Nadine Eckhardt, author of Duchess of Palms and Sarah Eckhardt, Travis County Commissioner

The 2009 Barbara Jordan National Forum on Public Policy examines the trends and implications of the 2008 presidential election with a panel titled `Bipartisanship in an Era of Polarization.` The event also features a panel, `Closing the Gender Gap,` composed of women elected to office. Keynote speaker is Gwen Ifill, author of `The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.`

Bipartisanship
Gwen Ifill
Gender Gap

A day-long conference on nuclear nonproliferation challenges facing the Obama administration.

Panel 1
Sam Nunn
Panel 2
Panel 3

Eugene Gholz, a Strauss Center Senior Fellow and Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and Simon Henderson, Baker Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy

T. Kathleen Hanley, Chief Administrative Officer, Carpenter Technology Corporation