Calendar of events.

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Nov. 27: "Rebuilding Cuba: The Critical Issues." Private seminar at Riviera Country Club, Miami, to discuss possible funding strategies for privatization, confiscated properties and the reconstruction of a new Cuba. Speaker: Thomas Herzfeld. Details: Babun Group Consulting, PO Box 546135, Miami, FL 33154. Tel: [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

Dec. 1: "Cuba: What to Expect," Westin Colonnade Hotel, Miami. Speakers at all-day event include Brian Latell, Frank Mora, Alcibiades Hidalgo, Eugenio Yanez, Carlos Alberto Montaner, Orlando Gutierrez, Andy Gomez, Marcos Antonio Ramos, Hans de Salas, Steven G. Ullman, Jorge Pinon, Antonio Jorge, Mario Gonzalez Corzo, Jorge Perez-Lopez, Susan K. Purcell, Otto G. Reich, Pamela Falk, Damian Fernandez, Mauricio Claver, Bruce M. Bagley. Keynote speaker is U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. Cost: $45 including lunch. Details: Cuba Transition Project, University of Miami, PO Box 248174, Coral Gables, FL 33124-3010. Tel: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

Dec. 5: Cuba session on final day of 31st Miami Conference on the Caribbean, Hotel Inter-Continental. Cost: $800. Details: Caribbean-Central American Action, 1818 N St. NW, #310, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. URL: www.c-caa.org.

Dec. 8-15: Study tour to Cuba for students and staff at London Metropolitan University. Tour "to take in aspects of Cuban history, economy, conservation and architecture as well as music and culture." Cost: 888 [pounds sterling] (inc. airfare from UK, five nights at Hotel Habana Libre, guides, transfers, etc.). Details: IISC, London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB. Tel: [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

Dec. 12: "The Scientific Revolution in Cuba: Highlights and Future Prospects," London. Speaker: Luis Alberto Montero-Cabrera, Consejo Cientifico, University of Havana. No charge. Details: International Institute for the Study of Cuba, London Metropolitan University, 166220 Holloway Rd, London N7 8DB. Tel: [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

Feb. 5-6, 2008: "Cuba After Fidel Castro: A New Era in Havana." Brookings Institution, Washington. Speakers: Vicki Huddleston, Jaime Suchlicki, Mark Falcoff, Ann Bardach, Philip Peters, Francisco Hernandez, Julia Sweig, Daniel Erikson, William Leogrande, Riordan Roett, Peter Hakim, Carlos Saladrigas, Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Marifeli Perez Stable, Andres Gomez, Jorge Pinon and Kirby Jones. Cost: $1,875. Details: Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: [phone]. Email: [e-mail].