Why We Get Fat: Adiposity 101 and the Alternative Hypothesis of Obesity
This program is cancelled
Gary Taubes, Author, Good Calories, Bad Calories
Common sense tells us that we get fat because we eat more calories than we expend. So why does eating less and exercising more not always work? German and Austrian researchers have suggested that we should consider obesity a disorder of excess fat accumulation and pay attention to the hormones and enzymes that regulate our fat tissue. Read more »

Innovation and Collaboration in a New Economy
Elliott Brown, Founder and Executive Director, Springboard Forward
This event has been postponed.
As the economic upheaval forces the nation to rethink business at every level, this is a time of unprecedented opportunity. Read more »

A New Cold War?
Neil Sheehan, Former Correspondent, The New York Times; Recipient, Pulitzer Prize; Author, A Fiery Peace in a Cold War
Robert Rosenthal, Executive Director, Center for Investigative Reporting - Moderator
Sheehan will explain the notion that we’ve gone from a Cold War with the former Soviet Union to what he terms a “new Cold War” with countries like North Korea and Iran. He will discuss in detail how close the U.S. Read more »

Bipartisan Foreign Policy: Better Process, Better Outcomes
Matthew Rojansky, Executive Director, Partnership for a Secure America
Some critics in Washington contend that President Obama’s ambition to bring Democrats and Republicans together on foreign policy has failed because it depends on a naive, utopian vision of bipartisanship. Read more »