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SUMMARY:Kozmetsky Forum on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAmir Husain is an entrepreneur\, inventor\, technologist\, and author based in Austin. He has been named Austin’s Top Technology Entrepreneur of the Year\, listed as an Onalytica Top 100 Artificial Intelligence Influencer\, and received the Austin Under 40 Technology and Science Award\, among several other accolades recognizing his work in artificial intelligence. Amir serves on the Board of Advisors for The University of Texas at Austin Department of Computer Science and on the NATO Maritime Unmanned Systems Innovation Advisory Board\, and is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. \nIn 2013\, Amir incorporated SparkCognition\, an artificial intelligence company\, where he has served as the Founder and CEO since its inception. SparkCognition has received widespread recognition\, including being ninth on the Wall Street Journal’s Top Tech Companies to Watch in 2018\, listed on the 2017 CNBC Disruptor 50\, being named the fastest-growing company in Central Texas by Austin Business Journal in 2017\, and ranking on the CB Insights Al 100 list in 2017\, 2018\, 2019\, and 2020. \nIn November 2018\, Amir became founding CEO of SkyGrid\, a Boeing and SparkCognition joint venture that is building the aerial operating system to power the next century of aviation. In 2020\, Amir has been awarded over 30 patents and is the author of the best-selling book “The Sentient Machine: The Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence.” \n \n 
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/kozmetsky-forum-on-global-political-risk-emerging-markets-and-finance-impact-of-ai-featuring-amir-husain-ceo-of-sparkcognition/
LOCATION:ONLINE
CATEGORIES:Austin Center for Global Trade,author,Business,Geopolitics,Global Trade,Kozmetsky Forum on Global Investment
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SUMMARY:Connexions Conference on Global Media in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
DESCRIPTION:#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 itself and how it informs and impedes the creation\, execution\, and communication of policy and the effective conduct of diplomacy. Academics\, policymakers\, and media practitioners will convene to address the key issues of our ever-evolving media environment\, including fake news\, disinformation\, social media\, cyber warfare\, artificial intelligence\, and the vulnerabilities of technologies that govern and drive global connectivity. \nSpeaker\, agenda and registration details here:
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/connexions-conference-on-global-media-in-diplomacy-and-foreign-policy/
LOCATION:Sid Richardson Hall Bass Lecture Hall\, 2315 Red River St\, Austin\, TX\, 78712\, United States
CATEGORIES:diplomatic,educational,Geopolitics
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SUMMARY:Conversation with H.E. Radovan Javorčík\, the Slovak Republic's Ambassador to the USA
DESCRIPTION: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. \nTake advantage of this exclusive invitation to meet the Slovak Ambassador to the United States\, and learn about business opportunities in Slovakia.
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/conversation-with-h-e-radovan-javorcik-the-slovak-republics-ambassador-to-the-usa/
LOCATION:Texas Association of Business\, 316 W. 12th Street\, Suite 200\, Austin\, TX\, 78701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ambassador,Business,diplomatic,Europe,Global Trade
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SUMMARY:Religion-Policy/Security Nexus Project Series: Religious Freedom\, Human Rights and Geopolitics
DESCRIPTION: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 Turkel will join returning project participant panel contributors\, Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou\, Professor at Boston College and Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council\, Dr. John Erickson\, priest of the Orthodox Church of America and former Dean & Professor Emeritus of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and Father/Dr. Lou Brusatti and Dr. Kelley Coblentz Bautch of St. Edward’s to continue the dialogue and exploration on the potential for religious-policy/security collaboration in supporting human rights\, religious freedom and human security. \nThe Religion-Policy/Security Nexus project was initiated in 2016 in partnership and with grant support from NATO Public Diplomacy\, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University\, Atlantic Council and other domestic and international university partners. Conferences and forum sessions have brought together policy officials\, academics and religious clerics from different nations and cultures to share research contributions and professional insights with our students supporting research and policy development. \nThe session will be held in-person on campus in the Carter Auditorium on Wednesday\, April 19 from 12:00-2:00 PM. \n 
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/religion-policy-and-geopolitics/
LOCATION:St. Edwards University\, Carter Auditorium\, 3001 S. Congress Ave\, Austin\, TX\, 78704\, United States
CATEGORIES:cultural,educational,Geopolitics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T183000
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SUMMARY:Globalist Coffeehouse: What’s ahead for the global banking/investment economy and consequently governments?
DESCRIPTION:We will be meeting in the private dining room at 5280 Burger and Taproom\, 7032 Wood Hollow Dr. This month’s topic is:  \nWhat’s ahead for the global banking/investment economy and consequently governments?\nLast month two banks\, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank had to be “bailed out” with quick action by the Federal Reserve to stabilize the situation. There were other regional banks – like First Republic – “teetering on the brink” of financial failure and had to also be rescued. Finally\, there was the global banking situation with Credit Suisse being taken over by UBS\, while in Germany investors were watching Deutsche Bank. Many thought that HSBC may also be vulnerable\, impacting the economies in Asia. \nThere are several factors that may have contributed to the crisis. In the U.S.\, under the previous administration\, banking restrictions imposed after the 2008 crisis were removed for mid-sized regional banks. There was the role of “start-ups” and the “crypto sector” dominating a bank’s assets\, and finally the Federal Reserve’s policy of raising interest rates to reduce inflation. Similar situations also held for the global banking community. The pandemic\, the cost of the War in Ukraine\, and the disruption of global supply chains – especially food and energy – were all contributing factors at the international level. In the UK\, the implications of Brexit continue to be “a shock to the UK economy” and in the EU there is the economic stress of “shadow banks” (non-banking financial institutions). And last\, there is still the “contagion risk\,” where one institution or region could drag down the global economy. \nThe head of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has said that “the global economy faces risks to financial security because of the turbulence in the banking sector.” So\, what’s next? How should this be addressed by the Federal Reserve in the U.S.\, and by institutions in the rest of the international banking community? After all\, it is a global economy. \n \nPlease join us for what will be a very interesting discussion. \nFor more details contact: \nEllen Murry: ellen@wacaustin.org \nPolina Anastassieva: polina@wacaustin.org 
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/globalist-coffeehouse-whats-ahead-for-the-global-banking-investment-economy-and-consequently-governments/
LOCATION:5280 Burger and Taphouse\, 7032 Wood Hollow Dr\, Austin\, TX\, 78731\, United States
CATEGORIES:Member Social
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SUMMARY:25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement Film and Discussion
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe documentary tells the story of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition\, an all-female\, cross-community political party established in Northern Ireland in 1996. The NIWC was formed to contest elections to the Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue as part of the process of negotiations that eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. \n‘Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs’ focuses on the conscious decision the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition made to ensure women were written into\, rather than written out of\, this moment in history – often in the face of significant opposition and challenge. They had a direct impact on the drafting of the Good Friday Agreement\, including ensuring that the suffering of victims of the Troubles was acknowledged and addressed. \nThere has been a change on the room were the screening will take place tomorrow. It will be in Patton Hall – RLP 0.11 \nHere is the location for your convenience.
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/25th-anniversary-of-the-good-friday-agreement-film-and-discussion/
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SUMMARY:The Untold Story: Shenyang\, China May 1999
DESCRIPTION:Film and discussion of anti-U.S. demonstrations – as witnessed by U.S. diplomats Christopher and Julie Kavanagh. \nSee 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. \nDiscussion led by retired Foreign Service Officers Christopher and Julie Kavanagh\, both served in key foreign posts including China and Russia. \n \n5:30 – 6:00 p.m.        Social\n6:00 – 7:00 p.m.        Program – 40  – 45  minutes with 15 minutes for questions\n\nParking at Neill-Cochran House House Museum: Free in the museum lot\, accessible via 23rd between Leon and San Gabriel; additional street parking available.\n\nJulie Kavanagh is a retired Foreign Service Officer who served with the U.S. Department of\nState from 1990 to 2020. Prior to her retirement Ms. Kavanagh was the Director of Recruitment\nin the Bureau of Global Talent Management\, where she led a team of thirty recruiters across the\ncountry to develop and implement a five-year recruitment strategy for the Department of State.\nShe also advised senior Department leadership on recruitment challenges and obstacles. She was\ninformed by her experience as Diplomat-in-Residence for Texas\, where she served from 2017-\n2019\, recruiting Texans to join the Department of State.\nPrior to coming to Texas\, Ms. Kavanagh was the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S.\nMission to China from January 2017 to June 2017. She was also Minister Counselor for\nConsular Affairs in China from 2015-2017\, where she managed a team of 600 consular\nprofessionals\, generating $500 million in annual income with a combined operating budget of\n$50 million. She advised the U.S. Ambassador to China on matters of consular policy and\noperations and served as a key member of the Embassy’s senior leadership team.\nMs. Kavanagh served a similar role as the Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs in Moscow\,\nRussia from 2013-2015\, where she also was the U.S. government’s Senior Officer in Charge\nduring the Sochi Olympics. She has also served in Taiwan\, Singapore\, Colombia\, Brazil\, and\nWashington.\nMs. Kavanagh grew up in North Canton\, Ohio. She graduated summa cum laude from\nGeorgetown University and has a Master’s Degree in Latin American Studies from the\nUniversity of Chicago. She speaks Mandarin\, Spanish\, Portuguese\, and some Russian. She is\nthe recipient of four Superior Honor awards and four Meritorious Honor awards\, as well as the\n2006 Assistant Secretary’s Award for leadership.
URL:http://wacaustin.org/event/the-untold-story-shenyang-china-may-1999/
LOCATION:Neill-Cochran House Museum\, 2310 San Gabriel Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Asia,diplomatic,educational,Europe
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