April 2016 – Elliott School Graduate Student Services

Planet Forward Summit on Sustainable Cities

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On the eve of Earth Day, hear from and interact with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, the president of the National League of Cities, mayors from climate-challenged cities around the country, as well as public and private sector leaders, journalists, academics, students, innovators and entrepreneurs.

Thursday, April 21, 2016 – Sustainable Cities Summit
8:30 am to 4 pm
GW's Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st St. NW
Washington, DC 20052

Friday, April 22, 2016 – Workshops
8:30 am to 2:30 pm
GW's Marvin Center
800 21st St. NW
Washington, DC 20052

For a full schedule of the day's events, visit planetforward.org/2016summit

Civil Liberties & Security in 21 Century Europe Taskforce Simulation

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Civil Liberties & Security in 21 Century Europe Taskforce Simulation (www.CLS21.org)
April 23, 2016

At CLS21, GWU and Georgetown students will present and defend policy positions addressing domestic surveillance, freedom of expression and counterterrorism. CLS 21 is exclusively for GWU and GT students.

As part of this program, four GWU students will receive fully funded trips to Paris to participate in a second taskforce simulation working in partnership with elite French military officers at the French War College Ecole de Guerre. (The competition will be in English.)

Lafayette Debates

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Lafayette Debates (www.LafayetteDebates.net)

April 16 & 17

The Lafayette Debates will draw students from 30 US, Canadian and French universities to GWU to DC to debate this year's topic (whether democracies should respond to the threat of terrorist attack by increasing domestic surveillance). As part of this program, one GWU student is receiving a fellowship at the French Embassy and two GWU students are receiving fully funded trips to Paris.

Contest! The Geneva Challenge 2016: The Challenges of Urbanisation

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The Geneva Challenge 2016: The Challenges of Urbanisation

The registration deadline is on 23 May. Please visit graduateinstitute.ch/TheGenevaChallenge for more information.

The first-placed team of participants will win 10,000 Swiss francs, with 5,000 francs and 2,500 francs for second- and third-placed teams, respectively.

Submissions will be evaluated by an interdisciplinary academic steering committee, who will select semi-finalists to be published on our website, and then reviewed by an independent jury of experts with academic, governmental and private sector backgrounds.

Three finalist teams will be invited (travelling and accommodation expenses covered) to an oral presentation in Geneva, where they will defend their ideas and answer questions from the jury and from the public.