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While We were Tweeting, the Future Happened

WAC Austin
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David Firestein, the executive director of the University of Texas’ new China Public Policy Center headlined a recent session of our speaker series, The World Spins, with some advice about competing with […]

05Jul

The Great Listening

WAC Austin
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The Great Listening, inspired by Sweden’s 50-year-old Almedalen week of discourse, will host its inaugural event this November 16-17 in Austin. Almedalen has welcomed leaders from diverse backgrounds like Karl […]

01May

Policy Weirding: Climate Change and National Security

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By Raye Elizabeth Ward A military weather tracking station. Photo Courtesy of United Nations Climate Change. Will the military drive our national climate change agenda? Dr. Joshua Busby dropped by a […]

22Apr

World Spins: Blockchain, Trust and the Global Economy

by Raye E. Ward, WAC Austin board member Pete Harris stopped by a session of the World Spins to share his take on blockchain, the software technology generally overshadowed by its trendier […]

30Mar

World Spins: A Raging Climate and No Policy in Sight

Now that the feds have left the table, can Battlestar Galatica save us? We kicked off our new “World Spins” series Dr. Josh Busby pointing out that not only is […]

30Jan

What is “The World Spins”: and Why Should I Go? Disruption, Innovation and the Future of Our World: Be There or Be Square

Every so often I’m struck by how lucky we are to live in Austin where there are so many people working on the cusp of disruption. Our new series “The […]

07Dec

“Same Same But Different”: The Need for Cultural Competence in a Globalized World

by Anna Katrina Davey, Founder & President at Cultural Confidence The iconic phrase “same same but different”, ubiquitously heard in the tourist areas of Thailand as well as other […]

01Dec

The future of humanity is at stake: Roy Casagranda on Thomas Pickering and the Iran nuclear deal

By Roy E. Casagranda, PhD and Professor of Government at Austin Community College The dominant world order for 6,350 years, that the Middle East and North Africa has been host […]

16Nov

Global Entrepreneurship Week, Generation Y, and Innovation in Norway

WAC Austin
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business, investment, Kristiansand, Norway, SXSW, trade

Ben Ramirez recently traveled to Norway with Mitch Jacobson, Director of the Austin Technology Incubator at the University of Texas. Ben was invited to offer presentations on Generation Y, and […]

17Oct

Saudi Arabia Pivots toward China: The Rise of a New Global Order

What is one to make out of King Salman of Saudi Arabia recent trip to Asia? The answer is the kingdom’s worries about the economic and security impact of the […]

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