Keeping the Peace in a Troubled World: Lasting Solutions to Ethnic & Religious Conflict

The Fourth Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium Commemorating the Anniversary of September 11 Virtue Foundation is pleased to announce its Fourth Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium at the ECOSOC Council Chamber of the United Nations on Friday, September 9th, 2005. The focus of this year’s international symposium, which will feature several panel discussions and keynote speeches by prominent members…

The People’s Republic of China: The Emergence of a New World Order

Driven by an economy that has been growing at a staggering annual rate of 9.5 percent, the past decade has witnessed the emergence of China as a major force on the world stage. Sparked by its accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001, China now accounts for no less than a third of the…

The Quest for Survival: Coping with Aftereffects of the Deadliest Disaster in History

Following the terrible earthquake and tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004, the Virtue Foundation sponsored a team of physicians led by Dr. Kiran Patibandla to provide much-needed medical assistance to the thousands of people living in camps along the southern coast of India. Accompanied by a CBS reporter, the team’s activities were…

Extreme Poverty in a Prosperous World: The Quest to Achieve Sustainable Humanitarian Efforts

Featuring: Ken Bacon, President, Refugees International George C. Biddle, Senior Vice President, International Rescue Committee (IRC) Ebby Elahi, MD, FACS, Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery The growing integration of economies and societies around the world has been one of the most hotly debated topics over the past few years. While globalization has resulted in rapid growth…

Healing the World: The Ethical Dimension of Globalization and Interdependence in the Age of Terror

Virtue Foundation’s Third Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium commemorating the anniversary of September 11 will feature a long list of distinguished speakers and panelists. Featuring: Kate Adie, Chief Correspondent of the BBC Ken Bacon, President of Refugees International Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme John Chambers, Managing Director of Standard & Poor’s Professor David Cole,…

The Implications of Outsourcing: Exploring the Economics of Globalization

Featuring: Dr. Michael T. Clark, Executive Director, U.S.-India Business Council Andy Dimitri, Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Information Technology Division, CSFB Tarun Khanna, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Teresa McGonagle, Senior Vice President and Global Practice Leader, JPMorgan Chase Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General Dept. of Comm. & Public Info., United Nations As…

The Plight of Refugees in Post-Conflict Development: The Struggle to Rebuild Shattered Hopes & Dreams

Featuring: Ken Bacon, President Refugees International Ameerah Haq, Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Director Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, UNDP George Rupp, President and CEO, The International Rescue Committee Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General, Dept of Comm. & Public Information With an introduction by Caroline Baron, Founder, FilmAid International With nearly a quarter of the world’s…

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Virtue Foundation, The International Rescue Committee, Refugees International & FilmAid International Present Panel Discussion at The Rockefeller University on “Refugees In Post-Conflict Development: Rebuilding Shattered Hopes And Dreams”

New York, NY – February 15, 2004 – On Tuesday, February 16 at 7:30 p.m., the Virtue Foundation, in collaboration with The International Rescue Committee, Refugees International, and FilmAid International, will present an all-star panel at The Rockefeller University’s Caspary Auditorium to discuss “The Plight of Refugees in Post-Conflict Development: Rebuilding Shattered Hopes and Dreams.”…