- Yang Jiechi, Chinese ambassador to the U.S., here to give a business briefing to MIC corporate members.
June 2004
- Edward Alden, deputy Washington Bureau chief, Financial Times, here to present at the European Union symposium.
May 2004
- Max Audley, senior partner, Faegre, Benson, Hobson, Audley LLP, London, here to present at the European Union symposium.
May 2004
- Kjell Bergh, chairman, Borton Volvo and Borton Overseas, presented at the European Union symposium.
May 2004
- Ambassador Frans Van Daele, Belgian ambassador to the U.S., here to present at the European Union symposium.
May 2004
- Judith Cefkin, Office of Nordic and Baltic Affairs, U.S. Department of State, here to present at the European Union symposium.
May 2004
- Ambassador Jan Eliasson, Swedish ambassador to the U.S., here to present at the European Union symposium.
May 2004
- Dominique Decherf, consul general of France in Chicago, here to present at the European Union symposium.
May 2004
- Bill George, former chairman and CEO Medtronic, presented at the European Union symposium.
May 2004
- Jim Lawrence, executive vice president and CFO, General Mills, presented at the European Union symposium.
May 2004
- Curtis Nelson, president and COO, Carlson Companies, presented at the European Union symposium.
May 2004
- Andrew Seaton, consul general of Great Britain in Chicago, here to present at the European Union symposium.
May 2004
- Krister Stoor, visiting professor of Scandinavian Studies, Gustavus Adolphus College, here to present a Sami oral history through the Yoik singing tradition, as part of MIC's Year of the Nordic Countries.
April 2004
- Gro Harlem Brundtland, former prime minister of Norway and recent chair of the World Health Organization
February 2004
- Melor Sturua, political columnist for the Russian daily Izvestia, and senior fellow, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
January 2004
- Jim Klobuchar, former Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist, and Susan Cornell Wilkes, foundation and nonprofit manager
December 2003
- Panel discussion on the Future of Korea, with Don Oberdorfer (journalist-in-residence at Johns Hopkins SAIS), Kim Hae-Yong (first secretary, Korean Embassy) and Dr. Richard Cronin (Asian Affairs specialist, U.S. Congressional Research Service.)
November 2003
- Ambassador Richard Boucher, spokesman, U.S. State Department
November 2003
- Peter Bell, president of CARE USA
November 2003
- Ambassador Richard Ryan, permanent representative of Ireland to the United Nations
October 2003
- Dr. Martin Palous, ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States
October 2003
- Davorin Kracun, ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the United States
October 2003
- Thoraya Obaid, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
May 2003
- China and the United States: An Evolving Relationship - MIC's Annual Symposium - with the following speakers:
Arthur D. Collins, Jr., chairman and CEO, Medtronic, Inc.
Gao Xiqing, vice chairman of China's National Council for Social Security Fund
Harry Harding, dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
Burton Levin, Sit professor of Asian Affairs at Carleton College
Stephen Sanger, chairman and CEO, General Mills, Inc.
Eugene Sit, chairman and chief investment office, Sit Investment Associates
Warren R. Staley, chairman and CEO, Cargill, Inc.
Xu Jinzhong, China's consul general in Chicago
Shirley Young, president of Shirley Young Associates
April 2003
- Ambassador Thomas Pickering, senior vice prsident of international relations, The Boeing Company
February 2003
- Consul General Robert Culshaw, British consul general, Chicago
February 2003
- Ross Wilson, U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan
January 2003
- J. Brian Atwood, dean of the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
December 2002
- Minister Ricardo Lagorio, deputy chief of mission, Embassy of Argentina
November 2002
- Charles Ries, principal deputy assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs in the U.S. State Department
November 2002
- Karim Kawar, Jordan's ambassador to the U.S.
October 2002
- Sir Christopher Meyer, Britain's ambassador to the U.S.
October 2002
- Panel discussion on Governor Jesse Ventura's trade mission to China
October 2002
- Edward DeCarbo, former director of education, Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art
October 2002
- Shirley Williams, leader of the Liberal Democrats, House of Lords, U.K.
September 2002
- Rupert Cornwell, Washington bureau chief of The London Independent,
June 2002
- Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Carlson Companies chairman and CEO,
June 2002
- Ian Craig, Technology Group partner, Dorsey & Whitney's London office,
June 2002
- John Roper, Liberal Democrat chief whip in the House of Lords,
June 2002
- John Alderdice, speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
April 2002
- R.W. Apple, New York Times associate editor,
April 2002
- Dagoberto Rodriguez Barrera, chief of the Cuban Interests Section, Embassy of Switzerland,
April 2002
- His Excellency Michael Kergin, Canada's ambassador to the U.S.,
April 2002
- Sir Thomas Harris, British consul general in New York and director-general of British Trade and Investment, USA,
January 2002
- Consul General Robert Culshaw, British Consulate, Chicago,
November 2001
- Dr. Shafeeq Ghabra, director of the Kuwait Information Office,
November 2001
- Multinational panel to discuss September 11 attacks with University of Minnesota Humphrey fellows from Mexico, Algeria, Turkmenistan, Kenya and Peru,
October 2001
- Anthony DePalma, New York Times international business correspondent,
October 2001
- William Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA,
September 2001
- Dr. Blair Ruble, director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, and Dr. Kate Schecter, program officer at the American International Health Alliance,
June 2001
- The Honorable Thomas S. Foley, former U.S. ambassador to Japan (1997-2001),
June 2001
- The Honorable Walter F. Mondale, former U.S. ambassador to Japan (1993-96),
June 2001
- His Excellency Yukio Satoh, Japan's permanent representative to the United Nations,
June 2001
- Chul Huh, first secretary in charge of political affairs at the Korean Embassy; Dr. William Taylor, senior advisor for international security affairs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; and Joseph Winder, president of the Korea Economic Institute of America,
March 2001
- James Rupert, Washington Post assistant foreign editor for Africa,
November 2000
- His Excellency David Ivry, Israel's Ambassador to the U.S.,
August 2000
- Dr. Jorge Castañeda, top advisor to Mexican President-elect Vicente Fox and international affairs professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico,
June 2000
- Clara Jusidman, secretary of social development, Mexico City,
June 2000
- Jaime Chico, TELMEX vice chairman & CEO,
June 2000
- David Trimble, 1998 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, with Denis Haughey, leading member of Northern Ireland's Social Democratic and Labour Party,
February 2000
- His Excellency Li Zhaoxing, Chinese ambassador to the U.S
January 2000
- Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, Antarctic explorers,
October 1999
- Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. ambassador to UN,
April 1999
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Former Prime Minister of Norway and
Recent Chair of the World Health Organization
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