An invigorating day of addresses, debate, and discussion of major sources of systemic and human risk facing the global community.
| 7:30 AM | REGISTRATION |
| 8:00 - 9:00 AM | BREAKFAST AND WELCOME John W. Etchemendy, Provost, Stanford University Coit D. Blacker, Director, Freeman Spogli Institute OPENING REMARKS Warren Christopher, 63rd Secretary of State William J. Perry, 19th Secretary of Defense George P. Shultz, 60th Secretary of State |
| 9:15 AM - 12:00 PM | MORNING SESSION PLENARY I Understanding, Measuring, and Coping with Risk: What We Know Coit D. Blacker, Director, Freeman Spogli Institute, Chair Understanding and Measuring Risk Elisabeth Paté-Cornell The Collapse of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime? Scott D. Sagan Keeping Fissile Materials Out of Terrorist Hands Siegfried S. Hecker CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS Food Security and the Environment Rosamond L. Naylor, Chair Pandemics, Infectious Diseases, and Bioterrorism Alan M. Garber, Chair Insurgencies, Failed States, and the Challenge of Governance Jeremy M. Weinstein, Chair |
| 12:30 - 2:00 PM | LUNCHEON Infectious Diseases, Avian Influenza, and Bioterrorism: Risks to the Global Community Michael T. Osterholm, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota |
| 2:30 - 5:30 PM | AFTERNOON SESSION PLENARY II Natural, National, and International Disasters Michael A. McFaul, Deputy Director, FSI and Director, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Chair Terror, U.S. Ports, and Neglect of Critical Infrastructure Stephen E. Flynn Energy Shocks to the Global System David G. Victor CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS Responding to a World at Risk: U.S. Efforts at Democracy Promotion in Russia, Iraq, and Iran Michael A. McFaul, Chair The European Union: Politics, Economics, Terrorism Amir Eshel, Chair China's Rise: Implications for the World Economy and Energy Markets Thomas C. Heller, Chair Cross Currents: Nationalism and Regionalism in Northeast Asia Daniel C. Sneider, Chair |
| 6:00 - 8:00 PM | COCKTAIL RECEPTION AND DINNER Cocktail Reception 6:00 - 7:00 PM Dinner 7:00 - 8:00 PM |
| 8:00 - 9:00 PM | A WORLD AT RISK Peter Bergen, CNN Terrorism Analyst Author of Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Bin Laden Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |