Lectures & Briefings

Network 20/20 hosts a series of off-the-record foreign policy briefings with leading experts on international affairs, conversations with seasoned analysts, breakfasts with diplomats and public officials, one-on-one sessions with civic leaders, roundtables on sustained topics including preparation for international trips, and networking events among its members.

2011-12 Foreign Policy Lectures and Briefings

Previous Network 20/20 speakers include:

Sandra Day O’Connor, Former Supreme Court Justice
Tom Daschle, Former U.S. Senator, Senior Public Policy Advisor, Alston+Bird
Frances Fragos Townsend, White House Homeland Security Advisor
Richard Holbrooke, Special Presidential Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Vali Nasr, Senior Advisor to Richard Holbrooke and author of The Shia Revival and Forces of Fortune
Javad Zarif, Iranian UN Ambassador
Ambassador Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs International
George Soros, Financier and Philanthropist
Fareed Zakaria, Time Magazine Editor
Ted Sorenson, Special Counsel to President Kennedy
Duncan Niederauer, CEO and Director of NYSE Euronext
Martin Wolf, Financial Times Chief Economics Commentator

Network 20/20 is grateful to the many volunteers and supporters who make this lecture series possible.