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Participants' Comments
"Word from this side of the Pond is that this year's conference was another - perhaps even bigger - success:
'timely, thought-provoking, great speakers and attendees...' were the descriptors. Congratulations. Michael
and I want you to know that we are COMMITTED to joining you for 2003.... so please continue your great work."
Ms. Julie Betwee (Vice President, Memeworks, Inc.)
"Jodie and I would like to reiterate what a wonderful and unique experience this weekend has been, both in terms of substantive learning and richness of human interaction."
Maître Laurent Cohen-Tanugi (Partner, Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
"Thank you again for this great occasion, not only to meet old friends and obviously make some new ones but also for the personal enrichment coming out of these "no holds barred' encounters with such different people as an astronaut-philosopher and a no-bull presidential consultant."
M. Jean-Marc Illouz (Senior Correspondent with France2 Network News)
"Thanks again for including me and for organizing such a great event."
Mr..Richard Kauffman (Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley International)
"I met so many fascinating people, and enjoyed myself immensely. I cannot wait until next year!"
Mr. Zane McCarthy (Director of Network Security, Akoura Biometrics)
"This was even better than last year, which I thought was hard to beat."
Ms. Mary Jo Potter (Senior Vice-President, Segal Company-Sibson Consulting)
"It was one of the most remarkable gatherings I have ever been privileged to attend."
Mr. Tom Rose (Publisher, The Jerusalem Post)
"Thank you for a wonderfully stimulating Forum-21. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and received more intellectual stimulation than I have had in quite a while. It is a wonderful concept and beautifully executed."
Mr.Tim Tyler (President FerrieTyler,Inc.)
"Hats off on another fabulous conference."
Mr. Kenneth Weinstein (Vice President and Director - The Hudson Institute)
"After the kind of educational update that I received in Deauville, you would think that I would know better than to think that thanking you by e-mail was adequate and that only a proper letter on Supreme Court letterhead would be sufficiently gracious..."
Justice Louise Arbour (Canadian Supreme Court Justice, Former Chief Prosecutor for the Yugoslav and Rwanda War Crimes Trials)
"[Forum 21] has widened my horizons both in my research objectives and in the way I look at some aspects of life."
Dr Nicole Baumann (Dr. Baumann is the leading Alzheimer's researcher in France)
"It was great …the event was stimulating, thoroughly enjoyable and in every way a great success."
Sir Brian Fall (Principal, Lady Margaret Hall College, Oxford University)
"Bravo pour ce magnifique Forum et merci!"
Mme Dominique Ferriot (French Minister of Science Education, Former Director of Musée Arts & Métiers)
"What more could a man ask? I had a good time, learned a lot and met many new and interesting people who I hope to keep as friends. …As my old boss Ben Bradlee liked to say when one of his reporters nailed a story: 'You covered yourself in glory.'"
Mr. David Ignatius (Editor in Chief, International Herald Tribune)
"Thank you –and the whole team- for having envisioned and fashioned this very special moment of enrichment and delight for many people."
Mr. Raj Isar (Director, Division of Arts and Cultural Enterprise, UNESCO)
"The weekend was a great success… and it is your entire fault. Congratulations. One mark of the success was the unanimous talk about next year from the participants. Everybody talked enthusiastically about Forum-21 II."
Mr. Bob Keefe (President, The Keefe Company, Former Executive Director, Democratic Party)
"I came away with a sense of having been present at an important discussion. You may know that I attend many international events –although increasingly more selectively- and this one ranks up there with the very best. The idea of cross-disciplinary cross-cultural exchange is indeed very valuable."
Professor Hassan-Uddin Khan (Visiting Professor of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"To be totally honest, I was not expecting such a success, such an atmosphere, such quality. Bravo."
Dr. Jacques de Pablo Lacoste (Senior Advisor, Potomac Institute)
"Not many such conferences are forward enough in their attitudes to remember that the speakers' spouses may also have their own lines of endeavors and interests! I felt privileged to be part of the "Co-Existing with Mother Nature" panel with such distinguished co-panelists, and was able to give voice to my concerns and interest in the topics of biodiversity and introduced invasive plant species, within the general topic of climate change."
Ms. Karen Longeteig (Going Native Company Garden Design)
"I write to express my admiration for what you accomplished with Forum 21 and my appreciation for being part of it. It was sensational at every level--from the incredible range of interesting presenters to the details of making the event enjoyable for everyone. What a wonderful intellectual feast."
Professor Jerome Murphy (Dean of Harvard School of Education)
"Sign me up for next year. It was a great event!"
Mr. Bob Pingeon (Consultant, President, Republicans Abroad)
"A superlative initiative, a wonderful experience. The quality of the plenary addresses were all of the highest standard. I was very much impressed with the ability of the speakers to reach out to such an eclectic group and communicate complex issues in a language that did not intimidate, no matter how esoteric. Everybody’s attention was caught, nay, riveted. It was wonderful to get to know some remarkable people personally from disciplines normally out of one’s reach."
M. Gérard de la Vallée Poussin (Consultant to African Mining Companies)
"We had a wonderful time in Deauville. It was stimulating and inspiring: the desire of all these people to make a better world is very important."
Dr. Chris Quigg (Director of FermiLab)
"You proved again that when a group of bright people come together to learn from and enjoy each other it is a stimulating and rewarding exchange...After years of experience in Washington D.C., where half of the game is singing your own praise to be noticed and noted, it was particularly refreshing to be with people of such outstanding accomplishment who had no need to talk for the sheer pleasure of hearing their own voices. The mutual respect and learning among participants was especially refreshing and it stimulated (for me) the listening that sparks an on-going interest in multiple topics. The thinking continues. … the rich difference of styles was a banquet for the mind."
Dr. Rusty Schweickart (Astronaut, Apollo 7 and 9) and Ms. Nancy Ramsey (Author: The Future of Women – 4 Scenarios for the 21st Century; Nuclear Weapons Decision Making)
"This was the most interesting conference I have ever attended!"
Mr. Joe Smallhoover (Attorney, Chairman Democrats Abroad, Member, Democratic National Committee.)
"Je voulais vous faire part de mon enthousiasme pour la qualité de la conférence Forum 21, qualité d'ouverture par l'échange fructueux entre Français et Américains, .... Qualité intrinsèque remarquable des participants …permettaient de découvrir sans démagogie ni vulgarisation, l'avancement et la qualité de chacun des domaines concernés. Ce brassage de vues si riches a donné à cette conférence un caractère innovant et un état d'esprit résolument tourné vers le monde de demain dont je voulais vous remercier et vous féliciter."
Mme Florence de Voldère (Antiques Dealer)
Ms. Julie Betwee (Vice President, Memeworks, Inc.)
"Jodie and I would like to reiterate what a wonderful and unique experience this weekend has been, both in terms of substantive learning and richness of human interaction."
Maître Laurent Cohen-Tanugi (Partner, Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
"Thank you again for this great occasion, not only to meet old friends and obviously make some new ones but also for the personal enrichment coming out of these "no holds barred' encounters with such different people as an astronaut-philosopher and a no-bull presidential consultant."
M. Jean-Marc Illouz (Senior Correspondent with France2 Network News)
"Thanks again for including me and for organizing such a great event."
Mr..Richard Kauffman (Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley International)
"I met so many fascinating people, and enjoyed myself immensely. I cannot wait until next year!"
Mr. Zane McCarthy (Director of Network Security, Akoura Biometrics)
"This was even better than last year, which I thought was hard to beat."
Ms. Mary Jo Potter (Senior Vice-President, Segal Company-Sibson Consulting)
"It was one of the most remarkable gatherings I have ever been privileged to attend."
Mr. Tom Rose (Publisher, The Jerusalem Post)
"Thank you for a wonderfully stimulating Forum-21. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and received more intellectual stimulation than I have had in quite a while. It is a wonderful concept and beautifully executed."
Mr.Tim Tyler (President FerrieTyler,Inc.)
"Hats off on another fabulous conference."
Mr. Kenneth Weinstein (Vice President and Director - The Hudson Institute)
"After the kind of educational update that I received in Deauville, you would think that I would know better than to think that thanking you by e-mail was adequate and that only a proper letter on Supreme Court letterhead would be sufficiently gracious..."
Justice Louise Arbour (Canadian Supreme Court Justice, Former Chief Prosecutor for the Yugoslav and Rwanda War Crimes Trials)
"[Forum 21] has widened my horizons both in my research objectives and in the way I look at some aspects of life."
Dr Nicole Baumann (Dr. Baumann is the leading Alzheimer's researcher in France)
"It was great …the event was stimulating, thoroughly enjoyable and in every way a great success."
Sir Brian Fall (Principal, Lady Margaret Hall College, Oxford University)
"Bravo pour ce magnifique Forum et merci!"
Mme Dominique Ferriot (French Minister of Science Education, Former Director of Musée Arts & Métiers)
"What more could a man ask? I had a good time, learned a lot and met many new and interesting people who I hope to keep as friends. …As my old boss Ben Bradlee liked to say when one of his reporters nailed a story: 'You covered yourself in glory.'"
Mr. David Ignatius (Editor in Chief, International Herald Tribune)
"Thank you –and the whole team- for having envisioned and fashioned this very special moment of enrichment and delight for many people."
Mr. Raj Isar (Director, Division of Arts and Cultural Enterprise, UNESCO)
"The weekend was a great success… and it is your entire fault. Congratulations. One mark of the success was the unanimous talk about next year from the participants. Everybody talked enthusiastically about Forum-21 II."
Mr. Bob Keefe (President, The Keefe Company, Former Executive Director, Democratic Party)
"I came away with a sense of having been present at an important discussion. You may know that I attend many international events –although increasingly more selectively- and this one ranks up there with the very best. The idea of cross-disciplinary cross-cultural exchange is indeed very valuable."
Professor Hassan-Uddin Khan (Visiting Professor of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"To be totally honest, I was not expecting such a success, such an atmosphere, such quality. Bravo."
Dr. Jacques de Pablo Lacoste (Senior Advisor, Potomac Institute)
"Not many such conferences are forward enough in their attitudes to remember that the speakers' spouses may also have their own lines of endeavors and interests! I felt privileged to be part of the "Co-Existing with Mother Nature" panel with such distinguished co-panelists, and was able to give voice to my concerns and interest in the topics of biodiversity and introduced invasive plant species, within the general topic of climate change."
Ms. Karen Longeteig (Going Native Company Garden Design)
"I write to express my admiration for what you accomplished with Forum 21 and my appreciation for being part of it. It was sensational at every level--from the incredible range of interesting presenters to the details of making the event enjoyable for everyone. What a wonderful intellectual feast."
Professor Jerome Murphy (Dean of Harvard School of Education)
"Sign me up for next year. It was a great event!"
Mr. Bob Pingeon (Consultant, President, Republicans Abroad)
"A superlative initiative, a wonderful experience. The quality of the plenary addresses were all of the highest standard. I was very much impressed with the ability of the speakers to reach out to such an eclectic group and communicate complex issues in a language that did not intimidate, no matter how esoteric. Everybody’s attention was caught, nay, riveted. It was wonderful to get to know some remarkable people personally from disciplines normally out of one’s reach."
M. Gérard de la Vallée Poussin (Consultant to African Mining Companies)
"We had a wonderful time in Deauville. It was stimulating and inspiring: the desire of all these people to make a better world is very important."
Dr. Chris Quigg (Director of FermiLab)
"You proved again that when a group of bright people come together to learn from and enjoy each other it is a stimulating and rewarding exchange...After years of experience in Washington D.C., where half of the game is singing your own praise to be noticed and noted, it was particularly refreshing to be with people of such outstanding accomplishment who had no need to talk for the sheer pleasure of hearing their own voices. The mutual respect and learning among participants was especially refreshing and it stimulated (for me) the listening that sparks an on-going interest in multiple topics. The thinking continues. … the rich difference of styles was a banquet for the mind."
Dr. Rusty Schweickart (Astronaut, Apollo 7 and 9) and Ms. Nancy Ramsey (Author: The Future of Women – 4 Scenarios for the 21st Century; Nuclear Weapons Decision Making)
"This was the most interesting conference I have ever attended!"
Mr. Joe Smallhoover (Attorney, Chairman Democrats Abroad, Member, Democratic National Committee.)
"Je voulais vous faire part de mon enthousiasme pour la qualité de la conférence Forum 21, qualité d'ouverture par l'échange fructueux entre Français et Américains, .... Qualité intrinsèque remarquable des participants …permettaient de découvrir sans démagogie ni vulgarisation, l'avancement et la qualité de chacun des domaines concernés. Ce brassage de vues si riches a donné à cette conférence un caractère innovant et un état d'esprit résolument tourné vers le monde de demain dont je voulais vous remercier et vous féliciter."
Mme Florence de Voldère (Antiques Dealer)
