Stanford US-Russia Forum Capstone Conference
Wednesday, April 18, 201212:00 AM - 12:00 AM (Pacific)
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Stanford U.S.-Russia Forum Capstone Conference
April 18 - 20, 2012, Stanford University
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Day 1 Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch
1:30 - 2:30pm Panel: Business
Speakers: Birger Steen, Parallels CEO; Bobby Chao, DFJ DragonFund Managing
Director; David Yang, ABBYY Founder and Chairman of the Board
Moderator: Alexandra Johnson, DFJ
Topic: International Entrepreneurs and VCs in Conversation
4:30 - 6pm Keynote
Speaker: Francis Fukuyama
Topic: Regime Change in Middle East and Post-Soviet Space
6:00 - 7:00pm Dinner
Day 2 Thursday, April 19th, 2012
9:15 - 10:30am Delegate Presentations -- Civil Society
Groups: U.S.-Russia Perceptions, Corruption
11:00am - 12:30pm Panel: Civil Society
Speakers: Professor Kathryn Stoner-Weiss of Stanford, Professor Steve Fish of
Berkeley
Moderator: Dr. Patricia Young of Stanford
Topic: The Post-Election Political Landscape in Moscow
12:30 - 2:30pm: Joint BBQ with the Russian Student Association
Performance: Fleet Street
2:30 - 3:30pm Speaker: Gender
Speaker: Professor Katherine Jolluck, Stanford
Topic: Women in the Post-Soviet Sphere
5:15 - 7:15pm Delegate Presentations -- Economy
Groups: Investment Banking, Public-Private Partnerships, Resource Curse
Day 3 Friday, April 20th, 2012
9:30 - 11:00am Panel: Nuclear Defense
Speakers: Professor David Holloway of Stanford, Ambassador Jack Matlock of
Columbia, Professor Theodore Postol of MIT
Moderator: Dr. Benoît Pelopidas of Stanford
Topic: NATO, US and Russia & Cooperative Missile Defense
11:30am - 1:30 pm Delegate Presentations -- Security
Groups: Afghanistan, Missile Defense, Space
1:45 - 2:45pm Lunch
3:00 - 4:30pm Speaker: Foreign Policy
Speakers: Professor Abbas Milani of Stanford
Topic: Russia, U.S. and Iran Sanctions
4:45 - 6:00pm Delegate Presentations -- Institutions
Groups: Education, Immigration
6:30-8:30pm Closing Dinner
Keynote: Professor Stephen Walt of Harvard
Additional Information:
Meals only for SURF delegates, officers and paid attendees.
All presentations and panels will be held at the Black Community Services
Center, Room 418
Santa Teresa Street, Stanford, CA.
The closing dinner will be held at the Stanford Faculty Club, 439 Lagunita Drive
Stanford, CA.
The Closing Dinner is available by invitation only