Guest:

Richard N. Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations
Author, War of Necessity, War of Choice:
A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars

For more information, please contact Melissa Feldsher at mfeldsher@publicagenda.org

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Guest:
The Honorable David Walker
President & CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation;
former Controller General of the United States

For more information, please contact Shaheen Hasan at shasan@publicagenda.org

Central to the global economy is the issue of trade. Ambassador Susan S. Schwab, former United States Trade Representative under the Bush administration, candidly discussed the role of free markets in economic well-being, commented on the impact of recent trade developments, and offered her analysis of trade policy and the Obama administration. Read More

An intergenerational and bipartisan dialogue about America’s fiscal climate and policy options for entitlement reform, featuring speakers from Public Agenda, the Concord Coalition, the Roosevelt Institution, the Heritage Foundation, and Students for Saving Social Security. Click here to see the webcast of this event.

New York City has dozens of nationally and internationally recognized public policy organizations along with many influential philanthropic organizations. Plus, it has hundreds of academic centers producing important new thinking. In fact, the New York City area probably has more individuals working to affect public policy than any other American city outside of Washington, DC. While the region is well-served by organizations that help to bring together commercial communications professionals there hasn't been an organization helping connect communicators who are focused on public policy in New York City.

Communications professionals working in the public policy field are coming together to network and learn from one another in this first informal brown-bag lunch.

Our debut networking event will be a fairly informal with plenty of time for introductions. At some point, we will settle in with our lunches and talk about: "Are you planning on reaching out to the new administration and new Congress in your work? If so, how do you update your contact lists? Do you use a Washington Office? How do you advance your issues without lobbying?"

If you are interested in joining the group, please contact:
Michael Hamill Remaley
Vice President and Director of Communications
mremaley@publicagenda.org or 212.686.6610 x13

The speaker at the October policy breakfast series event, co-sponsored by Public Agenda and Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship, will be Drew Altman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

The Urban Institute, Civic Ventures, and Public Agenda

Public Agenda president Ruth Wooden was among the panelists for "Rethinking Retirement: Opinions, Obstacles, Opportunities," a panel discussion on new ways to think about retirement and aging, in the light of both demographic trends and the realities of the federal budget.

In this pre-release press conference, the call leaders will briefly discuss the implications of the new research and then allow journalists to ask any questions about the data, analysis, and implications for larger foreign policy.

The CFPI is being officially released at 12:01 a.m. EST, Wednesday, April 30, 2008. This press conference is for select media only, to allow journalists who are building stories to pose questions. The call will last approximately one hour.