Nikola Spatafora, Senior Economist, Research Department, IMF, Washington DC, USA, spoke on "Economic Growth and the Sophistication of Production" as part of the Economics Series

Piero Ignazi, Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Political Science, University of Bologna, Italy, spoke on "Italian Intellectuals and the End of Marxism" as part of the Patrick McCarthy Memorial Series on Intellectuals and Politics

Yoshihiro Tsuranuki, Professor of International Relations, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University, Japan, spoke on "Market Driven Institution Building as a Response to the European Financial Crisis" as part of the Economcis Series

Marco Cesa and John L. Harper spoke on "Machiavelli and International Politics" as part of the Patrick McCarthy Memorial Series on Intellectuals and Politics

Eric G. Wright, Counsel, Stites and Harbison, Alexandria, Virgina, USA, spoke on "Invention, Technoeconomic Potential and Technopoly Cascade Theory" as part of the Economics Series

Peter Wilson, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, spoke on "The English School's Understanding of International Institutions: A Conceptual Dead-End?" as part of the International Relations Series

Christopher Hill, Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Cambridge, UK ,spoke on "Crossing Borders: Foreign Policy and Approaches to Multiculturalism in Europe" as part of the European and Eurasian Studies Series

Marco Montanari, Electoral Advisor to EU Special Representative for Afghanistan, spoke on "The Electoral Dimension of Internatioal Relations (Part III of a Three-part Series)"as part of the International Relations Series

Marco Montanari, Electoral Advisor to EU Special Representative for Afghanistan, spoke on "The Electoral Dimension of Internatioal Relations (Part II of a Three-part Series)" as part of the International Relations Series

Marco Montanari, Electoral Advisor to EU Special Representative for Afghanistan, spoke on "The Electoral Dimension of Internatioal Relations (Part I of a Three-part Series)" as part of the International Relations Series