You are invited: The Future of Global Engagement

Next America’s partner, Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) is hosting an outstanding line-up of senior-level speakers this weekend and you are invited. Young professionals and students are invited to join discussion groups on a wide variety of foreign policy topics ranging from NATO expansion, to microfinance, to Africa & Defense. Space in each track is limited so you will have the opportunity to directly engage senior decision makers.

There will also be a Career Expo with recruiters from several foreign policy organizations, government agencies and firms.  Limited space is still available!

Here is some more info on the conference from YPFP:

Featuring:
* 50 confirmed speakers in 6 subject-specific discussion tracks
* Career expo with more than 20 foreign policy organizations that are currently recruiting
* Keynote address by a panel of young professional leaders
* OPEN BAR cocktail (& networking) reception

$20 for General Members | $30 Affiliate and Non-members.

Click here to Register

Participating organizations in the Career Expo include:
The Advisory Board Company
American Enterprise Institute
Atlas Corps
Biotechnology Industry Organization
Booz Allen Hamilton
Chemonics
Council on Foreign Relations
Department of Homeland Security
The Diplomatic Courier
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Kaplan
Lockheed Martin
National Democratic Institute
The Next America Project
Peace Corps
The School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia
Student Movement for Real Change
The World Bank

50 confirmed speakers including:
Dr. Ziad J. Asali, President, American Task Force on Palestine
Ambassador Mark Bellamy, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Dr. Hans Binnendijk, Vice President for Research, National Defense University
Gen. Carlton W. Fulford, former Deputy Commander, US European Command
Dr. Nile Gardiner, Director, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, The Heritage Foundation
Dr. Peter Hakim, President, Inter-American Dialogue
Jerry Lanier, Foreign Policy Advisor to the US AFRICOM Commanding General
Kathryn McElligott, Director of Development, The Microcredit Summit Campaign
Carl Meacham, Senior Professional Staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Julia Nesheiwat, Senior Advisor, Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Ambassador Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat, Indonesian Ambassador to the United States
Ambassador Steven Pifer, former U.S. Ambassador to the Ukraine
Jeannine B. Scott, Senior Vice President, Africare
The Hon. Ted Warner, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Requirements
Theresa Whelan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense
Damon Wilson, Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs, National Security Council

Also featuring a keynote panel - "New Perspectives on Global Leadership: Voices from Young Professionals":
Sam Bell, Advocacy Director, Genocide Intervention Network
Dr. Mark Drapeau, Associate Research Fellow, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University
Shawn Brimley, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Department of Defense
Marcela Torres-Cordoba, President and co-founder of Prospéritas, a microfinance institution
Sasha Issenberg, Author, The Sushi Economy