The webcast (left) opens with the video "Waging Peace," followed by brief statements from the Carters and a Q&A session moderated by Carter Center Executive Director John Hardman, M.D.

During the 90-minute event, the sold-out audience and more than 300 Web viewers learned about Carter Center projects around the world, initiatives in disease eradication, conflict resolution, democracy building, and mental health promotion.

Carter Center media partner Georgia Public Broadcasting Radio www.gpb.org will air "The Carters Speak Out" on Sept. 30, 2005, at 3 p.m., and on Oct. 2, 2005, at 10 a.m. The program will be available on local stations and on the GPB Radio Web site. New media alliances for this season are with Comcast www.comcast.com and 90.1FM WABE www.wabe.org. They join other valued media partners, GPB Radio and Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters www.aibtv.com. Please check their Web sites for listening and viewing schedules.

The next Conversations event, "First Lady from Plains," is set for Wednesday, November 16 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. EST, and will feature former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Joined by Jimmy Carter Library and Museum Executive Director Jay Hakes, Mrs. Carter will elaborate on highlights of the museum's unique "First Ladies" exhibit, which opens October 22.

All Conversations at The Carter Center will be held in the Ivan Allen Pavilion of The Carter Center, located at One Copenhill, 453 Freedom Parkway, in Atlanta.

Conversations at The Carter Center is an annual series of evening programs designed to increase public awareness on issues of national and global importance as they relate to the Center's work. Distinguished panels consisting of Carter Center experts and special guests make presentations followed by question-and-answer periods with the audience.

No tickets or reservations are required for all other Conversations events, which are free to the public, with seating on a first-come, first-seated basis. All Conversations will be webcast live on the Carter Center Web site (www.cartercenter.org), and archived on the site following the event.

The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former US President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide. A not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization, the Center has helped to improve life for people in more than 65 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy, human rights, and economic opportunity; preventing diseases; improving mental health care; and teaching farmers to increase crop production.