Meeting of the HKS Dean's Council October 2023

Agenda for the Meeting of the Dean's Council | October 2023

Please note: All speakers, titles, and times are subject to change. Times listed are ET.

Thursday, October 12 | Meeting of the Dean's Council

Harvard Kennedy School | 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Leadership Circle Roundtable: Diversifying Society's Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges | 4:00 pm | Wexner-434 AB

David Deming PhD 2010, Academic Dean and Isabelle and Scott Black Professor of Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School; Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard Graduate School of Education

New Members' Orientation | 5:00 pm | Wexner-434 AB

Doug Elmendorf PhD 1989, Dean and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Karen A. Frank MBA 1997, Chair, Dean's Council

Transition to Dinner

Financial Aid: Ask What You Can Do

Harvard Kennedy School | 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Cocktail Reception | 6:00 pm | Wexner Dining Cafe

Dinner and Program | 6:30 pm | Wexner Commons

Join us as we recognize and celebrate the transformative power of financial aid gifts at Harvard Kennedy School. Hear from Dean Doug Elmendorf about the School's plans for empowering the next generation of Harvard's leaders and engage with current students, who will share their goals for creating a better future.

Friday, October 13 | Meeting of the Dean's Council

Harvard Kennedy School | 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Breakfast and Registration | 9:00 am | Wexner-434 AB

Welcome Remarks and Introductions | 9:30 am | Wexner-436

Doug Elmendorf
Karen Frank

Building a Better Globalization | 10:15 am | Wexner-436

Dani Rodrik AB 1979, Ford Foundation Professor of Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School

Break | 11:00 am

The Energy Transition in a Fracturing World | 11:15 am | Wexner-436

Meghan O'Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs; Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Lunch with HKS Students | 12:00 pm | Rubenstein-414 AB and Wexner-434 AB

Big Emissions, Big Money, and Big Questions | 1:00 pm | Wexner-436

Joe Aldy AM 2003, PhD 2005, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Break | 1:45 pm

Counsel from the Council | 2:00 pm | Wexner-436

Doug Elmendorf

How Technology Will Dictate Our Civic Future | 2:45 pm | Wexner-436

Latanya Sweeney ALB 1995, Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Closing Remarks | 3:30 pm | Wexner-436

Karen Frank