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Dr. Alan Kay - February 15, 2000 Credited with changing the way the world uses computers by pioneering the Graphic User Interface (GUI), Dr. Kay spoke on the perils and opportunities on an increasingly tech-dependent society. Dr. Kay was a member of the University of Utah Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA), where he participated in the original design of ARPAnet, a forerunner of the Internet. He has taught at MIT, and at his Open School in West Hollywood where he teaches children to use computers. Dr. Kay, a Disney Fellow, is Vice President of Research and Development at Walt Disney Imagineering. View the archived webcast of Progress on the Frontiers: Technology and Progress with Doug Engelbart and Alan Kay.

Dr. Amory Lovins - March 15, 2000 An experimental physicist educated at Harvard and Oxford, Dr. Lovins is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to the efficient and sustainable use of resources as a path to global security. He has held a variety of visiting academic chairs, published many books and papers, lectured widely, and served on the U.S. Department of Energy's senior advisory board. Dr. Lovins is a MacArthur Fellow. View the archived webcast of Finding Balance: Environment, Capitalism, & Community featuring Dr. Amory Lovins.

Jagdish Bhagwati - November 30 and March 29, 2000 Born and raised in India, Dr. Bhagwati is a professor of political science and economics at Columbia University. From 1991 to 1993, Dr. Bhagwati served as the economic policy adviser to the Director-General of the General Agreement of Trade and Tariffs. Author of numerous books and recipient of several honorary degrees, he is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. Dr.Bhagwati's latest books is The Wind of the Hundred Days: How Washington Mismanaged Globalization. View the archived webcast of Debating the Limits of Growth featuring Herman Daly and Jagdish Bhagwati. Jagdish Bhagwati also participated in the November 30th WTO Debate.

Herman E. Daly - March 29, 2000 Co-founder of the journal Ecological Economics and a former Senior Economist of the World Bank, Dr. Daly is currently a professor of economics at the University of Maryland. He has taught at universities around the world including Yale, Louisiana State University, Australian National University and Federal University of Cera (Brazil). Dr. Daly is on the boards of World Watch Institute and the Beijer Institute for Ecological Economics, Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. His books include Steady-State Economics, For the Common Good, and Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics. View the archived webcast of Debating the Limits of Growth featuring Herman Daly and Jagdish Bhagwati.

Former Senator George Mitchell - March 30, 2000 Former Senate Majority leader George Mitchell (D-Maine) is known for his role in helping Northern Ireland reach a historic peace agreement after serving as moderator for 22 months of talks. Senator Mitchell served on the US District Court as a Carter appointee. In 1980 he resigned as a judge to fill the Senate seat of Edmund Muskie, who had been named Secretary of State. After retiring from the Senate in 1995, President Clinton appointed Senator Mitchell Special Adviser on Ireland. View the archived webcast of Against the Odds: Forging Peace featuring George Mitchell.

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