Plenary 1 - 9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Plenary Title: Reconsidering Democracy and the Neoconservative Legacy

Dr. Francis Fukuyama is Bernard Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, and Director of its International Development Program. Few thinkers have so strongly influenced the direction of modern social and political philosophy and public policy as Francis Fukuyama. Professor Fukuyama has written extensively on a wide range of important contemporary issues.

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Plenary 2 - 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Plenary Title: The Return of History and the End of Dreams

Dr. Robert Kagan is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund. He writes a monthly column on world affairs for the Washington Post and is a contributing editor to the Weekly Standard and the New Republic. Robert Kagan is an invaluable voice for audiences that seek to understand the dynamics that are shaping 21st century geopolitics and American foreign and domestic policy. He consistently offers valuable historical context and fresh, often startling, and indispensable insights into the issues that business, industries and nations face today.

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Plenary 3 - 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Plenary Title: The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order

Mr. Parag Khanna is Director of the Global Governance Initiative and Senior Research Fellow at the New America Foundation, one of the nation's most respected think tanks. He is author of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order. This book takes a compelling look at the current geopolitical marketplace, exploring America's slip from dominance, the rise of the European Union and China as rival models for global leadership, and the emergence of the strategic ‘second world’ markets and how they adapt to and shape globalization.

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Plenary 4 - 3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Plenary Title: The Post American World

Dr. Fareed Zakaria is editor of Newsweek International, columnist and CNN host. He is described by Esquire as "the most influential foreign policy advisor of his generation", and is widely respected for his ability to spot economic and political trends around the world. His new national bestseller, The Post-American World, is about the "rise of the rest" – the growth of China, India, Brazil and many other countries – and what it means for the future.

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Dr. Noble David Cook, Professor, History, FIU
Dr. Eduardo A. Gamarra, Professor, Politics and International Relations, FIU
Dr. Gail Hollander, Associate Professor, Global and Sociocultural Studies, FIU

Dr. Ralph S. Clem, Professor, Global and Sociocultural Studies, FIU

Dr. Mohiaddin Mesbahi, Associate Professor, Politics and International Relations, FIU
Dr. Elisabeth Prugl, Associate Professor, Politics and International Relations, FIU
Dr. Allan Rosenbaum, Director, Institute for Public Management & Professor of Public Administration, FIU

Dr. Mary Ann Von Glinow, Professor and Director, Management and International Business, CIBER, FIU

Dr. Ronald M. Berkman, Executive Vice President and Provost, FIU

Dr. Anthony P. Maingot, National Security Scholar in Residence, Jack D. Gordon Institute of Public Policy and Professor Emeritus of Sociology, FIU
Dr. Luis Salas, Director, Center for the Administration of Justice and Associate Vice President for Sponsored Research, FIU
Dr. John F. Stack, Jr.,  Director, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and Professor, Politics and International Relations and Law, FIU