For more information, visit www.bakercenter.utk.edu Election Reform and Voting Rights March 5, 2010 The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Toyota Auditorium, Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Blogs, Social Media and Political InCivility Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy in partnership with Student Government- Government Affairs Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit and UT College of Law Introduction by Dr. Mike Fitzgerald, UT Dept. of Political Science March 23, 7:00P.M. Toyota Auditorium Live via webcast: http://160.36.161.128/UTK/Viewer/? peid=5f0fae7dc3f047eba60abbd5434e4add Understanding the Recession: Banks, Regulations, Markets and the Economic Outlook Joe Carcello, Department of Accounting and Information Management; Joan Heminway, UT College of Law; and Matt Murray, Center for Business and Economic Research March 24, 6:30P.M. Toyota Auditorium Training Future Leaders in the Civility of Governance A workshop led by SGA on learning the process of bi-partisan dialogue A partnership between SGA-Government Affairs and the Baker Center March 30, 6:30 P.M. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of the American Action Forum and former Economic Advisor Policy Challenges Facing the U.S.: Navigating the Future April 7, 7:00P.M. Toyota Auditorium Adrian Vierita Ambassador From Romania to the US April 13, 7:00 Tammy Taylor, Senior Policy Analyst in Office of Science and Technology Policy National Security and International Affairs Division, Executive Office of the President of the United States. Global Security April 19, 7:00 P.M. Peter Vasilievich Zarubin, Russian Scientist and former director in the Soviet Ministry of defense industry April 22, 7:00P.M. Toyota Auditorium Barbara Bodine Former Ambassador to Yemen April 28, 7:00P.M. Toyota Auditorium Obesity and the Built Environment in East Tennessee April 30, All Day Symposium Toyota Auditorium Amy K. Gibson, Ph.D. Director of Communications and Public Programming Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 865-974-3816 (o) 865-363-9605 (m)