Calendar of Events
Directions to
the Academy
Stated Meetings occur monthly during the academic year and give Academy Fellows
a chance to meet and attend lectures by their colleagues. They are closed to the
general public and are held at the House of the Academy in Cambridge, MA unless
otherwise noted.
For information on a specific event, call the Events Office at 617-576-5032.
For press inquiries, call the Communications Office at 617-576-5043.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Stated Meeting - Cambridge
After the 2008 Elections: How Will They Govern?
Location: House of the Academy
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Speakers:
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Thomas E. Mann, Senior Fellow and W. Averell Harriman Chair, Brookings
Institution
Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
for Public Policy Research
David Ellwood, Scott Black Professor of Political Economy and Dean,
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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Monday, February 2, 2009
Film Screening and Discussion - Cambridge
In Search of Memory
Location: House of the Academy
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Speakers:
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Eric Kandel, University Professor and Fred Kavli Professor and
Director of the Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons; Senior Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Petra Seeger, film director
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Saturday, February 28 - Sunday, March 1, 2009
Symposium - Mountain View, CA
Information Technology and the Public Good
Location: Google, Microsoft and Computer History Museum
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Partial List of Speakers:
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C. Gordon Bell, Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research
Henry Brady, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Vinton Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Inc.
David Clark, Senior Research Scientist, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Joshua Cohen, Professor of Philosophy, Law and Political Science, Stanford University
Cynthia Dwork, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
Edward Feigenbaum, Kumagai Professor in the School of Engineering, Emeritus, Stanford University
Edward Felten, Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Pat Hanrahan, Canon USA Professor, Computer Graphics Laboratory, Stanford University
John Hennessy, President, Stanford University
John Hollar, President and CEO, Computer History Museum
Irwin M. Jacobs, Chairman, Co-Founder, and Former CEO, Qualcomm Inc.
Michael A. Keller, Ida M. Green University Librarian and Director of Academic Information Resources, Stanford University
Butler Lampson, Technical Fellow, Microsoft Inc.
Edward Lazowska, Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science, and Engineering, University of Washington
Donald A.B. Lindberg, Director, National Library of Medicine
Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google Inc.
John E. Warnock, Co-Chairman of the Board and former President and Chief Executive Officer, Adobe Systems
Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law and Co-Founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School
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Monday, March 9, 2009
Symposium - Washington, DC
Humanities and Culture in a Civil Society
Location: George Washington University
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Partial List of Speakers:
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Edward L. Ayers, President, University of Richmond
Francis Oakley, President Emeritus and Edward Dorr Griffin Professor
of the History of Ideas, Williams College
Don Michael Randel, President, The Mellon Foundation
David Souter, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court
Patricia Q. Stonesifer, Chairwoman, Smithsonian Institution
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Spring Concert - Cambridge
An Evening of Chamber Music
Location: House of the Academy
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Performers::
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Edward Arron, cello
Ronald Arron, viola
Aaron Boyd, violin
Jeewon Park, piano
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Annual and Stated Meeting - Cambridge
What Is Missing in Medical Thinking
Location: House of the Academy
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Speaker:
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Jerome Groopman, Dina and Raphael Recanati Chair of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School; Chief of Experimental Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center;
staff writer in medicine and biology, The New Yorker
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For additional
information or to make reservations, call the Events Office at 617-576-5032.
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