Stanford Report, September 19, 2006

Ted Koppel to moderate roundtable on global threats

Veteran news anchor and Stanford alumnus Ted Koppel will moderate a roundtable exploring global threats from terrorism and nuclear proliferation to potential pandemics, our global dependence on foreign oil from volatile regions and the unsettling implications of an interconnected, global society.

President John Hennessy will be the host of the roundtable, "Anxious Times: Seeing Beyond a World of Perpetual Threats," scheduled from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, in Maples Pavilion. The event is free for students, staff and faculty. For the general public, tickets may be purchased in advance for $10 per person at the Tresidder Ticket Office (725-2787).

"This is going to be an illuminating and engaging conversation with an impressive array of panelists," said Vice President for Public Affairs David Demarest. "Moreover, it will encourage a spirited public dialogue on matters of great importance to citizens at the same time it helps identify ways Stanford can expand the base of knowledge and research necessary to address some of these critical issues."

Participants on the panel will be:

  • Jean-Pierre Garnier, chief executive officer of GlaxoSmithKline;
  • Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court;
  • Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry, the Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor, who holds joint appointments at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the School of Engineering;
  • Dr. Lucy Shapiro, the Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professor at the School of Medicine and professor of developmental biology and of cancer research, and director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine;
  • Former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz, the Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution; and
  • Alumnus Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo! Inc.

    • Panelists will discuss questions such as: In these uneasy times, is it safe to feel safe? What is the way forward in the midst of today's myriad challenges? And what is Stanford doing to help address these issues?