GARRY KASPAROV AUTHORITY – CHARISMA – A PROVEN TRACK RECORD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Garry Kasparov has been one of the most consistent and engaging voices on Russia and foreign policy for over 20 years. He first contributed an op‐ed to the Wall Street Journal in 1991 and has since published hundreds of articles and made countless television appearances to share his analysis and insight on Russia, Western policy, and his personal experiences as a Soviet citizen and pro‐democracy leader in Russia. Time and again Kasparov’s prognostications and opinions have been proven correct on everything from the brief duration of the 1991 coup against Gorbachev to Putin’s ambitions against Ukraine. His outlook is sought by investor groups, universities, and think tanks around the world. For old media and new, from the Sunday shows to his popular Twitter (120K) and Facebook (150K), Garry Kasparov has become the go‐to source for unflinching candor and remarkable accuracy on Russia. His status as a legendary world chess champion only enhance Kasparov’s appeal as a contributor and guest, and chess and human rights are hardly his only claims to fame. His profound writing and dynamic lectures on strategy and decision‐making have become touchstones in the business and technology communities, cited by everyone from MIT artificial intelligence professors to Credit Suisse analyst reports, and luminaries like Maria Bartiromo and Peter Thiel. In the past several years alone has delivered speeches and seminars for IBM, Google, Facebook, Oxford Martin, The Cato Institute, General Electric, and the World Business Forum. Garry Kasparov’s irresistible combination of personal history, expertise, and outspoken charisma have led to frequent high‐profile appearances. He has been the subject of a long profile by David Remnick in The New Yorker, a guest on The Colbert Report, consulted and cited by US Presidents and members of Congress, named to the TIME 100, and received a standing ovation as the keynote speaker at the 2014 Cato Institute Milton Friedman Prize dinner. Kasparov’s unmatched credibility comes from many years of being proven correct by events and from his own experiences. Twice arrested by the dictatorial regime of Vladimir Putin, once badly beaten by police in full view of the international media, Kasparov has protested in the streets of Moscow and spoken in parliaments around the world for the cause of individual freedom. He is the chairman of the NY‐based Human Rights Foundation, which organizes the annual Oslo Freedom Forum, called “The Davos of Dissidents.” SELECTED KASPAROV EDITORIALS, 2012‐2014 The Times (UK) – Putin’s Bloodlust – Mar 2012 The Daily – Stealing the Future in Russia – Mar 2012 WSJ – Forget Jackson‐Vanik, Remember Human Rights – Mar 2012 TIME Magazine – Alexei Navalny in the TIME 100 – April 2012 WSJ – The Myth of Democratization – May 2012 WSJ – Obama’s Flexibility – Jun 2012 The Times (UK) – Olympian Hypocrisy, Tear Up Putin’s Ticket to the Games – Aug 2012 The Moscow Times – Putinism is the Only Religion that Matters – Aug 2012 Financial Times – A Shortfall of Innovation (with Peter Thiel) – Nov 2012 WSJ – Obama to Putin’s Rescue – Jan 2013 The Daily Beast – Do You Have a Dream? – Feb 2013 The Daily Beast – The Death of Berezovsky – Mar 2013 TIME Magazine – Magnus Carlsen in the TIME 100 – Apr 2013 WSJ – Common Ground: Zero. A Shared Enemy Does Not Mean Shared Values – May 2013 The Daily Beast – My Fight Goes On Outside of Russia – Jun 2013 WSJ – Putin Wins on Syria – Jun 2013 The Daily Beast – Snowden, G7+1, and Syria – Jun 2013 CNN.com – Navalny’s Surprises – Jul 2013 The Daily Beast – Boycott Putin, Not the Games – Aug 2013 TIME Magazine – Putin is Not Playing Games – Sep 2013 TIME Magazine – Europe Must Fight Back – Dec 2013 The Daily Beast – The Snowden Excuse – Jan 2014 Le Monde – Putin’s Potemkin Olympic Village – Feb 2014 The Daily Beast – Black Bread and Circuses – Feb 2014 Le Monde – Putin’s Propaganda Can’t Change the Truth – Feb 2014 WSJ – Ukraine and Putin’s New World Order – Mar 2014 Politico – Putin Repeats History, Will the World Let Him? – Mar 2014 NY Daily News – America’s Vital Interests in Ukraine – Mar 2014 The Washington Post – Hard Truths about Putin for the West – Mar 2014 TIME Magazine – Obama’s Munich Moment – Mar 2014 Liberal Magazine (Israel) – Winning the Losing Battle – Apr 2014 TIME Magazine – The Price of Inaction in Ukraine – Jul 2014 TIME Magazine – It’s a War, Stupid! – Sep 2014 The Washington Post – Occupy Dictatorship. Hong Kong Isn’t Moscow – Oct 2014 Libération (FR) – Putin’s Justice in a French Court – Oct 2014 SELECTED KASPAROV LECTURES, 1999‐2014 (From over 200 total during this period) Stanford University – “Limit of Human Endurance” – Apr 1999 Barcelona for Peoplesoft – “Computers and the Game of Chess” – Oct 2003 Interlaken for Swiss Economic Forum – “Achieving Your Potential” – Mar 2004 Brazil for People Marketing – “Strategy of the Future” – Aug 2004 Hamburg at Baltic Forum – “Russia Today” – Sep 2004 San Francisco for Deloitte Touche – “Strategic Mindset” – Sep 2005 Moscow for Indesit – “Leaders vs Managers” – Nov 2005 Munich for Deutsche Telekom – “Strategy for Decoding the Complexity of Life” – Feb 2006 New York for Accoona – “Artificial Intelligence” – Mar 2006 Zurich for Credit Suisse – “Innovation and Tradition” – Aug 2006 St. Petersburg (RUS) – “Politics in Russia” – Sep 2006 Dusseldorf for Focus – “The Nature of Courage” – Sep 2006 New York at the New Yorker Festival – Interview with David Remnick (90m) – Oct 2006 Washington DC at National Endowment for Democracy – “The Other Russia” – Jan 2007 New York at National Endowment for Democracy – “Democracy in Peril” – Feb 2007 Stockholm & Goteborg for Bestseller – “Business Intelligence” – Mar 2007 Vienna – “Six Months Without Anna Politkovskaya” – Apr 2007 Paris for ICBI – “How Life Imitates Chess” – May 2007 Prague at the EU Democracy and Security Conference – “Totalitarianism to Democracy” – Jun 2007 Mexico City for ExpoManagement – “Anticipating the Future” – Jun 2007 Toronto at the Empire Club – “Russia and the Global Big Picture” – Jun 2007 New York at the Hudson Institute – “Putinocracy” – Jun 2007 Copenhagen – Receiving Politiken Human Rights Award – Sep 2007 Warsaw at EIN – Russian Forum Keynote – Sep 2007 New York at Radio City for Business Expo – “The Attacker’s Advantage” – Oct 2007 New Orleans for Jefferson Finance – “Big Picture and Values” – Oct 2007 Washington DC at US Congress hearing – “Death of a Dissident” – Oct 2007 Berlin at Cinema for Peace – “Foreign Relations” – Feb 2008 New York Waldorf‐Astoria for DCAT – “Preparation for Leadership” – Mar 2008 Abu Dhabi – “Strategy for Politics and Business” – May 2008 The Guardian’s Hay Festival (Wales) – “Putin’s Russia” – May 2008 Milan for Microsoft – “Anticipating the Future” – Oct 2008 London for ICBI at Business Conference – “Real Leadership” – Dec 2008 New Delhi for Times of India – “The Politics of Change” – Mar 2009 Helsinki for KPMG – “Strategy for Life” – May 2009 Connecticut at General Electric HQ – Seminar and Lecture, “Decisions” – Jan 2010 Colgate University – “Democracy in Putin’s Russia” – Apr 2010 Palo Alto at Palantir – “Information and Innovation” – Nov 2010 Mountain View at Google, Q&A and Lecture, “Fake Values” – Nov 2010 Miami at Leadership Conference – “Quest for Democracy” – Nov 2010 Saint Louis & Kansas City for Show Me Institute – “Liberty” – Dec 2010 Tbilisi Forum – Q&A and Keynote, “Geopolitical Challenges” – Feb 2011 Washington DC at NED – “Myth of Russian Engagement” – Mar 2011 New York at PEN World Voices Festival – Panel and Lecture, “Putin’s Russia” – May 2011 Dubai, Johannesburg, Riyadh, Cairo for IBM – “Information Acceleration” – 2011 Wash DC at Heritage Foundation w Speaker John Boehner – “Risks of Russian Reset” – Oct 2011 New York at Four Seasons for Hudson Institute – “Russian‐US Relations” – Nov 2011 Paris at UNESCO Conference – “Dynamic Education” – Mar 2012 Strasbourg at Court of Human Rights – “Russian Future” – Mar 2012 University of Pennsylvania – “From Chess to Politics” – Apr 2012 Washington University in Saint Louis – “Life of Innovation” – Apr 2012 New York at Lincoln Center – “Perpetual Challenge” – Apr 2012 Manchester at Alan Turing Centennial – Panel and Lecture, “Turing and Change” – Jun 2012 Oxford – Debate and Lecture with Peter Thiel, Kenneth Rogoff and Mark Shuttleworth – Nov 2012 Macau at Leadership Conference – “Drawing and Adapting to Win” – Nov 2012 Oxford at Oxford Martin as Visiting Scholar – Seminar & Lecture, “Spirit of Innovation” – Feb 2013 Menlo Park at Facebook – Meetings and Lecture, “21st Century Tech in Politics” – May 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum – “Future Dissidents” – May 2013 Seattle for Hillsdale College – “Russia and Freedom for All” – May 2013 Geneva receiving UN Watch Human Rights Award – Jun 2013 Istanbul for ESOMAR – “Dynamic New Education Methods” – Sep 2013 Stanford University – “Russia Today” – Nov 2013 Goa, India at THiNK Conference – Interview on Politics and Russia – Nov 2013 Oxford at Oxford Martin – Seminars, Workshops, and Lecture, “Human + Machine” – Dec 2013 Southern Methodist University (Dallas) – “Un‐American: the Values of Freedom” – Mar 2014 Philadelphia at Wharton for Estée Lauder – “Strategic Choices” – Apr 2014 Washington DC at Jack Kemp Foundation – “American Values and Russia” – May 2014 New York at CATO Milton Friedman Award Dinner – “Advancing Liberty” – May 2014 San Francisco for Atlas Foundation – “American Values in the New Cold War” – Sep 2014 London for BCP – “New Challenges to the World Order” – Sep 2014 New York at Radio City for World Business Forum – “Strategies for Leadership” – Oct 2014 Oslo Freedom Forum – “Banks and Tanks” – Oct 2014 Toronto for Grano Lecture – “Stopping Putin and the New Cold War” – Oct 2014 New York at Freedom Dinner for Atlas Foundation – “New Coalitions for Global Order” – Nov 2014 Wyoming (x2) – “American Values” – Nov 2014 .