Scotland Week Events in The USA

Boston

Reception to Mark Opening of New SDI Office

Monday, March 31 2008, 12:00 – 2:00pm

Scottish Development International, 28 State Street, Suite 2300, Boston, MA

Official office opening for Scottish Development International.

By invitation only

Speech from Scotland's First Minister

Monday, March 31 2008

Harvard University's Center for European Studies

Speech from Scotland's First Minister at Harvard University's Center for European Studies – in collaboration with Harvard Business School on "Creating the Celtic Lion Economy".

Chicago

Tartan Day Luncheon

Saturday, March 29, 2008. 11:30am - 2:00pm

Gorton Community Center, 400 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL

Guest Speaker Professor Anthony Jones, President of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, on The Story of Charles Rennie Mackintosh

$50.00, Pre-registration required by March 27th.

www.chicago-scots.org, kristenguthrie@chicago-scots.org.

Scottish Business Reception

Monday 31 March, 6-9pm

Art Institute of Chicago, Stock Exchange Room, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603

Whisky tasting reception for Scotland Week focused on all sectors including globalscots, existing investors and multipliers.

By invitation only

Scottish Business Forum

Tuesday, April 1, 2008. 5:30pm - 7:30pm

The Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois

Cocktail reception and presentation by The Rt Hon The Lord Provost of Glasgow, Councillor Bob Winter.

$25.00 ISAS Members; $35.00 Non-Members. Pre-registration required by March 28th.

www.chicago-scots.org, kristenguthrie@chicago-scots.org.

History Club Meeting

April 5, 2008. Museum open 9:00am-Noon. Presentation at 10:00 am

Heritage Hall of The Scottish Home, 2800 Des Plaines Avenue, North Riverside, Illinois

ISAS Member, Darrel Babuk will give a presentation on The Streets of Chicago.

Scottish Law Society

Monday, April 7, 2008

Baker & McKenzie, LLP, 130 E. Randolph Drive, Suite 3500, 39th Floor of the Prudential Bldg, Chicago, Illinois

Inaugural Presentation of the Judge William J. Bauer International Justice Award and Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Seminars.

11:30am - Reception
12:15-1:00pm - Buffet Lunch
1:00pm - Presentation of the Judge William J. Bauer International Justice Award
1:15-2:00pm - CLE Seminar Representative, Law Society of Scotland
2:15-3:00pm - CLE Seminar TBD
(0.75 General IL CLE credit hours for each seminar)

$75.00 ISAS Members, $85.00 Non-Members. Pre-registration required by April 4th.

www.chicago-scots.org, kristenguthrie@chicago-scots.org.

Genealogy Meeting

April 12, 2008, 10:00am

Heritage Hall of The Scottish Home, 2800 Des Plaines Avenue, North Riverside, Illinois

Maureen Brady will present changes and what's available on the new FamilySearch.org.

Bess Schulmeister

Houston

Scottish Business Reception

Thursday 3 April, 6-9pm

Rockefeller Hall, 3620 Washington Avenue, Houston TX 77007

Whisky tasting reception for Scotland Week focused on all sectors including globalscots, existing investors and multipliers.

By invitation only

Seattle

Scottish Business Reception

Monday 31 March, 8:00 – 9:30am

Rainer Club, 820 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104

Breakfast with globalscots.

By invitation only

Reception for business customers

Monday 31 March, 5.30 – 7.30pm

820 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104

Reception for business customers, Diaspora and Edinburgh & Heriot Watt Universities

Virginia

Scotland's First Minister visits Monticello in Charlottesville – home of Thomas Jefferson

Tuesday 1 April

Virginia University

Scotland's First Minister visits Monticello in Charlottesville – home of Thomas Jefferson. Delivery of speech – "Scotland and America: Lessons from the Land of Jefferson" at Virginia University.

Washington DC

Business Networking Reception

Wednesday 2 April, 6.30 – 8.30pm

Carnegie Institute for Science, 1530 P Street, NW Washington, DC 20005

Business networking reception tied to the Renewable Energy/Education Mission in D.C. Whisky Tasting by – The Dalmore & Laphroaig Attendees – Aid agencies, energy companies, universities, globalscots, US government officials, as well as some of our other general contacts in DC area.

Tartan Day 10th Anniversary Dinner

Wednesday 2 April, 7.00pm

Library of Congress

Hosted by the Scottish Government and celebrating the ties between Scotland the United States.

By invitation only

Scotland's First Minister meets with the President of Inter American Development Bank

Wednesday 2 April

Scotland's First Minister meets with the President of Inter American Development Bank. Meeting with Scottish Development International – sponsored mission from Scottish Higher Education institutions.

By invitation only

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