BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:281@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190121T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190121T133000 DTSTAMP:20231222T093030Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/academic-worldquest-201 9/ SUMMARY:Academic Student WorldQuest Competition DESCRIPTION:\n\nRegister your team now!\nWhat is it? \nAcademic Student Wo rldQuest is a student competition\, 5 rounds of 10 questions covering the official study guide released in September. Students make teams of 1-4 to test their international knowledge. AKWorld pays for the winning team + c haperone to compete in the National Competition in April in D.C.\n\nThis p rogram is free for students thanks to our generous sponsors. AKWorld will be supplying a pizza lunch buffet for all participants\, with awesome give aways during the event\, and a keynote speaker.\nThank you to the generous individuals at\n\nfor sponsoring Academic Student WorldQuest!\n\n2019 Wor ldQuest Topics\n[caption id="attachment_5936" align="alignright" width="24 6"] 2018 Alaska Academic WorldQuest Winning Team from West High School (A two-time winning team\, they also won in 2016!)[/caption]\n\nCountry in Fo cus: Qatar\nHow to Deal with North Korea\nGlobal Refugee and Migration Cri sis\n#WeAreNATO – The Alliance at 70\nJapan-U.S. Relations\nSpace Policy \nWorld Trade Organization (WTO)\nBridging Divides to Build Peace\nCurrent Events\nOfficial WorldQuest Study Guide\nProgram Details\n\n Teams (comp rising of 1-4 students) must register their intent to participate by submi tting an online application\n Check-in will begin at 9:00am and the compe tition will start at 9:30am.\n Student teams will be assigned tables in t he main seating area of the theatre.\n Teachers\, parents\, and other mem bers of the public are welcome to quietly observe the competition from the upstairs balcony area.\n A pizza buffet lunch will be provided for parti cipating students and their chaperones.\n\nTentative Schedule:\n\n Januar y 21 (Martin Luther King Day) - Academic WorldQuest Competition Day!\n\n 9:00am Doors open for check-in\n 9:30am Competition begins\n 11:30am Piz za buffet for participants\n 12:00pm Keynote Speaker: Combating Internati onal Cyber Crimes: Taking Down the Mirai botnet with FBI Supervisory Speci al Agent William Walton\n 1:00pm Award Ceremony\n\n\n April 27 - The wi nning Alaskan team is sent to compete in National Competition in Washingto n\, DC. The Winning team of the National competition wins a trip to Qatar! \n\n \;\n\n\n\n \;\nKeynote Speaker Just Announced!\nAKWorld is ex cited to have FBI Supervisory Special Agent William Walton speak to studen ts on Combating International Cyber Crimes: Taking Down the Mirai Botnet d uring WorldQuest 2019.\n\nIn September of 2016 in France\, the telecom pro vider OVH was hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber attack a hundred times larger than most of its kind. Then\, on a Friday afternoon in October 2016\, the internet slowed or stopped for nearly the entire ea stern United States\, as the tech company Dyn\, a key part of the internet ’s backbone\, came under a crippling assault. As the 2016 US presidentia l election drew near\, fears began to mount that the so-called Mirai botne t might be the work of a nation-state practicing for an attack that would cripple the country as voters went to the polls.\n\nThe most dramatic cyb ersecurity story of 2016 came to conclusion in an Anchorage courtroom last year\, as three young American computer savants pleaded guilty to masterm inding an unprecedented botnet—powered by unsecured devices like securit y cameras and wireless routers—that unleashed sweeping attacks on key internet services around the globe. What drove them wasn’t anarchist pol itics or shadowy ties to a nation-state. It was Minecraft. Despite being the smallest Cyber Squad in the FBI\, Anchorage’s cyber squad recently won the 2018 Director’s Award For Outstanding Cyber Investigation into the Mirai Botnet.\n\n\n\nMore About WorldQuest\n[caption id="attachment_59 36" align="alignright" width="300"] 2018 Alaska Academic WorldQuest Winnin g Team from West High School (A two-time winning team\, they also won in 2 016!)[/caption]\nStudy Guide\nThe World Affairs Councils of America’s St udy Guide is the primary resource to help students and teachers prepare fo r the topics covered in the timed question-and-answer rounds of the compet ition. The Study Guide is an essential resource for the Carlos and Malú A lvarez Academic WorldQuest National Competition\, hosted by the World Affa irs Councils of America every April in Washington\, DC.\n\nPlease reach ou t to programs@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions! 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