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Conference Highlights

• Inaugural address: To be announced.
• Keynote speaker: Dr. Jamilur R. Choudhury, Vice Chancellor, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Invited speaker: H.E. Mr. Humayun Kabir, Ambassador of Bangladesh to USA.
• Dinner Speaker: Dr. Rounaq Jahan, Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Faculty, Southern Asian Institute, Columbia University.
• Luncheon Speakers: Mr. Masihur Rahman, former Secretary, Ministry of Finance, External Relations Division, and author, "Democracy in Bangladesh: Crisis and Retrieval."; and, Mr. Mamun Rashid, Managing Director and Citi Country Officer, Bangladesh.
• Special plenary on foreign policy with Mr. Farooq Sobhan, former Foreign Secretary, Bangladesh; Mr. Donald Camp, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, US Department of State; and Dr. Gowher Rizvi, Director, Ash Institute, Harvard University.
• Plenary on Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) at 35: Dr. Manzoor Ahmed, Institute of Educational Development, BRAC University; Dr. Richard Cash, Harvard University; and Dr. Mushtaque Chowdhury, Dean of James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University.
• Cultural show.

Venue

Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) Building
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA, 02138, USA