Participants will:

• Share and learn from each other's professional and research experiences
• Share and collaboratively generate new knowledge around significant industry trends or concerns
• Present experience and research at a professional level in an academically rigorous setting

Upon completion of their IPSS assignments, students return to the Monterey Institute to finalize their experiences in a culminating research report. This report is a professional, collaborative and comprehensive paper detailing their professional experiences and providing insight into a variety of observables and organizational characteristics. Students are clustered according to their field of expertise and then come together to finalize the report into a publishable format. These reports are presented every year upon return during an event which draws Monterey Institute alumni, faculty, staff and students.

Executive Summaries of Prior IPSS Groups

Executive Summary Spring 2004
Promoting Personal Potential and Professional Development

Executive Summary Fall 2004
The Peacock at Pregny Gate: An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Five Key International Organizations in Nonproliferation

Executive Summary Spring 2005
In Larger Freedom: Insights from the Field

Executive Summary Fall 2005
Bending the Oak Tree: An Analysis of the Multilateral Disarmament Machinery

Executive Summary Spring 2006
Global Change: The Role of International Organizations in Achieving Human Security

Executive Summary Spring 2007
Problems without Passports: Organizations Adressing Global Challenges

For additional information about the IPSS program, please contact:
Sabrina Atwater, Career and Special Programs Director
Carolyn Taylor, Special Programs Manager
Dave Moorer and Bridget Nuxoll, Program Coordinators
ipssinfo@miis.edu
(831) 647-6417