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Negotiation and the Gender Divide - Sara Laschever
3:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Keynote Address for the 2006 Iowa Women's Leadership Summit, Iowa State University Sara Laschever is the co-author of Women Don't Ask, and was a research associate and principal interviewer for Project Access, a landmark Harvard University study funded by the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, and the Bunting Institute. To register for the entire, free Summit, please go to: http://www.wlc.provost.iastate.edu/

American Strategies for Success Competing with China and India in a Globalized World - Newt Gingrich
10:45 AM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Newt Gingrich was first elected to Congress in 1978 where he served the Sixth District of Georgia for twenty years. In 1995, he was elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives where he served until 1999. As Speaker of the House, he was the architect of the "Contract with America" leading the Republican Party to victory in 1994 by capturing the majority in the U.S. House for the first time in forty years. He has published nine books including Contract with America and To Renew America and his most recent book, Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America. Never Call Retreat concluded Newt's series of active history studies in the lessons of warfare based on a fictional account of the Battle of Gettysburg and its aftermath. And in Saving Lives & Saving Money, he demonstrates how to transform health and healthcare into a 21st century system. Part of the Globalization, Technology and Culture Series.

VEISHEA Opening Ceremony with Gary Stahl and Sean McLaughlin
12:00 PM – Central Campus - Gary Stahl, Deputy Director of UNICEF's Programme Funding Office, will discuss "Making a Difference in the World." He joined UNICEF in October 1994 working in Rwanda with over 400,000 internally displaced people. He graduated from The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1994 as a John F. Kennedy Fellow and from Iowa State University in 1983. Special guest Sean McLaughlin, weather anchor for NBC News' Sunday Weekend Today Show, graduated from Iowa State University in 1988.

Political Cartoons, Cultural Sensitivity and the First Amendment - Reza Aslan with Brian Duffy and Barbara Mack
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Reza Aslan is the author of No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam. Brian Duffy is the Des Moines Register editorial cartoonist. Barbara Mack is a media law professor with the Greenlee School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Iowa State University. They will join in a panel discussion with Reza Aslan following his presentation on the current conflict regarding Danish political cartoons and the clash of Islamic traditions and values with contemporary ideals of democracy and human rights.

Gubernatorial Race 2006 - Bob Vander Plaats
6:00 PM – Lagomarcino E164 - Bob Vander Plaats is running for Lt. Governor of Iowa. Before running for public office, he was a teacher, school principal, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Opportunities Unlimited, a health and human services organization, providing rehabilitative services for young adults with brain or spinal cord injuries, or other life-altering disabilities. He is currently president of MVP Leadership, which specializes in strategic vision and executive leadership for Business and Industry, Economic Development, Education, Health Care, Human Services, and Private Foundations.

Sudan Update: A Visual Presentation - Gary Stahl
4:00 PM – Jischke Honors Building - Gary Stahl, Deputy Director of UNICEF's Programme Funding Office, will discuss his recent visit to Sudan and provide a report on the current situation and the impact of the peace agreement. The Darfur region in Sudan has been described as the unresolved piece of the puzzle for Africa's largest country where 1.8 million people are still dependent on aid agencies.

Stealing Reality: The Rise of the Right, the Fracture of News and Lessons Learned from Karl Rove - Bill Israel
8:00 PM – 1148 Gerdin Auditorium - Bill Israel, professor of journalism at the University of Massachusetts, specializes in the study of media and power, reporting, and online journalism. He has taught "Politics and the Press" with aides to Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush. Israel worked as press secretary to an Iowa gubernatorial candidate, as assistant to the California Senate majority leader, and as press secretary and legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator in Washington. In radio, television, and print media he has worked as reporter, producer, editor, and anchor. He has worked for the San Francisco Chronicle, the Sacramento Bee, Dallas Morning News, USA Today, CBS Radio, ABC-TV News, and other regional print and broadcast news outlets.

What Will it Take to Make the Future Sustainable? - Frances Moore Lappe and Joel Kovel
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Frances Moore Lappe, author of Scarcity Myths: The Power of Ideas to Shape the World We Want, is the co-founder of two national organizations focused on food and the roots of democracy. The Institute for Food and Development Policy (known as Food First), is action-based non-profit organization dealing with the causes of and solutions for world hunger. She later co-founded the Center for Living Democracy, a ten-year initiative that inspires and prepares people to make democracy a rewarding, practical, everyday approach to solving society's problems. Her other books include Diet for a Small Planet, and Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet. Joel Kovel is Professor of Social Studies at Bard College and author of many books including White Racism, which was nominated for a National Book Award in 1972; A Complete Guide to Therapy; The Age of Desire; Against the State of Nuclear Terror; and The Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or The End of the World.

Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series - President Gregory Geoffroy
6:00 PM – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall - Gregory L. Geoffroy became president of Iowa State University in 2001, where he is also professor of chemistry. He began his academic career at the Pennsylvania State University in 1974, and was appointed head of the Department of Chemistry in 1988 and dean of the Eberly College of Science at Penn State in 1989. Geoffroy was appointed senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Maryland, College Park in 1997, where he also served as interim president for two months in 1998. Geoffroy is a nationally acclaimed researcher in organometallic chemistry, having published more than 200 research articles and has presented more than 200 invited lectures in the United States and nine other nations. Part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series.

Being Asian American - Gil Asakawa
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Gil Asakawa is executive producer for DenverPost.com. Under his leadership, the Web site has expanded to include blogs, audio and video podcasts, multimedia and flash content, games and RSS feeds. In 2005, DenverPost.com launched News Hound, a custom-branded RSS reader with a simple user interface so non-technical users can take advantage of RSS feeds. Gil has a BFA in fine arts, and began his journalism career as a music editor for an alternative weekly. He was a rock critic for 15 years and daily newspaper entertainment editor before falling in love with the Internet. He has written freelance pieces for Rolling Stone and other publications, and is the author of "Being Japanese American" (Stone Bridge Press, 2004) and co-author of "The Toy Book" (Knopf, 1990).