18 NOVEMBER 2021
Thursday
U.S.-China Ties: The Geopolitical Test of the 21st Century
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Mayflower Hotel
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Council Networking Hour
Creating a Humane and Effective Immigration System
Theresa Cardinal Brown
Managing Director, Immigration &
Cross-Border Policy
Bipartisan Policy Center
Alex Nowrasteh
Director of Immigration Studies
Cato Institute
Dara Lind, Moderator
Reporter
ProPublica
Kerri Talbot
Deputy Director
The Immigration Hub
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Mayflower Hotel
Grand Ballroom
U.S.-China Ties: The Geopolitical Test of the 21st Century
Elbridge Colby
Co-Founder & Principal
The Marathon Initiative
Elizabeth Economy
Senior Fellow
Hoover Institution, Stanford
Carla Freeman, Moderator
Senior Expert, China
U.S. Institute of Peace
Thomas Wright
Director
Center on the U.S. & Europe
The Brookings Institution
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Mayflower Hotel
Grand Ballroom
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Various locations
Ambassador Luncheon Briefings
Embassy of Botswana
European Union
Delegation to the United States
Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines
Embassy of Uzbekistan
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mayflower Hotel
Grand Ballroom
Global Women's Lecture Series
Zarifa Ghafari
Human Rights Activist
Afghanistan Mayor
Amb. (Ret.) Kelley Currie
Member, Board of Directors
National Endowment for Democracy
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Dr. Nina Ansary, Moderator
Director
Global Women's Lecture Series
Featuring GirlUp, a United Nations Foundation initiative founded as a movement to advance girls' skills, rights, and opportunities to be leaders.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mayflower Hotel
Grand Ballroom
Glasgow & Beyond: Rising to the Climate Challenge
Alice Hill
David M. Rubenstein Senior
Fellow for Energy & the Environment
Council on Foreign Relations
Kate Gordon
Senior Advisor to Secretary Jennifer Granholm
U.S. Department of Energy
Vicki Arroyo, Moderator
Assoc. Administrator for Policy
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
DACOR Bacon House
Bus transportation optional, limited seats
35th Anniversary Reception
DACOR Bacon House
DACOR is an organization of foreign affairs professionals whose careers are defined by international impact. Their members' work takes place in the DACOR Bacon House, one of the Capital's most long-standing havens for discussion about the challenges and opportunities our nation faces and the policies our government pursues in the national interest.
