On Friday, March 19^th, over 20 eminent policy experts from around Washington DC will join nearly 300 students at the Georgetown Hotel and Conference Center for a keynote and series of panel discussions on a range of important issues in international affairs. The event, titled the Georgetown International Diplomacy and Security Conference, will run from 12:30 PM to 8 PM at night, and include an evening reception for all panelists and guests.

Following the keynote speaker, each hour block will feature two panels running concurrently. Speakers on these panels have vast practical and policy experience in their field, such as Ex-USAID Administrator Prof. Andrew Natsios (Human Dimension in East Africa), Asia-Pacific expert Prof. Robert Sutter (Future of Trade Relations in Asia-Pacific), and Locke Lord Strategies’ Mark Siegel (Islam and the West), who is Pakistan’s chief lobbyist in the United States. The panels, by hour block, are as follows:

Session 1:

1 – The Future of Trade Relations in the Asia-Pacific
2 – The Geopolitics of Energy Security in the Next Decade

Session 2:

1 – Islam and the West: Religion, Culture, and Politics
2 – The Human Dimension in East Africa

Session 3:

1 – Smart Power and the Russian “Reset”
2 – Challenges in the Persian Gulf

The keynote and the full list of panelist speakers will be announced soon. Stay tuned here, on Facebook, and on the International Relations Club listserv. Registration is now open and available by clicking here.

A special thanks to our following sponsors:

The Georgetown International Relations Association, The Mortara Center, The Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, The Center for Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies, The BMW Center for German and European Studies, The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, The Asian Studies Program, The African Studies Program, and the School of Foreign Service Deans Office

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