The 81st Meeting of the BNAC will be held at The Ritz Carlton Hotel, Washington DC on 15 - 18 October 2009.

Speakers include: Dr Celeste Wallander, US Deputy Secretary of Defense on Dancing with the Bear: Russian Relations; Hon. Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change; Hon. Daniel Poneman, US Deputy Secretary of Energy on Global Energy Outlook; Ellen Miller, Co-founder, Sunlight Foundation on New Technologies: Web 2.0; Susan Eisenhower, Chairman Emeritus, The Eisenhower Institute on US Leadership in Global Challenges; Dr Albert Keidel, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for Peace on China's Economy; Dr Ashraf Ghani, Chairman, State Effectiveness and Dr Jonah Blank, Senior Advisor, Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Global Security Threats from South Asia and the Middle East. 

Social events include dinner at George Washington's Mt. Vernon home and dinner at the Canadian Embassy in Washington D.C.

For further details: contact the respective Secretariats.    

BNAC 80th Meeting: London, 7 - 10 May 2009

The 80th Meeting was held at The Landmark Hotel, London on 7 - 10 May 2009 with receptions and dinners held at Syon House and the Foundling Museum.

Our guest speakers at the meeting were The Rt Hon Lord Owen (former Foreign Secretary); John Micklethwait (Editor in Chief, The Economist); Dr Vincent Cable MP (Shadow Chancellor, Liberal Democrats); Liam Halligan (Chief Economist, Prosperity Capital); Lord Davies (Minister for Trade and Investment); Simon Sherrard (Chairman, Port of London Authority); Tim-Melville Ross (Chairman, Higher Education Funding Council for England); Professor the Lord Broers (Chairman, Diamond Light Source); Dr Bob Bloomfield (Natural History Museum); John Blundell (Director General, IEA).