The George W. Bush Institute is rolling out plans for several conferences this year, along with a half-hour television show that will begin broadcasting next week.
The first three conferences are invitation-only. It is unclear what role the former president will play during the conferences or future episodes of the TV show. Laura Bush will participate in a U.S.-Afghan Women's Literacy Conference in mid-March.
Bush TV
The TV show, Ideas in Action, will be hosted by Bush Institute executive director Jim Glassman.
The first episode, which will air Thursday on participating public television stations and noncommercial cable stations nationwide, focuses on "The Twitter Revolution." Glassman and a panel of experts will discuss the role social media, such as Twitter, played in last year's pro-democracy uprising in Iran.
Several episodes have been taped at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Some will be taped at Southern Methodist University later this year.
Glassman's guests next week are:
Goli Ameri, former U.S. assistant secretary of state for Education and Cultural Affairs and a former U.S. delegate to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.