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Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science - Luis Ernesto Derbez
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Luis Ernesto Derbez is the Foreign Minister of Mexico. He was Mexico's Economic Minister before assuming his current position. He worked for the World Bank for fourteen years, where he was responsible for the regional areas of Chile, Western and Central Africa, India, Nepal and Bhutan, among others. While with the World Bank he directed, structured, implemented and supervised Multilateral Economic Assistance and Structural Adjustment Programs in Chile, Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala. He also worked as an independent consultant for the World Bank Mexico City Office and for the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C. He has worked on economic recovery programs for Honduras and Nicaragua, after Hurricane Mitch destroyed a substantial part of their territory and economy. He was a professor in the Graduate School of Business Management of ITESM in Monterrey, Nuevo León; a guest professor at Johns Hopkins University School of International Studies; director of the ITESM Econometric Studies Unit and Economics Department in Monterrey; and Academic Vice Rector of the University of the Americas in Cholula, Puebla. He received a doctorate in Economics from Iowa State University. Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science.

Institute on World Affairs Series - The War in Iraq: A Forum
10:00 AM – Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Music Building -- Parking available in Memorial Union parking ramp - Senator Harkin will be addressing the impact of the war in Iraq and the cost of occupation. Professor Telhami will be speaking about the politics of the Middle East, the political forces driving terrorism and the impact of U.S. foreign policy. Shibley Telhami is Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a senior fellow at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution. While a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, he served as advisor to the United States delegation to the United Nations during the Iraq-Kuwait crisis, and was on the staff of Congressman Lee Hamilton. He is the author of a report on Persian Gulf security for the Council on Foreign Relations, and the co-drafter of another Council report on the Arab-Israeli peace process. He received his doctorate in political science from University of California at Berkeley. Among his publications are Power and Leadership in International Bargaining: The Path to the Camp David Accords and The Stakes: America and the Middle East, and numerous articles on international politics and Middle Eastern affairs. Campus map: http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/central.asp Part of the World Affairs Series: Outside Looking In - International Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy.

Live Videoconference - The History and Future of Scientific Computing - Stephen Wolfram
7:30 PM – Benton Auditorium - Admission Free - Dr. Stephen Wolfram is President and CEO of Wolfram Research, author of A New Kind of Science, and creator of Mathematica. Introductory remarks by John Atanasoff II: Lessons Learned from the ABC.

John Vincent Atanasoff's 100th Birthday Celebration - He Made a World of Difference - Gordon Bell
7:30 PM – Stephens Auditorium - Admission Free - Computer pioneer Gordon Bell is a recipient of the National Medal of Technology and the Smithsonian/MCI Information Technology Leadership Award for Innovation and is now a senior researcher at Microsoft. He will include a rare filmed presentation of John Vincent Atanasoff discussing his invention of the first digital computer. Comments will also be provided by John Gustafson, principal investigator, High Productivity Computing Systems, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Alice Rowe Burks, author of "Who Invented the Computer? The Legal Battle That Changed Computing History;" Bulgarian Deputy Ambassador Emil Yalnazov; and Iowa State University President Gregory Geoffroy.

On Wrestling and Writing - Mick Foley
8:00 PM – Stephens Auditorium Admission Free - Mick Foley, one of the most popular personalities in the World Wrestling Federation, has written two memoirs that became New York Times #1 Bestsellers, Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks and Foley is Good and the Real World is Faker Than Wrestling. He has also written two New York Times best-selling children's books, Mick Foley's Christmas Chaos and Mick Foley's Halloween High Jinx. He just released his first novel, Tietam Brown.

The Impact of Philanthropy on Minorities, Healthcare and Education - Teresa Heinz Kerry
1:30 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - Teresa Heinz Kerry is chairman of the Howard Heinz Endowment and the Heinz Family Philanthropies. The foundations she oversees develop innovative strategies to protect the environment, improve education, enhance the lives of your children, broaden economic opportunity and promote the arts. Utne Magazine named her as one of 100 American visionaries and the NY Times described her as one of the nation's leading philanthropists. Teresa Heinz Kerry is wife of Senator John Kerry.

History of Science Series - Mountains That Vomit Fire: Volcanoes as Viewed in the l8th Century - Kenneth L. Taylor
8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Kenneth L. Taylor is the C.B. Hudson/Torchmark Presidential Professor in the History of Science Department at the University of Oklahoma, and has written extensively on the history of geology and natural history. He will be discussing 18th and 19th century debate over the nature of volcanoes and impact of that debate on Darwin's thought and work. He received his doctorate from Harvard.

The New Age of Gene Therapy in Molecular Medicine - John F. Engelhardt
8:00 PM – 1414 Molecular Biology Auditorium - John F. Engelhardt is the director of the Center for Gene Therapy and professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. His laboratory focuses on the development of gene therapies for inherited and environmentally induced diseases. He received his undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Iowa State University, and his doctorate in human genetics from Johns Hopkins University.

Institute on World Affairs Series - The View from Al Jazeera - Omar al-lssaw
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Omar al-Issaw Is a reporter and producer for Al Jazeera. One of the original creators of the satellite news operation serving the Arab world, he worked previously for the BBC and has covered events in Yemen, Sudan, Afghanistan, Croatia and elsewhere around the globe. In addition to his reporting duties, he produces documentaries for Al Jazeera, including a heralded 15-part series on the war in Lebanon. Born in Kuwait to Lebanese parents, the English-speaking al-Issawi attended college in Iowa and Virginia. He began his career in media working for FM and AM radio stations in Lebanon and worked for Net TV and Future TV in Beirut.He is married with 2 children. Part of the World Affairs Series: Outside Looking In - International Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy.

Socially Responsible Investing - Alya Z. Kayal
12:30 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - This presentation will be repeated at 2:00 p.m. in the same location. Alya Z. Kayal is a Senior Analyst for International/Human Rights with the Calvert Group Ltd. where she specializes in analyzing international/human rights issues for U.S. and international companies. She has extensive experience in this area with the United Nations, the U.S. Information Agency, the Soros Foundation, and the International Human Rights Committee of the American Bar Association's international law division. She has a law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School and an undergraduate degree in Sociology and International Communications from Rutgers.