BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:251@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180112T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180112T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T090001Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/around-the-world-60-min s/ SUMMARY:Around the World in 60 Minutes: Travel Tales & Advice from the Alas kan Consular Corps DESCRIPTION:Panel featuring members of the Alaskan Consular Corps\n\nAlaska is home to 21 Consuls and Honorary Consuls who represent countries such a s the United Kingdom\, Japan\, Republic of Korea\, Canada\, Latvia\, Austr ia\, Spain\, and Italy. This program will feature rapid fire interviews wi th invited Consuls followed by stories of their favorite international exp eriences. Join us for our first program of the 2018 year as we go "Around the World in 60 Minutes" collecting travel tales and advice from the Alask an Consular Corps.\n\nConsul bios and photos to be added as confirmed. \n\ nITALY - Bonnie Melielo\, Honorary Consul of Italy\nBonnie Melielo – has traveled the length and breadth of Italy\, from Milan to Soverato\, from Turin to Venice. She has visited her grandmother's village in Calabria and holds dual citizenship. As Honorary Consul Bonnie shares her passion for Italian culture\, travel\, food and language. In this role she facilitates the visa application process for American citizens residing in Alaska as well as assisting Italian citizens who are living in or visiting Alaska.\n \nJAPAN - Masatoshi Sato\, Consul\nMasatoshi Sato entered the Japanese for eign service in April 1980. Consecutively\, he served as: Third Secretary\ , Embassy of Japan in Liberia (June 1983 – Aug. 1986)\, Official\, Econo mic Affairs Division\, United Nations Bureau\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)(Aug. 1986 – Oct. 1990)\, Second Secretary\, Permanent Mission of Japan\, Geneva (Oct. 1990 – Aug. 1994)\, First Secretary\, Embassy of J apan in Bulgaria (Aug. 1994 – Dec. 1998)\, Deputy Director\, Global Envi ronment Division\, MOFA (Dec. 1998 – Oct. 2001)\, First Secretary and Sp ecial Assistant to Permanent Representative\, Permanent Mission of Japan\, Vienna (Oct. 2001 – Aug. 2004)\, Special Advisor and Senior Programme A dvisor\, Partnerships Bureau\, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Aug. 2004 – Oct. 2008)\, Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) (Oct. 2008 – Dec. 2012)\, Senior Coordinator on peacebuilding and mediat ion\, United Nations Policy Division\, and Chief\, Recruitment Center for International Organizations\, MOFA (Dec. 2012 – Aug. 2014)\, Minister-Co unsellor and Deputy Head of Mission\, Embassy of Japan in Trinidad and Tob ago (also accredited to Antigua and Barbuda\, Barbados\, Commonwealth of D ominica\, Grenada\, Saint Kitts and Nevis\, Saint Lucia\, Saint Vincent an d the Grenadines\, Guyana\, Suriname)(Aug. 2014 – May 2017). As the Head of the Consular Office of Japan in Anchorage\, he considers it as his mis sion to increase as many friends of Japan as possible in Alaska. In his vi ew\, the best way of achieving this goal is to increase the number of Alas kan people who visit or live in Japan.\n\nREPUBLIC OF KOREA - Ms. Ohkeum K won\, Deputy Consul General\nDeputy Consul General Ohkeum Kwon’s career spans over three decades representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of t he Republic of Korea. She has been the head of the Consular Office of the Republic of Korea in Anchorage since August\, 2015. Since joining the Mini stry of Foreign Affairs in 1986 she has held consecutive diplomatic positi ons in Taiwan\, Philippines\, Singapore\, China\, Italy\, Egypt\, and the United States.\n\nDeputy Consul General Kwon has traveled extensively thro ughout the state of Alaska to connect with various city and state official s to promote interests of the Republic of Korea as well as with Koreans wh o reside in this beautiful state. She enjoys meeting people\, hearing thei r stories\, and finding ways to assist them to further enrich their lives. \n\nDeputy Consul General Kwon is especially delighted to share in celebra ting 2018 Winter Olympics\, to be held in the beautiful city of PyeongChan g\, South Korea from February 9-25. On behalf of the Republic of Korea Ms. Kwon invites many Alaskans to visit and cheer on the Alaskan athletes who will represent the United States of America and hopes this important gath ering of world class athletes from all over the world will demonstrate the message of human dignity\, harmony\, and spirit.\n\nNORWAY - Lise Falskow \, Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul\nLise Falskow was born and raised in Al aska from parents who immigrated from Norway . She worked as a CPA in Seat tle\, Washington and Zurich\, Switzerland before moving to Oslo\, Norway w here she worked as a financial analyst for a Norwegian oil company and wen t on week long back country ski trips with her Norwegian friends. Lise is a dual Norwegian and US Citizen and travels to Norway to stay on her famil y farm\, visit family and friends\, and for consular activities. In Alaska \, Lise has thoroughly enjoyed bringing international educational programs to Alaska for the past 11 years as President &\; CEO of the Alaska Wor ld Affairs Council. She is also honored to serve as the Norwegian Honorary Consul for Alaska where she is responsible for assisting Norwegian Citize ns in Alaska\, public diplomacy\, and business promotion. Like all Norwegi ans\, Lise was born with skis on her feet\, and can often be found in the woods or up in the mountains.\n\nUNITED KINGDOM - Diddy R.M. Hitchins PhD MBE\, British Honorary Consul\nBorn in Glasgow\, Scotland\, brought up in southern England\; BSc (Social Sciences) University of Southampton\, UK \, MA (Political Behaviour)\, PhD (Government) University of Essex\, UK. Fir st academic appointment\, while completing PhD research\, at University of Ghana\, Legon\, West Africa. Subsequently\, 30 year career with Departmen t of Political Science\, University of Alaska Anchorage\, USA\, rising fro m Assistant Professor to Associate and then Full Professor. Specialist fie lds are Comparative Politics and International Relations. Several terms as Chair of Political Science\, and also Director of International Studies a t UAA. Founding director of UAA’s Canadian and North Pacific Studies Pro grams. Research in China\, Japan and the Koreas and extended research time in Canada\, the Russian Far East and the Arctic. Past President of the As sociation for Canadian Studies in the USA (ACSUS). Since 1985\, British Ho norary Consul for Alaska. Honoured by Queen Elizabeth II with Member of Br itish Empire (MBE) award in 2005. Inducted into the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame 2013. Now Professor Emerita but still working on international Mod el Arctic Council project in partnership with the Arctic Council and the U niversity of the Arctic\, which was included as an US Public Diplomacy pri ority for the US Presidency of the Arctic Council\, and has been taken up as a continuing priority by the Finnish chairmanship.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nPO ST-EVENT PODCAST\nIf you were unable to attend this event you can now list en to a podcast of the program courtesy of Alaska Public Media.\n\nHappy l istening!\n\nhttps://www.alaskapublic.org/2018/03/09/addressing-alaskans-a dvice-from-the-alaskan-consular-corp/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/12/AWAC_world_watercolor-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:49th State Brewing Company\, 717 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 9950 1\, United States GEO:61.21968289999999;-149.8958227 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=717 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=49th State Brewing Company:geo:61.21968289999999,-149.8958227 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anchorage X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anchorage BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0900 TZNAME:AKST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR