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The Program
The day-long event is hosted by the George Washington University’s Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication in partnership with the Walter Roberts Endowment, the Carnegie Corporation and the Kennan Institute. Confirmed panelists include historian Sergei Khrushchev—son of Nikita Khrushchev; Professor Nina Khrushcheva - grandaughter of Nikita Khrushchev; William Safire - New York Times columnist and former Richard Nixon speech writer who was present at the Kitchen debate; Clay Shirky, the author of Here Comes Everybody; along with other leading voices in media, government, academia and in the cutting edge of new media and social networking.
Registration is required.
Session I:
Historical Perspectives and The Cold War Summer of 1959 9:00 - 12:00
Session II:
The Emergence of New Media and Social Networking in Public Diplomacy 2:00 - 5:00
Face-off to Facebook: From the Nixon-Khrushchev Kitchen Debate
to Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century
Thursday, July 23 2009, The George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium
8:15 am |
Registration Opens |
8:30 am |
Coffee/refreshments |
9:00 am |
Welcoming Remarks |
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Host: Frank Sesno, George Washington University |
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Prof. Sean Aday
Director, Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication, GWU |
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Walter Roberts
Roberts Endowment |
9:15 am |
Premiere: Documentary Film on Kitchen Debate, U.S. National Exhibition at Sokolniki Park |
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Introduced by: Nina Gilden Seavey, Director, Documentary Center, GWU |
9:30 am |
Panel I: The Kitchen Debate and the Cold War Summer of 1959
Blair Ruble
Director, Kennan Institute (Moderator)
Prof. Sergei Khrushchev
Brown University
Hans (Tom) Tuch
Former USIA public diplomacy official
Prof. Tomas Tolvaisas
Winona State University
William Safire
New York Times columnist and former Richard Nixon speech writer; present at the Kitchen Debate |
10:45 am |
Break |
11:00 am |
Return to Sokolniki:
A Visual Reintroduction to the 1959 U.S. Exhibition in Moscow
Introductory Remarks:
Amb. William H. Luers
President, U.S. United Nations Association
Presented by:
Jack Masey
Designer, chief of design and construction,
U.S. exhibition at Sokolniki Park |
11:15 am |
Panel II: The U.S. Exhibition at Sokolniki Park
Marvin Kalb
Journalist, James Clark Welling Presidential Fellow, GWU (Moderator)
Eugene “Rocky” Staples
Development official, former Deputy Managing Director, U.S. exhibition at Sokolniki Park
George Feifer
Author, former exhibit guide
Tatiana Sochurek,
Advertising executive, former exhibit guide |
12:15 pm |
Family Photo: 1959 Former Guides, Exhibit Staff |
12:30 pm |
Lunch and Remarks by William Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and Former Ambassador to the Russian Federation.
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2:00 pm |
The New Media in Today’s Public Diplomacy
Moderator: Frank Sesno, George Washington University
Remarks: Clay Shirky, New York University |
2:30 pm |
Presentation of “hubA!” concept
Linda Gottlieb
Film producer, former 1959 exhibit guide
John O’Bryan
School for Advanced and International Studies (SAIS)
Johns Hopkins University |
3:00 pm |
“Emergence:” The Debut of a Massively Multi-Player Online Game Designed for Public Diplomacy
Tim Lenoir
Duke University
Harrison Lee
Patrick Jagoda
Casey Alt
Duke Jenkins Collaboratory |
3:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
3:45 pm |
Panel III: Opportunities for Public Diplomacy in the Digital World
Moderator: Frank Sesno
Marc Lynch
Elliott School of International Affairs
George Washington University
Ivan Sigal
Global Voices
George Clack
Bureau of International Information Programs
Department of State
Professor Nina Khrushcheva
New School
Adam Conner
Facebook |
5:00 pm |
Conference ends |
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