CSIS-UM Global Challenges Series on Haiti

Inaugural CSIS-University of Miami Knight Center for International Media Global Challenges Dialogues:

“Meeting the Challenge of the Millennium Development Goals in Haiti”

Moderated by:

Mariam Atash Nawabi,
American Abroad Media,
Host of PUL (weekly broadcast in Afghanistan)

Panel:

Garry Conille,
Team Leader of the Millennium Development Goals Support Cluster, United Nations Development Program

Dr. Barth Green,
Project Medishare Cofounder; Chairman of the Global Institute at the University of Miami

H.E. Raymond Joseph,
Haiti’s Ambassador to the United States

Johanna Mendelson Forman,
Senior Associate with the CSIS Americas Program

WASHNGTON, October 29, 2009 – The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) and the University of Miami Knight School for International Media will host the inaugural session of “Our Global Challenges: A Series of Dialogues on the Most Pressing Issues of Our Time.”  This session will focus on meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Haiti.

WHEN/WHERE: Monday, November 2, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

CSIS B1 Conference Center (1800 K Street, NW).

Moderated by Mariam Atash Nawabi, a journalist with America Abroad Media and host of PUL (a weekly broadcast in Afghanistan), a panel of top officials and experts on Haiti will discuss the state of the poorest country in the Americas.

The panel will feature Garry Conille, team leader of the Millennium Development Goals Support Cluster of the United Nations Development Program; Dr. Barth Green, Project Medishare cofounder and chairman of the Global Institute at the University of Miami; His Excellency Raymond Joseph, Haiti’s ambassador to the United States; and Johanna Mendelson Forman, a senior associate with the CSIS Americas Program. 

"OUR GLOBAL CHALLENGES: A Series of Dialogues on the Most Pressing Global Issues of Our Time" is a monthly series of panel discussions to be held at CSIS.  The Global Challenges Series will focus on topics surrounding the eight UN Millennium Development Goals.  The series will feature political leaders, innovators, international experts, thought leaders and public figures from around the world. While the panels will be attended by the Washington-based policy community, academia, and the private sector, what makes the program unique is the partnership with the University of Miami’s Knight Center for International Media.  This nexus between policy and media will include dissemination of the information presented during the Global Challenges Series not just to participants, but to audiences globally via the World Wide Web.

Credentialed members of the media who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org.

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