Events
Brookings Mountain West will host a variety of convenings and events, including lectures, seminars, conferences, and forums. Check this website frequently as events are added.
Brookings Scholar Lecture Series
Click a date to view the events for that month. Check here for parking information (PDF) for events held in Greenspun Hall.
February 2010
February 4
5:30 p.m.
Greenspun Hall Auditorium
"Nuclear Renaissance, How Real Is it: What are the Implications for Global Governance of the Non Proliferation Regime?"
Charles Ebinger
Director, Energy Security Initiative
February 10-12
Ron Haskins
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program; Co-director, Center on Children and Families
February 25
"Climate Change and Real Estate: How Environmental Risks and Policies Impact Markets"
Adele Morris
Fellow, Deputy Director for
Climate and Energy Economics
Climate change could worsen environmental conditions that affect real estate values, such as extreme weather events and coastal erosion. But policies to prevent climate change can also affect real estate values, for example through higher energy prices and land use regulation. This lecture will examine the linkages between the climate change risks, climate policy, and real estate markets. We will also discuss the likely regional economic effects of recent proposed climate legislation.
5:30 p.m.
Greenspun Hall Auditorium
"Nuclear Renaissance, How Real Is it: What are the Implications for Global Governance of the Non Proliferation Regime?"
Charles Ebinger
Director, Energy Security Initiative
February 10-12
Ron Haskins
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program; Co-director, Center on Children and Families
February 25
"Climate Change and Real Estate: How Environmental Risks and Policies Impact Markets"
Adele Morris
Fellow, Deputy Director for
Climate and Energy Economics
Climate change could worsen environmental conditions that affect real estate values, such as extreme weather events and coastal erosion. But policies to prevent climate change can also affect real estate values, for example through higher energy prices and land use regulation. This lecture will examine the linkages between the climate change risks, climate policy, and real estate markets. We will also discuss the likely regional economic effects of recent proposed climate legislation.
March 2010
March 1-5
Charles Ebinger
Director, Energy Security Initiative
March 9
"The New Geography of Immigration and Local Policy Responses"
Audrey Singer
Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
March 15-19
William J. Antholis
Managing Director, Brookings Institution
March 22-26
Adele Morris
Fellow, Deputy Director for
Climate and Energy Economics
Charles Ebinger
Director, Energy Security Initiative
March 9
"The New Geography of Immigration and Local Policy Responses"
Audrey Singer
Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
March 15-19
William J. Antholis
Managing Director, Brookings Institution
March 22-26
Adele Morris
Fellow, Deputy Director for
Climate and Energy Economics
April 2010
April 6
5:30 p.m.
Greenspun Hall Auditorium
"Creating an Opportunity Society"
America presents citizens and immigrants with great opportunity to get ahead. Even so, there is less mobility in America than in other industrialized nations and perhaps less than in the past. Individuals, parents, communities, and governments at all levels can do a lot to promote mobility and opportunity. Specific proposals for increasing opportunity, many supported by good evidence, will be presented.
Ron Haskins
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program; Co-director, Center on Children and Families
April 7-9
William H. Frey
Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
April 12-16
Pietro Nivola
Senior Fellow; C. Douglas Dillon
Chair in Governance Studies
April 21-23
Clifford Winston
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program
5:30 p.m.
Greenspun Hall Auditorium
"Creating an Opportunity Society"
America presents citizens and immigrants with great opportunity to get ahead. Even so, there is less mobility in America than in other industrialized nations and perhaps less than in the past. Individuals, parents, communities, and governments at all levels can do a lot to promote mobility and opportunity. Specific proposals for increasing opportunity, many supported by good evidence, will be presented.
Ron Haskins
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program; Co-director, Center on Children and Families
April 7-9
William H. Frey
Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
April 12-16
Pietro Nivola
Senior Fellow; C. Douglas Dillon
Chair in Governance Studies
April 21-23
Clifford Winston
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program
Past Lectures
January 2010
January 19-21
William H. Frey
Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
January 20-21
William Antholis
Managing Director, Brookings Institution
Director, Brookings Mountain West
January 20-22
Audrey Singer
Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
January 26
5:30 p.m.
Greenspun Hall Auditorium
"Comparing Urban Growth Patterns in the U.S. and Europe: the Role of Public Policy"
Pietro S. Nivola
Senior Fellow; C. Douglas Dillon Chair in Governance Studies
Why do America's cities sprawl whereas European cities remain comparatively compact, and what difference do the patterns of urban development make? Pietro Nivola, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, addresses these questions. Nivola examines two kinds of determinants of urban form: (1) market forces, including those influenced by geography, demographics, and technological change, and (2) public policies shaping national transportation systems, tax policy, educational institutions, and more. He also discusses the implications of the different cityscapes for energy consumption.
January 26
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Reception
Please join uis for a reception sponsored by Whiting Turner Contracting Company and the Urban Land Institute. Please RSVP for the reception by calling 702-895-0089 or e-mailing brookingsmountainwest@unlv.edu
William H. Frey
Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
January 20-21
William Antholis
Managing Director, Brookings Institution
Director, Brookings Mountain West
January 20-22
Audrey Singer
Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
January 26
5:30 p.m.
Greenspun Hall Auditorium
"Comparing Urban Growth Patterns in the U.S. and Europe: the Role of Public Policy"
Pietro S. Nivola
Senior Fellow; C. Douglas Dillon Chair in Governance Studies
Why do America's cities sprawl whereas European cities remain comparatively compact, and what difference do the patterns of urban development make? Pietro Nivola, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, addresses these questions. Nivola examines two kinds of determinants of urban form: (1) market forces, including those influenced by geography, demographics, and technological change, and (2) public policies shaping national transportation systems, tax policy, educational institutions, and more. He also discusses the implications of the different cityscapes for energy consumption.
January 26
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Reception
Please join uis for a reception sponsored by Whiting Turner Contracting Company and the Urban Land Institute. Please RSVP for the reception by calling 702-895-0089 or e-mailing brookingsmountainwest@unlv.edu
November 2009
November 12
5:30 p.m.
Science & Engineering Building Auditorium (map)
"The Long and Winding Road: Automotive Fuel Economy and American Politics"
Pietro S. Nivola
Senior Fellow; C. Douglas Dillon
Chair in Governance Studies
View PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
November 17
5:30 p.m.
Greenspun Hall Auditorium
“Climate Change Economics 101”
Adele Morris
Fellow; Deputy Director for
Climate and Energy Economics
View PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
November 30
5:30 p.m.
Greenspun Hall Auditorium
Double Edged Sovereignty: the Politics and Diplomacy of Climate Change”
William Antholis
Managing Director; Brookings Institution
Director, Brookings Mountain West
View PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
5:30 p.m.
Science & Engineering Building Auditorium (map)
"The Long and Winding Road: Automotive Fuel Economy and American Politics"
Pietro S. Nivola
Senior Fellow; C. Douglas Dillon
Chair in Governance Studies
View PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
November 17
5:30 p.m.
Greenspun Hall Auditorium
“Climate Change Economics 101”
Adele Morris
Fellow; Deputy Director for
Climate and Energy Economics
View PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
November 30
5:30 p.m.
Greenspun Hall Auditorium
Double Edged Sovereignty: the Politics and Diplomacy of Climate Change”
William Antholis
Managing Director; Brookings Institution
Director, Brookings Mountain West
View PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
October 2009
October 7
"Should the Economic Crisis Change Our Assessment of Markets and Government?" (PDF)
Clifford Winston
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program,
Brookings Institution
View PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
View the video
October 14
"Geopolitics of Global Change: The Melting of the Arctic"
Charles K. Ebinger
Director of the Energy Security Initiative, Brookings Institution
View PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
View the video
"Should the Economic Crisis Change Our Assessment of Markets and Government?" (PDF)
Clifford Winston
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program,
Brookings Institution
View PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
View the video
October 14
"Geopolitics of Global Change: The Melting of the Arctic"
Charles K. Ebinger
Director of the Energy Security Initiative, Brookings Institution
View PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
View the video
September 2009
September 8
“How We’re Doing: A Composite Index of Global and National Trends”
William J. Antholis
Managing Director, Brookings Institution
Director, Brookings Mountain West
View the PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
View the video
Read the transcript (PDF)
“Metropolitan Las Vegas: Challenges, Opportunities, and a Vision”
Mark Muro
Fellow and Director of Policy
Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings
Research Director – Washington D.C., Brookings Mountain West
Robert E. Lang
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings
Research Director – Las Vegas, Brookings Mountain West
View the PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
View the video
Read the Mark Muro transcript (PDF)
Read the Rob Lang transcript (PDF)
“How We’re Doing: A Composite Index of Global and National Trends”
William J. Antholis
Managing Director, Brookings Institution
Director, Brookings Mountain West
View the PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
View the video
Read the transcript (PDF)
“Metropolitan Las Vegas: Challenges, Opportunities, and a Vision”
Mark Muro
Fellow and Director of Policy
Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings
Research Director – Washington D.C., Brookings Mountain West
Robert E. Lang
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings
Research Director – Las Vegas, Brookings Mountain West
View the PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
View the video
Read the Mark Muro transcript (PDF)
Read the Rob Lang transcript (PDF)
