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The two-week course featured principal speakers Prof. George Papanicolaou of Stanford University and Prof. William Symes of Rice University . I got a call - - the day that that operation was launched , I received a call from Speaker Gingrich , and soon-to-be , or then-to-be Speaker Livingston , asking me to come up to Capitol Hill . Democracy in all its messy manifestations appeared in the unlikeliest of places last Thursday - - at a conference to provide a platform for victims of apartment fraud to air their grievances with a number of government officials , including Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov and Public Chamber representative Anatoly Kucherena . People 's Assembly Speaker Dr. Ahmed Fathi Sorour has reiterated his respect for the freedom of the press and journalists , saying he was against the closure of any paper . The Public Service Day retreat will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Statler Hotel with breakfast and introductions , followed by keynote speaker Bobbie MacGuffie ' 46 .