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07:30 Doors Open for Public
(Dean Acheson Auditorium)
08:00 Commissioners’ Arrival at C Street Entrance
08:40 – 08:45 Executive Secretary Dr. Peter Berkowitz Opening Remarks
(Dean Acheson Auditorium)
08:45 – 08:50 Remarks by Chair Ambassador Glendon
08:50 – 09:00

Statements by Commissioners – 2 minutes/each

Each commissioner states goals/intentions/hopes for the day and offers comments on last meeting

09:00 – 09:05 Executive Secretary Dr. Peter Berkowitz Introduces Cass Sunstein
09:05 – 09:35 Cass Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard Law School and former Administrator of White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)
09:35 – 10:20 Commissioners’ Discussion with Sunstein
10:20 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 10:35 Executive Secretary Dr. Peter Berkowitz Introduces Orlando Patterson
10:35 – 11:00 Orlando Patterson, John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
11:00 – 11:45 Commissioners’ Discussion with Patterson
11:45 – 12:45 Public comment
12:45 – 12:50 Chair Glendon Concluding Remarks

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