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SO MANY EVENTS -- SO many reminders! Amb. Carey on Monday, April 11 -- Chairman Kazuo Furukawa on April 19 -- Celebrate Earth Day - April 22! Monday, April 11, 5:30 pm, Ashe Lecture - "Choosing Diplomatic Options to Engage Enemies" by Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh. Teddy Roosevelt’s approach to foreign policy was “speak softly, and carry a big stick,” but Washington can seem more inclined to use the stick (military force) than speech (diplomacy) to resolve serious problems abroad. Explore why this is so and how to better select the best foreign policy tool for the job. Wed., April 13, 5:30 pm, US Navy "Being There Matters! Navy Medicine Keeping Sailors and Marines Healthy, Ready and On the Job" - Rear Admiral Terry Moulton, Deputy Surgeon General and Deputy Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for the US Navy. Join us as we celebrate Navy Week in Knoxville! Thursday, April 14, 12:30 – 2 pm - E&E Forum with Dr. Jon Hathaway, UT Civil & Environmental Engineering - PLEASE NOTE EARLIER START TIME! Tuesday, April 19, 12:45-1:45 pm - join us for coffee in the Baker Cafe "Is there an Environmental Crisis?" Dr. Michael McKinney, Earth & Planetary Sciences professor and director of the Environmental Studies Program. BC READING ROOM Tuesday, April 19, 4:00 PM -- Howard Baker Memorial Lecture - "To Realize a Hydrogen Society" Chairman Kazuo Furukawa, NEDO (New Energy & Industrial Technology Development Organization), one of the largest public research and global environmental programs in the Japan. NEDO has around 800 employees worldwide, a budget of $1.2 billion, and offices worldwide, including in Washington, DC and Silicon Valley, California. Thursday, April 21, 2016, 1-2:30 pm, E&E Forum with Dr. Virginia H. Dale, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She is a Fellow and Director of the Center for BioEnergy Sustainability and will discuss sustainable bioenergy. Friday, April 22 - EARTH DAY - Baker Ambassadors are planning a panel - more details to come! Sunday, APRIL 24, 1:30 pm - HOWARD BAKER PUBLIC POLICY CHALLENGE FINALS! Watch teams compete with their solutions to local and national policy issues and win CASH prizes! All in the Toyota Auditorium and are free and open to the public!