Politics Aside 2012
November 15-17 Santa Monica, California
Set Politics Aside and join world and business leaders, journalists from Thomson Reuters, and researchers from the RAND Corporation in thought-provoking conversations with audience participation.
Featured Speakers »
Sheila Bair
19th Chairperson of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Dennis C. Blair
Former United States Director of National Intelligence and Retired United States Navy Admiral
Harold Brown
Counselor, Center for Strategic and International Studies; former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Peter Chiarelli
Former United States Army General and former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
Sir Harold Evans
Author; former editor, Sunday Times
Kenneth Feinberg
Special Master for TARP Executive Committee and Federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
William Frist
Physician; educator; former Senate Majority Leader
David Goldhill
President and CEO, Game Show Network; author of Catastrophic Care: How American Health Care Killed My Father
Howard Gordon
Co-creator and executive producer of the television series "Homeland"
Robert D. Hormats
Under Secretary Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment; former vice chairman of Goldman Sachs (International)
Karen Elliott House
Former publisher, The Wall Street Journal; Former Senior Vice President, Dow Jones and Company, Inc.
Brian Michael Jenkins
Senior adviser to the president of RAND; pioneering terrorism expert
Seth Jones
Senior political scientist, RAND; author of Hunting in the Shadows, The Pursuit of Al Qa'ida Since 9/11
David Kilcullen
Founding President and CEO, Caerus Associates LLC
Ann McLaughlin Korologos
Politics Aside Co-Chair; Chairman Emeritus, The Aspen Institute; Former U.S. Secretary of Labor
Kent Kresa
Chairman Emeritus of Northrop Grumman Corporation
James M. Loy
Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Retired; Senior Counselor, The Cohen Group; Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
Michael Lynton
Politics Aside Co-Chair; CEO, Sony Corporation of America; Chairman and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment
David Nevins
President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.
Edmund Phelps
2006 Nobel Laureate in Economics; Director of Columbia University's Center on Capitalism and Society; McVickar Professor
Michael Portillo
Journalist; former UK Secretary of Defense, Employment and Treasury; former member of Parliament
Stephen Roach
Former Non-Executive Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia; senior fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University
HRH Prince Turki Bin Faisal Al Saud
Former Saudi Ambassador to US and UK; former Director General of Al Mukhabarat
Eric E. Schmidt
Executive Chairman, Google
Michael Sheen
Award-winning actor of stage and screen
Simon Sinek
Author of Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Nicholas Wapshott
Journalist; author of Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics
Jonathan Weber
West Coast Bureau Chief for Reuters
Gail Wilensky
Economist and senior fellow at Project HOPE; former director of Medicare and Medicaid programs
Robert G. Wilmers
Chairman and CEO, M&T Bank Corporation
CEO, Sony Corporation of America; Chairman and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Event Schedule »
- 15Nov
Thursday, November 15
6:00 p.m. Reception and Program, Sony Pictures Studios - 16Nov
Friday, November 16
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Daytime Dialogue, RAND Corporation 6:30 p.m. Evening Reception and Program - 17Nov
Saturday, November 17
9:00 a.m. Forum Panel Discussion and Brunch, RAND Corporation
Threats: Real and Imagined
We will explore the threats we face—both real and imagined—and the solutions we seek to address them. The sessions will look at the risks associated with far-ranging topics such as the challenges of financial regulation, insurgency and terrorism, nascent democracy, the persistence of poverty, and rising health care costs. Attendance is limited to promote candor and intimate discussion.
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Participants at Politics Aside will
- share and learn in dynamic, intellectual exchanges
- enjoy access to distinguished individuals and decisionmakers
- attend topical programs in distinctive venues around Los Angeles
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