Program

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JHU SAIS Europe Alumni Weekend. June 3 - 5, 2022 in Bologna, Italy

Please note the location for each event. More program details will be available soon.

Friday, June 3

Location:
The Bologna Center, Via Andreatta 3

From 10:00 CEST
Check-In for Registered Guests



11:00-12:30 CEST
Panel: Human Trafficking
chaired by Sara Pennicino, Adjunct Professor of International Law at SAIS Europe; Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law, University of Padua, Italy
with
Sandra Babcock (B'85, JHU'86), Clinical Professor of Law, Cornell University
Alexandra Malangone, Associate Fellow and coordinator of the Human Trafficking Initiative at SAIS Europe

15:30-16:30 CEST
Writing "House of Gucci"
Sara Gay Forden (B'87, '88), Leader of Corporate Influence Team and Tech Policy Squad, Bloomberg News in conversation with Alessandro Merli, Associate Fellow at SAIS Europe; Adjunct Professor at the Bologna Business School (Università di Bologna); Journalist

16:30-18:00 CEST
Universities and the Future of Democracy
A conversation with Ronald Daniels, President, Johns Hopkins University
Moderated by Justin Frosini, Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law at SAIS Europe; Director of the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development

18:00-19:30 CEST
Cocktails

20:00 CEST
Class Dinners
Please visit the Bologna Classes section for detailed information for each Bologna class reunion.

Saturday, June 4

Location:
All events will be held at Palazzo dei Congressi, Piazza della Costituzione, 4

10:00 CEST
Groups will be accompanied to the pick-up spot on the corner of Via Andreatta and Viale Filopanti. Departures every 10 minutes. Meeting point at SAIS Europe - Via B. Andreatta, 3 (final shuttle at 10.40 max)

10:30 CEST
Welcome Coffee

11:00 CEST
Plenary Session for ALL registered alumni and guests
Welcome Remarks
Ronald Daniels, JHU President
James Steinberg, SAIS Dean
Michael Plummer (B'82), SAIS Europe Director; Eni Professor of International Economics

Presentation of the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association Awards:
Outstanding Recent Graduate Award to Manon Jeanne Barthod (B'16), Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the European Council

11:30-13:00 CEST
Panel: The impact of war in Ukraine on Europe's energy transition and its response to the climate emergency
Moderated by Kalina Oroschakoff (B'11, '12), Reporter @NZZ Neue Zürcher Zeitung
with Marco dell'Aquila (B'85, '86), Senior Adjunct Professor of Energy, Resources and Environment at SAIS Europe
Tanja Faller (B'06, '07), Head of Energy and Climate, GIZ GmbH Tunisia
Martin Fraenkel (B'83, '84), Chairman of the Board, VAKT Global Ltd

13:00-15:00 CEST
Lunch and Celebrations
Seated Lunch for all alumni and guests
Celebration of the 50° anniversary of the Bologna Class of 1972

15:00-16:30 CEST
Panel: The End of the Post-Cold War Era? Session I
chaired by Mark Gilbert, C. Grove Haines Professor; Professor of History and International Studies at SAIS Europe
with
James Steinberg, Dean of SAIS
Sergey Radchenko, Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor, SAIS Europe
Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo (B'67, '68), President of the NATO Defense College Foundation
Lousewies van der Laan (B'91, '92), Executive Director of Transparency International Netherlands

16:30-18:00 CEST
Panel: The End of the Post-Cold War Era? Session II
chaired by Eugene Finkel, Associate Professor; Academic and Faculty Liaison, SAIS Europe with
Jeremy Bowen (B'83, '84), BBC Reporter and Middle East Editor
Albert (Bert) Koenders (B'80, '81), President of the Dutch Advisory Council on Peace and Security, Kooijmans Professor at Leiden University, and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
Alan Kuperman ('96), Associate Professor of Public Affairs, Texas LBJ School
Maude Morrison (B'14, '15), Social media and conflict mediation adviser at Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

18:00 CEST
At the end of the event, the shuttle busses will leave from Piazza della Costituzione, 4 (in front of the Teatro) and will drop alumni at the Autostazione, Piazza XX Settembre, 6, Pensilina #25. Departures every 10 minutes.

22:00 CEST
BC Fuzz Concert
Bravo Café, Via Mascarella, 1
Please note that this is an optional activity and not included in the official program

Sunday, June 5

Activities for Sunday are optional and not included in the Alumni Weekend program. Please visit the Bologna Welcome website to view available options in town.



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