Forums & Other Events CLAI offers an active program of public forums throughout the academic year. CLAI forums generally are open to the public, and attendance at most events is free of charge. Among topics recently covered were national elections in many of the countries in Latin America; hemispheric and regional trade negotiations; and selected country economic outlooks. If you would like CLAI to alert you to upcoming events, please send an e-mail to clai@gwu.edu. Provide your full name, institutional affiliation (if any), occupational title (e.g., student, analyst, VP for sales, etc.), email address, and phone number. Upcoming Events Our Center hosts forums on public policy issues and other events of public interest throughout the year. Please visit this space again frequently for information about upcoming CLAI events. Some of the links require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. The Acrobat Reader can be dowloaded free of charge at Adobe's website. Recent CLAI Events November 2- 13, 2009 Brazilian Regulatory Program October 18- 20, 2009 FIPSE-CAPES Annual Meeting Annual meeting of the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) and Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). August 26, 2009 Book Forum: Criminals, Militias and Insurgents: Organized Crime in Iraq (View Powerpoint) June 23, 2009 The Caribbean: Challenges to Governance and Security June 8, 2009 The Future of Inter-American Relations: A Dialogue with Albert Ramdin and Thomas Shannon (Hear audio) May 15, 2009 Whither Mexico? April 7, 2009 Symposium: "An Agenda for the Americas" February 25, 2009 Book Forum: "Affairs of State: The Interagency Process and National Security" January 29, 2009 Transnational Criminal Organizations in the Americas: Responding to the Growing Threat 2008 December 11, 2008 The Andes: Tectonic Paradigm Shifts and their Consequences for Democracy and Market-Friendly Development in the Americas December 5, 2008 Filling the Void: The Emergence of New Extra-Hemispheric Players and Implications for the Americas October 30, 2008 The U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement: Impact and Perspectives October 22-24, 2008 Argentine Delegation Visits The George Washington School of Business March 4, 2008 The Impact of Iraq on U.S.-Latin America Relations: A Dialogue with COL G. Alexander Crowther January 28, 2008 Venezuela in the Twenty-first Century:Democratic Trajectories and Global Relations (Hosted by the GW Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program) Earlier Events 2007 2006 2005