Former U.S. ambassador and SIA Advisory Board member presents for SIA spring colloquium
Date & Time: April 15, 2015 | 08:00 PM – 08:00 PM
Location: Lewis Katz Building 116
Retired U.S. ambassador and SIA advisory board member Karl Hofmann will present “Demography, fertility, sustainability – How global population trends shape your future as part of the Penn State School of International Affairs' spring colloquium (INTAF 590).
Hofmann is President and Chief Executive Officer of Population Services International, a Washington-based global health organization. Mr. Hofmann is former U.S. Ambassador to Togo and Executive Secretary of the State Department. He also served on President Clinton's National Security Council staff.
Retired U.S. Ambassador and SIA professor Dennis Jett organizes the semester-long event to bring thought leaders on topics from food security to terrorism. The program features 14 speakers and the topics vary depending on the current issues of the day. The lectures are open to the public and made available via webcast.
The course surveys some major transnational social problems confronting the world, such as: climate change; communicable diseases; conflict and arms proliferation; access to education; financial instability; governance and corruption; malnutrition and hunger; migration; sanitation and access to clean water; and subsidies and trade barriers.