SPEAKERS BUREAU EVENTSMay 24, 2007: Lecture by Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander of Europe and 2004 Democratic Presidential contender No podcast available. This was the annual Spring Speaker collaboration between the ASSU Speakers Bureau and Stanford In Government (SIG) May 20, 2007: Performance by Sarah Silverman, star of the Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central No Podcast available. This was a joint event of the Speakers Bureau, Stanford Comedy Club, Stanford Students in Entertainment, FLICKS, and the Jewish Students Association. May 13, 2007: Lecture by Alan Dershowitz, esteemed author, lawyer, and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School Podcast available at Stanford iTunes. Apple iTunes software required. This was a joint event of the Speakers Bureau, Hillel at Stanford, the Jewish Students Association, the Stanford Israel Alliance, the Israel Center of San Francisco, the Jewish Community Relations Council, the Simon Wiesenthal Center Campus Outreach Division and Hasbara Fellowships. February 14, 2007: Lecture by Ralph Nader, Former Presidential Candidate and Author This was a joint event of the Speakers Bureau, SIG, Stanford American Constitution Society, and the Stanford Law and Policy Society. February 12, 2007: Lecture by Sandy Froman, President, National Rifle Association Podcast available at Stanford iTunes. Apple iTunes software required. November 15, 2006: Lecture by Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health Podcast available at Stanford iTunes. Apple iTunes software required. This was a joint event of the Speakers Bureau and FACE-AIDS. Thanks to: the Freshman Dean's Office; the Medical School; Stanford Dance Marathon October 20, 2006: "Facing AIDS: Why We Can't Wait" Dr. Jim Yong Kim, co-founder of Partners in Health Podcast available at Stanford iTunes. Apple iTunes software required. This was a joint event of the Speakers Bureau and FACE-AIDS. Thanks to: the Freshman Dean's Office; Stanford Association for International Development (SAID); Access and Delivery of Essential Medications (ADEM) October 17, 2006: First Annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture: "Journalism and the World" Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent Podcast available at Stanford iTunes. Apple iTunes software required. This was a joint event of the Speakers Bureau; Hillel at Stanford; the Office of Religious Life; Music at Stanford; and the Daniel Pearl Foundation. |
April 28, 2007: "Stanford Africa Business Forum"
Bayo Adeniji, leading African Private Equity investor and H.E. Peter N.R.O. Ogego, Kenyan Ambassador to the U.S.
Sponsoring organization: SAUTI- Stanford Journal of African Studies
April 26, 2007: "The Dangerous Intersections of Race, Gender, & Violence: A Symposium with Andrea Smith and INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence"
Dr. Andrea Smith, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and award winning author of Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian
Sponsoring organizations: UNIDAS, the Program in Feminist Studies, the Native American Cultural Center, and the Women's Community Center
April 16, 2007: "The 3 Ex-Terrorists"
Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem, and Zachariah Anani, former members of the PLO and a Lebanese terrorist group, active against Israel
Sponsoring organization: Students for an Open Society and Stanford Republicans
April 10, 2007: "After Innocence: A Conversation with Death Row Exoneree Nick Yarris"
Nick Yarris: Exonereee after 8,057 days on Pennsylvania's Death Row
Sponsoring organization: Stanford Beyond Bars (SBB)
April 9, 2007: "Khichdi (mish-mash"
Mohsin Hamid, a Lahore-born, Princeton and Harvard-educated author of Moth Smoke and The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Sponsoring organization: Pakistanis at Stanford (PAS)
April 7, 2007: "'I Don't Know' to CEO Women in Business Conference"
Panel Featuring: female CEOs from companies such as LinkedIn, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Isolagen, IDEO, TechBA Silicon Valley, and Meebo
Sponsoring organization: Stanford Women in Business
April 6, 2007: "Dhrupad Classical Music Recital"
Uday Bhawalkar, world renowned and gifted dhrupad artist and leading classical music proponent
Sponsoring organization: Sanskriti
March 3, 2007: "SAID's Annual International Development Conference"
Panel Featuring: development experts and leaders, professors, World Bank employees, investment professionals, and researchers
Sponsoring organization: Stanford Association for International Development (SAID)
March 2, 2007: "Energy Crossroads Conference"
Thomas Friedman: New York Times journalist, author, and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner
Sponsoring organization: Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students (BASES)
The Iranian Business Speakers Series
February 24, 2007: "From Concept to Corporation - The Process and Challenges of Starting a Company"
April 20, 2007: "What it Takes to be a Leader - The Role of the CEO"
May 14, 2007: "From Seed to IPO - The Strategies of a High-Tech Company"
Panel Featuring: Kamran Elahian, Mostafa Ronaghi, Arman Pahlavan, Saeed Amidi, Hossein Eslambolchi, Omid Kordestani, and Hamid Moghadam
Sponsoring organization: Persian Students Association Business Alliance (PSA-BA)
February 15, 2007: "Authors' Corner"
Caille Milner, author of The Golden Road: Notes on my Gentrification
Sponsoring organization: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
February 8, 2007: "Continuing the Movement"
Jamal R. Watkins, Western Region Director of the NAACP
Sponsoring organization: Alpha Phi Alpha
January 31, 2007: "White Like Me: Reflections on Race"
Tim Wise, author of Affirmative Action: Racial Preferences in Black and White
Sponsoring organization: Stanford Asian-American Activism Committee (SAAAC)
January 25, 2007: "Stifling Debate: Reflections on the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering"
Norman Finkelstein, prominent Israeli-Palestinian scholar and author
Sponsoring organization: Students Confronting Apartheid in Israel (SCAI)
November 11, 2006: "Listen to the Silence:" Stanford's Asian American Issues Conference
Pam Tau Lee, Coordinator of Public Programs for the Labor Occupational Health Program at UC-Berkeley
Sponsoring organization: Asian American Students' Association (AASA)
November 10, 2006: "A Journey to the International Space Station"
Anousheh Ansari, the first female private space explorer
Sponsoring organization: Persian Student Association (PSA)
November 8, 2006: "Where Did Your Dinner Come From?"
Dina Izzo, marketing director of the Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA)
Sponsoring organization: Stanford Student Community Garden Group
October 30, 2006: "Understanding Israel and the Middle East"
Herb Keinon, diplomatic correspondent for the Jerusalem Post
Sponsoring organization: Stanford Israel Alliance
October 26, 2006: "Breaking the Silence: An Evening with Former Israeli Soldiers"
Yehuda Shaul and Dotan Greenvald, former Israeli soldiers
Sponsoring organization: Coalition for Justice in the Middle East (CJME)
October 20, 2006: "Understanding Israel and the Middle East"
David Horovitz, editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post
Sponsoring organization: Stanford Israel Alliance
October 16, 2006: "Ending Apartheid in the Holy Land: A Future of Hope and Reconciliation"
Ali Abuminah, author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse
Sponsoring organization: Coalition for Justice in the Middle East (CJME)