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By Terry Boyd Suddenly, Eindhoven is on the radar of one of the most heralded American tech centers  – and its world-famous innovation conference. A delegation from Austin, Texas including several executives from South by Southwest Conference and Festivals (SXSW), the world’s largest event for Read more

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 China. By Raye Elizabeth Ward “In the end, we’re going to have to step up and compete.  China is not our enemy. Read more

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 Rove and Jesse Jackson to business leaders like Adam Kostyál, Nasdaq, Sr. VP and Dr. Catherine Mann, Read more

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 session of the World Spins for an update. Just last week, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that new Read more