April 2011

Larry Burton: Prospering Together: America’s Citizens, Communities and Companies (2/18/09)

Prospering Together: America’s Citizens, Communities and Companies

Larry Burton, Executive Director, Business Roundtable

How do we remain competitive? Other nations are rising economically, racing to catch up and even surpass us. Castellani will review a wide range of critical challenges facing America, including health care and energy demand. He offers the collective perspective of top CEOs on what it will take for American workers and companies to succeed in the international economy, now and in the future.

 

Legal Strategies in the Fight for Marriage Equality (2/17/09)

Legal Strategies in the Fight for Marriage Equality

Therese Stewart, Chief Deputy City Attorney, City of San Francisco
Shannon Minter, Legal Director, National Center For Lesbian Rights
Jo Hoenninger, San Francisco Civil Rights Attorney - Moderator Read more »

Walter Bortz: Next Medicine: The Revolution that Will Save American Health (12/8/09)

Next Medicine: The Revolution that Will Save American Health

Walter Bortz, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine Read more »

The New American Olive Oil: A Guided Tasting (12/7/09)

The New American Olive Oil: A Guided Tasting

Fran Gage, Author, The New American Olive Oil
Roberta Klugman, Board Member, California Olive Oil Council – Moderator Read more »

Jose M. Zuniga: AIDS Around the World: A World AIDS Day Special (12/1/09)

AIDS Around the World: A World AIDS Day Special

Jose M. Zuniga, President/CEO, International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC)

Educate yourself and help advance the global commitment in the battle against AIDS. On World AIDS Day, come learn the latest developments and advancements in AIDS care from around world as Zuniga discusses the work of IAPAC in Africa, South America, North America and Europe. Find out why this fight involves you and your human rights.

 

Michael A. Cohen: The New Colonialists? How NGOs and Private Citizens Are Transforming State Sovereignty (11/30/09)

The New Colonialists? How NGOs and Private Citizens Are Transforming State Sovereignty

Michael A. Cohen, Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation Read more »

Global Reach: A New Report on Ties Between the San Francisco Bay Area and India (11/23/09)

Global Reach: A New Report on Ties Between the San Francisco Bay Area and India

Sean Randolph, President & CEO of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute
Jim Herlihy, Managing Director, Private Wealth Management, Deutsche Bank - San Francisco; Co-chairman, San Francisco-Bangalore Sister City Committee
Kaiser Mulla-Feroze, Vice President, International Development & Strategy, Salesforce.com
Vivek Paul, Akansa Capital; Former Partner, TPG Capital
Sandeep Kishore, Senior Vice President and Head of Hi Tech/Manufacturing, HCL Read more »

Judith Horstman: The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain (10/26/09)

The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain

Judith Horstman, Journalist; Author; Teacher

What’s your brain doing, right now? Award-winning journalist Horstman writes about health and medicine for doctors as well as the general public. Her work has appeared in hundreds of publications worldwide and on the Internet. Come here Horstman discuss what your brain is doing as you go through a typical day sleeping, waking, fighting, loving and making important decisions.

 

Michael Abkin: Finally! A U.S. National Peace Academy (10/15/09)

Finally! A U.S. National Peace Academy

Michael Abkin, Ph.D., Director, Organizational Development and Operations, National Peace Academy

The National Peace Academy in the U.S. is poised to take its place among leading education and peace-building institutions that are focused on advancing cultures of peace. Learn about the academy’s background, status and plans, what distinguishes it in its field, and how it is working cooperatively with other institutions and programs.