Events
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Nov 9
November 9, 2006
7:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkNight Draws Near—Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War
The Open Society Institute's Middle East & North Africa Initiative presented a discussion with Anthony Shadid, whose latest book describes the human story of ordinary Iraqis weathering the unexpected impact of America's invasion and occupation.
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Nov 3
November 3, 2006
8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (EST)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkFrom Frontlines to Headlines—Women Human Rights Defenders
Presented by OSI's Network Women s Program, this panel addressed how the global political climate has influenced the rise of violence against women, as well as the tools available for preventing rights violations.
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Oct 31
October 31, 2006
4:00 a.m. until
November 4, 2006
5:00 p.m. (EST)
Paris, FrancePublic Health Watch at the 37th Union World Conference on Lung Health
At this international conference on lung health, OSI's Public Health Watch will release a series of reports and participate in a symposium analyzing TB and TB/HIV policy from a community perspective.
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Oct 26
October 26, 2006
3:00 p.m. until
October 29, 2006
7:00 p.m. (EDT)
New York CitySoros/Sundance Documentary Fund: A Tenth-Anniversary Film Series
The Open Society Institute and the Sundance Institute present a series of 19 of the most provocative documentaries made with support from the Soros/Sundance Documentary Fund.
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Oct 23
October 23, 2006
3:00–8:30 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–Washington, D.C.
WashingtonThe Age of Surveillance
This OSI panel discussed ways to place sensible limits on the collection of information and how to ensure that information is not used in ways that are damaging to an open society.
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Oct 22
October 22, 2006
8:00 a.m. until
October 25, 2006
12:00 p.m. (EDT)
Podgorica, MontenegroTransparency, Ethics, and Anticorruption Measures in Education
OSI's Education Support Program, in cooperation with UNESCO's International Institute of Education Planning, has organized this seminar on anticorruption measures in education.
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Oct 19
October 19, 2006
3:00 p.m. until
November 30, 2006
7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Baltimore, MDViews of Justice Film Series
Co-presented by the Open Society Institute and the Creative Alliance, the Views of Justice documentary series aims to spark dialogue through timely, provocative films with in-depth panel discussions regarding criminal justice.
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Oct 18
October 18, 2006
11:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EDT)
OSI-BaltimoreBeyond Foster Care—Transitioning Teens into Adulthood
OSI-Baltimore's Criminal Justice and Education & Youth Development programs present a forum to discuss ways that teens who are aging out of the foster care system can transition successfully to adulthood.
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Oct 18
October 18, 2006
5:00 a.m. until
October 20, 2006
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
University of Glasgow, Scotland, UKOpen Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories
Open Scholarship 2006 is a companion European conference to the OAI meetings at CERN in Geneva—and to the Nordic Scholarly Communication Conferences—and is aimed at librarians, university administrators, funders, academics and technical specialists.
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Oct 5
October 5, 2006
5:00 a.m. until
October 7, 2006
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Ljubljana, SloveniaNinth European Conference on Drugs and Infections Prevention in Prison
Organized by the European Network on Drugs and Infections Prevention in Prison, the theme of this year's conference is "From the Principle of Equivalence to the Practice of Care: Bridging the Gap."
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Sep 28
September 28, 2006
3:00–8:30 p.m. (EDT)
New Orleans, LAThe Heart of the Matter—Race, Class, the Media, and Hurricane Katrina
OSI convened Katrina Media Fellows to explore race, class, and the media by addressing the role of structural racism in creating and shaping the pre- and post-Katrina Gulf Region.
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Sep 28
September 28, 2006
8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe Iron Cage—The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood
OSI's Middle East & North Africa Initiative presented a discussion with Rashid Khalidi, one of the foremost scholars on the modern history and politics of the Middle East.
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