World-renowned economist Jeffrey D. Sachs delivered the keynote address at the 2003 Fulbright Visiting Scholar Conference. With a theme of "International Cooperation in a Borderless World: Exploring the U.S. Role in Global Health Governance" the conference took place on April 2-5 at the Wyndham City Center Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Some 130 foreign Fulbright academics and professionals from approximately 70 countries gathered to explore America's role in global health. The Fulbright Scholar Program and this conference are sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. The conference was built on the experiences gained by the Fulbright New Century Scholars (NCS) 2001-2002 program and chaired by the NCS Distinguished Scholar Leader, Professor Ilona Kickbusch of Yale University.

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A collection of visiting scholar photographs shot in Washington DC., April 2-5, 2003.

Group Photograph

Photographs from the Conference

Photographs from the Kennedy Center

Photographs From Scholars

Wednesday, April 2

(5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.) RECEPTION
An informal gathering of scholars and an opportunity to meet CIES and United States Department of State Staff.

(6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) OPENING DINNER AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Welcome and Introductions

Barry Ballow
Director, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States Department of State

Caroline Matano Yang
Chair, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

Patti McGill Peterson
Executive Director, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Vice President, Institute of International Education

Keynote Address
Winning the Fight Against Disease: A New Global Strategy

Jeffrey Sachs, Professor and Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University, [Speech - PDF]


Thursday, April 3

(9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.) GREETING AND CONFERENCE OUTLINE
Ellen S. Barclay
Deputy Executive Director
Council for International Exchange of Scholars

9:15 am - 10:30 am OPENING PANEL: The Challenge of Health in a
Borderless World

Chair:
Ilona Kickbusch, Conference Chair
Presenters:
Ann Marie Kimball, Professor, University of Washington, [ PowerPoint Presentation]
Craig Janes, Professor, University of Colorado-Denver, [Notes - PDF] , [ PowerPoint Presentation]
Peter Ndumbe, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde
Ken Fox, Assistant Professor, Boston University

10:45 am - 12:00 pm PANEL: How Strong is the Commitment of the United States to
Global Health?

Chair:
Bryna Brennan, Chief, Office of Public Information, Pan American Health Organization

Presenters:
David Devlin-Foltz, Director, Global Interdependence Initiative, Aspen Institute, [ PowerPoint Presentation]
Melinda Moore, Deputy Director, Office of Global Health Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services, [ Part I - Part II]
Nils Daulaire, President and CEO, Global Health Council

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm LUNCH
Special Guest Speaker: Harriet Fulbright

1:30 pm - 3:15 pm PANEL: New Governance Mechanisms: The New Public Private Mix On Global Health

Chair: Ilona Kickbusch, Conference Chair

Presenters: Katharine Kreis, Program Officer, Global Health Initiatives, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [ PowerPoint Presentation]
Jeff Sturchio, Vice President, Merck Policy Division [ PowerPoint Presentation]
James P. Smith, Chief Executive Officer, American International Health Alliance

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Kennedy Center Tour and Conference Photograph

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CULTURAL PERFORMANCE EVENING
Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center
Featuring the following Fulbright Scholar performers

Kausalya Srinivasan, Dance, India
Frank Larey, Piano, South Africa
Jiesun Lim, Composition, South Korea

With Introduction by Fulbright Alumna Naima Prevots, Director, Dance Program, American University

FRIDAY, APRIL 4

9:00 am - 12:00 pm OFF-SITE VISITS
United States Agency for International Development
Pan American Health Organization
World Bank
American International Health Alliance
Global Health Council

2:15 pm - 3:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Featuring Presentations By Fulbright New Century Scholars

The Global Health Transition
Ann Marie Kimball, University of Washington School of Public Health
Andrey Demin, Russian Public Health Association, Russia

Conflict, War and Mental Health
Seggane Musisi, University of Makarere, Uganda
Richard Mollica, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma

Health and Migration
Nelly Salgado de Snyder, Mexican National Institute of Public Health, [ PowerPoint Presentation]

Young People's Health
Peter Ndumbe, University of Yaounde, Cameroon
Ken Fox, Boston University School of Medicine

The Global and the Local
Kearsley Stewart, Northwestern University
Craig Janes, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, [ PowerPoint Presentation]

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS

SATURDAY, APRIL 5

9:00 am - 10:45 am PANEL: Health as Foreign Policy
Chair: Craig Janes, Professor, University of Colorado
Presenters:
Jack C. Chow, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State
Peter Hotez, Professor, George Washington University, [ PowerPoint Presentation]
Jose R. Teruel, Special Advisor, Pan American Health Organization
Nancy Shute, Senior Writer, U.S. News & World Report

11:15 am - 12:15 pm FINAL PLENARY SESSION
Speaker: Peter A. Singer, University of Toronto, [ PowerPoint Presentation]
Global Health Ethics: What Is Our Joint Responsibility in a Global World?

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm LUNCH
Speakers: Ilona Kickbusch, Conference Chair
David Levin, U.S. Department of State

Cultural Performance Evening: , Kennedy Center

Kausalya Srinivasan, Traditional Dance, India
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Frank Larey, Concert Pianist, South Africa
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Jiesun Lim, Composer, Korea
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