2000 Conference

23rd Annual Conference

Thursday, November 30
3-5 p.m. Conference Registration

7-9 p.m. Fulbright Association Arts Task Force Program

Friday December 1
8-10 a.m.

2-6 p.m. Conference Registration

10:15 a.m. Buses depart from Omni Shoreham Hotel for Fulbright Prize Ceremony

11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Fulbright Prize Award Ceremony, Lecture & Reception International Trade Center

1:45 p.m. Buses depart for Omni Shoreham Hotel

2:15-3:30 p.m. Election 2000: The Congressional Outlook on International Affairs

Edward J. Blakely (Sweden 1985), Dean, Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School University
Daniel E. Bob (Fiji 1985), Special Assistant for Asian and Pacific Affairs Office of Sen. William V. Roth, Jr., U.S. Senate
Michael Haltzel (Germany 1963), Democratic Staff Director for European Affairs, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Norman J. Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Fulbright 40th Anniversary Distinguished Fellow

3:45-4:15 p.m. Annual Meeting of Members

4:15-6:00 p.m. Fulbright Program Advocacy for Chapters & Members

Carol Bender (Japan 1997), President, Fulbright Association
Arizona Chapter
Lisa Chapin, Director of Member and Chapter Services,
Fulbright Association
Charles F. Dambach, Chairman, Coalition for American
Leadership Abroad
R. Fenton-May (U.S.A. 1967), Chairman, Fulbright Association
Board of Directors Committee on Advocacy & External Relations
Jelita McLeod, Director of External Relations, Fulbright
Association
Michael Ringler, Staff Assistant, Subcommittee on the
Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations

7-9:30 p.m. 23rd Annual Banquet and Keynote Address

Beatriz M. Ramacciotti (U.S.A. 1988), Ambassador and
Permanent Representative of Peru to the Organization of American
States (1994-2000)

Saturday December 2
9-10:15 a.m. International Education Policy: What Lies Ahead?

Barry E. Ballow, Director, Office of Academic Exchange
Programs, U.S. Department of State
Madeleine F. Green, Vice President and Director, Center for Institutional and International Initiatives, American Council on Education
Eugene P. Trani (Soviet Union 1981), President, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jayne Millar Wood, Project Manager, Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support, Council on Foundations

10:30 a.m.-Noon Saving the Earth: Reconciling Economic Development & Environmentalism

J. William Futrell (Germany 1957), President, Environmental Law Institute
Melinda Kimble, Vice President for Programs, United Nations Foundation
Aseem Prakash, Assistant Professor, School of Business and Public Management, The George Washington University
David M. Roodman (Vietnam 1998), Senior Researcher, Worldwatch Institute

12:30-2 p.m. Plenary Luncheon and Address

2:00-3:15 p.m. Selma Jeanne Cohen Fund Lecture: “Expression in Dance”

Leslie Friedman (India 1983), Artistic Director, The Lively Foundation, San Francisco

7-9:00 p.m. Concert & Reception, The Mexican Cultural Institute

Sunday December 3
9-10:15 a.m. Fulbright Association International Education Task Force: The Future of Education and the Fulbright Program

Gerald A. Heeger (Pakistan 1983), President,
University of Maryland University College

9-10:15 a.m. Global Fulbright Network

Jane L. Anderson, Executive Director,
Fulbright Association
Wiltrud W. G. Hammelstein (USA 1987),
President, Fulbright Alumni e.V. (the German Fulbright Alumni
Association)
Jaakko E. Laine (USA 1972), Chairman,
Finnish ASLA-Fulbright Alumni Association
Hassan Mekouar (U.S.A. 1968, 1973),
Immediate Past President, Moroccan American Commission for Educational
and Cultural Exchange
Esad Prohic (U.S.A. 1986), President, Croatian Fulbright
Alumni Association

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Concurrent Fulbright Association Task Force Meetings

12:15 p.m. Conference Adjourned

Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.