http://www.bakerinstitute.org daily 1 2007-09-21T16:49:06Z http://www.bakerinstitute.org/webcasts/the-global-energy-market-comprehensive-strategies-to-meet-geopolitical-and-financial-risks The Energy Forum hosts a conference to discuss geopolitical risks to the energy market and proposes policy framework in response. No publisher travis 2008-05-08T12:28:55Z WebCast http://www.bakerinstitute.org/webcasts/americas-elusive-search-for-arab-israeli-peace-a-negotiator-looks-back Aaron David Miller asks thought-provoking questions about the quest for Arab-Israeli peace. No publisher travis 2008-05-08T12:18:10Z WebCast http://www.bakerinstitute.org/webcasts/kelly-day-endowment-on-the-status-of-women-and-human-rights-in-the-middle-east Muslim Televangelist Amr Khaled discusses social issues in the Middle East. No publisher travis 2008-04-11T20:31:55Z WebCast http://www.bakerinstitute.org/webcasts/china-town-hall-local-connections-national-reflections CHINA Town Hall is a national day of programming on China involving 40 cities throughout the United States. No publisher travis 2008-04-04T22:54:50Z WebCast http://www.bakerinstitute.org/webcasts/next-century-forecasted-sea-level-rise-what-does-it-mean-for-houston Climate science and environmental experts discuss sea level rise and its implications for Houston. No publisher travis 2008-04-04T22:13:35Z WebCast http://www.bakerinstitute.org/webcasts/latin-america-the-boom-and-the-current-turmoil Jose Antonio Ocampo discusses the recent history and current state of Latin America. No publisher travis 2008-04-03T13:20:55Z WebCast http://www.bakerinstitute.org/webcasts/wiretapping-surveillance-and-the-internet-1 Experts in academia, industry and government gather to discuss the impact of digital communications technology. No publisher travis 2008-03-04T06:15:56Z WebCast http://www.bakerinstitute.org/webcasts/france-and-america-a-new-era-for-old-friends Ambassador Pierre Vimont was appointed ambassador of France to the United States by President Nicolas Sarkozy on Aug. 1, 2007. Prior to his present appointment, Vimont was chief of staff to the minister of foreign affairs, a position he had held since 2002. He was previously ambassador and permanent representative of France to the European Union from 1999 to 2002. Vimont joined the foreign service in 1977. He was first posted to London where he was first secretary from 1978 to 1981. He then spent the next four years with the Press and Information Office at the Quai d’Orsay. From 1985 to 1986 he was seconded to the Institute for East-West Security Studies (now the EastWest Institute) in New York. After returning to Europe, he served as second counselor with the Permanent Representation of France to the European Communities in Brussels from 1986 to 1990, and was subsequently chief of staff to the minister delegate for European affairs from 1990 to 1993. He went on to serve as director for development and scientific, technical and educational cooperation, and then for cultural, scientific and technical relations. He was deputy director general of the Cultural, Scientific and Technical Relations Department from 1996 to 1997 and then director of European Cooperation from 1997 to 1999. Born in 1949, Vimont holds a degree in law and is a graduate of the Institute of Political Studies and the National School of Administration (ENA). Vimont is a chevalier of the National Order of Merit. No publisher travis 2008-03-04T06:13:06Z WebCast http://www.bakerinstitute.org/webcasts/the-united-states-and-the-emerging-second-world An expert in the field of international relations, Ambassador Edward J. Perkins will examine rapidly growing global cultures in his lecture “The United States and the Emerging Second World” at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy on March 11, 2008. Perkins is currently the William Crowe Chair Emeritus Professor of International Relations in the School of International and Area Studies at The University of Oklahoma. In 1985 Perkins was appointed as ambassador to the Republic of Liberia, and in 1986 as ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, where he served until 1989. That year, he was appointed director general of the Foreign Service and director of personnel in the Department of State, where he served until 1992, when he was appointed U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and U.S. Representative in the U.N. Security Council (1992–93). No publisher travis 2008-03-04T18:47:35Z WebCast http://www.bakerinstitute.org/webcasts/a-town-hall-forum-with-the-honorable-john-mccain Rice University and the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy will host an hour-long town hall meeting with Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 28 in Baker Hall. In addition to McCain, Democratic Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee and Rep. Ron Paul were invited to participate in individual town hall forums on campus. No other candidates had responded as of Feb. 21. No publisher travis 2008-03-04T21:12:14Z WebCast http://www.bakerinstitute.org/webcasts/campaign-2008-what-can-the-next-president-do-to-reform-u-s-health-care A briefing on the future of U.S. health care policy. No publisher dhh 2008-03-04T21:16:43Z WebCast http://www.bakerinstitute.org/webcasts/video-briefing-transcript-convergence-and-connectivity Chris Bronk discusses how technology is changing the way the world is connected. No publisher travis 2008-03-07T20:39:27Z WebCast http://www.bakerinstitute.org/webcasts/video-briefing-transcript-prospects-for-peace-in-the-middle-east-5 Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian of the Baker Institute discusses public policy regarding the situation in the Middle East. No publisher travis 2008-02-26T23:24:48Z WebCast http://www.bakerinstitute.org/webcasts/patenting-science-the-implications-of-the-embryonic-stem-cell-patent-battle The method for isolating human embryonic stem cells was pioneered at the University of Wisconsin by James Thomson in 1998. Since this pivotal achievement, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has obtained three patents for both the techniques and the cells themselves. Because of these patents, anyone desiring to perform research involving the cells or techniques must pay licensing fees, and if any marketable products are developed, royalties would also be required. In 2007, the U.S Patent and Trademark Office revoked the patents. This ruling is still being challenged by WARF in the U.S. federal court system, and the impact of their ruling greatly affects embryonic stem cell research in the United States as well as across the world. Charles Reed, lawyer and partner at Kile, Goekjian, Reed & McManus, will discuss the recent rejection of the patent for human embryonic stem cells and the method of their creation. This program is sponsored by the Baker Institute's Science and Technology Program; it is the first discussion from the International Stem Cell Policy Program, newly endowed by the State of Qatar and the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani. No publisher travis 2008-03-04T21:24:12Z WebCast http://www.bakerinstitute.org/webcasts/u-s-fuel-markets-future-quality-and-balances-in-international-transport-fuels Al Troner discusses his predictions for global fuel markets No publisher dhh 2008-03-04T21:31:33Z WebCast