Speakers Bureau Spotlight: The Risk Environment in 2026 with Juliette Kayyem
All Clubs, SIGs, and Contacts are eligible to co-sponsor this event and share with their communities!
Join the HAA Speakers Bureau on Wednesday, March 11 at 7:00-8:00 am ET to learn from the Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security, Juliette Kayyem. Her lecture, "The Risk Environment in 2026," is the second program in the Speakers Bureau Spotlight Series.
Juliette Kayyem AB '91, JD '95 is a national leader in homeland security and crisis management in academia, the private sector, government, and media. She is currently the Robert and Renee Belfer Senior Lecturer and faculty chair of the Homeland Security and Security and Global Health Projects at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Professor Kayyem also serves as a national security analyst for CNN where she has been described as CNN’s “go to” for disasters. A frequent contributor to The Atlantic, she has a weekly security segment on NPR’s Boston station WGBH. Her most recent book, The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters, was described in a New Yorker profile as an “engagingly urgent blueprint for rethinking our approach to disaster preparedness and response.”
Professor Kayyem teaches courses on International and Global Affairs and Mitigating and Managing a Crisis at the Harvard Kennedy School.
The Speakers Bureau Spotlight series is part of the HAA Speakers Bureau program, a Harvard tradition of connecting alumni communities with faculty speakers. Spotlight programs will take place periodically throughout the year and are open to all Clubs, SIGs, and Contacts.
How Your Organization Can Participate
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Join us on March 11 for what is sure to be an excellent event!
Options for Additional Engagement
This event is an excellent opportunity to host additional engagement opportunities for your community! Below are a few suggestions to enhance your event.
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Host a viewing party in person to enjoy the event together.
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Socialize before or after the event in a separate Zoom meeting.
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Share additional articles and readings on the topic with your community.
View the linked biography of the speaker for ideas on additional reading materials.
Please note that additional engagement activities surrounding the Speaker Spotlight are the responsibility of the organization; the HAA is unavailable to assist with logistics.