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Popular Culture and Globalization in the Arab World - Christian Sinclair
6:00 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Christian Sinclair is the director of Middle Eastern Studies at the School for International Training (SIT) Study Abroad, a division of World Learning. Sinclair is responsible for the development and management of educational programs in the Middle East and North Africa. Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series.

Vegetable Oil: Changing Source of Food, Fuel and Chemicals - Thomas Binder
4:00 PM – LeBaron Hall Auditorium, Rm 1210 - Thomas Binder is President of Archer Daniels Midlands Research Division. He joined ADM in 1986 as a research scientist and has held various management positions in process development and fermentation research. He is author or coauthor of eleven patents and eight peer-reviewed publications. He currently serves on the Federal Advisory Committee for Biomass Research. Binder received his PhD in biochemistry from Iowa State University. Iowa State 150th Anniversary Alumni Lecture Series.

Political Action Week: Social Issues, Agriculture and the Environment
11:00 AM – Central Campus - Topics for the Wednesday event will focus on current social issues, including separation of church and state, gay rights, racial equity and affirmative action, and women's rights. Agricultural and environmental issues, such as sustainable agriculture, global warming, and energy policy, will be discussed as well. Presidential candidate Karl Krueger will open at 11:00 am, followed by State Representative Lisa Heddens at 11:30 am. Former gubernatorial candidate Ed Fallon will speak at 12:10 pm, and Iowa State graduate student Basil Mahayni will lead the discussion. Nourishment for mind and stomach provided - $1 daily meals.

Globalization: Looking Back and Looking Forward - George Strawn
6:30 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - George Strawn is the Chief Information Officer at the National Science Foundation. He has served NSF in numerous roles, notably, as NSFNET Program Director during the time it became the first national DS-3 Internet network. Prior to working at NSF, Strawn was a computer science faculty member at Iowa State University, where he also held several administrative positions. He received a PhD in mathematics from Iowa State University. Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series and part of the Iowa State 150th Anniversary Alumni Lecture Series.

Guantanamo Bay: An Inside Look at a Constitutional Crisis - Tom Fleener
8:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Tom Fleener is an attorney and former Guantanamo Bay military defense counsel and has been an outspoken critic and public commentator on the use of special military trials for terrorist suspects. He served as an Army JAG officer for eight years both prosecuting and defending soldiers around the world. A native Iowan and graduate of Ames High School, Fleener left the active Army in 2003 to take an appointment as an Assistant Federal Public Defender and was recalled to active duty in 2005 to represent alleged al Qaeda propagandist Ali Hamza al Bahlul of Yemen. During the two years in the Office of Military Commissions in Washington, D.C., he made several appearances before a military commission in Guantanamo Bay, until ultimately convincing Congress to afford detainees choice of counsel. Constitution Day Lecture and part of the World Affairs Series.

Political Action Week - Foreign Affairs
11:00 AM – Central Campus - Natalie Sugira from the ONE Campaign and James McCormick, professor and chair of Political Science, kick off Political Action Week with a discussion on foreign affairs. Topics include the Middle East, international and national security, trade policies, the crisis in Darfur, foreign aid, diplomacy, and the U.S. role in the world. Nourishment for mind and stomach provided - $1 daily meals.

Restoring America's Standing in the World - Madeleine Albright
3:30 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Madeleine Albright served as U.S. secretary of state from 1997 to 2001, the first woman ever to hold the position. Her distinguished career in government includes positions in the National Security Council, on Capitol Hill, and as a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Part of the World Affairs Series and the 2008 Presidential Caucus Series.

Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? The Transformation of Modern Europe - James Sheehan
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - James Sheehan began teaching modern European history at Stanford in 1979 and is now Dickason Professor in the Humanities, a senior fellow of the Institute for International Studies, and the Paul Davies Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education. He is the recipient of four teaching awards, a Guggenheim fellowship, a Humboldt Research Prize, and an NEH fellowship. Sheehan's books include Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? The Transformation of Modern Europe (forthcoming), Museums in the German Art World: From the End of the Old Regime to the Rise of Modernism, German History, 1770-1866, and German Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century. President of the American Historical Association in 2005, he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy in Berlin, a corresponding fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a member of the American Philosophical Society. Phi Beta Kappa Lecture.

Globalization and Sustainability - Barry Hughes
6:00 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Barry Hughes is a professor at the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver. He is interested in computer simulation models for economic, energy, food, population, environmental, and socio-political forecasting. Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series.

Why Do I Need to Think Globally to Be Effective in My Job? - Kirk Thompson
6:30 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Kirk Thompson is Global Product Development Leader for Dow Chemical Company. He leads teams developing new products for markets in Brazil, Singapore, China, England, Holland, and India. Thompson graduated with a PhD in chemical engineering from Iowa State University in 1999. Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series and part of the Iowa State 150th Anniversary Alumni Lecture Series.