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This Week at Columbia University WLF: Bolivian President to be Joined by Native American Dancers; Also Croatia, Ecology and Southeast Asia Events

New York, New York - Sept. 19, 2006 - Bolivian President Evo Morales, the first Bolivian indigenous head of state in more than 500 years, will speak at Columbia University’s World Leaders Forum on Thursday, September 21. At President Morales’ invitation, his speech will be preceded by a performance by the SilverCloud Singers, an intertribal Native American singing and dance troupe weaving the traditional with the contemporary of Native song and dance.

President Morales’ address will be followed by a question- and-answer session moderated by Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger.

The event will take place at Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway (at 116th Street) 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

SilverCloud has been honored to perform at the commemoration ceremonies for the Year of the Indigenous People at the United Nations, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, The Public Theater, The Apollo, Roseland, the Theater at Madison Square Garden, Trinity Church, The American Museum of Natural History, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and the American Indian College Fund Flame of Hope Gala. SilverCloud was also proud to open for Midnight Oil and Joan Osborne at the Ritz as part of Earth Day celebrations held in Los Angeles and New York City in March 1993.

All WLF events will be held on Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus, located at 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues in New York City. Space for accredited journalists can be reserved by contacting the representatives noted above. For additional information, specific event locations and non-media registration details, please visit http://worldleaders.columbia.edu.

This week's World Leader Forum events include:

Croatia and Euro-Atlantic Integration in Southeastern Europe
Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 2:00–4:00 p.m
Faculty Room, Low Memorial Library

A talk by Dr. Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia in conjunction with Columbia University's Harriman Institute

Is Economic Development Compatible with Ecological Preservation?
Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006, 11 a.m.
Low Memorial Library, 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam

An exploratory discussion concerning how nations can incorporate ecological preservation within their long-term economic development strategies. This event will feature Sir Michael Somare, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Robert G. Aisi, Ambassador of Papua New Guinea to the United Nations and Don Jay Melnick, Executive Director, The Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC) and Columbia University’s Thomas Hunt Morgan Professor of Conservation Biology.

Bolivia: An Address by His Excellency President Evo Morales
Thursday, September 21, 2006, 3:00–5:00 p.m.
Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway (at 116th Street)

President Evo Morales is the first indigenous head of state elected in South America in over 500 years. His address will be followed by a question-and-answer session moderated by President Lee C. Bollinger. This speech will be preceded by a performance by the SilverCloud Singers, an intertribal Native American singing and dance troupe.

Deepening ASEAN-US Relations and ASEAN Integration
Thursday, September 21, 2006, 5:00–6:30 p.m.
Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Hall

A talk by H.E. Ong Keng Yong, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in conjunction with the Weatherhead Policy Forum at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute

Next week's World Leader Forum events include:

Security in the 21st Century
Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Low Memorial Library, 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam

A panel of women world leaders from Iraq, Ireland, Nigeria, Canada, Pakistan, Jordan, Chile and Honduras will discuss the policy changes needed to achieve a more secure world. The panel will feature Mary Robinson, former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, former President of Ireland, and Columbia University Professor in the Professional Practice of Public Affairs; Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister and Minister of Defense from Canada, among others. Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan and President Michelle Bachelet of Chile will contribute video messages.

CLICK HERE to access a video of last night's opening WLF session on "Making Globalization Work". This event featured Nobel Laureate and Columbia University professor Joseph Stiglitz; George Soros, chairman of the Open Society Institute; Nancy Birdsall, founding president of the Center for Global Development; Tina Rosenberg, editorial writer for The New York Times and Columbia University president Lee C. Bollinger.

About Columbia University

Founded in 1754 as King's College, Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the world's leading institutions of higher learning and research and a member of the Ivy League of U.S. colleges and universities. Columbia includes three undergraduate schools, 13 graduate and professional schools, a school of continuing education, four affiliated institutions, a world-class medical center, 22 libraries, and more than 100 research centers and institutes.

For more information about Columbia University, please visit: http://www.columbia.edu

For more information regarding Columbia University's Heads of State Program, upcoming activities, and to arrange an interview with an expert from Columbia's World Leaders Forum Experts Bureau, please contact one of the individuals noted below:

KWR International, Inc.
Keith W. Rabin
email: wlf@kwrintl.com
phone: +1-212-532-3005
Columbia University
Tanya L. Domi:
td207@columbia.edu
phone: +1-212-854-5573