Speakers: Adel Mahmoud, M.D. Ph.D., senior policy analyst, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, former president of Merck Vaccines; Laurie Garrett, senior fellow for global health, Council on Foreign Relations; Osman Mansoor, public health physician; senior adviser EPI (New Vaccines), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); Laura Kahn, M.D., research fellow, Program on Science and Global Security, Woodrow Wilson School; author, Who’s in Charge: Leadership during Epidemics; Peter Palese, chair, Department of Microbiology; professor, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Panelists: -- Adel Mahmoud M.D., Senior Policy Analyst and Lecturer with the rank of Professor at the Woodrow Wilson School and the University’s Department of Molecular Biology, and former president of Merck Vaccines; -- Laura Kahn, M.D, Research Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson School’s Program on Science and Global Security; and -- Lynn Enquist, the Henry L. Hillman Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Professor in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute at Princeton.

Keynote speech at the PRIOR conference on "The Newspaper Crisis" Paul E. Starr, Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs

Pt 2 of the PRIOR conference: "The Newspaper Crisis" Local newspapers across the country are in crisis, and those in our region are no exception. Closures, lay-offs, and decreased circulation have resulted in less news coverage and diminished transparency. What does that mean to the public and how does that affect the democratic process? Expert panelists will discuss the decline of the local newspaper industry in New Jersey and Philadelphia, particularly the implications for coverage of state and city governments. They will discuss the dimensions of the crisis in the region, the changes in local journalism, and how those changes impact urban policy. • Charles Layton, Senior writer for the American Journalism Review; former editor, Philadelphia Inquirer • Richard A. Lee, Director of Communications, Hall Institute of Public Policy • Jim Willse, Editor, Star Ledger - Wendy Warren, Editor and VP, Philly.com

New forms of local and regional journalism are emerging online. How are these alternative models structured and how are they funded? What are the opportunities for positive innovation and the risks of lower editorial quality? Panelists will discuss the emerging on-line news services, alternative funding for newspapers through non-profits or philanthropy, and the changing face of news in light of the diminished number of traditional newspapers and the increased use of the Internet as a source of information. • Stephen Engelberg, Managing Editor, ProPublica • Charles Firestone, Executive Director, Communications and Society Program, Aspen Institute • Joel Kramer, CEO and Editor, MinnPost.com • Dunstan McNichol, former reporter, Star Ledger

John Lewis Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor of History, Yale University

Zhou Wenzhong, China's ambassador to the United States

Moderator: Lisa Markman-Pithers, Ph.D., Acting Director, Education Research Section, Outreach Director, Future of Children Journal, Princeton University Speakers: - Vanessa M. Coca, MPP, Research Analyst, Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago - James Kemple, Executive Director, Research Alliance for New York City Schools - John Tyler, Associate Professor of Education, Public Policy and Economics, Brown University

Moderator: Sheri H. Ranis, PhD, Senior Program Officer, Research &Data, U.S. Programs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Speakers: - Becky A. Smerdon, PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Vice President and Deputy Director, U.S. Education and Workforce Development Academy for Educational Development - Nettie Legters, Research Scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Organization of Schools, and Co-Director of the Center's Talent Development High Schools (TDHS) program.

Moderator: John Webb, Dir., Teacher Preparation Program, Princeton University Speakers: - Martha Foote, Director of Research, New York Performance Standards Consortium - Diana Moon, Ph.D. Focused Leadership Solutions, Denver, CO - Thomas Wilson, Principal Partner, Catalpa Ltd., Performance Based Inquiry

KEYNOTE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Moderator: Willa Spicer, Deputy Commissioner of Education of New Jersey Speaker: Pascal D. Forgione, Jr., Ph.D., Superintendent, Austin Independent School District

Moderator: John Webb, Director, Teacher Preparation Program, Princeton University Speakers: - Mary Ann Pitcher, Project Director, Network for College Success, the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago - Naomi Housman, Executive Director, High School Reform Policy and Research, School District of Philadelphia (EDITED OUT) - Joseph Di Martino, Center for Secondary School Redesign

Speaker: Ambassador Zahir Tanin, the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, founding Director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, and Ambassador Francesc Vendrell, the Frederick Shultz Class of 1951 Visiting Professor at the Woodrow Wilson School and former EU Special Representative to Afghanistan, provide commentary.

Moderator: G. John Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs Panelists: Robert Cooper, Director-General, External and Politico-Military Affairs, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union James Shinn, Visiting Lecturer, Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education and Electrical Engineering, Princeton University; Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Zhu Feng, Director, International Security Program and Professor, School of International Studies, Peking University

Moderator: Edward Felten, Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs Discussant: Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google Inc.

Moderator: Rafaela Dancygier, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs Panelists: Demetrios Papademetriou, President, Migration Policy Institute Francisco Rodríguez, Head of Writing Team, 2009 Human Development Report, United Nations Development Programme

Keynote Address: "The Return of Depression Economics?" Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics and International Affairs; 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics

Hon. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations Introduction by Shirley Tilghman, President, Princeton University. Professor of Molecular Biology

Panel: "A Planet in Danger: Climate Change and Its Consequences for Global Society" Moderator: Denise Mauzerall, Associate Professor of Public and International Affairs Panelists: Keya Chatterjee, Deputy Director, Climate Change, World Wildlife Fund Stephen Pacala, Director, Princeton Environmental Institute; Frederick D. Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Moderator: Alan Blinder, Gordon S. Rentschler Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Panelists: Harold James, Professor of History and International Affairs Helen Milner, B.C. Forbes Professor of Politics and International Affairs; Director, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance; Chair, Department of Politics Ashoka Mody, Assistant Director, European Department, International Monetary Fund

Moderator: Miguel Centeno, Professor of Sociology and International and Affairs Panelists: Amb. Robert Hutchings, Diplomat-in-Residence, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; former Chairman, U.S. National Intelligence Council (2003-2005) Edmond Keller, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles; Director, UCLA Globalization Research Center-Africa Sylvia Maxfield, Associate Professor, Simmons School of Management

Dorit Beinisch, President of the Supreme Court of Israel

Amy Glasmeier, Head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

James Mann, Foreign Policy Institute Author-in-Residence, Johns Hopkins University

Panelists: - Peter Brooks, a lecturer of Comparative Literature at Princeton University's Center for Human Values and a Mellon Visiting Professor - James Jacobs, the Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Professor of Constitutional Law and the Courts and Director of the Center for Research in Crime and Justice at New York University School of Law - Nicholas Johnson, a Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law Moderator: Stanley Katz, a Professor of Public and International Affairs and Director of the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies at the Woodrow Wilson School

Pt 1: “Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness -- The National Perspective” The Honorable Thomas Kean, former Governor, State of New Jersey and Co-Chairman of the 9/11 Commission

Pt 2: Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructure - Do We Need to Re-evaluate? Seven years after 9/11, our nation has a long way to go to secure adequately the bulk of our critical infrastructure against the likes of natural disasters and terrorist attacks. Transportation systems (including air, rail and shipping), along with chemical facilities, food and water supplies, communication systems, financial institutions, government complexes are at risk. Experts in the field will discuss what has been done to protect these facilities and what models can be implemented to secure private and public facilities in a systematic way. * MODERATOR: Eric Kutner, Principal, Emergency Response Design Group * Richard Canas, Director of New Jersey’s Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness * John Paczkowski, Director, Emergency Management and Security, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Naval Postgraduate School Distinguished Fellow at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security * Benjamin A. Cooper, Chief of the Response Department, US Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay, Philadelphia, PA

Pt 3: Cooperation Issues - Among and Between Governments and with the Private Sector The importance of networking, relationship building, maintaining open lines of communications, and understanding how to bridge gaps is critical for effective emergency preparedness. Furthermore, given the responsibilities and vulnerabilities in the private sector -- especially the protection of critical infrastructure -- it is critical that all segments of government and business be integrated in their planning and implementation procedures. This panel of experts will focus on the interplay among and between public sector entities, and with the business communities to coordinate efforts beyond jurisdictional boundaries to respond to a regional crisis. * MODERATOR: Michael J. Chumer, Professor & Director -- Emergency Management and Business Program, New Jersey Institute of Technology * Lori Hennon-Bell, Chief Security Officer, Prudential Insurance Company * MaryAnn Tierney, Deputy Managing Director for Emergency Management, City of Philadelphia * James Y. Cho, Director, Plan Management Unit, NYC Office of Emergency Management

Pt 4: Recalibrating Homeland Security: The Case for Building Societal Resilience Stephen E. Flynn, Ira A. Lipman Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations -- and best-selling author of “Edge of Disaster.”

Pt 5: Public Health Preparedness Public health experts may be called on to make or inform some of the most important decisions of the twenty-first century. These include the decision to allocate scarce healthcare resources including vaccines, where to set up surge facilities, or ‘sheltering in place.’ Is the framework strong enough to support decision making across all sectors, including government, law enforcement, and others? Panelists will discuss these and other considerations with respect to bioterrorism, disease outbreak (e.g., pandemic flu), and natural disasters (e.g., hurricanes, flooding). They will also address some of the financial, legal and ethical issues inherent in this area. * MODERATOR: David Gruber, Senior Assistant Commissioner for Health Infrastructure Preparedness and Emergency Response, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services * Irwin Redlener, Professor, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness * Peter D. Marghella, Executive Vice President, Disaster Preparedness Resources, Inc. * Leonard Cole, author and Adjunct Professor, Division of Global Affairs, Rutgers University

Francesc Vendrell, Visiting Professor at the Woodrow Wilson School and former EU Special Representative to Afghanistan

Frances Beinecke, President of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Jeff Schott, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics

Jan Lodal, past President of the Atlantic Council of the United States and former senior Defense Department and White House official in the Nixon, Ford and Clinton administrations

- Alice Rivlin, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and former Vice-Chairman of the Federal Reserve; former Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); and former Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - Brian Riedl, Grover M. Hermann Fellow for Federal Budgetary Affairs, Heritage Foundation; former Staff Analyst for Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson - Diane Lim Rogers, Chief Economist at the Concord Coalition; former Chief Economist for the House Budget Committee - Eugene Steuerle, Vice President, The Peterson Foundation; former Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute; and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Analysis

Timothy Shah, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Religion and Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations

Uwe Reinhardt, the James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

William Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs at the U.S. Department of State

David Mayhew, the Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University

David Mayhew, the Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University

OPENING ADDRESS: Transportation and Infrastructure Needs for the Region Honorable Anthony R. Coscia, Chairman of the Board, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION “AUTHORIZATION” MODERATOR: Richard F. Keevey, Director, Policy Research Institute, Princeton University Anne P. Canby, President, Surface Transportation Policy Partnership Peter J. “Jack” Basso, Director of Program Finance and Management, American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials Robert Puentes, Senior Fellow and Director of Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

FINANCING of INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS Moderator: Martin Robins, Senior Policy Fellow, Voorhees Transportation center, Rutgers University Astrid C. Glynn, Commissioner, Department of Transportation, State of New York Stephen Dilts, Commissioner, Department of Transportation, State of New Jersey Michael Replogle, Senior Fellow for Transportation Projects, Environmental Defense Fund)

LUNCHEON SPEAKER Mortimer L. Downey, Chairman, Pb Consult, Inc. and former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation

CLIMATE CHANGE: INTEGRATING TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH Moderator & Presenter: Robert B. Noland, Professor and Director, Voorhees Transportation Center –Rutgers University Rae Zimmerman, Professor of Planning & Public Administration, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University Alain L. Kornhauser, Dir., Program in Transportation, and Professor, Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University

David H. Remes, an attorney whose clients include 16 Guantanamo detainees

Michael Gerson, the Roger Hertog senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former presidential policy adviser and speechwriter

Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies and a Senior Fellow at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University

Air Force Col. (ret.) Sam Gardiner

Jok Madut Jok, Associate Professor in the Department of History at Loyola Marymount University

P. W. Singer, a Senior Fellow and Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution, and author of `Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century`

Larry Korb, a former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, and Max Bergmann, Deputy Policy Director at the National Security Network

Tony Hall, a former U.S. ambassador and three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee

Paul Krugman, WWS Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Nobel Laureate, and New York Times columnist. Moderated by Jim Leach, WWS Visiting Professor, former Republican Congressman representing Iowa, former Chair of the House Banking and Financial Services Committee

Pt 1: T&E’s STEP CHILD: AN EFFICIENT SYSTEM of FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Paul L. Tractenberg, Esq., Board of Governors Distinguished Professor and Alfred C. Clapp Distinguished Public Service Professor of Law, Rutgers School of Law – Newark

Pt 2: CONSOLIDATION THE ULTIMATE EFFICIENCY APPROACH: IS IT? Ernest Reock, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University Honorable Joseph Cryan, Chairman, Assembly Education Committee, New Jersey Legislature Michael Ritacco, Superintendent, Toms River School District Gerald Vernotica, Assistant Commissioner for Field Services, New Jersey Department of Education

Pt 3: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EFFICIENCY MEASURES and SCHOOL FORMULAE Thomas Corcoran, Co-Director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, and visiting lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University David Hespe, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership Department, Rowan University Gordon MacInnes, Senior Education Policy Expert, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University

Pt 4: KEYNOTE SPEAKER -- A Long Range View of Education Reform Hugh B. Price, The Weinberg/Sachs Visiting Professor Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University and former President, The National Urban League