Mary Kaldor is professor of global governance at LSE and co-director of CSGG. Ziba Mir-Hosseini is senior research associate in the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law at SOAS. Rita Payne is chair of the Commonwealth Journalists Association (UK branch). Maung Zarni is coordinator of the Burma/Myanmar Research Initiative at the CSGG, and founder of the Free Burma Coalition.

Lawrence H. Summers, Director, National Economic Council; Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
Presider:  Carla A. Hills, Chairman and CEO, Hills & Company; Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations

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An LBJ School conference focuses on the importance of open/free government information and the role of the Internet.

Pt 1: Bill Bradley
Pt 2: Gary Chapman
Pt 3: Tech and Transparency
Pt 4: Tech and Applications

This conference focuses on the comparative analysis of public health strategies in different states.

Day One:
Klaus Hurrelmann, Hertie School of Governance: Why should we tackle health inequalities?
Espen Dahl, Hogskolen i Oslo: Health inequalities related to types of welfare states
Richard Brown, University of California LA: Health inequalities and public health in the USA
Seppo Koskinen, National Institute for Health and Welfare (Finland): Health inequalities and public health in Finland
Keynote:  Clare Bambra, Durham University, UK: Welfare state and health equity policies
Day Two:
Nicky Hart, University of California LA: Policy lessons from comparative research
Bertram Haussler, IGES Institut: Reducing inequalities in supply with health care services
Dorothee Heinen, Bundeszentrale fur gesundheitliche, Aufklarung Koln: Policy Initiatives of the EU
Keynote: Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: What do we really know about successful strategies?

Sergio Fajardo, former mayor of Medellín, Colombia from 2004 to 2007.