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300 Million Americans and Counting Symposium


Oct. 05, 2006

This October, the US celebrated a milestone, 300 million Americans! This is a 50 percent increase from 200 million in 1967. By 2045, the United States population is expected to grow to over 400 million people. The U.S. is currently the only industrialized country with rapid population growth, due primarily to immigration. Some demographers predict that the U.S. will be the only developed country among the world’s 20 most populous countries in 2050.
As the nation moves into the 21st century, demographic shifts in age-structure and ethnic/racial composition will diversify future social and political demands. It is having an effect on the way we as a nation work, live, and are governed. Today will discuss these issues and more, and attempt to let the demographics guide us toward the proper future goals of governance in the US.

Washington DC
Oct. 5, 2006
WELCOME: Jane De Lung, President, PRC

PANELISTS:
Overview: Challenges and Prospects
Linda Jacobsen, Director of Domestic Programs, Population Reference Bureau

Education and Workforce: The Critical Links
Marlene Lee, Senior Policy Analyst for Domestic Programs, Population Reference Bureau

Infrastructure: How Firm is the Foundation? 
Carlos Restrepo, Adjunct Professor, Wagner School’s Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems, New York University

U.S. and The World: A Demographically Divided World
Steven Sinding, Former Director General, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Professor of Clinical Public Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Politics and Governance: The Political Landscape in the 21st Century
Rudy de la Garza, Professor of Political Science, Institute of Social and Economic Research and Policy,  Columbia University

Is Growth the Only Option?
Joseph Chamie, Research Director, Center for Migration Studies, New York

PRESENTATIONS:

Joseph Chamie, Is Growth the Only Option?

Rudy de la Garza, Politics and Governance: The Political Landscape in the 21st Century

Linda Jacobsen, Overview: Challenges and Prospects

Marlene Lee, Education and Workforce: The Critical Links

Carlos Restrepo, Infrastructure: How Firm is the Foundation?

Steven Sinding, U.S. and The World: A Demographically Divided World