June

30
2005

11:00 am EDT - 12:30 pm EDT

Past Event

Countdown to the G-8 Summit: A Preview of the Challenges and Opportunities

  • Thursday, June 30, 2005

    11:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT

The Brookings Institution
Falk Auditorium

1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC

A week before the annual G-8 Summit in Scotland, James Steinberg, vice president and director and vice president of Foreign Policy Studies at Brookings, will moderate a discussion on the overall agenda for the 2005 meeting. Panelists include Brookings Senior Fellows Lael Brainard, Susan Rice, David Sandalow, and Philip Gordon.

This year, the G-8 nations will focus on Africa and global climate change. Tony Blair, prime minister of Britain and the summit’s host, hopes to use the meeting to move forward on recommendations from the Commission for Africa and to reach consensus on climate change issues and actionable remedies. Panelists will discuss other agenda items including the International Finance Facility (IFF) for a mass program of immunizations in developing countries, foreign aid to developing countries, global trade issues, and carbon emissions.

A question and answer session will follow the panelist’s remarks.

Agenda

  • June 30
    • Moderator

      JBS
      James B. Steinberg Former Brookings Expert, University Professor, Social Science, International Affairs, and Law - Maxwell School, Syracuse University
    • Panelists

      David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
      David B. Sandalow Former Brookings Expert, Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy - School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
      LB
      Lael Brainard National Economic Advisor - National Economic Council

      Philip H. Gordon Former Brookings Expert, Mary and David Boies Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy - Council on Foreign Relations
      Susan E. Rice Former Brookings Expert, Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow - School of International Service, American University