The World Affairs Council of Austin and the Kozmetsky Center of Excellence in Global Finance at St. Edward’s University host a series of Forums on Global Investment, Finance, Emerging Markets and Geopolitical Risk. Our next Forum will feature Amir Husain, CEO of Sparkcognition. Amir Husain is an entrepreneur, inventor, technologist, and author based in Austin. […]
#Connexions will create an international space for discourse on modern media and technology in state affairs to help address the critical need for informed and expert leadership in the information sphere, promoting a safer and healthier digital environment that in turn shapes the direction of history. Of main focus will be the chaos of information […]
Join the World Affairs Council of Austin and our partner organizations on Tuesday, April 18 to welcome His Excellency Radovan Javorčík, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to the United States of America. Take advantage of this exclusive invitation to meet the Slovak Ambassador to the United States, and learn about business opportunities […]
The World Affairs Council of Austin invites you to join us for the final Kozmetsky Center program with featured speaker Nury Turkel, Chair of the U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom and Chair of the Uyghur Human Rights Project for the Religion-Policy/Security. This session will focus on issues of human rights, religious freedom and geopolitics. Nury […]
We will be meeting in the private dining room at 5280 Burger and Taproom, 7032 Wood Hollow Dr. This month's topic is: What’s ahead for the global banking/investment economy and consequently governments? Last month two banks, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank had to be “bailed out” with quick action by the Federal Reserve to […]
The World Affairs Council of Austin and the University of Texas Center for European Studies invite you to this special documentary screening and conversation with the Honorable Robert Hull, Consul General of Ireland in Austin for a commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. The documentary tells the story of the Northern […]
Film and discussion of anti-U.S. demonstrations - as witnessed by U.S. diplomats Christopher and Julie Kavanagh. See never-before-seen privately-filmed footage of demonstrations around the U.S. Consulate General in Shenyang, China and hear an account of on-the-ground events as they unfolded in the aftermath of the NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. Discussion led […]
