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Stopping Sex Trafficking of Minors and Women - Kaffie McCullough and Roxanne Ryan
1:15 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - More than 70 percent of human trafficking victims are women and girls. Kaffie McCullough will discuss the causes of and possible solutions to the trafficking of minors and women into and within the United States. Kaffie McCullough works for the Atlanta-based Juvenile Justice Fund as program manager of the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children program. She oversees a campaign to stop the prostitution of children in Georgia as well as the CEASE program, a prevention and early intervention program for commercially sexually exploited children. She will be joined by Roxanne Ryan, a senior criminal intelligence analyst with the Iowa Division of Intelligence and Fusion Center. Ryan spent twenty-four years in the Iowa Attorney General's office in the criminal divisions, and taught criminal justice at Simpson College. She teaches as an adjunct professor at Simpson College and Drake Law School. Part of the Iowa Conference on Human Trafficking. The keynote address and afternoon breakout sessions are free and open to the public. Register for the entire Iowa Conference on Human Trafficking at: ICHT Registration. Registration Fee: $40. Half-price, $20, for the first 70 students who register - student ID required.

Human Trafficking in Iowa: A Global Dilemma - Bonnie Campbell
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Bonnie Campbell was the only woman to have held the office of Iowa Attorney General before joining the Clinton Administration as one of its key officials on crime and gender-equity issues. As director of the Justice Department's Violence Against Women Office, Campbell oversaw a $1.6 billion program to provide resources to communities for training judges, prosecutors, and police and to provide services and shelter to victims. She also headed the Justice Department's Working Group on Trafficking and was instrumental in the creation of a U.S. treaty with Italy on ending trafficking in women and girls. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright subsequently appointed Campbell to represent the United States in international negotiations on the creation of an International Criminal Court. She has been a leading spokesperson on international human rights issues ever since. Iowa Conference on Human Trafficking Keynote Address. The keynote address and afternoon breakout sessions are free and open to the public. Register for the entire Iowa Conference on Human Trafficking at: ICHT Registration. Registration Fee: $40. Half-price, $20, for the first 70 students who register - student ID required.

How Agricultural Economics Saved Futures Markets: An Untold Story of Leadership - Scott Irwin
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Iowa State alum Scott Irwin is recognized as a national and international leader in agricultural economics. In recent years, he has made important contributions to the ongoing international debate on the role of speculators in commodity futures markets and is often quoted as an authority on agricultural markets in the financial press. His research and extension programs include AgMAS, a nationally recognized project that evaluates agricultural market advisory services, and farmdoc, an award-winning extension program that provides comprehensive risk management information and analysis for farmers and agribusinesses. Irwin grew up on a family farm in west central Iowa and earned his B.S. in agricultural business at Iowa State. He earned both an M.S. and Ph.D. in agricultural economics at Purdue University and is currently the Laurence J. Norton Chair of Agricultural Marketing at the University of Illinois. The William K. Deal Endowed Leadership Lecture.

9 Billion People + 1 Planet = ? - Andrew Revkin
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Andrew Revkin covered global environmental issues for the New York Times for fifteen years and continues to write for their Dot Earth blog. His reports have ranged from Hurricane Katrina and the Asian tsunami to the assault on the Amazon and the troubled relationship of climate science and politics. He recently became the first two-time winner of the Communication Award bestowed jointly by the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. He is also the author of several books, including The Burning Season: The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest and Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast. Revkin is a senior fellow at Pace University's Academy for Applied Environmental Sciences. He has a biology degree from Brown University and a Master's degree in journalism from Columbia. The 2011 Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture.

New Media and Politics: The Sphere of Influence - Panel Discussion
1:30 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - The new media revolution has affected the way news outlets report information and the way political campaigns communicate with voters. It has also given citizens a new opportunity to engage with reporters and campaigns through social media. Panelists will explore changes in the reporting, communication and consumption of political news and information. Participants include Tyler Kingcade, Huffington Post (via Skype); Craig Robinson, The Iowa Republican; Todd Richissin, Patch.com; and Shane Vanderhart, CaffinatedThoughts.com.

Working in Political Journalism and Communication - Panel Discussion
12:15 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Iowa's first in the nation status in the presidential nomination process and its grassroots style of political involvement make it a great place to begin a career in political journalism and communication. Panelists will discuss internships and careers in political reporting, public affairs, political organization, public information, political advertising and opportunities for career advancement. Participants include Scott Stanzel, former White House assistant press secretary, and Beth Pellet Levine, spokesperson for Senator Charles Grassley.

Horse Race Journalism: Polls, Politics, Policy and Political Advertising - Panel Discussion
11:00 AM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - News coverage, political communication and advertising play important roles in the ever-changing landscape of public opinion during a campaign cycle. Panelists will examine how story telling, truth meters, fact checks and persuasion techniques frame political issues and candidates' positions. Participants include Matt Strawn, Republican Party of Iowa; Sue Dvorsky, Iowa Democratic Party; Ann Selzer, Selzer & Company public-opinion research firm; and Mike Glover, The Associated Press.

The Iowa Bounce: How Political Coverage Shapes the Race - A Panel
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Media coverage during the Iowa caucuses can have a significant impact on a candidate's success in other primaries. Panelists will discuss how a candidate's performance in the caucuses influences coverage in the overall presidential race. Participants include Jeff Zeleny, political correspondent, The New York Times; John McCormick, political reporter, Bloomberg; Kathie Obradovich, political columnist, Des Moines Register; Dianne Bystrom, director, Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics; and, via Skype, Chuck Todd, Chief White House Correspondent for NBC News. Bill Monroe, former director of the Iowa Newspaper Association, will moderate.

Feeding the World, Sustaining the Planet - Jonathan Foley
7:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Jonathan Foley is the director of the Institute on the Environment at the University of the Minnesota, where his work focuses on global environmental systems and their interactions with human societies. His research has contributed to a greater understanding of large-scale ecosystem processes, global patterns of land use, the behavior of the planet's climate and water cycles, and the sustainability of our biosphere. Foley joined the University of Minnesota in 2008, after spending fifteen years on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, where he founded the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment. He is a professor and the McKnight Presidential Chair in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. The 2011 Paul L. Errington Lecture. The audio recording of this event is not complete. PowerPoint slides are available upon request.

The Challenge for an Authentic Multiracial Democracy in America - Carlos Munoz
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Carlos Munoz is a founder of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement and a pioneer in the academic disciplines of Chicano/Latino & Ethnic Studies. After four decades of teaching in higher education, he has gained prominence as a political scientist, historian and public intellectual in the areas of racial politics, diversity, immigration, civil and human rights and affirmative action. His book Youth, Identity, Power: The Chicano Movement was a key resource for the PBS television series Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. Munoz was the founding chair of the first Chicano Studies department in the nation and the founding chair of the National Association of Chicana & Chicano Studies. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Part of the Latino Heritage Month Celebration. The Latino Heritage Month Noche de Cultura/Cultural Night runs from 7:00-10:00 p.m. in the Great Hall and features food, music and dance as well as Carlos Munoz's keynote talk.