2011 Booklist Additions

Date: Monday August 30, 2010

Three new books have been added to the 2011 Camden Conference Booklist, including UC Berkley Economics Professor Pranab Bardhan’s Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay: Assessing the Economic Rise of China and India.  Professor Bardhan is a confirmed speaker for the 2011 Camden Conference.   Other new books include Simon Tay’s Asia Alone: The Dangerous Post-Crisis Divide from America and Edward Steinfeld’s Playing Our Game: Why China’s Rise Doesn’t Threaten the West.  In this fascinating new book, Steinfeld asserts that China’s growth is fortifying American commercial supremacy, because (as the title says) China is playing our game.

Please visit our website’s Book List page for the current Booklist of recommended reading in preparation for the 24th Camden Conference: The Challenges of Asia. 

New Addition to 2011 Booklist

Date: Tuesday August 3, 2010

Financial Times reporter and former China Bureau Chief, Richard McGregor’s book, The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers has been added to the summer edition of the 2011 Camden Conference Booklist. Don’t miss this eye-opening investigation into China’s Communist Party and its integral role in the country’s rise as a global superpower and rival of the United States.

For the full early Booklist of recommended reading for the 24th Camden Conference: The Challenges of Asia, please visit our website’s Book List page. We will publish our regular conference booklist in September, but we hope you enjoy these selected summer readings on some of the topics to be addressed during our 2011 Conference.

Camden Conference a UMO Favorite

Date: Monday July 26, 2010

UMaine Valedictorian, Amy Smith, declares Camden Conference classes among her favorites in a recent article spotlighting her accomplishments. Read about Amy in the recent edition of UMaine Today.

Early Booklist for Summer Reading

Date: Tuesday June 29, 2010

Just in time for summer, the Camden Conference Program Committee is pleased to present an early Booklist of recommended reading for the 24th Annual Camden Conference: The Challenges of Asia. The Conference takes place live at the historic Camden Opera House, February 18-20, 2011, and will focus on challenges and implications for United States foreign policy in this region. Current reading recommendations are listed here.   We will publish our regular conference booklist in September, but we hope you enjoy these selected summer readings on some of the challenges to be addressed during our 2011 Conference.

We Have Moved!

Date: Tuesday June 29, 2010

The Camden Conference Office has moved to a new location at 25 Bayview St., 2nd floor. Our postal address and phone numbers are unchanged.

2010 Conference Highlights

Date: Tuesday June 29, 2010

The 2010 Conference Highlights have arrived! Highlights from the 23rd Annual Camden Conference: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India — Crossroads of Conflict are now available. To receive your copy, please send $10 (incl. S&H) to the Camden Conference, P.O. Box 882, Camden, ME 04843. To order by credit card, please call us at 236-1034 or toll free at 1-877-214-8579.  Highlights is also available to view and download on our website.

Support a Student in 2011!

Date: Tuesday June 1, 2010

Help bring more students to the 2011 Camden Conference! Because the Camden Conference is, above all, an educational event, it is fitting that students have an important and growing place in it! Many attendees feel that the best and most meaningful questions to Conference speakers come from the student participants.” The 103 students at our most recent Conference were an increase from 69 the year before. Of these, 78 were from colleges, 25 from regional secondary schools, and three were from the South Asian region being discussed. Almost all of them benefited from scholarships or discounted student rates and had their Conference experience enriched through a special program organized by the Conference. The total cost of this student program was $11,577, offset by $2,150 in donations for scholarships. The remaining costs, $9,427, came out of the Conference organization’s own resources, reducing our ability to expand and improve this valuable and exciting program.

We are working to increase the student participation at each venue to up to 20% of the total attendance and to expand our current program in ways that will make it a richer experience for the student participants and us all. At current costs, a gift of $150 would help us to bring one student to the Camden Opera House or two students to one of our two remote venues. Of course, every contribution will be welcome and help support our program.

With record student attendance, the 2010 Camden Conference had a new and younger dynamic – many of the most thoughtful questions were asked by students. We hope to expand student attendance in the years to come. Please visit our website’s “Support a Student” link and give generously to this year’s Student Scholarship Fund.

2011 Conference Topic Announced

Date: Friday March 26, 2010

The 24^th Annual Camden Conference: The Rise of Asia –Challenge to the U.S. will take place February 18- 20, 2011.  The Camden Conference Board of Directors wishes share with its friends and members this brief overview of next year’s conference.  While the general theme has been chosen, this working title and program details are in early stages of development by the Program Committee and will surely evolve before reaching its final form.  Please visit our website often to monitor our progress.

Topics likely to be covered include:

• Single Country Assessments of China, India, and Japan
• Economic Overview of Asia and Economic/Trade Relations with the U.S.
• Energy and Resource Competition Across Asia
• Military and Geo-Strategic Overview of Asia in relation to U.S. Role, Responses, and Military Presence in the Region
• New Technologies, “Green” Jobs and Production, Environmental Issues
• How should the U.S. Respond to the Many Challenges of a Rising Asia?
• What changes may be required of us and our systems?
• Attention will be given to Social, Cultural, Artistic, and Religious Aspects, and the Traditional Values of the many Peoples of Asia

Please address queries or suggestions to Jim Matlack, Chairman of the Program Committee at jmatlack@roadrunner.com

2010 CamCasts are Available!

Date: Thursday March 4, 2010

The recent 23rd Annual Camden Conference, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India – Crossroads of Conflict, is receiving much praise and positive press coverage!

In case you missed it or want to experience it again…. CamCasts of each 2010 Camden Conference Presentation are now available for viewing anytime on our website.

And you may browse images from the 2010 Camden Conference at our new Photo Gallery.

Camden Conference Thanks You!

Date: Thursday March 4, 2010

The Camden Conference wishes to thank everyone who helped make the recent conference season such a success!

The Camden Conference is fortunate to have many volunteers who make this annual Conference possible. In addition to the dedicated volunteer Board of Directors and Advisory Council, the following individuals and businesses have generously given of their time as community event speakers, senior college presenters, community partners, committee members, office helpers and volunteers during this weekend Conference:

Acadia Senior College ~ Bangor Public Library ~ Meredith Barnett ~ Belfast Free Library ~ Belfast Senior College ~ Ann Bex ~ Genna Black ~ Dwight Blue ~ Blue Hill Public Library ~ Margaret Boyajian ~ Joanne Boynton ~ Steven Butterfield ~ Camden Police Department ~ Camden Public Library ~ Ben Cameron ~ Sean Carnell ~ Anna Carr ~ Zeb Casperson ~ Marlene Charron ~ Jon Cheston ~ Chromunique´Audio Visual ~ Coastal Discoveries ~ Coastal Senior College ~ Colloquy Downeast ~ Communication Graphics ~ Stephanie Cooke ~ The Country Inn ~ Lucy Creevey ~ Roger Dell ~ Tom DeMarco ~ John Doncaster ~ Steve Donoso ~ Candy Emlen ~ Wendy Ross Eichler ~ Reid Evans ~ Tyler Evans ~ Exploritas ~ Farmers Fare ~ Alex Fitzgerald ~ The Game Loft~ Judy Gannon ~ Pam Gormley ~ Dorothea Graham ~ Ken Gross ~ John Grossbaum ~ Kerry Hadley~ HAV II ~ Harbor Digital ~ Brenda Harrington ~ Anne Holmes ~ Jeff Howland ~ Nancy Howland ~ Jane Hultberg ~ Pamela Hunte ~ Stephen Huyler ~ Jackson Memorial Library ~ James Ruddy Productions ~ Jesup Memorial Library ~ Paul Johnson ~ Mike Kennedy ~ Tierra Knight ~ Kevin LaPointe ~ Molly Larsen ~ Lily Lupine & Fern ~ Emily Lusher ~ Mary Lynch ~ Anouar Majid ~ Charles Marecic ~ Megan Marsanskis ~ Rick McDowell ~ Phil McKean ~ Midcoast Senior College ~ Heidi Mills ~ Dave Morrison ~ Peter Muth ~ Bill Newman ~ Northeast Harbor Library ~ Enid Bok Okun ~ Opera House Staff ~ Osher Lifelong Learning Institute ~ Lauren Ouellette ~ Owl & Turtle Bookshop ~ Cameron Paddock-McRae ~ Peter Pfister ~ Alistair Phaup ~ Joan Phaup ~ Elaine Pew ~ Neil Petersen ~ Lys McLaughlin-Pike ~ Eugene Reil ~ David Renne ~ Rockport Public Library~ Rockland Public Library ~ Lori Roming ~ Jim Ruddy ~ Maggie Samuels ~ Bob Sargent ~ Melody Schubert ~ Sangaree Sengupta ~ Mark Shapiro ~ Skidompha Public Library ~ Southwest Harbor Public Library ~ Lincoln Spear ~ Jan Summers ~ Susan Taylor ~ Capt. William Taylor ~ The Strand Theatre ~ Hans Stege ~ Joan Thibault ~ Thorndike Library ~ The Towne Motel ~ Mary Trotochaud ~ University of Maine ~ Univ. of Maine Hutchinson Center ~ Ilmarinen Vogel ~ Warner Graphics ~ Watershed School ~ Peggy Watson ~ Hannah Woodman

Thank you very much for your assistance – we could not do this without you!