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2007

The Third Annual Hayek Lecture
Topic: Hayek on Spontaneous Order and the Mirage of Social Justice
Speaker: John Tomasi, Associate Professor, Political Science & Director, Political Theory Project; Brown University
Introduction by: James Piereson, Senior Fellow, Director, Center for the American University
June 20, 2007 | New York City

Seventh Annual Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner
Honoring: Hon. Edward I. Koch, 105th Mayor of the City of New York & K. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Corporation
Introduction: Senator Al D'Amato and Roger Ailes
May 8, 2007 | New York City

VIDEO I: Weismann, Rubenstein
VIDEO II: D'Amato
VIDEO III: Koch
VIDEO IV: Ailes
VIDEO V: Murdoch, Mone

Manhattan Institute Forum
Topic: The Power of the Vote
Speakers: Douglas E. Schoen, Founding and Former Partner, Penn, Schoen, and Berlandy
April 19, 2007 | New York City

Center for the American University
Topic: The Failure of Middle Eastern Studies in America
Introduction: Roger Hertog, Vice Chairman Emeritus, AllianceBernstein L.P.
Speaker: Martin Kramer, Wexler Fromer Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Senior Fellow, Shalem Center, Jerusalem; Senior Fellow, Olin Institute, Harvard University
April 12, 2007 | New York City

Manhattan Institute Health Care Symposium
Topic: Health Care: Does the Free Market Apply?
Participants: Dr. David Gratzer, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute, and Daniel Callahan, Senior Fellow, Hastings Center
Moderator: Brian Lehrer, Host, W-NYC's "The Brian Lehrer Show"
February 15, 2007 | New York City

2006

Manhattan Institute Book Forum
Topic: Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age
Speaker: Kay S. Hymowitz, William E. Simon Fellow, Manhattan Institute, Contributing Editor, City Journal
November 28, 2006 | New York City

Manhattan Institute Wriston Lecture
Topic: Europe and the United States: Past, Present, and Future
Speaker: George Weigel, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center
October 24, 2006 | New York City

Center for Medical Progress Forum
Topic: The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care by Dr. David Gratzer Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Introduction by Rodney Nichols, Trustee, Manhattan Institute, and Former President & CEO, New York Academy of Sciences
October 12, 2006 | New York City

Manhattan Institute Forum
Topic: THE PAST IS PROLOGUE: WHAT'S NEXT FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION
Speakers: Matthew Goldstein, Chancellor, The City University of New York
September 26, 2006 | New York City

Center for Policing Terrorism
Topic: 9/11 FIVE YEARS AFTER First Preventers: The Role of Law Enforcement in the War on Terror
Welcome: Lawrence Mone, President, Manhattan Institute Opening Remarks: Phil Mudd, Associate Executive Assistant Director, National Security Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigations
PANEL I: The Homegrown Terror Threat and the Importance of First Prevention Policing
MODERATOR: Tim Connors, Director, Center for Policing Terrorism, Manhattan Institute
PANELISTS: R.P. Eddy, Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism, Executive Director, Center for Policing Terrorism, Manhattan Institute James A. Marks, Major General, United States Army (Retired); Senior Vice President Intelligence and Language Center, McNeil Technologies Judith Miller, Investigative Reporter, The New York Times (1977-2005); Author with Stephen Engelberg and William Broad, Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War, Simon & Schuster, 2001
PANEL II: Police Executive Panel, Best Practices in Fighting the War on Terror
MODERATOR: John Miller, Assistant Director, Office of Public Affairs, US Federal Bureau of Investigation
PANELISTS: William Bratton, Chief, Los Angeles, CA, Police Department Mark Delaney, Superintendent, Massachusetts State Police Dean Esserman, Chief, Providence, RI, Police Department Rick Fuentes, Superintendent, New Jersey State Police Sandra Hutchens, Division Chief, Office of Homeland Security, County of Los Angeles John Timoney, Chief, Miami Police Department
Keynote Address: The U.S. Federal Government's International and Domestic Contributions to the War on Terror The Honorable Alberto R. Gonzalesz, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Introduction: Dietrich Weismann, Chairman, Manhattan Institute
September 7, 2006 | New York City

Manhattan Institute Forum
Topic: Current Events
Introduction: Dietrich Weismann, Chairman, Manhattan Institute
Speaker: Senator John McCain
July 17, 2006 | New York City

Center for Civic Innovation Forum
Title: Moving Men Into the Mainstream: The Next Steps in Urban Reform
Panel I: Black Men Left Behind? Reflections on Current Research
Moderator: John McWhorter, Manhattan Institute
Panelists: Larry Mead, New York University, Abby Thernstrom, Manhattan Institute, Hillard Pouncy, Princeton University, Ron Mincy, Columbia University
Panel II: From Recidivism to Redemption: Ending the Cycle of Incarceration
Moderator: Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
Panelists: Martin Horn, NYC Department of Corrections, Chauncey Parker, NY State Criminal Justice, Vicki Lopez Lukis, Florida Ex-Offender Task Force, Jeremy Travis, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, W. Wilson Goode, Sr., Amachi Program
Panel III: Putting Policy to the Test
Moderator: Howard Husock, Manhattan Institute
Panelists: Peter Cove, American Works, Fred Davie, Public/Private Ventures, Brent Orrell, U.S. Dept. Health and Human Services, Mindy Tarlow, Center for Employment Opportunities
June 21, 2006 | New York City

Center for Civic Innovation Forum
Title: Creative Approaches to Preserving Affordable Housing
Introduction: Hon. Stephen Goldsmith Director, Innovations in American Government Awards Program, Daniel Paul, Professor of Government, Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Lisa Mallory-Hodge Managing Director, Policy and Consulting, Fannie Mae Foundation
Speakers: Brad Lander, Director, Pratt Center for Community Development, Mercedes Marquez, General Manager, Los Angeles Housing Department
June15, 2006 | New York City

Center for Medical Progress Forum
Title: Prescription for Progress: The Critical Path for Drug Development
Keynote Speaker: Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D.
Panelists: Jeffrey Cossman, Gualberto Ruano, Robert McBurney, Ph.D., Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Janet Woodcock, M.D., Meryl Comer, Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., Michael Weber, M.D., Steve Usdin
June 8, 2006 | Washington, D.C.

Manhattan Institute Book Forum
Title: How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution (Cato Institute, 2006)
Author: Richard A. Epstein
June 6, 2006 | New York City

Center for Legal Policy Breakfast
Title: Medical Malpractice Awards, Insurance, and Negligence: Which Are Related
Author: Alexander Tabarrok, Amanda Agan
May 18, 2006 | New York City

Manhattan Institute Book Forum
Title: The Knowledge Deficit: Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children (Houghton Mufflins, 2006)
Author: E. D. Hirsch
May 4, 2006 | New York City

Sixth Annual Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner
Honoring: Rudolph W. Giuliani, 107th Mayor of the City of New York & Tom Wolfe, Author, The Bonfire of the Vanities
Introduction By:David Brooks
April 25, 2006 | New York City

Manhattan Institute Book Forum
Title: In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State (AEI Press, 2006)
Author: Dr. Charles Murray, W.H. Brady Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
April 12, 2006 | New York City

Center for Legal Policy Forum
Title: Restoring Democracy: The Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act
Speaker: Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
April 3, 2006 | New York City

Center For Race and Ethnicity Book Forum
Title: Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America (Gotham Books, 2006)
Author: John McWhorter, Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow
January 12, 2006 | New York City

Center for Civic Innovation Forum
Title: Why Are Skilled Cities Getting More Skilled?
Author: Edward L. Glaeser, Director, Taubman Center for State and Local Government; and Director, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
January 10, 2006 | New York City

2005

Manhattan Institute Forum
Speaker: Hon. John R. Bolton, United States Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations
December 7, 2005 | New York City

2005 Wriston Lecture
Speaker: Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence & Dir., James Madison Program, Princeton University
November 29, 2005 | New York City

Manhattan Institute Book Forum
Topic: His new book, Flat Tax Revolution (Regnery Publishing, July 2005)
Speaker: Steve Forbes, President & CEO of Forbes Inc. & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes magazine; and Author, Flat Tax Revolution (Regnery Publishing, July 2005)
September 22, 2005 | New York City

Empire Center For New York State Policy Luncheon Forum
Topic: Breaking the Budget in New York State: What's At Stake in November's Referendum
Keynote Speaker: Hon. Hugh L. Carey (invited)
Panelists: Hon. Edward I. Koch, Dall Forsythe, Diana Fortuna
Moderator: E. J. McMahon
September 20, 2005 | New York City
Panel 1: Intro: E.J. McMahon | Hon. Hugh L. Carey & John S. Dyson | Peter Goldmark
Panel 2: Intro: E.J. McMahon | Hon. Edward I. Koch | Dall Forsythe | Diana Fortuna | Q & A

Manhattan Institute Book Forum
Topic: Weekly Standard's 10-Year Anniversary Book
Speakers: William Kristol, Fred Barnes, John Podhoretz, Joseph Bottum (Invited)
Intro.: Stephen Goldsmith
September 15, 2005 | New York City

Manhattan Institute Forum
Speaker: Hon. Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts
Intro.: Stephen Goldsmith
September 12, 2005 | New York City

Manhattan Institute Forum
Topic: Tax Policy and the Future of Social Security Reform
Speaker: Dr. Edward C. Prescott, Recipient, 2004 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences; W. P. Carey Chair of Economics, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
Intro.: Dr. Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University
April 4, 2005 | New York City

Manhattan Institute Evening Symposium
Topic: Interrogating Terror Suspects: A Debate — Did the Administration’s Decision that the Geneva Convention Do Not Apply to Captured Terror Suspects Lead to Prisoner Abuse?
Panelists: John D. Hutson, Dean, Franklin Pierce Law Center (Concord, NH) & Former Judge Advocate General, U.S. Navy; Heather Mac Donald, John M. Olin Fellow, Manhattan Institute & Contributing Editor, City Journal
Moderator: Brian Lehrer, Host, Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC-AM
March 28, 2005 | New York City

Center for Medical Progress Forum
Topic: Updating and Personalizing Medicare
Speaker: Hon. Mark McClellan, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (CMS) (2004-present); & Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (2002-2004)
February 14, 2005 | New York City

Manhattan Institute Forum
Topic: “The CFE Decision and the Future of the City’s Schools”
Panelists: Jay Greene, Ross Sandler, Charles Brecher, Sol Stern
January 27, 2005 | New York City

Manhattan Institute Forum
Speaker: Peter W. Huber, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute & Co-Author (with Mark Mills),
The Bottomless Well: The Twilight of Fuel, The Virtue of Waste, and Why We Will Never Run Out of Energy (Basic Books, January 2005)
January 18, 2005 | New York City

2004

Center For Civic Innovation 2004 Social Entrepreneurship Award Dinner
Master of Ceremonies: Howard Husock, Director of Case Studies, Kennedy School, Harvard University & Contributor Editor, City Journal
Featured Speaker: George McDonald, Founder and President, The Doe Fund
October 19, 2004 | New York City

Manhattan Institute – 25th Anniversary Dinner
Featured Speaker: Tom Wolfe
October 13, 2004 | New York City

Manhattan Institute Lecture on Public Policy
Topic: Can Muslim Nations Acquire Liberal Democracies?
Speaker: James Q. Wilson, Professor of Management & Public Policy, Graduate School of Management at UCLA
Intro.: Max Boot, Senior Fellow, National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
September 30, 2004 | New York City

Center for Civic Innovation Forum
Topic: Whither Welfare Reform? Lessons from the Wisconsin Experience
Speakers: Jason DeParle, Author, American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids and a Nation’s Drive to End Welfare (Viking, 2004); Lawrence Mead, Author, Government Matters: Welfare Reform in Wisconsin (Princeton University Press, 2004); and Jason Turner, Former Commissioner, Dept. of Social Services, Human Resources Administration, New York City
Introduction | Jason Deparle | Lawrence Mead | Jason Turner | Q & A
September 21, 2004 | New York City

2003

Center For Legal Policy Presentation
Presentation of Trial Lawyers Inc.: A Report on the Lawsuit Industry in America, 2003 (Published by MI)
Presented by: Hon. Richard Thornburgh, Former Attorney General of the United States
Mr. Copland | Mr. Thornburgh Part 1 | Mr. Thornburgh Part 2 | Mr. Sessions Part 1 | Mr. Sessions Part 2 | Mr. Olson
September 23, 2003 | Washington, DC

Manhattan Institute | Heritage Foundation Book Forum
Speaker: Sol Stern, Contributing Editor, City Journal & Author, Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice (Encounter Books, 2003)
Hosted by: Becky Norton Dunlop, Vice President External Relations, The Heritage Foundation
May 28, 2003 | Washington, DC

2001

City Journal Conference
Topic: “Rebuilding New York: New York City’s Future After September 11th”
Participants: Myron Magnet, Editor, City Journal (Moderator); Steve Malanga, Brian Anderson,
Franck Lohsen McCrery & Alexander Stoddart, Heather Mac Donald, Daniel Pipes.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
November 15, 2001 | New York, New York

Manhattan Institute Luncheon
Topic: "Telecom Deregulation: The Abominable TELRIC-BS"
Speaker: Dr. Alfred Kahn, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, Cornell University; Author, Whom the Gods Would Destroy, or How Not to Deregulate
Introductory Remarks: Peter W. Huber, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
October 1, 2001 | Washington, D.C.

2000

New York City Conference on School Choice
Co-Sponsored with the Office of New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani
Speakers: Hon. Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor of New York City; Lawrence Mone, President, MI; Hon. Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma; Hon. Gary Johnson, Governor of New Mexico; Hon. John Norquist, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Prof. Robert Reich, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor; Hon. Bret Schundler, Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey; Hon. William Weld, Former Governor of Massachusetts
Introduction and Opening Remarks | Panel 1 | Panel 2 | The Honorable John Norquist | The Honorable Bret Schundler | Panel 3 | Afternoon Remarks | Panel 4
December 13, 2000 | New York, New York

Manhattan Institute Forum
Topic: ”The Mental Illness System: How It Broke and How to Fix It”
Speaker: Dr. E. Fuller Torrey, President, Treatment Advocacy Center, Bethesda, Maryland
September 12, 2000 | New York, New York

Manhattan Institute Lecture Forum
Topic: “Core Curriculum at CUNY?”
Speakers: Herman Badillo, Chairman, Board of Trustees, City University of New York; Dr. Bernard Sohmer, Chair, University Faculty Senate, City University of New York
July 12, 2000 | New York, New York

Manhattan Institute Forum
Topic: “The University of the Future”
Speaker: Dennis Keller, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, DeVry, Inc. & Keller Graduate School of Management, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois)
April 13, 2000 | New York, New York

Manhattan Institute Lecture Forum
Speaker: Ward Connerly, Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute; Member, University of California Board of Regents & Author, Creating Equal: My Fight Against Race Preferences (Encounter Books, 2000)
March 15, 2000 | New York, New York

Center For Legal Policy Lecture Forum
Topic: “Managed Care Liability”
Speaker: Richard Epstein, University of Chicago Law School
March 7, 2000 | New York, New York

Manhattan Institute Breakfast Forum
Topic: ”A Free-Market Agenda for High Tech”
Speaker: James K. Glassman, Journalist & American Enterprise Fellow
February 23, 2000 | New York, New York

Manhattan Institute Symposium and Reception
Speaker: Peter Huber, MI Senior Fellow & Author, Hard Green: Saving the Environment from the Environmentalists - A Conservative Manifesto (Basic Books, 2000)
Commentator: Bill McKibben, Author,
The End of Nature (Doubleday, 1989)
February 15, 2000 | New York, New York

1999

Center for Civic Innovation Forum
Speaker: Hon. Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida.
July 6, 1999 | New York, New York

Manhattan Institute Seminar
Topic: “The New Urban Paradigm”
Keynote Address: Tom Wolfe
Speakers, introduced by Myron Magnet: Peter Reinharz, Heather Mac Donald, Sol Stern
Question/Answer Session with above speakers
Luncheon Address: Hon. Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor of New York City, introduced by Roger Hertog
Tom Wolfe | Peter Reinharz | Heather Mac Donald | Sol Stern | Question/Answer Session | Hon. Rudolph W. Giuliani
June 21, 1999 | New York, New York

1998

Manhattan Institute Forum
Topic: “Innovation and Opportunity in a Digital Age”
Speaker: William Henry Gates, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft Corporation
December 2, 1998 | New York, New York

 

 


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