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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.

The Global Crises of Today: Peak Oil, Global Warming, and Resource Sustainability - Ethan Burke and Alan Palm of BioTour
5:00 PM – Carver 101 - BioTour is a full-size converted school bus that runs on vegetable oil, biodiesel, and has solar panels on top to provide electricity inside the bus. Ethan Burke, Alan Palm and the staff of the BioTour bus offer educational, interactive presentations about energy consumption and climate change, putting those issues in a context relevant to the lives of every American. Activities will take place on central campus throughout the day and end with the 5 p.m. lecture in Carver 101.

The Impact of the Internet - Jeffrey Cole
6:00 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Jeffrey Cole is director of the Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and the founder and director of the World Internet Project. Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series.

Arming Campus Police: A Town Hall Meeting
12:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Members of the university community are asked to bring their questions and concerns to an open-mike discussion about whether firearms should be included as part of the equipment carried regularly by all certified and trained Iowa State University police officers. Warren Madden, Vice President for Business and Finance, and Jerry Stewart, Director of Public Safety, will discuss the recommendation to arm university police officers. Panelists include GSB President Brian Phillips and other student representatives.

Globalization and Culture - James Waters
6:00 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - James Waters is Vice President of Production Systems Division for Caterpillar, the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines. Waters has worked in the field of hydraulics systems in Italy, Japan, and England. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Iowa State University in 1981. Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series and part of the Iowa State 150th Anniversary Alumni Lecture Series.

Global Technology Sales: Lessons from the Field - Bob John
6:30 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Bob John is Vice President of Technology Sales at TIAX LLC, a technology and innovation company. During a thirty-year career at IBM, he held positions as sales manager, general manager of an IBM subsidiary, Vice President in Technology Group, and Vice President of Channel Financing at IBM Global Financing. John graduated from Iowa State University in 1973 with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. He also holds an M.S. in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series and part of the Iowa State 150th Anniversary Alumni Lecture Series.

Town Hall Meeting on Iraq
6:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Speakers include: Jeffrey Weiss, Peace Education Director with the Central Region of the American Friends Service Committee; Sue Dinsdale, who works for awareness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and to ensure healthcare and readjustment services for our soldiers; and Terri Jones, whose son SPC Jason Cooper took his life four months after returning home from a yearlong deployment to Baghdad. Jones represents Military Families Speak Out, Gold Star Families for Peace and the Iowa Peace Task Force. This Town Hall Meeting is sponsored by Time for Peace, a secular, nonpartisan effort by members of the Ames community to provide an alternative voice for peace and nonviolence.

Iowa Youth Leadership Town Hall Meeting
5:30 PM – Hilton Colesium, Iowa State Center - The Iowa Youth Leadership Town Hall Meeting brings together students, their families, business leaders, and elected officials from across Iowa in support of Iowa manufacturing and farm families. Dan DiMicco, CEO of Nucor, will be the keynote speaker. He will be joined by 2008 presidential candidates as their schedules allow. The discussion will focus on globalization and the serious impact policies have on our futures and our jobs. A complimentary dinner will be served. RSVP 515-203-9495