You're invited to join us in Washington, DC to learn more about how to engage the new administration with regards to creating a more cooperative, globally-conscious US government. Spend some time with us on Capitol Hill lobbying your representatives on important issues like nuclear non-proliferation, human rights, development, climate change and the International Criminal Court. You won't want to miss this opportunity to work alongside like-minded individuals and hear from top-ranking experts on how WE can change the world!

SPEAKERS: Members of Congress, Capitol Hill staffers, policy experts, and leaders in the business and faith communities.

Keynotes

Eric Schwartz- Executive Director, the Connect U.S. Fund

Prior to joining the Connect U.S. Fund in a full-time capacity in 2007, Eric Schwartz served as the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery. In that role, he worked with the Special Envoy, former President Clinton, to promote coordination, accountability to donors and beneficiaries, and best practices in the recovery effort. Before this appointment, Mr. Schwartz served as a lead expert for the congressionally mandated Mitchell-Gingrich Task Force on United Nations Reform. Prior to that, in 2003 and 2004, he served as the second-ranking official at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. From 1993 to 2001, Mr. Schwartz served at the National Security Council, ultimately as Senior Director and Special Assistant to the President for Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs. He managed administration responses on a range of peacekeeping, humanitarian and refugee issues, including U.S. support for and involvement in the INTERFET deployment in East Timor (1999), the U.S. train and equip program for West African troops in Sierra Leone (1999), the rescue of Kurdish refugees from Northern Iraq (1996), the resettlement of Vietnamese boat people (mid-1990s), safe haven for Haitian refugees (1994), and U.S. relief efforts in Central America and Kosovo (1999). He also had responsibilities for rule of law and human rights issues, and initiated and managed the White House review that resulted in U.S. signature of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Mr. Schwartz currently serves as a visiting faculty member at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Gillian Sorensen- Senior Adviser/National Advocate, The U.N. Foundation

Gillian Sorensen, now Senior Advisor/National Advocate at the United Nations Foundation, has had a long career working with and for the UN. From 1997-2003, she served as Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations on appointment by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. She was responsible for outreach to civil society, including NGOs committed to peace, justice, development and human rights. From 1993-1996, she served as Special Adviser for Public Policy on appointment by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, where she led the global commemoration of the UN's Fiftieth Anniversary and the coordination of the UN50 Summit at Headquarters in New York with 180 Heads of Government participating. Mrs. Sorensen is a graduate of Smith College and studied at the Sorbonne. She has been a Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government (Institute of Politics) at Harvard University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Women's Foreign Policy Group.

Briggs Bomba- Director of Campaigns, Africa Action

 Briggs Bomba joined the staff of Africa Action in the fall of 2007. He holds a Master's Degree in Social and Applied Economics from Wright State University. Briggs has extensive experience working with civil society organizations in Zimbabwe and other African countries, having served on the Management Committees of the Zimbabwe Social Forum and the Southern Africa Social Forum until 2006. He has traveled extensively on the African continent and internationally, including to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Rwanda, Kenya, Lesotho, and the United Kingdom among other places in Africa and Europe. Briggs's past positions include Student Representative Council President in Zimbabwe, President of the African Students Union at Wright State University in Dayton Ohio, Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Social Forum Youth Council, and National Coordinator of Students Against Privatization in Zimbabwe. Prior to joining Africa Action, Briggs was the point person for the American Friends Service Committee's "Life over Debt" campaign in Dayton, Ohio, advocating total debt cancellation for Africa. Before that, Briggs spent a year at the Center for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Other Keynote Speakers TBA

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: (downloadable schedule being updated, back up shortly)

WEDNESDAY MARCH 18th	7-9 pm: Welcome Reception for attendees arriving at Conference Center
THURSDAY MARCH 19th	"LOBBY DAY" 9 am - 3 pm: Travel to Capitol Hill and undergo Lobby Training at the Lutheran Church of Reformation (212 E. Capitol St) and then spend the day on the Hill meeting with your local representatives about the issues that matter to you the most. Lunch Speakers (at Lutheran Church): Senator Jeff Merkley (OR), Congressman Tom Perriello (VA) and Congressman Joe Sestak (PA). 7 - 9 pm: Dinner and Keynote speaker Eric Schwartz, Executive Director of the Connect U.S. Fund in the evening back at the Conference Center.
FRIDAY MARCH 20th	"PROGRAM DAY" Spend the day at the Kellogg Conference Hotel in plenary and individually-chosen break-out sessions learning more about how you, as a global citizen, along with like-minded individuals in your community, can change the way our government engages with the world. Dinner and Keynote speaker in the evening. 9 am: Opening Keynote Speaker: Gillian Sorensen, Senior Adviser/National Advocate, U.N. Foundation 3 pm: Afternoon Plenary Panel: "Is the World Ready for a Parliamentary Assembly?" - Moderator- Joseph Schwartzberg, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota - Panelists- Andrew Strauss, Professor, Villanova Law School - Jeffrey Laurenti, Senior Fellow and the Director of Foreign Policy Programs at the Century Foundation - Fernando Iglesias, Member of Parliament, Argentina - Faye Leone, World Federalist Movement, International Democratic Governance Breakout Session Subjects: Global Citizen Leadership Skills: Energize the Global Movement in Your Community Treaties In Limbo: Circumventing the Roadblocks to Progress Sarah Albert, Social Policy and Advocacy Director, YWCA, and CEDAW Working Group Co-Chair John Washburn, American Coalition for an ICC (AMICC), UNAUSA Heather Hamilton, Senior Policy Advocate, the Connect U.S. Fund (Moderator) Margaret Hayes, U.S. State Dept, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Next Steps to Peace: Priorities from Nuclear Abolition to Effective Peacekeeping Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund Anne Richard, Vice President, Government Relations & Advocacy, The International Rescue Committee Peter Yeo, Vice President for Public Policy & Executive Director, Better World Campaign UNF Don Kraus, CEO, Citizens for Global Solutions (Moderator) Next Steps to Sustainability: Can We Cap Carbon and Sign the Next Kyoto? Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen Hilary French, Senior Advisor for Programs, Worldwatch Institute Jason Patlis, Vice President and Managing Director Government Relations, WWF Bob Enholm, Executive Vice President, Citizens for Global Solutions (Moderator) Next Steps to Justice: Ending Torture and Supporting the ICC Morton Halperin, Consultant, Open Society Policy Center Elisa Massimino, CEO and Executive Director, Human Rights First Bassam Haddad, Director of Middle East Studies Program, George Mason University Susan Myers, Executive Director, UN Foundation (Moderator) 7 pm: Dinner and Keynote Speaker: Briggs Bomba, Director of Campaigns, Africa Action
SATURDAY MARCH 21st	"ANNUAL MEETING" All members are invited to take part in the Annual Meeting from 9 am - noon, after which the conference adjourns. All participants are then welcome to observe the Board Meeting from 1 - 3 pm, during which newly elected board members will be inducted.

 

HOTEL ROOM RESERVATION:

Procedure- Please call the hotel directly at 202.651.6000 

Limited space - make your reservation today!

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION:

RATES

Three-Day Global Citizen Package

Includes breakfast, lunch and dinner on Thursday and Friday, and breakfast on Saturday, includes registration for all plenary and break-out sessions, lobbying day on Capitol Hill, attendance to Keynote Address, admittance to Board Meeting.

• Standard/ Day-of Registration: $289

Lobby Day Package (Thursday only)

Includes breakfast and lunch on Lobby Day, Lobby Day Training and attendance to meetings on Capitol Hill.

• Standard/ Day-of Registration: $99

Training Package (Friday and Saturday only)

Includes breakfast, lunch and dinner on Friday, and breakfast on Saturday, registration for all plenary and break-out sessions, admittance to Board Meeting and official Annual Meeting

• Standard/ Day-of Registration: $209

Student Lobby Day Package

Includes Lobby Day training, attendance to Lobby Day meetings on Capitol Hill, and lunch on Thursday only.

• With Student I.D.: $29

Student Training Package

Includes admittance to plenary and break-out sessions and lunch on Friday only.

• With Student I.D.: $29

REGISTRATION OPTIONS

• Register online: CLICK HERE
  
  
• Register by mail by filling out form (download HERE) and mailing form and payment (checks or credit card) to:

Citizens for Global Solutions
Annual Meeting
418 7th St SE
Washington, DC 20003

Register by phone or email by contacting Laura Hendrick, Outreach Director, at 202.330.4102 or lhendrick [at] globalsolutions.org (credit card only)

MORE DETAILS:

Transportation to and from Gallaudet University - 

Within Reagan International Airport, follow signs for the Metro and take the Yellow Line toward Fort Totten. Transfer at Gallery Place to the Red Line toward Glenmont. Deboard at the New York Ave/Florida Ave/Gallaudet U stop. 

If arriving before 6 pm: board the Galluadet shuttle bus (free) which arrives at the metro stop every 15 minutes during peak hours. 

If arriving between 6 pm and 8 pm: use Kellogg Conference Center shuttle bus (free) which arrives at the metro stop every 15 minutes. 

If arriving after 8 pm: call a cab to take you the 1.4 miles from the metro stop to the Conference Center. Try Icon Auto Cab (202.747.0206), DC Flyer Cab (202.488.7611) or Yellow Cab (202.544.1212)

**Super Shuttle
-Reservations can be booked to your destination online at www.supershuttle.com or you can book your reservations when you arrive to the baggage claim area super shuttle help desk at Dulles Airport.
Cost: $29 one way

**Metro Bus
-Metro Bus line 5A is located just outside of the airport from baggage claim. It runs about every 40 minutes from Dulles and serves these stop locations:

o L'Enfant Plaza station (Blue/Orange line and Yellow/Green line)
o Rosslyn station (Blue/Orange line)
o Tysons- Westpark Transit Station
o Herndon-Monroe Park & Ride Lot
o Washington Dulles International Airport
Cost: $3.10 one way

**Washington Flyer Taxi
-Located at the "Taxi Passengers" area on the lower level of the Main Terminal, where a Taxicab Dispatcher is on duty 24 hours a day. Wheelchair-accessible minibuses can accommodate one person in his/her wheelchair plus three additional passengers. Smoking and non-smoking vehicles are available by request.
Coming to the Airport: call 703-572-TAXI (8294) to place a reservation.
Cost: ranges from $51-$58 one way

**Washington Flyer Coach Service
-Departs every 20 - 30 minutes outside the upper level of the main terminal. Stops at West Falls Church Metro station on the Orange line.
Cost: $10 one way; $18 round trip.