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12/27/2007 World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth Upcoming Programs *Please note that prices do not reflect the early bird $5 discount for online registration 5 or more business days before the event. 2008 Speaker: David Frum Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Speaker: His Excellency Nabil Fahmy Author, Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again Ambassador of Egypt to the United States Date: Thursday, January 17, 2008 Date: Monday, January 28, 2008 Title: Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again Title: TBD Time: 6:00 PM Registration & Reception Time: 6:00 PM Registration & Reception 6:30 Program & Book Signing 6:30 PM Program Location: Hotel Crescent Court 7:45 PM Contributors’ Circle Dinner (400 Crescent Ct., Dallas, TX 75201) Location: Hotel Crescent Court Price: $35 Members; $50 Non-Members (400 Crescent Ct., Dallas, TX 75201) Price: $35 Members; $50 Non-Members Speaker: Susan Shirk, Ph.D. Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute on Speaker: Nancy Gibbs Global Conflict and Cooperation, School of International Author, The Preacher and the Presidents Relations and Pacific Studies Michael Duffy Author, China: Fragile Superpower: How China's Internal Author, The Preacher and the Presidents Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise Date: Thursday, January 31, 2008 Part of the 2008 China Series Title: The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 in the White House Title: China: Fragile Superpower: How China's Internal Time: 11:30 AM Registration Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise 12:00 Noon Program, Luncheon & Book Signing Time: 11:30 AM Registration Location: The Fairmont Dallas 12:00 Noon Program, Luncheon & Book Signing (1717 N. Akard St., Dallas, TX 75201) Location: Hotel Crescent Court Price: $45 Members; $60 Non-Members (400 Crescent Ct., Dallas, TX 75201) $500 Member Table of 10* Price: $45 Members; $60 Non-Members $650 Non-Member Table of 10* $500 Member Table of 10* Sponsored by Winstead PC, Morgan $650 Non-Member Table of 10* Building Systems, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Co-sponsored with the Crow Collection of Asian Art and Wachovia Bank *Includes priority seating *Includes priority seating Speaker: Charles Kupchan Speaker: Nancy Gibbs Professor of International Relations, School of Foreign Service and Author, The Preacher and the Presidents; Government, Georgetown University Editor-at-large, TIME Magazine Part of the 2008 International Perspectives Series Michael Duffy Date: Thursday, January 24, 2008 Author, The Preacher and the Presidents; Title: Dreams vs. Reality: A Superpower Discovers Its Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine Limits Date: Thursday, January 31, 2008 Time: 11:30 AM Registration Title: The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham 12:00 Noon Program & Luncheon in the White House Location: Park City Club Time: 6:00 PM Registration & Reception (5956 Sherry Ln., Ste. 1700, Dallas, TX 75225) 6:30 PM Program & Book Signing Price: $35 Members; $45 Non-Members Location: Colonial Country Club $120 Members Series; $160 Non-Members Series (3735 Country Club Circle, Fort Worth, TX 76107) Co-sponsored with the American Jewish Committee Price: $35 Members; $50 Non-Members In cooperation with the Georgetown Club of North Sponsored by Winstead PC, Morgan Texas Building Systems, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and Wachovia Bank *$5 will be added to all tickets sold within 48 business hours of the program* Republic Center • 325 N. St. Paul Street • Suite 2200 • Dallas, TX 75201 USA• Phone: (214) 965-8400 • Fax: (214) 965-8419 Fort Worth International Center • 808 Throckmorton • Fort Worth, TX 76102 USA • Phone: (817) 212-2696 • Fax: (817) 392-2668 www.dfwworld.org 12/27/2007 World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth Upcoming Programs *Please note that prices do not reflect the early bird $5 discount for online registration 5 or more business days before the event. Speaker: Andrew Kuchins Speakers: Gerald McElvy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, President, ExxonMobil Foundation Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Donnell Dianne Ocker Part of the 2008 International Perspectives Series Vice President, Whole Planet Foundation Date: Friday, February 1, 2008 David Gonzales Title: Russia’s Strategic Goals: Why They Matter for Us Vice President, Community Affairs, PepsiCo Time: 11:30 AM Registration Part of the Global Philanthropy Series 12:00 Noon Program & Luncheon Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Location: Park City Club Title: Getting Global About Giving (5956 Sherry Ln., Ste. 1700, Dallas, TX 75225) Time: 11:30 AM Registration Price: $35 Members; $45 Non-Members 12:00 Noon Program & Luncheon Co-sponsored with the American Jewish Committee Location: The Communities Foundation of Texas (5500 Caruth Haven Ln., Dallas, Texas 75225) Speaker: Alan Boeckmann Price: $45 Members; $60 Non-Members Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, $500 Member Table of 10* Fluor Corporation $650 Non-Member Table of 10* Date: Thursday, February 7, 2008 Sponsored by Billingsley Company Title: TBD Co-sponsored with the Communities Foundation of Time: 11:30 AM Registration Texas; In cooperation with The Chiapas Project 12:00 Noon Program & Luncheon *Includes priority seating Location: TBD Price: TBD Speaker: Ayaan Hirsi Ali Co-sponsored with the Dallas Business Club Author, Infidel Part of the Global Philanthropy Series Speaker: Karen De Young Date: Thursday, February 21, 2008 Associate Editor, The Washington Post Title: Female Rights in Islam Author, Soldier: A Biography of Colin Powell Time: 11:30 AM Registration Date: Friday, February 8, 2007 12:00 Noon Program, Luncheon & Book Signing Time: 11:30 AM Registration Location: Hyatt Regency Dallas 12:00 Noon Program & Luncheon (300 Reunion Blvd., Dallas, TX 75207) Location: Hotel Crescent Court Price: $45 Members; $60 Non-Members (400 Crescent Ct., Dallas, TX 75201) $750 Member Table of 10* Price: Free to members of the Council. Reservations taken by $900 Non-Member Table of 10* Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP. More information to come. $1,500 Sponsor Table of 10** Sponsored by Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Co-sponsored with the University of North Texas Sponsored by Holmes-Murphy *Includes priority seating and ten copies of Infidel **Includes priority seating, ten copies of Infidel and invitations for ten to the VIP Reception For security reasons, this is listed on our website as “February Global Philanthropy Keynote” Ayaan Hirsi Ali is also appearing on Wednesday, January 20, 2008 at the University of North Texas. More details to come soon. *$5 will be added to all tickets sold within 48 business hours of the program* Republic Center • 325 N. St. Paul Street • Suite 2200 • Dallas, TX 75201 USA• Phone: (214) 965-8400 • Fax: (214) 965-8419 Fort Worth International Center • 808 Throckmorton • Fort Worth, TX 76102 USA • Phone: (817) 212-2696 • Fax: (817) 392-2668 www.dfwworld.org 12/27/2007 World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth Upcoming Programs *Please note that prices do not reflect the early bird $5 discount for online registration 5 or more business days before the event. Speaker: Walter Russell Mead Speaker: Jan Egeland Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Secretary General, Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Council on Foreign Relations Coordinator, United Nations Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Author, Frontline Humanity Title: TBD Part of the Global Philanthropy Series Time: 6:00 PM Registration & Reception Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:30 PM Program & Book Signing Title: A Billion Lives: An Eyewitness Report from Location: TBD the Frontlines of Humanity Price: $35 Members; $50 Non-Members Time: 11:30 AM Registration Co-sponsored with the Council on 12:00 Noon Program & Luncheon Foreign Relations Location: The Fairmont Dallas (1717 N. Akard St., Dallas, TX 75201) Speaker: Willie Brown Price: $45 Members; $60 Non-Members Author, Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times $750 Members Table of 10* Part of Authorspeak $900 Non-Members Table of 10* Date: Thursday, February 28, 2008 Sponsored by Billingsley Company Title: My Life and Our Times Co-sponsored with the Communities Foundation of Time: 6:00 PM Registration & Reception Texas 6:30 PM Program & Book Signing In cooperation with the Chiapas Project Location: Dallas Public Library *Includes priority seating and ten copies of A Billion Lives (1515 Young St., Dallas, TX 75201) Price: $20 Members; $30 Non-Members Speaker: Strobe Talbott Co-sponsored with the Dallas Public Library President, Brookings Institution Author, The Great Experiment: The Story of Ancient Speaker: Michael Shifter Empires, Modern States, and the Quest for a Global Nation Vice President for Policy, The Inter-American Dialogue Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Part of the 2008 International Perspectives Series Title: The Great Experiment: The Story of Ancient Empires, Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2008 Modern States, and the Quest for a Global Nation Title: Chavez: Will He Succeed in Forming an Time: 11:15 AM VIP Reception anti-U.S. Bloc? 11:30 AM Registration Time: 11:30 AM Registration 12:00 Noon Program & Luncheon 12:00 Noon Program & Luncheon Location: The Fairmont Dallas Location: Park City Club (1717 N. Akard St., Dallas, TX 75201) (5956 Sherry Ln., Ste. 1700, Dallas, TX 75225) Price: $45 Members; $60 Non-Members Price: $35 Members; $45 Non-Members $750 Member Table of 10* Co-sponsored with the American Jewish Committee $900 Non-Member Table of 10* *Includes priority seating and ten copies of The Great Experiment Speaker: Ted Fishman Author, China,