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	TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE ON THE PRESSING ISSUES OF OUR TIME The mission of the Alliance Program is to improve the transatlantic dialogue on the pressing issues of our time through academic channels, as well as through outreach outside of the academic world. The Alliance Program endeavors to open discussion between private sector executives, public policy-makers and academics.
	Visits and Public Lectures with Policymakers 2012 Gérard Araud, French Ambassador to the United Nations François Delattre, Ambassador of France to the United States 2011 Edouard Courtial, Minister of State responsible for French nationals abroad Vincent Chriqui Director General of the Centre d’analyse stratégique Lakhdar Brahimi, Former UN Envoy and Advisor Valérie Pécresse, Higher Education and Research Minister for France 2010 Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France Gerard Araud, French Ambassador to the U.N. 2009 Christophe de Margerie, CEO of Total Margot Wallström, Vice President of the European Commission Bernard Kouchner, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs for France Christine Lagarde, Minister of Finance for France 2008 Claire-Françoise Durand, Director-General of the European Commission Legal Service Fernando Valenzuela, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United Nations Hervé de Charette, former French Minister for Foreign Affairs Jean-Pierre Jouyet, French Minister of State, attached to the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, in charge of European Affairs Anne Lauvergeon, CEO Areva Ghassan Salamé, Professor of International Relations at SciencesPo and Columbia, former Minister to Lebanon, former Political Advisor to the first UN Mission in Iraq and Senior Advisor to the United Nations Secretary General Michel Petite, Clifford and Chance, former Director-General of the Legal Service of the European Commission Bertrand Collomb, Former CEO and Chairman of Lafarge 2007 Christian Noyer, Governor of the Banque de France 2006 Elisabeth Guigou, former French Minister for European Affairs Pierre Moscovici, Vice President, European Parliament, former Minister of European Affairs for France Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Undersecretary of the United Nations for Peacekeeping Operations 2005 Alain Juppé, former French Prime Minister and Professor at ENAP, Montreal Michel Petite, Director General of the European Commission Legal Service Laurent Fabius, former Prime Minister and French Finance Minister 2004 George Corm, former Finance Minister of Lebanon Nicolas Sarkozy, French Finance Minister Serge Lepeltier, French Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development Noëlle Lenoir, French Minister for European Affairs 2003 Hubert Védrine, former French Minister for Foreign Affairs		The Alliance Corporate Partners Scholarships BNP Paribas North America Jérôme Lohez Foundation Major Events Electricité de France Calyon Ernst & Young LLP Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP New York

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Created in the fall 2002, the Alliance Program is a non-profit transatlantic joint-venture between Columbia University and three prestigious French institutions: The École Polytechnique, Sciences Po, and Panthéon-Sorbonne University.

Alliance is an innovative program that aims to create and accompany new initiatives in the fields of education cooperation, research collaboration, and policy outreach. Since its founding, Alliance’s scope of activities have included the organization of numerous academic conferences both in Paris and in New York, the setting up of international multidisciplinary research teams, and the creation of joint-courses and curricula targeting the students of its founding partners.