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SUMMARY:Japan - USA Business Opportunities Dinner Panel & Discussion
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Office of the Prime Minister of Japan\, Shinzo Abe\, the World Affairs Council of Austin is pleased to present “Walk in U.S.\, Talk on Japan: A Japan – USA Business Opportunities Dinner Panel & Discussion.” \nParticipants will learn more about the state of Japan’s economy\, its current business climate and specific trade opportunities which are available for local businesses. \nPlease join us for this informative event.  Our special guest speakers include: \nYasuo SAITO\, former Ambassador of Japan to Saudi Arabia\, Russia\, and France.  Mr. Saito also served as Japan’s representative to UNESCO\, and maintains a deep knowledge of economics and culture. \nHiroshi TSUKAMOTO\, former Deputy Director General for the Ministry of Economy\, Trade and Industry.  Mr. Tsukamoto provided pivotal input on the development of Japan’s trade and energy policies. \nTetsuo KITAGAWA worked for Toyota for over 40 years\, and has visited several U.S. plants.  Mr. Kitagawa provides insite on the mentality of “Monozukuri” (Japan’s creative design and manufacturing). \n  \nJune 17th Event Agenda \n5:30-6:00 PM Registration and Networking \n6:00 – 8:00 PM Dinner and Panel with Q&A \nThis event is complimentary\, however seats are limited. RSVPs are highly recommended. Please use the Eventbrite link in the “Details” section to RSVP. \nThe UT Club main entrance is located on east side of Darrell K. Royal Stadium.  Complimentary parking is available at the Manor Garage 2017 Robert Dedman Dr. \n 
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/japan-usa-business-opportunities-dinner-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:The University of Texas Club\, 2108 Robert Dedman Drive\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150602T203000
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SUMMARY:Summer Author's Night
DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to the World Affairs Council of Austin’s Summer Author’s Night! \nJoin the World Affairs Council of Austin as we host four international authors in our Summer Authors’ Night. Our featured writers\, Kelly Luce\, Mary Helen Specht\, Usha Akella and Peggy Kelsey\, have traveled the world and have written about their experiences in poetry\, short stories and non-fiction. Authors will read selections from their works and will be available for Q&A. Come get inspiration for your own international Summer Reading list! In partnership with the Dialogue Institute Southwest.
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/summer-authors-night/
LOCATION:ACC Highland Business Center Board Room\, ACC Highland Business Center\, 2nd Floor Board Room\, 5930 Middle Fiskville Rd\, Austin\, TX\, 78752\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150528T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150528T193000
DTSTAMP:20260510T062223
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SUMMARY:Seminar: "Is This the End of the Civilized World?:  The Visual Persuasion of ISIS"
DESCRIPTION:The Austin Chapter of the Dialogue Institute and the World Affairs Council of Austin cordially invite you to join us for a gripping discussion with Dr. David D. Perlmutter\, expert on political communication and the tools of persuasion. Learn how popular tools of youth culture are evangelizing the ISIS message in a sophisticated recruiting campaign that knows no boundaries. \n  \nThe propaganda of ISIS has swept past attempts to undermine\, interdict\, or counter it. Tens of thousands of fighters\, from regions as diverse as Australia to Canada to the Middle East and in between\, have traveled to fight for the cause of the so-called “Islamic” state. Hundreds of thousands of “ISIS fanboys” tweet or text in favor of ISIS. The ISIS leadership’s brilliantly designed and edited recruiting videos successfully mimic popular genres of video-game-style first-person shooters and action movie montages. Young people consume the propaganda via the Internet and social media\, and their attraction to it is only heightened by their society’s disapproval of these modern communication methods. We take a closer look at what\, exactly\, it is that ISIS promises its legions of young fanboys and what – beyond religion – it is really “selling”. \nFor an introduction to his argument\, read the USA Today article\, “ISIL’S SOPHISTICATED RECRUITING CAMPAIGN POSES PERSISTENT THREAT IN U.S.”http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/26/foreign-fighters-isil-fbi/26202741/\nAbout the Speaker: \nDAVID D. PERLMUTTER is a professor at and Dean of the College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University. He received his BA (’85) and MA (’91) from the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication and his Ph.D. (’96) from the University of Minnesota. Perlmutter is the author or editor of nine books on political communication and persuasion. He has also written several dozen research articles for academic journals as well as more than 250 essays for U.S. and international newspapers and magazines such as Campaigns & Elections\, Christian Science Monitor\, Editor & Publisher\, Los Angeles Times\, MSNBC.com\, Philadelphia Inquirer\, and USA Today. Perlmutter has been interviewed by most major news networks and newspapers\, from the New York Times to CNN\, ABC\, and The Daily Show. He regularly speaks at industry\, academic\, and government meetings and runs workshops on personal and institutional branding via social media and on promotion and tenure in academia. He writes the “Career Confidential” advice column for the Chronicle of Higher Education. His book on promotion and tenure\, PROMOTION AND TENURE CONFIDENTIAL was published by Harvard University Press in 2010.\nAdmission to this luncheon program is free; and the amount of suggested donation is $10. \nThe Austin Chapter of the Dialogue Institute and the World Affairs Council of Austin look forward to welcoming you there. \n 
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/seminar-is-this-the-end-of-the-civilized-world-the-visual-persuasion-of-isis/
LOCATION:ACC Highland Business Center Board Room\, ACC Highland Business Center\, 2nd Floor Board Room\, 5930 Middle Fiskville Rd\, Austin\, TX\, 78752\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150423T170000
DTSTAMP:20260510T062223
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SUMMARY:Fourth Annual TX-EU BUSINESS SUMMIT
DESCRIPTION:Event Helps Texas Businesses Access the World’s Largest Economic Zone \nThe World Affairs Council of Austin will co-host the 4th annual Texas-EU Business Summit\, now 2 days\, April 22nd- April 23rd\, 2015 at Austin’s AT&T Center.  The event is held under the Auspices of the UT- EU Center of Excellence.\nThe Summit brings trade promotion experts and business-people from European Union nations to Austin for panels and meetings with the Texas business community.  The event is a unique face-to-face opportunity for Austin businesses to make connections and learn about current inbound and outbound business opportunities with Europe.  Highlights of the 2015 Summit include a few opening remarks by the Mayor of Austin\, Steve Adler\, the Ambassador of Croatia\, Josko Paro\, and the Consul General of Ireland\, Adrian Farrell. \nOther co-hosts of the Summit include Austin Community College\, the City of Austin\, the European Center of Excellence at the University of Texas at Austin and the Kozmetsky Center for Excellence in International Finance at St. Edwards University and The World Affairs Council of Austin (WACA).\nThe 27 nations of the European Union represent a combined economy of $16.7 trillion (compared with $16.2 trillion for the United States and $8.2 billion for China) [IMF 2012] and a market of more than half a billion people. \n  \nPlease visit the website to register and for more information. We hope to see you at this exclusive two-day event. \n  \nRead our Press Release for TX-EU Summit.
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/fourth-annual-tx-eu-summit/
LOCATION:AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center\, 1900 University Ave\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business,Europe,Global Trade
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SUMMARY:Ambassador Joseph Stafford: The Making of Argo
DESCRIPTION:The Making of Argo: The real life story of the 1979 Tehran hostage crisis as experienced by two Americans who lived through it. \n\nPlease join the World Affairs Council of Austin to welcome Ambassador Joseph Stafford and his wife\, Kathleen\, for an unforgettable night of storytelling.\n\nIn 1979\, newly minted foreign service officer Joseph Stafford and his new wife Kathleen\, a visa processor\, were stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran\, Iran. Within months\, student revolutionaries protesting Iranian-American relations stormed the embassy\, taking 60 people hostage in a standoff that lasted 444 days. Six embassy workers narrowly escaped out the back door\, hidden by umbrellas in the rain and secreted off into hiding. Joe and Kathy were two of them.\n\nWe hope to see our members and friends to learn from and re-imagine this extraordinary event.\n—-\nJoseph D. Stafford III is a career Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State\, now retired. He joined the Foreign Service in 1978. In June 2012\, he was assigned to Khartoum\, Sudan as Chargé d’affaires of U.S. Embassy\, Khartoum. Kathleen Stafford is an artist.\n\n\n\nSchedule:\n6 – 6:45 p.m. VIP Reception for WACA Members with Ambassador and Mrs. Stafford\n7 – 8 p.m. Presentation by Ambassador and Mrs. Stafford\n8 – 8:30 p.m. Question and Answer session
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/ambassador-joseph-stafford-the-making-of-argo/
LOCATION:ACC Highland Business Center Board Room\, ACC Highland Business Center\, 2nd Floor Board Room\, 5930 Middle Fiskville Rd\, Austin\, TX\, 78752\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ambassador,cultural,diplomatic,educational
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150310T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150310T140000
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SUMMARY:In Pursuit of Prosperity: U.S. Foreign Policy in an Era of Resource Scarcity
DESCRIPTION:In this age of globalization\, it is clear that America’s prosperity and security depends on that of our political and economic partners. Yet\, today we see mounting evidence that our partners’ stability is threatened by global environmental change. Increasing pressure on limited resources is disrupting global supply chains\, causing social instability\, destabilizing regional relations and expanding illegal trade. Join our guest speaker David Reed\, Senior Vice President for International Policy at the World Wildlife Fund\, who will discuss why environmental sustainability must become a central tenet of US foreign policy in order to protect our national security and promote global prosperity. \nSpeakers:\nDavid Reed: Senior Vice President of Policy\, World Wildlife Fund\nWill Gartshore: Senior Policy Officer\, World Wildlife Fund\nPorter DeLaney: Founding Partner\, Kyle House Group\nJoshua Busby: Associate Professor\, LBJ School at UT Austin \n 
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/in-pursuit-of-prosperity-u-s-foreign-policy-in-an-era-of-resource-scarcity/
LOCATION:The University of Texas Club\, 2108 Robert Dedman Drive\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150218T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150218T200000
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SUMMARY:William K. Davis: “The World We Want”
DESCRIPTION:Join the United Nations Association of Austin and the World Affairs Council for “The World We Want\,” with Mr. Will Davis\, Director of the UNDP Representation Office in Washington\, D.C. \nThis event is complimentary and open to the public\, but space is limited. \nWill is the Director of the UNDP Representation Office and is the liasion between the U.S. government\, think-tanks\, NGOs\, media\, academia\, and business communities\, informing them of the UNDP’s role\, capabilities\, programmes and results. He has served in a wide variety of roles\, including but not limited to\, Director of the UN Information Centre\, Director for Global and Functional Affairs in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Legislative Affairs\, and Deputy Head of the Public Affairs Division for the Organization of Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD). Click here for a link to his full biography. \n“The World We Want” will be a high-level talk with a focus on macro-level initiatives and ideas\, but will also address the new frontier of economic development- technology\, entrepreneurship\, and socially conscious business.
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/william-k-davis-the-world-we-want/
LOCATION:Capital Factory\, 701 Brazos Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78701\, United States
CATEGORIES:cultural,diplomatic,educational,Law and regulations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150212T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150212T210000
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SUMMARY:Austin International Trivia Night
DESCRIPTION:The World Affairs Council of Austin presents a fun event for world affairs-minded people like you! \n On February 12 we will be holding Austin International Trivia Night. Have fun and show off your skills in geography\, current events\, global affairs\, world leaders and international culture. We will have prizes for our 1st\, 2nd and 3rd place winners. \nWe are co-hosting this event with Austin International School (located at 4001 Adelphi Lane\, Austin\, TX 78727) on Thursday\, February 12\, 2015\, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Your $10 entry fee (payable by cash or check at the door) will help support the cost of sending a team of Austin-area high school students to the national Academic World Quest competition in Washington\, DC. So come alone or gather your friends and bring a team for this great event.
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/austin-international-trivia-night/
LOCATION:Austin International School\, 4001 Adelphi Lane\, Austin\, TX\, 787\, United States
CATEGORIES:Africa,Americas,Asia,cultural,educational,Europe
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150129T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150129T134500
DTSTAMP:20260510T062223
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SUMMARY:Alexandra I. Toma: “Turning Passion Into a Profession: NGO Advocacy and Philanthropy on Nuclear Terrrorism”
DESCRIPTION:Join the RGK Center for Philanthropy & Community Service\, the Clements Center for History\, Strategy & Statecraft\, and the LBJ School of Public Affairs for “Turning Passion into a Profession: NGO Advocacy and Philanthropy on Nuclear Terrorism” withAlexandra I. Toma\, Executive Director of the Peace and Security Funders Group. Light lunch will be provided. \nAlex is the Executive Director of the Peace and Security Funders Group\, an umbrella organization coordinating philanthropic initiatives on peace and security.  Culling from experiences gained through a decade in the nonprofit and philanthropy sector in Washington\, D.C.\, Alex will discuss the role that domestic and international NGOs play in preventing nuclear terrorism.  She will share her expertise on foreign policymaking in D.C. and her top tips for beginning a career and maximizing success in philanthropy and the nonprofit world.
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/alexandra-i-toma-turning-passion-into-a-profession-ngo-advocacy-and-philanthropy-on-nuclear-terrrorism/
LOCATION:LBJ School\, 2300 Red River St\, Austin\, TX\, 78712\, United States
CATEGORIES:diplomatic
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141210T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141210T190000
DTSTAMP:20260510T062223
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SUMMARY:Germany Trade & Invest “Texas Roadshow 2014”
DESCRIPTION:Texas Meets Eastern Germany: Business Opportunities in the New Federal States \nSave the date for this exclusive trade and investment conference\, hosted by World Affairs Council of Austin\, the City of Austin\, Enviacon International and Germany Trade and Invest. Germany Trade and Invest will outline market potential and opportunities for Texan companies in the New Federal States of Eastern Germany. Testimonials will be provided by American investors who have successfully set up business in the region. \nPartners: \n              
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/germany-trade-invest-texas-roadshow-2014/
LOCATION:Four Seasons Hotel\, 98 San Jacinto Blvd\, Austin\, TX\, 78701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business,Europe,Global Trade
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141203T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141203T220000
DTSTAMP:20260510T062223
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SUMMARY:An Evening with RICK STEVES
DESCRIPTION:World Affairs Council of Austin in partnership with Paramount Theatre presents RICK STEVES \nGuidebook author and travel TV host Rick Steves is America’s most respected authority on European travel. Producer of more than 50 guidebooks\, host of America’s most popular travel series on public television as well as a weekly hour-long national public radio show and a weekly syndicated column\, Rick is an enthusiastic and prolific speaker that will both inform and entertain. \nDiscounted tickets are available for WAC Austin members. \nEvent Parking Information: Secure covered parking is offered to patrons at the One American Center parking garage\, conveniently located one block from the Paramount at 600 Congress. Your $8.00 parking pass may be purchased at the garage entrance from the parking attendant (cash only). Garage hours and availability vary by event.
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/rick-steves/
LOCATION:The Paramount Theatre\, Austin\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:author,cultural,educational,Europe
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141024T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141024T203000
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SUMMARY:Karima Bennoune: Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here; The Side of Terrorism that Does Not Make Headlines
DESCRIPTION:Karima Bennoune\, an international human rights lawyer and activist\, drew on experience\, fieldwork\, and interviews with Muslim writers\, activists\, and educators to create a book where the untold stories of those that fight the rise of Islamic fundamentalism can find a voice. Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here is the product of over 300 interviews of citizens in over 30 countries. \nHer book answers the question often posed in the West: “Where are the Muslims who speak out?” Bennoune finds that they are everywhere – but those who peacefully challenge extremism are not usually given the microphone. Increasingly frustrated with the stagnant\, politicized public dialogue about the “clash of civilizations\,” Bennoune set out on an epic journey to change the conversation.  She is seeking a new way of talking about this issue altogether. \nHer powerful TED Talk on the subject (http://bit.ly/1nfWOPE) has been seen by more than one million people. \nBennoune is a professor of international law at the University of California–Davis School of Law. She grew up in Algeria and the United States and now lives in northern California.
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/karima-bennoune-your-fatwa-does-not-apply-here-the-side-of-terrorism-that-does-not-make-headlines/
LOCATION:Austin International School\, 4001 Adelphi Lane\, Austin\, TX\, 787\, United States
CATEGORIES:author,cultural,educational
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