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In the Spotlight > Highlights from Carter Conference are online

Highlights from Carter Conference are online

Posted January 7, 2007
Contact: Courtney Yarbrough, yarbrough@cviog.uga.edu; 706.542.6221

The Vinson Institute was honored to cosponsor The Carter Presidency: Lessons for the 21st Century conference at the University of Georgia January 19-21. The agenda included plenary sessions, break-out panels, and special events. Conference speakers and attendees were a mix of Carter administration and current national figures, academics, historians, media representatives, university students, and the general public. [Conference Web Site]

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Brian Williams, NBC news anchor, was the conference moderator. Williams was a White House intern during the Carter presidency.


Chris Matthews, center, anchor of MSNBC's Hardball, facilitated a lively session on the relationship between the media and the Carter presidency.


President Carter listens to comments from UGA student panelists during a special session on Friday.


President Carter and Hamilton Jordan at the Saturday night dinner commemorating the 30th anniversary of his inauguration. Jordan was Carter's White House chief of staff and is currently a public service faculty member with the Carl Vinson Institute of Government.


The former president and first lady are recognized on stage at the Saturday evening dinner in their honor.


President Carter insisted that there be ample time during the conference for him to interact with UGA students.


President Carter and former Vice President Walter F. Mondale. The first plenary session of the conference dealt with Carter reforms of the vice presidency


President Carter was a frequent visitor to the podium throughout the conference.


PBS national news correspondent Judy Woodruff participates in the Sunday media session. Woodruff began following Carter's career in the early days of his presidential campaign.


Summing up the Carter legacy, left to right: Jon Meacham, editor, Newsweek; Michael Beschloss, renowned presidential historian; John Hardman, executive director, The Carter Center; Peter Hart, pollster, Peter Hart Research Associates


The stage is set for Sunday's concluding session.


Steve Wrigley, Carl Vinson Institute director, welcomes participants to the Saturday portion of the conference.


Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter's national security advisor, talks about diplomatic initiatives of the Carter administration that have relevance today.

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