Program

Alumni Weekend - April 28 - 30, 2023

Please note the location for each event.

We are finalizing the weekend's program. Please check this page for updates.

Friday, April 28

Location: The Bologna Center, Via Andreatta 3

From 10:00 CEST
Check-In for Registered Guests

14:30-16:00 CEST
Challenges to Democracy
Eugene Finkel, Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs, JHU SAIS Europe
Mahrukh Doctor (B'89, '90), Professor of Comparative Political Economy, University of Hull
John Harper (B'76, '77, PhD'81), Professor Emeritus, JHU
Wolfgang Petritsch, President of the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation
Chaired by Mark Gilbert, C. Grove Haines Professor of History; Professor of History and International Studies, JHU SAIS Europe

Location: Aula Magna Santa Lucia, Via Castiglione 23

17:00 CEST
Welcoming Remarks
Michael G. Plummer (B'82), Director, JHU SAIS Europe

17:35-19:00 CEST
The Role of Public Policy in Preserving Health and Sustainable Development
Ilaria Capua Senior Fellow of Global Health, JHU SAIS Europe
Jonathan Brooks President, Agricultural Economics Society 2022-23
Antonia Maioni Professor of political science and public policy, Institute for Health and Social Policy in the School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, Canada
Sarah Parkinson Aronson Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies, JHU SAIS
Moderated by Piero Tortola (B'03, '04), Associate Professor of European Politics and Society, University of Groningen

Location: Palazzo de' Toschi, Piazza Minghetti 4

19:30-21:00 CEST
Cocktail for all registered alumni and guests

Saturday, April 29

10:30-12:30 CEST
The Challenges and Opportunities of New Technologies in International Relations
Gabo Arora Founder & Chairman of LightShed; Research Adjunct Professor of Immersive Storytelling and Emerging Technologies (ISET), JHU
Giusella Finocchiaro Professor of Private and Internet Law, University of Bologna
Nina Hall Assistant Professor of International Relations, JHU SAIS Europe

13:00-15:00 CEST
Lunch for all registered alumni and guests

Location: The Bologna Center, Via Andreatta 3

15:30-16:30 CEST
Academic panel
More details to follow

17:00-20:00 CEST
Career Sessions and networking cocktails with students

20:30 CEST
Class Dinners (click here for class arrangements)

Sunday, April 30

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.



Alumni Weekend 2023 is a private event, parts of which will be photographed/recorded for use by the University. Program is subject to change.