Join us at one of the
Americas Quarterly
launch events across the
hemisphere. Meet select contributors, editorial board members, the
Editor-in-Chief, and others interested in promoting a new policy debate.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Spring 2008 Launch
Thursday, May 1,
2008
Miami, Florida
Panel and Discussion: 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Reception: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
For updated information on the speakers and agenda, please click here.
PAST EVENTS
Corporate
Social Responsibility
Friday, February 15, 2008
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Centre d'études
interaméricaines
Charles-De Koninck Pavilion, Room 3244
Quebec, Canada
Presentations
Christopher Sabatini, Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly
and Senior Director of Policy, AS/COA
Americas Quarterly Canada Launch
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.*
Munk Centre for International
Studies
Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility
University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place
Toronto, Ontario
*Presentations: 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Reception: 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Welcoming Remarks
Presentations
Stephen Handelman, Managing Editor, Americas Quarterly and Director, Center on Media, Crime & Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Christopher Sabatini, Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly and Senior Director of Policy, AS/COA
Pamela Wallin, Senior Advisor, Americas Society and Council of the Americas
Americas Quarterly Fall 2007
Issue Launch
Monday, October 22, 2007
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
John Jay College of Criminal
Justice
899 10th Avenue, Room 630T
New York, NY
Welcoming Remarks
Jeremy Travis, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Keynote Address
(A short press conference to immediately follow remarks.)
Panel Discussion: Crime and (In)Security in the Americas
Athanasios Hristoulas, Professor, ITAM and Member of the Transnational Network research team on maras youth gangs in Central America, Mexico and the U.S.
Alfredo Corchado, Mexico City Bureau Chief, Dallas Morning News and Winner of the 2007 Maria Moors Cabot Prize for outstanding reporting on Latin America
Stephen Handelman, Moderator; Director, Center on Media at the Crime and Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; and Managing Editor, Americas Quarterly
Read Admiral Stavridis' remarks from the Fall 2007 issue launch
Funding for this event was provided in part by the Foundation Open Society Institute's Justice Initiatives Program.
Santiago, Chile Launch:
Cocktail Reception with Former President Ricardo Lagos
Monday, August 27, 2007
Video of the
event
Keynote Presentation
Other Speakers
(Introduction)
Christopher Sabatini, Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly and Senior Director of Policy, AS/COA (Closing Remarks)
São
Paulo, Brazil Launch:
Cocktail Reception with Former President F. H. Cardoso
August 2, 2007
Keynote Presentation
Former President F.H. Cardoso, Americas Quarterly Editorial Board member and contributor to the premiere issue
Other Speakers
Susan Segal, President and CEO, AS/COA and Publisher, Americas Quarterly (Welcoming Remarks)
Christopher Sabatini, Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly and Senior Director of Policy, AS/COA (Closing Remarks)
Washington, D.C. Launch: Panel and Cocktail
Reception
May 30, 2007
Where Is the Hemisphere Heading?
A Look at Politics, Economics, and Immigration in Our Hemisphere
Welcoming Remarks
Susan Segal, President & CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas
Keynote Speaker
Pamela Cox, Regional Vice President, Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank
Panelists
Gary
Hufbauer, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for
International Economics
Joydeep Mukherji,
Director, Sovereign Ratings Group, Standard & Poor's
Poor's
Marcela
Sánchez, Columnist, The Washington Post
Roberto Suro, Director, Pew Hispanic Center
Christopher Sabatini, MODERATOR, Editor-in-Chief, Americas
Quarterly, and Senior Director of Policy, AS/COAPresident & CEO,
Americas Society/Council of the Americas
Closing Remarks
Thomas Carothers, Vice President for Studies-International Politics and Governance, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
New York, Premiere Launch: Panel and
Cocktail Reception
April 19, 2007
Video of the Panel Discussion
Panelists
Jorge
Castañeda,
Former Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico and Global Distinguished
Professor, NYU – Premiere Issue Contributor
Silvia Maxfield,
Professor, Simmons College – Editorial Board Member
Patricio Navia,
Professor, NYU – Premiere Issue Contributor
Marcela Sánchez,
Columnist, The Washington Post
Ken Shadlen,
Lecturer, London School of Economics and Political Science
– Editorial Board Member
Moderator: Christopher
Sabatini,
Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly
Presenters
Susan Segal,
President & CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas
William R. Rhodes, Chairman, Americas Society/Council of the
Americas; President & Chief Executive Officer,
Citibank, N.A.; Chairman,
President, & Chief Executive Officer, Citicorp Holdings Inc.;
Senior Vice
Chairman, Citi
Adriana Cisneros de Griffin, Vice President, Cisneros Group of
Companies; Vice Chairman, Fundación Cisneros
Enrique Norten, Principal, TEN Arquitectos
Guillermo Linares, Commissioner, New York City Mayor's Office of
Immigrant Affairs
Rosanna Rosado, Publisher & CEO,
El Diario - La Prensa
Christopher Sabatini,
Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly
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