WHAT:           Release of the 2015 Global Go To Think Tanks Report and Index andPanel Discussion “Global Cities: The Philadelphia Story” 

WHO:             Global Cities: The Philadelphia Story

                          Chair: Amy Gadsden, executive director, Penn Global 

                          Welcome:     Mauro Guillen, director, Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania 

                          Introduction, overview highlights and concluding remarks:

                          James McGann, director, Penn Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program

                          Panelists: 

                  Peter S. Longstreth, president, Philadelphia Consular Corps Association

                  Alan Luxenburg, president, Foreign Policy Research Institute

                  John F. Smith III, board chair, Reed Smith LLP Global Philadelphia Association 

                  William Burke White, director, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania 

                         Q&A Moderator: Michael Horowitz, associate director, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania   

WHEN:           9:30-11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 28  

WHERE:         Steinberg Hall, Dietrich Hall, Room 350

                          3620 Locust Walk, University of Pennsylvania 

The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at Penn will release its 2015 Global Go To Think Tanks Report, the most comprehensive ranking of the world’s top think tanks, at four major launch events beginning Jan. 27 at the World Bank and at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.  The Jan. 28 session at Penn will be followed by a launch at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Additional launch events will be held on Jan 28 by research organizations in 50 countries.