PM Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian Minister of Employment and Pensions
October 29, 2003	International Economics Workshop Nelson Mark, Professor of Economics, Ohio State University
October 21, 2003	International Economics Workshop 3:45 - 5:15 PM Professor Sergio Rebelo, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
October 17, 2003 336 Ingraham	Law and Development Workshop: "Law in Economic Development: Critique and Beyond" 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
October 15, 2003 Lubar Commons (7200 Law School)	Mermin Jurisprudence Lecture: "Civil Constitutions in a Global Society" Noon - 1:30 PM Gunther Teubner, Law Faculty, University of Frankfurt
October 14, 2003	International Economics Workshop 3:45 - 5:15 PM Professor Eric van Wincoop, Department of Economics, University of Virginia
October 1, 2003 Lubar Commons (7200 Law School)	Workshop: "Regulation, Governance, and Law in the 21st Century: Towards a New Legal Process?" Noon - 3:00 PM
September 29, 2003	International Economics Workshop 3:45 - 5:15 PM Professor Sam Kortum, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota
May 6, 2003	International Economics Workshop Rob Feenstra, Professor of Economics, University of California-Davis
April 8, 2003	International Economics Workshop Michael B. Devereux, Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia
April 7, 2003 Room 5240, University of Wisconsin Law School	Conflicting US and European Approaches to the New World Order: Economic Relations and Security 2:30 - 3:30 PM Ambassador Hugo Paemen, Former EU Ambassador to the United States, currently Special Advisor to the President of the European Commission, and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University WAGE Transatlantic Relations Speaker Series
March 10, 2003 Room 2260, University of Wisconsin Law School	Governance without Government: The Normative Challenge to International Law 12:30 - 1:30 PM Joseph H.H. Weiler, Joseph Straus Professor and European Union Jean Monnet Chair, New York University School of Law WAGE Transatlantic Relations Speaker Series
February 25, 2003 206 Ingraham	Employment and Social Policy Since Maastricht: Standing up to the European Monetary Union 4:00 - 5:30 PM Philippe Pochet, EU Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence International Finance and Economics Lecture Series
February 13, 2003 Lubar Commons (7200 Law School)	Resolving US - European Trade Disputes Through Law: Is WTO Law Effective? Noon - 1:30 PM William J. Davey, Edwin M. Adams Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law WAGE Transatlantic Relations Speaker Series
September 10, 2002 Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.	Supply Chain Governance and Regional Development in the Global Economy 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Outreach Workshop
June 17-18, 2002 Brussels, Belgium	OMCnet Meeting: "The OMC: An Effective and Legitimate Governance Instrument for the EU? Theoretical Promise and Empirical Realities"
April 18, 2002 Room 2260, Law School	Global Climate Change Law and Policy: The Growing Split between U.S. and European Climate Change Policies 3:30 - 5:00 PM Daniel M. Bodansky, Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law
March 30, 2002 Director's Room, Grainger Hall	Biotechnology and Transatlantic Relations 3:30 - 5:00 PM The Honorable David L. Aaron, Senior International Advisor, Dorsey & Whitney LLP and former U.S. Ambassador to the OECD and U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor
March 1, 2002 Lubar Commons (7200 Law School)	Resolving or Exacerbating Disputes? The WTO's New Dispute Resolution System Noon - 1:00 PM Karen J. Alter, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University

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