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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
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