A New Global Health Model: Scale Down to Help More With new technology and a scaled-down bottom-up healthcare strategy, Dr. Eric Bing argues we can make startling mortality statistics a thing of the past. Monday, May 20

US Response to Global Conflict: New Thinking in Syria, Burma and Kenya Ambassador Rick Barton will discuss approaches to conflict stabilization, new thinking on conflict post-Iraq and Afghanistan, and how the State Department is applying these ideas abroad. Tuesday, May 28

Seizing the Opportunity to Reduce Nuclear Weapons Ambassador Pifer will discuss the differences between Washington and Moscow over missile defense, the proposal to ban further production of fissile materials and the challenges facing the Obama administration. Thursday, May 30