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The usual format is an hour long meeting with the speaker addressing the audience for half an hour followed by a question and answer session. 
Other formats include panel debates and roundtable discussions.Members Events
The Members Events Department runs meetings and events specifically for members. It provides a forum where world leaders, policy-makers and opinion formers can be heard and their views discussed in an impartial environment. The programme of meetings aims to cover current issues in international affairs as they arise and develop.
Members events also include The Chatham House Annual Conference and Annual Lectures (including the Whitehead Lecture, Dillon Lecture and tri-annual Martin Wight Memorial Lecture). Guidelines for all events >>
Members events are colour-coded green on the main calendar of events. A full list of forthcoming members events is provided below. Event guidelines >>
Wednesday 8 July 2009 10:00 to 11:00
Afghanistan: Turning Tactical Gains into Strategic Success
Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP, Secretary of State for Defence
Chair: Dr Paul Cornish, Head, International Security Programme, Chatham House
Thursday 9 July 2009 12:30 to 13:30
POSTPONED: The Effects of Enlargement on the Functionning of the EU
HE Dr Peter Balazs, Foreign Minister, Hungary
Monday 13 July 2009 10:00 to 11:00
The Future of South Sudan: Building Democracy and Prosperity
HE Salva Kiir Mayardit, First Vice President of Sudan and President of the Government of Southern Sudan
Monday 13 July 2009 17:30 to 18:30
President of Azerbaijan
HE Ilham Aliyev, President, Republic of Azerbaijan
Tuesday 14 July 2009 13:30 to 14:30
Inside Iran - After the Elections
Panellists include:
Professor Ali Ansari, Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House
Tuesday 14 July 2009 17:30 to 18:30
China's Democratic Future: The Chinese Communist Party in the Next 20 Years
Dr Kerry Brown, Senior Research Fellow, Asia Programme, Chatham House; author, Friends and Enemies: The Past, Present and Future of the Communist Party
Wednesday 15 July 2009 18:30 to 19:30
Climate Change, Internationalism and India in the 21st Century
The Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture
Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, Director, LSE Asia Research Centre; former Head of the UK Government Economic Service and Adviser on the economics of climate change and development.
Friday 17 July 2009 13:30 to 14:30
The 1949 Geneva Conventions: Sixty Years Young
Professor Sir Adam Roberts, President-Elect, British Academy; Senior Research Fellow, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University
Chair: Elizabeth Wilmshurt, Associate Fellow, International Law, Chatham House
Monday 20 July 2009 17:30 to 18:30
The Future of the Atlantic Alliance
Jaap De Hoop Scheffer, Secretary-General of NATO
Tuesday 28 July 2009 17:00 to 18:15
Annual General Meeting
Event Registration
Advance registration for all events is required for members and their guests (one guest per member unless otherwise stated).
In most cases registrations will not be acknowledged unless unsuccessful.
Registration is on a first come first served basis. The event will be closed to further registrations when full.
HOW TO REGISTER:
Please login above and register online using the event registration forms.
GUEST REGISTRATION:
Please include the name, affiliation and email or phone number of your guest.
Members events are normally held on the record and open to media coverage.
Transcripts for the majority of events are available
Audio for the event may also be available
Check past events for more details:
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