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:159@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20140905T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20140905T133000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082135Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/robert-wallace-spy/ SUMMARY:Robert Wallace on "Spies who went into the Cold" DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bio:\n\nRobert Wallace is the Former Director of the Ce ntral Intelligence Agency's Office of Technical Service. Wallace's 32-year career with the CIA (1971-2003) included assignments as an operations off icer\, station chief and director of clandestine technical programs. Follo wing retirement in 2003\, Wallace founded Artemus Consulting Group\, a net work of intelligence professionals providing management counsel\, strategi c planning\, and representational services to government and corporate cli ents.\n\nWallace earned his Bachelor's degree in History from Ottawa (Kans as) University in 1966 and a Master's degree in Political Science from the University of Kansas in 1968. He served in the U.S. Army during 1968-1970 \, led long-range reconnaissance patrol teams of Company E\, 75th Rangers in Vietnam and was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge\, two Bronze Sta rs with "V\," and three Air Medals. In 2002\, he co-authored Nine from the Ninth\, a memoir of the Vietnam War based on the authors' combat experien ces.\n\nWallace moved to Washington\, D.C.\, in 1970 and served as an admi nistrative assistant to the late Ohio Congressman William McCulloch before joining the Central Intelligence Agency in 1971. Between 1973 and 1991\, he served in field assignments including three tours as Chief of Station d irecting clandestine operations and managing intelligence collection progr ams.\n\nFrom 1991 through 2003\, Wallace held senior positions in operatio ns and administration at CIA headquarters. He was appointed Deputy Directo r of the CIA's Office of Technical Service (OTS) in 1995 and elevated to O ffice Director in 1998. There he managed programs for the design\, develop ment\, testing and deployment of technical equipment and personnel in supp ort of worldwide clandestine operations.\n\nIn 2002\, OTS received recogni tion from the CIA's Inspector General for superior performance and managem ent. Wallace's other CIA awards include the Intelligence Medal of Merit\, the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal and two Donovan Awards. In 200 5\, he received the Ottawa University Alumni Association Outstanding Achie vement Award.\n\nWallace speaks and writes on intelligence\, leadership an d management topics throughout the United States. He is co-author of Spycr aft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to al-Qaeda ( 2008)\, contributor to Vaults\, Mirrors &\; Masks: Rediscovering U.S. C ounterintelligence (2009)\, co-author of The Official CIA Manual of Decept ion and Trickery (2009) and co-author of Spy Sites of New York City (2012) .\n\nWallace and his wife\, Mary Margaret\, live in Northern Virginia. He is a member of the McLean Baptist Church and a strategic consultant to com panies supporting the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community .\n\n\nThis program was part of the 2014 Alaska Cold War Conference. Other presentations included in the conference were:\n\n\n\n Sergei N. Khrushc hev on "Cold War Warriors: Eisenhower\, Kennedy and Khrushchev\," Thursday \, September 4\, 7:30pm\, Wendy Williamson Auditorium\n Lieutenant Genera l Russell J. Handy on "The Cold War Today\," Friday\, September 5\, mornin g\, Hotel Captain Cook\n Colonel Joe Griffith (retired) on "The Cold War from an Alaskan and Pentagon Perspective\," Friday\, September 5\, morning \, Hotel Captain Cook\n\nTo read more about the conference\, visit the con ference website.\n\n \n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/07/wallace-copy-e1406156297121.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:160@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20140912T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20140912T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082150Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/farah-killidar-on-iraq- the-beginning-of-the-end/ SUMMARY:Farah Killidar on "Iraq: The Beginning of the End" DESCRIPTION:Lunch is provided with this program. Please arrive early to fi nd a seat and grab a bite! Doors open at 11:30\; program starts at 12 p.m. \n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:\nFarah Killidar was born in Iraq\, which she left a t the age of ten\, moved to the United Arab Emirates and later pursued her education in the UK. She is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & amp\; Wales\, with experience in the Middle East\, the UK and the US. Fara h has worked for international law firms where she was involved in a wide range of corporate and commercial work\, including multi-jurisdictional M& amp\;A transactions\, advising on major international litigations\, advisi ng on regulatory projects and legal reforms in emerging markets. Farah has extensive experience in dealing with government institutions in the Middl e East and the US\, having advised governments on a number of infrastructu re projects\, disputes and legal reform. At the outset of the Gulf War\, F arah was a founder member of Clifford Chance’s multi-disciplined Iraq Re construction Group.\n\nBeing of Iraqi origin\, Farah has significant perso nal and professional interest in Iraq’s legal and political development. She has made presentations in the Middle East\, the UK and the US on Iraq ’s legal system and the foreign investment climate\; published articles on the subject\; was invited as guest-lecturer at educational institutes\; advised corporate and government clients on foreign investment in Iraq an d ongoing changes to the legal and political system. When residing in Alas ka\, Farah acted as the executive director of the Alaska World Affairs Cou ncil and\, more recently\, as an independent legal consultant advising the US Department of Commerce on Iraq’s commercial law development. Farah i s currently the CEO of the World Affairs Council in Houston.\n\n \; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:161@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20140912T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20140912T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082210Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/farah-killidar-iraq-upd ate/ SUMMARY:Farah Killidar on "Iraq: The Beginning of the End" DESCRIPTION:\nMissed the program or want to hear it again?\nListen to the p odcast on Alaska Public Media here.\n \;\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:\nFarah Ki llidar was born in Iraq\, which she left at the age of ten\, moved to the United Arab Emirates and later pursued her education in the UK. She is a S olicitor of the Supreme Court of England &\; Wales\, with experience in the Middle East\, the UK and the US. Farah has worked for international l aw firms where she was involved in a wide range of corporate and commercia l work\, including multi-jurisdictional M&\;A transactions\, advising o n major international litigations\, advising on regulatory projects and le gal reforms in emerging markets. Farah has extensive experience in dealing with government institutions in the Middle East and the US\, having advis ed governments on a number of infrastructure projects\, disputes and legal reform. At the outset of the Gulf War\, Farah was a founder member of Cli fford Chance’s multi-disciplined Iraq Reconstruction Group.\n\nBeing of Iraqi origin\, Farah has significant personal and professional interest in Iraq’s legal and political development. She has made presentations in t he Middle East\, the UK and the US on Iraq’s legal system and the foreig n investment climate\; published articles on the subject\; was invited as guest-lecturer at educational institutes\; advised corporate and governmen t clients on foreign investment in Iraq and ongoing changes to the legal a nd political system. When residing in Alaska\, Farah acted as the executiv e director of the Alaska World Affairs Council and\, more recently\, as an independent legal consultant advising the US Department of Commerce on Ir aq’s commercial law development. Farah is currently the CEO of the World Affairs Council in Houston.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/06/Farah-Photo.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:177@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20140916T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20140916T194500 DTSTAMP:20231222T082913Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/not-my-life-owl/ SUMMARY:Not My Life: Human Trafficking at Home and Abroad *Online With Libr aries* DESCRIPTION:Not My Life is the first film to depict the cruel and dehumaniz ing practices of human trafficking and modern slavery on a global scale. F ilmed on five continents\, in a dozen countries\, Not My Life takes viewer s into a world where millions of children are exploited\, every day\, thro ugh an astonishing array of practices including forced labor\, domestic se rvitude\, begging\, sex tourism\, sexual violence\, and child soldiering.\ n\nClick here for more information about the film and to watch the trailer .\n\n \;\n\n\n\nThe film will be followed by a live panel discussion w ith a question and answer period featuring:\nRobin Bronen currently works as the executive director of the Alaska Institute for Justice\, a non-prof it agency that is the only immigration legal service provider in Alaska\, houses a Language Interpreter Center\, training bilingual Alaskans to be i nterpreters\, and also is a research and policy institute focused on clima te justice issues. No other agency in Alaska provides these services.\n\nT he Alaska Institute for Justice provides immigration legal services to 850 Alaskans each year\, with a priority to serve immigrant crime victims\, i ncluding domestic violence\, sexual assault and human trafficking victims. The Language Interpreter Center has trained 200 bilingual Alaskans in 40 languages to work as interpreters in Alaska and provides an interpreter re ferral service for over 300 businesses and government and non-profit agenc ies in Alaska.\n\nRobin has been working on human trafficking issues in Al aska since 2000 and was involved in the first federal prosecution to occur in the United States after Congress passed the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act legislation in 2000. The Alaska Bar Association a warded her the 2012 International Human Rights award. The Federal Bureau o f Investigation awarded the Alaska Institute for Justice the 2012 FBI Dire ctor’s Community Service award and the International Soroptomost’s awa rded the Alaska Institute for Justice the 2012 Advancing the Rights of Wom en award.\n\nJolene Goeden attended Beloit College\, Beloit\, Wisconsin\, where she earned a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology. Jolene earned her M.A . in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York\, New York.\n\nJolene worked in Pennsylvania and Delaware in a state hospital setting with developmentally disabled and mentally ill sex offend ers from 1996 to 1999. Jolene was responsible for developing and implement ing behavior plans for problematic clients\, evaluating clients and writin g sexual assessments for the court. She also conducted sex offender treatm ent groups for committed sex offenders at Delaware State Hospital. From 19 99 to 2004\, Jolene worked for the Minnesota Department of Corrections as a Corrections Program Therapist at Lino Lakes Correctional Facility\, a me dium classification prison for adult males. Jolene worked in the Sex Offen der Treatment Program and conducted individual and group therapy with sex offenders.\n\nJolene received her appointment as a Special Agent with the FBI in March of 2004 and was assigned to the Anchorage Division. Jolene pr imarily works Human Trafficking and Crimes Against Children violations. Sh e is assigned to the Child Exploitation Task Force which is focused on inv estigating offenders who exploit children through commercial sex and child pornography. Jolene is partnered with the Anchorage Police Department Vic e Unit on this task force.\n\n\n\n\nThis program is FREE and Open to the P ublic. For seating purposes\, please RSVP by registering below for your lo cation.\n\nLocations include:\n\n\n Anchorage\, Z. J. Loussac Public Libra ry\, Public Conference Room\, 3600 Denali St\, Anchorage\, AK 99503\n Barr ow\, Tuzzy Consortium Library\, 5421 N Star St\, Barrow\, AK 99723\n Craig \, Craig Public Library\, 504 3rd St\, Craig\, AK 99921\n Kenai\, Kenai Co mmunity Library\, 63 Main St Loop\, Kenai\, AK 99611\n Ketchikan\, Ketchik an Public Library\, 1110 Copper Ridge Ln\, Ketchikan\, AK 99901\n If you a re a librarian in a community outside of Anchorage who would like to parti cipate in this program\, please contact Alyssa Bish.\n\n\n\n\nThis program is made possible by the following sponsors:\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n  \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nThe Good Soil Foundation Fund of \n\n\n\n\n\n&nb sp\;\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/08/2014_9_16-Not-My-Life_OWL-e1407432641838.jpg CATEGORIES:Human Trafficking Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:162@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20140926T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20140926T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082301Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/radwan-ziadeh-syria/ SUMMARY:Dr. Radwan Ziadeh on "Syria: From Struggle for Freedom to Humanitar ian Crisis" DESCRIPTION:\nMissed this program or want to hear it again?\nListen to the podcast on Alaska Public Media here.\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:\nHe is the fo under and director of the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies in Syri a and co-founder and executive director of the Syrian Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Washington\, D.C. He is the managing editor of t he Transitional Justice in the Arab World Project. He is also a member of the Syrian National Preparatory committee for Transitional Justice.\n\nZia deh was a Visiting Scholar at Lehigh University\, and Fellow at the Instit ute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) in Washington D.C.\n\nSince the Syrian uprising started in March 15\, 2011 he was involved in documen ting the ongoing human rights violations in Syria and testified at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva twice. He was also involved in the Syrian p olitical opposition. He was elected in October 2011 as director of the For eign Relations Office of the Syrian National Council until he resigned fro m the position in November 2012.\n\nHe was a Visiting Scholar for the Duba i Initiative at Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University\, Visit ing Scholar at the Institute for Middle East Studies (IMES) in the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University\, Prins Gl obal Fellow at Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University\, and Visiting Scholar at the Center for Contemporary Arab Stu dies (CCAS) at Georgetown University.\n\nBefore that he was a Reagan–Fas cell Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in Washington D\ ,C and Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Human Rights at Col umbia University in New York City. He was also a Visiting Fellow at Chatha m House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) in London and a vis iting scholar at Carr Center for Human Rights at Harvard University (2008 –2009). In 2007–2008 he was a Senior Fellow at United States Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington\, D.C.\nZiadeh was also editor-in-chief of Tyarat magazine in 2001–2002 and secretary of the Syrian Organization fo r Transparency. He was a researcher with the UNDP’s "Syria 2025" project and was named best political scientist researcher in the Arab world by Jo rdan’s Abdulhameed Shoman Foundation in 2004. In 2009 he was awarded the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Academic Freedom award in Boston\; and in 2010 he accepted the Democracy Courage Tributes award on behalf of the human rights movement in Syria\, given by the World Movement for Demo cracy in Jakarta\, Indonesia.\nZiadeh was one of the major players in the “Damascus Spring\,” a period of intense debate about politics\, social issues\, and calls for reform in Syria after the death of President Hafez al-Asad in 2000.\nHe is on the board of directors for the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) in Washington\, D.C.\, Senior adviser for the Institute of Islamic Strategic and Socio Political Affairs in Lond on (IISA)\, and a member of the Advisory Group for the Institute for Democ racy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) in Stockholm\, Sweden. In addition\, he is a member of the Advisory Board for the Islamic World Initiative at U SIP for “Reform and Security in the Muslim World” program\, a member o f the Middle East Studies Association (MESA)\, the American Political Scie nce Association (APSA)\, The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London\, the International Political Science Association (IPSA) \, and the International Studies Association (ISA).\n\nHis most recent boo k is Power and Policy in Syria: Intelligence Services\, Foreign Relations and Democracy in the Modern Middle East (I.B.Tauris \,2011). He has writte n ten books: The Clash of Values Between Islam and the West\, with Kevin J ames O’Toole (2010)\, Political Islam in Syria (2008)\, Decision Making and Foreign Policy in Syria (2007)\, The Challenges of Reform in The Arab World: Islam\, Identity\, Modernity and Globalization (2006)\, The Intelle ctual Confronts Power: Dialogues of Syrian Civil Society (2005)\, and The Near Peace: The Syrian–Israeli Negotiations (2005—the first book writt en by a Syrian on the subject)\, The Ideology of Renaissance in Contempora ry Arab Discourse (2004)\, The Question of Renewal in Contemporary Islamic Discourse (2004)\, Modernism and Post-Modernism in Western Philosophy (20 03)\, and Human Rights in the Arab World (2000).\n\nHe has edited five boo ks: The Democratic Transition between Spain and Syria\, with George Irani (2009)\, The Struggle for Reform in Syria (2006)\, Reform in Syria: Betwee n Domestic and International Politics (2004)\, Towards Civil Society in Sy ria (2004)\, and Islam and Political Thought: Democracy and The West (2000 ).\n\nZiadeh has published studies\, research projects\, and policy papers for many international institutions including United States Institute of Peace (USIP)\, Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) in Stockholm\, German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)\, The Nethe rlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD)\, Freedom House and Globa l Integrity both in Washington D.C\, The Global Leadership Project at the Clinton Global Initiative. He has published articles in magazines in Arabi c\, English\, Spanish and French.\n\nHe has lectured at Harvard University \, Columbia University\, Georgetown University\, Stanford University\, Rut gers University\, Cornell University\, George Washington University\, New York University\, UCLA\, UC–Davis\, Roger Williams University\, Kennesaw State University\, Tufts University\, Oxford University\, St. Andrews Uni versity\, National Academy of the Sciences\, King’s College–University of London\, Edinburgh University\, University of Colorado\, Savannah Coun cil on World Affairs\, University of Ljubljana-Slovenia\, Jagiellonian Uni versity in Poland\, Lund University –Sweden\, Gutenberg University-Mainz -Germany\, University of Amsterdam\, LUISS University in Italy \, Pontific al Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro\, Universitat Autònoma de Barcel ona (UAB)-Barcelona\, National University-Rosario-Argentina\, Internationa l Christian University in Tokyo\, Cairo University\, American University o f Beirut\, Al-Baat University in Amman\, University of Jordan\, and Damasc us University.\n\nHe is a frequent political commentator on several U.S.\, European\, and Middle Eastern media outlets such as Al-Jazeera\, Al-Arabi ya\, B.B.C. and Al-Hurra. He also writes a bi-monthly op-ed for the leadin g Arab daily\, Al-Hayat.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/06/RedwanZiadeh.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:163@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141003T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141003T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082318Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ronald-tammen-china/ SUMMARY:Dr. Ronald Tammen on "Will China Rule the World?" DESCRIPTION:\nMissed this program or would like to hear it again?\nListen t o the podcast on Alaska Public Media available online here.\n\n\n\n\n\nSpe aker Bio:\nRon Tammen (Ph.D. 1975\, University of Michigan) is Professor o f Political Science and Director of the Mark O. Hatfield School of Governm ent. In previous positions he served as Associate Dean and Chair of the De partment of National Strategy at the National War College\; Chief of Staff to Senator William Proxmire\; staff consultant to Senator Mark O. Hatfiel d\; and managing partner of a public relations firm. Dr. Tammen specialize s in world politics\, with particular reference to power relationships amo ng the great powers\, present and future. His research currently centers o n the emergence of China and then India as potentially dominant nations an d the challenge this presents to US foreign and national security policy. Dr. Tammen is the lead author of Power Transitions: Strategies for the 21s t Century (Chatham House\, 2000) and has published or edited two other boo ks dealing with national security issues.\n\n\n\nThis program was presente d in partnership with:\n\n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/06/tammen.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:164@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141016T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141016T213000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082337Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/world-wiz-oct-2014/ SUMMARY:World Wiz Pub Trivia Night DESCRIPTION:World Wiz Pub Trivia Night is a fundraiser for the Alaska World Affairs Council and WorldQuest Competition featuring globally-themed triv ia\, raffle prizes\, a live auction\, and more fun than should be allowed! \n\nJoin us this fun-filled evening and test your international trivia sup remacy!  Maybe your team will walk away with the custom-made World Wiz ch ampion pub glasses!\n\n\n\nThe competition consists of teams of up to 4 pe ople.\n\nPremium Teams include booths and tables in the stage vicinity (ta bles with numbers in the 400s\, 800s\, and 700s).\n\nGeneral Teams include remaining tables and bar stools (tables with numbers in the 100s\, 200s\, 300s\, 500s\, and 600s).\n\n\n\n\nWould you like to see your company logo prominently displayed on this page? Contact Lise Falskow for information on becoming a sponsor for this event\, a trivia round of your choosing\, o r to donate items for prizes!\n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to in-kind donors...\n \n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/06/World-Wiz-Logo_white-outline-letters.jpg CATEGORIES:Special Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:165@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141029T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141029T213000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082354Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/not-my-life-uaa/ SUMMARY:Not My Life: Human Trafficking at Home and Abroad DESCRIPTION:Not My Life is the first film to depict the cruel and dehumaniz ing practices of human trafficking and modern slavery on a global scale. F ilmed on five continents\, in a dozen countries\, Not My Life takes viewer s into a world where millions of children are exploited\, every day\, thro ugh an astonishing array of practices including forced labor\, domestic se rvitude\, begging\, sex tourism\, sexual violence\, and child soldiering.\ n\nClick here for more information about the film and to watch the trailer .\n\n \;\n\n\n\nThe film will be followed by a live panel discussion w ith a question and answer period featuring:\nRobin Bronen currently works as the executive director of the Alaska Institute for Justice\, a non-prof it agency that is the only immigration legal service provider in Alaska\, houses a Language Interpreter Center\, training bilingual Alaskans to be i nterpreters\, and also is a research and policy institute focused on clima te justice issues. No other agency in Alaska provides these services.\n\nT he Alaska Institute for Justice provides immigration legal services to 850 Alaskans each year\, with a priority to serve immigrant crime victims\, i ncluding domestic violence\, sexual assault and human trafficking victims. The Language Interpreter Center has trained 200 bilingual Alaskans in 40 languages to work as interpreters in Alaska and provides an interpreter re ferral service for over 300 businesses and government and non-profit agenc ies in Alaska.\n\nRobin has been working on human trafficking issues in Al aska since 2000 and was involved in the first federal prosecution to occur in the United States after Congress passed the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act legislation in 2000. The Alaska Bar Association a warded her the 2012 International Human Rights award. The Federal Bureau o f Investigation awarded the Alaska Institute for Justice the 2012 FBI Dire ctor’s Community Service award and the International Soroptomost’s awa rded the Alaska Institute for Justice the 2012 Advancing the Rights of Wom en award.\n\nJolene Goeden attended Beloit College\, Beloit\, Wisconsin\, where she earned a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology. Jolene earned her M.A . in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York\, New York.\n\nJolene worked in Pennsylvania and Delaware in a state hospital setting with developmentally disabled and mentally ill sex offend ers from 1996 to 1999. Jolene was responsible for developing and implement ing behavior plans for problematic clients\, evaluating clients and writin g sexual assessments for the court. She also conducted sex offender treatm ent groups for committed sex offenders at Delaware State Hospital. From 19 99 to 2004\, Jolene worked for the Minnesota Department of Corrections as a Corrections Program Therapist at Lino Lakes Correctional Facility\, a me dium classification prison for adult males. Jolene worked in the Sex Offen der Treatment Program and conducted individual and group therapy with sex offenders.\n\nJolene received her appointment as a Special Agent with the FBI in March of 2004 and was assigned to the Anchorage Division. Jolene pr imarily works Human Trafficking and Crimes Against Children violations. Sh e is assigned to the Child Exploitation Task Force which is focused on inv estigating offenders who exploit children through commercial sex and child pornography. Jolene is partnered with the Anchorage Police Department Vic e Unit on this task force.\n\n\n\n\nThis program is FREE for students of a ll levels.\nUp to 8 active-duty military and their spouses can attend for FREE.\nGeneral admission is $10.\n\nComplimentary popcorn and soda will be available in the lobby only. *Food and beverages are NOT allowed in the a uditorium.*\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with:\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \ ;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nThis program is made possible by the following sponsors:\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n \n \;\n\n\n\nThe Good Soil Foundation Fund of \n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n& nbsp\;\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/08/2014_9_16-Not-My-Life_OWL-e1407432641838.jpg CATEGORIES:Human Trafficking Series,International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:166@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141031T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141031T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082418Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/uk-ukulele-orchestra/ SUMMARY:United Kingdom Ukulele Orchestra on "Ukuleles For Peace: Music Bri nging Israeli and Arab Youth Together" DESCRIPTION:Did you miss this program or would like to listen to it again? Check-out the podcast on Alaska Public Media here.\n\n\n\nThis program is part of the Alaska World Music Festival. For more information about other world music events occurring in the community\, please visit the Festival page here.\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nAbout the group:\nThe sweet st rumming of the ukulele invokes a feeling of island bliss. But one minute o f listening to The United Kingdom Ukulele Orchestra will make you realize this isn't flip-flops music. Punk rock\, rock and roll\, pop music and old ies - you name it\, this octet will play it on their ukuleles. The United Kingdom Ukulele Orchestra shatters all stereotypes about this sweet island string instrument and shows you its true toe-tapping awesomeness.\n\nAbou t Ukuleles for Peace:\nPeter Moss and all the musicians of the United King dom Ukulele Orchestra are delighted to be supporters of the children's pro ject in Israel “Ukeleles for peace”\, which was founded and realized b y the music lecturer Paul Moore several years ago together with both Israe li and Palestinian children.\n\nA part of the wages of the orchestra will be donated every evening to this award winning reconciliation project\, in which kids with the help of music and inexpensive musical instruments dis cover\, together with parents and schools\, a way forward throughout this war-torn region. “Ukuleles for Peace” is a grass roots project founded by Israeli citizen Paul Moore to familiarize and unite Israeli and Arab c hildren through fun and music.\n\nAfter years of living through the misera ble situation between Israel and the Palestine Arabs\, Paul asked himself what he could do to create more opportunities for Jews and Arabs to meet i n a positive way. Paul\, an internationally acclaimed musician\, decided t o combine his love for the Ukulele and his experience in teaching music to children to create “Ukuleles For Peace”.\n\nPaul is now teaching the Ukulele in Jewish and Arab schools and forming orchestras of children who meet once a week in the Jewish schools and once a week in the Arab schools to practice and then\, perform together. The ultimate goal is to have Isr aeli and Arab school children performing together with the full support an d involvement of both parents and school officials.\n\n\n\nThis program is presented in partnership with:\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/09/UKUkulele-e1409770948894.jpg CATEGORIES:Alaska World Music Festival,International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:167@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage;VALUE=DATE:20141105 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage;VALUE=DATE:20141108 DTSTAMP:20231222T082436Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/waca-national-conferenc e/ SUMMARY:World Affairs Councils of America: 2014 National Conference DESCRIPTION:The World Affairs Councils of America will host its 2014 Nation al Conference\, America and the World 2015\, on November 5-7 at The Fairfa x at Embassy Row Hotel in Washington\, D.C.\n\nHeld annually for over two decades\, the Conference engages the World Affairs Councils of America's national network of leaders and members drawn from the business\, civic\, and education communities with leading policy-makers and experts. The 2014 National Conference Agenda will examine: China\, the U.S.\, and Asia\; Ru ssia/Eurasia\; Cybersecurity\; Future of Education\; Youth\, Jobs\, and So cial Unrest\; Food and Water\; Global Economic Realignment\; Future of Ene rgy\; Africa\; and Climate Change.\n\nFor more information about speakers\ , embassy opportunities\, and Conference registration\, please visit the C onference web page. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/08/WACAlogo.png CATEGORIES:WACA National Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:168@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141114T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141114T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082455Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/will-dobson-dictators/ SUMMARY:William Dobson on "Are Dictators Getting Smarter? The Battle Betwee n Dictatorship and Democracy" DESCRIPTION:Did you miss this program or would like to listen to it again? Check-out the podcast on Alaska Public Media by clicking here.\n\n\n\n\n\n Speaker Bio:\nWilliam J. Dobson is the politics &\; foreign affairs edi tor for Slate. Previously\, he served as the managing editor of Foreign Po licy magazine. Under his editorial direction\, the magazine was nominated for the National Magazine Award five years in a row–the only publication of its size to be nominated for five consecutive years–and in 2007 and 2009\, Foreign Policy won the overall award for General Excellence. Earlie r in his career\, Mr. Dobson served as Newsweek International‘s Senior E ditor for Asia and as Associate Editor at Foreign Affairs.\n\nDuring the h eight of the Arab Spring\, the Washington Post editorial page commissioned Mr. Dobson to write daily on modern authoritarianism. While in Cairo\, Mr . Dobson reported the first account of the Egyptian military conducting to rture of female protestors from Tahrir Square.\n\nMr. Dobson is the author of The Dictator’s Learning Curve: Inside the Global Battle for Democrac y. Mr. Dobson’s first book\, it was selected as one of the “best books of 2012” by Foreign Affairs\, the Atlantic\, The Sunday Telegraph\, and Prospect magazine. The New York Times called it “intelligent and absorb ing” and wrote\, “Mr. Dobson’s book\, with luck\, will find its way into the hands of people who aspire to be free.”\n\nMr. Dobson has publi shed widely on international politics. His articles and op-eds have appear ed in the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Financial Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Boston Globe\, Foreign Policy\, The New Republic\, Newsweek\, a nd elsewhere. He has provided commentary and analysis on international pol itics for ABC\, CNN\, CBS\, MSNBC\, PBS\, and NPR.\n\nFrom 2008 to 2009\, Mr. Dobson was a Visiting Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for Internatio nal Peace. In 2006\, Mr. Dobson was named a Young Global Leader by the Wor ld Economic Forum. He has been recognized and awarded honors by a number o f international foundations\, including the Salzburg Global Seminar\, the East-West Center\, the Knight Foundation\, the Council for the United Stat es and Italy\, and the Singapore International Foundation. He has received fellowships from Harvard University\, the University of Chicago\, and Sta nford University. Mr. Dobson is a 1994 Truman Scholar.\n\nMr. Dobson holds a law degree from Harvard Law School and a Masters degree in East Asian S tudies from Harvard University. He received his bachelor’s degree\, summ a cum laude\, from Middlebury College. He lives in Washington\, DC with hi s wife and two children. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/08/WDobson-e1407274861435.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:169@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141121T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141121T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082515Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ralston-handy-military- ak/ SUMMARY:Gen. Ralston & Lt. Gen. Handy on "Military in Alaska: Strategic Imp ortance Then and Now" DESCRIPTION:Did you miss this program or would like to listen to it again? Check-out the program podcast on Alaska Public Media by clicking here.\n\n \n**Part of the Anchorage's Place in the World: Celebrating the Past 100 Y ears and Looking Toward the Future Series**\n\n\n\n\nGeneral Joseph Ralsto n Bio:\nIn 2003\, General Ralston completed a distinguished 37-year Air Fo rce career as Commander\, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Command er Europe\, NATO. As NATO commander\, General Ralston contributed to prese rving the peace\, security and territorial integrity of the NATO member na tions while commanding approximately 65\,000 troops from 39 NATO and other nations participating in ongoing operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina\, Kosov o and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. He also led the efforts t o integrate the three nations that were admitted to NATO in 1999 and overs aw the process to invite seven nations to join NATO in 2002.\n\nAs Command er of the U.S. European Command from (2000-2003)\, General Ralston was the senior U.S. military officer and commander of all US forces in an area of responsibility that covers more than 21 million square miles and includes 93 nations. This territory extends from the North Cape of Norway\, throug h the waters of the Baltic and Mediterranean seas\, most of Europe\, parts of the Middle East\, to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. In this co mmand\, he faced and met many challenges. He deepened the command's role i n Central Asia and the Caucasus through humanitarian missions and through military training assistance for Operation Enduring Freedom. He led the co mmand in daily missions in the war against terrorism\, from the streets of Bosnia to the waters of the Mediterranean. And he oversaw air operations in the no-fly zone over Northern Iraq.\n\nPreviously\, General Ralston ser ved as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1996-2000)\, the nation 's second highest-ranking military officer. In that role\, General Ralston chaired the powerful Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC)\, which validated the requirements for nearly every program of the Department of D efense. His previous assignment was commander of the U.S. Air Force Air Co mbat Command at Langley Air Force Base\, Virginia. He has also commanded t he Alaskan Command and the Alaskan NORAD Region. He has served as Deputy C hief of Staff of the Air Force for Plans and Operations\, as Director of T actical Programs in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition\, and as Director of Air Force Operational Requirements.\ n\nA native of Hopkinsville\, Kentucky\, General Ralston entered the Air F orce in 1965 through the ROTC program upon graduation from Miami Universit y in Ohio. His stellar career included commands at squadron\, wing\, numbe red air force and major command levels as well as a variety of staff and m anagement assignments. He is a command pilot with more than 2\,500 flying hours\, including 147 combat missions over Laos and North Vietnam. General Ralston is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Lockheed Marti n\, The Timken Company\, and URS Corporation. In September 2006\, Presiden t Bush appointed him as the Special Envoy for Countering the Kurdistan Wor ker’s Party (PKK)\, a terrorist organization designated by the United St ates\, Turkey and the European Union.\n\n\n\nLt. General Russell Handy Bio :\nLt. Gen. Russell J. Handy is Commander\, Alaskan Command\, U.S. Pacific Command\; Commander\, Joint Task Force Alaska\, U.S. Northern Command\; C ommander\, Eleventh Air Force\, Pacific Air Forces\; and Commander\, Alask an Region\, North American Aerospace Defense Command\, Joint Base Elmendor f-Richardson\, Alaska. General Handy is the senior military officer in Ala ska\, responsible for the integration of all military activities in the Al askan joint operations area\, synchronizing the activities of more than 21 \,000 active-duty\, Guard and Reserve members from all services. He is als o responsible for the planning and execution of all Homeland Defense opera tions within the theater\, including security and civil support actions. G eneral Handy also commands Eleventh Air Force\, overseeing the training an d readiness of five wings and Air Force installations located in Alaska\, Hawaii\, and Guam. As Commander of the Alaskan Region of the North America n Aerospace Defense Command\, General Handy directs operations to ensure e ffective surveillance\, monitoring and defense of the region’s airspace. \n\nGeneral Handy was commissioned in 1983 through Officer Training School after graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He has held a variety of flying\, staff and command assignments\, including command of the 58th Fighter Squadron\, Eglin Air Force Base\, Fla.\; 3rd Operations G roup\, Elmendorf AFB\, Alaska\; 33rd Fighter Wing\, Eglin AFB\; 57th Wing\ , Nellis AFB\, Nev\; 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Iraq and J oint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica. The general is a graduate of\, and has been an instructor at\, the USAF Fighter Weapons School at Nellis AFB. He has also served at North American Aerospace Defense Command as Chi ef\, Headquarters NORAD Advanced Programs\, Peterson AFB\, Colo.\, and as Director of Operations\, Plans\, Requirements and Programs and Chief of St aff\, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces\, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam\, H awaii.\n\nGeneral Handy is a command pilot with more than 3\,600 flight ho urs\, primarily in the F-15 and F-22A. He has participated in numerous com bat operations and deployments\, including Operations Desert Shield\, Dese rt Storm\, Desert Fox\, Southern Watch\, Noble Eagle\, Iraqi Freedom and N ew Dawn.\n\n\n\nThis program is supported in part by a grant from the Alas ka Humanities Forum\, the Rasmuson Foundation\, and the Anchorage Centenni al Celebration. Any views\, findings\, conclusions or recommendations expr essed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the Forum.\n\n \n\n\nThis program is presented in partnership with:\n\n\n \;\n\n  \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/08/AlaskaCommand.jpg CATEGORIES:Anchorage Centennial,Anchorage's Place in the World,International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:170@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141205T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082532Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/aaron-wolf-water/ SUMMARY:Dr. Aaron Wolf on "Shared Waters: Conflict\, Cooperation\, and Tran sformation" DESCRIPTION:Did you miss miss the program\, or would you like to listen aga in? Check out the podcast on Alaska Public Media by clicking here. \n\n\n\ n\n\nSpeaker Bio:\nAaron Wolf is a professor of geography in the College o f Earth\, Ocean\, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University. He has an M.S. in water resources management (1988\, emphasizing hydrogeology ) and a Ph.D. in environmental policy analysis (1992\, emphasizing dispute resolution) from the University of Wisconsin\, Madison. His research focu ses on issues relating transboundary water resources to political conflict and cooperation\, where his training combining environmental science with dispute resolution theory and practice have been particularly appropriate .\n\nDr. Wolf has acted as consultant to the US Department of State\, the US Agency for International Development\, and the World Bank\, and several governments on various aspects of international water resources and dispu te resolution. He has been involved in developing the strategies for resol ving water aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict\, including co-authoring a State Department reference text\, and participating in both official and "track II" meetings between co-riparians. He is author of Hydropolitics Al ong the Jordan River: The Impact of Scarce Water Resources on the Arab-Isr aeli Conflict (United Nations University Press\, 1995)\; co-author of Core and Periphery: A Comprehensive Approach to Middle Eastern Water (Oxford U niversity Press\, 1997)\, Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Resolution: The ory\, Practice and Annotated References (United Nations University Press\, 2000)\, and Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts (Cambridge Universi ty Press\, 2009)\; and editor of Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Wat er Systems (Elgar\, 2002). All told\, he is (co-) author or (co-) editor o f seven books\, and close to fifty journal articles\, book chapters\, and professional reports on various aspects of transboundary waters.\n\nDr. Wo lf\, a trained mediator/facilitator\, directs the Program in Water Conflic t Management and Transformation\, through which he has offered workshops\, facilitations\, and mediation in basins throughout the world. He develope d and coordinates the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database\, which in cludes a computer compilation of 400 water-related treaties\, negotiating notes and background material on fourteen case-studies of conflict resolut ion\, news files on cases of acute water-related conflict\, and assessment s of indigenous/traditional methods of water conflict resolution. He was a lso a member of UNESCO’s task force for the development of the Sixth Pha se of the International Hydrology Program (2002-2007)\, the UNESCO/ADC Thi rd Millennium Program on International Waters\, and IWRA’s Committee for International Collaboration\, and is a co-director of the Universities Pa rtnership on Transboundary Waters. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/08/wolf2-e1407275880871.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:171@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141212T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20141212T153000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082556Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/not-my-life-human-traff icking-jber/ SUMMARY:Not My Life: Human Trafficking at Home and Abroad *JBER only* DESCRIPTION:Not My Life is the first film to depict the cruel and dehumaniz ing practices of human trafficking and modern slavery on a global scale. F ilmed on five continents\, in a dozen countries\, Not My Life takes viewer s into a world where millions of children are exploited\, every day\, thro ugh an astonishing array of practices including forced labor\, domestic se rvitude\, begging\, sex tourism\, sexual violence\, and child soldiering.\ n\nClick here for more information about the film and to watch the trailer .\n\n \;\n\n\n\nThe film will be followed by a live panel discussion w ith a question and answer period featuring:\n\nJolene Goeden attended Belo it College\, Beloit\, Wisconsin\, where she earned a B.A. in Psychology an d Sociology. Jolene earned her M.A. in Forensic Psychology from John Jay C ollege of Criminal Justice in New York\, New York.\n\nJolene worked in Pen nsylvania and Delaware in a state hospital setting with developmentally di sabled and mentally ill sex offenders from 1996 to 1999. Jolene was respon sible for developing and implementing behavior plans for problematic clien ts\, evaluating clients and writing sexual assessments for the court. She also conducted sex offender treatment groups for committed sex offenders a t Delaware State Hospital. From 1999 to 2004\, Jolene worked for the Minne sota Department of Corrections as a Corrections Program Therapist at Lino Lakes Correctional Facility\, a medium classification prison for adult mal es. Jolene worked in the Sex Offender Treatment Program and conducted indi vidual and group therapy with sex offenders.\n\nJolene received her appoin tment as a Special Agent with the FBI in March of 2004 and was assigned to the Anchorage Division. Jolene primarily works Human Trafficking and Crim es Against Children violations. She is assigned to the Child Exploitation Task Force which is focused on investigating offenders who exploit childre n through commercial sex and child pornography. Jolene is partnered with t he Anchorage Police Department Vice Unit on this task force.\n\n\nJosh Lou werse has been serving runaway and homeless youth at Covenant House Alaska for two years and has been working with vulnerable populations in Anchora ge for seven.  As Outreach Program Coordinator Josh oversees Covenant Hou se Alaska’s Street Outreach Teams and Day Drop-in Center.  Josh has log ged numerous hours on the street and in the drop-in center serving youth w ho are high risk for Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation.   He has been trained through the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Child ren Community Intervention Project Training Institute facilitated by Girls Educational &\; Mentoring Services of New York City.  Josh has been t raining and speaking on the issue of Human Trafficking and the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children since 2012.\n\nKyle Reardon has been an As sistant United States Attorney in the District of Alaska since October 201 4.  Prior to working in Alaska\, Kyle was an AUSA in Eastern District of California for seven years\, where he was the Project Safe Childhood Coord inator focused on the prosecution of child exploitation crimes\, including the commercial sexual exploitation of children\, and child pornography of fenses.  Kyle’s prior legal experience includes time as a law clerk in the Eastern District of California\, and six years as a Judge Advocate in the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps.\n\nKyle is a grad uate of the University of Virginia School of Law\, and Centre College of K entucky.  He is licensed in Colorado and California.\n\n\n\nAdmission to this program is FREE and limited to JBER active-duty and civilian personne l.  \n\n\n\nThis program is made possible by the following sponsors:\n\n\ n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nThe Good Soil Foundatio n Fund of \n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/08/2014_9_16-Not-My-Life_OWL-e1407432641838.jpg CATEGORIES:Human Trafficking Series,International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:172@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150115T213000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082611Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/world-wiz-jan-2015/ SUMMARY:World Wiz Pub Trivia Night DESCRIPTION:[row][span8]\nWorld Wiz Pub Trivia Night is our crowd-favorite fundraiser for featuring six rounds of globally-themed trivia\, great priz es\, an interactive raffle auction\, a traditional silent auction\, and mo re fun than should be allowed!\nEmcee/Trivia Master: Dr. Robert Artwohl\, Alaska World Affairs Council Board of Directors &\; Alaska Vein Clinic Owner\n\n\n\nTickets are available below for $20 per person and at the doo r for $25 per person. Online ticket sales close at midnight on Tuesday\, J anuary 13th.\nTeams consist of up to four individuals each. You can bring three friends\, family members\, co-workers\, etc. to form your team or jo in three new friends who happen to sit with you at the event!\nSeating is available on a first-come first-serve basis. Doors will open at 6:30pm wit h the trivia kicking-off promptly at 7:00pm.\n\n\n\nRounds will feature tr ivia questions on topics such as World Airlines\, World Buildings\, World Treaties\, World Movies\, and the 2014 WorldQuest Categories.\n\nIf you ar e unsure about a trivia round\, you can "rent" the expertise of a voluntee r university professor to bolster your chances of winning the grand prize\ , World Wiz Champion pub glasses for each member of your team! Rent-a-Prof essor is by donation with a suggested starting donation of $75/round.\n\n\ n\n"Like" our Facebook page for practice trivia questions and highlights o f prizes and auction items leading up to the event.\n\n\n\n\nSpecial thank s to our in-kind donors!\n\n\nAlaska Aces\; Alaska Aviation Museum\; Alask a Chicks\; Alaska Club\; Alaska Public Media\; Alaska Railroad\; Alaska Se aLife Center\; Alaska Wildland Adventures\; Alaska World Affairs Council's Board of Directors\; Anchorage Media Group\; Great Harvest Bread Co\; Hot el Captain Cook\; Major Marine Tours\; Modern Dwellers Chocolate Lounge\; Moose's Tooth\; New Sagaya\; Sack's Cafe\; Snow City Cafe\; Spenard Roadho use\; Suite 100\;  Tap Root Public House\; The Flying Dutchman Pastry Sho p\n\nContact Alyssa Bish for information on becoming an event or round spo nsor! In-kind donations of anything from gift cards and artwork to tour an d lodging vouchers are also very welcome for the raffle and silent auction s\, contact Alyssa Bish for details! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/06/World-Wiz-Logo_white-outline-letters.jpg CATEGORIES:Special Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:173@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150207T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150207T210000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082629Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/worldquest-2015/ SUMMARY:Academic Student WorldQuest Competition DESCRIPTION:Academic WorldQuest is a team competition testing students’ k nowledge of global issues in many categories including cybersecurity\, glo bal economic realignment\, geography\, current events\, U.N. Millennium Go als\, and more!\n\nThe local competition on Saturday\, February 7th brings together over 120 high school students from around Alaska to test their k nowledge of global affairs. Over 40 local World Affairs Councils host the competition across the country. The winning team from each local competiti on is invited to participate in the National Competition hosted in Washing ton\, D.C. each April.\n\nTeachers and Students must submit a completed ap plication to participate in the local competition. Download the applicatio n here.\n\nSee the WorldQuest page for more information about the competit ion.\n\nAdults can support the high school students and test their knowled ge of global affairs by participating in the competition on an adult team! Adult teams are not eligible for the National Competition but will have t he opportunity to win door prizes! Support the students and join us for an enjoyable intellectual evening by registering below! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/08/World-Quest-Logo1.jpg CATEGORIES:Special Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:178@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150218T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150218T213000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082941Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-finland-phenomenon- global-education-series/ SUMMARY:The Finland Phenomenon *Global Education Series* DESCRIPTION: Finland's education system has consistently ranked among the best in the world for more than a decade. The puzzle is\, why Finland? Doc umentary filmmaker\, Bob Compton\, along with Harvard researcher\, Dr. Ton y Wagner\, decided to find out. The result of their research is captured i n a new film\, The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World's Most Surprising School System. In the 60-minute film\, Dr. Wagner guides the viewer throug h an inside look at the world’s finest secondary education system. A lif e-long educator and author of the best-selling book The Global Achievement Gap\, Dr. Wagner is uniquely qualified to explore and explain Finland’s success. From within classrooms and through interviews with students\, te achers\, parents\, administrators and government officials\, Dr. Wagner re veals the surprising factors accounting for Finland's rank as the #1 educa tion system in the world.\n\nClick here for more information about the fil m and to watch the trailer.\n\n\n\nThe film was followed by a live panel d iscussion with a question and answer period featuring:\n\nEd Graff - Super intendent\, Anchorage School District\nEd Graff was appointed superintende nt of the Anchorage School District on March 18\, 2013. Mr. Graff began hi s teaching career in 1991 at Gladys Wood Elementary School. Nine years lat er\, he became an elementary school principal in the district. In 2008\, M r. Graff was named executive director of Elementary Education. The followi ng year\, he became the Chief Academic Officer\, a position formerly refer red to as assistant superintendent for instruction. A graduate in Elementa ry Education at the University of Alaska Anchorage\, Mr. Graff holds a Mas ter's Degree in Education Administration from University of Southern Missi ssippi. He has post-masters coursework in curriculum\, educational leaders hip and instruction. Mr. Graff has served on several boards and profession al organizations\, including Junior Achievement\, School Business Partners hips and Alaska Learning Network.\n\nDr. Lisa Skiles Parady\, Executive Di rector of the Alaska Council of School Administrators\nElizabeth “Lisa ” Skiles Parady\, JD\, Ed.D.\, is the Executive Director of the Alaska C ouncil of School Administrators and the Alaska Superintendents Association . Prior to taking her position\, she served in a governor’s Cabinet as t he Director of the Department of Workforce Services and as a senior policy analyst responsible for all health\, human services and education issues.    Dr. Parady also served as the Chief of Staff for the Wyoming Departm ent of Education and most recently\, as the Assistant Superintendent of th e North Slope Borough School District. In that role she initiated and led the development of the Inupiaq culture\, history and language integrated c urriculum. Dr. Parady received her law degree and her doctorate in educati on leadership from the University of Wyoming.\n\n \;\n\nAnnika Helamo - Finnish Student\nAnnika Helamo is a Finnish exchange student who's study ing journalism at University of Alaska Anchorage during spring semester 20 15. She has first-hand experience of going through school in Finland. Anni ka was born and raised in Lapland\, North Finland in the city of Tornio wh ich is located next to the border of Sweden. After completing Finnish comp rehensive school in Sweden she attended both Finnish vocational and academ ic upper secondary school at the same time getting matriculation examinati on and occupational training in visual arts in 4 years. She is currently s tudying journalism and communication at Oulu University of Applied Science s in North Finland.\n\nJanis Fleischman - Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nThe panel was moderated by June Sobocinski\, Vice President of E ducation Impact at the United Way of Anchorage.\nJune Sobocinski is Vice P resident of Education Impact at United Way of Anchorage. She has a diverse professional background that spans the public\, private\, and non-profit sectors. For ten years an educator\, she taught in public and private seco ndary schools and colleges in Denver\, Boston and Anchorage. In the privat e sector\, June held management positions at U.S. West\, Room &\; Board \, and Ethan Allen. Since 2004\, June has worked in Anchorage to improve o utcomes for children and youth\, first at Catholic Social Services\, and n ow at United Way. She is currently directing the efforts of 90% by 2020\, a cross sector community partnership driving action to improve student out comes\, with priority focus currently on Kindergarten readiness\, math pro ficiency\, high school graduation\, and workforce readiness. June has degr ees in English and Philosophy and a Masters in Communication from the Univ ersity of Denver.\n\n\n\n \;\n\nThis program was made possible by the following sponsors:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with:\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n          \n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n&nb sp\;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/12/Finland.png CATEGORIES:Global Education Series,International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:179@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150221T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150221T100000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082942Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/yong-zhao-education-and -globalization/ SUMMARY:Dr. Yong Zhao on "Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Educatio n in the Age of Globalization" *Global Education Series* DESCRIPTION:Missed this program? Listen to the podcast on Alaska Public Med ia by clicking here.\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. Yong Zhao is an internat ionally known scholar\, author\, and speaker. His works focus on the impli cations of globalization and technology on education. He has designed scho ols that cultivate global competence\, developed computer games for langua ge learning\, and founded research and development institutions to explore innovative education models. He has published over 100 articles and 20 bo oks\, including Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization and World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entr epreneurial Students.\n\nDr. Zhao is a recipient of the Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association and was named one of t he 2012 10 most influential people in educational technology by the Tech & amp\; Learn Magazine. He is an elected fellow of the International Academy for Education. His latest book World Class Learners has won several award s including the Society of Professors of Education Book Award (2013)\, Ass ociation of Education Publishers’ (AEP) Judges’ Award and Distinguishe d Achievement Award in Education Leadership(2013).\nHe currently serves as the Presidential Chair and Director of the Institute for Global and Onlin e Education in the College of Education\, University of Oregon\, where he is also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement\, Policy\ , and Leadership.\n\nUntil December\, 2010\, Yong Zhao was University Dist inguished Professor at the College of Education\, Michigan State Universit y\, where he also served as the founding director of the Center for Teachi ng and Technology\, executive director of the Confucius Institute\, as wel l as the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence.\n\nDr. Zh ao was born in China’s Sichuan Province. He received his B.A. in English Language Education from Sichuan Institute of Foreign Languages in Chongqi ng\, China in 1986. After teaching English in China for six years\, he cam e to Linfield College as a visiting scholar in 1992. He then began his gra duate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993. H e received his A.M. in Education in 1994 and Ph.D. in 1996. He joined the faculty at MSU in 1996 after working as the Language Center Coordinator at Willamette University and a language specialist at Hamilton College.\n\n\ n\nThis program was made possible by the following sponsors:\n\n \;\n\ n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with:\n\n \n\n           \n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/12/BioYZhao.jpg CATEGORIES:Global Education Series,International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:180@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150320T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082942Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/jim-dehart-equal-rights -afghanistan/ SUMMARY:Jim DeHart on "Sex\, Drugs and the Rule of Law: Supporting Civil So ciety and Equal Rights in Afghanistan" DESCRIPTION:Missed this program? Listen to the podcast on Alaska Public Med ia by clicking here. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:\nJim DeHart is the Deputy As sistant Secretary at the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforce ment Affairs (INL) at the U.S. Department of State. He has been a career F oreign Service Officer since 1993\, specializing in political affairs. In July 2013\, he completed an assignment as Director of the Office of Afghan istan Affairs. From 2009-2010\, he served in Panjshir\, Afghanistan as dir ector of the only civilian-led U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) i n the country.\n\nJim was a Rusk Fellow at Georgetown University from 2007 -2008 where he taught a graduate-level course on NATO enlargement and wrot e for publication. Previously\, he served as Director for Central Asia on the National Security Council Staff at the White House and as Deputy Direc tor for Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs at the State Department. He has worked for two Under Secretaries of State as Special Assistant for Europe and Eurasia and served overseas at NATO Headquarters in Brussels\, Belgiu m\; in Melbourne\, Australia\; and in Istanbul\, Turkey. He also served as desk officer for Greece and in the State Department Operations Center.\n\ nJim holds a B.A. from Gonzaga University in Spokane\, Washington and a Ma sters in International Affairs from The Elliott School at George Washingto n University. He is married to Lisa DeHart\, a high school teacher\, and h as two children: Maria and Stephanie.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/12/JDeHart.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:181@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150325T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150325T213000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082943Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/right-denied-global-edu cation-series/ SUMMARY:A Right Denied *Global Education Series* DESCRIPTION:Missed this program? Watch the film online here and listen to t he panel discussion on Alaska Public Media by clicking here. \n\n\n\n Whi tney Tilson and Broken Pencil Productions present A Right Denied: The Crit ical Need for Genuine Education Reform. Education reformer Whitney Tilson gives the most in-depth exploration ever committed to film of the twin ach ievement gaps that threaten our nation's future: between the U.S. and our economic competitors\, and between low-income\, minority students and thei r more affluent peers. After spending more than two decades on the front l ines\, witnessing first-hand public education's shocking failures and rema rkable successes\, Mr. Tilson was inspired to assemble a powerful and at t imes unsettling presentation about the twin achievement gaps and what must be done to address them. He utilizes the latest data and research to pain t the most detailed portrait of American public education ever committed t o film. More importantly\, he presents us with a way forward so our nation can deliver on its promise to all of its children and ensure its long-ter m future.\n\nClick here for more information about the film and to watch t he trailer.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nThe film was followed by a live panel discus sion with a question and answer period featuring:\n\nJill Dean - Owner\, G rassRoots\nJill Dean grew up in Wisconsin and after wandering for a while moved to Alaska in 1980. She practiced law here until 2000 in her own prac tice and then after a couple year stint in the Mariana Islands moved back\ , worked for the State Human Rights Commission for a few years then opened an employment law consulting firm. In 2008 she saw the Fair Trade light a nd opened GrassRoots\, the first (and still only) Fair Trade store in Alas ka. Since then Grassroots has provided a lot of economic opportunity to di sadvantaged artisans in the developing world\, provided Alaska consumers w ith an opportunity to shop their conscience (and purchase very unique item s) and helped Alaskans learn about Fair Trade.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nDi ane Hirshberg - Director of Center for Alaska Education Policy Research\, ISER\nDiane Hirshberg is Professor of Education Policy at the Institute of Social and Economic Research\, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA)\, and director of the UAA Center for Alaska Education Policy Research. Her rese arch interests include education policy analysis\, indigenous education\, circumpolar education issues\, and school change. Dr. Hirshberg teaches in the UAA Honors College and the College of Education. She has a PhD in Edu cation from UCLA\, a Master of Public Administration from Columbia Univers ity and a bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley.\n\n \;\n\nCeleste Grah am-Hodge - Executive Director\, Shiloh Community Development\, Inc.\nCeles te Hodge currently serves as the Executive Director of Shiloh Community De velopment\, Inc.\, an organization whose mission is to empower youth\, min orities\, and disadvantaged populations. Previously\, she served for thirt y years in government in multiple capacities\, including as the Deputy Dir ector and Community Outreach Liaison for the Mayor’s Office of Equal Opp ortunity from 2003-2005. Celeste holds a Bachelors of Social Work and an A ssociates of Arts in Business\, Economics\, and organizational Management from the University of Alaska Anchorage. She served as an Advisory Board M ember for the College of Education at UAA from 2003-2013\, and taught as a n adjunct professor at Alaska Pacific University from 1985-1987. Celeste h as been honored with the YWCA Women of Achievement Award\, as well as many other honors recognizing her service and contributions to the community.\ n\n \;\n\nTim Parker - State Director of the National Education Associ ation\nTim Parker teaches English at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks. He was the 2007 Teacher of the Year for Fairbanks. He has taught English in F airbanks for 17 years. Prior to that\, he worked as a journalist for vario us newspapers in Alaska. He has a masters degree in curriculum and instruc tion from the University of Alaska Fairbanks\, and he graduated from Pacif ic Lutheran University in 1989 with degrees in communications and economic s.\n\n \;\n\nThe panel will be moderated by June Sobocinski\, Vice Pre sident of Education Impact at the United Way of Anchorage.\nJune Sobocinsk i is Vice President of Education Impact at United Way of Anchorage. She ha s a diverse professional background that spans the public\, private\, and non-profit sectors. For ten years an educator\, she taught in public and p rivate secondary schools and colleges in Denver\, Boston and Anchorage. In the private sector\, June held management positions at U.S. West\, Room & amp\; Board\, and Ethan Allen. Since 2004\, June has worked in Anchorage t o improve outcomes for children and youth\, first at Catholic Social Servi ces\, and now at United Way. She is currently directing the efforts of 90% by 2020\, a cross sector community partnership driving action to improve student outcomes\, with priority focus currently on Kindergarten readiness \, math proficiency\, high school graduation\, and workforce readiness. Ju ne has degrees in English and Philosophy and a Masters in Communication fr om the University of Denver.\n\n\n\nThis program was made possible by the following sponsors:\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership wit h:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n          \n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n&nb sp\;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/12/RightDenied.png CATEGORIES:Global Education Series,International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:182@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150402T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150402T200000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082943Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/yoram-bauman-comedy-and -economics/ SUMMARY:Yoram Bauman on "Comedy\, Economics\, and Carbon Tax!" DESCRIPTION:Missed this program? Listen to the podcast on Alaska Public Med ia by clicking here. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:\nYoram Bauman is an environmenta l economist and a carbon tax Fellow at Sightline Institute. He has a PhD i n economics from the University of Washington and works in Washington stat e and elsewhere on climate change economics and policy\, particularly focu sing on carbon pricing. His most recent academic paper (“Climate Sensiti vity: Should the Climate Tail Wag the Policy Dog?”) was co-authored with UW climate scientist Gerard Roe and appeared in the April 2013 issue of C limatic Change. Dr. Bauman is part of the CarbonWA.org effort to bring a r evenue-neutral carbon tax to Washington State.\n\nDr. Bauman is also “th e world’s first and only stand-up economist\,” and performs regularly at colleges and corporate events\, and has shared stage with everyone from Robin Williams to Paul Krugman. He has appeared in TIME Magazine and on P BS and NPR\, and is the co-author of the Cartoon Introduction to Climate C hange and the two-volume Cartoon Introduction to Economics\, which is now available in multiple languages\, including Chinese\, German\, and Italian . Additionally\, he co-authored the 1998 book Tax Shift\, which was writte n with Alan Durning of the Sightline Institute and helped inspire the reve nue-neutral carbon tax in British Columbia.\n\nDr. Bauman lives in Seattle \, where he founded Non-Profit Comedy\, a series of benefit shows that has raised almost $100\,000 for local non-profits. He has a BA in mathematics from Reed College and a PhD in economics from the University of Washingto n. His goals in life are to spread joy to the world through economics come dy\; to reform economics education\; and to implement carbon pricing. He i s a fellow at Sightline Institute in Seattle\, and in 2011 he spent 5 mont hs in Beijing as a visiting scholar at the University of International Bus iness and Economics. For more information about Dr. Bauman\, visit his web site at www.standupeconomist.com.\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with\n\n \n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/12/Bauman2.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:175@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150410T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150410T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082944Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/stephen-stedman-global- insecurity/ SUMMARY:**Canceled until further notice**Dr. Stephen Stedman on "Managing G lobal Insecurity" DESCRIPTION:Due to a personal emergency\, Dr. Stedman\, our previously sche duled speaker for this day\, will be unable to speak.\nIf you already regi stered for Dr. Stedman\, you have the choice to either have your registrat ion transferred to Dr. Diddy Hitchins' lecture on April 10th or receive a refund.\nPlease don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns about the change.\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:\nStephen Stedman is a Fre eman Spogli senior fellow and Deputy Director of the Center on Democracy\, Development\, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University.\n\nIn 2011-12 P rofessor Stedman served as the Director for the Global Commission on Elect ions\, Democracy\, and Security\, a body of eminent persons tasked with de veloping recommendations on promoting and protecting the integrity of elec tions and international electoral assistance. The Commission is a joint pr oject of the Kofi Annan Foundation and International IDEA\, an intergovern mental organization that works on international democracy and electoral as sistance. In 2003-04 Professor Stedman was Research Director of the United Nations High-level Panel on Threats\, Challenges and Change and was a pri ncipal drafter of the Panel’s report\, A More Secure World: Our Shared R esponsibility. In 2005 he served as Assistant Secretary-General and Specia l Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations\, with responsibi lity for working with governments to adopt the Panel’s recommendations f or strengthening collective security and for implementing changes within t he United Nations Secretariat\, including the creation of a Peacebuilding Support Office\, a Counter Terrorism Task Force\, and a Policy Committee t o act as a cabinet to the Secretary-General.\n\nHis most recent book\, wri tten with Bruce Jones and Carlos Pascual\, is Power and Responsibility: Cr eating International Order in an Era of Transnational Threats (Washington DC: Brookings Institution\, 2009).\n\n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/12/Stedman_Steve-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:183@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150410T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150410T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082944Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/diddy-hitchins-arctic-c ouncil/ SUMMARY:Dr. Diddy Hitchins on "The Arctic Council: Role & Representation in Managing Global Insecurity" DESCRIPTION:Missed Dr. Hitchins' presentation? Listen to the podcast on Ala ska Public Media by clicking here.\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nDr. Hitchins was born in Glasgow\, Scotland\, and brought up in southern England. She rece ived her BSc in Social Sciences from the University of Southampton\, UK\; her MA in Political Behaviour\, and her PhD in Government from the Univers ity of Essex\, UK. Her first academic appointment\, while completing PhD r esearch\, was at University of Ghana\, Legon\, West Africa. Subsequently\, Dr. Hitchins had a 30 year career with Department of Political Science\, University of Alaska Anchorage\, rising from Assistant Professor to Associ ate and then Full Professor.\n\nDr. Hitchins specializes in Comparative Po litics and International Relations. She has served several terms as Chair of  the Political Science Department\, and also Director of International Studies at UAA\, and was the founding director of UAA’s Canadian and No rth Pacific Studies Programs. Dr. Hitchins has conducted research in China \, Japan and the Koreas as well as in Canada\, the Russian Far East and th e Arctic. Since 1985\, Dr. Hitchins has served as the British Honorary Con sul for Alaska. She was honoured by Queen Elizabeth II with the Member of British Empire (MBE) award in 2005\, and was inducted into the Alaska Wome n’s Hall of Fame 2013.\n\nDr. Hitchins is currently working on developin g a full-scale international Model Arctic Council to be held at the Univer sity of Alaska Fairbanks\, sponsored by UAF and the University of the Arct ic\, and included in the US Public Diplomacy priority for the US Presidenc y of the Arctic Council.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/04/Diddy.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:184@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150501T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150501T133000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082944Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/lawrence-husick-cyberth reats/ SUMMARY:Lawrence Husick on "Cyberthreats: The New Strategic Battleground" DESCRIPTION:Missed this great presentation by Mr. Husick? Listen to the pro gram podcast on Alaska Public Media here.\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:\nLawrence A. Husick’s experience as a technology consultant\, computer system design er\, and software author\, as well as his career as an intellectual proper ty lawyer give him a unique perspective on technology’s importance in in ternational relations\, war fighting\, and terrorism. As a Foreign Policy Research Institute Senior Fellow and co-director of its Center for the Stu dy of Terrorism\, he applies his knowledge to the study of terrorist tacti cs and counter-terrorism strategies\, with a particular focus on technolog y leverage as a defining characteristic of the modern terrorist. He also c o-directs the Institute’s Wachman Center Program on Innovation.\n\nMr. H usick holds a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude in Environmental Chemis try from Muhlenberg College in Allentown\, Pennsylvania. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Washington College of Law in Washington\, D.C.\n\nH e is a partner in Lipton\, Weinberger &\; Husick\, an intellectual prop erty law firm in Malvern\, Pennsylvania\, and is an adjunct faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University in the Whiting Graduate School of Enginee ring and in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences’ Graduate Biotechnol ogy Program. He is a founder of several entrepreneurial ventures\, includi ng Infonautics\, PocketDoctor.com and Cloud Pharmaceuticals\, Inc.\, where he serves as Chief Innovation Officer. Mr. Husick serves on the boards of the American Helicopter Museum and Education Center\, the Clear Vision Fo undation\, is the immediate past chair of the Board of Visitors of the Uni versity of the Sciences Samson College of Allied Health Professions\, the Muhlenberg College RJ Fellows Honors Program\, and is a founding board mem ber of the Quantum Cures Foundation\, which uses massively parallel comput ing systems to design new vaccines\, treatments and cures for orphan\, rar e and neglected diseases.\n\n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/12/Lhusick.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:185@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150527T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150527T143000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082945Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/us-and-norway/ SUMMARY:"Looking North Together: The U.S. and Norway in the Quest for Arcti c Knowledge" DESCRIPTION:Alaska World Affairs Council welcomed King of Norway at Arctic roundtable\n\nHis Majesty King Harald V of Norway addressed a packed audie nce on May 27th at Anchorage’s Dena’ina Center for the first event in the Alaska World Affairs Council’s Arctic series. The roundtable luncheo n\, Looking North Together: the US and Norway in the Quest for Arctic Know ledge\, marked the beginning of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Counci l and featured scientists\, diplomats and explorers from Norway\, Alaska a nd beyond. The event\, generously sponsored by the Norwegian Ministry of F oreign Affairs\, celebrated the strong bonds between the U.S. and Norway a nd in particular the vibrant Norwegian community in Alaska.\n\nIn his open ing remarks King Harald spoke of the need for more research into Arctic wa rming stressing that knowledge is the key to deepening our understanding o f the region. "Research and accurate data is essential in our struggle. Wi thout it\, we will never understand the complexity of our region\," he sai d. He spoke of finding inspiration from the great Norwegian polar explorer s many of whom were also accomplished scientists.\n\nAKWorld President and CEO Lise Falskow noted\, “His Majesty's visit to Alaska was a day to re member especially for the Norwegian community. His message about our strug gles against climate change and the need to be proactive was inspirational and reminded me of the Viking spirit to charge on in the face of adversit y. Climate change is a battle the world will need to work together to redu ce its consequences.”\n\nThe luncheon also featured Admiral Robert Papp\ , U.S. Special Representative for the Arctic Region\, who outlined the key themes of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council: shared opportuniti es\, challenges and responsibilities. He also asked for Alaskans’ suppor t by encouraging them to get engaged and involved in the Arctic. Fran Ulme r\, Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission\, called for Alaskans to help raise awareness of Arctic issues and look for opportunities for colla boration with partners in other Arctic nations. Craig Fleener\, Arctic Adv isor to the Governor of Alaska\, spoke of the need for Alaska to be able t o develop its resources and economy whilst increasing our understanding of climate change. "We need a national imperative on the Arctic\, and it mus t be a unified approach\," he said.\n\nHarald Steen from the Norwegian Pol ar Institute and polar explorer and adventurer Børge Ousland also gave pr esentations at the roundtable. Harald Steen described some of his research into the thinning sea ice in the Arctic and the need to collaborate with other nations in order to understand the implications of the rapid changes occurring in the Arctic. Børge Ousland described seeing such rapid warmi ng 'with his own eyes’\, as he undertook the first circumnavigation of t he Arctic in just four months\, something that would have taken several ye ars in the era of Roald Amundsen.\nTo listen to this program\, please chec k-out AWAC Presents on Alaska Public Media.\nMore event photos can be foun d on our Facebook page by clicking here.\nJoin the conversation:\nTweet #A KWorldNorway// \n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nOpening Remarks from His Majesty King Harald V of Norway\nHis Majesty King Harald V of Norway was born on 21 February 1937 at his parents’ home\, the country estate of Skaugum\, near Oslo. The only son of Crown Prince Olav (the future King Olav V\, 190 3-1991) and Crown Princess Märtha (1901-1954)\, he acceded to the Throne when his father passed away on 17 January 1991. Prince Harald completed hi s upper secondary education at Oslo Cathedral School\, receiving his schoo l-leaving certificate in 1955. He entered the Norwegian Cavalry Officers ’ Training School and went on to finish his military education at the Mi litary Academy in 1959. Upon completion of his compulsory military service \, the Crown Prince went to Oxford for further study. He attended Balliol College from 1960 to 1962\, studying social science\, history and economic s. Like his father and grandfather before him\, King Harald adopted the mo tto “We give our all for Norway” when he acceded to the Throne in 1991 .\n\n\n \;\n\nHarald Steen - Director of the Center for Ice\, Climate &\; Ecosystems at the Norwegian Polar Institute\nDr. Harald Steen recei ved his Ph.D. in 1995 from the University of Oslo\, Norway\, and has been a professor of zoology and biology at universities in Norway. He has serve d as a seabird ecologist at the Norwegian Polar Institute since 2005\, and in 2013 was appointed the Director of the Institute's Center for Ice\, Cl imate\, &\; Ecosystems. Dr. Steen specializes in zoology and biology an d has published numerous articles in those fields\, including studies on t he effects of climate change on arctic animals. His particular areas of in terest and expertise include population dynamics and foraging ecology.   \n\n \;\n\nBørge Ousland - Polar Explorer\nBørge Ousland is a Norwe gian polar explorer\, photographer and writer. Ousland has gone on multipl e expeditions throughout the Arctic and Antarctic\, and in 1994\, he made the first solo and unsupported reach of the North Pole from cape Arktichev sky in Russia. National Geographic Adventure declared him to be "arguably the most accomplished polar explorer alive." Ousland has published numerou s books on his expedition experiences.\n\n \;\n\nCraig Fleener - Speci al Assistant to the Governor of Alaska on Arctic Policy\nCraig Fleener is the Special Assistant to the Governor of Alaska on Arctic Policy and forme r deputy Fish and Game Commissioner for the State of Alaska.  Fleener\, a Gwich'in Athabaskan from the Interior and a Doyon shareholder\, served i n the U.S. Marine Corps and is currently a major in the U.S. Air Force Ala ska Air National Guard\, where he has served since 1991. A senior intellig ence officer\, he recently went on a tour of duty in Afghanistan as part o f ongoing U.S. operations in the region.\n\n \;\n\nPanel moderated by Fran Ulmer - Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission \nThe former cha ncellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage and former Lt. Governor of A laska received her law degree from the University of Wisconsin\, Madison. In addition to her role as Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission\, she now also serves in an advisory role with the State Department as the U .S. prepares to chair the Arctic Council\, an intergovernmental forum for Arctic governments and peoples.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nThis program was sponsor ed by:\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\nThis program was presented in partnership wit h:\n\n                 \n\n\n \n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/04/WebEventImage.jpg CATEGORIES:Arctic Series,International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:176@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150626T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150626T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082946Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ambassador-anne-anderso n/ SUMMARY:Ambassador Anne Anderson on "Ireland\, the U.S.\, and Europe: A 21s t Century Perspective" DESCRIPTION:This program is presented as a part of our Summer Ambassador Se ries.\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\n\n\n\nAnne Anderson took up duty in Washingto n DC in August 2013. She is Ireland’s first woman Ambassador to the Unit ed States. Prior to her Washington appointment\, she was Ireland’s Perma nent Representative to the United Nations in New York.\n\nAmbassador Ander son was born in Ireland (Clonmel\, Co. Tipperary in 1952). She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Politics from University College\, Dublin and entered the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1972. Her previous postings include:\n\n 2009-13 Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations\, New York\n 2005-09 Ambassador to France (concurrently n on-resident Ambassador to Monaco)\n 2001-05 Permanent Representative of I reland to the European Union\, Brussels\n 1995-01 Permanent Representativ e of Ireland to the United Nations\, Geneva\n 1991-95 Assistant Secretary General\, Corporate Services\, Department of Foreign Affairs\n 1987-91 C ounsellor\, Anglo-Irish Division\, Department of Foreign Affairs\n 1985-8 7 Press Attaché\, Embassy of Ireland\, Washington DC\n 1983-85 Economic Attaché\, Embassy of Ireland\, Washington DC\n 1980-83 First Secretary \, Political Division\, Department of Foreign Affairs\n 1976-80 First Sec retary\, Permanent Mission to the United Nations\, Geneva\n 1972-76 Third Secretary\, later First Secretary\, Economic Division\, Department of For eign Affairs\n\nDuring her Washington assignment\, the Ambassador will par ticularly focus on further strengthening Ireland- US economic\, trade and investment links\; highlighting Ireland’s interests in relation to refor m of US immigration legislation\; supporting US interest and engagement on key issues still to be fully addressed in Northern Ireland\; and further deepening the vibrant cultural connections between the two countries.\n\nA mbassador Anderson has undertaken a wide range of responsibilities in her assignments to date. Highlights of her multilateral work have included cha iring the UN Commission on Human Rights (1999) and heading the Irish team in Brussels during Ireland’s EU Presidency in 2004 (she was awarded Euro pean Voice “Diplomat of the Year” in recognition of her Presidency rol e). During her New York assignment\, she oversaw a review of the UN Peace- building machinery and was tasked by the President of the General Assembly with facilitating preparations for this year’s UN Special Event on the Millennium Development Goals.\n\nAmbassador Anderson’s particular focus at the UN was on development/human rights/gender equality issues. From her assignment in Brussels\, she retains a keen interest in EU Affairs. As a former Ambassador in Paris\, her involvement with France also continues – she returns regularly and speaks fluent French.\n\nA strong believer i n public diplomacy\, Ambassador Anderson has been active – particularly throughout her assignment in New York – as a lecturer\, moderator\, and panellist in academic and think tank settings (including Fordham\, Columbi a\, International Peace Institute\, UN Association of New York\, Academic Council of the United Nations).\n\nAmbassador Anderson was awarded a Docto r of Laws (Honorary) by the National University of Ireland in December 201 1.\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/06/AmassadorAndersonSmall.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series,Summer Ambassador Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:187@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150724T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150724T133000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082946Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/alaska-global-economy/ SUMMARY:"Alaska's Global Economy: Where We've Been and Where We're Going" - A Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:**Part of the Anchorage’s Place in the World: Celebrating the Past 100 Years and Looking Toward the Future Series**\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios :\n\nMargie Brown\, former President &\; CEO\, CIRI\nMargie Brown serve d as president and chief executive officer of CIRI\, an Alaska Native corp oration\, from 2005 until her retirement in 2013 after holding several man agement positions beginning in 1976. During her tenure\, CIRI developed a reputation for disciplined growth\, with diversified interests in energy d evelopment\, construction services\, environmental services\, real estate investment and management\, tourism and hospitality\, telecommunications\, aerospace defense and venture capital investment. In addition\, Brown ser ves on the national board of The Trust for Public Land\, the Student Conse rvation Association and the Alaska Native Heritage Center. She also serves on advisory boards for Alaska Airlines and the University of Alaska Ancho rage Honors College. Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Oregon and a Master of Business Administration from the Uni versity of Colorado.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nDr. Paul Dunscomb\, Professor of Ea st Asian History\, UAA\nPaul Dunscomb is Professor of East Asian History a t the University of Alaska Anchorage and was the inaugural Director of the UAA Confucius Institute. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kan sas. His book Japan’s Siberian Intervention\, 1918-1922: “A Great Diso bedience Against the People” (New York: Lexington Books\, 2011)\, is the first complete narrative of this topic in English. Japan Since 1945\, his contribution to the Association for Asian Studies Key Issues in Asian Stu dies Series has just been released.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nLarry Cash\, President &\; CEO\, RIM Architects\nLarry Cash founded RIM Architects i n 1986 and remains President &\; CEO of the firm. His design philosophy continues to be at the heart of all of RIM’s projects. It involves a de ep commitment to and respect of the client and the project\, and the devel opment of an architectural response that is aesthetically interesting and unique\, functionally appropriate and technically enduring in its respecti ve climate. His life’s calling is the pursuit of excellent architecture and the work of RIM\, and his goal is to see RIM achieve its potential and become a great and enduring company. Larry has a Bachelor of Architecture degree with Honors from Auburn University.  He is a registered architect in Alaska\, California\, Guam\, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Isl ands\, Georgia\, Alabama\, Hawaii\, Washington\, Arizona\, Idaho\, Nevada\ , Texas\, Utah\, Montana\, Wyoming\, Colorado\, South Carolina\, and North Dakota.\n\n \;\n\nDr. Rashmi Prasad\, Dean\, College of Business & \; Public Policy\, University of Alaska Anchorage\nIn leading the largest college of professional studies in the state of Alaska\, Dr. Prasad has he lped to build a dynamic group of faculty and staff to deliver the highest quality teaching\, research and service to further the well-being and pros perity of Alaska. Prior to becoming Dean\, Dr. Prasad was a faculty member at the University of Alaska Anchorage for the eleven years and currently holds the rank of Professor of Business Administration. Dr. Prasad has wid e ranging research interests\, with a principal focus on business ethics\, inter-cultural management\, and health systems administration. Dr. Prasad has served as Director of Graduate Programs in the College of Business an d Public Policy\, Chair of the University Honors Council\, and the Graduat e Council. Dr. Prasad has lived in many countries\, but spent his formativ e years in the Midwest\, where he studied at the University of Michigan an d University of Illinois\, before completing his PhD at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.\n\n\n\nThis program is supported in part by a grant from the Alaska Humanities Forum\, the Rasmuson Foundation\, and the Anch orage Centennial Celebration. Any views\, findings\, conclusions or recomm endations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the Forum.\n\n\n\nThis program is presented in partnership with\n\n\n\n&nb sp\;\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe podcast for this program is available through Alaska Public Media's AWAC Presents\, click here to listen. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/06/AlaskasGlobalEconomyGraphic-e1434042644467.jpg CATEGORIES:Anchorage Centennial,Anchorage's Place in the World,International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:188@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150901T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150901T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082946Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/globlal-interest-in-the -arctic/ SUMMARY:Global Interest in the Arctic DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Alaska World Affairs Council will host representatives from the official government delegations that have traveled to Alaska for the U.S. State Department’s August 30-31 Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation\, Innovation\, Engagement and Resilience (GLAC IER).\n\n Speaker Bios:\n\n Dr. Henryka Moscicka-Dendys\, Undersecretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs\, European Policy and Human Rights\, Po land\n Henryka was appointed Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Fo reign Affairs of Poland in charge of European policy\, human rights and pa rliamentary affairs on April 16\, 2013. Prior to that\, she served as Dire ctor of the European Policy Department  (from 2012) and Deputy Director o f this Department\, responsible for institutional affairs and Northern Eur ope (2011-2012). She graduated in law and classics at the University of Si lesia in Katowice and holds a Ph.D. in international law from the Universi ty of Warsaw. She joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland in 2002 . Her previous postings include Copenhagen\, where she got seconded to the office of the CBSS Commissioner for democratic development  (2003) and B erlin where she served as 1st secretary and later as counselor at the Poli sh Embassy\, covering EU policies including enlargement and institutional issues (2007-2011). She is a member of Board of the Foundation for Polish- German Cooperation and speaks German\, English and Russian.\n\nTony Siddiq ue\, Ambassador &\; Special Envoy for Oceanic Affairs\, Republic of Sin gapore\n Ambassador Tony K Siddique is currently Singapore’s Special Env oy for Arctic Affairs\, and concurrently the Non-Resident Ambassador to th e Carribean Community (Caricom). Ambassador Siddique is a senior diplomat who has served as Singapore’s Ambassador to a host of European countries \, including the Federal Republic of Germany and the then-Union of the Sov iet Socialist Republics. Ambassador Siddique retired from the civil servic e in 1996 after a stellar 26-year career\, and is now the Executive Direct or of Tony K Siddique &\; Associates Pte Ltd\, a strategy advisory firm . He currently holds the following diplomatic appointments: Special Envoy to the Asia-Middle East Dialogue for Economic/Business Issues (from July 2 006) and Special Envoy to Ukraine (from March 2011).\n\n \;\n\nKim Cha n-Woo\, Ambassador for Arctic Affairs\, Republic of Korea\nMr. Kim Chan-Wo o works as Ambassador for Arctic Affairs and also as Deputy Chief Negotiat or for Climate Change in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic o f Korea\, handling the negotiations on the Post-2020 climate regime. He se rved as Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya\, and also as Permanent Repres entative to UNEP and UN-Habitat from May 2011 to February 2014. Ambassador Kim joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1984. Over the last 20-odd years he has handled a wide spectrum of environmental issues\, in particul ar those related to the UNCSD\, the OECD and the UNEP\, and multilateral e nvironmental agreements (MEAs) such as UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol\, CBD and Nagoya Protocol\, Ramsar Convention\, and Northeast Asian and bilateral e nvironmental mechanisms. Ambassador Kim has published two books in Korean\ , Environmental Diplomacy in the 21st Century in 2006\, and Post-2012 Clim ate Change Negotiations in 2010 based on his experience as a negotiator of the Republic of Korea from Bali conference in 2007 to Copenhagen conferen ce in 2009.\n\n \;\nPanel moderated by Fran Ulmer – Chair of the U.S . Arctic Research Commission\n The former chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage and former Lt. Governor of Alaska received her law degree from the University of Wisconsin\, Madison. In addition to her role as Ch air of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission\, she now also serves in an adv isory role with the State Department as the U.S. prepares to chair the Arc tic Council\, an intergovernmental forum for Arctic governments and people s.\n \;\n\n\n\n \;\nPresented in Partnership with\n\n\n \;\n\n  \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nThis program's podcast is available t hrough Alaska Public Media's AWAC Presents\, click here to listen. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/08/GlobalInterestGraphic.jpg CATEGORIES:Arctic Series,International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:189@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150910T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150910T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082947Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ttip-you-why-the-europe an-union-is-important-to-alaskans/ SUMMARY:TTIP & You: Why the European Union is Important to Alaskans DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis program is presented as a part of WorldMatters\, a ser ies engaging Alaska's young leaders in global dialogue.\n\n\nDoors open at 5:30 pm for networking.\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nMaciej Pisarski\, Deputy Chie f of Mission\, Polish Embassy in Washington DC\nMaciej Pisarski is the Dep uty Chief of Mission for the Embassy of Poland in Washington D.C. Previous to this post\, he served in several capacities over the years for the Pol ish Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, including as the Head and Deputy Directo r of the Department of Strategy and Foreign Policy Planning and the Deputy Director of the Department of Americas. He wrote his master thesis at the University of Warsaw Department of History on “the Perspectives of Jewi sh Emigration from Poland 1945-51\,” co-authored studies on history and culture of Jews in Poland after 1945\, and published the “Yearbook of th e Polish Foreign Policy\,” and “Polish American Relations.”\n\nDr. P hilipp Ackermann\, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission\, German Embassy i n Washington DC\nDr. Philipp Ackermann began his post as Minister and Depu ty Chief of Mission at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in W ashington DC in March 2014. Dr. Ackermann received his Magister Artium and his Doctorate in Art History from Bonn University in Germany. Since joini ng the German Foreign Service in 1993\, Dr. Ackermann has served as an exc hange diplomat at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Hague\; Sec ond Secretary at the Germany Embassy in Rabat\, Morocco\; First Secretary of the Permanent Representation of Germany to the UN in New York\; the civ ilian head of the German Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kunduz\, Afghan istan\; and Minister Counselor of the German Embassy in New Delhi.\n\n&nbs p\;\n\n\n\nThis is a program of the World Affairs Councils of America in p artnership with the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. \n\n\n\n\n \;\n\nThe WorldMatters Series is presented in partnership w ith\n\n                 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/08/WorldMattersLogo-Draft.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series,WorldMatters END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:190@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150911T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150911T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082947Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/eu-and-ttip/ SUMMARY:The EU’s Role as an International Actor: TTIP & Beyond DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bios:\n\nMaciej Pisarski\, Deputy Chief of Mission\, Po lish Embassy in Washington DC\nMaciej Pisarski is the Deputy Chief of Miss ion for the Embassy of Poland in Washington D.C. Previous to this post\, h e served in several capacities over the years for the Polish Ministry of F oreign Affairs\, including as the Head and Deputy Director of the Departme nt of Strategy and Foreign Policy Planning and the Deputy Director of the Department of Americas. He wrote his master thesis at the University of Wa rsaw Department of History on “the Perspectives of Jewish Emigration fro m Poland 1945-51\,” co-authored studies on history and culture of Jews i n Poland after 1945\, and published the “Yearbook of the Polish Foreign Policy\,” and “Polish American Relations.”\n\nDr. Philipp Ackermann\ , Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission\, German Embassy in Washington DC\n Dr. Philipp Ackermann began his post as Minister and Deputy Chief of Missi on at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Washington DC in M arch 2014. Dr. Ackermann received his Magister Artium and his Doctorate in Art History from Bonn University in Germany. Since joining the German For eign Service in 1993\, Dr. Ackermann has served as an exchange diplomat at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Hague\; Second Secretary at the Germany Embassy in Rabat\, Morocco\; First Secretary of the Permanent Representation of Germany to the UN in New York\; the civilian head of the German Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kunduz\, Afghanistan\; and Minis ter Counselor of the German Embassy in New Delhi.\n\n \;\n\nWith Speci al Introduction by Lt. Governor Byron Mallott\nByron Mallott's history of public service began in his ancestral home of Yakutat\, Alaska\, when he w as elected mayor at the age of 22. He later went on to serve as mayor of J uneau. Byron’s early start in public leadership has grown into a deep un ique knowledge of all aspects of Alaskan life\, including commercial fishi ng\, aviation\, timber\, communications\, banking\, Alaska Native Corporat ions and investments. He has served as the president of the Alaska Federat ion of Natives\, executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporati on\, co-chair of the Commission on Rural Governance and Empowerment\, chai r of the Nature Conservancy of Alaska and president and CEO of First Alask ans Institute and Sealaska Corporation.\n\n\n\nThis is a program of the Wo rld Affairs Councils of America in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union to the United States.\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\nPresented in part nership with\n\n   \n\n\n\nThis program's podcast is available through A laska Public Media's AWAC Presents\, click here to listen. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/07/PAckermann_Photo-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:191@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150916T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150916T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082947Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/consul-general-abdulla- alsaboosi/ SUMMARY:UAE’s Emergence on the World’s Stage: Overview of UAE-US Relati ons DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nConsul General Abdulla Alsaboosi\, Consul G eneral of the United Arab Emirates in Los Angeles.\n\nThe Honorable Abdull a Alsaboosi has been appointed Consul General of the United\n\nArab Emirat es (UAE) in Los Angeles covering the West Coast in July 2013. Prior to thi s assignment\, he was the Director of the American and Pacific Affairs Dep artment with the title of Ambassador at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affair s.\n\nAbdulla\, a senior career diplomat\, served two tours in the UAE Emb assy in Washington\, D.C. He started as the Director of Congressional Affa irs before being appointed Consul &\; Head of Legal Affairs. He ended h is tour in Washington as Head of the Political Section.\n\nPrior to that\, he worked at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Chief of the European Union desk and was involved in the European Union – Gulf Cooperation Co uncil (GCC) free trade negotiations. He also was a member of the UAE offic ial delegation to the United Nations General Assembly Millennium Session i n New York. He led\, and was a member of\, numerous UAE delegations to sev eral regional and international conferences.\n\nAbdulla graduated from the University of Minnesota with a double major in Political Science and Inte rnational Relations with a minor in History. He also attended courses at t he National Defense University and Brookings Institute.\n\nHe has received several awards during his diplomatic career\, the last of which is "The D istinguish Diplomatic Award" from the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\n\n \n\nPresented in Partnership with\n\n    \n\n \;\n\nRotary East mem bers should RSVP through the Rotary Club of Anchorage East.\n\n\n\nThis pr ogram's podcast is available through Alaska Public Media's AWAC Presents\, click here to listen. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/08/UAE-Abdulla-Alsaboosi.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:192@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150918T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150918T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082948Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/friendly-dictators/ SUMMARY:Friendly Dictators: Should America Embrace or Shun Them? - featurin g Dr. Ted Galen Carpenter DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nTed Galen Carpenter\, Senior Fellow for Def ense and Foreign Policy Studies\, Cato Institute\nTed Galen Carpenter is s enior fellow for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. Dr. Carpenter served as Cato’s director of foreign policy studies from 1986 to 1995 and as vice president for defense and foreign policy studies from 1995 to 2011. He is the author of nine and the editor of 10 books on international affairs\, including The Fire Next Door: Mexico’s Drug Viol ence and the Danger to America\; Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Pol icy for America\; America’s Coming War with China : A Collision Course o ver Taiwan\; The Korean Conundrum: America’s Troubled Relations with Nor th and South Korea\; Bad Neighbor Policy: Washington’s Futile War on Dru gs in Latin America\; The Captive Press: Foreign Policy Crises and the Fir st Amendment\; Beyond NATO: Staying Out of Europe’s Wars\; and A Search for Enemies: America’s Alliances after the Cold War. Carpenter is contri buting editor to the National Interest and serves on the editorial boards of Mediterranean Quarterly and the Journal of Strategic Studies\, and is t he author of more than 400 articles and policy studies. His articles have appeared in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, the Wall Street Jou rnal\, the Los Angeles Times\, the Financial Times\, Foreign Affairs\, For eign Policy\, the National Interest\, World Policy Journal\, and many othe r publications. He is a frequent guest on radio and television programs in the United States\, Latin America\, Europe\, East Asia\, and other region s. Carpenter received his Ph.D. in U.S. diplomatic history from the Univer sity of Texas.\n\n\n\nThis program's podcast is available through Alaska P ublic Media's AWAC Presents\, click here to listen. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/07/tcarpenter.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:193@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20151002T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20151002T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082948Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/seven-revolutions/ SUMMARY:Seven Revolutions: Scanning the Horizon Out to the Year 2035 & Beyo nd - featuring Scott Aughenbaugh DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nScott Aughenbaugh\, Deputy Director of Stra tegic Futures\, Center for Strategic International Studies\nScott Aughenba ugh specializes in global trends analysis and forecasting at CSIS\, carryi ng out research on demographics\, resource management\, computing\, data/i nformation growth\, social media\, the effects of economic integration\, a nd emerging security challenges. He has briefed the findings of this resea rch to\, and led discussions with\, numerous colleges and universities\, c orporations\, and government agencies.\n\nMr. Aughenbaugh previously led t he CSIS Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy's Higher Education Initiative i n conjunction with the American Association of State Colleges and Universi ties (AASCU) and worked for the Center's Office of External Relations. He holds a B.A. in history and politics and government from Ohio Wesleyan Uni versity and an M.A. in history\, with a focus on the Cold War\, Europe\, a nd China from Kent State Unversity. He has also worked at the Lyman L. Lem nitzer Center for NATO and EU Studies at Kent State University and studied at Beijing University.\n\nThe seven revolutions are: population\, resourc e management\, technology\, information and knowledge\, economics\, securi ty\, and governance.\n\n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/08/SAughenbaugh_Photo-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:\, \, X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=\, ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TI TLE=:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:194@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20151008T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20151008T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082949Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/catalysts-for-change/ SUMMARY:How Young Leaders Can Be Catalysts for Change: Africa and Economic Development featuring Dr. Landry Signé DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis program is presented as a part of WorldMatters\, a ser ies engaging Alaska's young leaders in global dialogue.\n\n\nDoors open at 5:30 pm for networking.\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nDr. Landry Signé\nDr. Signé is a multiple award-winning international expert\, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Alaska Anchorage\, Distinguished Fe llow and Lecturer in Emerging Markets at Stanford University\, 2011-2013 B anting Fellow “for best and brightest researchers internationally” at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (CDDRL) and 2012 Visiting Scholar at Oxford University. He has been direc ting a research project on the evolution of 48 Sub-Saharan African economi es\, democracies and governance\, explaining successful trajectories to he lp high-level and influential public and private-sector leaders better res olve African challenges. Dr. Signé is the Co-Founder and CEO of the award - winning Global Network for Africa’s Prosperity (www.africaprosperity.c om)\, an initiative committed to improve the state of Africa by engaging “civil society\, academic\, political\, business\, media and internation al actors sharing a passion for Africa to join efforts in fostering Africa ’s development and shaping a better future for the continent”.\n\nAs a pioneer at Stanford University\, he is the first in the Silicon Valley to have initiated a course presenting Africa as a continent of economic oppo rtunities\, as most courses present Africa as a place of turmoil\, and has brought top executives\, entrepreneurs\, investors and Stanford students together to spur business and investment strategies for emerging African m arkets. Prior to joining the CDDRL\, Dr. Signé was a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford Center on African Studies\, Part-time Professor in Political Science at the universities of Ottawa and Montreal\, a Director at the Uni ted Nations Association of Canada-Greater Montreal\, a Founding President at a strategic management and public affairs firm. He has monitored politi cal\, economic\, legal and humanitarian developments and drafted strategic notes with recommendations for preventive diplomacy and conflict resoluti on for the United Nations Department of Political Affairs\, and theVice-Pr esident of the United Nations General Assembly.\n\nDr. Signé completed hi s PhD in Political Science (2010)\, with the Award of Excellence\, at the University of Montreal\, and has been bestowed the Award for the Best Inte rnational PhD Dissertation by the Center for International Studies and Res earch (CÉRIUM). He was named New Leader for Tomorrow committed to shape t he global agenda and 21st century major challenges by an international org anization based in Switzerland. He is also the winner of the awards for Ou tstanding Visionary Leadership for “his pioneering role in promoting ent repreneurial opportunities\, accountable governance and economic developme nt for Africa in the Silicon Valley and North America” (USA)\; Jury’s Favorite Choice Award for Vision and Inspiration (Canada)\; Leadership for Change in Africa Program as a high potential “catalyst for change in Af rica” (United Kingdom/Ghana). He was bestowed the Governor General of Ca nada Award for his “outstanding and selfless contribution to his communi ty and to Canada” by his Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston\ , Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada\, who fully exercises the duties of Canada’s Head of State and Representative of Her Majesty Q ueen Elisabeth II.\n\nHis latest book\, Le NEPAD et les institutions finan cières internationales en Afrique au 21e siècle [English translation: NE PAD and international financial institutions in Africa of the 21st century ] (L’Harmattan\, 2013) received the Best International Book Award by TOU KI Montreal.\n\nDr. Signé is a distinguished speaker and frequent comment ator on issues of African governance\, emerging markets\, economic develop ment\, and international affairs in prestigious platforms on three contine nts\, including The New York Times.\n\n\n\nThe WorldMatters Series is spon sored by\n\n       \n\n \;\n\nSupported by in-kind support from\ n\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nThe WorldMatters Series is present ed in partnership with\n\n                         \n\ n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/08/WorldMattersLogo-Draft.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series,WorldMatters END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:195@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20151015T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20151015T203000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082949Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/rational-middle-energy/ SUMMARY:What's at Stake: the Future of Energy DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nGregory Kallenberg\, director and producer of the Rational Middle Energy Series\nGregory Kallenberg deeply believes that people can come together to find balanced and rational solutions to s ome of the world’s most pressing challenges\, including utilizing viable sources of energy for the future. Before the Rational Middle Energy Serie s\, Kallenberg directed and produced Haynesville: A Nation’s Hunt for an Energy Future\, a documentary chronicling a large natural gas discovery i n northwest Louisiana\, which played at conferences\, universities and pre stigious festivals like SXSW and the Aspen Ideas Festival. Kallenberg has also spoken about the future of energy at engagements around the world inc luding TEDx\, Bucknell University’s Environmental Symposium on Shale Gas and Rice University’s “Distinguished Speaker’s Series.” Kallenber g’s background includes writing and story editing for Bluefield Producti ons\, Esquire Magazine\, the New York Times\, and the Austin American Stat esman\, among other publications. Kallenberg graduated from the University of Texas where he received a degree in Film.\n\n \;\n\nSara Fisher-Go ad\, Executive Director\, Alaska Energy Authority\nSara Fisher-Goad was na med executive director of the Alaska Energy Authority in February 2011. In her role\, Fisher-Goad is responsible for leading Alaska’s energy offic e\, including the development of energy policy\, renewable energy projects \, diesel powerhouse systems\, bulk fuel tank farms\, energy planning and energy efficiency. Fisher-Goad previously served as the deputy director of operations for AEA and the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Autho rity\, managing government relations\, human resources\, grants\, and info rmation technology.She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematic s from University of Alaska Fairbanks and a Master of Business Administrat ion from University of Alaska Anchorage.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nChris Ro se\, Executive Director\, Renewable Energy Alaska Project\nChris Rose is t he founder and Executive Director of REAP. In 1983\, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with Highest Distinction from the University of Iowa\, with a B .A. in Political Science and a Certificate in Global Studies. After workin g as a fundraiser for various non-profit public interest groups around the United States he received his law degree in 1990 from the University of O regon\, with a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law. For over 10 years his private practice in Alaska included representation of N ative Alaskans from Northwest Arctic villages and the mediation of a varie ty of disputes around the state. He has been very active in local communit y affairs and has served on various statewide boards\, including the Renew able Energy Grant Fund Advisory Committee. From 2004 to 2008 he wrote a mo nthly opinion column for the Anchorage Daily News. He enjoys traveling and spending time outside.\n\n \;\n\nKyle Kohman\, Commercial Advisor\, E xxonMobil Alaska Production Inc.\nKyle Kohman began working for ExxonMobil in 2008 upon graduating from Kansas State University with a B.S. in Mecha nical Engineering and a Nuclear Engineering Option.  He currently provide s commercial support for the Point Thomson Unit\, a field expected to begi n production in early 2016.  Much of his career has been spent in commerc ial analysis and planning\, including experiences in Global Electricity Ma rkets and Projects\, U.S. Rockies Natural Gas\, and Alaska Gas Development .  After 5 years of working in Houston\, he and his family moved to Ancho rage in 2013.\n\n\n\n \;\n\n*There will be a VIP reception for Consul+ members and sponsors. Contact us to learn about supporting the Alaska Wor ld Affairs Council and receiving invitations to exclusive receptions with guest speakers.\n\n\n\nA program of the World Affairs Councils of America\ , The Rational Middle Energy Series is sponsored by Shell Oil Company (She ll). The views expressed as part of the Rational Middle Energy Series may not necessarily reflect the views of Shell or any of its affiliates.\n\n\n \n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/08/GK-Bio-Pic-1-2.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:\, \, X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=\, ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TI TLE=:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:196@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20151105T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20151105T213000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084002Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/world-wiz-nov-2015/ SUMMARY:World Wiz Pub Trivia Night DESCRIPTION:World Wiz Pub Trivia Night is a fundraiser for the Alaska World Affairs Council and the Academic Student WorldQuest Competition featuring   fun globally-themed trivia\, raffle and team prizes\, a silent auction\ , and great times with friends!\n\nJoin us this fun-filled evening and tes t your international trivia knowledge!  Maybe your team will walk away wi th the custom-made World Wiz champion pub glasses!\n\n \;\n\n\n\nThe c ompetition consists of teams of up to 4 people. Seating is available on a first-come first-serve basis and check-in begins at 6:30pm.\n\n \;\n\n \n\nMade possible thanks to support from...\n\n\nTitle Sponsor\n\nInterest ed in becoming the Title Sponsor for World Wiz\, contact Alyssa Bish for i nformation!\n\nRound Sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nTechnol ogy Sponsor\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nWould y ou like to see your company logo prominently displayed on this page? Conta ct Alyssa Bish for information on becoming a sponsor for this event.\n\n\n \n\nSpecial thanks to following in-kind donors for donating amazing silent auction items &\; prizes!\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n&n bsp\;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\ n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \; \n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n&nbs p\; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/08/WorldWizInvite-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Special Events LOCATION:Tap Root Public House\, 3300 Spenard Rd\, Anchorage\, AK\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=3300 Spenard Rd\, Anchorage \, AK\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Tap Root Public House:geo :0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:197@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20151119T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20151119T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084002Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/young-alaskans-abroad/ SUMMARY:WorldMatters: A Life Well Traveled - Stories of Young Alaskans Abro ad DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis program is presented as a part of WorldMatters\, a ser ies engaging Alaska's young leaders in global dialogue.\n\n\n \;\n\nCh ristina Wilson\, Counselor in Residence in Residence Life at the Universit y of Alaska\nChristina Wilson has a Master of Science in Counseling from A laska Pacific University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art History and History from the University of Minnesota Morris. Currently\, Christina own s her own business\, Christina Wilson Art LLC in Anchorage and holds birch tree painting classes\, art exhibits and shows in Anchorage\, Homer\, and Eagle River.\n\nJosh Wilson\, Business Agent\, Alaska Correctional Office rs Association\nJosh Wilson is a Business Agent with the Alaska Correction al Officers Association representing Correctional Officers statewide. He h as a Master of Business Administration from Alaska Pacific University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History\, Philosophy\, and Political Science from Boston University.\n\nChristina and Josh met while serving as agricul tural extension agents with the Peace Corps in Mali. Through their work\, they started doing mutual agriculture training\, painting schools and had a well-known radio show in Bambara\, the local language. The Peace Corps t aught them both about humbleness\, growth\, love\, poverty and overcoming adversity in our everyday lives. After marrying\, returning to Alaska\, an d starting Graduate School at Alaska Pacific University\, Christina and Jo sh embarked a six and a half month adventure during which they traveled th rough 11 countries: China\, Nepal\, India\, Thailand\, Cambodia\, Laos\, V ietnam\, Malaysia\, Myanmar (Burma)\, Brunei\, and Japan.\n\n \;\n\n\n \nThe WorldMatters Series is sponsored by\n\n       \n\n \;\n\n& nbsp\;\n\n \;\n\nThe WorldMatters Series is presented in partnership w ith\n\n                         \n\n \;\n\n  \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/08/WorldMattersLogo-Draft.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series,WorldMatters LOCATION:Subzero Bistro & Microlounge\, 612 F St\, Anchorage\, AK\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=612 F St\, Anchorage\, AK\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Subzero Bistro & Microlounge:geo :0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:199@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20151204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20151204T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084002Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/refugees-in-alaska/ SUMMARY:New Beginnings: Perspectives on Refugees in Alaska - A Panel Discus sion DESCRIPTION:Panelists:\n\nJessica Kovarik\, Program Director/State Refugee Coordinator\, Refugee Assistance and Immigration Services\nJessica Kovarik \, has served as State Refugee Coordinator/Program Director of Refugee Ass istance and Immigration Services (RAIS) at Catholic Social Services since July 2014. Prior to her work with the RAIS Program\, Ms. Kovarik has volun teered\, interned and worked with several domestic refugee resettlement pr ograms as well as worked on international programming for refugees with bo th Save the Children and International Rescue Committee. She has a Master of Arts in International Human Rights with a focus on refugee studies and also holds a Certificate in Humanitarian Assistance from the University of Denver\, Josef Korbel School of International Studies. During graduate sc hool she was also a research associate for the University of Denver’s Hu man Trafficking Center. Jessica is a former Peace Corps Volunteer who serv ed in an indigenous community in the cloud forest of Panama as a Sustainab le Agriculture Specialist and also coordinated the country’s Gender and Development Programming.\n\n \;\n\nMargaret Stock\, Attorney\, Cascadi a Cross-Border Law Group LLC\nMargaret D. Stock is an Alaska attorney who earned her undergraduate\, graduate\, and law degrees at Harvard Universit y.  A retired lieutenant colonel in the US Army Reserve Military Police C orps\, she was named a 2013 MacArthur Fellow (“genius grant” recipient ) by the John D. &\; Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for her work on issues involving immigration and national security.  She is the principal attorney at Cascadia Cross Border Law Group LLC in Anchorage\, AK.  She has worked with dozens of refugees and asylum-seekers over the two decades of her legal career.\n\n \n\n \;\n\nmoderated by\nDr. Paul Dunscomb\ , Professor of East Asian History\, UAA\nPaul Dunscomb is Professor of Eas t Asian History at the University of Alaska Anchorage and was the inaugura l Director of the UAA Confucius Institute. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. His book Japan’s Siberian Intervention\, 1918-1922 : “A Great Disobedience Against the People” (New York: Lexington Books \, 2011)\, is the first complete narrative of this topic in English. Japan Since 1945\, his contribution to the Association for Asian Studies Key Is sues in Asian Studies Series has just been released.\n\n\n\nThe podcast fo r this event is available through Alaska Public Media's AWAC presents\, cl ick here to listen. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/10/NewBeginnings_Graphic.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:200@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160126T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160126T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084020Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/arctic-executive-steeri ng-committee/ SUMMARY:Ambassador Mark Brzezinski on "Arctic Executive Steering Committee - One Year On: Report from the Executive Director" DESCRIPTION: \;\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nFormer United States Ambassador to S weden Mark Brzezinski serves as Executive Director of the U.S. Government' s Arctic Executive Steering Committee. On January 21st\, 2015\, in recogni tion of the unique challenges and opportunities presented by the Arctic\, President Obama issued an Executive Order to enhance coordination of natio nal efforts in the Arctic. The Executive Order creates expanded opportunit ies for Alaskans and those in the Federal government to work on Arctic iss ues and establishes a clear structure to improve the coordination of Feder al Arctic activity.\n\nAn Arctic Executive Steering Committee (AESC) was e stablished to oversee implementation of the National Strategy for the Arct ic Region (https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/03/27/white-house-releases -implementation-report-national-strategy-arctic). The AESC convenes at the Deputy Secretary level to guide the development of department and agency plans to assure that Federal activity is well-coordinated and better commu nicated to partners such as the State of Alaska\, Alaska Native communitie s\, the U.S. Congress\, the business community\, international partners\, and other stakeholders.\nAs U.S. Ambassador to Sweden between 2011-2015\, Mark worked closely with the Swedish Government during its Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. The U.S. is one of eight member nations of the Arctic Council\, and currently is the Council's Chair. In May 2013\, Mark joined the U.S. Delegation led by Secretary of State John Kerry to the Arctic Co uncil Ministerial in Kiruna\, Sweden\, above the Arctic Circle. At that mi nisterial\, key agreements involving Arctic search and rescue\, oil spill preparedness and cleanup\, and inclusion of non-Arctic nations as Arctic C ouncil observers were advanced. In September 2013\, Mark welcomed Presiden t Barack Obama to Stockholm for a historic\, first ever visit by a sitting U.S. President to Sweden's capital. In Stockholm\, President Obama and al l five heads of government of the Nordic countries met together to discuss a shared approach to climate change and the future of the Arctic among ot her issues.\n\nMark made the Arctic a central focus of his tenure in Swede n. Speaking in February 2015 at Dartmouth College where he gave the Montgo mery Fellowship lecture on the Arctic\, Mark noted that "the Arctic is sim ultaneously a strategic problem and a human problem." At the U.S. Embassy\ , he developed new partnerships with government and diplomats\, business\, media and entertainment\, and the environmental and NGO community to cons ider the link between what is happening in the Arctic and what is happenin g in the rest of the world. He used new communications and social-media to ols to share how the looming crisis confronting the Arctic is a tangible p review of the crisis confronting the world as a whole. Mark initiated and helped develop the new U.S. Fulbright Scholarship devoted to the study of the future of the Arctic. The new Arctic Fulbright\, funded by the State D epartment\, is a unique two-year program composed of researchers selected from the eight Arctic Council countries.\n\nMark served on the National Se curity Council staff under President Clinton between 1999-2001\, first as Director for Russia and Eurasia\, then as Director for the Balkans. He rec eived his undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College\, his law degree at th e University of Virginia Law School and has Doctorate in political science from Oxford University. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Warsaw\, Poland bet ween 1991-1993. He was a partner at a Washington\, DC law firm before join ing the Obama Administration\, and is a member of the Council on Foreign R elations.\n\n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/12/Brzezinski-Photo.jpg CATEGORIES:Arctic Series,International Program Series LOCATION:Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center\, 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.21509609999999;-149.8945164 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS= 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Dena'i na Civic and Convention Center:geo:61.21509609999999,-149.8945164 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:201@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160218T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160218T181500 DTSTAMP:20231222T084048Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/alaskan-doctors-ebola/ SUMMARY:WorldMatters: How I Ended Up Working on Ebola - the Journeys of Two Alaskan Doctors DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis program is presented as a part of WorldMatters\, a ser ies engaging Alaska's young leaders in global dialogue.\n\n\nJoin us at 4: 30pm for a social mixer with our guest speakers prior to the program start at 5:15pm. Beverages and light snacks will be available for purchase from Cyrano's Cafe.\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nDr. Michael Bruce\, Epidemiology T eam Leader\, Centers for Disease Control\nMichael Bruce is a public health physician and medical epidemiologist trained in both Internal and Prevent ive Medicine. He is the Epidemiology Team Leader at the Centers for Diseas e Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Arctic Investigations Program in Alaska \, USA. He graduated cum laude from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in Ant hropology\, then graduated with an MD/MPH from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. He completed an Internal Medicine residency at Oregon Health Sciences University then began his career at CDC in 1997 as an Epid emiologic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer in the Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch\, Atlanta and then went on to complete a Preventive Medi cine Residency in Seattle\, Washington.\n\nFor the past 15 years\, his wor k has focused on improving health in Alaska Native communities\, creation of a sentinel surveillance system in Alaska for detecting infection caused by Helicobacter pylori\, and setting up\, managing and analyzing data fro m the international circumpolar surveillance (ICS) system for invasive bac terial diseases to include Alaska\, Canada\, Greenland\, Iceland\, Norway\ , Sweden\, Finland and Russia. He is the Principal Investigator of 9 diffe rent active studies and co-investigator on 15 other active studies. He has received numerous awards and has published over 100 scientific articles a nd book chapters.\n\nDr. Bruce speaks French fluently\, and his current ar eas of interest include meningococcal disease in the north\, ulcer disease and gastric cancer associated with Helicobacter pylori infection\, invasi ve respiratory illness caused by Haemophilus influenzae &\; Streptococc us pneumoniae\, avian influenza\, human papilloma virus infection and cerv ical cancer. He is currently the Chairman of the ICS Steering Committee an d the Invasive Bacterial Disease Working Group\, and is the former Preside nt of the American Society for Circumpolar Health\, and former President o f the International Union for Circumpolar Health.\n\n \;\n\nDr. Timoth y Thomas\, Director\, Clinical and Research Services Department\, Division of Community Health Services\, ANTHC\nDr. Timothy Thomas currently works as Director of Clinical and Research Services Department in the Division o f Community Health Services\, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTH C).Dr. Thomas was born and grew up in Kenya with secondary and college edu cation in England and the USA respectively. He is a medical epidemiologist with broad clinical and research experience in Kenya and Alaska\, address ing issues of health disparity among impoverished and minority populations . He attended medical school in Indiana and completed a residency in Famil y Practice in Huntington\, West Virginia with a focus on International Hea lth and Tropical Medicine.\n\nAfter residency he returned to East Africa f or two years where he worked for a short period for Doctors without Border s in Somalia and then in a mission hospital in central Kenya. He returned to the United States in the mid-90s to work as a Family Practice doctor in Bethel\, Alaska for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC)\, a Tri bal Health organization owned by and serving the indigenous people of west ern Alaska. After Bethel he joined the CDC as an ‘Epidemic Intelligence Service’ Officer where he did the two year CDC epidemiology training bas ed at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Field Stat ion in Anchorage. He subsequently returned to Kenya for seven years as hea d of the HIV research department at the Kenya Medical Research Institute ( KEMRI)/CDC Field station in western Kenya.\n\nHe returned to Alaska in 200 8 to work with the CDC Arctic Investigations Program\, primarily on water and sanitation and oral health issues and then in October 2011 joined the ANTHC in his current position where he oversees a staff of 30 involved in multiple research projects including hepatitis\, adolescent health (primar ily addressing violence and STDs)\, cardiovascular disease\, diabetes\, or al health\, water and sanitation and tobacco cessation.\n\n\n\nThe WorldMa tters Series is sponsored by\n\n       \n\nThank you to our generous venue sponsor:\n\n\n\nThe WorldMatters Series is presented in partnership with\n\n                         \n\n \;\n\n&nb sp\; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/08/WorldMattersLogo-Draft.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series,WorldMatters LOCATION:Cyrano's Theatre Company\, 411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, Uni ted States GEO:61.218267;-149.88908400000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Cyrano's Theatre Company :geo:61.218267,-149.88908400000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:202@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160226T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160226T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084122Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/dr-sinan-ciddi/ SUMMARY:Dr. Sinan Ciddi on "Turkey's Role in the Shaping of a New Middle Ea st" DESCRIPTION: \n\n \;\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nDr. Sinan Ciddi is an expert o n Turkish domestic politics and foreign policy. He obtained his Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies\, University of London in 2007 in the field of Political Science. Dr. Ciddi continues to author scholarl y articles\, opinion pieces and book chapters on contemporary Turkish poli tics and foreign policy\, as well as participate in media appearances (cli ck here for more information). In addition to his teaching and research re sponsibilities at Georgetown\, Dr. Ciddi also serves as the Executive Dire ctor of the Institute of Turkish Studies.\n\nDr. Ciddi was born in Turkey and educated in the United Kingdom. He was previously an instructor at Sab anci University between 2004-2008 and completed his Post-Doctoral Fellowsh ip at the same institution between 2007-2008. Distinct from his articles a nd opinion editorials\, Dr. Ciddi's book titled Kemalism in Turkish Politi cs: The Republican People's Party: Secularism and Nationalism (Routledge\, January 2009) focuses on the electoral weakness of the Republican People' s Party.\n\nBetween 2008-2011\, he established the Turkish Studies program at the University of Florida's Center for European Studies.\n\n \;\n\ n \;\n\n\n\nThe podcast for this program is available through Alaska P ublic Media's AWAC Presents\, click here to listen. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/10/Photo_Ciddi_2014.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:203@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160309T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160309T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084207Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/women-in-stem-2/ SUMMARY:WorldMatters: Women in Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, and Mat h (STEM) - Making Strides in Challenging Careers DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis program is presented as a part of WorldMatters\, a ser ies engaging Alaska's leaders in global dialogue.\n\n\nJoin us at 5:30pm f or a social mixer with our guest speakers prior to the program start at 6: 00pm. Beverages and light snacks will be available for purchase from Cyran o's Cafe. Please note that the Cyrano's Cafe only accepts cash.\n\n\n\n\nS peaker Bios:\nJanet Weiss\, President\, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.\nJane t Weiss was named president BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. in 2013. As Presi dent she is responsible for BP's oil and gas exploration\, development and production activities in Alaska\, as well as its interests in the Trans-A laska oil pipeline. During her 30 year career\, she’s held various engin eering and leadership positions in BP Alaska\, North America Gas\, along w ith global roles\, including assignments as Vice President Gulf of Mexico Shelf and Vice President Western Wyoming.
Previous to her current role\, Janet served as Vice President – Resources for BP Alaska. Janet started her career in Alaska as a process engineer then moved into reservoir engi neering. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Oklahoma State University (OSU). In 2014 she was inducted into the OSU Co llege of Engineering\, Architecture and Technology hall of fame. Janet ser ves on the BP America Inc. Board of Directors. She is President of the Ala ska Oil and Gas Association\, serves on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor’s Board of Visitors and as fundraising co-chair for UAF’s Alaska Center for Energy and Power. She is a member of the board of direct ors for both United Way and Covenant House Alaska.\n\nJenna Desmarais\, Ma terials Management Advisor of the Point Thomson Project\, ExxonMobil\nJenn a Desmarais moved to Anchorage in the summer of 2014 from Houston\, TX to be the Materials Management Advisor on the Point Thomson Project. Prior to her current role\, she worked as a contracts engineer developing contract ing strategy for ExxonMobil’s major capital projects. Jenna graduated cu m laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from R ice University in 2012. In April of 2015\, Jenna planned and organized Exx onMobil’s Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day partnering with the Anchor age School District and Girl Scouts of Alaska to promote STEM education to 120 middle school girls from around the city. Jenna serves on the board o f directors for Standing Together Against Rape (STAR) and is on the adviso ry council for United Way Emerging Leaders. She is also a member of the So ciety of Women Engineers.\n\n \;\n\nModerated by Katherine Barnes\, PR Consultant\nKatherine Barnes is a Public Relations Consultant specializin g in science\, research and cultural communications. She has a keen intere st in foreign affairs and international science and innovation having live d and worked in several countries throughout her career. She has worked ac ross various sectors including publishing\, media\, science\, research\, h igher education and museums.\n\nKatherine moved to Alaska in June 2014 fro m London. She has an MSci in Geology from University College London and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Public Relations. Areas of interest in Alaska inc lude earth sciences\, geohazards\, environmental science and the Arctic as a forum for international science cooperation and diplomacy.\n\n \;\n \n\n\nThe WorldMatters Series is sponsored by\n\n       \n\nThank yo u to our generous venue sponsor:\n\n\n\nThe WorldMatters Series is present ed in partnership with\n\n                         \ n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/08/WorldMattersLogo-Draft.jpg CATEGORIES:WorldMatters LOCATION:Cyrano's Theatre Company\, 411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, Uni ted States GEO:61.218267;-149.88908400000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Cyrano's Theatre Company :geo:61.218267,-149.88908400000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:204@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160311T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160311T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084230Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/acupuncture-and-chinese -medicine/ SUMMARY:Lixin Huang on "Ancient Wisdom\, Modern Science – Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine in the US Healthcare System" DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nLixin Huang currently serves as the President of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in S an Francisco\, and has served in numerous capacities with the World Federa tion of Chinese Medicine Societies. Lixin has traveled around the world pr esenting on the use of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine in the United States. Lixin has received several awards\, including the Chinese Medicine Leadership Award from the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in 2013\, and the Outstanding Leadership Award from the Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in 2014. Lixin h olds her BA in English Language from the Xi’an Foreign Languages Institu te in Xi’an\, China\, and her MS in Adult Continuing Education Studies f rom Northern Illinois University.\n\n\n\nThe podcast for this program is a vailable through Alaska Public Media's AWAC Presents\, click here to liste n. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/12/lixin-Huangs-Picture.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:205@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160325T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084249Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/women-in-pakistan/ SUMMARY:Jodi Fischer on "Education and Economic Opportunities for Women: So lutions to Poverty and Conflict in Pakistan" DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bio:\nJodi Fischer\, Marshall Direct Fund Executive Dir ector \nJodi has been working with MDF since 2009. She is a former educat or\, earned a Masters degree in International Development from the Univers ity of Denver\, and has over 15 years of international development experie nce. Jodi’s background includes work in the public and private education sector\, and with nonprofits\, foundations\, and government contractors. Jodi has regional expertise in Latin America\, Asia\, and the Middle East focusing on global health\, education\, community\, and economic developme nt programs. Jodi visits Pakistan periodically and loves to share/present the meaningful work they do. Jodi is currently a board member of Four Va lleys Community School and working on publishing a book about their experi ence providing education and economic opportunities to vulnerable populati ons in Pakistan.\nFor more information on the Marshall Direct Fund's missi on\, visit: http://www.marshalldirectfund.org/marshall-direct-fund-mission /\n \;\n\nShell joins us in celebrating International Women's Day and Women's History month by supporting this program\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\nThe podcast for this program is available through Alaska Public Media's AWAC Presents\, click here to listen.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/01/RKP_JF-9.jpeg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:206@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160326T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160326T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084313Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/globalization-wine/ SUMMARY:Globalization in Your Wine Glass with Wine Economist\, Dr. Mike Ves eth DESCRIPTION:Start your Saturday night out right! \n\nJoin us for the Alask a World Affairs Council's second annual wine tasting fundraiser on Saturda y\, March 26th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm.  Globalization in Your Wine Glass\, hosted by Wine Economist\, Dr. Mike Veseth\, is a delightful evening of w hite and red wines\, locally-made hors d'oeuvres\, riveting discussion exp loring the global wine market\, and the best of times with your fellow wor ld-enthusiasts.  You will also receive a custom Alaska World Affairs Coun cil wine glass for use at the event and to keep as a memento.\n\nAdvance r egistration has now closed. Tickets will be available at the door for $70 for current AKWorld members or $85 for non-members. This event begins\, an d doors open\, at 5:00pm.\n\n\n\nBack by popular demand\, meet Dr. Mike Ve seth...\nWall Street Journal wine columnist Lettie Teague writes that “O f all the wine blogs in the wide\, wide blogosphere\, one that I look forw ard to reading the most is Mike Veseth’s Wine Economist. There’s nothi ng else quite like it—a blend of economic insight … and often irrevere nt winespeak.”\n\nEconomist Mike Veseth is editor of The Wine Economist blog and author of more than a dozen books including best-selling Wine War s (2011)\, Extreme Wine (2013) and Money\, Taste &\; Wine: It’s Compl icated! (2015).\n\nThe Wine Economist was named 2015 “Best in the World ” best wine blog by Gourmand International.\n\nMike speaks frequently at national and international wine conferences. In 2013-2014\, for example\, Mike discussed global market conditions at the “State of the Industry ” session at the Unified Wine &\; Grape Symposium in Sacramento and a ddressed industry groups in the UK\, Australia\, Portugal\, South Africa\, Napa Valley\, Oregon\, Italy and Argentina. Click on “The World Tour” link to see where Mike’s been recently and where he is going next.\n\n\ n\nSpecial thanks to the amazing sponsors below for supporting this event and making global education opportunities in Alaska!\n\nCo-Sponsor: Conoco Phillips\n\nSpeaker Sponsor:\n\n\nWine Round Sponsor:\n\n\nSwalling &\; Associates\, PC\nGarret &\; Barbara Wong\nGabrielle Rubenstein &\; Keenan Zerkel\n\n\n\nThe podcast for this program is available through Ala ska Public Media's AWAC Presents\, click here to listen. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/07/vesethwine-e1406315614177.jpg CATEGORIES:Special Events LOCATION:ConocoPhillips Atrium\, 700 G Street\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, Un ited States GEO:61.2150773;-149.8966863 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=700 G Street\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=ConocoPhillips Atriu m:geo:61.2150773,-149.8966863 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:207@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160407T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160407T181500 DTSTAMP:20231222T084334Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/worldmatters-social-ent erprise/ SUMMARY:WorldMatters: Can Business Change the World? Using Social Enterpris e to Solve Community Problems DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis program is presented as a part of WorldMatters\, a ser ies engaging Alaska's young leaders in global dialogue.\n\n\nJoin us at 4: 30pm for a social mixer with our guest speakers prior to the program start at 5:15pm. Beverages and light snacks will be available for purchase from Cyrano's Cafe. Please note that the Cyrano's Cafe only accepts cash.\n\n\ n\n\nOnline registration for this program is closed. Tickets may be purcha sed at the door.\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nDr. Yaso Thiru\, Professor of Account ing and Management\, Alaska Pacific University\nYaso teaches business at A laska Pacific University and as an educator\, would like to inspire her st udents to make a difference. After years of teaching accounting in the con text of profit maximization alone\, Yaso now explores how profits can be a tool for social and environmental justice. She focuses on problems in the community that would take entrepreneurial interventions to solve\, drawin g on her managerial accounting background. Yaso researches\, learns from\, and works with social entrepreneurs\, writing about what makes them succe ssful and how they impact their community\, and contributing to global res earch attempting to model social enterprises. She is inspired by social en trepreneurs and seeks to inspire others by sharing their stories.\n\n  \;\n\nEric McCallum\, President\, Arctic Wire Rope &\; Supply\nEric McC allum has extensive experience and has acted as a mentor in both business and philanthropy. He acts as an angel investor in market solutions to addr ess poverty and climate changed\, and is the guarantor and board member fo r MCE Social Capital (www.mcesocap.org) an innovative lending institution that has made $100 million of micro loans placed throughout the world by l everaging guarantees. He is also leading other Anchorage businesses in loo king at commercial energy efficiency as the cheapest form of new energy wi th superior return on investment when compared to other investments.\n\nMo derated by Corey Hester\, Communications &\; Program Director\, Anchora ge Chamber of Commerce\nCorey Hester is currently Communications &\; Pr ograms Director for the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce\, and Editor of thei r Advancing Anchorage MAG. He was first published as a journalist while wo rking for the Anchorage Daily News at age 16. Since then he has been featu red in numerous statewide publications. Corey is one of the most knowledge able people in Alaska on the “Millennial Generation” having founded bo th the largest student-run organization and the largest young professional organization in Alaska. He also helped pioneer the concept of Geotourism in Alaska in 2013 after working with various tourism executives looking to boost rural tourism opportunities. He helped create the Alaska Geotourism Charter and was co-chair of the organization\, which comprised dozens of tourism businesses and executives from around the state. In 2015\, he gave the first TED talk on geotourism in the world. Corey is an active member of the Board of Directors for Visit Anchorage and the Alaska World Affairs Council\, and is also the president of the Anchorage Downtown Community C ouncil. He’s a proud alum of East High School\, graduated with honors fr om the University of Alaska Anchorage with a B.A. in Journalism\, and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s HBX program.\n\n\n\nThe WorldMatt ers Series is sponsored by\n\n       \n\n \;\n\nThank you to our generous venue sponsor:\n\n\n\nThe WorldMatters Series is presented in pa rtnership with\n\n                         \n\n  \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/08/WorldMattersLogo-Draft.jpg CATEGORIES:WorldMatters LOCATION:Cyrano's Theatre Company\, 411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, Uni ted States GEO:61.218267;-149.88908400000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Cyrano's Theatre Company :geo:61.218267,-149.88908400000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:208@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160408T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160408T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084351Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/music-art-justice/ SUMMARY:Music\, Art\, & Justice: Community Building and Political Expressio n Internationally and Locally DESCRIPTION:Online registration for this event is now closed. To inquire ab out seat availability\, please call the AKWorld office at (907) 276-8038\, or email us at rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nMurry Sidlin\nMurry Sidlin is a conductor and the founder and president of the D efiant Requiem Foundation\, which sponsors live concert performances of De fiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín. The concert-drama\, tells the story of t he courageous Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp du ring World War II who performed the famous Verdi Requiem Mass while experi encing the depths of human degradation. Sidlin conceived and created the concert\, which combines the magnificent music of Verdi with testimony fro m survivors of the original chorus and footage from a Nazi propaganda film on Theresienstadt.  Sidlin lectures extensively on the arts and humaniti es as practiced by the prisoners of the Terezín Concentration Camp\, and is a distinguished teacher of conducting and performs throughout the world in traditional concert halls.\n\nJulie Decker\nJulie Decker is the Direct or and CEO of the Anchorage Museum.  She has an extensive curatorial back ground combined with a long history initiating innovative Anchorage Museum programs and exhibitions. She is leading the museum beyond its recent exp ansion to position it as a key cultural institution in the international N orth.  She has authored and edited numerous exhibition catalogues and pu blications on the art and architecture of Alaska. She previously ran cont emporary art galleries\, was an instructor for the University of Alaska\, and has served on the boards of several nonprofit organizations. She holds a Ph.D. in contemporary art history\, criticism and management from Union Institute and University\, a master's degree in arts administration from Golden Gate University\, and bachelor degrees in fine art and journalism f rom the University of Oregon.\n\n \;\n\nGeorge Martinez\nGeorge Martin ez is an award winning artist\, social entrepreneur\, and cultural ambassa dor for the US Department of State. He is the founder of the Global Block Foundation\, the co-author/ editor of\, The Organic Globalizer: Hip Hop\, Political Development and Movement Culture (Bloomsbury)\, and an adjunct p rofessor of political science. He is a civil society member of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations\, a member of the Multicultural Educatio n Concerns Advisory Committee of the Anchorage School District and serves as the Special Assistant to Mayor Ethan Berkowitz for education\, youth de velopment\, diversity and economic development.\n\n \;\n\nmoderated by Torrie Allen\nTorrie Allen is an Alaskan and national arts leader with mo re than 30 years of wide-ranging experience in the performing arts and bro adcast media. He recently served on the grants review panel for the Wallac e Foundation's $52 million Building Audiences for Sustainability initiativ e and the opera grants panel for the National Endowment for the Arts. Alle n is a Fellow of National Arts Strategies’ Chief Executive Program and h as participated in chief executive education programs at Harvard Business School\, Ross School of Business at University of Michigan and the RGK Ce nter for Philanthropy and Community Service at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds degrees from UCLA and the Boston Conservatory. Allen cur rently serves as the Chief Officer of Marketing and Development at Alaska Public Media.\n\n \;\n\nThis program is presented as part of Defy Fear Week in partnership with\n\n\n\n\n\nThis program's podcast is available t hrough Alaska Public Media's AWAC Presents\, click here to listen.\n\n&nbs p\; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/02/minilogo.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:209@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160422T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160422T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084413Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/managing-global-insecur ity/ SUMMARY:Dr. Stephen Stedman on "Managing Global Insecurity" *Bev Power Memo rial Program* DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpeaker Bio:\nStephen Stedman is a Freeman Spogli senior fe llow and Deputy Director of the Center on Democracy\, Development\, and th e Rule of Law at Stanford University.\n\nIn 2011-12 Professor Stedman serv ed as the Director for the Global Commission on Elections\, Democracy\, an d Security\, a body of eminent persons tasked with developing recommendati ons on promoting and protecting the integrity of elections and internation al electoral assistance. The Commission is a joint project of the Kofi Ann an Foundation and International IDEA\, an intergovernmental organization t hat works on international democracy and electoral assistance. In 2003-04 Professor Stedman was Research Director of the United Nations High-level P anel on Threats\, Challenges and Change and was a principal drafter of the Panel’s report\, A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility. In 200 5 he served as Assistant Secretary-General and Special Advisor to the Secr etary-General of the United Nations\, with responsibility for working with governments to adopt the Panel’s recommendations for strengthening coll ective security and for implementing changes within the United Nations Sec retariat\, including the creation of a Peacebuilding Support Office\, a Co unter Terrorism Task Force\, and a Policy Committee to act as a cabinet to the Secretary-General.\n\nHis most recent book\, written with Bruce Jones and Carlos Pascual\, is Power and Responsibility: Creating International Order in an Era of Transnational Threats (Washington DC: Brookings Institu tion\, 2009).\n\n \;\n\nThis program is the 2015-2016 Bev Power Memori al Program. For more information about Bev Power\, click here. \n\n\n\nThe program podcast is available through Alaska Public Media's AWAC Presents\ , click here to listen.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/12/Stedman_Steve-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Bev Power Memorial,International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:210@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160516T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160516T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084432Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ambassador-kare-aas/ SUMMARY:Make it Monday: Ambassador Kåre R. Aas on "Falling Oil Prices: Wh at is Norway Doing\, Recommendations for Alaskans and other Arctic Countri es" DESCRIPTION:This program is presented as part of our Summer Ambassador Seri es and is hosted by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Alaska World Affairs Council.\n\n\n\n \;\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nAmbas sador Kåre R. Aas\nAmbassador Kåre R. Aas presented his credentials to President Obama at the White House on Sept. 17\, 2013. \n\n\n\nAmbassador Kåre R. Aas’s distinguished career with the Norwegian Ministry of Forei gn Affairs began in 1983. He left his position in Oslo as Political Direc tor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to become the Norwegian Ambassador to the United States. Prior to his assignment as Political Director\, Amb. Aas served as the Norwegian Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghani stan from 2008 - 2010. From 2003 - 2008\, Amb. Aas served as Director Gen eral\, Department for Security Policy and the High North. In that capacity he had the bilateral relationships between Norway and the U.S.\, the Russ ian Federation and the Central Asian Republics in his portfolio\, and chai red and/or was a member of several international groups working on nuclear disarmament and international peacekeeping operations.  From 2005 - 2007 he also served as Norwegian Governor to the International Atomic Energy A gency (I.A.E.A.) Board of Governors.  Amb. Aas was born on May 25\, 1955 in Oslo\, Norway. He has three daughters and one son.\n\n\nModerated by Li se Falskow\nLise Falskow was born and raised in Alaska and holds a degree in Economics and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College. She worked as a CPA in Seattle\, Washington and Zurich\, Switzerland. She then helped e stablish a Financial Analyst Group for the Energy Division of a major oil company in Oslo\, Norway. As a dual Norwegian and US Citizen\, her interes t in world cultures has taken her to many exciting places\, including her return to Anchorage\, Alaska where she is the Royal Norwegian Honorary Con sul for Alaska. Lise has a passion for Music and Sports playing the piano and participating in Ironman Triathlon Competitions.\n\n \;\n\nThe po dcast for this program is available through Alaska Public Media's AWAC Pre sents\, click here to listen.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/04/Kare-Aas.png CATEGORIES:International Program Series,Summer Ambassador Series LOCATION:Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center\, 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.21509609999999;-149.8945164 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS= 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Dena'i na Civic and Convention Center:geo:61.21509609999999,-149.8945164 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:211@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160518T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160518T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084450Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/one-to-one-russia/ SUMMARY:One-to-One: Russia DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nJoin the Alaska World Affairs Council for the first pro gram in our One-to-One series of interactive conversations spotlighting th e perspectives of military and civilian guest speakers on global subjects that matter.\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nMilitary Guest Speaker: Lieutenant Ge neral Russell Handy\nLt. Gen. Russell J. Handy is Commander\, Alaskan Comm and\, U.S. Northern Command\; Commander\, Eleventh Air Force\, Pacific Air Forces\; and Commander\, Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Region\ , North American Aerospace Defense Command\, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richards on\, Alaska. General Handy is the senior military officer in Alaska\, resp onsible for the integration of all military activities in the Alaskan join t operations area\, synchronizing the activities of more than 21\,000 acti ve-duty and reserve forces from all services. He is also responsible for t he planning and execution of all Homeland Defense operations within the th eater\, including security and civil support actions.  General Handy also commands Eleventh Air Force\, overseeing the training and readiness of fi ve wings and Air Force installations located in Alaska\, Hawaii\, and Guam .  As Commander of the Alaskan Region of the North American Aerospace Def ense Command\, General Handy directs operations to ensure effective survei llance\, monitoring and defense of the region’s airspace.\n\n \;\n\n Civilian Guest Speaker: David Ramseur\nDavid Ramseur is a Visiting Scholar in Public Policy at the Institute of Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage where he is writing a book on the melting o f the “Ice Curtain” between Alaska and the Soviet Far East in the 198 0s and 90s. A 37-year-Alaskan\, Ramseur served for six years as chief of staff to U.S. Senator Mark Begich. Between 2003-08\, he was chief of staff to then Anchorage Mayor Begich. He also served Alaska Governors Tony Know les and Steve Cowper as chief of staff\, press secretary and foreign polic y advisor. In 1988\, Ramseur helped organize the “Friendship Flight” b etween Nome\, Alaska and Provideniya\, Russia\, which reunited indigenous families on both sides of the Bering Strait and helped launch nearly two d ecades of commercial\, scientific and cultural activity between the region s. He managed a $2 million federal grant for educational and scientific ex changes between Alaska and the Russian Far East at UAA's American Russian Center and worked in Nizhny-Novgorod\, Russia\, as a volunteer media advis or. He has traveled extensively in Russia\, Asia\, Europe and the Arctic. He holds a political science bachelor’s degree from the University of No rth Carolina Asheville and a master’s in journalism from the University of Missouri.\n\n \;\nModerator: General Joseph Ralston (USAF\, Retired )\nGeneral Ralston served in the nation's second highest-ranking military position as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He also served as Commander of U.S. European Command and Commander of NATO. General Ralston is known to many Alaskans as the former Commander of the Alaskan Command a nd the Alaskan NORAD Region. As Commander of the US European Command from (2000-2003)\, General Ralston was the senior U.S. military officer and com mander of all U.S. forces in an area of responsibility that covers more th an 21 million square miles and includes 93 nations. This territory extends from the North Cape of Norway\, through the waters of the Baltic and Medi terranean seas\, most of Europe\, parts of the Middle East\, to the Cape o f Good Hope in South Africa. He led the command in daily missions in the w ar against terrorism\, from the streets of Bosnia to the waters of the Med iterranean. And he oversaw air operations in the no-fly zone over Northern Iraq.\n \n\n \;\n\n\n\n Thank you to our generous venue sponsor:\n\ n\n\n \;\n\nLight refreshments provided by:\n\n\n        \n\n&n bsp\;\n\nIn order to encourage relationship building within our community\ , the goal of the One-to-One series is to have attendance of the program b e one-for-one military and civilian individuals.\n\nTo hear about these pr ograms in the future\, before they fill-up\, please join our e-newsletter to receive announcements. CATEGORIES:One-to-One LOCATION:Cyrano's Theatre Company\, 411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, Uni ted States GEO:61.218267;-149.88908400000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Cyrano's Theatre Company :geo:61.218267,-149.88908400000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:212@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160815T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160815T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084504Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ambassador-al-kuwari-qa tar/ SUMMARY:"Qatar: More than Just Oil and Natural Gas" - A "Make it Monday" f orum with Ambassador H.E. Mohammed Al Kuwari & General Joseph Ralston (USA F\, Ret.) DESCRIPTION:Join us as Ambassador Mohamed Jaham Al Kuwari discusses Qatar's increasing role in the world\, oil and natural gas development as vehicle for change\, his country's efforts in defeating extremism\, and the 2022 FIFA World Cup\, among other things with moderator General Joseph Ralston (USAF\, Retired).\n\nThis program is presented as part of our Summer Ambas sador Series and is hosted by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce in partner ship with the Alaska World Affairs Council.\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\n\nAmba ssador Al Kuwari\n\nAmbassador H.E. Mohammed Al Kuwari was born on May 20\ , 1958 in Qatar. He received his Bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Portland in 1980. In 1990\, he received a Master’ s degree in international relations from the University of Madrid. He is m arried with five children and speaks English\, Spanish\, French and Arabic . In December 2013\, Al Kuwari was appointed to serve as the Ambassador of the State of Qatar in Washington\, DC. Prior to his arrival in the United States\, he served for a decade as Qatar’s Ambassador to France and acc redited to Switzerland and the Holy See. In 2007\, he also became non-resi dent Ambassador to Monaco and Portugal. Ambassador Al Kuwari joined the Mi nistry of Foreign Affairs in 1981 as Third Secretary. Following a post in Tehran from 1991-1992\, Kuwari became the Director of European and America n Affairs from 1995-1997 and again from 2001-2002\, as well as Member of t he Diplomatic Consular Services from 1997-2001. Ambassador Al Kuwari has r eceived numerous awards and accolades for his service as a diplomat\, incl uding Grand Cross of the Order of Merit from Portugal in 2012. In 2007\, t he President of France presented him with an officer badge of the Legion o f Honor\, the highest decoration in France.\n \nModerated by General Jose ph Ralston (USAF Retired)\nGeneral Ralston served in the nation’s second highest-ranking military position as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He also served as Commander of U.S. European Command and Commander of NATO. General Ralston is known to many Alaskans as the former Commande r of the Alaskan Command and the Alaskan NORAD Region. As Commander of the US European Command from (2000-2003)\, General Ralston was the senior U.S . military officer and commander of all U.S. forces in an area of responsi bility that covers more than 21 million square miles and includes 93 natio ns. This territory extends from the North Cape of Norway\, through the wat ers of the Baltic and Mediterranean seas\, most of Europe\, parts of the M iddle East\, to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. He led the command in daily missions in the war against terrorism\, from the streets of Bosni a to the waters of the Mediterranean. And he oversaw air operations in the no-fly zone over Northern Iraq.\n\n\n\n\nThe podcast for this program is available through Alaska Public Media's AWAC Presents\, click here to list en. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/05/Photo-Ambassador.png CATEGORIES:Summer Ambassador Series LOCATION:Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center\, 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.21509609999999;-149.8945164 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS= 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Dena'i na Civic and Convention Center:geo:61.21509609999999,-149.8945164 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:213@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160825T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160825T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084522Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/arctic-update-admiral-p app/ SUMMARY:"The Arctic in Action: Accomplishments of the Arctic Council as We Look to the Future" - With US Special Representative for the Arctic\, Admi ral Robert Papp DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bio:\n\nAdmiral Robert J. Papp\, Jr.\, USCG (Ret.) beca me the State Department’s Special Representative for the Arctic in July of 2014\, and will lead the effort to advance U.S. interests in the Arctic Region\, with a focus on Arctic Ocean governance\, climate change\, econo mic\, environmental\, and security issues in the Arctic region as the Unit ed States holds the chairmanship of the Arctic Council from 2015-2017.\n\n Prior to his appointment\, Admiral Papp served as the 24th Commandant of t he U.S. Coast Guard\, and led the largest component of the Department of H omeland Security (DHS). As a flag officer\, Admiral Papp served as Command er\, Coast Guard Atlantic Area\; as the Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard and Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Headquarters\; as Commander\, Ninth Coast Guard District\; and as Director of Reserve and Training.\n\nAdmiral Papp was a career cutterman\, having served in six Coast Guard Cutters\, commanding four of them: RED BEECH\, PAPAW\, FORWARD\, and the training ba rque EAGLE. He is a 1975 graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy . Additionally\, he holds a Master of Arts in National Security and Strate gic Studies from the United States Naval War College and a Master of Scien ce in Management from Salve Regina College.\n\nAdmiral Papp is a native of Norwich\, Connecticut.\n\n\n\nThe podcast for this event is available thr ough Alaska Public Media's AWAC Presents\, click here to listen.\n\n \ ; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/08/Papp_Robert_J_200_1.jpg CATEGORIES:Arctic Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:214@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160909T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160909T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084541Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/crumpton-global-complex ity/ SUMMARY:Former CIA Spy\, Ambassador Henry Crumpton\, on "Global Complexity: Risk & Opportunity" DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bio:\nAmbassador Henry A. Crumpton is the founder and C EO of Crumpton Group (CG) LLC\, an international research/advisory and bus iness development firm. Established in January 2008\, CG serves the Fortun e 500 leadership and the global business elite. He is also the CEO of Crum pton Ventures\, with investments in telecommunications\, cyber-security\, training/education\, and robotics with an emphasis on unmanned aerial syst ems.\n\nAmbassador Crumpton is the CEO of Aardwolf Creative LLC\, a TV/fil m production company\, including a joint venture with STX Entertainment. S ince 2008 he has served as an independent director of Argan Inc. (NYSE: AG X). He is also on the advisory boards of Enirgi Group\, a Toronto based na tural resource enterprise with global operations\, and DC Capital Partners \, a private equity firm that owns Michael Baker Inc.\n\nA 24-year veteran of the CIA’s Clandestine Service\, Ambassador Crumpton served as an ope rations officer in the foreign field\, including tours as Chief of Station . From 1998-1999 he was the Deputy Chief of the FBI’s International Terr orist Operations Section. From 1999-2001 he served as the Deputy (Operatio ns) of the CIA Counterterrorist Center. After 9/11 he led the CIA’s Afgh anistan campaign in 2001-2002. From 2003-2005 he was the Chief of the CIA ’s National Resource Division\, responsible for all Clandestine Service operations in the United States. In 2005 the President of the United State s appointed Crumpton as Ambassador-at-Large and the Coordinator for Counte rterrorism at the US Department of State. He retired from US government se rvice in 2007.\n\nAmbassador Crumpton is the author of the New York Times bestselling book\, The Art of Intelligence (2012)\, which has been transla ted into several foreign languages including Arabic and Chinese. He also i s a contributing author of Transforming US Intelligence (2005).\n\nHe is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the OSS Society. His honor s include the Intelligence Commendation Medal\; the George H.W. Bush Award for excellence in counterterrorism\; the Sherman Kent Award\, in recognit ion of an outstanding contribution to the literature of intelligence\; the Donovan Award\; and the Distinguished Intelligence Medal\, the CIA’s hi ghest award for achievement.\n\nAmbassador Crumpton earned a B.A. in Polit ical Science from the University of New Mexico and a Masters in Internatio nal Public Policy\, with honors\, from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.\n\n\n\n \;\n\nVIP Reception with A mbassador Crumpton - Friday\, September 9th\, 6:00pm\n\nThe podcast for th is event is available through Alaska Public Media's AWAC Presents\, click here to listen. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/07/16_9_9-HC_Photo.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:215@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160921T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160921T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084649Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/wm-community-connection s/ SUMMARY:WorldMatters - "Community Connections & Solutions: From Zimbabwe & East Timor to Alaska" a panel discussion moderated by YWCA Alaska's Hilary Morgan DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nThe speakers have shared their PowerPoint presentations from the evening with us for your viewing\, they can be found below:\n\n Eugenia on Timor Leste - Presentation\n Margaret on Zimbabwe - Presentat ion\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\nEugenia Urania Da Costa Correia\nEugenia Urania Da Costa Correia is a passionate and well-rounded professional who special izes in grant writing and conflict mediation. As the Small Grant Manager f or Belun NGO\, Correia is currently collaborating with managers\, consulta nts\, and research groups to prepare grant proposals and conduct research on resolution strategies. After her fellowship in the US\, Eugenia plans t o apply skills she has learned to develop new strategies for conflict reso lution to reduce domestic violence in her home of Timor-Leste. One of the most important strategies Correia plans to employ is education\, improving local knowledge of domestic violence laws.\n\nCorreia has previously gain ed experience in a variety of fields. As a Peace Building Project Coordina tor\, she supervised staff and facilitated educational programs for youth\ ; especially those involved in martial arts gangs. As a National Gender Co nsultant\, Correia gained valuable experience in research: she led the sur vey team\, reported the findings\, and finally conducted the final evaluat ion for the Development Agriculture Community Project.\n\nCorreia holds a Bachelor of Arts in Educational Sciences: Mathematics from the National Un iversity of Timore-Lorosa’e and a Master of Arts in Social and Political Sciences: Peace and Conflict Studies from the Meio University (Japan).\n\ nMargaret Mutsamvi\nMargaret Mutsamvi\, currently a Program Officer at Sav anna Trust\, focuses on the issue of gender discrimination and actively wo rks to promote gender equality and empower women. A dedicated human rights activist\, Mutsamvi is involved in the Community Solutions Program to imp lement change in the marginalized communities of Zimbabwe. By learning how to mainstream projects\, Mutsamvi plans to increase access to information and form opportunities for personal development for women upon her return to Zimbabwe.\n\nMargaret has worked with many different groups to increas e her participation and understanding in coalitions working toward change. For example\, Margaret has extensive experience in managing projects with the “Do You Care Foundation” and the Savanna Trust. Margaret has also diversified her skills with training volunteers with the African Women’ s Initiatives in Developing Economies and representing the interests of lo cal women as a board member with the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Develo pment.\n\nMargaret is highly educated\, with a Bachelor of Science in Econ omics from the University of Zimbabwe\, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Sustain able Community Development\, and a Higher National Diploma in Labour Relat ions.\n\nModerator - Hilary A. Morgan\n Hilary is the CEO of the YWCA Alas ka. She is nationally recognized as a leader in the fields of homelessness \, housing\, diversity and women’s issues. No stranger to the for-profit world Morgan spent her younger years on Wall Street and founded Resourcef ul Results\, LLC\, a program and systems architecture company specializing in transformational solutions to persistent social justice challenges wit h clients in New York\, Washington\, DC and Alaska. Among her numerous awa rds and achievements are a Rockefeller Next Generation Leadership Fellowsh ip\, the Mayor’s Award for Public Service (Anchorage\, AK)\, the Citizen of the Year Award by the National Social Workers Association and the YWCA /BP Alaska Woman of Achievement award. Morgan is also the author of Nuts a nd Bolts of Effective Task Force Development: An Analysis of a Community T ask Force on Homelessness and producer of Homeward Bound\, A Way to a Bett er Life.\n\n\n\nThe IREX Community Solutions Program is a professional dev elopment program for the best and brightest global community leaders worki ng in transparency and accountability\, tolerance and conflict resolution\ , environmental issues\, and women and gender issues. Leaders participate in a four month US fellowship with a local nonprofit organization or gover nment agency\, structured virtual learning and networking via the Online C ommunity Leadership Institute\, and the design and implementation of follo w-on projects in their home countries.\n\n\n\nThe WorldMatters series is m ade possible thanks to the support of BP.\n\n\n\nThis WorldMatters program is presented in partnership with:\n\n\n\n\n\nThe WorldMatters program ser ies is made possible thanks to the support of our community partners. Visi t the WorldMatters page to learn more about the partner organizations and contact Deputy Director Alyssa Bish to get involved! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/08/9-21.jpg CATEGORIES:WorldMatters LOCATION:Cyrano's Theatre Company\, 411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, Uni ted States GEO:61.218267;-149.88908400000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Cyrano's Theatre Company :geo:61.218267,-149.88908400000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:216@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160930T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160930T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084703Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/shapiro-cuba/ SUMMARY:Ambassador Charles Shapiro on "Cuba: the Embargo within the Embargo " DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bio:\nCharles Shapiro is president of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta and a senior lecturer at the Robinson College of Busin ess at Georgia State University. From 2011-2013 Shapiro was the president of the Institute of the Americas\, a think tank at the University of Calif ornia San Diego. Previously\, he held numerous senior positions at the U.S . Department of State\, including Ambassador to Venezuela\, principal depu ty assistant secretary for the Western Hemisphere\, and Coordinator for Cu ban Affairs.\n\nAt the World Affairs Council he has organized and led five trips to Cuba\, including with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. Shapiro’s op-e ds have been published most recently the Atlanta Business Chronicle\, the Latin America Advisor\, the Huffington Post\, the Miami Herald\, the San D iego Union Tribune and the Los Angeles Times.\n\nShapiro earned a B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.Ed. from Georgia State University. \n\nPresident Bush awarded Shapiro a presidential Meritorious Service Awar d in 2004\, the Chilean Foreign Ministry made him a knight commander in th e Orden al Mérito de Chile in 2005\, and Secretary of State Clinton award ed him The Secretary’s Career Achievement Award in 2011. He serves on th e Board of Trustees of Agnes Scott College.\n\n\n\nDoors will open at 11:3 0am. Please plan to arrive prior to noon to check-in and settle-in before the program begins.\n\nThe podcast for this event is available thanks to A laska Public Media\, click here to listen ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/08/Shapiro.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:217@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20161012T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20161012T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084721Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/wm-us-foreign-policy/ SUMMARY:WorldMatters - "US Foreign Policy & Election Readiness" a panel dis cussion with Dr. Forrest Nabors DESCRIPTION:Join us at 5:30pm for a social mixer with our guest speakers pr ior to the program start at 6:00pm.  Please plan to arrive earlier if you plan to eat food prior to the program or plan to try 49th State Brewing C o's delicious food after the discussion.\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\nCommunity P erspective - Mead Treadwell\nPrior to joining Pt Capital as President\, Me ad Treadwell served as Alaska’s lieutenant governor and was a candidate for U.S. Senate. Mead is recognized as one of the world’s Arctic policy experts. He was appointed to the U.S. Arctic Research Commission by Presid ent George W. Bush\, and designated as chair under President’s Bush and Obama. Mead served in the cabinet of Alaska Governor Wally Hickel and led Alaska’s efforts to build circumpolar cooperation through the eight nati on Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy. Mead has been actively involv ed in numerous Arctic policy focused organizations\, including: Institute of the North\, the Aspen Institute\, the Hoover Institution at Stanford Un iversity\, the Arctic Circle\, and the World Economic Forum’s Global Act ion Council on the Arctic.\n\nAs an entrepreneur and investor\, Mead has s erved in numerous Board and executive leadership roles in Alaska resource development\, telecommunications\, and information technology companies th at created innovative programs like “Street view” ® for Google.\n\nMe ad is a graduate of Yale University and the Harvard Business School.\n\nBu siness/Trade Perspective - Dave Harbour\nDave Harbour is publisher of the Northern Gas Pipelines blog\, created 15 years ago. He has served as direc tor or vice president of public\, governmental or external affairs for the 26 member Arctic Gas Consortium\, Northern Natural Gas of Omaha\, Atlanti c Richfield Company\, the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) an d Alaska Pacific University. He is founder\, or organizer\, of Saturday Ma rket\, Arctic Power\, the Anchorage Downtown Partnership\, the American Ba ld Eagle Foundation\, the Eisenhower-Alaska Statehood Monument and the Ala ska Support Industry Alliance. He is a former commissioner of the Anchorag e Bicentennial Commission\, the Anchorage Heritage Land Bank and The Regul atory Commission of Alaska.\n\nA former Army officer\, Harbour served as p resident of Action Security and the American Bald Eagle Institute\, Execut ive Director of the Anchorage Parking Authority and a consultant to BP\, E xxon\, the State of Alaska\, Airlines\, Hotels\, the Alaska Railroad\, Ame rican Motors Corp.\, the Bureau of Indian Affairs\, the World Trade Center - Alaska\, Anchorage Concert Association and the Alaska Visitors Associat ion. He is Chairman Emeritus of the Alaska Council on Economic Education a nd the Alaska Oil and Gas Congress. He is a Commissioner Emeritus of the N ational Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and former Chairma n of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce\, Common Sense for Alaska and the H ugh O'brien Youth Foundation-Alaska.\n\nDave has produced television progr ams\, commercials and documentaries and a motion picture film. His photos\ , documentaries\, articles\, poetry and interviews have appeared in thousa nds of radio\, television\, blog\, magazine and newspaper venues throughou t the US and Canada. He is former president of the Alaska Press Club\, is a lifetime Accredited Member of the Public Relations Society of America an d holds a Masters Degree in Journalism-Communications from Murray State Un iversity.\n\nAcademic Perspective &\; Program Moderator - Dr. Forrest N abors\nDr. Forrest Nabors joined the Department of Political Science at th e University of Alaska at Anchorage in 2011. He has taught American govern ment and political philosophy at Oregon State University and the Universit y of Oregon. His current scholarly research is focused on the changing cha racter of American government leading up to the Civil War and Reconstructi on.\n\nPrior to becoming a professor\, Dr. Nabors was a high technology bu siness executive in Portland\, Oregon. He has remained actively engaged in supporting economic and civic development in his communities. Dr. Nabors is from Fair Haven\, New Jersey.\n\n\n\nOnline registration for this event will close at 12:00pm on Wednesday\, October 12th. Questions about this e vent and registration should be directed to rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org or (907)276-8038.\n\n\n\nThe WorldMatters program series is made possible th anks to the support of BP.\n\nWe also very much appreciate the support and guidance of our community partners. Visit the WorldMatters page to learn more about the partner organizations and contact Deputy Director Alyssa Bi sh to get involved! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/08/TREADWELL.jpg CATEGORIES:WorldMatters 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:VEVENT UID:218@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20161021T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20161021T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084748Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ishmael-khaldi-israel/ SUMMARY:Israel's First Bedouin Diplomat\, Ishmael Khaldi\, on "Israel and i ts Counter-Terrorism Strategies " DESCRIPTION:In June 2016\, AKWorld President and CEO\, Lise Falskow\, joine d a World Affairs Councils of America Leadership Mission to Israel\, exper iencing the country for the first time. While in Israel\, Khaldi\, who is a former AKWorld speaker\, hosted Lise for a couple days\, sharing his per spective of Israel with her.\n\nIn a moderated discussion with Israel's Fi rst Bedouin Diplomat\, Ishmael Khaldi\, Lise will explore the topic of Isr ael's counter-terrorism strategies.\n\n\n\nSpeaker: Ishmael Khaldi\, Israe l's First Bedouin Diplomat\nIshmael Khaldi was born in the Bedouin village of Khawalid in the Western Galilee of Israel and was raised in a Bedouin tent until the age of eight. The third of eleven children\, he walked four miles round trip to attend school. He earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Haifa\, and a Masters Degree in International Relat ions from Tel Aviv University.\n\nIshmael served in the Israeli Defense Fo rces\, Defense Ministry\, and the Israeli Police before being chosen to jo in the Foreign Ministry in October 2004\, becoming Israel's first Bedouin diplomat. He initially served in the Arabic Media Department acting as the Spokesperson to the Arabic media during the disengagement from Gaza. He w as then transferred to the North American Division until being selected fo r Deputy Consul General in San Francisco\, where he was stationed between 2006 and 2009. From August 2009 to January 2011 Khaldi was appointed to be policy advisor to Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Lieberman. From Feb ruary 2012 to November 2015\, Khaldi served as Counselor for Civil Society Affairs in the Embassy of Israel in London.\n\nIn 2010 Ismael published h is autobiography\, A Shepherd’s Journey. The Huffington Post says\, “[ A Shepherd’s Journey] is a story that will inspire\, educate and charm\, told with authenticity and passion\, as only a Bedouin can tell it.”\n\ nModerator: Lise Falskow\, President &\; CEO of the Alaska World Affair s Council\nLise Falskow was born and raised in Alaska and holds a degree i n Economics and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College. She worked as a CPA in Seattle\, Washington and Zurich\, Switzerland. She then helped est ablish a Financial Analyst Group for the Energy Division of a major oil co mpany in Oslo\, Norway. As a dual Norwegian and US Citizen\, her interest in world cultures has taken her to many exciting places\, including her re turn to Anchorage\, Alaska where she is the Royal Norwegian Honorary Consu l for Alaska. Lise has a passion for sports\, music (including playing the piano)\, and participating in Ironman Triathlon Competitions.\n\n\n\n&nbs p\;\n\nThe podcast for this event is available on Alaska Public Media's AW AC Presents\, click here to listen. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/09/IsmailKhaldi1.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:219@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20161103T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20161103T213000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084811Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/world-wiz-2016/ SUMMARY:World Wiz Pub Quiz DESCRIPTION:\n\nWorld Wiz Pub Quiz is a fundraiser for the Alaska World Aff airs Council and the Academic Student WorldQuest Competition featuring fun globally-themed trivia\, raffle and team prizes\, a raffle auction\, and great times with friends!\n\nJoin us for a fun-filled evening and test you r international trivia knowledge.\n\n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to LEAD SPONSOR -- BP!\n  ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/06/2016_11_3-World-Wiz-e1476474110979-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Special Events LOCATION:Tap Root Public House\, 3300 Spenard Rd\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, 995 03\, United States GEO:61.19019779999999;-149.9083068 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=3300 Spenard Rd\, Anchorage \, Alaska\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Tap Root Publ ic House:geo:61.19019779999999,-149.9083068 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:220@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20161104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20161104T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084824Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ak-native-corps-global- market/ SUMMARY:"Alaska Native Corporations in the World Economy" a panel discussio n with CEOs of Native Corporations DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bios:\n\nJason Metrokin\, President &\; CEO of Brist ol Bay Native Corporation\nJason Metrokin was born and raised in Anchorage \, Alaska. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration fr om Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and his MBA from Alaska Pacific U niversity. After serving for 5 years on the board of directors\, and as di rector of shareholder &\; corporate relations for Bristol Bay Native Co rporation (BBNC)\, he was named as President and Chief Executive Officer i n January 2009. His family hails from Kodiak Island and Bristol Bay Alaska as well as Massachusetts. As a beneficiary of his late grandfather’s sh ares in BBNC\, Jason is a Bristol Bay descendant and is the first non-orig inal shareholder of an Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regiona l corporation to become President/CEO. He is the recent past Chairman of t he ANCSA Regional Association\; an organization representing the CEOs of e ach of the 12 Alaska Native regional corporations.\n\nMr. Metrokin previou sly worked as vice president and development director at First Alaskans In stitute\, a statewide\, Alaska Native leadership development and public po licy organization and as a vice president and commercial relationship mana ger at Wells Fargo Bank (formerly National Bank of Alaska). In addition\, Mr. Metrokin has served on a number of corporate and non-profit boards of directors including BBNC subsidiary companies\, United Way of Anchorage\, the Alaska Community Foundation\, Alaska Regional Hospital\, Alaska Pacifi c University and the Rasmuson Foundation. In 2000\, he was chosen as a Top 40 Business person under 40 and has graduated from programs such as Leade rship Anchorage and BBNC’s Training Without Walls. Jason lives in Anchor age with his wife Shannon and their two sons. He enjoys the outdoors\, pla ys hockey and continues to volunteer in the community.\n\n\nHelvi Sandvik\ , President of NANA Development Corporation\nHelvi Sandvik is the presiden t of NANA Development Corporation (NDC)\, with the dual responsibility of working to fulfill NANA’s commitment to providing career opportunities f or its shareholders and to grow NDC into a multi-billion dollar revenue co rporation. Sandvik is originally from the village of Kiana in the NANA reg ion. She came to NANA in 1995\, after 12 years with the State of Alaska De partment of Transportation where she served as transportation planner\, di rector of statewide aviation\, and finally deputy commissioner.\n\nAt NANA \, Sandvik rose to the rank of president\, after serving NANA in various o ther senior level positions. Sandvik is extensively involved in local and national organizations\, and currently serves as a trustee for the Aqqaluk Trust. She currently serves as a director on Alaska Airlines’ board. Sh e is a past commissioner of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission\, former c hair of the Seattle branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco an d past chairman of the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors . She is also a former board member for the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority\, the Alaska Energy Authority and United Way.\n\nSand vik earned her Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Kalamazoo Coll ege in Michigan and her master’s degree in business administration from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.\n\n\nGail Anagick Schubert\, President &\; CEO of Bering Straits Native Corporation\nGail Anagick Schubert is the President &\; CEO of Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC)\, an Alaska Native regional corporation serving seventeen villages in the Beri ng Straits region. She is Inupiaq Eskimo and was born and raised in Unalak leet\, Alaska. She serves on a number of boards including the State of Ala ska’s Retirement Management Board\, the ANCSA Regional CEOs Association\ , and the Alaska Federation of Natives. She is also a member of the Arctic Economic Council. Gail earned her undergraduate degree from Stanford Univ ersity\, an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management\, and her law degree from the Cornell Law School. Gail is an ATHENA society member\, YWCA Woman of Achievement awardee\, and a 2014 recipient of the Northwest Indian Bar Association’s Unsung Hero Award.\n\n\nModerator: \n Dr. Maria Williams\, Director of the Alaska Native Studies program at UAA\ nDr. Maria Williams is the Director of the Alaska Native Studies program a t the University of Alaska Anchorage and teaches courses in Alaska Native Music and World Music. A Tlingit Native\, she earned her Ph.D. from UCLA s pecializing in Ethnomusicology in 1996 and has produced two documentaries on Alaska Native music and elders.\n\n\n\n \;\n\nYou can catch the pod cast for this event courtesy of Alaska Public Media: listen to it here. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/10/SQ.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:221@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage;VALUE=DATE:20161116 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage;VALUE=DATE:20161119 DTSTAMP:20231222T084853Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/america-global-megatren ds-waca/ SUMMARY:America & Global Megatrends - 2016 WACA National Conference DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin AKWorld in Washington\, DC for the annual World Affair s Councils of America National Conference. This year's conference theme is \, America and Global Megatrends. With an incredible line-up of AMAZING sp eakers spanning three days\, this is an experience not to be missed. Reser ve Your Place Now!\n\nCome November\, with a new President-elect preparing to assume office amid tectonic global shifts and after a divisive campaig n at home\, you can be among thought leaders\, government decision makers\ , and industry experts who will discuss the future\, answer questions\, an d propose solutions to some of the vexing challenges throughout the world. \n\nWHY ATTEND THE WACA NATIONAL CONFERENCE:\n\n• GAIN timely insights a nd engage in civil debate about the U.S. role in the world\n• MEET top s peakers and ambassadors who will travel to your Council communities\n• L EARN from both sides of the aisle about the risks and opportunities facing the next administration\n• VISIT think tanks and embassies\n• DISCOVE R fresh ideas through peer-to-peer networking\nVisit the conference websit e to read more about the conference agenda\, learn about the speakers\, an d register to attend. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/07/WACA.png CATEGORIES:WACA National Conference LOCATION:The Capital Hilton\, 1001 16th Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20036 \, United States GEO:38.9031589;-77.03592100000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1001 16th Street NW\, Washi ngton\, DC\, 20036\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Capital Hilton:geo:38.9031589,-77.03592100000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:222@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20161202T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20161202T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084922Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/americas-diplomats/ SUMMARY:"America's Diplomats" Film Screening & Discussion with Ambassador J ohn Yates DESCRIPTION:This unique program will feature the documentary\, America's Di plomats\, followed by a live Q&\;A with Ambassador John Yates. Those in terested in diplomacy as a potential career as well as those who love lear ning about and engaging with America's history\, will not want to miss thi s program -- register today and invite your friends!\n\n\n\nAbout the film - America's Diplomats:\n\nNarrated by Kathleen Turner\, America’s Diplo mats explores the role of the Foreign Service - from Ben Franklin to Bengh azi - through stories of individual diplomats and their families. After de cades of war\, America is turning to her Foreign Service more than ever to confront global challenges. From preventing war to promoting economic int erests\, we reveal the sacrifices made by those working behind the scenes of American foreign policy.\n\nWhy this film is important:\nCovering hundr eds of years of U.S. foreign policy\, America’s Diplomats explores the s ignificance of diplomats in American history. Get a look at the U.S. Forei gn Service from the inside and learn about the challenges\, dangers\, and rewards of being an American diplomat.\n\nThe film illustrates the histori c contributions of American diplomacy to the welfare and security of the U nited States. It traces the development of the Foreign Service of the Unit ed States and describes the challenges and achievements of contemporary Am erican diplomacy. It includes interviews with Foreign Service Officers\, S ecretary of State John F. Kerry\, and former Secretary of State James A. B aker\, III.\n\n\n\nAmbassador John M. Yates (Retired)\nSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice appointed Ambassador (ret.) John M. Yates as Special Envo y for Somalia on May 17\, 2007. As Special Envoy\, Ambassador Yates will p lay a critical role in engaging with representatives of Somalia's Transiti onal Federal Government\, other key stakeholders\, and regional and intern ational partners to assist Somalia with creating a stable government as it emerges from over 14 years of instability and lawlessness.\n\nAmbassador Yates\, who is currently leading the Somalia Unit based at the U.S. Embass y in Nairobi\, Kenya comes to this post with considerable experience\, hav ing represented the U.S. as an observer to the Somalia National Reconcilia tion Conference at Mbagathi\, Kenya\, that established the Transitional Fe deral Charter and the Transitional Federal Institutions\, which serve as t he framework for the reestablishment of governance in Somalia.\n\nA career Foreign Service Officer with more than 40 years experience\, Ambassador Y ates was one of the Department's leading Africa specialists prior to his r etirement in 2002. He served as Ambassador to Cameroon and Equatorial Guin ea (1998 - 2001)\; Ambassador to Benin (1995 - 1998)\; Ambassador to Cape Verde (1983 - 1986)\; and as Charge d'Affaires in Zaire (1993 - 1995). He also was Deputy Chief of Mission in Lagos\, Nigeria\, and Libreville\, Gab on with concurrent responsibility for Sao Tome &\; Principe. Other assi gnments in Africa include Algeria\, Malawi and Mali. Most recently\, Ambas sador Yates was designated as the head of the U.S. delegation to the Darfu r\, Sudan peace talks\, which took place in Abuja during 2005 and 2006. In 2003\, he served as the Senior Advisor for Africa at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.\n\nNon-African assignments included service in the Phi lippines\, Turkey\, and in India as Staff Assistant to former Ambassador D aniel Patrick Moynihan. He also was the Acting Director of the African Aff airs Office of the Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research in 200 2.\nAmbassador Yates received his B.A. in International Relations from Sta nford University. He earned a Master's degree in International Affairs\, a Master's degree in Law and Diplomacy\, and a PhD in Law and Diplomacy\, a ll from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy\, Tufts University.\n\nAm bassador Yates is fluent in French and Portuguese.\n\n\n\n \;\n\nThe A laska World Affairs Council would like to thank sponsor\, BP\, for making it possible for this program to host over 300 students! Thank you\, BP!\n\ n\n\nWe also thank the American Academy for Diplomacy for supporting this program and making the film available for viewing.\n\n\n\n \;\n\nTo li sten to the podcast for this event\, courtesy of Alaska Public Media\, ple ase click here. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/10/13001065_10156801114455521_8856694690874533996_n.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:223@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170111T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170111T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084942Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/wm-finding-home-kitchen / SUMMARY:WorldMatters "Finding Home in the Kitchen" An Evening of Food and C ulture DESCRIPTION:\nThe WorldMatters series seeks to inspire participants to lear n about and engage with the world in a affordable and approachable manner. Join us on Wednesday\, January 11th for an evening of Filipino and Domini can food and culture. First\, join us for a social mixer with samples of b oth Filipino and Dominican dishes from 5:30pm to 6:00pm. Next\, join us in the theatre for a conversation on what traditional food means to each of our guest speakers\, what cooking means to their cultural identity\, etc. Questions from the audience will be welcome at the end.\n\n \;\n\n\n\n Speakers:\n\nMaria Victoria Cortina was born in Santo Domingo\, Dominican Republic and has lived in Anchorage\, Alaska since 2002. Since then\, Mari a Victoria along with her Mom have helping the Hispanic and Latino Communi ty in Alaska. Her mom once held an attaché consular position at the Honor ary Consulate of the Dominican Republic in Anchorage\, Alaska.\n\nMaria Vi ctoria is currently the System Development Coordinator for the Alaska Syst em for Early Education Development\, (SEED). She graduated from the Univer sity of Alaska Anchorage\, with a Baccalaureate Degree in Journalism &\ ; Public Communications with a concentration in Telecommunications and Med ia in May of 2012\, and later from the University of London with a Master ’s with Merit Distinction in International Relations in December of 2015 .\n\nAfter her time abroad in the United Kingdom\, Maria moved back to Anc horage\, Alaska\, and started a translating and interpreting business\, In ternational Relation Services\, LLC\, where she works helping the Hispanic and Latino community in Anchorage. She is currently studying to become a certified translator and interpreter with the State of Alaska and continue s to be a strong advocate for the Dominican and Hispanic Community in Alas ka.\n\nDr. Gabriel Garcia is a Philippine-born\, Alaska-grown\, Associate Professor of Public Health at University of Alaska Anchorage with more tha n a decade of experience working with Alaskan communities\, conducting hea lth research among Asians and Pacific Islanders\, developing programs\, an d organizing events. He holds a PhD in Public Health with a focus on commu nity health and cultural anthropology at UCLA. His work with the community has earned him the state’s Excellence in Public Health Award and UAA’ s Excellence in Community Service Award and Community Builder Award. In 20 15\, he was appointed to be one of the Health and Human Services Commissio ners in the Anchorage Municipality. Dr. Garcia loves to cook. He has won t he People’s Choice Award in Los Angeles for his chicken adobo and the Be st Pansit in the Pansit Cooking Contest organized by one of the Filipino o rganizations in Anchorage.\n\nModerator - Dr. Zeynep Kılıç\nZeynep Kıl ıç was born and raised in Turkey. After completing her bachelor’s degr ee in economics at the Middle East Technical University\, she moved to the U.S. to pursue graduate school in 1993. She completed her masters and doc torate degrees in sociology at the Arizona State University. She arrived i n Anchorage in the summer of 2008 after fourteen years in the Arizona dese rt. She is still getting acclimated…\n\nHer earlier work focused on immi gration\, belonging and citizenship. Lately she has been exploring food an d culture as her primary research agenda. Her latest project\, Tables of I stanbul\, has been supported by grants from the TCF\, ITS\, UAA and Fulbri ght. Her next project will be picking up where the movie left off\, writin g a book while on sabbatical in 2016-2017. As an associate professor at th e University of Alaska Anchorage\, besides dabbling in film-making and boo k writing\, she teaches sociology classes\, dances tango\, and adores her husband Wayne who is single handedly renovating her dream home while she t ravels around the world for this fun project.\n\nWatch the trailer for Dr. Kılıç's "Tables of Istanbul" project below and visit the Tables of Ist anbul website to learn about the film and where to view it.\n\n\n\n\nThe W orldMatters series is made possible thanks to the support of BP.\n\n\n\nTh e WorldMatters program series is made possible thanks to the support of ou r community partners. Visit the WorldMatters page to learn more about the partner organizations and contact Deputy Director Alyssa Bish to get invol ved! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/08/WorldMattersLogo-Bulb.jpg CATEGORIES:WorldMatters LOCATION:Cyrano's Theatre Company\, 411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, Uni ted States GEO:61.218267;-149.88908400000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Cyrano's Theatre Company :geo:61.218267,-149.88908400000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:224@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170120T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170120T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085008Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/islam-and-peace/ SUMMARY:"Islam and Peace\," a conversation featuring various perspectives DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bios:\n\nBin Jones\, also known as Shabaan Jones\, is a 3rd generation African American Muslim originally from South Carolina. Af ter attending college for one year in New York\, he got married. In 2013\, Jones moved to Alaska for more opportunities\, such as jobs and school. H e is currently working towards his Bachelors in Education. Jones follows t he Sufi doctrine which is the spirit of Islam and believes that mankind is the family of God. He is a member of a group called UMCF (United Muslim C hristian Forum) which is dedicated to promoting peace and love between the two faith and removing misunderstandings.\n\nSajid Raza is a graduate stu dent in Transportation Engineering at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Raza is from Pakistan and a representative of the International Students C lub at UAA. He is also working as a Graduate Research Assistant on differe nt research projects at UAA.\n\nHeather Barbour is an attorney in Anchorag e\, and is a member and representative of the Islamic Community Center of Anchorage\, Alaska (ICCAA)\, the largest Muslim community in Alaska. Heath er was raised as a Christian\, but began a serious study of Islam followin g 9/11 with a scholar in California\, while in law school. She converted t o Islam in 2004. Heather came to Alaska in 2007\, and became involved with the ICCAA\, where she later met her husband. Heather is a Sunni Muslim\, and is involved with interfaith dialogue\, outreach\, and education.\n\nMo derator: Lise Falskow\, President &\; CEO of the Alaska World Affairs C ouncil\nLise Falskow was born and raised in Alaska and holds a degree in E conomics and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College. She worked as a CP A in Seattle\, Washington and Zurich\, Switzerland. She then helped establ ish a Financial Analyst Group for the Energy Division of a major oil compa ny in Oslo\, Norway. As a dual Norwegian and US Citizen\, her interest in world cultures has taken her to many exciting places\, including her retur n to Anchorage\, Alaska where she is the Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul f or Alaska. Lise has a passion for sports\, music (including playing the pi ano)\, and participating in Ironman Triathlon Competitions.\n\n\n\nCourtes y of the Alaska Public Media\, we invite you to listen to the podcast here . CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:225@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170203T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170203T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085021Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/beyond-earth/ SUMMARY:"Beyond Earth: International Cooperation and Competition in Space" with Charles Wohlforth DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bio:\n\nCharles Wohlforth has authored ten books\, host s a weekly interview program for Alaska public radio stations (where he li ves)\, and is winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and T echnology\, among many other awards. Charles graduated Magna Cum Laude fro m Princeton University with BA in English in 1986. His books include: Beyo nd Earth\, Discover\, Outside\, and The New Republic. Charles was a member of the Anchorage Assembly from 1993-1999. He has received more than two d ozen national\, state and local awards for writing. In 2004 he was the win ner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology. Charle s always knew he would be a writer\; he comes from a literary family with many writers\, and his parents have been leaders in local and state affair s since the mid-1960s.\n\n\n\nFrom a leading planetary scientist and an aw ard-winning science writer: a propulsive account of the developments and i nitiatives that have transformed the dream of space colonization into some thing that may well be achievable.\n\n\nWe are at the cusp of a golden age in space science\, as increasingly more entrepreneurs — Elon Musk\, Ric hard Branson\, Jeff Bezos—are seduced by the commercial potential of hum an access to space. But BEYOND EARTH by Charles Wohlforth and Amanda R. He ndrix\, Ph.D. (Pantheon Books / November 15\, 2016 / $27.95) does not offe r another wide-eyed technology fantasy: instead\, it is grounded not only in the human capacity for invention and the appeal of adventure\, but also in the bureaucratic\, political\, and scientific realities that present o bstacles to space travel—realities that have hampered NASA's efforts eve r since the Challenger fiasco. In Beyond Earth\, the authors offer groundb reaking research and argue persuasively that not Mars\, but Titan—a moon of Saturn with a nitrogen atmosphere\, a weather cycle\, and an inexhaust ible supply of cheap energy\, and where we will even be able to fly like b irds in the minimal gravitational field—offers the most realistic\, and thrilling\, prospect of life without support from Earth.\n\n\n\n\n\nOnline registration for this event has closed. Questions about this event and re gistration should be directed to rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org or (907)276-8 038.\n\n\n\nDoors will open at 11:30am. Please plan to arrive prior to noo n to check-in and settle-in before the program begins. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/01/Charles-Wohlforth_7629.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:226@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170211T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170211T210000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085046Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/worldquest-2017/ SUMMARY:Academic Student WorldQuest Competition DESCRIPTION:Academic WorldQuest is a team competition testing students’ k nowledge of global issues in the following categories:\n\n Current Events \n Great Decisions\n Peace and Conflict in Today’s World\n Combating Infectious Disease\n The European Union\n Countering Violent Extremism\n Turkey\n Global Megacities\n China\n Women in Technology\n\nThe Alask a competition on Saturday\, February 11th brings together over 120 high sc hool students from around Alaska to test their knowledge of global affairs . Over 40 local World Affairs Councils host the competition across the cou ntry. The winning team from each local competition is invited to participa te in the National Competition hosted in Washington\, D.C. each April.\n\n We invite you to join us for this amazing event and show your support for these dedicated students.\n\n 5:00pm to 5:30pm VIP reception for sponsors \n 5:30pm to 6:30pm General reception with students\n 6:30pm to 9:00pm 2 017 Academic Student WorldQuest Competition\n\n\nTeachers and Students mus t submit a completed application to participate in the local competition. Download the application here.\n\nSee the WorldQuest page for more informa tion about the competition.\n\nAdults can support the high school students in a number of ways:\n\n Sponsor a student\, team\, or school -- make a donation online today!\n Attend the Student Reception and participate in the competition as part of an adult team for $50/person -- up to 4 adults per team.\n Attend the Student Reception and observe the competition for $25/person.\n\n\n\n\nOnline registration has closed. There is space remain ing for Adult Observers and Participants who wish to pay at the door. Plea se plan to join us at the Dena'ina Center at 5:00pm.\n\n \;\n\n[button type="real" shape="square" size="x-large" href="/support-us/make-a-donati on/support-worldquest/" title="Support WorldQuest"]Support WorldQuest[/but ton] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/06/Wq_National-Logo.jpg CATEGORIES:WorldQuest LOCATION:Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center\, 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.21509609999999;-149.8945164 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS= 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Dena'i na Civic and Convention Center:geo:61.21509609999999,-149.8945164 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:227@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170217T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085156Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/checkmate-russia-us/ SUMMARY:"Checkmate: Predictions on Russia's Maneuvering & the US Response " with Capt. Gary Tabach (US Navy\, Ret.) DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bio:\n\nCaptain Gary (Yuri) Tabach was born in Moscow\, USSR and lived there until 1976 when his family immigrated to Philadelphi a\, Pennsylvania. Upon graduation from Temple University School of Pharmac y in 1985\, he was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. Captain Tabach holds the distinction of being the first Soviet-born citizen to be commis sioned an officer in the Armed Forces of the United States.\n\nCaptain Tab ach’s Navy career is a highly distinguished one\, serving a number of cr itical roles over the past two decades. In 1991\, Captain Tabach was assig ned to the Department of State as an Adviser to US Ambassador and Special Presidential Envoy to the former Soviet Union. His next role was in the US Embassy in Moscow as a member of the Prisoner of War - Missing in Action Commission. This organization searched for U.S. POWs and MIAs in the forme r Soviet Union. Captain Tabach then served as a Chief Military Information Officer for the United Nations Military Observer Mission in Georgia. His team successfully negotiated the hostage release of UNOMIG personnel.\n\nC aptain Tabach served as a chief in the Arms Control Implementation Unit at the U.S. Embassy in Almati\, Kazakhstan. Throughout the 2000’s\, Captai n Tabach served as a Program Manager in the Defense Threat Reduction Offic e at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and then as a Naval Affairs Officer\, at t he U.S. Embassy in Warsaw\, Poland. Then\, from 2006 to 2008\, he acted as the first U.S. Deputy Director at the Defense Against Terrorism Center Of Excellence in Ankara\, Turkey. There he led an international staff of 90 officers from 7 different NATO countries.\n\nAt the end of his esteemed ca reer\, Captain Tabach served as Chief of Staff for the NATO Military Liais on Mission in Moscow\, Russia. There he acted as the liaison between NATO ’s Military Committee and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federat ion. He has since retired from the Navy in 2011.\nCaptain Tabach has accru ed many personal awards throughout his career including: Defense Service M edal\, Legion of Merit\, four Joint Defense Meritorious Service Medals\, D efense Meritorious Service Medal\, two Joint Commendation Medals\, United Nations Medal\, Navy Commendation Medal\, Meritorious Honor Award\, Joint Achievement Medal and two Naval Achievement Medals.\n\nCaptain Tabach earn ed an MBA degree from Jacksonville University in 1992. He is married to hi s childhood sweetheart Irine Volis-Tabach and they have two children Miche lle (22) ENS\, U.S. Navy and Eric (16).\n\n\n\n Moderated by Russ Howell.\ nHowell is the former Director of the American Russian Center\, University of Alaska Anchorage. From 1993 to 2009 ARC conducted more than 2200 busin ess training\, civil society development\, and educational exchange progra ms in Anchorage through seven small business training centers in the Russi an Far East. In that 16 year period over 60\,000 participants and entrepre neurs completed ARC training courses on a variety of topics from banking t o retail sales\, airport management and marketing. Prior to his time at UA A Russ served 21 years as an Infantry officer and a Foreign Area Officer i n the US Army analyzing events in the former Soviet Union for senior milit ary and civilian leaders in Washington DC. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the US Military Academy at West Point and a Masters degree in International Relations from the University of Southern California. He is also a graduate of the US Army Russian Institute\, the US Army Command and General Staff College and other military training. Following his service at UAA he worked briefly as a project officer at the Northern Forum and no w spends his time fighting a losing battle trying to convince his grandchi ldren that age and cunning beat youth and enthusiasm.\n\n\n\nIf you are a teacher who would like to bring a student group to a program\, please visi t our student page for more information\, and contact us about accommodati ng your group at rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org. Please do not register stude nts individually using the form below.\n\n\n\nIf you would like to access the podcast for this program\, which is kindly provided by Alaska Public m edia\, please click here.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/01/Tabach.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center\, 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.21509609999999;-149.8945164 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS= 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Dena'i na Civic and Convention Center:geo:61.21509609999999,-149.8945164 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:228@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170303T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170303T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085214Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/north-korea-suki-kim/ SUMMARY:*SOLD OUT* Suki Kim on "Going Undercover in North Korea" DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bio:\nSuki Kim is a South Korean-born\, American noveli st and investigative journalist and the only writer ever to go live underc over in North Korea. She is the author of recent New York Times-bestsellin g literary nonfiction\, Without You\, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite\, has travelled to North Korea since 2002\, w itnessing the country during both Kim Jong-Il’s 60th Birthday Celebratio n and his death at age 69 in 2011. Her six months in Pyongyang living unde rcover as a teacher to the sons of North Korea's elite gave her unpreceden ted insights into the psychology of the future leadership\, and her work s heds a new light on a place that has been\, for the past 70 years\, comple tely shrouded from the eyes of the world.\n\nHer first novel\, The Interpr eter\, was a finalist for a PEN Hemingway Prize\, and her nonfiction has a ppeared in New York Times\, Harper’s\, New York Review of Books\, Wall S treet journal\, Newsweek\, and The New Republic\, where she is a contribut ing editor. She is the recipient of Guggenheim\, Fulbright and George Soro s Open Society Fellowships. Kim has been featured on CNN’s Fareed Zakari a’s GPS and Christiane Amanpour Show and Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show\ , and her 2015 TED Talk has since drawn millions of viewers online.\n\n\n\ n\nThis event is completely sold out. Please see our listing of upcoming e vents to make sure to secure your space.\n\n\n\nDoors will open at 11:30am . Please plan to arrive prior to noon to check-in\, order food\, and find a seat prior to the program start at noon. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/08/Suki-Kim-author-image-photo-credit-Ed-Kashi-VII-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:229@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170308T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170308T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085241Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/worldmatters-intercultu ral-alaska/ SUMMARY:WorldMatters - "Intercultural Alaska: Celebrating Diversity & Conne cting through Stories" A story evening in the spirit of Arctic Entries DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin us at 5:30pm for a social mixer with our featured stor ytellers prior to the program start at 6:00pm. Beverages will be available for purchase during the event and social hour. Please plan to arrive earl ier if you plan to eat food prior to the program or plan to try 49th State Brewing Co's delicious food after the discussion.\n\n\n\n\nMeet our Story tellers...\n\nAmanda Dale\nAmanda is happy to be back home in Anchorage af ter nine years abroad. She is eager to get caught up on local politics\, t ry frisbee golf\, and finally learn how to ski. She is inspired by reading \, writing\, languages\, and people.\n\nSophia Lee\nSophia Lee is original ly from Seoul\, South Korea\, but has called Anchorage as home since 1995. She received her Bachelor in Civil Engineering at UAA in 2012\, and has b een practicing Civil/Structural engineering ever since. Currently Sophia w orks as Civil Engineer for the US Air Force at JBER. She is very passionat e about Engineering and is involved in many organizations that promote and engage in STEM outreach efforts in Anchorage. Sophia likes to spend her s pare time reading\, cooking and introducing Korean foods to friends\, enjo ying the beauty of Alaskan outdoor through hiking and kayaking in summer\, and attempted photographing at northern lights in winter times.\n\nOMead Rahmanian\nOMead Rahmanian is originally from Iran but called Anchorage ho me since 2010. He moved to California one and a half months before the lat e Shah's regime was toppled and Komeini took power in 1979.\n\nAs a Baha'i he was barred from higher education and migrated to the US to continue hi s dreams. After finishing his undergraduate degree in electrical engineeri ng from UC San Diego and working in the engineering field he married the l ove of his life\, Parisa\, who is also Persian. He decided with the encour agement of his wife\, who just had begun dental school\; he can pursue his dreams to enter into the health field and resumed his higher education in Chiropractic School. Love of humanity now had a larger and more meaningfu l scope for him\; that he could also serve their health needs. After pract icing in San Diego for 12 years and searching 14 states To find quality li fe for their children NAVA and NaVead\, Alaska won and they sold their res pective practices and moved here to start from scratch their life in the l ast frontier. They call their trips to the Southern California with the tr affic\, population and pollution their Thanksgiving Trips- they give thank s that they live in Anchorage and not there!\n\nThey are both intently and intensely involved in service to the inhabitants of the city and are buil ding neighborhoods alongside others that are spiritually based\, socially cohesive community life\; welcoming to all.\nHe loves spending time with t he family\, in the outdoors\, loves to have multicultural friends over for Persian tea\, cuisine and Persian dance and of course international dance . He took up photography of nature in Alaska and believes that "in Alaska\ , you get to appreciate the moment because the next moment is not the same moment\; so you better capture this moment"\n\nTimothy Williams\nBorn and raised in Fairbanks\, Alaska\, Timothy is 26 years old. He was an archaeo logist for eight or so years and currently works at UPS. Timothy loves pla ying soccer\, eating food\, and traveling\, of course. He considers himsel f very fortunate to have traveled to a number of places in his lifetime.\n \nSvaja Worthington\nAlthough retired from full-time teaching of English a t UAA\, Svaja still likes to teach occasionally as she will be doing this summer and coming Fall for UAA at JBER. She also enjoys substituting both in Alaska and New Mexico. Svaja feels being around young people can be ene rgizing\, and academia has been a constant in her life since she started t o pretend teach and to grade pretend papers as a child. Besides\, it gets her off the couch\, as they now say "Sitting is the new smoking" especiall y for the elderly. Svaja continue to translate her grandfather's letters a nd Lithuanian poetry and to aspire to write about both as well as to keep informed about what's happening in Lithuania as Honorary Consul in Alaska. She is also the granny of 18 grandchildren\, and loves to travel having b een on 3 European river cruises within the past year.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nTh e WorldMatters program series is made possible thanks to the support of BP .\n\nWe also very much appreciate the support and guidance of our communit y partners. Visit the WorldMatters page to learn more about the partner or ganizations and contact Deputy Director Alyssa Bish to get involved!\n\n&n bsp\;\n\nThe podcast for this event is available through Alaska Public Med ia\, listen in here. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/12/SvajaW.jpg CATEGORIES:Events,WorldMatters 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:VEVENT UID:230@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170324T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170324T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085258Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/military-in-alaska/ SUMMARY:"Military in Alaska: Past\, Present\, and Future" a conversation w ith current & former Alaska Military Commanders DESCRIPTION: \;\n\n\n\nMeet the Speakers ---\n\nGeneral Joseph Ralston (USAF\, Retired)\nGeneral Ralston served in the nation’s second highest- ranking military position as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. H e also served as Commander of U.S. European Command and Commander of NATO. General Ralston is known to many Alaskans as the former Commander of the Alaskan Command and the Alaskan NORAD Region. As Commander of the US Europ ean Command from (2000-2003)\, General Ralston was the senior U.S. militar y officer and commander of all U.S. forces in an area of responsibility th at covers more than 21 million square miles and includes 93 nations. This territory extends from the North Cape of Norway\, through the waters of th e Baltic and Mediterranean seas\, most of Europe\, parts of the Middle Eas t\, to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. He led the command in daily missions in the war against terrorism\, from the streets of Bosnia to the waters of the Mediterranean. And he oversaw air operations in the no-fly z one over Northern Iraq.\n\nLt. Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach\nLt. Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach is Commander\, Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Comman d Region\, North American Aerospace Defense Command\; Commander\, Alaskan Command\, U.S. Northern Command\; Commander\, Eleventh Air Force\, Pacific Air Forces\, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson\, Alaska. He is the senior m ilitary officer in Alaska\, responsible for the integration of all militar y activities in the Alaskan joint operations area\, synchronizing the acti vities of more than 21\,000 active-duty and reserve forces from all servic es. He is also responsible for the planning and execution of all Homeland Defense operations within the theater\, including security and civil suppo rt actions. General Wilsbach also commands Eleventh Air Force\, overseeing the training and readiness of five wings and Air Force installations loca ted in Alaska\, Hawaii\, and Guam. As Commander of the Alaskan Region of t he North American Aerospace Defense Command\, General Wilsbach directs ope rations to ensure effective surveillance\, monitoring and defense of the r egion’s airspace.\n\nGeneral Wilsbach was commissioned in 1985 as a dist inguished graduate of the University of Florida’s ROTC program and earne d his pilot wings in 1986 at Laughlin Air Force Base\, Texas. He is a comm and pilot with more than 3\,800 hours in multiple aircraft\, primarily in the F-15C\, MC-12 and F-22A\, and has flown 71 combat missions in operatio ns Northern Watch\, Southern Watch and Enduring Freedom.\n\n\n\nCompliment ary Tickets for Military Personnel Available ---\nUSO Alaska is making it possible for active-duty military personnel and their spouses to attend th e March 24th luncheon with General Ralston (USAF Ret.) and Lieutenant Gene ral Wilsbach.\n\n\n\nComplimentary Tickets for full-time High School &\ ; College Students Available ---\nThanks to a sponsorship from BP\, full-t ime high school and college students are able to attend the March 24th lun cheon with General Ralston (USAF Ret.) and Lieutenant General Wilsbach at no cost.\n\n\n\nFREE Parking Available to Event Attendees thanks to EasyPa rk Alaska!\nPeople planning to attend the March 24th luncheon program at t he Dena'ina Center should park in the EasyPark Alaska parking garages on 6 th or 7th Avenue and BRING YOUR PARKING TICKET to the event to be validate d by EasyPark Alaska. To find the parking garages\, please visit EasyPark Alaska's website for a convenient map. Thank you\, EasyPark Alaska!\n\n\n\ nTo listen to the podcast for this program\, provided courtesy of Alaska P ublic Media\, please click here. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/10/KWilsbach-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series,One-to-One LOCATION:Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center\, 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.21509609999999;-149.8945164 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS= 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Dena'i na Civic and Convention Center:geo:61.21509609999999,-149.8945164 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:231@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170331T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170331T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085317Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/arab-fall/ SUMMARY:Eric Trager on "Arab Fall: How the Muslim Brotherhood Won and Lost Egypt in 891 Days" DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bio:\n\n\n\nEric Trager\, the Esther K. Wagner Fellow a t The Washington Institute\, is an expert on Egyptian politics and the Mus lim Brotherhood in Egypt. He was in Egypt during the 2011 anti-Mubarak rev olts and returns frequently to conduct firsthand interviews with leaders i n Egypt's government\, military\, political parties\, media\, and civil so ciety. His writings have appeared in numerous publications\, including the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Foreign Affairs\, the Atlantic\, a nd the New Republic.\n\nTrager is the author of Arab Fall: How the Muslim Brotherhood Won and Lost Egypt in 891 Days (Georgetown University Press\, 2016) which chronicles the precipitous rise to power of Egypt’s Muslim B rotherhood\, culminating in the election of President Mohamed Morsi in 201 2\, and its sudden demise just a year later. The book also assesses the cu rrent state of Egyptian politics and the prospects for a reemergence of th e Brotherhood.\n\nDr. Trager has served as an adjunct professor at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania\, where his doctoral research focused on Egyptian opposition parties. From 2006-2007\, he lived in Egypt as an Islamic Civil izations Fulbright fellow\, where he studied at the American University in Cairo and received his M.A. in Arabic studies with a concentration in Isl amic studies. He served as a research assistant at The Washington Institut e from 2005 to 2006 upon graduation from Harvard University with a degree in government and language citations in Arabic and Hebrew.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHo w did Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood win power so quickly after the dramatic " Arab Spring" uprising that ended President Hosni Mubarak's thirty-year rei gn in February 2011? And why did the Brotherhood fall from power even more quickly\, culminating with the popular "rebellion" and military coup that toppled Egypt's first elected president\, Brotherhood leader Mohamed Mors i\, in July 2013? In Arab Fall\, Eric Trager examines the Brotherhood's de cision making throughout this critical period\, explaining its reasons for joining the 2011 uprising\, running for a majority of the seats in the 20 11-2012 parliamentary elections\, and nominating a presidential candidate despite its initial promise not to do so. Based on extensive research in E gypt and interviews with dozens of Brotherhood leaders and cadres includin g Morsi\, Trager argues that the very organizational characteristics that helped the Brotherhood win power also contributed to its rapid downfall. T he Brotherhood's intensive process for recruiting members and its rigid na tionwide command-chain meant that it possessed unparalleled mobilizing cap abilities for winning the first post-Mubarak parliamentary and presidentia l elections. Read more here. \n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are a teacher who would li ke to bring a student group to a program\, please visit our student page f or more information\, and contact us about accommodating your group at rsv p@alaskaworldaffairs.org. Please do not register students individually usi ng the form below.\n\n\n\nTo listen to the podcast for this program\, cour tesy of Alaska Public media\, please click here. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/12/Trager_WINEP_0008B.jpeg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:232@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170407T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170407T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085345Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-right-to-be-cold/ SUMMARY:Sheila Watt-Cloutier on "The Right to Be Cold: One Woman’s Story of Protecting Her Culture\, the Arctic and the Whole Planet" DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bio:\n\nNobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier is in the business of transforming public opinion into public policy. Expe rienced in working with global decision makers for over a decade\, Watt-Cl outier offers a new model for 21st century leadership. She speaks with pas sion and urgency on the issues of today—the environment\, the economy\, foreign policy\, global health\, and sustainability—not as separate conc erns\, but as a deeply interconnected whole. At a time when people are see king solutions\, direction\, and a sense of hope\, this global leader prov ides a big picture of where we are and where we’re headed.\n\nIn 2007\, Watt-Cloutier was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy wor k in showing the impact of global climate change on human rights—especia lly in the Arctic\, where it is felt more immediately\, and more dramatica lly\, than anywhere else in the world. Watt-Cloutier an Officer of the Ord er of Canada\; the recipient of the Aboriginal Achievement Award\; the UN Champion of the Earth Award\; the Norwegian Sophie Prize\; and the Right L ivelihood Award\, which she won in November\, 2015 and is widely considere d the “Nobel Alternative”.\n\nFrom 1995-2002\, Watt-Cloutier was elect ed the Canadian President of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC). She was later elected in 2002 to become the International Chair of the ICC\, repre senting the 155\,000 Inuit from Canada\, Greenland\, Alaska and Russia–s he held this post until 2006.\n\nWatt-Cloutier is the author of the memoir \, The Right to Be Cold: One Woman’s Story of Protecting Her Culture\, t he Arctic and the Whole Planet\, published in 2015. The book was nominated for the 2016 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction and the Shaughnes sy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Watt-Cloutier was also shortlisted f or the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize.\n\n\n\nSpecial Introduction by Dr. Dale e Sambo Dorough\, Associate Professor at the Institute for Social &\; E conomic Research\, University of Alaska Anchorage. Specializing in public international law\, international human rights law\, international relatio ns\, Indigenous human rights standards\, political and legal relations bet ween nation-states and Indigenous peoples\, and the status and human right s of Alaska Natives\, Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough (Inuit-Alaska) holds a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia\, Faculty of Law (2002) and a Mas ter of Arts in Law &\; Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts Univ ersity (1991).\n\n\n\nThe Right to Be Cold is a human story of resilience\ , commitment\, and survival told from the unique vantage point of an Inuk woman who\, in spite of many obstacles\, rose from humble beginnings in th e Arctic community of Kuujjuaq\, Quebec—where she was raised by a single parent and grandmother and travelled by dog team in a traditional\, ice-b ased Inuit hunting culture—to become one of the most influential and dec orated environmental\, cultural\, and human rights advocates in the world. \n\n\nThe Right to Be Cold explores the parallels between safeguarding the Arctic and the survival of Inuit culture—and ultimately the world—in the face of past\, present\, and future environmental degradation. Sheila Watt-Cloutier passionately argues that climate change is a human rights is sue and one to which all of us on the planet are inextricably linked. The Right to Be Cold is the culmina­tion of Watt-Cloutier’s regional\, nati onal\, and international work over the last twenty-five years\, weaving hi storical traumas and current issues such as climate change\, leadership\, and sustainability in the Arctic into her personal story to give a coheren t and holistic voice to an important subject. Read more here.\n\n\n\n\n\nI f you are a teacher who would like to bring a student group to a program\, please visit our student page for more information\, and contact us about accommodating your group at rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org. Please do not re gister students individually using the form below.\n\n\n\nOnline registrat ion for this event will close at 8:00am on Thursday\, April 6th. Questions about this event and registration should be directed to rsvp@alaskaworlda ffairs.org or (907)276-8038.\n\n\n\nDoors will open at 11:30am. Please pla n to arrive prior to noon to check-in and settle-in before the program beg ins. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/01/Sheila-Watt-Cloutier-760x427-1.jpeg CATEGORIES:Arctic Series,International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:233@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170412T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170412T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085403Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/one-to-one-cybersecurit y/ SUMMARY:One-to-One: Cybersecurity DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nJoin AKWorld for the next installment in our One-to-One series of interactive conversations spotlighting the perspectives of mili tary and civilian guest speakers on global subjects that matter.\n\nJoin u s at 5:30pm for a social mixer with our guest speakers prior to the progra m start at 6:00pm. Food and beverages will be available for purchase durin g the event and social hour. Online registration below has closed. There w ill be tickets available for purchase at the door.\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\ nCivilian Perspective - Glen Klinkhart\nGlen began a career in the compute r industry as a technology consultant\, computer technician\, and instruct or. After earning a business degree from Linfield College in Oregon in 198 8\, he returned to Alaska to work in the high tech industry with computer certifications by Hewlett Packard and Apple Computer. In 1995\, Klinkhart became a certified police officer and police detective. In 1998 Glen creat ed the Computer Crime Unit of the Anchorage Police Department and worked a s a Police Detective specializing in Internet crimes as well as spending a number of years working in the Homicide Unit. Glen Klinkhart has investig ated hundreds of high tech crimes for local and other police departments. He has assisted with investigations for dozens of law enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation\, United States Customs and Immigration Service\, Secret Service\, Immigration and Naturalization Ser vice\, U.S. Attorney’s office and the Alaska State Troopers.\n\nRecogniz ed as an authority in the area of computer and Internet crime investigatio n\, Glen has also the focus of numerous print media articles. He has also appeared on radio and television to include an Edward R. Murrow Award winn ing television news special “Web Crawlers\,” a report on Internet pred ators and Dateline’s “Mystery at Bootlegger’s Cove.” CNN/Time Maga zine television has nationally televised his opinions of the future of com puter crime and computer crime investigations. Glen Klinkhart is the Chief Executive Officer and the Director of the Forensics for DigitalSecurus\, an Information Security Consulting Group\, and is a computer and cell phon e forensics expert. Glen continues to speak to school children and their p arents about the topics of Internet child safety and high-tech crime preve ntion.\n\nMilitary Perspective - Commander of the U.S. Air Force 611th Air Communications Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson\n\n\nExpert Mo derator - Dr. Kenrick Mock\, Professor of Computer Science at the Universi ty of Alaska Anchorage\n Dr. Kenrick Mock is currently chair of the Comput er Science &\; Engineering Department and previously served as Associat e Dean of the UAA College of Engineering. He received his BS in Computer S cience &\; Engineering and his MS and Ph.D. in Computer Science from th e University of California\, Davis. Before coming to UAA he was a research scientist at Intel Corp. and CTO of a technology startup that developed m achine-based recommendation systems. His research is in artificial intelli gence\, computer security\, games and gamification\, complex systems\, eye tracking\, systems modeling\, and computer science education. A co-author of several books on computer programming\, Dr. Mock has more than 25 year s of experience developing software systems.\n\n\n\nOnline registration ha s closed. There will be tickets available for purchase at the door. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/08/glenK.jpeg CATEGORIES:Events,One-to-One 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:VEVENT UID:235@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170505T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170505T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085458Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/transatlantic-relations / SUMMARY:"Europe: America's Partner America's Problem" with Constanze Stelz enmüller DESCRIPTION:Online registration for this program has closed. A limited numb er of tickets will be sold at the door\, please join us between 11:00am an d noon.\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nConstanze Stelzenmüller\, an expert on Ger man\, European\, and transatlantic foreign and security policy and strateg y\, is the inaugural Robert Bosch senior fellow in the Center on the Unite d States and Europe at Brookings. Prior to working at Brookings\, she was a senior transatlantic fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)\, where she directed the influential Transatlantic Trends sur vey program. Her areas of expertise include: transatlantic relations\; Ger man foreign policy\; NATO\; the European Union’s foreign\, security\, an d defense policy\; international law\; and human rights.\n\nStelzenmüller is the former director of GMF’s Berlin office. From 1994 to 2005\, she was an editor for the political section of the German weekly DIE ZEIT\, wh ere she had also served as defense and international security editor and c overed human rights issues and humanitarian crises. From 1988 to 1989\, sh e was a visiting researcher at Harvard Law School. She has also been a GMF campus fellow at Grinnell College in Iowa\, a Woodrow Wilson Center publi c policy scholar in Washington\, D.C.\, and a member of the Remarque Forum —a conference series of the Remarque Institute at New York University.\n \nStelzenmüller’s essays and articles\, in both German and English\, ha ve appeared in a wide range of publications\, including Foreign Affairs\, Internationale Politik\, the Financial Times\, the International New York Times and Süddeutsche Zeitung. Her dissertation\, "Direkte Demokratie in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika\," was published in 1994 by Nomos. She is also a frequent commentator on American and European radio and televis ion\, including Presseclub (ARD)\, National Public Radio\, and the BBC.\n\ nStelzenmüller is a governor of the Ditchley Foundation and a fellow of t he Royal Swedish Society for War Sciences. She has worked in Germany and t he United States\, and speaks English\, French\, German\, and Spanish.\n\n Stelzenmüller holds a doctorate in law from the University of Bonn (1992) \, a master’s degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (1988)\, and a law degree from the Unive rsity of Bonn (1985).\n\n\n\nLunch at this program will be available for i ndividual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co. Doors will open a t 11:00am and the program will begin at noon. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/12/Stelzenmuller.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series 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:VEVENT UID:236@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170512T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170512T133000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085515Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/arctic-innovation/ SUMMARY:How Cool is That?: Innovation in the Arctic DESCRIPTION:Online registration for this program has closed. Remaining seat s will be sold on a first-come first-serve basis at event check-in startin g at 11:30am on Friday\, May 12th.\n\nGLOBAL ARCTIC INNOVATION\n\nSpecial Remarks by Norwegian Ambassador to the U.S. - Kåre R. Aas\nAmbassador Kå re R. Aas presented his credentials to President Obama at the White House on Sept. 17\, 2013.\n\nAmbassador Kåre R. Aas’s distinguished career wi th the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs began in 1983. He left his po sition in Oslo as Political Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to become the Norwegian Ambassador to the United States. Prior to his assign ment as Political Director\, Amb. Aas served as the Norwegian Ambassador t o the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2008 – 2010. From 2003 – 20 08\, Amb. Aas served as Director General\, Department for Security Policy and the High North. In that capacity he had the bilateral relationships be tween Norway and the U.S.\, the Russian Federation and the Central Asian R epublics in his portfolio\, and chaired and/or was a member of several int ernational groups working on nuclear disarmament and international peaceke eping operations. From 2005 – 2007 he also served as Norwegian Governor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (I.A.E.A.) Board of Governors. A mb. Aas was born on May 25\, 1955 in Oslo\, Norway. He has three daughters and one son.\n\n NORWAY - Morten Brugård\, Senior Advisor\, Innovation N orway\nMorten Brugård is a senior advisor with Innovation Norway based in Vadsø\, Norway. Innovation Norway is the Norwegian Government's most imp ortant instrument for innovation and development of Norwegian enterprises and industry. Mr. Brugård is responsible for Innovation Norway’s Arctic 2030 scheme on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Throu gh the scheme 17\,5 million USD have been made available to strengthen bus iness cooperation with Russia and other Arctic states\, Nordic neighbors\, other European countries and others with an interest in the Arctic.\n\nMr . Brugård holds a BSc in Economics and an MSc in Strategy and Management from the Norwegian School of Economics. He was an exchange student in Russ ia where he learnt Russian language and studied Innovation and Entrepreneu rship at the Grad School of Management in St. Petersburg\, Russia. Mr. Bru gård also studied Business opportunities in North-West Russia at Universi ty of Nordland\, Contemporary Issues of the Circumpolar World at the Unive rsity of Tromsø and Understanding Chinese Foreign Policy Making at Peking University summer school. Mr. Brugård has also taken part in The Interna tional Visitor Leadership Program which is the U.S. Department of State’ s premier professional exchange program.\n\nPrior to joining Innovation No rway Mr. Brugard was project manager for an EU-program aiming to facilitat e cross border entrepreneurship between Sweden\, Finland\, Russia and Norw ay. Mr. Brugård’s background is in banking and finance.\nALASKAN ARCTIC INNOVATION\nJack Hébert is Founder and CEO of the Cold Climate Housing R esearch Center an organization committed to promoting safe\, affordable\, durable\, and energy efficient housing for cold climate regions For the pa st 40 years\, Jack has been designing and building in Interior Alaska thro ugh his companies Taiga Woodcraft and Hébert Homes. His homes and planned communities have created many high-quality\, well-designed\, environmenta lly appropriate\, and energy-efficient buildings. He has received numerous honors\, including the U.S. Green Building Council Cascadia Fellowship in recognition of his contributions to sustainable building\, design and sci ence\; the State of Alaska Governor's Award for Excellence in Energy Effic ient Design\; and the Energy Rated Homes President’s Award. He has twice been honored as the Alaska State Home Builder of the Year. Jack has held numerous leadership roles in the home building industry in Alaska and nati onally. He has been a speaker and host at many conferences\, has twice add ressed the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Energy\, and moderated the Circumpo lar Forum on Sustainable Shelter. His most recent international presentati ons have included Greenland\, Canada\, Norway\, Sweden and Russia.\n\nJack believes that only through a holistic approach can we create healthy\, th riving\, sustainable communities. Working together Alaskans have the deep commitment to place and the creative talent to create a healthy future for generations\n\nEd Morris is the designer and inventor of the eFISHient. T he eFISHient is a Portable/Floating Compact Cleaning Table to use when pro cessing fish and game. It also includes an anchor system which uses a cara biner snap link for easy on/off attachment to the table. The original thou ght for the eFISHient happened in early 2015 when there was a local newsca st about the upcoming dip netting season on the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers. One of the primary concerns in the story was the cleanup effort of the fis h remains being left on the beaches. A similar story in January of this ye ar was broadcast and this is when Ed put pencil to paper and designed the eFISHient. The design was completed in February with the prototype being b uilt and finished in April. Using the eFISHient will hopefully encourage t he dip netter(s) to dispose of the fish remains in the water\, and by doin g so will help reduce cleanup efforts on the beaches. Also\, doing all the processing in the water will help minimize beach and river bank erosion i n high traffic areas. Ed is hoping the eFISHient will help any community f acing a similar problem and enhance the users experience while processing their fish and game.\n\nAs keeping the beaches free of fish remains was th e primary focus for the eFISHient\; Ed realized there are many benefits fo r the User. The eFISHient will make the cleaning process for their fish an d game less tedious. What this means for the User: less bending over\, les s trips up and down the beach\, no carrying water\, fish and clean at the same time\, quicker process time\, and coming off the beach or river with clean equipment and a clean product. The eFISHient - A simple design for e asy use.\n\nMr. Morris is the Owner/Manager of Morris Consulting\, LLC and Morris Consulting dba MorCO. Prior to starting his consulting business\, he held executive and manager positions with Olgoonik Corporation\, Alyesk a Pipeline Service Company\, and Chugach Alaska Corporation.\n\nMr. Morris is attending Alaska Pacific University for his Executive Master of Busine ss Administration in Strategic Leadership (EMBA-SL) where he received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration in 1999.\n\nMr. Morris als o donates his time and purchases goods for Bean’s Café\, a local charit y for the homeless in the Anchorage area.\n\nHolly Nordlum of  Holly Nord lum Naniq Design's work reflects where she comes from but also who she is now\, an Urban woman\, a mother\, and a working Inuit woman. She was born and raised outside the Alaskan village of Kotzebue\, a small hub of eleven other native villages in the Northwest Coast of Alaska. She is a printmak er\, painter\, activist\, filmmaker and sculptor and uses those skills to express her ideas about life and social issues of native people in today's world.\n\nMost recently she has focused on researching traditional tattoo ing techniques and reintroduce traditional tattooing to Alaska. The traini ng program has partnered with the Anchorage Museum’s Polar Lab and is ha s trained a few Alaskan Native Artist. She has also gathered an all Alaska n team on the production of the film about this revitalization and with th e assistance of the TimeWarner Fellowship has begun filming the documentar y.\n\nIn 2004\, she received a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree in Graphic Desi gn and Photography from the University of Alaska\, Anchorage and studied a s many artistic avenues as she could. Since then she has worked with maste r artists and continues to learn.\n\n2016 Nordlum received an Art Matters grant and A Humanities Forum grant with her work documenting the Tupik Mi Project. In 2015 Nordlum was awarded an Alaska Native Visionary Award and in 2014 was also named to the Smithsonian’s Nation Museum of The America n Indian’s Artist Leadership Program and 2013 she also received the Rasm uson Individual Artist Award.\n\nDevany Plentovich has spent the last 7 ye ars as the Program Manager for Biomass and Combined Heat and Power for the Alaska Energy Authority\, focusing on project development in the 200+ rur al communities that are not tied to the Anchorage-Fairbanks power grid. Sh e has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s Deg ree in Environmental Science and Policy. Devany’s previous experience in cludes 22 years with a consumer products corporation where she managed pro jects in biomass co-generation\, environmental sustainability\, and produc t development.\n\nCameron Willingham\, Founder\, Vertical Harvest Hydropon ics\nCameron was born and raised in Alaska and has spent the past 10 years working towards building a stronger\, healthier food system in the North. Before founding Vertical Harvest Hydroponics with Dan Perpich and Linda J anes\, Cameron was a Research Professional at the University of Alaska Fai rbanks working in Controlled Environment Agriculture. When not working wit h VHH\, he can be found building hydroponic systems for community non-prof its around the state\, backcountry skiing or DJ’ing.\n\nKristina Woolsto n is Vice President External Relations for Quintillion\, a private company headquartered in Anchorage\, Alaska that will build and operate the Quint illion Subsea Cable System. Quintillion’s fiber optic cable system will bring high speed internet to the Alaska communities of Nome\, Kotzebue\, P oint Hope\, Wainwright and Barrow\, and expanded services to Alaska’s oi l field\, Prudhoe Bay in 2017. The Quintillion system will offer increased hi-speed capacity\, lower latency\, and critically-needed diverse and red undant communication routes at speeds faster than existing transmission ra tes\, and operate at 50-90% less than existing satellite and microwave bac khaul options. Quintillion plans to extend the system internationally to A sia and Europe\, with additional spurs into Alaska and the Canadian Arctic . Once complete\, the Quintillion system will provide a diverse route out of North America and between Asia and Europe.\n\nKristina’s diverse care er includes a stint in the D.C. office of U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK)\ , Assistant Director at the World Trade Center Alaska\, Director of Commun ity Relations for NovaGold\, a mineral’s exploration company leading the world-class Donlin Creek Gold Project in Southwest Alaska and\, most rece ntly\, as Vice President Government Relations for over a decade with Alask a’s largest Alaska Native village corporation and the fourth largest Ala ska-based company\, Chenega Corporation. February 2016\, Kristina accepted the opportunity to be Vice President External Relations for Quintillion a s they build the Quintillion Subsea Cable System and bring a fiber optic n etwork for the first time to the North American Arctic.\n\n\n\nOnline regi stration for this program has closed. Remaining seats will be sold on a fi rst-come first-serve basis at event check-in starting at 11:30am on Friday \, May 12th.\n\n\n\nLove ARCTIC programming and want more? Check-out the N orth By North Festival coming to Anchorage May 12th through 14th.\n\nNorth By North activities are designed to celebrate the state’s Arctic\, shar e that Arctic with community members\, and attract visitors from other Arc tic states to learn\, exchange and build. Together\, these events form Nor th by North—an introduction to and reclaiming of Arctic innovation\, res ilience and sustainability. Each is driven by local and public participati on\, spanning the circumpolar North.\n\nLearn more on the North By North w ebsite and get engaged in the conversation on their Facebook page. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/04/InnovationGraphic.jpg CATEGORIES:Arctic Series,International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:237@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170517T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170517T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085532Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ak-global-entrepreneurs / SUMMARY:WorldMatters: Alaskan Entrepreneurs & the Global Market DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin us at 5:30pm for a social mixer with our featured entr epreneurs prior to the program start at 6:00pm. Beverages and light snacks will be available for purchase during the social hour.\n\nOnline registra tion for this program closes at noon on May 17th. Remaining tickets will b e sold at the door.\n\n\n\n\nAlaskan Entrepreneurs:\n\nNicholas Begich has nearly twenty years of business and information technology management exp erience\, and has led and advised global development teams for clients ran ging from Fortune 500 companies to venture-backed startups. He is the CEO and Founder of FarShore Partners\, a custom software development firm\; an d co-founder of Dashfire\, a start-up enabler assisting companies with bus iness architecture and technology development. FarShore presently employs over 150 people around the world. Through Dashfire\, Begich has invested i n and helped to start over 40 technology-supported startups in the past se veral years. These firms have gone on to raise over $100MM in aggregate fu nding.\n\nNicholas was previously a Global Technology Manager with Ford Mo tor Company. He holds an MBA from Indiana University's Kelley School of Bu siness with Concentrations in Information Technology and Decision Support Modeling and a BBA (Entrepreneurship) from Baylor University's Hankamer Sc hool of Business.\n\nBen Kellie is CEO of K2 Dronotics\, a drone service c ompany working to deploy drones across Alaska to increase safety\, lower c osts\, and make new discoveries. Ben was raised as a bush pilot\, trained as a mechanical engineer\, and spent some time helping SpaceX launch and l and rockets in Cape Canaveral. He is now obsessed with helping shape techn ological and economic future of Alaska.\n\nMary Miner is a co-founder of A tikus\, a social enterprise that expands access to capital for micro\, sma ll and medium enterprises through institutionally-targeted solutions roote d in technology\, data\, and insurance. Mary is responsible for designing and managing Atikus’ social impact initiatives\, with a specific focus o n financial education partnerships and women’s empowerment goals. Prior to starting Atikus\, Mary worked with CRAN Microfinance\, a Kiva affiliate \, in Cape Coast\, Ghana\, where she performed analytical research on CRAN ’s financial education program and worked closely with Kiva to provide u p-to-date borrower information directly from the field. Mary has spent ext ensive time on the ground in multiple African markets\, including Rwanda\, Ghana\, Morocco\, and Egypt. Mary graduated from DePaul University with a BA in International Studies\, cum laude\, and a MS in Public Service Mana gement\, with honors\, with a focus on microfinance.\n\nMODERATOR:\nKather ine Jernstrom is the Cofounder and CEO of The Boardroom\, has successfully built two companies\, and supported the growth of dozens more through men torship\, board leadership\, advisement\, and funding.\n\nKatherine grew u p internationally\, she has a BA from the University of Washington\, an MP A from the University of Alaska Anchorage and is a graduate of Leadership Anchorage\, a Pew Charitable Trusts program. She serves on the board of di rectors for the Launch:Alaska an energy-focused startup accelerator\, Spir it of Youth\, The Anchorage Downtown Partnership\, the AEDC Live. Work. Pl ay Steering Committee\, and is an active Rotarian. At age 30\, Katherine w as named Top 40 Under 40 by the state-wide Alaska Journal of Commerce.\n\n \n\nThe WorldMatters program series is made possible thanks to the support of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/04/KatherineJ.jpg CATEGORIES:Events,WorldMatters LOCATION:Cyrano's Theatre Company\, 411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, Uni ted States GEO:61.218267;-149.88908400000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Cyrano's Theatre Company :geo:61.218267,-149.88908400000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:238@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170615T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170615T193000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085557Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/silver-mem-polar-bear-g arden/ SUMMARY:Silver+ Members Only: Guided Tour of "Polar Bear Garden" Exhibit at Anchorage Museum & Social at Crush DESCRIPTION:Current Silver+ members of the Alaska World Affairs Council are invited to join us on Thursday\, June 15th\, 5:00pm at the Anchorage Muse um for a guided tour of their "Polar Bear Garden" exhibit highlighting U.S . - Russia relations in recognition of the 150th anniversary of the purcha se of Alaska.\n\n"The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for less than two cents an acre\, or $7.2 million. Opponents to the purchase called it 'Sewa rd’s Icebox\,' 'Seward’s Folly\,' and 'Polar Bear Garden.'...Objects i n the exhibition include the historic treaty and the purchase check\, on l oan from the National Archives\, as well as Balto\, the Siberian husky who led his team on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome. Balto and hi s story is contrasted with the story of Laika\, the Soviet space dog. Arch ival and contemporary photographs combine with nesting dolls\, cartoons\, feature-length films\, and Cold War propaganda to take viewers on a journe y between Alaska and Russia since the purchase — exploring stereotypes\, language\, storytelling\, boundaries and crossings." (Read more about the exhibit on the Museum website.)\n\nFollowing the exhibit tour\, we will w alk over to Crush Wine Bistro and Cellar to provide an opportunity for dis cussion about the exhibit and to allow members to connect and engage with one another. Food and beverages will be the responsibility of the individu al.\nThis opportunity includes complimentary Museum admission and is limit ed to 15 Silver+ members (donors who gave $150 or more in the 2016-2017 ye ar). Advanced registration is required and is first-come first-serve.\n\n\ n\nNot a Silver+ member but interested in becoming one? Visit our "Join us " page to learn more and join online! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/05/polar-bear-garden-exhibition-banner.png CATEGORIES:Member Events LOCATION:Anchorage Museum\, 625 C St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United Stat es GEO:61.2160934;-149.88461310000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=625 C St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Museum:geo:61. 2160934,-149.88461310000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:240@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170822T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170822T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085628Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/luxembourg-space-alaska / SUMMARY:Alaska's Role in a Commercial Space Industry || Luxembourg Depu ty Prime Minister Etienne Schneider DESCRIPTION:Commonwealth North is joining with the Alaska World Affairs Cou ncil to welcome Etienne Schneider\, Luxembourg’s Deputy Prime Minister\, Minister of Economy\, Defense and Interior Security\, and Dr. Pete Worden former Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center and retired USAF Brigadi er General\, to discuss the rapidly growing commercial space industry and Alaska’s potential role. Luxembourg is a leading nation is commercial sp ace exploration and is home to the world’s second largest satellite comp any generating $2 billion in annual revenues.\n\nGovernment of Luxembourg\ , under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister Schneider\, has launched t he initiative SpaceResources.lu\, with the ambition to attract “new spac e” tech companies to Luxembourg. This initiative comprises both financia l and legal instruments\, leveraging the existing space industry (SES – world leader in satellite operation)\, financial center\, university and p ublic research centers. The purpose of the Deputy Prime Minister’s visit to Alaska is twofold\, to learn more about Alaska’s capabilities in the space sector\, and to engage with Alaskan industry\, and officials in ord er to explore possibilities of cooperation in space activity.\n\n\n\nSpeak ers At a Glance\n\nEtienne Schneider | Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister\, Minister of Economy\, Defense and Interior Security\n\n\nDr. Pete Worden ( Brg. Gen. USAF\, Ret.) | Director\, NASA Ames Research Center (2006 – 20 15)\n\n\n\nDOORS &\; DETAILS\n\n Lunch is included in admission for th is program.\n Doors will open at 11:45am and the program will begin at no on.\n Online registration through the Alaska World Affairs Council has CL OSED.\n\n Please contact Commonwealth North\, directly for registration i nformation: (907) 276-1414.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/08/Etienne-Schneider.jpg CATEGORIES:Global Economies LOCATION:Petroleum Club of Anchorage\, 3301 C St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, United States GEO:61.1903313;-149.88523250000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=3301 C St\, Anchorage\, AK\ , 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Petroleum Club of Ancho rage:geo:61.1903313,-149.88523250000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:241@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170907T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170907T203000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085644Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/world-religions/ SUMMARY:Practice What You Preach: Can World Religions Coexist? || A conver sation featuring leaders of multiple faiths DESCRIPTION:\nFaith Leaders -\nPastor Michael Bunton (Baptist Pastor at Gre ater Friendship Baptist Church)\nPastor Michael Andrew Bunton was born to William A. Bunton Jr\, Senior Pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Buffalo\, New York\, and First Lady Wanda Lee Bunton. Pastor Bunton is the youngest of five siblings. Three of his siblings currently are pastori ng in the lower 48.\n\nPastor M.A. Bunton was licensed in 1989 and ordaine d into ministry in 1992 by Senior Pastor William A. Bunton Jr. who has bee n pastoring for over 60 years. Pastor M. A. Bunton preaches and teaches th e word of God with conviction and has led numerous lost souls to Christ.\n \nPastor Bunton worked in full-time as an Associate Pastor at Shiloh Missi onary Baptist Church under the leadership of Dr. A.B. Patterson. Pastor Bu nton has served in ministry at Shiloh for twenty (20) years in various cap acities and continues to share the love of Christ in the community\, such as the Rescue Mission\, Bro. Francis and Beans Cafe. He also ministered at the 4th Avenue Jail/Correction Facility\, conducting 2 hour Bible classes every Friday.\n\nWhile employed at Shiloh\, he was the Associate Pastor f or the following Ministries: Youth Young Adult\, Membership/Congregational Care\, Parish\, Assimilation\, as well as the Worship Pastor. He is a ful ly devoted disciple of Christ and on fire for the Lord.\n\nPrior to workin g full-time in ministry at Shiloh\, Pastor Bunton worked in the Anchorage School District for five years and for the University of Alaska Anchorage as the Director of the Upward Bound Program for seven years. The Upward Bo und Program was a program that catered to First Generation and Low Income Students around the State. In his tenure there\, the program was regarded as one of the most successful in the nation in spite of a significantly lo w GPA in the State of Alaska.\n\nPastor Bunton is married to First Lady/De aconess Nathalie Bunton for 14 years. First Lady Bunton is employed with t he Federal Aviation Administration as a Manager for the Air Traffic Organi zation and fully supports her husband in ministry. Pastor and First Lady B unton have three daughters\, Tatiana\, 8\, Thalia\, 10 and Tamia\, 12 who are baptized believers and are great testimonies in their schools.\n\nImam Imad Enchassi\, PhD (Muslim Imam at the Islamic Society of Greater Oklaho ma City)\nImam Imad Enchassi grew up in the Palestinian refugee camps in B eirut\, Lebanon. His experiences as a child surrounded by war and conflict have shaped his passion as an adult for promoting unity and understanding . When asked about living through the massacres in the Sabra and Shatila r efugee camps\, Enchassi says\, “Sometimes\, I think God exposed me to so much hatred and violence so that I can be a voice for love and peace.”\ n\nAfter moving to the United States at the age of seventeen\, Enchassi be gan a long journey in education\, receiving business management degrees fr om South Plains College and Southern Nazarene University and\, then\, comp leting his masters in management from the University of Phoenix. He used t hose degrees to excel in the restaurant industry as a regional director an d advisor for nearly two decades.\n\nIn 2004\, Enchassi made a career move \, turning his previous part-time volunteering activities into a full time commitment by becoming the founder and executive director of the Mercy Ed ucation Foundation – a multi-million dollar project creating the first a ccredited Islamic school of Oklahoma City. During that time\, he also beca me the founder\, imam and president of the Islamic Society of Greater Okla homa City (ISGOC). In that role\, he studied overseas at the Daawa Univers ity Institute and the University Institute for Islamic Studies in Lebanon\ , where he received his bachelors\, masters and doctorate degree in Islami c Studies. In addition\, he earned a certificate of “Apostolic Successio n”* earned by a selected few.\n\nBesides being the senior Imam at ISGOC\ , the chairman of Islamic studies and Chaplain at Oklahoma City University \, an adjunct professor of Islamic studies at both Phillips Theological Se minary and St. Paul School of Theology\, advisory board member of CAIR\, a dvisory board member of Wilbery School of Religion (Oklahoma City Universi ty)\, Enchassi is also in charge of organizing outreach and curriculum wit h the Muslim and non-Muslim communities throughout the state of Oklahoma. He is a highly sought after public speaker\, and he is regularly booked to address audiences at academic institutions\, government functions and int erfaith events to offer his expertise in Muslim principles\, comparative r eligions\, interfaith dialogue and human rights.\n\nAmong much recognition \, Enchassi has received the Interfaith Alliance “Community Service Awar d\,” CAIR “Lifetime Achievement Award”\, CAIR “Inspiration Award\, ” Dialogue Institute “Dialogue Award\,” Oklahoma Center for Communit y and Justice “Humanitarian Award\,” Oklahoma Conference of Churches “Interfaith Award” and was named a “Visionary in Religious and Educa tion Outreach” in The Daily Oklahoman’s Progress Edition.\n\nRabbi Mic hael Oblath\, PhD (Jewish Rabbi at Congregation Beth Sholom)\nRabbi Oblath has been a Rabbi of Congregation Beth Sholom in Anchorage for 10 years. H e earned his doctorate in Ancient Near Eastern Religions from Graduate The ological Union and UC Berkeley in 2001\, with emphasis (and dissertation) on the exodus from Egypt. His academic\, and rabbinic\, interest is primar ily in the critical analysis of the biblical text (and teaching it within its original\, as well as evolved\, context).\nRabbi Oblath was born and r aised in CA and has two adult sons and one granddaughter. He loves living in Alaska and enjoying the out of doors.\n\nAjahn Sompon (Buddhist Monk at Wat Alaska Yanna Varraran)\nBorn in Roi-Et\, Issan\, Thailand in 1973\; c ame to Pasco\, Washington in 1998 after serving as a Buddhist novice in Ro i-Et beginning at the age of 13 upon completion of Middle School. Before c oming to Alaska in July 2017 served at the Wat Richland Buddha Wanaram for 18 years.\n\nAfter seven years service as a novice\, took the title of Aj ahn (teacher) as a forest monk in Chonburi\, Thailand at Wat Yanangvararam .\nModerator -\nMalcolm Roberts After graduating from Princeton University in 1958 with a history degree\, Malcolm began his career as a photo journ alist\, speech writer\, issue correspondent\, policy advocate\, author\, m onthly columnist\, and editor. His work for PACE Magazine in Los Angeles i n the late 1960s led to speech writer and staff assistant for Interior Sec retary\, Alaska Governor and global citizen Wally Hickel. Since moving to Anchorage in 1971\, he served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Cabinet Secreta ry in Juneau for Governor Hickel and later as Special Assistant to Anchora ge Mayor Rick Mystrom. He was twice a candidate for the Alaska legislature \; an advocate for Anchorage hosting the Winter Olympic Games\; and a dedi cated supporter of the Alaska natural gas pipeline. He was a founder of Br idge Builders of Anchorage and served as president for several years.\n\n\ n\nPost-Event Podcast\n\nIf you were not able to make it to this event you can now listen to the podcast\, courtesy of Alaska Public Media\, by clic king the link below.\n\nhttps://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/10/03/practice-w hat-you-preach-can-world-religions-coexist/\n\n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/08/Coexist_SQ.jpg CATEGORIES:Global Conflict & Complexity LOCATION:East High School Auditorium\, 4025 E Northern Lights Blvd\, Anchor age\, AK\, 99508\, United States GEO:61.20059759999999;-149.8043601 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=4025 E Northern Lights Blvd \, Anchorage\, AK\, 99508\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=East High School Auditorium:geo:61.20059759999999,-149.8043601 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:242@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170914T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170914T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085704Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/many-traditions-one-ala ska/ SUMMARY:Many Traditions\, One Alaska: Teaching Alaska's Connected History | | A conversation featuring Katie Ringsmuth\, PhD & Paul Dunscomb\, PhD DESCRIPTION:Speaker - Katie Ringsmuth\, PhD\nKatie Johnson Ringsmuth\, PhD\ , is the sole proprietor of Tundra Vision and teaches U.S. Alaska\, and Wo rld History at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Ringsmuth is currently working with UAF\, NPS\, Trident Seafoods\, and the Alaska Association of Historic Preservation to collect\, interpret\, and share the stories of ca nnery workers from the historic NN Cannery at South Naknek. She is also co llaborating with Alaska Council of Social Studies and the Anchorage School District to bolster and assist Alaska Studies teachers. She has curated s everal history exhibitions\, including Home Field Advantage: Baseball in t he Far North and Wrangell Mountain Skyboys. She has authored five publicat ions for the National Park Service\, with the sixth—At Work in the Wrang ells: A Photographic History\, 1895-1966—due out later this year. Ringsm uth’s recent book\, Alaska’s Skyboys: Cowboy Pilots and the Myth of th e Last Frontier (2015)\, is now available through the University of Washin gton Press. Ringsmuth lives in Eagle River with her husband Eric and two b oys Ben and Tom.\nSpeaker - Paul Dunscomb\, PhD\nPaul Dunscomb\, PhD is th e UAA Department of History Chair as well as a Professor of East Asian His tory. He worked in broadcast television for several years before beginning graduate studies in history. He lived in Japan for two years while workin g on his Ph.D. dissertation. While his initial research focused on Japan ’s Siberian Intervention\, 1918-1922 and Japanese Imperialism his most r ecent work attempts to bring not only Postwar Japan but events of the last two and a half decades into focus. His current work examines the crisis i n Japanese professional baseball of 2004 as a means to understand the natu re of change in Japan during the early Heisei period (1989-2009). A long-t ime member of the Alaska World Affairs Council\, Dr. Dunscomb has served a s Board Chair\, Program Committee Chair\, WorldQuest and World Wiz Master Emcee\, featured speaker\, and featured moderator\, among other roles.\n\n \n\nPost-Event Podcast\nIf you missed this event you can now listen to a p odcast of the discussion courtesy of Alaska Public Media by clicking the l ink below:\n\nhttps://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/10/09/many-traditions-one- alaska-teaching-alaskas-connected-history/\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/08/KatieR.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:VEVENT UID:246@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20171026T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20171026T213000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085833Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/world-wiz-2017/ SUMMARY:World Wiz Pub Quiz DESCRIPTION:World Wiz Pub Quiz is a fundraiser for the Alaska World Affairs Council and the Academic Student WorldQuest Competition featuring fun glo bally-themed trivia\, raffle and team prizes\, a raffle auction\, and grea t times with friends!\n\nJoin us for a fun-filled evening and test your in ternational trivia knowledge.\n\nAdvance registration has closed. A limite d number of tickets will be available at the door starting at 6:30pm.\n\n\ n\n\nWorld Wiz Quiz Master - Paul Dunscomb\, PhD\nPaul Dunscomb is Profess or of East Asian History and chair of the History Department at the Univer sity of Alaska Anchorage. His nerd super power is\, he can articulate stuf f. He can take a room full of half baked\, half expressed thoughts and tur n them into ideas with force and power.\n\nHe was the inaugural Director o f the UAA Confucius Institute. His book\, A Great Disobedience Against the People\, Japan’s Siberian Intervention\, 1918-1922\, the first ever com plete narrative in English\, appeared in February 2011. He is also author of Japan Since 1945 in 2014 for the Association for Asian Studies Key Issu es in Asian Studies Series.\n\nHis current research focuses on the history of the Heisei period (1989-2018) including the Crisis in Japanese Profess ional Baseball of 2004 and the nature of change in Heisei Japan. He analyz ed debates about Japanese identity during the Lost Decade\, 1992-2004\, in “Images of What Never Was to Suggest What Might Be\; Japanese Popular C ulture and Japaneseness\,” for the edited volume The Dynamics of Cultura l Counterpoint in Asian Studies. His work has appeared in The Journal of J apanese Studies\, East-West Connections\, and Education About Asia.\n\n\n\ nThank you to our amazing sponsors who make World Wiz possible:\nLead Spon sors\n\nRound Sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDOORS &\; DETAILS\n\n Food and bev erages at this event will be available for individual order and purchase f rom 49th State Brewing Co.\n This is a team event\, register yourself and three friends for your own team of 4 or get a ticket and join a team at t he event!\n Doors will open at 6:30pm and the trivia will begin at 7:00pm .\n Advance registration has closed. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door starting at 6:30pm.\n\n \;\n\nComplimentary park ing is available in nearby EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who prereg ister online to attend this program by the posted registration deadline ab ove. Successful registrants will receive an email prior to the program wit h parking details. Thank you to EasyPark Alaska for partnering with us to make Downtown parking a breeze! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/10/wordwiz.jpg CATEGORIES:Special 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:VEVENT UID:248@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20171109T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20171109T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085911Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/middle-east-trump-gregg -roman/ SUMMARY:The Middle East & the Trump Administration || Gregg Roman DESCRIPTION:Speaker - Gregg Roman\nAT A GLANCE:\n\n CEO of the Middle East Forum\n Former Director of the Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh\n Previously served as the political ad visor to the Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel\n\n\n\n\nGregg Roman functi ons as the chief operations officer for the Middle East Forum\, responsibl e for day-to-day management\, communications\, and financial resource deve lopment. Mr. Roman previously served as director of the Community Relation s Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. In 2014\, he was named one of the ten most inspiring global Jewish leaders by the Jewish T elegraphic Agency. He previously served as the political advisor to the de puty foreign minister of Israel and worked for the Israeli Ministry of Def ense. Mr. Roman is a frequent speaker at venues around the world\, often a ppears on television\, and has written for the Hill\, the Forward\, the Al bany Times-Union\, and other publications. He attended American University in Washington\, D.C.\, and the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya \, Israel\, where he studied national security studies and political commu nications.\n\n\n\nPost-Event Podcast\nIf you missed this event you can now listen to a podcast of the presentation courtesy of Alaska Public Media b y clicking the link below:\n\nhttps://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/12/01/the- middle-east-and-the-trump-administration/\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/08/Gregg-Roman.gif CATEGORIES:Global Conflict & Complexity 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:VEVENT UID:249@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20171201T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20171201T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085927Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ramseur-end-cold-war/ SUMMARY:Incredible Tales from Alaskans Who Helped End the Cold War || The Inside Story of Melting the Alaska-Russia Ice Curtain DESCRIPTION:Key players in melting the Alaska-Russia Ice Curtain in the mid -1980s discuss how Alaska helped end the Cold War\, launching a 30-year er a of productive commercial and personal relations across the Bering Strait .\nSpeakers at a glance - \nDavid Ramseur\, long-time Alaska journalist an d author of a new book\, Melting the Ice Curtain: The Extraordinary Story of Citizen Diplomacy on the Russia-Alaska Frontier\, moderates the panel d iscussion. His guests include:\n\nJim Stimpfle – a Nome realtor whose st ories of interactions with Russia through his Native wife’s family inspi red him to engage in “Balloon Diplomacy” and other efforts to open the Strait. Stimpfle has visited Russia many times and helped convince Nome m erchants to accept Russian rubles.\n\n \;\n\nDave Heatwole – a forme r Alaska oil company executive who caught the “Russia bug” through the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce and traveled numerous times to Russia as one of the few Alaska businessmen who were successful working there. Heat wole even met his wife working in Russia.\n\n\n\nElena Kostenko-Farkas - W est High School's Russian language teacher and founder of the Anchorage pu blic school Russian immersion program. Farkus moved to Alaska from Magadan \, Russia\, in 1992\, operated a Russian bookstore in Anchorage and promot es Russian cultural understanding.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nDavid Ramseur is a Vi siting Scholar in Public Policy at the Institute of Social and Economic Re search at the University of Alaska Anchorage and is the author of Melting the Ice Curtain: The Extraordinary Story of Citizen Diplomacy on the Russi a-Alaska Frontier\, telling the story of how inspiration\, courage\, and p ersistence by citizen-diplomats bridged a widening gap in superpower relat ions.\n\nA 36-year-Alaskan\, Ramseur just concluded six years as chief of staff to Alaska U.S. Senator Mark Begich where he managed the Senator’s Washington\, D.C. and Alaska offices and served as the top political and f oreign policy advisor to Senator Begich. Between 2003-08\, he was chief of staff to then Anchorage Mayor Begich. He also served Alaska Governors Ton y Knowles and Steve Cowper as chief of staff\, press secretary and foreign policy advisor.\n\nIn 1988\, Ramseur helped organize the “Friendship Fl ight” between Nome\, Alaska and Provideniya\, Russia\, which reunited in digenous families on both sides of the Bering Strait and helped launch nea rly two decades of commercial\, scientific and cultural activity between t he regions. He managed a $2 million federal grant for educational and scie ntific exchanges between Alaska and the Russian Far East at the University of Alaska’s American Russian Center in 1993-94 and worked in Nizhny-Nov gorod\, Russia as a volunteer media advisor in 1993.\n\nHe has traveled ex tensively in Russia\, Asia\, Europe and the Arctic. He holds a political s cience Bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina Asheville and a Master’s in journalism from the University of Missouri. He lives in Anchorage where he enjoys triathlon training and golf. He is married to Anchorage attorney Susan Wibker.\n\nBook: \n\nJust five years after a Sov iet missile blew a civilian airliner out of the sky over the North Pacific \, an Alaska Airlines jet braved Cold War tensions to fly into tomorrow. C rossing the Bering Strait between Alaska and the Russian Far East\, the 19 88 Friendship Flight reunited Native peoples of common languages and cultu res for the first time in four decades. It and other dramatic efforts to t haw what was known as the Ice Curtain launched a thirty-year era of perilo us\, yet prolific\, progress.\n\nMelting the Ice Curtain tells the story o f how inspiration\, courage\, and persistence by citizen-diplomats bridged a widening gap in superpower relations. David Ramseur was a first-hand wi tness to the danger and political intrigue\, having flown on that first Fr iendship Flight\, and having spent thirty years behind the scenes with som e of Alaska’s highest officials. As Alaska celebrates the 150th annivers ary of its purchase\, and as diplomatic ties with Russia become perilous\, Melting the Ice Curtain shows that history might hold the best lessons fo r restoring diplomacy between nuclear neighbors.\n\n\n\nPost Event Podcast \nIf you missed this engaging presentation you can now listen to the podca st of the event courtesy of Alaska Public Media. Happy listening!\n\nhttps ://www.alaskapublic.org/2018/02/16/incredible-tales-from-alaskans-who-help ed-end-the-cold-war/\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/07/Ramseur_Melting-the-Ice-Curtain.jpg CATEGORIES:Global Conflict & Complexity 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:VEVENT UID:250@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20171208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20171208T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085946Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ups-international-jim-b arber/ SUMMARY:Anchorage – UPS’s Gateway to the Asia-Pacific Region || UPS I nternational President\, Jim Barber DESCRIPTION:Speaker - Jim Barber\nAT A GLANCE:\n\n President of UPS Intern ational responsible for UPS's services in more than 220 countries &\; t erritories outside the US\n Leads 150\,000 international employees\n Pre viously served as President of UPS Europe\, helping oversee the second wav e of international expansion for UPS that first began in the mid-1990s\n Holds a degree in Finance from Auburn University\n\n\n\n\nJim Barber has s erved as president of UPS International since 2013\, with responsibility f or distribution\, forwarding\, small-package delivery\, brokerage\, custom s compliance\, and UPS's other service offerings in more than 220 countrie s and territories outside the U.S.\n\nJim and his team of 150\,000 interna tional employees are currently leading the company's next wave of internat ional investment while implementing the "One UPS" initiative that will sea mlessly integrate UPS's services globally across business units and enterp rise priorities. Jim has also led UPS's growing investment in emerging mar kets\, including the creation of the ISMEA operating district to capture t he opportunities in south-to-south trade in the Indian subcontinent\, the Middle East and Africa.\n\nJim previously served as president of UPS Europ e\, helping oversee the second wave of international expansion for UPS tha t first began in the mid-1990s. Drawing upon his experience in UPS's Merge rs and Acquisitions Group\, Jim oversaw several key acquisitions and integ rations including several European healthcare companies and domestic couri er\, express and parcel companies in Poland\, Turkey and the UK.\n\nHis te am also oversaw the acquisition and integration of the Kiala collection po int network in France\, Belgium\, Netherlands and Spain. The Kiala model w as expanded into Germany and the UK during 2013 under the UPS Access Point brand. Jim and his team also led a $200 million expansion of the Cologne air hub\, an investment that was completed in 2014.\n\nJim joined UPS as a delivery driver in 1985. He later held a series of finance\, accounting a nd operations management positions in the U.S.\, Belgium and Germany befor e relocating to London in 2006 as managing director of the United Kingdom &\; Ireland for UPS.\n\nJim also serves as a member of the UPS Manageme nt Committee\, which is responsible for day-to-day management of the compa ny.\n\nHe holds a degree in Finance from Auburn University.\nModerator - G arret Wong\n\n\nGarret is a Chartered Financial Consultant designee of The American College and has over 30 years of experience in financial plannin g. Garret maintains securities licenses as well as licenses for life\, hea lth\, and disability insurance.\n\nGarret is a Registered Representative o f KMS Financial Services\, Inc. He and his staff provide a full range of f ee based financial planning services with the option of carrying through w ith implementation of the plan if so desired by the client.\n\nGarret's op erational philosophy empowers clients to explore and prioritize their goal s and make informed decisions to reach those goals. He encourages the team approach to planning\, which may involve the services of other profession als including accountants and attorneys.\n\nGarret is a past member of the Municipality of Anchorage Budget Advisory Commission. Garret has also ser ved as past president of the Anchorage East Rotary Club\, Alaska World Aff airs Council\, Alaska Chapter of Financial Service Professionals\, the Anc horage Estate Planning Council\, and the Anchorage Downtown Partnership.\n \nGarret earned his B.S. degree in Finance from Santa Clara University and his master's degree in Commerce and Legal Studies from Gonzaga University .\n\n\n\nThis program is hosted in partnership with:\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\ n\nPost-Event Podcast\nIf you missed this event you can now listen to a re cording of it courtesy of Alaska Public Media\, happy listening!\n\nhttps: //www.alaskapublic.org/2017/12/19/awac-anchorage-upss-gateway-to-the-asia- pacific-region/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/08/jim_barber_high_res_2015.jpg CATEGORIES:Global Economies 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: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:VEVENT UID:252@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180208T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180208T210000 DTSTAMP:20231222T090020Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/worldquest-2018/ SUMMARY:Academic Student WorldQuest Competition DESCRIPTION:Academic WorldQuest is a team competition testing students’ k nowledge of global issues in the following categories:\n\n Current Events \n NAFTA\n ASEAN at 50\n India's Bid for Global Power\n Combatting Cli mate Change\n Cybersecurity\n Saudi Arabia\n Great Decisions\n The Pea cebuilding Toolkit\n America's Diplomats\n\nThe Alaska competition on Thu rsday\, February 8th will bring together 156 high school students to test their knowledge of global affairs. Participating schools include:\n\n Ala ska Middle College School / Dimond High School\n Bartlett High School\n Chugiak High School\n Colony High School\n Eagle River High School\n Jo e Redington Senior High School\n MatSu Technical High School\n Palmer Hi gh School\n Service High School\n South Anchorage High School\n Wasilla High School\n West Anchorage High School\n\nOver 40 local World Affairs Councils host the competition across the country. The winning team from ea ch local competition is invited to participate in the National Competition hosted in Washington\, D.C. each April.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is WorldQuest?\nO ne of the greatest challenges facing our nation and our schools across the country is preparing our youth for the globally interconnected world of t he 21st century. America’s ability to face the economic and security cha llenges of the 21st century and seize new opportunities is dependent on an educated and informed citizenry and workforce. Academic WorldQuest is a u nique opportunity to expose our youth to the world outside our borders and prepare them for these challenges and opportunities.\n\n\n\n2018 WorldQue st Recap\n\n36 teams representing 13 hight schools competed on February 8t h at the Dena'ina Center.\n\n\nFirst place: West High School\, Team 1\n\nS econd place: Service High School\, Team 1\n\nThird place: Matsu Technical\ , Team 1\n\nThe students on West High School's winning team were\; Henry M ildon\, William Lee\, Samuel Hiratsuka\, and Corin Katzke. They were coach ed by John Ruhlin.\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you!\nJoin these amazing companies and individuals in supporting students challenging their global competency by becoming a supporter of Academic WorldQuest:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\nIndividual Supporters:\n\nCarole Anderson\, Felicia Brusatto\, Anna Bau mgartner\, Sharon Davies\, Gary Dixon\, Jocelyn Fenton\, Julie Hirt\, Larr y Persily\, Deborah Smith\, Carolyn Rader\, Maria Williams\n\nIn-Kind Dono rs:\n\n \n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/06/Wq_National-Logo.jpg CATEGORIES:WorldQuest LOCATION:Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center\, 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.21509609999999;-149.8945164 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS= 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Dena'i na Civic and Convention Center:geo:61.21509609999999,-149.8945164 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:253@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180209T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T091729Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/trita-parsi-2018/ SUMMARY:Iran: Trump's Gift to the Hard-liners || Trita Parsi DESCRIPTION:\n\nReturning speaker\, Trita Parsi will be addressing Alaskans on the topic of "Iran: Trump's Gift to the Hard-liners" answering the que stion of "Will killing the Nuclear Deal bring the US and Iran towards war ?" -- You will not want to miss this dynamic speaker and program!\nTrita P arsi\n\n\nTrita Parsi is an award winning author and the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He is the founder a nd president of the National Iranian American Council and an expert on US- Iranian relations\, Iranian foreign politics\, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He is the author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran\, Israel and the United States (Yale University Press 2007)\, for which he conducted more than 130 interviews with senior Israeli\, Iranian and American decision-makers. Treacherous Alliance is the silver medal wi nner of the 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relati ons.\n\nParsi's second book A Single Roll of the Dice - Obama's Diplomacy with Iran (Yale University Press) was released early 2012 and was selected by Foreign Affairs journal as the Best Book of 2012 on the Middle East.\n \nHis latest book - Losing an Enemy: Obama\, Iran and the Triumph of Diplo macy (Yale University Press\, 2017) - reveals the behind the scenes story to the historic nuclear deal with Iran.\n\n​Parsi was born in Iran but m oved with his family at the age of four to Sweden in order to escape polit ical repression in Iran. His father was an outspoken academic who was jail ed by the Shah and then by the Ayatollah. He moved to the United States as an adult and studied foreign policy at Johns Hopkins’ School for Advanc ed International Studies where he received his Ph.D.\n\n​He founded NIAC to provide a non-partisan\, non-profit organization through which Iranian -Americans could participate in American civic life. NIAC is a vocal propo nent of dialogue and engagement between the US and Iran\, which Parsi cons istently has argued would enhance our national security by helping to stab ilize the Middle East and bolster the moderates in Iran.\n\nParsi has foll owed Middle East politics through work in the field and extensive experien ce on Capitol Hill and at the United Nations. He is frequently consulted b y Western and Asian governments on foreign policy matters. Parsi has worke d for the Swedish Permanent Mission to the UN\, where he served in the Sec urity Council\, handling the affairs of Afghanistan\, Iraq\, Tajikistan an d Western Sahara\, and in the General Assembly's Third Committee\, address ing human rights in Iran\, Afghanistan\, Myanmar and Iraq.\n\nParsi studie d for his Doctoral thesis on Israeli-Iranian relations under Professor Fra ncis Fukuyama at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. In addition to his PhD\, he holds a Master's Degree in Internati onal Relations from Uppsala University and a Master's Degree in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. He has served as an adjunct profes sor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University SAIS\, George W ashington University and Georgetown University\, as well as an adjunct sch olar at the Middle East Institute and as a Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wi lson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC.\n\nHe is fluent i n Persian/Farsi\, English\, and Swedish. Parsi's articles on Middle East a ffairs have been published in the Washington Post\, Wall Street Journal\, New York Times\, Los Angeles Times\, Financial Times\, Jane's Intelligence Review\, the Nation\, The American Conservative\, the Jerusalem Post\, Th e Forward\, and others. He is a frequent guest on CNN\, PBS’s Newshour w ith Jim Lehrer\, NPR\, the BBC\, and Al Jazeera.\n\n\n\nLosing an Enemy: O bama\, Iran\, and the Triumph of Diplomacy\nThis timely book focuses on Pr esident Obama’s deeply considered strategy toward Iran’s nuclear progr am and reveals how the historic agreement of 2015 broke the persistent sta lemate in negotiations that had blocked earlier efforts.\n\nThe deal accom plished two major feats in one stroke: it averted the threat of war with I ran and prevented the possibility of an Iranian nuclear bomb. Trita Parsi\ , a Middle East foreign policy expert who advised the Obama White House th roughout the talks and had access to decision-makers and diplomats on the U.S. and Iranian sides alike\, examines every facet of a triumph that coul d become as important and consequential as Nixon’s rapprochement with Ch ina. Drawing from more than seventy-five in-depth interviews with key deci sion-makers\, including Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and U.S. Secre tary of State John Kerry\, this is the first authoritative account of Pres ident Obama’s signature foreign policy achievement.\n\n\n\nPOST-EVENT PO DCAST\nIf you missed this engaging presentation you can now listen to the podcast of the event\, courtesy of Alaska Public Media. Happy listening!\n \nhttps://www.alaskapublic.org/2018/02/23/iran-trumps-gift-to-the-hardline rs/\n\n\n\nThank you\nThis program is made possible thanks to the support of Dick Block and Mellen Investment Co. and Flip Todd of Todd Communicatio ns. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/01/Parsi-TED.jpg CATEGORIES:Events,Global Conflict & Complexity 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:VEVENT UID:254@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180228T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180228T133000 DTSTAMP:20231222T091756Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/speed-mentoring-2018/ SUMMARY:Speed Mentoring - International Edition DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Alaska World Affairs Council and the Anchorage School D istrict teamed up on February 28th\, 2018 to offer a jump start to high sc hool students considering international options in their post-secondary jo urneys. \n\nIn attendance were: \n\n 113 high school juniors and seniors from 14 schools in the Anchorage\, Eagle River\, and Mat-Su area\;\n 29 m entors\, representing 12 different industries and 26 companies/organizatio ns\; and \n 13 organizations providing information at resource tables. \n \nThis event would not have been possible without the support from Alaska Airlines and BP.\n\n\n\nThe Alaska World Affairs Council and the Anchorage School District (ASD) have teamed up to offer a jump start to high school students considering international options in their postsecondary journey s. \n\nThis event will include:\n\n\n Opening remarks by ASD Superintende nt\, Dr. Deena Bishop.\n An informational presentation by the Alaska Comm ission on Postsecondary Education guiding students through tools for ident ifying careers that connect with their interests and ways to fund their po stsecondary learning.\n Small-group sessions with mentors from a wide spe ctrum of industries with international scope.\n Free-form networking with mentors and representatives from relevant organizations sharing resources for further discovery.\n Lunch from Wild Fork Catering.\n\nParticipating students will walk away with the information needed to dive into their po stsecondary planning with real-life insights and advice from the people wh o have stood in their shoes.\n\nParticipating Mentors include: \n\n Tany a Bratslavsky\, Principal Engineer at BCE\, Inc.\n Larry Cash\, CEO at RI M Architects\n LaQuita Chmielowski\, Principal\, Land Planning &\; Civ il Engineering Manager at Enterprise Engineering\n Alberto Cortes\, Senio r Project Lead at ConocoPhillips\n Julie Decker\, Director/CEO at the Anc horage Museum\n Thomas Doolittle\, Deputy Assistant Regional Director of the Office of Subsistence Management at the US Department of the Interior\ n Paul Dunscomb\, Professor &\; Department Chair at the University of Alaska Anchorage\n Lise Falskow\, President &\; CEO at the Alaska Worl d Affairs Council and Norwegian Honorary Consul for Alaska\n Anthony Gasb arro\, Extension Forestry Specialist at the University of Alaska\n Jason Hodges\, Executive Director at the Anchorage Concert Association\n Nick K ellie\, COO &\; Engineer at K2 Dronotics\, LLC\n Leila Kimbrell\, Stat e Director of the Office of US Senator Lisa Murkowski\n David Knapp\, Hea d of Control at BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.\n Sonia Laughland\, Environm ental &\; Regulatory Advisor at ExxonMobil\n Major Derek Loveland\, Ca mpaign Planner at Alaskan Command\n George Martinez\, Special Assistant t o the Mayor at the Municipality of Anchorage\n Danial Mitchell\, Audit Ma naging Director at KPMG LLP\n Tara Mogan\, Senior Center Director at USO Alaska\n John Moore\, Senior Advisor\, Public &\; Government Affairs a t ExxonMobil\n Lt. Col. Tyler Moore\, Homeland Defense Planner at Alaskan Command\n Stephen Nuss\, Engineering Division Director at Anchorage Wate r &\; Wastewater Utility\n LCDR Patrick Prag\, Chief of Analysis at Al askan Command\n Bear Remien\, Lead Systems Architect at Resource Data\, I nc.\n Meredyth Richards\, Petroleum Engineer at BP\n Deborah Smith\, Chi ef Magistrate Judge at the U.S. District Court\n William Templin\, Chief Fisheries Scientist for Salmon at Alaska Department of Fish &\; Game\n Julia Tucker\, Attorney at the Law Office of Julia Tucker\, LLC\n Lyn Wh itley\, Retired Corporate Communications in Banking &\; Healthcare prof essional\n\nParticipating Resource Organizations include: \n\n Alaska Co mmission on Postseconday Education\n Alaska Pacific University\n Alaska World Affairs Council\n Anchorage Sister Cities Commission\n ASD Career Resources\n ASSES Foreign Student Exchange Program\n Junior Achievement of Alaska\, Inc.\n Model United Nations of Alaska\n Peace Corps\n Unive rsity of Alaska Anchorage\n University of Alaska Anchorage - Education Ab road\n Welcoming Anchorage\n\n\n\n\n2018 Speed Mentoring Recap &\; Pho tos\n\nIn attendance were 113 high school juniors and seniors from 14 scho ols in the Anchorage\, Eagle River\, and Mat-Su area. 29 mentors\, represe nting 12 different industries and 26 companies/organizations were able to share their experiences with the students. After the mentoring\, 13 organi zations participated by providing information at resource tables. \n\nMore photos and a Speed Mentoring video can be found on our Facebook page.\n \n\n\n\nThank you!\nThis event is made possible thanks to the generous sup port of:\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/01/2018-SpeedMentoring-graphic-e1518719850925.jpg CATEGORIES:Special Events LOCATION:Anchorage School District Education Center\, 5530 E Northern Light s Blvd\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99504\, United States GEO:61.1939631;-149.7754994 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=5530 E Northern Lights Blvd \, Anchorage\, AK\, 99504\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Ancho rage School District Education Center:geo:61.1939631,-149.7754994 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:255@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180322T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180322T193000 DTSTAMP:20231222T091824Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/world-narratives-faux-p as/ SUMMARY:WorldNarratives: Foreign Faux Pas - Stories of Navigating Cultural Differences DESCRIPTION:This year's theme for the Alaska World Affairs Council's annual story event is: Foreign Faux Pas - Stories of Navigating Cultural Differe nces. Featured storytellers will entertain you while keeping you on your s eat as you wait to see how their situations were resolved.\n\nFor your lis tening pleasure\, we have stories from Spain\, rural Alaska\, Yugoslavia\, Germany\, Panama\, Italy\, and Russia covering misunderstandings involvin g law enforcement\, train robbery\, false marketing\, taxi scams\, teachin g English as a foreign language\, sketchy lodging\, and European handball. You will not want to miss this amazing evening!\nMEET THE STORYTELLERS\nT am Agosti-Gisler was raised in Anchorage and attended public schools. Her BA in International Relations was earned at Stanford University and includ ed studies in France\, Berlin and Jerusalem. She subsequently earned her M AT. Tam was a French and Social Studies teacher in the Anchorage School Di strict for 22 years. Tam worked as the executive director of the Anchorage School Business Partnership program until her election to the Anchorage S chool Board in 2012 of which she is currently president. She has been marr ied to Hans Gisler for over 38 years. She is an avid traveler and has visi ted over 70 countries\, speaks several languages and has taught English in Africa and Asia.\n\nRebecca Pottebaum is a transplant to Alaska\, but fee ls quite at home traveling the world. She’s played many roles in her exp loration of the world\, from Fulbright Fellow in Brazil to running an inte rnational film festival\, from adventure tour leader throughout North Amer ican National Parks to cab driving in Homer\, Alaska. She loves a good jok e.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nLarry Rivers came to Alaska in the sixties as a hippie where he settled in Talkeetna with his family. By chance\, he got roped into guiding a hunt. Larry had a knack for guiding and bush flying\ , leading him to become a very successful global professional hunting guid e. Recognized as such he was invited by "Intourist" through Mead Treadwell to help foster tourism in the USSR and later Russia and Central Asia. Fro m that he expanded into export and real estate development. Larry is now r etired and likes to spend most of his time exploring Alaska by bush plane or snowmachine.\n\nMichael Anthony Simpson is a middle-school teacher on h iatus so that he can stay-at-home to care for his three-year-old daughter. The time he spent on lesson planning\, grading papers\, and other demands is now spent pursuing his passions for writing and playing music. Example s of his work can be seen on his website.\n\nMegan Zlatos serves as the Di rector of Public Programming for the Alaska Humanities Forum. Her career p ath might best be described as “the scenic route”: a road that involve d everything from coordinating study abroad programs in Europe to developi ng an employee evaluation system at Google\, from teaching middle schooler s in the Midwest to developing new revenue sources for a startup in San Fr ancisco. She was the 12th employee at a company that was sold to Amazon fo r a billion dollars (but don't ask her for money because she didn't stick around long enough for her stock options to vest).\n\n\n\nSpecial thanks t o our amazing volunteer story coach\, Amanda Dale\, a featured storyteller of the 2017 inaugural event!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPOST-EVENT PODCAST\nIf you miss ed this event and did not get a chance to hear our storyteller's entertain ing adventures\, you can now listen to a podcast of the event courtesy of Alaska Public Media.\n\nHappy listening!\n\nhttps://www.alaskapublic.org/2 018/03/30/foreign-faux-pas-stories-of-navigating-cultural-differences/\n\n \n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/01/StoryNightAmanda-1-4.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:VEVENT UID:256@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180330T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180330T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T091843Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/us-russia-pifer/ SUMMARY:US-Russia Relations: Back to Cold || Ambassador Steven Pifer DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpeaker - Ambassador Steven Pifer\nAT A GLANCE:\n\n Senior Fellow with the Brookings Institution\n Former US Ambassador to Ukraine\ n Author of The Eagle and the Trident: U.S.-Ukraine Relations in Turbulen t Times and co-author of The Opportunity: Next Steps in Reducing Nuclear A rms\n Served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director fo r Russia\, Ukraine and Eurasia on the National Security Council\n\n\n\n\nS teven Pifer is a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution. His work fo cuses on arms control\, Ukraine and Russia. He is author of The Eagle and the Trident: U.S.-Ukraine Relations in Turbulent Times and co-author of Th e Opportunity: Next Steps in Reducing Nuclear Arms. A retired Foreign Serv ice officer\, his more than 25 years with the State Department included as signments as deputy assistant secretary of state with responsibilities for Russia and Ukraine\, U.S. ambassador to Ukraine\, and special assistant t o the president and senior director for Russia\, Ukraine and Eurasia on th e National Security Council. He also served in Warsaw\, Geneva\, Moscow an d London.\n\nBook:\nThe Eagle and the Trident provides the first comprehen sive account of the development of U.S. diplomatic relations with an indep endent Ukraine\, covering the years 1992 through 2004 following the collap se of the Soviet Union. The United States devoted greater attention to Ukr aine than any other post-Soviet state (except Russia) after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Steven Pifer\, a career Foreign Service officer\, worke d on U.S.-Ukraine relations at the State Department and the White House du ring that period and also served as ambassador to Ukraine. With this volum e he has written the definitive narrative of the ups and downs in the rela tionship between Washington and newly independent Ukraine. (Read more...)\ n\n\n\nPOST-EVENT PODCAST\nIf you missed this event but still want to list en to the engaging discussion you can now listen to a podcast of the event \, courtesy of Alaska Public Media.\n\nHappy listening!\n\nhttps://www.ala skapublic.org/2018/04/06/u-s-russia-relations-back-to-cold/\n\n \;\n\n \n\n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/08/Pifer_Photo-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Global Conflict & Complexity 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:VEVENT UID:257@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180413T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180413T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092246Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/zombie-apocalypse-arcti c/ SUMMARY:Can the zombie apocalypse happen in the Arctic? Tales of Arctic Inf ectious Diseases with the CDC's Dr. Michael Bruce DESCRIPTION:Speaker - Dr. Michael Bruce\n\nMichael Bruce is a public health physician and medical epidemiologist trained in Internal and Preventive M edicine. He is the Epidemiology Team Leader at the Centers for Disease Con trol and Prevention’s Arctic Investigations Program in Anchorage\, Alask a\, USA.\n\nFor the past 18 years\, his work has focused on improving the health of Alaskans and peoples of the Arctic. He has worked to create\, ma nage and analyze data from the international circumpolar surveillance (ICS ) system for invasive bacterial diseases that includes Alaska\, Northern C anada\, Greenland\, Iceland\, the Faroe Islands\, Norway\, Sweden and Finl and. He has received numerous awards and has published over 100 scientific articles and book chapters.\n\n\n\nModerator: Lise Falskow\, President &a mp\; CEO of the Alaska World Affairs Council\nLise Falskow was born and ra ised in Alaska and holds a degree in Economics and Accounting from Claremo nt McKenna College. She worked as a CPA in Seattle\, Washington and Zurich \, Switzerland. She then helped establish a Financial Analyst Group for th e Energy Division of a major oil company in Oslo\, Norway. As a dual Norwe gian and US Citizen\, her interest in world cultures has taken her to many exciting places\, including her return to Anchorage\, Alaska where she is the Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul for Alaska. Lise has a passion for sp orts\, music (including playing the piano)\, and participating in Ironman Triathlon Competitions.\n\n\n\nPOST-EVENT PODCAST\nIf you were unable to a ttend this engaging presentation you can now listen to the podcast\, court esy of Alaska Public Media\, by clicking the link below.\n\nHappy listenin g!\n\nhttps://www.alaskapublic.org/2018/04/20/addressing-alaskans-can-the- zombie-apocalypse-happen-in-the-arctic/\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/12/M-Bruce-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Arctic Series,Events LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:258@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180426T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180426T183000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092304Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/convos-on-diplomacy-201 8/ SUMMARY:Conversations on Diplomacy with U.S. Department of State Foreign Se rvice Officers DESCRIPTION:Join two current Foreign Service Officers of the U.S. Departmen t of State for a Conversation on Diplomacy. The FSOs will share insights f rom their experiences as well as highlight the ways in which the State Dep artment works with Alaska.\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nVirginia Blakeman joine d the U.S. Foreign Service in September 2008. She currently serves as Spec ial Advisor in the Bureau of International Information Programs\, where sh e is responsible for the development of public diplomacy strategies to adv ance U.S. foreign policy priorities with audiences worldwide. She previous ly served as Special Assistant for Public Affairs to former Under Secretar y of State for Civilian Security\, Democracy\, and Human Rights Sarah Sewa ll\; as Deputy Press Attaché in Warsaw\, Poland\; and as a consular offic er in Tijuana\, Mexico\, where she provided assistance to over 2\,000 deta ined American citizens in Baja California. She received a Department of St ate Superior Honor Award in 2011 for "creativity and innovation in engagin g young Polish audiences\, and putting Embassy Warsaw on Poland's social m edia map." Virginia is also a novice sommelier\, certified Advanced by the Wine and Spirits Educational Trust\, a native of Michigan's Upper Peninsu la\, and is married with an 18-month old daughter.\n\nIrina Karmanova is c urrently a Public Affairs Specialist in the State Department's Office of P ublic Engagement\, which is tasked with connecting the Department with dom estic audiences\, and engaging the American people directly to advance for eign affairs work at home and abroad through a variety of outreach activit ies. Prior to joining the Bureau of Public Affairs\, Irina worked at sever al other offices since joining the Department in 2009 - including the Offi ce of Nordic and Baltic Affairs in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Aff airs\, the Office of Press and Public Diplomacy in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs\, the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues\, and the Office of International Visitors in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Irina's international experience includes stints in the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv\, Ukraine and the U.S. Consulate in Kolkata\, India. Irina obtained a Bachelor's degree in International Affairs in 2010\, and a Master's degree in Global Communication in 2012\, from the George Washi ngton University in Washington\, DC. In her spare time\, Irina enjoys trav el\, photography\, cultural events\, and teaching acrylic painting part-ti me at a local DC-area business.\n\n\n\nDOORS &\; DETAILS\n\n This prog ram is FREE and open to the public. Please register in advance as space is limited to 12 participants.\n The conversation will start promptly at 5: 30pm\, please arrive early if you wish to purchase a beverage or snack.\n Online registration closes at noon on April 26th.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/04/2000px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State.svg_.png CATEGORIES:Special Events LOCATION:Kaladi Brothers Coffee\, 621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.21705610000001;-149.89418690000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Kaladi Brothers Cof fee:geo:61.21705610000001,-149.89418690000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:259@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180427T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180427T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092338Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/iraq-lukman-faily/ SUMMARY:Beyond A War Zone: What's Next for Iraq || Ambassador Lukman Fai ly DESCRIPTION:Speaker - Lukman Faily\nAT A GLANCE:\n\n Former Iraqi Ambassad or to the United States &\; Japan\n IT Program Manager for EDS Ltd. (n ow Hewlett-Packard)\n MBA in Technology Management\n\n\n\n\nLukman Faily recently served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iraq to the United States from May 2013 until June 2016. He has been a high-profi le spokesperson for his government and Iraqi affairs\, engaging with membe rs of Congress\, academia and think tank communities. Regular appearances on English and Arabic TV and radio news and particularly active on social media. Frequently speaks at public events in Iraq\, Washington and across the United States and United Kingdom. He served previously as Iraq’s amb assador to Japan for three years. He now provides some consultancy service s for US and international companies on Iraqi and regional markets.\n\nAmb assador Faily represents a rising generation of professionals\, business l eaders and civic activists who have returned to Iraq to help build the cou ntry’s fledgling a free-market democracy. He brings to his position exte nsive experience in diplomacy\, leadership\, negotiation\, stakeholder man agement\, crisis management\, political analysis\, policy recommendations\ , strategic planning\, communication\, business organization management an d development\, marketing\, information technology and civic activism\, as well as familiarity with Middle Eastern\, oriental and Anglo-American tra ditions and institutions.\n\nAmbassador Faily lived in the United Kingdom for 20 years and held management and leadership roles in the British affil iates of two American companies for over a decade. An active leader in the large Iraqi diaspora community\, Ambassador Faily served as a trustee of several Iraqi NGOs while in the UK. He was an outspoken opponent of Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship and advocated for democracy\, dialogue\, develop ment and rule of law in Iraq.\n\nFluent in English\, Arabic and Kurdish\, Ambassador Faily was born in Baghdad in 1966. He is married to Lameis Fail y and is the father of four boys and a girl. An avid runner\, Ambassador F aily participated in a number of marathons including Tokyo in 2012 and 201 3\, and in the Boston and New York Marathons in 2014.\n\n\n\nDOORS &\; DETAILS\n\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co.\n Doors will open at 11:30am and the program will begin at noon.\n Online registration closes Wednesday\, April 25th at midnight. Remaining spaces will be sold at the door.\n\nCom plimentary parking is available in nearby EasyPark Alaska lots for individ uals who preregister online to attend this program by the posted registrat ion deadline above. Successful registrants will receive an email prior to the program with parking details. Thank you to EasyPark Alaska for partner ing with us to make Downtown parking a breeze!\n\n\n\nSTUDENTS\n\n High s chool and college students who register in advance receive complimentary a dmission and a voucher for a lunch item of their choosing thanks to the ge nerous support of BP. Online pre-registration and presentation of a valid student ID at check-in is required to qualify.\n Teachers who would like to bring a group of students to this program must submit a request via the online form here at least one week in advance to inquire about availabili ty. Questions should be directed to Deputy Director\, Alyssa Bish.\n\n\n\n \nMILITARY\nActive-duty military personnel and their spouses who register in advance receive complimentary admission thanks to generous support from USO Alaska. Online pre-registration and presentation of a valid military ID at check-in is required to qualify. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/10/IMG_5129-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Global Conflict & Complexity 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:VEVENT UID:260@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180427T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180427T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092352Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/member-forum-faily/ SUMMARY:Member Forum + Exclusive Q&A with Ambassador Lukman Faily DESCRIPTION:MEMBER FORUM\n\n\nMembers of the Alaska World Affairs Council a re invited to join us the evening of Friday\, April 27th for our annual Me mber Forum with an exclusive opportunity for Q&\;A with former Iraqi Am bassador\, Lukman Faily.\n\nThe Member Forum will include an update on the Council\, including recent changes and accomplishments\, followed by an o pportunity for member feedback and input on 2018-2019 programming.\n\nThis event is open to current members only. Although admission is complimentar y\, pre-registration is required to participate. For information about bec oming a member\, visit our membership web page. To inquire about the statu s of your membership\, contact Linda Shepherd at membership@alaskaworldaff airs.org.\n\n\n\n\n\nEXCLUSIVE Q&\;A with Former Iraqi Ambassador\, Luk man Faily\n\nAT A GLANCE:\n\n Former Iraqi Ambassador to the United State s &\; Japan\n IT Program Manager for EDS Ltd. (now Hewlett-Packard)\n MBA in Technology Management\n\n\n\n\nLukman Faily recently served as Amb assador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iraq to the United States fro m May 2013 until June 2016. He has been a high-profile spokesperson for hi s government and Iraqi affairs\, engaging with members of Congress\, acade mia and think tank communities. Regular appearances on English and Arabic TV and radio news and particularly active on social media. Frequently spea ks at public events in Iraq\, Washington and across the United States and United Kingdom. He served previously as Iraq’s ambassador to Japan for t hree years. He now provides some consultancy services for US and internati onal companies on Iraqi and regional markets.\n\nAmbassador Faily represen ts a rising generation of professionals\, business leaders and civic activ ists who have returned to Iraq to help build the country’s fledgling a f ree-market democracy. He brings to his position extensive experience in di plomacy\, leadership\, negotiation\, stakeholder management\, crisis manag ement\, political analysis\, policy recommendations\, strategic planning\, communication\, business organization management and development\, market ing\, information technology and civic activism\, as well as familiarity w ith Middle Eastern\, oriental and Anglo-American traditions and institutio ns.\n\nAmbassador Faily lived in the United Kingdom for 20 years and held management and leadership roles in the British affiliates of two American companies for over a decade. An active leader in the large Iraqi diaspora community\, Ambassador Faily served as a trustee of several Iraqi NGOs whi le in the UK. He was an outspoken opponent of Saddam Hussein’s dictators hip and advocated for democracy\, dialogue\, development and rule of law i n Iraq.\n\nFluent in English\, Arabic and Kurdish\, Ambassador Faily was b orn in Baghdad in 1966. He is married to Lameis Faily and is the father of four boys and a girl. An avid runner\, Ambassador Faily participated in a number of marathons including Tokyo in 2012 and 2013\, and in the Boston and New York Marathons in 2014.\n\n\n\nDOORS &\; DETAILS\n\n Food and beverages at this program will be available for individual order and purch ase from 49th State Brewing Co.\n Doors will open at 5:30pm and the Q& \;A will begin at 6:00pm.\n Advance registration and current membership i s required to participate. Admission is complimentary.\n Online registrat ion closes Friday\, April 27th at 2:00pm.\n\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking i s available in nearby EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who preregister online to attend this program by the posted registration deadline above. Successful registrants will receive an email prior to the program with par king details. Thank you to EasyPark Alaska for partnering with us to make Downtown parking a breeze!\n\n\n\nEach registrant must be listed as a curr ent member in our records. We will be verifying membership status and foll owing-up as needed. If you need to update dependents or employees listed o n your membership\, please contact Linda Shepherd at membership@alaskaworl daffairs.org. To renew your membership or become a member\, visit our Memb ership page at www.alaskaworldaffairs.org/join-us/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/10/IMG_5129-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Global Conflict & Complexity 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:VEVENT UID:261@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180506T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180506T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092416Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/charity-brunch-2018/ SUMMARY:Anchorage Charity Brunch to Support Alaska World Affairs Council St udent Scholarship Fund DESCRIPTION:Alaska World Affairs Council Board Member and World Trade Cente r of Alaska Executive Director\, Greg Wolf\, invites you to the inaugural Anchorage Charity Brunch on Sunday\, May 6th to benefit the Alaska World A ffairs Council Student Scholarship Fund.\n\nThis delightful event includes a deluxe brunch buffet from the culinary professionals at Sullivan's Stea khouse\, a complimentary glass of champagne\, live music\, and door prizes . Individual tickets are available for $75 for AKWorld and WTC members and $85 for the general public\, see registration at the bottom of this page to confirm your space.\n\nClick here to view the brunch buffet menu.\n\nSp ecial remarks by First Lady Mara Kimmel\n\n\n\nMusical entertainment by Bl aze &\; Eric.\n\n\n\nThe Council currently supports two University of A laska college students through annual scholarships of $2\,500 each to defr ay the high-cost of higher education. This scholarship opportunity is uniq ue in its sustaining approach and is renewable for up to four years of und ergraduate education.\n\nClick to Donate Now!\n\n\n\nMeet the Students\nAf ter completing her first year of college at UAS\, Celeste Harrell has felt herself grow and change for the better. She has become involved in the lo cal and international communities found in Juneau\, found employment as a University Community Advisor\, and discovered a study that she is both pas sionate about and is incredibly needed in the world. Celeste is now majori ng in health science\, with the goal of finding a University that offers a bachelor’s program and certification program in the health field. I sti ll aim to aid in the refugee crisis and help international affairs. It is through knowing that her current employment as a Community Advisor\, and f uture employment as a medical professional\, that she is motivated to cont inue to learn\, explore\, and help others. If it were not for the financia l support of organizations\, like the Alaska World Affairs Council\, Celes te says she would have never dreamed of being able to get this education a nd achieve these goals.\n\nJessica Reisinger's first semester at UAA was s elf-declared wonderful as she jumped straight into becoming very involved in various on campus activities while maintaining high academic standards. Jessica is a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority and was voted onto the 2018 officer board. She also joined the American Medical Student Associati on as well as the American Chemical Society. As a stellar student\, she ma de the Fall 2017 Chancellor's list and is expected to make the Spring 2018 Chancellor's list as well. As a Biochemistry major\, Jessica is working t hrough the prerequisites to prepare for medical school. In her Freshman ye ar\, she has already begun to conduct undergraduate research\, working wit h several biological sciences professors on the affects of anoxia in turtl es and how their cerebral vasculature changes when exposed to low oxygen e nvironments.\n\n\n\nDoors &\; Details\n\n Doors will open for check-in at 10:45am.\n If you wish to have a reserved table for you and members o f your attending party\, please let us know in the form below. Otherwise s eating will be first-come\, first-served.\n If you are not available to a ttend the brunch\, you can still choose to support the students through ma king a donation online.\n\nClick to Donate Now! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/03/27657908_1733541733375607_3415517812930667345_n-e1521226349468.j pg CATEGORIES:Special Events LOCATION:Sullivan's Steakhouse\, 320 W 5th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, U nited States GEO:61.2171402;-149.8886715 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=320 W 5th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Sullivan's Steakhou se:geo:61.2171402,-149.8886715 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:262@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180516T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180516T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092433Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/middle-east-myth/ SUMMARY:Middle East Myth or Reality: Separating Fact from Fiction || A Co nversation with John Moore & Lt Col Ty Moore DESCRIPTION:\n\nSpeakers - \nJohn Moore\nWith 20 plus years of internationa l experience in the service of public\, private and non-profit interests a cross the Islamic world\, John Moore brings a unique perspective on the ev olution of the political economy of security and development in the region .\n\nPrevious professional experience includes working in a variety of hum anitarian\, development and commercial roles across parts of South Asia\, the Middle East and East Africa. This includes service with the US Defense and State Departments as well as multiple NGOs and international organiza tions. Highlights include work with the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanist an (UNAMA)\, monitoring of election-related violence in Iraq\, and support for the National Human Rights Commission in Nepal. Since then Mr. Moore h as worked with major energy companies\, advising on socio-economic challen ges in the Middle East\, Asia and the Americas. He has lectured at the Aus tralian National University’s (ANU) College of Business and Economics on the Middle East\, and has guest lectured on the evolution of modern Musli m terrorism for ANU’s Center for Arab and Islamic Studies and National S ecurity College. John’s core area of interest is the use of political ec onomy frameworks of analysis to enable greater understanding of and insigh t into complex political\, social and economic environments.\n\nMr. Moore has a Masters Degree in Political Economy and International Security Studi es from the Fletcher School at Tufts University\, and a Bachelor of Arts i n International Affairs from the Virginia Military Institute. He has also conducted non-degree research at the Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and class ical literature at St. Anne’s College\, Oxford. He is currently pursuing doctoral studies at ANU’s Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy. John is ma rried with two sons\, and\, since moving to Alaska\, has adopted a pup.\nL t Col Ty Moore\nBorn and raised in Alaska\, Lt Col Moore enlisted in the M arine Corps in 1995 as a Reconnaissance Marine in Echo Company\, 4th Recon naissance Battalion aboard Elmendorf Air Force Base where he served in a v ariety of billets including Reconnaissance Team Leader.\n\nHe received his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1999 after graduating from Virginia Mil itary Institute. Following The Basic School and Infantry Officer’s Cours e he was assigned to 1st Battalion\, 1st Marine Regiment in Camp Pendleton \, CA where he served as a Rifle Platoon Commander on the 15th Marine Expe ditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) and 1st Marine Expeditionary B rigade (Task Force 58) during its deployment to Camp Rhino Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom following the attacks of September 11\, 2001. Later he served as a Company Executive Officer for the initial inva sion of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF I).\n\nUpon returning fro m his second deployment he was assigned to Delta Company\, Marine Security Guard Battalion in Ft Lauderdale FL where he served as the Inspecting Off icer and Operations Officer. Upon graduation from Expeditionary Warfare Sc hool he was assigned to 1st Battalion\, 7th Marine Regiment for duty as th e Assistant Operations Officer where he deployed to Hit\, Iraq as part of Regimental Combat Team 5. Later he served as a Rifle Company Commander wit h Regimental Combat Team 6 and deployed to Combat Outpost Viking near Fall ujah\, Iraq.\n\nUpon graduation from Naval Postgraduate School and the Nav al War College\, LtCol Moore was assigned to III Marine Expeditionary Forc e in Okinawa\, Japan where he served as a Military Planner and Regional Af fairs Officer. He was later assigned to 3d Battalion\, 3d Marine Regiment on Marine Corps Base\, Kaneohe\, HI where he served as the Battalion Execu tive Officer. Following a deployment to Okinawa\, Japan he was later assig ned as the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Liaison Officer to Special O perations Command\, Pacific. He was then assigned to 3d Marine Regiment wh ere he served as the Assistant Operations Officer and subsequently assumed the duties of Operations Officer before his current assignment as Homelan d Defense Planner\, Alaska NORAD Region and Alaskan Command\, Joint Base E lmendorf-Richardson\, Alaska.\n\nLtCol Moore is a graduate of the Marine C orps Basic Infantryman’s Course and Infantry Officer Course\, The Marine Corps Tactical Marine Air-Ground Team Integration Course\, Expeditionary Warfare School\, The Naval Postgraduate School\, The Naval War College\, a nd The U.S. Army Red Team Course. He holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree i n International Relations from Virginia Military Institute\, and a Master ’s of Arts degree in Security Studies from the Naval Postgraduate School . He is an Operations and Tactics Instructor\, Marine Corps Martial Arts I nstructor (Black Belt)\, Water Survival Instructor\, and graduate of the C old Weather Survival and Airborne Schools.\n\nLtCol Moore is married to th e former Miss Jennifer N. Steffen of Anchorage\, Alaska and they have thre e children: Isabella age 12\, Penelope age 10\, and Nathaniel age 8.\n\n\n \nPOST-EVENT PODCAST\nIf you were unable to attend this event you can now listen to a podcast of the presentation courtesy of Alaska Public Media.\n \nHappy listening!\n\nhttps://www.alaskapublic.org/2018/08/10/addressing-a laskans-middle-east-myth-or-reality/\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/12/AWAC_world_watercolor-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Global Conflict & Complexity 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:VEVENT UID:263@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180517T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180517T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092449Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/terrorism/ SUMMARY:Islam\, Terrorism and the West: A Perspective || John Moore DESCRIPTION:Online registration has now closed. Tickets will be available f or purchase at the door from 11:30am.\n\n\n\nSpeaker - John Moore\nWith 20 plus years of international experience in the service of public\, private and non-profit interests across the Islamic world\, John Moore brings a u nique perspective on the evolution of the political economy of security an d development in the region.\n\nPrevious professional experience includes working in a variety of humanitarian\, development and commercial roles ac ross parts of South Asia\, the Middle East and East Africa. This includes service with the US Defense and State Departments as well as multiple NGOs and international organizations. Highlights include work with the UN Assi stance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)\, monitoring of election-related vio lence in Iraq\, and support for the National Human Rights Commission in Ne pal. Since then Mr. Moore has worked with major energy companies\, advisin g on socio-economic challenges in the Middle East\, Asia and the Americas. He has lectured at the Australian National University’s (ANU) College o f Business and Economics on the Middle East\, and has guest lectured on th e evolution of modern Muslim terrorism for ANU’s Center for Arab and Isl amic Studies and National Security College. John’s core area of interest is the use of political economy frameworks of analysis to enable greater understanding of and insight into complex political\, social and economic environments.\n\nMr. Moore has a Masters Degree in Political Economy and I nternational Security Studies from the Fletcher School at Tufts University \, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from the Virginia Milit ary Institute. He has also conducted non-degree research at the Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St. An drews in Scotland and classical literature at St. Anne’s College\, Oxfor d. He is currently pursuing doctoral studies at ANU’s Asia-Pacific Colle ge of Diplomacy. John is married with two sons\, and\, since moving to Ala ska\, has adopted a pup.\n\n\n\nDOORS &\; DETAILS\n\n Lunch at this pr ogram will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co.\n Doors will open at 11:30am and the program will begin at no on.\n Online registration has now closed. Tickets will be available for p urchase at the door from 11:30am.\n\nComplimentary parking is available in nearby EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who preregister online to att end this program by the posted registration deadline above. Successful reg istrants will receive an email prior to the program with parking details. Thank you to EasyPark Alaska for partnering with us to make Downtown parki ng a breeze!\n\n\n\nSTUDENTS\n\n High school and college students who reg ister in advance receive complimentary admission and a voucher for a lunch item of their choosing thanks to the generous support of BP. Online pre-r egistration and presentation of a valid student ID at check-in is required to qualify.\n Teachers who would like to bring a group of students to th is program must submit a request via the online form here at least one wee k in advance to inquire about availability. Questions should be directed t o Deputy Director\, Alyssa Bish.\n\n\n\n\nMILITARY\nAdmission is free to a ctive duty\, National Guard\, Reservists and their spouses\, compliments o f USO Alaska. Military attendees must register in advance for free admissi on and free parking. See below to secure your ticket(s). ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/04/John-Moore.png CATEGORIES:Global Conflict & Complexity 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:VEVENT UID:264@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180608T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180608T100000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092544Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/israel-david-rubin/ SUMMARY:Coffee Conversation with David Rubin\, former mayor of Shiloh\, Isr ael DESCRIPTION:Join the former mayor of Shiloh\, Israel\, David Rubin for an i nformal coffee conversation on Friday\, June 8th at the Downtown Kaladi Br others Cafe. This event is FREE and completely full.  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio :\n\n\n\nDavid Rubin is a former mayor of Shiloh\, Israel—in the region of Samaria\, known to much of the world as the West Bank. He is the founde r and president of Shiloh Israel Children’s Fund (SICF) —dedicated to healing the trauma of children who have been victims of terrorist attacks\ , as well as rebuilding the biblical heartland of Israel. SICF was establi shed after Rubin and his three-year-old son were wounded in a vicious terr orist attack while driving home from Jerusalem. The toddler was shot in th e head\, but the bullet fired from an AK-47 assault rifle missed his brain stem by one millimeter. Rubin vowed to retaliate—not with hatred\, nor with anger\, but with compassion—in order to affect positive change for Israel and its children. He established a network of therapeutic\, educati onal\, and recreational programs that have profoundly impacted thousands o f young lives\, while simultaneously changing the political landscape\, as Israel’s historic places are being rebuilt.\n\nAs the organization’s activities have grown\, David Rubin has become an address for those who wa nt to learn the facts on the ground in Israel\, without the distortions ab out Israel and the Middle East that too often are the norm in much of the mainstream media.\n\nDavid Rubin’s extensive knowledge about Terrorism\, Israel\, the U.S.-Israel relationship\, and Israel’s role in the world isn’t merely an academic expression that comes only from research\, but rather a real-life expression that comes from the heart. Whether writing a bout history\, societal turmoil\, terrorism or tolerance\, David’s genui ne feelings and passion for his topic come across loud and clear.\n\nBorn and raised in Brooklyn\, NY\, Rubin resides in Israel with his wife and ch ildren on a hilltop overlooking the site of Ancient Shiloh. (Visit Rubin's website to read his full biography.)\n\n\n\nDOORS &\; DETAILS\n\n Thi s program is FREE and open to the public. Please register in advance as sp ace is limited to 15 participants.\n The conversation will start promptly at 9:00am.  Please arrive before 9:00am if you wish to purchase a bevera ge or snack for yourself.\n Online registration has closed as all spaces are filled.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/05/cc26dba1-6085-4940-8616-bf1d532fffa8.jpg CATEGORIES:Special Events LOCATION:Kaladi Brothers Coffee\, 621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.21705610000001;-149.89418690000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Kaladi Brothers Cof fee:geo:61.21705610000001,-149.89418690000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:265@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180719T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180719T100000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092530Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/pakistan-tarhub-asghar/ SUMMARY:Members' Coffee: Exploring Roots & Reporting on the Ground in Pakis tan DESCRIPTION:Details:\n\n This coffee conversation is limited to 15 partici pants and is only open to current members of the Alaska World Affairs Coun cil. Please contact Development Director\, Linda Shepherd\, with any quest ions about your membership status or to join/renew.\n Food and beverages are not included with registration. Please plan to arrive prior to 9:00am to purchase your own refreshments.\n Online registration will close when filled or on July 18th\, whichever is soonest. \n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:\nTa rhub Asghar is a Pakistani Journalist who earned her MPhil degree in journ alism and did her Bachelor’s in Biotechnology and Mass Communication fro m Forman Christian College\, Lahore. Currently\, she is associated with a Pakistani media industry and working with a news channel Samaa TV as a cor respondent and a blogger. Before Samaa she was associated with express new s\, where she worked as researcher for a program “Khabardar” (translat ion required). She also worked with Geo News as researcher and covered loc al bodies elections 2015 and wrote articles in Jang newspaper on certain i ssues. She made a radio documentary and drama on social issues. She has th e ability to think outside the box\, which enables her to look beyond the mundane subject matter and delve deeper in the issues that makes her a goo d researcher. Her focus of research is mostly on current affairs\, politic s\, women empowerment &\; rights and conflict resolution especially in Pakistan. She has firsthand experience of covering stories related to terr orism\, corruption\, politics\, health\, education and culture. Her ultima te goal is to eradicate corruption to make reforms in different sectors of Pakistan. She enjoys working in team work and possess leadership qualitie s. She loves travelling and socializing to explore new stories\, places an d people. Believing\, media as an in charge of informing people\, accounta bility\, righteousness and equity. She is playing her role as a proverbial watchdog to hold people accountable with power and authority to make thin gs better in Pakistan. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/07/IMG_20170520_155712_796.jpg CATEGORIES:Member Events LOCATION:Kaladi Brothers Community Room\, 621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.2170565;-149.89431330000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Kaladi Brothers Com munity Room:geo:61.2170565,-149.89431330000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:266@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180725T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180725T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092557Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/czech-ambassador/ SUMMARY:Summer Ambassador Series: Europe of the Future: Czech View DESCRIPTION:Program Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seatin g available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 1 2:00pm.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket co nfirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co.\n Online registration will clos e at midnight on Monday\, July 23rd. Remaining tickets will be available f or purchase the day of the program at the door from 11:30am.\n\nOne compli mentary glass of Czech Pilsner Urquel is included with admission for each attendee over the age of 21. Sponsored by the Czech Honorary Consul for Alaska\, Frank Nosek. \n\n\n\nMain Speaker Bio:\nHynek Kmoníček\, Ambas sador of the Czech Republic to the USA\nAmbassador Kmoníček currently se rves as the Czech Ambassador to the USA. He has served in a variety of rol es within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1995. Prior to becoming Am bassador to the USA\, Ambassador Kmoníček served as the Director of the Foreign Affairs Department within the Office of the President of the Czech Republic. He has also served as the Ambassador to Australia\, New Zealand \, Fiji\, Solomon Islands\, Cook Islands\, Samoa\, Tonga\, and Vanuatu. Am bassador Kmoníček holds a Doctor of Education from South Bohemian Univer sity and has completed post-graduate studies at Charles University in Prag ue and Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is married with four children an d was once a professional musician of classical guitar and lute.\nAlso fea tured:\nPavol Šepeľák\, Consul General of the Czech Republic in Los Ang eles\nAmbassador Šepeľák currently serves as the Consul General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles. His most recent roles have included Ambassa dorships in Latvia\, Pakistan\, Luxembourg\, and a term as Ambassador-at-L arge for the UN Security Council as well. Ambassador Šepeľák completed his studies at the University of Economics in Bratislava\, Institute of In ternational Relations in Moscow\, and Oxford - Pembroke College. He was ho nored with the Grand Cross of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in 2006\, the Gold Medal of the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces in 2005\, and the Commemorative Coin of the Director of the Special Forces of the Czech Police in 2011.\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking is available in ne arby EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who preregister online by the Ju ly 23rd deadline to attend this program. Successful registrants will recei ve an email the day before to the program with parking details.\n\nAdmissi on is free to active duty\, National Guard\, Reservists and their spouses\ , compliments of USO Alaska. Military attendees must register in advance f or free admission and free parking.\n\n \;\n\nHigh school and full-tim e college students who register in advance receive complimentary admission and a voucher for a lunch item of their choosing thanks to the generous s upport of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/06/Kmoníček.jpg CATEGORIES:Summer Ambassador Series 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:VEVENT UID:267@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180816T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180816T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092612Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ice-race-arctic/ SUMMARY:Ice Race: Who Will be Active in the Changing Arctic Landscape || A Distinguished Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:Program Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 5:30pm with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 6: 00pm.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket conf irmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at c heck-in.\n Food and beverage at this program will be available for indivi dual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co.\n Online registration will close at midnight on Tuesday\, August 14th. Remaining tickets will b e available for purchase the day of the program at the door from 5:30pm.\n \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios:\nRear Admiral (ret) Lars Saunes\, Chief of Royal Nor wegian Navy\n\nRear Admiral (ret) Lars Saunes was born in Alesund Norway. He retired from the Navy from the position as Chief of Royal Norwegian Nav y August 2017 and is now CNO Distinguished international fellow at the USN WC. He is a Submariner by trade and has held different command position on Kobben and Ula class submarines. He has been the commander of the Norwegi an task group\, Chief Naval operations at joint HQ\, Commander submarine o perating authority\, Commandant and commander of the Norwegian Coast guard as well as Chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy. He has served as the head n aval section of the Norwegian defense high command/join and the Norwegian defense research Institute.\n\n \;\n\nMichael Hjorth\, Chief Liaison E lement Faroe Islands\, Joint Arctic Command\n\nMichael Hjorth started his Arctic career in 1982 onboard Operational Patrol Vessels of the HVIDBJOERN EN Class. Later\, he served as a young officer in both the THETIS Class fr igates and as Executive Officer in the AGDLEK Class. Ashore\, Michael Hjor th has served as staff officer in the former Greenland Command Headquarter s and in the Danish Joint Arctic Command Headquarters as Chief Operations. Today\, Michael Hjorth is the head of Joint Arctic Command’s liaison el ement in the Faroe Islands.\n\nMichael Hjorth has Arctic maritime experien ce from the last decades with knowledge of Joint Arctic Command’s cooper ation with Arctic partners e.g. in the Arctic Coast Guard Forum.\n\nMichae l Hjorth has NATO experience from Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) in Stavanger\ , Norway\, (2007-2010). Michael Hjorth was assigned as analyst training NA TO Maritime Component Commanders in the rotating Response Forces. Later\, he was appointed as JWC’s ISAF Chief Analyst responsible for analyzing t he quality of JWC exercises and the overall training status of the Trainin g Audiences rotating into ISAF Headquarters in Kabul. As Chief Analyst Mic hael Hjorth had four travels to Kabul for data capture and also a longer p eriod in 2008 in the Long Term Planning Branch (CJ5).\nAs head of Joint Ar ctic Command’s Liaison Element Faroe Islands in Tórshavn\, Michael Hjor th is responsible for daily operational cooperation with Faroese partners liaising with the Joint Arctic Command in Nuuk\, Greenland.\n\n \;\n\n Jon Harrison\, OES Bureau\, State Department Senior Advisor\n\n\n\n\n\nSen ior Advisor Jon Harrison serves as the senior administration official for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.\nIn this capacity he advances policies critical to th e liberty\, prosperity and security of the United States\, from safeguardi ng American interests in the frontier domains of space\, the polar regions and the world’s oceans\, to driving international environmental policie s that balance energy security\, economic growth\, and natural resource pr otection. Protecting the public’s health at home and abroad\, reducing c onflict and instability related to territorial issues\, combating conserva tion crimes and expanding America’s dominance in science\, technology an d innovation all feature prominently in his portfolio.Harrison joined the administration from the private sector in Los Angeles\, where prior to his appointment he had a career as an entrepreneur and in international consu lting\, publishing and public affairs. Most recently Harrison helped to bu ild and grow several companies\, including Sightline Map - a software star tup bringing topographical data manipulation\, visualization\, storage and sharing at scale to private and public-sector users around the the world - and Seatrec\, a NASA/JPL spin-off developing technologies to harvest ren ewable energy from barometric differences in the ocean\, to power underwat er autonomous systems for research\, industry\, and defense.\nA former mem ber of the Pacific Council on International Policy\, Harrison co-founded t he RAND Corporation's RANDNext program\, and was an advisor to the Helena Group Foundation's Security Council. Harrison was an elected Delegate for California's 33rd Congressional District to the 2016 Republican National C onvention.\nHarrison received a bachelors degree in Politics &\; Intern ational Relations from the University of Southampton.\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \n\nHreinn Pálsson\, Deputy Chief of Mission - Minister Counselor for Ice land Ministry of Foreign Affairs\n\nHreinn Palsson has worked for the Icel andic Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) since 2005. He first began workin g at the Icelandic Embassy in Washington DC\, followed by the Dept. for ad ministration and consular affairs in Reykjavik. He has also worked as the Consulate General of Iceland in Shanghai\, the deputy head of mission at t he Icelandic Embassy in Moscow\, and is now deputy head of mission at the Icelandic Embassy in Washington D.C.\n\nPalsson has worked in consular aff airs\, public diplomacy\, comparative politics and international affairs w ith special emphasis US\, UK\, Russia\, China and NATO.\n\n\n\nModerator: Dr. Rebecca Pincus\, U.S. Naval War College\n\nDr. Rebecca Pincus is Assis tant Professor in the Strategic and Operational Research Department\, at t he U.S. Naval War College's Center for Naval Warfare Studies. Previously s he served as the Class of '65 Arctic Scholar at the U.S. Coast Guard Acade my\, where she led research at the Center for Arctic Study and Policy. Her research addresses U.S. strategic interests in the polar regions\, with a focus on maritime operations. In 2015\, she was a Fulbright Fellow in Ice land\, teaching and conducting research on Icelandic foreign affairs relat ing to NATO. Also in 2015\, Yale University Press released Diplomacy on Ic e: Energy and the Environment in the Arctic and Antarctic\, edited by Dr. Pincus and Dr. Saleem Ali. She has authored official reports for USCG\, an d recent peer-reviewed publications include articles in Polar Geography\, the Marine Corps University Journal\, War and Society\, and others. She ea rned her PhD in environment and natural resources from the University of V ermont\, and also holds a master's in environmental law from the Vermont L aw School.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nC omplimentary parking is available in nearby EasyPark Alaska lots for indiv iduals who preregister online by the August 14th deadline to attend this p rogram. Successful registrants will receive an email the day before to the program with parking details.\n\nAdmission is free to active duty\, Natio nal Guard\, Reservists and their spouses\, compliments of USO Alaska. Mili tary attendees must register in advance for free admission and free parkin g.\n\n \;\n\nHigh school and full-time college students who register i n advance receive complimentary admission thanks to the generous support o f BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/07/JointArcticComm.jpg CATEGORIES:Arctic Series 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:VEVENT UID:268@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180817T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180817T100000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092627Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/intimate-coffee-chat-wi th-dr-karin-von-hippel-the-evolution-of-isil/ SUMMARY:Special Coffee Chat Opportunity with Dr. Karin von Hippel || The Ev olution of ISIL DESCRIPTION:Before her presentation "The Evolution of ISIL" at 49th State\ , we invite you to attend an intimate coffee chat at Kaladi Brothers with Dr. Karin von Hippel. \n \;\nThis event is free for Silver Members &a mp\; Above. All else interested may purchase a ticket for $35. Space is li mited to 15 individuals - so reserve your spots today!\n \;\n\n \; \n\nDr Karin von Hippel became Director-General of the Royal United Servi ces Institute (RUSI) on 30 November 2015.\n\nKarin von Hippel joined RUSI after serving for nearly six years in the US Department of State as a Seni or Adviser in the Bureau of Counterterrorism\, then as a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations\, and fin ally\, as Chief of Staff to General John Allen\, Special Presidential Envo y for the Global Coalition to Counter-ISIL.\n\nPrior to that\, she co-dire cted the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington\, DC and was a senior research fel low at the Centre for Defence Studies\, King’s College London. She has a lso worked for the United Nations and the European Union in Somalia and Ko sovo\, and has direct experience in over two dozen conflict zones.\n\nDr v on Hippel has numerous publications to her name\, including Democracy by F orce: US Military Intervention in the Post-Cold War World (2000)\, which w as short-listed for the RUSI Westminster Medal in Military History. She ho lds a PhD from the London School of Economics\, an MSt from Oxford Univers ity\, and a BA from Yale University.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/07/kvh.jpg LOCATION:Kaladi Brothers Community Room\, 621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.2170565;-149.89431330000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Kaladi Brothers Com munity Room:geo:61.2170565,-149.89431330000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:269@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180817T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180817T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092640Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/karin-von-hippel-syria/ SUMMARY:The Evolution of ISIL || Dr. Karin von Hippel\, Director-General of RUSI DESCRIPTION:\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seat ing available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket con firmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co.\n Online registration will close at midnight on Wednesday\, August 15th. Remaining tickets will be availab le for purchase the day of the program at the door from 11:30am.\n\n\n\n\n Speaker Bio:\nDr Karin von Hippel became Director-General of the Royal Uni ted Services Institute (RUSI) on 30 November 2015.\n\nKarin von Hippel joi ned RUSI after serving for nearly six years in the US Department of State as a Senior Adviser in the Bureau of Counterterrorism\, then as a Deputy A ssistant Secretary in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations\ , and finally\, as Chief of Staff to General John Allen\, Special Presiden tial Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter-ISIL.\n\nPrior to that\, sh e co-directed the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project at the Center for S trategic and International Studies in Washington\, DC and was a senior res earch fellow at the Centre for Defence Studies\, King’s College London. She has also worked for the United Nations and the European Union in Somal ia and Kosovo\, and has direct experience in over two dozen conflict zones .\n\nDr von Hippel has numerous publications to her name\, including Democ racy by Force: US Military Intervention in the Post-Cold War World (2000)\ , which was short-listed for the RUSI Westminster Medal in Military Histor y. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics\, an MSt from Oxfor d University\, and a BA from Yale University.\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking is available in nearby EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who preregist er online by the August 15th deadline to attend this program. Successful r egistrants will receive an email the day before to the program with parkin g details.\n\nAdmission is free to active duty\, National Guard\, Reservis ts and their spouses\, compliments of USO Alaska. Military attendees must register in advance for free admission and free parking.\n\n \;\n\nHig h school and full-time college students who register in advance receive co mplimentary admission and a voucher for a lunch item of their choosing tha nks to the generous support of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/07/kvh.jpg CATEGORIES:Global Conflict & Complexity 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:VEVENT UID:270@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180907T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180907T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092656Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/terrorist-in-love-true- life-stories-of-islamic-radicals/ SUMMARY:Terrorists in Love: True Life Stories of Islamic Radicals || Ken B allen DESCRIPTION:Imagine a world where a boy’s dreams dictate the behavior of warriors in battle \; where a young couple’s only release from forbidden love is death\; where a suicide bomber survives only to become fiercely p ro-American. This is the world of Terrorists in Love.\n\nA former federal prosecutor and congressional investigator\, Ken Ballen spent five years as a pollster and a researcher with rare access—via local government offic ials\, journalists\, and clerics—interviewing more than a hundred Islami c radicals\, asking them searching questions about their inner lives\, dee pest faith\, and what it was that ultimately drove them to jihad. Intimate and enlightening\, Terrorists in Love opens a fresh window into the rea lm of violent extremism as Ballen profiles six of these men—from Pakista n\, Afghanistan\, and Saudi Arabia—revealing a universe of militancy so strange that it seems suffused with magical realism.\n\nMystical dreams an d visions\, the demonic figure of the United States\, intense sexual repre ssion\, crumbling family and tribal structures—the story that emerges he re is both shocking and breathtakingly complex. Terrorists in Love intro duces us to men like Ahmad Al-Shayea\, an Al Qaeda suicide bomber who surv ives his attack only to become fiercely pro-American\; Zeddy\, who trains terrorists while being paid by America's ally\, the Pakistani Army\; and M alik\, Taliban leader Mullah Omar's personal seer. Lifting the veil on the mysterious world of Muslim holy warriors\, Ballen probes these men's deep est secrets\, revealing the motivations behind their deadly missions and d elivering a startling new exploration of what drives them to violence and why there is yet an unexpected hope for peace. An extraordinarily gifted l istener and storyteller\, Ballen takes us where no one has dared to go—d eep into the secret heart of Islamic fundamentalism\, providing a glimpse at the lives\, loves\, frustrations\, and methods of those whose mission i t is to destroy us.\n\nKen Ballen\, Terrorist In Love: True Life Stories o f Islamic Radicals \nKen Ballen is President and founder of Terror Free Tomorrow. Ballen has spent nearly two decades on the frontlines of law en forcement\, international relations\, intelligence oversight and congressi onal investigations. As a federal prosecutor\, Ballen successfully convict ed international terrorists. He also prosecuted major figures in organized crime\, international narcotics and one of the first cases in the United States involving illegal financing for Middle Eastern terrorists.\n Ballen served as Counsel to the House Iran-Contra Committee\, where he was a le ad investigator responsible for questioning key witnesses during the natio nally televised hearings. Among other assignments on Capitol Hill\, Ballen also was Chief Counsel to a bi-partisan Senate special investigative comm ittee and Chief Counsel to the House Steering and Policy Committee\, where he directed initiatives on crime prevention\, intelligence oversight and select national security matters for the U.S. House of Representatives. \ nBallen has regularly contributed to CNN\, and its companion website CNN.c om. His articles have also been published in the Washington Post\, Financ ial Times\, Los Angeles Times\, Wall Street Journal and the Christian Sc ience Monitor\, among others.\n\nKen Ballen was born in New York City. He graduated from Tufts University in 1977 and has a Masters in International Affairs from The Fletcher School and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.\n&n bsp\;\nBooks are available for purchase at Alaska World Affairs Council. E mail rachel.williams@alaskaworldaffairscouncil.org for purchasing informat ion.  \n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\ n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online r eservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we wi ll have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this pr ogram will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you re ceive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online registration will clo se at midnight on Thursday\, September 6. Remaining tickets will be availa ble for purchase the day of the program at the door from 11:30am.\n\n  \;\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking is available in nearby EasyPark Alaska lot s for individuals who preregister online by the September 6th deadline to attend this program. Successful registrants will receive an email the day before to the program with parking details.\n\nAdmission is free to active duty\, National Guard\, Reservists and their spouses\, compliments of USO Alaska. Military attendees must register in advance for free admission an d free parking.\n\n \;\n\nHigh school and full-time college students w ho register in advance receive complimentary admission and a voucher for a lunch item of their choosing thanks to the generous support of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/07/terrorists-in-love-9781451672589_hr.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:VEVENT UID:271@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180907T131500 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20180907T141500 DTSTAMP:20231222T092710Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/intimate-coffee-chat-wi th-ken-ballen-terrorists-in-love/ SUMMARY:Special Coffee Chat Opportunity with Ken Ballen || Terrorists In Lo ve DESCRIPTION:Following his presentation at 49th State\, we invite you to att end an intimate coffee chat at Kaladi Brothers with author Ken Ballen. He will be talking about his book Terrorists in Love: True Life Stories of Is lamic Radicals. \n \;\nThis event is free for Silver Members &\; A bove. All else interested may purchase a ticket for $35. Space is limited to 15 individuals - so reserve your spots today!\n \;\n\n \;\n\n&n bsp\;\n\n\n\nKen Ballen is President and founder of Terror Free Tomorrow.  Ballen has spent nearly two decades on the frontlines of law enforcement \, international relations\, intelligence oversight and congressional inve stigations. As a federal prosecutor\, Ballen successfully convicted intern ational terrorists. He also prosecuted major figures in organized crime\, international narcotics and one of the first cases in the United States in volving illegal financing for Middle Eastern terrorists.\n\nBallen served as Counsel to the House Iran-Contra Committee\, where he was a lead inves tigator responsible for questioning key witnesses during the nationally te levised hearings. Among other assignments on Capitol Hill\, Ballen also wa s Chief Counsel to a bi-partisan Senate special investigative committee an d Chief Counsel to the House Steering and Policy Committee\, where he dire cted initiatives on crime prevention\, intelligence oversight and select n ational security matters for the U.S. House of Representatives.\n\nBallen has regularly contributed to CNN\, and its companion website CNN.com. His articles have also been published in the Washington Post\, Financial Time s\, Los Angeles Times\, Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Mo nitor\, among others. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/07/author_photo-1.jpg LOCATION:Kaladi Brothers Community Room\, 621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.2170565;-149.89431330000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Kaladi Brothers Com munity Room:geo:61.2170565,-149.89431330000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:272@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181019T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181019T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092727Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/fbi-cyber-crime/ SUMMARY:Combating International Cyber Crimes - Taking Down Mirai Botnet | F BI Supervisory Special Agent William Walton DESCRIPTION:Listen to FBI SSA Agent William Walton\, who oversees the Cyb er and Counterintelligence squads at the FBI's Anchorage Division\, talk about the Mirai Botnet takedown and other international cyber crimes. SSA Walton joined the FBI in 2008.  Prior to coming to Alaska in 2014\, Wal ton was stationed at the FBI's Headquarters in Washington DC\, the Washin gton Field Office and the Seattle Field Office.  Before joining the FBI\ , SSA served as a Russian linguist in the United States Air Force.\nTaking Down Mirai Botnet\nIn September of 2016 in France\, the telecom provider OVH was hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber attack a hundr ed times larger than most of its kind. Then\, on a Friday afternoon in Oct ober 2016\, the internet slowed or stopped for nearly the entire eastern U nited States\, as the tech company Dyn\, a key part of the internet’s ba ckbone\, came under a crippling assault. As the 2016 US presidential elect ion drew near\, fears began to mount that the so-called Mirai botnet 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 cybersecur ity story of 2016 came to conclusion in an Anchorage courtroom last year\, as three young American computer savants pleaded guilty to masterminding an unprecedented botnet—powered by unsecured devices like security camer as and wireless routers—that unleashed sweeping attacks on key interne t services around the globe. What drove them wasn’t anarchist politics o r shadowy ties to a nation-state. It was Minecraft. Despite being the sma llest Cyber Squad in the FBI\, Anchorage's cyber squad recently won the 2 018 Director's Award For Outstanding Cyber Investigation into the Mirai Bo tnet.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30a m with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program wi ll begin at noon.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for indivi dual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online registration will close at midnight on October 18th. Re maining tickets will be available for purchase the day of the program at t he door from 11:30am.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking is available in nearby EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who preregister online  t o attend this program. Successful registrants will receive an email the da y before to the program with parking details.\n\nAdmission is free to acti ve duty\, National Guard\, Reservists and their spouses\, compliments of U SO Alaska. Military attendees must register in advance for free admission and free parking.\n\n \;\n\nHigh school and full-time college students who register in advance receive complimentary admission and a voucher for a lunch item of their choosing thanks to the generous support of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/08/0519_fbi_logo02.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:VEVENT UID:273@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181025T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181025T213000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092754Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/worldwiz-pub-quiz-regis tration/ SUMMARY:World Wiz Pub Quiz || Trivia Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin us at 49th State Brewing Company for a globally themed pub quiz! World Wiz Pub Quiz is a fundraiser for the Alaska World Affairs Council and the Academic Student WorldQuest Competition featuring beer\ , world trivia\, prizes\, and a raffle auction! Join us for a fun-filled evening and test your international trivia knowledge.\nDOORS &\; DETAIL S\n\n Admission: $100 per team of 4\, or $35 per individual.\n Food and beverages at this event will be available for individual order and purchas e from 49th State Brewing Co.\n This is a team event\, register yourself and three friends for your own team of 4 or get a ticket and join a team a t the event!\n Doors will open at 6:30pm and the trivia will begin at 7:0 0pm.\n\nWORLD WIZ QUIZ MASTER – PAUL DUNSCOMB\, PHD\nPaul Dunscomb is Pr ofessor of East Asian History and chair of the History Department at the U niversity of Alaska Anchorage. His nerd super power is\, he can articulate stuff. He can take a room full of half baked\, half expressed thoughts an d turn them into ideas with force and power.\n\nHe was the inaugural Direc tor of the UAA Confucius Institute. His book\, A Great Disobedience Again st the People\, Japan’s Siberian Intervention\, 1918-1922\, the first ev er complete narrative in English\, appeared in February 2011. He is also a uthor of Japan Since 1945 in 2014 for the Association for Asian Studies Key Issues in Asian Studies Series.\n\nHis current research focuses on the history of the Heisei period (1989-2018) including the Crisis in Japanese Professional Baseball of 2004 and the nature of change in Heisei Japan. H e analyzed debates about Japanese identity during the Lost Decade\, 1992-2 004\, in “Images of What Never Was to Suggest What Might Be\; Japanese P opular Culture and Japaneseness\,” for the edited volume The Dynamics o f Cultural Counterpoint in Asian Studies. His work has appeared in The Jo urnal of Japanese Studies\, East-West Connections\, and Education About A sia.\nReady for a Getaway? Pre-Purchase a Raffle Ticket for our Alaskan Ai rline Drawing!\n\nPre-Purchase a raffle ticket to be entered into our Alas ka Airlines Grand Prize - win two coach roundtrip tickets systemwide on A laska Airlines. Transportation is valid on Alaska Airlines and no bla ckout dates applied. Each coach ticket is valued at $1\,250.\nVouchers nee d to be ticketed prior to their expiration date printed on the voucher (10 /25/2019)\n\nCan't make it the night of? That's okay! You do not need to b e present to win.\nPURCHASE HERE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/07/WW2_small-1.png CATEGORIES:Events,Special 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:VEVENT UID:274@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181026T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181026T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092807Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/talking-to-north-korea- ford/ SUMMARY:Talking to North Korea: Ending the Nuclear Stand-Off | Glyn Ford DESCRIPTION: \;\n\nThere are many roads to war\, but only one path to p eace in North Korea.\n\nGlyn Ford is the Director of the NGO Track2Asia\, an elected Constituency Representative on Labour’s National Policy Forum and a member of the Labour Party’s International Committee. He is the a uthor of North Korea on the Brink (Pluto\, 2007). He has visited North Kor ea almost 50 times.\n\nNorth Korea’s regime is often called ‘crazy’. But what if we tried to understand the motivations of its leadership? Thi s provocative insider account challenges the media myths which paint North Korea as a rogue state run by a mad leader\, myths which are invoked by W estern governments to support sanctions or even a military strike against the country.\n\nInformed by extraordinary direct access to the leadership of the DPRK\, Glyn Ford investigates the internal logic of the regime\, pr oviding game-changing insights. Acknowledging that North Korea is a deeply flawed state with an atrocious record on human rights\, he shows that sec tions of the leadership are in fact desperate to modernise and end its iso lation. But the country is trapped in an arms race against its enemies and is dependent on its nuclear program. What if\, instead of forcing regime change\, the West talked to those who want to change the regime from withi n?\n\nDemanding a dialogue between East and West\, Talking to North Korea provides a road map for averting the looming threat of a war in North East Asia that would threaten the lives of millions in the region and the wide r world.\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with s eating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual ord er and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program. \n Online registration will close at midnight on October 25th. Remaining tickets will be available for purchase the day of the program at the door from 11:30am.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking is available in near by EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who preregister online  to attend this program. Successful registrants will receive an email the day before to the program with parking details.\n\nAdmission is free to active duty\ , National Guard\, Reservists and their spouses\, compliments of USO Alask a. Military attendees must register in advance for free admission and free parking.\n\n \;\n\nHigh school and full-time college students who reg ister in advance receive complimentary admission and a voucher for a lunch item of their choosing thanks to the generous support of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/08/Headshot-Glyn-Ford.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:VEVENT UID:275@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181102T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181102T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092820Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/repeating-history/ SUMMARY:Repeating History: What Have We Learned in the Past 60 Years? DESCRIPTION:Join AKWorld for reflections on the past 60 years on progress m ade in Japan\, EU and the Arctic.\n\nDiddy Hitchens\, the EU\n\nDr. Hitchi ns was born in Glasgow\, Scotland\, and brought up in southern England. Sh e received her BSc in Social Sciences from the University of Southampton\, UK\; her MA in Political Behaviour\, and her PhD in Government from the U niversity of Essex\, UK. Her first academic appointment\, while completing PhD research\, was at University of Ghana\, Legon\, West Africa. Subseque ntly\, Dr. Hitchins had a 30 year career with Department of Political Scie nce\, University of Alaska Anchorage\, rising from Assistant Professor to Associate and then Full Professor.\n\nDr. Hitchins specializes in Comparat ive Politics and International Relations. She has served several terms as Chair of the Political Science Department\, and also Director of Internati onal Studies at UAA\, and was the founding director of UAA’s Canadian an d North Pacific Studies Programs. Dr. Hitchins has conducted research in C hina\, Japan and the Koreas as well as in Canada\, the Russian Far East an d the Arctic. Since 1985\, Dr. Hitchins has served as the British Honorary Consul for Alaska. She was honoured by Queen Elizabeth II with the Member of British Empire (MBE) award in 2005\, and was inducted into the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame 2013.\n\nDr. Hitchins is currently working on devel oping a full-scale international Model Arctic Council to be held at the Un iversity of Alaska Fairbanks\, sponsored by UAF and the University of the Arctic\, and included in the US Public Diplomacy priority for the US Presi dency of the Arctic Council.\n\nGunnar Knapp\, Globalization and Fish Fa rming\n\nGunnar Knapp is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Alaska Anchora ge (USA)\, where he worked for 35 years after receiving his Ph.D. in Econo mics from Yale University in 1981.  Prior to his retirement in 2016\, Dr. Knapp served three years as Director of ISER.\n\nDr. Knapp has been study ing fisheries management\, fisheries markets\, and the world seafood indus try for more than twenty-five years.  Focusing his research initially on Alaska salmon markets and the implications of salmon aquaculture for wild fisheries\, he broadened his research over time to the study of global sea food markets and the global seafood industry.  During the 1990s he began the Salmon Market Information Service for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Ins titute.  He co-authored the major 1997 report The Great Salmon Run:  Com petition Between Wild and Farmed Salmon.  He has written numerous other a rticles and reports on salmon markets\, trends in limited entry permit own ership\, the effects of halibut and crab IFQs\, the Chignik salmon co-op\, implications of climate change\, and economic impacts of Alaska fisheries . He helped found the North American Association of Fisheries Economists ( NAAFE) in 2001.  He has visited and given presentations for seafood indus try organizations across Alaska and in many seafood producing and consumin g countries.\n\nDr. Knapp is closely engaged with the seafood industry and policy makers in Alaska.  He is currently writing a book about The Econo mics of Fish\, which is intended as an introduction to the insights provid ed by economics about fisheries\, aquaculture and the seafood industry.\n\ nMead Treadwell\, Arctic - Getting Ready for a New Ocean\n\nMead Treadwell has advanced Arctic cooperation\, cross-border investment\, and environme ntal protection and marine safety from positions in government\, business\ , and the academy.\n\nAs Lt. Governor of Alaska\, 2010-2014\, he continued work he’d begun as Alaska’s second highest cabinet official for the e nvironment (1990-1994)\, and as Commissioner and Chair of the US Arctic Re search Commission (2001 appointed by President Bush\; 2006-2010 chair unde r Presidents Bush and Obama) to promote Arctic cooperation with creation o f the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy\, the Arctic Council and th e Northern Forum.   The Arctic Research Commission led the eight-nation A rctic Marine Shipping Assessment which resulted in the first circumpolar b inding agreements on search and rescue\, spill response\, and adoption of the mandatory Polar Code.\n\nAs a business leader\, Treadwell pioneered cr oss-border tourism in the Bering Straits region in the late 1980’s and e arly 1990’s\, after working to open the US-Russia border.   He served a s President of Pt Capital\, the world’s first Arctic focused private equ ity fund from 2015-2018\, which owns assets in Alaska\, Iceland and Finlan d and conducts work in Greenland and Canada.   He was Vice President and Treasurer of Yukon Pacific Corporation\, Alaska’s first attempt to expor t North Slope LNG to Asian markets.   As a tech entrepreneur he co-founde d two listed firms\, including Digimarc (NASDAQ: DMRC)\, Immersive Media\, formerly a TVX listed firm which pioneered StreetView for Google.   He c hairs Iridium’s Polar Advisory Board\, co-chairs the Woodrow Wilson Cent er’s Polar Initiative\, the Arctic Circle’s Mission Council on Shippin g and Ports\, and was a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global  Ac tion Council on the Arctic.\n\nDr. Paul Dunscomb\, Japan - The Economic Su perpower that Never Was\n\nPaul E. Dunscomb is Professor of East Asian his tory and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Alaska An chorage. He is the author of Japan’s Siberian Intervention\, 1918-1922: “A Great Disobedience Against the People\,” and Japan Since 1945 for t he Key Issues in Asian Studies series. His current work focuses on the cri sis in Japanese professional baseball of 2004 and the nature of change in Heisei Japan.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin a t 11:30am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The pr ogram will begin at noon.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed atte ndees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available fo r individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online registration will close at midnight on November 1. Remaining tickets will be available for purchase the day of the progra m at the door from 11:30am.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking is ava ilable in nearby EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who preregister onli ne by the September 6th deadline to attend this program. Successful regist rants will receive an email the day before to the program with parking det ails.\n\nAdmission is free to active duty\, National Guard\, Reservists an d their spouses\, compliments of USO Alaska. Military attendees must regis ter in advance for free admission and free parking.\n\n \;\n\nHigh sch ool and full-time college students who register in advance receive complim entary admission and a voucher for a lunch item of their choosing thanks t o the generous support of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/08/AWAC-Site-Icon.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:VEVENT UID:276@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181116T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181116T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092833Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/what-you-should-know-ab out-us-china-trade-why-it-matters-for-alaska-erin-ennis/ SUMMARY:What You Should Know About US-China Trade Conflicts & Why It Matter s for Alaska || Erin Ennis DESCRIPTION:Economic ties between the U.S. and China have expanded signific antly over the last three decades. China is now the United States’ bigge st source of imports and the U.S. is the largest destination of Chinese FD I in the world. Amid problems in the political and security realms\, trade and economic cooperation were for many years described as the key pillars of the bilateral relationship. But many no longer agree with that charact erization.\n\n\n\nErin Ennis\nSenior Vice President\n\nErin Ennis has been Senior Vice President of the US-China Business Council (USCBC) since Febr uary 2015\, after serving as Vice President since 2005. She directs USCBC ’s government affairs and advocacy work and oversees USCBC’s Business Advisory Services. Founded in 1973\, USCBC provides extensive China-focuse d information\, advisory\, and advocacy services\, to more than 215 US cor porations. She is a cleared advisor as part of the US Government’s Inter national Trade Advisory Committee (ITAC) system.\n\nPrior to joining USCBC \, Ennis worked at Kissinger McLarty Associates\, assisting clients on tra de matters\, primarily in Vietnam and Japan. At the Office of the US Trade Representative from 1996 to 2000\, Ennis worked in Congressional Affairs on Asia issues\, and as assistant to Deputy US Trade Representative Richar d Fisher. From 1992 to 1996\, Ennis was a legislative aide to then-US Sena tor John Breaux\, working on international trade and commerce issues.\n\nA native of Louisiana\, Ennis has a BA from Mount Holyoke College and a Mas ters in International Affairs from The Catholic University of America.\n\n  \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:3 0am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online reservations do not need to prese nt ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for indi vidual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co. If you wish to do so \, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of th e program.\n Online registration will close at midnight on November 15. R emaining tickets will be available for purchase the day of the program at the door from 11:30am.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking is availabl e in nearby EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who preregister online by the September 6th deadline to attend this program. Successful registrants will receive an email the day before to the program with parking details. \n\nAdmission is free to active duty\, National Guard\, Reservists and the ir spouses\, compliments of USO Alaska. Military attendees must register i n advance for free admission and free parking.\n\n \;\n\nHigh school a nd full-time college students who register in advance receive complimentar y admission and a voucher for a lunch item of their choosing thanks to the generous support of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/09/ennis-headshot-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:VEVENT UID:277@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181120T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181120T180000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092902Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/opportunities-for-blue- growth-in-alaska-norway/ SUMMARY:Opportunities for Blue Growth in Alaska & Norway DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nHave you heard of the term Blue Economy? Come meet Dr. Andreas Raspotnik during an informal get together available for all Alaska World Affairs Council Members at 907 Alehouse (8001 Old Seward Highway)\, this Tuesday\, November 20th\, from 4:30-6:00 pm. Dr. Raspotnik will talk about the Blue Economy as well as a research project he is working on tit led\, "Opportunities for Blue Growth in Alaska &\; Norway."\n\n\n \n\n \nDr. Andraes Raspotnik\, Senior Researcher at the High North Center at No rd University in Bodø\, Norway\; Senior Fellow at The Arctic Institute in Washington D.C.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/11/Andreas-Raspotnik-1.png LOCATION:907 Alehouse\, 8001 Old Seward Highway\, Anchorage \, Alaska\, 995 18\, United States GEO:61.1479429;-149.8634391 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=8001 Old Seward Highway\, A nchorage \, Alaska\, 99518\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=907 Alehouse:geo:61.1479429,-149.8634391 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:278@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181129T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181129T193000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092916Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/not-my-life-human-traff icking/ SUMMARY:Not My Life Documentary Film & Discussion DESCRIPTION:Join Alaska World Affairs Council for a screening of Not My Lif e\, a documentary highlighting victims of modern day slavery and human tra fficking. The film will last 60 minutes with a 30 minute human trafficking panel discussion immediately following.\n\nFilmed on five continents\, in a dozen countries\, Not My Life takes viewers into a world where millions of children are exploited\, every day\, through an astonishing array of p ractices including forced labor\, domestic servitude\, begging\, sex touri sm\, sexual violence\, and child soldiering.\n\n"Human traffickers are ear ning billions of dollars on the backs and in the beds of our children\," s ays the film's director\, Academy Award nominee\, Robert Bilheimer\, "and yet no one knows this is happening. We have a huge responsibility\, right now\, to learn the truth and act on it."\n\nChallenging though it may be\, Not My Life's message is ultimately one of hope. Victims of slavery can b e set free and go on to live happy and productive lives. Those who advocat e for slavery victims are growing in numbers\, and are increasingly effect ive. At this crossroads for the defining human rights issue of our time\, Not My Life tells us\, as the late Jonathan Mann said\, "We can no longer flee\, no longer hide\, no longer separate ourselves."\n\n \;\n\n  \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nHuman Trafficking Discussion Panelists:\nAnna Taylor\ , Alaska Institute for Justice Supervising Attorney\n\n \;\n\n \;\ n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nJolene Goeden\, Special Age nt\, FBI\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nJosh Louwerse Dire ctor of Program\, Youth Engagement Center Covenant House Alaska\n\n \; \n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\n Program Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 5:30pm with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 6:00pm.\n Th ose with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online regi stration will close at midnight on November 28. Remaining tickets will be available for purchase the day of the program at the door from 11:30am.\n\ n \;\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking is available in nearby EasyPark Alas ka lots for individuals who preregister online by the September 6th deadli ne to attend this program. Successful registrants will receive an email th e day before to the program with parking details.\n\nAdmission is free to active duty\, National Guard\, Reservists and their spouses\, compliments of USO Alaska. Military attendees must register in advance for free admiss ion and free parking.\n\n \;\n\nHigh school and full-time college stud ents who register in advance receive complimentary admission and a voucher for a lunch item of their choosing thanks to the generous support of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/09/human-trifficking-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:VEVENT UID:279@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181205T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181205T191500 DTSTAMP:20231222T092936Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-interpreters-iff/ SUMMARY:The Interpreters Film & Discussion with Margaret Stock - Internatio nal Film Festival DESCRIPTION: \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nAlaska World Affairs Council a nd Alaska World Affairs Council is excited to announce the screening of th e powerful documentary The Interpreters. The film will last 60 minutes\, w ith a 30 minute presentation and Q&\;A by Margaret Stock to follow.\n\n \nOver 50\,000 local nationals have served with U.S. military and coalitio n forces since the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But thes e so-called invaluable assets have found themselves flung forcibly from on e fire into another\, having been labeled traitors by their home countries for aiding outside forces\, only to find themselves unable to acquire the necessary visa to enter and resettle in the United States.\nThe film foll ows Iraqi and Afghan interpreters who worked with U.S. forces\, and who ar e now targeted by insurgents as a result. While some have reached safety\, others are stuck in hiding—and those with no other hope have set out fo r Europe and the U.S. with the help of smugglers.\n\n \;\n\nAlaska Wor ld Affairs Council is bringing Margaret Stock\, Immigration Attorney\, for mer Lt. Col\, and MacArthur Foundation Fellow to speak on the film\, her e xperiences\, and answer the audience's questions for a 30 minute presentat ion and Q&\;A after the film.\n\nMargaret D. Stock\, Lieutenant Colonel (retired)\, is an attorney with the Anchorage office of Cascadia Cross Bo rder Law Group LLC\, where she devotes her practice to immigration and cit izenship matters. She transferred to the Retired Reserve of the U.S. Army in June 2010 after serving 28 years as a Military Police Officer in the Ar my Reserve. While a part-time professor and Reservist assigned to the U.S. Military Academy\, West Point\, NY\, Ms. Stock was temporarily asked to w ork for the U.S. Army Accessions Command\, where she developed and impleme nted the Department of Defense’s recruiting program\, Military Accession s Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI). Ms. Stock also worked on many ot her issues related to immigration\, citizenship\, and military service\, i ncluding the Basic Training Naturalization initiative\, which allows immig rants to naturalize at military basic training sites. In 2008\, she earned the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Pro Bono Award for fo unding the AILA Military Assistance Program (AILA MAP)\, a pro bono progra m to help military members\, veterans\, and their families with immigratio n law matters. She was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow in 2013 for her work related to immigration and national security issues.\n\nMs. Stock ha s testified before Congress numerous times on issues such as the DREAM Act \, the guestworker program\, and the Hinder the Administration’s Legaliz ation Temptation (HALT) Act. She earned her undergraduate degree from Harv ard-Radcliffe and holds a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School\, a Master ’s in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School\, and a Master ’s in Strategic Studies from the Army War College. Ms. Stock is admitted to practice law in the state of Alaska\, the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska\, and the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has also served as a member of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Immigration. She authored the book “Immigration Law &\; the Military\ ,” published by the American Immigration Lawyers Association.\n\nUnfortu nately\, we cannot offer free admission to students for this event. You c an register below\, or the day of the event at the door! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/11/Picture1.png LOCATION:Alaska Experience Theatre\, 333 West 4th Ave\, anchorage\, Alaska\ , 99501\, United States GEO:61.2188619;-149.8883902 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=333 West 4th Ave\, anchorag e\, Alaska\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Alaska Exper ience Theatre:geo:61.2188619,-149.8883902 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:280@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20181213T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T092952Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/qatar-western-values/ SUMMARY:Qatar: A New Rising Nation on the Global Stage DESCRIPTION:Come listen to our President &\; CEO talk about an amazing c ountry in the Middle East\, "Qatar: A New Rising Nation on the Global Stag e"\nLise was one of 14 delegates selected to participate in a World Affair s Council Leadership Mission to Qatar where she met with leaders of Qatar Petroleum\, Qatar Financial Center\, Al Jazeera\, Shura Council\, Educatio n Center\, Ministry of Defense\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, US Embassy in Qatar\, US Air Force Base\, and 2022 FIFA World Cup Supreme Committee .  Join her as she talks about a rising country in the Middle East.\nLise 's Bio:\nLise Falskow was born and raised in Alaska and holds a degree in Economics and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College. She worked as a CPA in Seattle\, Washington and Zurich\, Switzerland. She then helped esta blish a Financial Analyst Group for the Energy Division of a major oil com pany in Oslo\, Norway. As a dual Norwegian and US Citizen\, her interest i n world cultures has taken her to many exciting places\, including her ret urn to Anchorage\, Alaska where she is the Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul for Alaska. Lise has a passion for sports\, music (including playing the piano)\, and participating in Ironman Triathlon Competitions.\n \;\n\ n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \; \n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n This program is limited in size an d taking place in the smaller 49th State Banquet Room upstairs\n Check-in will begin at 11:45pm with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The discussion will begin at 12:00\n Those with online reservation s do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have al l confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co . If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online registration will close at midn ight on December 12th. Remaining tickets will be available for purchase th e day of the program at the door from 11:30am.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nComplimen tary parking is available in nearby EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals w ho preregister online by the September 6th deadline to attend this program . Successful registrants will receive an email the day before to the progr am with parking details.\n\nAdmission is free to active duty\, National Gu ard\, Reservists and their spouses\, compliments of USO Alaska. Military a ttendees must register in advance for free admission and free parking.\n\n  \;\n\nHigh school and full-time college students who register in adva nce receive complimentary admission and a voucher for a lunch item of thei r choosing thanks to the generous support of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/10/QOFQ0334.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: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! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2014/06/Wq_National-Logo.jpg CATEGORIES:WorldQuest LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:282@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190124T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190124T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T093103Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-hidden-curse-of-nat ural-resources-economic-impacts-at-home-abroad-dr-alexander-james/ SUMMARY:The Hidden Curse of Natural Resources: Economic Impacts at Home & A broad | Dr. Alexander James DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\nThe Resource Curse: A Statistical Mirage?\n\nA s urprising feature of resource-rich economies is slow growth. It is often a rgued that natural-resource production impedes development by creating mar ket or institutional failures. A declining resource sector is disproportio nately reflected in resource-dependent countries. Dr. James Alexander argu es that there is little evidence that resource dependence impedes growth i n non-resource sectors.\nDr. James was born in Northern California and r eceived his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wyoming in 2012. Aft er graduating\, he worked for two years as a research fellow at the Center for the Analysis of Resource-Rich Economies at the University of Oxford a nd is currently Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Alas ka Anchorage. His research interests broadly include resource-rich economi es and he has published numerous articles that examine the social and econ omic consequences of natural-resource booms and busts.\n \;\n\nThe eve ning's discussion will be moderated by Larry Persily\n\nLarry Persily has more than 20 years of experience as a reporter\, editor and newspaper owne r in Alaska\, followed by more than 20 years in public policy work at stat e\, municipal and federal jobs\, focusing on fiscal\, tax\, oil and gas an d budget issues.\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\ n Check-in will begin at 5:30pm with seating available on a first-come fi rst-serve basis. The program will begin at 6:00.\n Those with online rese rvations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Food at this progra m will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brew ing Co. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receiv e your meal by the end of the program.\n Online registration will close a t midnight on January 23. Remaining tickets will be available for purchase the day of the program at the door from 5:30pm.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nComplim entary parking is available in nearby EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who preregister online the day before to attend this program. Successful registrants will receive an email the day before to the program with parki ng details.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nHigh school and full-time college stu dents who register in advance receive complimentary admission and a vouche r for a lunch item of their choosing thanks to the generous support of BP. \n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/09/Alexander-James.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:VEVENT UID:283@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190131T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190131T190000 DTSTAMP:20231222T093117Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/after-the-arctic-ice-me lts/ SUMMARY:After the Arctic Ice Melts | Hon. Fran Ulmer DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, this event has been sold out online.\nPlease ca ll the office for additional information and register for our event will D r. von Hippel on Friday!\n\nThe Arctic has been warming almost twice as qu ickly as the rest of the planet and its effects can be felt worldwide. Res earch thus far shows the warming Arctic impacts weather patterns as far aw ay as mid-latitude areas like California by weakening the jet stream. Cold er water in the Pacific Northwest is becoming more acidic and unstable for farming shellfish\, while melting permafrost and coastal erosion in Alask a is causing infrastructure collapse and loss of biodiversity. Join Alaska World Affairs Council and Former Lt. Gov &\; Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission Fran Ulmer for a conversation about the arctic\, clima te change\, and the intersections of environmental science and policy.\n\n Fran Ulmer is chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission\, where she has served since being appointed by President Obama in March 2011. In June 20 10\, President Obama appointed her to the National Commission on the BP De epwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. From 2007 to 2011\, Ms. U lmer was chancellor of Alaska’s largest public university\, the Universi ty of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). Before that\, she was a Distinguished Visiti ng Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research at UAA. She is a member of the Global Board of the Natur e Conservancy and on the Board of the National Parks Conservation Associat ion.\n\nMs. Ulmer served as an elected official for 18 years as the mayor of Juneau\, a state representative\, and as Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. She previously worked as legal counsel to the Alaska Legislature\, legisl ative assistant to Governor Jay Hammond\, and Director of Policy Developme nt for the state. In addition\, she was the first Chair of the Alaska Coas tal Policy Council and served for more than 10 years on the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission. She has served on numerous local\, state\, and federal advisory committees and boards. Ulmer earned a J.D. cum laude fro m the University of Wisconsin Law School\, and has been a Fellow at the In stitute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government.\n\n \;\n\n\n \nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 5:30pm with seating availabl e on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 6:00pm.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\ n Food at this program will be available for individual order and purchas e from 49th State Brewing Co. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving earl y to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online reg istration will close at midnight January 30\, 2019. Remaining tickets will be available for purchase the day of the program at the door from 5:30pm. \n\n \;\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking is available in nearby EasyPark A laska lots for individuals who preregister online by midnight the day befo re to attend this program. Successful registrants will receive an email t he day before to the program with parking details.\n\nHigh school and full -time college students who register in advance receive complimentary admis sion and a voucher for a lunch item of their choosing thanks to the genero us support of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/08/arctic-melt-3.ngsversion.1486557003564.adapt_.1900.1.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:VEVENT UID:284@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190201T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190201T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T093138Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/global-security-2/ SUMMARY:Evolutionary Psychology and Global Security | Dr. Bill von Hippel DESCRIPTION:\n\nOur website's booking agent is currently experiencing some frustrating malfunctions! While we are working to fix it - if you would li ke to register for - Please call the office at 907-276-8038 or email prog rams@alaskaworldaffairs.org to reserve your space! We will also be accepti ng walk-ins.\n \;\n\nPeace and global security are human endeavors\, a nd thus their attainment depends as much on psychology as it does on gover nance and technology. Dr. Bill von Hippel provides evidence and argument t hat our evolved psychology is an obstacle to achieving international coope ration and peace. Nevertheless\, these obstacles are not insurmountable an d an awareness of them can help in the development of strategies to increa se the chances of lasting peace and security.\n\n\n\nDr. Bill von Hippel  grew up in Anchorage\, got his B.A. at Yale and his PhD at the University of Michigan\, and then taught for a dozen years at Ohio State University b efore finding his way to Australia\, where he is a professor of psychology at the University of Queensland. He has published more than a hundred aca demic articles and chapters\, and his research has been featured in The  New York Times\, USA Today\,The Economist\, the BBC\, Le Monde\, El M undo\, Der Spiegel\, and The Australian.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nP rogram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Thos e with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at t he door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n L unch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase f rom 49th State Brewing Co. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early t o ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online regist ration will close at midnight on  January 31. Remaining tickets will be a vailable for purchase the day of the program at the door from 11:30am.\n\n  \;\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking is available in nearby EasyPark Alask a lots for individuals who preregister online by midnight the day before  to attend this program. Successful registrants will receive an email the d ay before to the program with parking details.\n\n\n\nHigh school and full -time college students who register in advance receive complimentary admis sion and a voucher for a lunch item of their choosing thanks to the genero us support of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/09/headshot.jpeg 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:VEVENT UID:285@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190208T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T093211Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/chinas-plan-for-the-asi a-pacific-region/ SUMMARY:China's Plan for the Asia/Pacific Region & What it Means for Alaska | Grant Newsham DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nThe US and China see rival visions for entwined Asia-Paci fic region\, whose economies and strategic interests are deeply entwined w ith both powers. Grant Newsham\, Retired US Marine Colonel and Senior Rese arch Fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies will dive into the ec onomic and political factors behind China's plan for the Asia/Pacific Regi on &\; highlight the potentail consequences for Alaska.\n\n\n\nGrant N ewsham is a Senior Research Fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studi es with a particular focus on Asia/Pacific security matters.  He is a ret ired US Marine Colonel and was the first US Marine Liaison Officer to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.  In that role he was instrumental in dev eloping Japan’s nascent amphibious capability.  Mr. Newsham previously served as the head of intelligence and plans and policy at  Marine Forces Pacific Headquarters in Honolulu\, and also served as the US Marine Attac hé\, US Embassy Tokyo.\nMr. Newsham lived in Tokyo for twenty years and w orked for over a decade as an executive director at a Western investment b ank and for a major American high-tech firm.  He is also a former US Fore ign Service Officer – with work covering a number of regions – includi ng East and South Asia\, and specializing in insurgency\, counter-insurgen cy\, and commercial matters.\nMr. Newsham speaks regularly at a variety of forums on Asian defense and security matters\, and has published articles in a range of periodicals such as Asia Times\, The Diplomat\, Christian S cience Monitor\, and Sankei Shimbun.  Mr. Newsham is also an attorney wit h experience in international trade and public international law.  He was selected to join the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Or ganized Crime in 2011-2012\, and was once the co-chair of the District of Columbia Bar’s International Trade Committee.\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\ nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seating availabl e on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Th ose with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online regi stration will close at midnight on February 7. Remaining tickets will be a vailable for purchase the day of the program at the door from 11:30am.\n\n  \;\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking is available in nearby EasyPark Alask a lots for individuals who preregister online by midnight the day before  to attend this program. Successful registrants will receive an email the d ay before to the program with parking details.\n\n\n\nHigh school and full -time college students who register in advance receive complimentary admis sion and a voucher for a lunch item of their choosing thanks to the genero us support of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/12/Screen-Shot-2018-12-27-at-11.46.08-AM.png 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:VEVENT UID:286@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190308T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190308T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T093230Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/alaska-leaders-celebrat ing-women-at-the-helm-of-alaskas-future-international-womens-day-panel/ SUMMARY:Alaska Leaders: Celebrating Women at the Helm of Alaska's Future | International Women's Day Panel DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin Alaska World Affairs Council in honoring and celebrati ng the women leaders in our community.\n\nPanelists include: Janet Weiss\, President of BP Alaska\, Sheri Buretta\, Chairman of the Board\, Chugac h Alaska Corporation\, Diane Kaplan\, President and CEO of Rasmuson Found ation\, &\; Col. Patricia Csànk\, Commander\, JBER and the 673rd Air Base Wing\, Alaska\n\nDiane Kaplan\, President &\; CEO Rasmuson Foundat ion\n\nDiane Kaplan became president and chief executive officer of Rasmus on Foundation\, based in Anchorage\, Alaska in 2001. She served as the fir st employee and administrator of the Foundation for six years prior to ass uming the presidency.\n\nBefore joining the Foundation\, Kaplan provided c onsulting services for philanthropic organizations\, Native corporations a nd tribes\, and broadcast nonprofit organizations. Prior to that\, she ser ved as chief executive officer of Alaska’s 28-station public radio netwo rk.\n\nKaplan earned a degree in communications and women’s studies from the University of Pennsylvania\, graduating summa cum laude.\n\nKaplan is a member of the boards of the International Foundation for Research in Ex perimental Economics\, The Alaska Community Foundation\, United States Art ists and The Foraker Group. She serves on the President’s Council of the ArtPlace national funding collaborative. She is also a member of the Phil anthropy Northwest Honorary Council and the Anchorage Rotary Club.\n\nKapl an’s community contributions have been recognized by the Anchorage Chamb er of Commerce Athena Society\, Alaska Public Radio Network\, Alaska Broad casters Association\, and YWCA. In 2013\, Kaplan received the First Alaska ns Institute Ted Stevens Award. She was named the Council on Foundations D istinguished Grantmaker of the Year in 2007 and in 2006 received the Alask a Federation of Natives’ prestigious Denali Award which recognizes a non -Native individual who has contributed to the growth and development of th e Alaska Native community’s culture\, economy and health. She was recogn ized with the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (N. O.B.E.L. Women) Shining Star Award in 2010.\n\nSheri Buretta\, Chairman o f the Board\, Chugach Alaska Corporation\n\n\n\nAlaska Federation of Nativ es\, Director and Convention committee chair\, Oct.1997 to present\n\n Ta titlek Corporation Director\, Board Treasurer 2005 to present\n Universit y of Alaska Board or Regent Director\, Audit committee chair\, March 2015 to present\n ROSSIA Russian Orthodox Sacred Sites in Alaska\, Inc.\, Pres ident\, 2002 to present\n Alaskans Standing Together\, Director 2010 to p resent\n Anchorage Economic Development Corporation\, Director 2012-2015\ n Foraker Group Governance Board\, Director 2007-2014\n Mayor Dan Sulliv an\, Sister City Commission 2013-2014\n Governor Bill Walker\, Transition Team\, member 2014 \n Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Co uncil\, Director 1999 to 2012\n ANCSA Regional Association Director\, 199 9 to 2012\, President\, 2004 to 2008\n Mayor Mark Begich\, Transition Tea m\, Co-Chair\, 2003\n Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Group\, 1996 to 2000\n\n \;\n\nSheri was born in Anchorage\, Alaska\, her family i s from the village of Tatitlek\, Alaska located in Prince William Sound.  Sheri graduated from the University of Alaska with an Accounting degree and Gulf Coast Community College in Florida with a Business degree.\n\n&nb sp\;\n\nSheri and her husband Gary have two beautiful children\, Anastasia \, and Bo.\n\n \n\nJanet Weiss\, President of BP Alaska \n\nJanet Weiss was named president of BP Alaska in 2013. As president she is responsible for BP's oil and gas development and production activities in Alaska\, as well as its interests in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) and invol vement progressing an Alaska LNG project. During her 33-year career\, she ’s held various engineering and leadership positions in Alaska\, North A merica Gas\, global roles\, and assignments such as vice president Gulf of Mexico Shelf and vice president Western Wyoming. Previous to her current role\, Janet served as vice president reservoir development for BP Alaska. Janet started her career in Alaska as a process engineer then moved into reservoir engineering. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical en gineering from Oklahoma State University (OSU). In 2014 she was inducted i nto the OSU College of Engineering\, Architecture and Technology hall of f ame. Janet serves on the BP America Inc. Board of Directors. She is on the board of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association and serves on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor’s Board of Advisors. In 2017 she was name d to the Climate Action for Alaska Leadership Team by Alaska Governor Bill Walker. She is a member of the board of directors for both United Way and Covenant House Alaska. She is married to Troy and has two adult children\ , Jessica and Stormy and is a grandmother to Juliet.\n\n\n\n\nCol. Patrici a Csànk\, Commander\, JBER and the 673rd Air Base Wing\, Alaska\n\nColone l Patricia A. Csànk is currently assigned as the Commander\, Joint Base E lmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and the 673d Air Base Wing\, JBER\, Alaska. The 673d ABW consists of four groups operating and maintaining the joint base for air sovereignty\, combat training\, force staging and throughput oper ations in support of worldwide contingencies. The installation hosts the h eadquarters for the U.S. Alaskan Command\, Eleventh Air Force\, U.S. Army Alaska and the Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region. Th e 673d ABW comprises over 5\,500 joint military and civilian personnel\, s upporting America’s Arctic Warriors and their families. The wing support s and enables three AF total-force wings\, an Army Brigade and 55 other ma jor mission partners. In addition\, the wing provides medical care to over 35\,000 joint service members\, dependents\, VA patients and retirees thr oughout Alaska. The 673d ABW maintains $11.4B in infrastructure encompassi ng 79\,000 acres\, ensuring JBER remains America’s premier strategic pow er projection platform.\n\nColonel Csànk was commissioned in 1997 from Bo ston University’s ROTC program and began her Air Force career as a logis tician at Cannon AFB\, New Mexico. Her past assignments include deployment s supporting Operations Southern Watch\, Enduring Freedom\, and Iraqi Free dom\, and various operational and staff positions from squadron to Headqua rters Air Force and Joint Staff.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Ch eck-in will begin at 11:00am with seating available on a first-come first- serve basis. The program will begin at 12:00pm.\n Those with online reser vations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will h ave all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this progra m will be available for individual order and purchase from Bear Tooth Thea tre you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online registration will close at midni ght March 7\, 2019 at midnight. Remaining tickets will be available for pu rchase the day of the program at the door from 11:00am.\n\n \;\n\n&nbs p\;\n\nHigh school and full-time college students who register in advance receive complimentary admission and a voucher for a lunch pizza buffet\, t hanks to the generous support of BP.  ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2019-03-04-at-12.15.34-PM.png CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:287@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190320T133000 DTSTAMP:20231222T093250Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/speed-mentoring-2019/ SUMMARY:Speed Mentoring - International Edition DESCRIPTION:\nThe Alaska World Affairs Council and the Anchorage School Dis trict have teamed up to offer a jump start to high school students conside ring international options in their post-secondary journeys. Students will rotate through 8 minute mentoring sessions with mentors from a wide spect rum of industries with international scope. Check out the success of our  2018 Speed Mentoring event\nStudents will have the opportunity to speak w ith 75 high-level mentors with experience in a variety of fields. Mentors include lawyers\, judges\, architects\, medical professionals\, oil and ga s\, diplomats\, presidents\, CEOs\, economists\, professors\, non-profits professionals and many more. Keep checking back to find out more about the mentors attending!\nWe are excited to announce the 2019 Speed Mentoring K eynote Panel:\nInternational Volunteer Opportunities Keynote Panel\n \ ;\n\nAll students must submit an application to participate in 2019 speed mentoring. The deadline to do so is March 6\, 2019.\nSTUDENT REGISTRATION\ nAre you interested in becoming a mentor for 2019 Speed Mentoring? Fill ou t the form below! Please contact Rachel Williams at Programs@alaskaworldaf fairs.org with any questions or thoughts.\nMENTOR REGISTRATION\nDetails &a mp\; Schedule (Subject to Change):\n\n Lunch will be provided for all stu dents and mentors.\n Students will rotate through 8-minute mentoring sess ions with mentors from a wide spectrum of industries with international sc ope.\n There will be 75 mentors\, with students 300 being matched with th e areas of interest they indicate on the student registration form.\n\n 8 :45am -9:15 am: Mentor Mixer 9:00am-9:30am: Student Check in 9:15am-9:30 am: Mentor Check-In \n\n9:40 am: Opening Remarks \n\n9:50am-10:53am: Ses sion I Speed Mentoring \n\n10:53am-11:03am: Break\n\n11:03am-11:57pm: Ses sion II Speed Mentoring \n\n12:00pm-12:15pm: Lunch Buffet/Bag Pick-Up \n \n12:15pm-12:55pm: Keynote Panel: Where in the World Can YOU Go? Volunteer Opportunities Abroad. \n\n\n\nInterested in becoming a featured sponsor f or the 2019 Speed Mentoring event? Contact Program Director Rachel William s at (907) 276-8038 or rachel.williams@alaskaworldaffairs.org\n\nThank you to our committed sponsors for 2019 Speed Mentoring!\n\n\n\n \;\n\n&nb sp\;\n\nCheck out last year's Speed Mentoring video ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-20-at-10.20.33-AM.png LOCATION:Hilton Anchorage\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, United States GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Hilton Anchorage:geo:61.219 32160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:288@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190322T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190322T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T093304Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/spacexys/ SUMMARY:I Can See Outer Space From My House: Alaska's Future in Space DESCRIPTION:\n\nAlaska is known for many things -  rocket launch is not on e of them --- yet. In the middle of the Alaskan wilderness sits a place wh ere commercial and military rockets are launched every year: the Pacific S paceport Complex Alaska\, formerly known as the Kodiak Launch Complex. Thi s multi-use spaceport complex is considered one of only four premier space port complexes in the entire United States.\n\nJoin Mark Lester\, Presiden t of Alaska Aerospace and Ben Kellie\, Owner &\; CEO of The Launch Comp any to talk about the US's position in international space launch\, why Al aska plays an important role\, and what is on the horizon for the future i n space.\nMark Lester\, President of  Alaska Aerospace\nMark’s backgro und includes over 25-years in the aerospace sector. Lester served in the U nited States Air Force as a space systems engineer\, satellite operator\, and intelligence analyst. He also served as the Chief Executive Officer wi th a military flight training company as well as provided business develop ment\, marketing\, program management and engineering expertise for mid-ma rket and large aerospace companies. Lester led engineering and technical s upport to a variety of missile defense activities\, military space program s\, and aviation endeavors He has provided cross-functional management con sulting to government and commercial aerospace clients.\nMark earned a Bac helor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Norwich University.  He a lso holds a Master of Engineering in Space Operations from the University of Colorado. Mark and his wife\, Amy\, live in Anchorage\, Alaska.  Mark holds a private pilot’s license.\n \;\n\n\n\nBen Kellie\, Owner & \; CEO of The Launch Company &\; K2 Dronotics\, Former SpaceX\n\nBen Ke llie is owner of The Launch Company\, which designs and operates launch si tes for rocket companies around the United States\, including here in Alas ka on Kodiak. The Launch Co also designs and sells custom fueling hardware for rockets right herein Alaska\, shipping them around the US. Previously \, Ben also owned K2 Dronotics which flew drones around remote Alaska to h elp with mapping\, inspections\, and other work.\n\nBen has a B.S. in mech anical engineering from UAF as well as a M.S. in mechanical engineering fr om Ohio State University. Before returning home to work in Alaska\, Kellie worked in rocketry designing and operating launch site and ran the first missions to return a first stage from orbit.\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n C heck-in will begin at 11:30am with seating available on a first-come first -serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online reserva tions do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will hav e all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewin g Co. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online registration will close at midnight on May 2nd. Remaining tickets will be available for purchase the day of the program at the door from 11:30am.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nComplimenta ry parking is available in nearby EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who preregister online by midnight on the day before to attend this program. Successful registrants will receive an email the day before to the progra m with parking details.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nHigh school and full-time college students who register in advance receive complimentary admission and a voucher for a lunch item of their choosing thanks to the generous su pport of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/02/I-Can-See-Space-.png 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:VEVENT UID:289@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190329T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190329T100000 DTSTAMP:20231222T093317Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/coffee-chat-diplomacy-a t-work-a-career-in-the-foreign-service/ SUMMARY:Coffee Chat: Diplomacy at Work - A Career in the Foreign Service DESCRIPTION:\n\nDo you want a career in the foreign service but don't know where to begin? Then this coffee chat is for you! This event will be in a small group setting and gives the perfect opportunity to make a a connecti on with the Diplomat in Residence for the Northwest U.S.\, Dorothy Ngutter .\n\nAs Diplomat in Residence for the Northwest Region (Alaska\, northern California\, Oregon\, Washington)\, Ngutter is responsible for outreach an d recruitment for the U.S. Department of State.\n\nWith more than 16 years of international and domestic experience in the U.S. Diplomatic Service\, Dorothy most recently represented the U.S. Department of State as a Natio nal Security Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institution\, Stanford Universit y. She has served overseas as the Deputy Political Counselor at the U.S. E mbassy in Ankara\, Turkey\, as a Public Diplomacy Officer at the U.S. Miss ion to NATO in Brussels\, Belgium\, and a Consular and Political Officer a t the U.S. Embassy in Bamako\, Mali. In Washington\, she worked as a speci al assistant to Under Secretary for Political Affairs Amb. William J. Burn s\, the Peru Desk Officer in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs\, an d as a Watch Officer in the State Department’s 24/7 crisis management ce nter.\n\nDorothy joined the Foreign Service in 2002 after completing a Gra duate Foreign Affairs Fellowship with the State Department. She earned a d ual Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Communication Studies from Northeastern University in Boston\, and holds a Master of Arts in La w &\; Diplomacy (MALD) from The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Sh e speaks Spanish\, Turkish\, and basic French and Swahili. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/03/54435697_2270814962981612_3380476618748198912_n-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Kaladi Brothers Community Room\, 621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.2170565;-149.89431330000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Kaladi Brothers Com munity Room:geo:61.2170565,-149.89431330000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:290@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190405T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190405T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T093329Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/alaska-gateway-arctic/ SUMMARY:Alaska: The Gateway of the Arctic DESCRIPTION:Located between Alaska and Russia\, the Bering Strait is the o nly marine gateway between the Arctic and the Pacific Ocean. At its narro west point\, the strait is only 55 miles wide. Although narrow\, it is tee ming with wildlife and communities where subsisting off land continues to be the central component of their identity.\nAs Arctic sea ice continues t o melt earlier in the season\, more and more ships are beginning to use th is narrow gateway. The Bering Strait is both a bottleneck and a pathway.\n Join Gail Schubert\, President &\; CEO of Bering Straits Native Corpora tion for an in-depth discussion about the Arctic port\, Arctic transportat ion\, interactions with Russia\, resource development in the Arctic and pr eservation of Arctic resources for Arctic people. \n\n\nGail Anagick Schu bert is the President &\; CEO of Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSN C)\, an Alaska Native regional corporation serving seventeen villages in t he Bering Strait region. Gail is an original shareholder of BSNC and the U nalakleet Native Corporation. She is Inupiaq Eskimo and was born and raise d in Unalakleet\, Alaska. Gail serves on the boards of the ANCSA Regional Association\, the Alaska Federation of Natives\, the Arctic Economic Counc il\, the Native American Contractors Association\, Akeela Treatment Servic es and the Alaska Native Justice Center. Gail earned her undergraduate deg ree from Stanford University\, an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management\, and her law degree from the Cornell Law School. Gai l is an ATHENA society member\, YWCA Woman of Achievement awardee\, and a 2014 recipient of the Northwest Indian Bar Association’s Unsung Hero Awa rd.\n\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seat ing available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket con firmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co. If you wish to do so\, plan on ar riving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online registration will close at midnight on April 11\, 2018. Remaining tickets will be available for purchase the day of the program at the door from 11:30am.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking is available in near by EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who preregister online by the Sept ember 6th deadline to attend this program. Successful registrants will rec eive an email the day before to the program with parking details.\n\n  \;\n\n \;\n\nHigh school and full-time college students who register i n advance receive complimentary admission and a voucher for a lunch item o f their choosing thanks to the generous support of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/02/alaskagateway.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:VEVENT UID:291@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190412T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190412T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T093347Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/revisiting-chernobyl/ SUMMARY:Atomic Energy and the Arrogance of Man: Revisiting the Chernobyl Nu clear Disaster | Serhii Plokhii DESCRIPTION:\nOn the morning of April 26\, 1986\, the world witnessed the w orst nuclear disaster in history: the explosion of a reactor at the Cherno byl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine. Dozens died of radiation poison ing\, fallout contaminated half the continent\, and thousands fell ill. In his lecture\, Serhii Plokhii draws on new sources to lay bare the flaws o f the Soviet nuclear industry\, tracing the disaster to the authoritarian character of Communist party rule\, the regime’s control of scientific i nformation\, and its emphasis on economic development over all else. Today \, the risk of another Chernobyl\, claims Plokhii\, looms in the mismanage ment of nuclear power in the developing world.\nSerhii Plokhii is the My khailo Hrushevsky Professor of History and the director of the Ukrainian R esearch Institute at Harvard University. His research interests include t he intellectual\, cultural\, and international history of Eastern Europe\, with an emphasis on Ukraine. A leading authority on the region\, he has published extensively in English\, Ukrainian and Russian. His books deal w ith history of religion\, origins of national identities\, history of the Soviet Union and the Soviet-American rivalry in the Cold War\, and won num erous awards\, including the Lionel Gelber Prize for the best English-lang uage book on the international relations and the Shevchenko National Prize (Ukraine). He is the author of Yalta: The Price of Peace (2010)\, The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union (2014)\, The Gates of E urope: A History of Ukraine (2015)\, and most recently\, Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe (2018).\n \;\n\nSerhii Plokhii's bo oks will be available for purchase at Alaska World Affair Council's progra ms and events and office. Contact rachel.williams@alaskaworldaffirs.org wi th questions.\n\n"An exemplary account of Europe's least-known large count ry... leavened by aphorism and anecdote." --Wall Street Journal\n\nAward-w inning historian Serhii Plokhy presents the authoritative history of Ukrai ne and its people from the time of Herodotus to the present crisis with Ru ssia. As Ukraine once again finds itself at the center of global attention \, The Gates of Europe provides unique insight into the origins of the m ost dangerous international crisis since the end of the Cold War.\n\n\n\n\ n\nIn the fall of 1961\, KGB assassin Bogdan Stashinsky defected to West G ermany. After spilling his secrets to the CIA\, Stashinsky was put on tria l in what would be the most publicized assassination case of the entire Co ld War. The publicity stirred up by the Stashinsky case forced the KGB to change its modus operandi abroad and helped end the career of Aleksandr Sh elepin\, one of the most ambitious and dangerous Soviet leaders. Stashinsk y's testimony\, implicating the Kremlin rulers in political assassinations carried out abroad\, shook the world of international politics. Stashinsk y's story would inspire films\, plays\, and books—including Ian Fleming' s last James Bond novel\, The Man with the Golden Gun.\n\nA thrilling tal e of Soviet spy craft\, complete with exploding parcels\, elaborately stag ed coverups\, double agents\, and double crosses\, The Man with the Poiso n Gun offers unparalleled insight into the shadowy world of Cold War espi onage.\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will b egin at 11:30am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online reservations do not n eed to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirme d attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be availa ble for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co. If you w ish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by t he end of the program.\n Online registration will close at midnight on Ap ril 11\, 2018. Remaining tickets will be available for purchase the day of the program at the door from 11:30am.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nComplimentary par king is available in nearby EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who prere gister online by the September 6th deadline to attend this program. Succes sful registrants will receive an email the day before to the program with parking details.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nHigh school and full-time colleg e students who register in advance receive complimentary admission and a v oucher for a lunch item of their choosing thanks to the generous support o f BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/08/1f04126ae7245f261da2a2fb3bb89af5-rimg-w720-h405-gmir.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:VEVENT UID:292@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190426T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190426T100000 DTSTAMP:20231231T021957Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/sexuality-and-womanhood / SUMMARY:VIP Coffee Chat: Sexuality and Womanhood in the Middle East and No rth Africa Region DESCRIPTION:\nAs a special thanks to our Silver &\; Above Members\, this coffee chat is of no charge to you! Thank you for your commitment to Alas ka World Affairs Council. \nThe Middle East and North Africa region is a vibrant mosaic of social and cultural diversity. Within a context of rich linguistic\, ethnic\, and religious traditions\, womanhood is equally not homogeneous.  Iklim Goksel will look at the MENA region to explore woman hood and sexuality within the diversity of the local and historical conte xts of the MENA region.\nIklim Goksel is an ethnographer and an independen t scholar of Rhetoric\, Gender\, and Turkish Studies. She currently serves a two-year term as a policy analyst representing the state of Alaska for the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). She has a passionate i nterest in the humanities and literacy education. She is a volunteer teach er at the Alaska Literacy Program in Anchorage where she teaches English  to adult immigrant and refugee populations. She earned her Bachelor’s de gree in English Literature from Bilkent University in Turkey\, a Master’ s degree in Literature and Professional Writing from Eastern Michigan Univ ersity\, and a doctoral degree in Rhetoric from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is also a full-time Massage Therapy student at the Alaska Institute of Oriental Medicine\, and a certified Qigong and Tai Chi instr uctor at Jade Lady Meditation and at the Alaska Cancer Treatment Center in Anchorage. In her spare time\, she volunteers at the Alaska Council of Wo rld Affairs\, Anchorage Museum\, and Anchorage Festival of Music. More inf ormation about her background and work in the healing arts can be found at Yurthealth.com.\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/03/53835448_2259084664154642_4656787396988239872_n-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Kaladi Brothers Community Room\, 621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.2170565;-149.89431330000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Kaladi Brothers Com munity Room:geo:61.2170565,-149.89431330000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:293@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190503T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190503T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022119Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/inuit-arctic/ SUMMARY:Inuit: The Arctic We Want | Dr. Dalee Dorough DESCRIPTION:\n\nDr. Dalee Sambo Dorough (Inuit-Alaska) is the newly elected International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council\, a non-governmental organization that represents approximately 165\,000 Inuit from the Russia n Far East\, Alaska\, Canada and Greenland. She holds a Ph.D. from Univers ity of British Columbia\, Faculty of Law (2002) and a Master of Arts in La w &\; Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University (1991). Sh e is affiliated with the University of Alaska Anchorage where she served a s an Assistant Professor of International Relations within the Department of Political Science from 2008-2018\; former Chairperson [2014] and Expert Member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (2010-2016)\; and c o-Chair of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on Implementa tion of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.\nResearch interests relate to In digenous peoples and Arctic issues. Her recent publications include “The Rights\, Interests and Role of the Arctic Council Permanent Participants ” R. Beckman\, T. Henriksen\, K. Kraabel\, E.J. Molenaar and J.A. Roach (eds) Governance of Arctic Shipping. Balancing Rights and Interests of Ar ctic States and User States (Brill: 2017)\; and “Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Cultural Heritage”\, co-authored with Siegfried Wiessner\, Univ ersity of Miami School of Law\, chapter on Oxford Handbook on Cultural Her itage Law\, A. Vrdoljak\, ed\, forthcoming. Dr. Dorough lives in Anchorage \, AK with her husband\, Luke Dorough (Waccamaw Siouan) and their 23-year old daughter\, Hannah\, who is embarking upon a Master’s degree in the U K.\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at no on.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket confir mation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at che ck-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriv ing early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n On line registration will close at midnight on May 2nd. Remaining tickets wil l be available for purchase the day of the program at the door from 11:30a m.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking is available in nearby EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who preregister online by midnight on the day before to attend this program. Successful registrants will receive an em ail the day before to the program with parking details.\n\n \;\n\n&nbs p\;\n\nHigh school and full-time college students who register in advance receive complimentary admission and a voucher for a lunch item of their ch oosing thanks to the generous support of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2019-04-17-at-2.47.47-PM.png 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:VEVENT UID:294@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190510T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190510T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022150Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/us-canada-alliance/ SUMMARY:The U.S.- Canadian Alliance for Peace and Security in Alaska | BGen Scott Clancy DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin Alaska World Affairs Council for an in-depth discussi on from Brigadier General on the US-Canadian military alliance\, as well a s military operations in Alaska. The program will begin 5 minutes early fo r Alaska World Affairs Council Year in Review presented by Lise Falskow.\n \nBGen Scott Clancy was born and raised in Ottawa Ontario where his parent s still reside. He joined the Air Cadets when he was young in order to fol low his dream of flying\, becoming a glider and private pilot.\n\nBGen Cla ncy joined the military in 1984 and attended the Royal Military College St Jean (RMC) Saint-Jean\, graduating in 1989. He received his wings after c ompleting the basic helicopter course in December 1990.\n\nHe has served i n 427\, 430 and 403 tactical helicopter squadrons. He has held staff appoi ntments as a contingency planner in the 1st Canadian Air Division/Canadian NORAD Region HQ Winnipeg\, Directing Staff at the Army Staff College at F ort Frontenac\, and then as the Wing Operations Officer and finally Chief of Staff for 1 Wing Headquarters.\n\nIn 2008\, BGen Clancy was charged wit h planning the deployment and sustainment of helicopter forces to Afghanis tan\, including the interim Chinook capability\, for which he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM). In 2010 he was deployed to Haiti\, in command of the Air Component there as part of the Canadian Forces respons e to the earthquake of 12 January 2010. His actions there earned him a sec ond MSM.\n\nIn 2011\, BGen Clancy took over as the Deputy Chief of the NOR AD/USNORTHCOM Current-Operations Center (N2C2) in Colorado Springs. Over t he next three years he was intimately involved in numerous homeland defenc e\, and civil support operations including the response to Hurricane Sandy and wildland firefighting. In July 2014\, BGen Clancy assumed command of 1 Wing Kingston. As 1 Wing Commander he was responsible for providing the CAF with integrated tactical aviation airpower effects. In 2016\, he was a ppointed as Director General Air Readiness at NDHQ in Ottawa. Following hi s tour in Ottawa\, BGen Clancy was posted to Joint Base Elmendorf Richards on\, Alaska in the summer of 2018 and appointed to his current position as Deputy Commander\, Alaskan NORAD Region.\n\nBGen Clancy is bilingual and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Military and Strategic Studies from the Col lège Militaire Royal in Saint-Jean and a Master’s in Defence Studies fr om RMC in Kingston. He is a graduate of the Canadian Land Forces Command a nd Staff College\, the Canadian Forces College and the USAF Air War Colleg e\n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am wi th seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will b egin at noon.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present tic ket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a l ist at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Co. If you wish to do so\, pla n on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the prog ram.\n Online registration will close at midnight on May 9nd. Remaining t ickets will be available for purchase the day of the program at the door f rom 11:30am.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nComplimentary parking is available in nearb y EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who preregister online by midnight on the day before to attend this program. Successful registrants will rec eive an email the day before to the program with parking details.\n\n  \;\n\n \;\n\nHigh school and full-time college students who register i n advance receive complimentary admission and a voucher for a lunch item o f their choosing thanks to the generous support of BP. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/04/Screen-Shot-2019-04-17-at-9.50.21-AM.png 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:VEVENT UID:295@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190822T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190822T120000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022211Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/vietnam-ambassador/ SUMMARY:Business Roundtable Discussion with Vietnam Ambassador to the Unite d States DESCRIPTION: \;\n**As a thank you for your continued support\, this exc lusive event is only open to Alaska World Affairs Members who hold GOLD me mbership and above\, along with those personally invited by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce\, and World Trade Center Alaska.** \nJoin Alaska Worl d Affairs Council\, the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce\, and the World Trad e Center in welcoming Vietnam Ambassador to the U.S.\, Ha Kim Ngoc for a b usiness discussion including Liquefied Natural Gas\, fish processing\, and Alaska’s geographical advantage/proximity to Vietnam.\nAmbassador Ha Ki m Ngoc was born in 1963. He has served in the diplomatic service since 198 8 in different positions and has much experience in bilateral and multilat eral diplomacy.\nHe was appointed by President Tran Dai Quang as the sixth Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to the United States of America in March 2018. He arrived in Was hington\, D.C. on July 15\, 2018 and presented his Credentials to Presiden t Donald J. Trump on September 17\, 2018.\nAmbassador Ha Kim Ngoc served a s Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in charge of r elations with countries in the Americas\, especially the United States as well as with the United Nations and other international organizations. A f ull biography on the ambassador can be found here. \n \;\n\nThose wit h online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the do or\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in. Please re ach out to info@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/08/Ha-Kim-Ngoc.jpg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Conference Room\, 1016 West 6th Aven ue\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1016 West 6th Avenue\, Anch orage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Ch amber of Commerce Conference Room:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:296@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190826T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190826T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022231Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/alaska-philippines/ SUMMARY:What Alaskans Want to Know About the Philippines "Make it Monday" F orum | Sen. Sullivan & Ambassador Romualdez DESCRIPTION:\nJoin Alaska World Affairs Council and the Anchorage Chamber o f Commerce for a “Make It Monday” forum discussing the US-Philippine a lliance\, bilateral defense and security cooperation\, trade and investmen t cooperation\, opportunities for stronger economic engagement\, value of people-to-people ties\, the rise of China vis-a-vis the Philippines and AS EAN\, and recent Philippine domestic developments. Philippine Ambassador to the United States\, Ambassador Jose Romualdez will join  Senator Dan Sullivan for this in-depth discussion.\n\nRegister Now\nJose Manuel “B abe” del Gallego Romualdez was appointed Ambassador of the Republic of t he Philippines to the United States of America in July 2017 by President R odrigo Roa Duterte. On 29 November 2017\, he presented his credentials to US President Donald J. Trump and formally assumed office as Ambassador Ext raordinary and Plenipotentiary. Additionally\, as the head of the Philippi ne Embassy in Washington\, D.C.\, Ambassador Romualdez is concurrently the Philippines’ emissary to the Commonwealth of Jamaica\, Republic of Hait i\; Republic of Trinidad and Tobago\; Antigua and Barbuda\; Bahamas\; Barb ados\; Dominica\; Saint Kitts and Nevis\; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines \; and Saint Lucia.\n\nPrior to his appointment\, Ambassador Romualdez was designated as a special envoy of the Philippine President to the United S tates. He also served as a member of several Philippine business delegatio ns visiting the United States\, China\, Japan and New Zealand from 1989 to 2012.\n\nAmbassador Romualdez has extensive experience as a media practit ioner and business executive. He used to be the Chief Executive Officer of Stargate Media Corporation and Publisher of People Asia Magazine (The Phi lippine Star affiliate). He was president of the Manila Overseas Press Clu b and vice-president of Rotary Club of Manila.Ambassador Romualdez writes columns for The Philippine Star. All his columns have a wide following of readers both in the Philippines and abroad.\n\nBorn and raised in Manila\, Ambassador Romualdez received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Ad ministration from De La Salle College in 1970.\n\n \;\n\nSenator Dan S ullivan was sworn in as Alaska’s eighth United States Senator on January 6\, 2015.  Sullivan serves on four Senate committees vital to Alaska: th e Commerce\, Science and Transportation Committee\; the Armed Services Com mittee\; the Environment and Public Works Committee\; and the Veterans' Af fairs Committee.\n\nPrior to his election to the U.S. Senate\, Sullivan se rved as Alaska’s Attorney General and Commissioner of the Alaska Departm ent of Natural Resources. As Alaska's Attorney General\, Sullivan’s numb er one priority was protecting Alaskans\, their physical safety\, financia l well-being\, and individual rights – particularly Alaska’s most vuln erable.  During his tenure he spearheaded a comprehensive statewide strat egy – the “Choose Respect” campaign – to combat Alaska’s high ra tes of domestic violence and sexual assault.  Under Sullivan’s leadersh ip\, the Department of Law also undertook an aggressive strategy of initia ting and intervening in litigation aimed at halting federal government ove rreach into the lives of Alaskans and their economy.\n\nAs Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources\, Sullivan managed one of the largest portfolios of oil\, gas\, minerals\, renewable energy\, timber\, l and\, and water in the world. Working closely with Alaska’s Governor and state legislature\, Sullivan developed numerous strategies that spurred r esponsible resource development\, energy security\, and a dramatic increas e in good-paying jobs across a number of critical sectors in the Alaska ec onomy.  He also developed a comprehensive plan to streamline and reform t he state’s regulatory and permitting system.\n\nSullivan is one of a sel ect number of Alaskan attorneys who has held judicial clerkships on both t he highest federal and state courts in Alaska. He served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Andrew Kleinfeld of the United States Court of Appeals fo r the Ninth Circuit in Fairbanks\, Alaska and for Chief Justice Warren Mat thews of the Alaska Supreme Court in Anchorage\, Alaska.  Sullivan also s erved as a judicial law clerk/intern for Judge James L. Buckley on the Uni ted States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.\n\nSulli van has a distinguished record of military and national security service. He is currently a Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.  Since 1993\, Sullivan has served in a variety of command and staff billets on active d uty and in the reserves\, including: TRAP Force Commander and 81mm mortar Platoon Commander\, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Ca pable)\; Weapons Company Executive Officer\, Second Battalion\, Fifth Mari nes\; Commanding Officer\, Delta Company\, Anti-Terrorism Battalion\; Exec utive Officer\, Echo Company\, Fourth Reconnaissance Battalion\; and Comma nding Officer\, 6thAir Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO).  In 2004\ , Sullivan was recalled to active duty for a year and a half to serve as a staff officer to the Commander of U.S. Central Command\, General John Abi zaid\, spending substantial time deployed in the Middle East\, the Horn of Africa\, and Central Asia.  In July 2013\, Sullivan was recalled to acti ve duty to serve with a Joint Task Force in Afghanistan focusing on disman tling terrorist networks and criminalizing the Taliban insurgency.\n\nSull ivan served in the Administration of President George W. Bush as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic\, Energy\, and Business under Se cretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He focused on fighting terrorist financ ing\, and implementing policies relating to international energy\, economi c\, trade\, finance\, transportation\, telecommunications\, and Arctic iss ues. Sullivan also served as a Director in the International Economics Dir ectorate of the National Security Council staff at the White House.\n\nSul livan earned a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University in 1987 and a joi nt law and Masters of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown Universit y in 1993. Dan and his wife Julie Fate Sullivan were married over 20 years ago in Julie’s hometown of Fairbanks\, Alaska. They have three teenage daughters: Meghan\, Isabella and Laurel.\n\n \;\n\nAlaska World Affair s Members receive Chamber Membership Admission. Registration for this eve nt takes place at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce's website for $35. Lun ch is included.  Follow the link below to register.\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n Program Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Tho se with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be included with your ticket.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/07/Screen-Shot-2019-07-19-at-9.11.04-AM.png CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Egan Center\, 555 W 5th Abve\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United Sta tes X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=555 W 5th Abve\, Anchorage\ , AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Egan Center:geo:0, 0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:297@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190919T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190919T190000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022251Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/secret-life-of-an-ameri can-diplomat/ SUMMARY:The Secret Life of an American Diplomat: Facing a Firing Squad in A frica\, Living in Communist Romania\, Leading the US Peace Corps\, Fightin g Fires\, More DESCRIPTION:The Secret Life of an American Diplomat: Facing a Firing Squad in Africa\, Living in Communist Romania\, Leading the US Peace Corps\, Fig hting Fires\, &\; More\n\nJay Katzen has lived a truly incredible life of service\, both foreign and domestic. Serving as a Foreign Service Offic er posted in Australia\, Burundi\, Congo\, communist Romania\, Mali\, at t he United Nations\, and at the White House\, Katzen has much to tell about his lessons\, hardships\, and triumphs. Katzen has lived what would seem to be many lives: Heading an NGO to assist Rwandan refugees in eastern Con go - treating disease and motivating his team members - who had to bury ov er 18\,000 Rwandans\; Serving as Chief of Operations of the Peace Corps in D.C\, and concurrently as Regional Director\, overseeing 19 programs in E urope\, the Mediterranean area\, and Asia\; Holding various political posi tions\, including appointment and confirmation by President Reagan as Vice Chairman of the Board of the African Development Foundation\, Precinct Ch airman and Vice-Chairman of Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna borough’s Repub lican Committee\, and working to draft the foreign affairs platform at the Republican Convention in 1978. Today\, Jay Katzen serves as a National Pa rk Ranger at Denali National Park.\n\nJoin AKWorld for this inspiring talk moderated by President &\; CEO of ALaska World Affairs Council\, Lise Falskow. \nCareer Summary\nU.S. Government\nJay Katzen has served as a Na tional Park Service Ranger at the Talkeetna Alaska station of Denali Natio nal Park and Preserve since 2011. From August 2005 to May 2006\, Katzen se rved as Acting Chief of Staff/Chief of Operations of the Peace Corps in Wa shington D.C.  From February 2004 to January 2009\, Jay concurrently serv ed as the Peace Corps’ Regional Director\, overseeing 19 programs in Eur ope\, the Mediterranean area\, and Asia.\n\nPreviously\, in 2003\, Katzen was chosen in a national search to become CEO and President of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation\, charged by Congress and the White Hous e to erect a memorial in Washington to the over 100 million victims of com munism. The monument was unveiled and dedicated by the Foundation’s Hono rary Chairman\, President George W. Bush\, in June 2007.\n\nIn 1990\, Katz en was appointed by President Reagan and confirmed by the Senate as Vice C hairman of the Board of the African Development Foundation\, and served in that post for two years.\n\nFrom 1959 to 1979\, Katzen served as a career Foreign Service Officer\, posted in Australia\, Burundi\, Congo (Kinshasa )\, communist Romania\, Mali\, at the United Nations in New York\, at the White House and in Congo (Brazzaville).  His responsibilities included po litical and economic reporting\, labor affairs\, multilateral negotiation\ , consular affairs\, promoting American business and overall management.  He served as Charge d’Affaires at two challenging posts.\n\nKatzen spea ks five foreign languages—French\, Romanian\, Swahili\, Lingala and Kiru ndi.\nPolitical/Legislative Experience\nIn 2015\, Jay served as precinct c hairman then vice-chairman of Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna borough’s Rep ublican Committee. In 2016\, he was chosen as a delegate for the State Con vention in Fairbanks and\, subsequently\, was a delegate at the National C onvention in Cleveland.\n\nKatzen was nominee for Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor in 2001. Jay also was GOP nominee for Congress in Virginia’s Ni nth District in 2002.\n\nKatzen knocked on 14\,128 doors in 1993 and was e lected as the first Republican to represent the 31st legislative district of Fauquier\, Rappahannock\, and Warren counties in Virginia's House of De legates.  He was chosen Freshman class President\, party whip\, and co-pa troned over 3\,000 bills\, including landmark legislation improving the qu ality of Virginia’s education and reforming welfare and law enforcement\ , while not raising taxes and protecting the Constitution.  He served in leadership positions on the Finance\, Education\, and Agriculture Committe es.  He was re-elected three times.\n\nShortly after his first election\, Katzen headed an NGO team to assist Rwandan refugees in eastern Congo.  In highly challenging conditions\, Katzen treated disease victims and moti vated his team members.  Tragically\, the team buried 18\,000 Rwandans wh o were found dead prior to its arrival.\n\nJay participated in the draftin g of the foreign affairs platform at the 1984 Republican Convention. He wa s chairman of the Fauquier County\, Virginia GOP Committee\, was a full-ti me volunteer\, then paid advisor on Issues at HQ in the 1992 Bush/Quayle c ampaign\, attended the Houston Convention\, and was an Alternate Delegate at the GOP Convention in Philadelphia.\nBusiness\nFrom 1979 to 1991\, Katz en served in New York as senior advisor reporting directly to the chairman of corporations including Bechtel\, Consolidated Gold Fields\, Fluor\, Ke nnecott\, Newmont Mining\, and Phelps Dodge.\nRecognition\nKatzen was name d the Family Foundation's Legislator of the Year. He has been recognized b y the National Rifle Association\, the National Federation of Independent Business\, the Vietnam Veterans of America\, Virginia's Council on Indians \, 4-H\, the Virginia Society for Human Life\, and Virginia’s Armenian c ommunity.  He served as chairman of the Rappahannock River Basin Commissi on\, and as a board member of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. He is rec ipient of several Boy Scouts of America awards. Katzen also has received a wards from the National Park Service. He is a past president of his local Lions Club International and has been a member of Rotary International.\n\ nHe was awarded the Philo Sherman Bennett Prize for his publication on “ The Communist Movement in Greece\, 1941-1951.”\nPersonal\nJay and his wi fe of 55 years\, Paddy\, are residents of the State of Alaska. He is proud to serve as Chairman of the Board of Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge\, a nd is a board member of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.  He and Paddy are active members of the Iditarod Trails Committee.  Paddy ea rlier served as Assistant Secretary of Natural Resources in Virginia.  Th e Katzens have three grown sons\, all Eagle Scouts\, and six grandchildren .\n\n Moderated by Lise Falskow\, President &\; CEO of Alaska World Aff airs Council\n\nLise Falskow was born and raised in Alaska and holds a de gree in Economics and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College. She worke d as a CPA in Seattle\, Washington and Zurich\, Switzerland. She then help ed establish a Financial Analyst Group for the Energy Division of a major oil company in Oslo\, Norway. As a dual Norwegian and US Citizen\, her int erest in world cultures has taken her to many exciting places\, including her return to Anchorage\, Alaska where she is the Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul for Alaska. Lise is a member of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Athena Society and was named one of Anchorage’s Top 40 Under 40. With cl ose ties to the local community\, she was recently appointed as the Honora ry Commander of the F-22 fighter unit\, known as the Dicemen.  Lise has a passion for sports\, music (including playing the piano)\, and has partic ipated in 6 Ironman Triathlons.\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 5:30pm with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online reservations do not n eed to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirme d attendees on a list at check-in.\n Food and drink is available for indi vidual purchase directly from 49th State Brewing Company. If you wish to o rder food\, please come a few minutes early to ensure your meal arrives du ring the program.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on September 18 . Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any que stions.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/08/Copy-of-Jay-Katzen-2018-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:VEVENT UID:298@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190924T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190924T190000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022313Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/women-leading-security/ SUMMARY:Women Leading Security: Highlighting the Role of Women in Security and Justice Around the World DESCRIPTION:\nDespite the fact that women comprise half the world’s popul ation\, women are underrepresented in police forces and judiciaries in eve ry region of the world. Worldwide\, women account for an average of only 9 percent of police and 27 percent of judges. In the United States\, local police agencies average about 12 percent women\, and state courts average about 33 percent. Why does this under-representation matter?  The short a nswer is that increasing participation of women as criminal justice practi tioners increases the effectiveness of the overall system.  Multiple stud ies have confirmed this striking finding.\nThe State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) helps keep A mericans safe by minimizing the impact of international crime and illegal drugs on our nation. Functioning criminal justice systems overseas are key ingredients to accomplishing this mission – effective justice systems a re essential to countering crimes that have the potential to spill beyond borders and impact the United States. With this in mind\, INL works to inc rease the effectiveness of police\, courts\, and corrections institutions in countries across the globe.\nJoin AKWorld and Department of State Heath er Merritt\, as she will be be interviewing female officers from Ghana\, U kraine\, North Macedonia and Trinidad and Tobago. (additional officers and regions still pending)\n\n\nMODERATOR: Heather Merritt was officially app ointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) in October 2018 after having s erved in an acting capacity since November 2017. In this role\, she overse es INL’s Africa and Middle East programs office and Office of Criminal J ustice Assistance and Partnerships. She previously served as the Director for INL’s Office of Africa and Middle East Programs\, which implements f oreign assistance programs in more than thirty Africa and Middle East part ner nations\, helping them to sustainably develop their criminal justice a nd civilian security sector institutions.\n\nPrior to joining INL\, Ms. Me rritt earned a Master’s of Science degree in National Resource Strategy at the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Stra tegy at National Defense University in Washington. Ms. Merritt was the Dep uty Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Luanda\, Angola from 2012-2015 and served for one year of that assignment as the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim. She also served as the Political/Economic Section Chief at the U .S. Embassy in Gaborone\, Botswana and the Deputy Political Chief at the U .S. Embassy in Abuja\, Nigeria. She had previous diplomatic postings in Zi mbabwe and Mexico and worked in Washington on the Colombia Desk in the Bur eau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. She joined the Department of State in 1 998.\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 5:30pm with seatin g available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at n oon.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket confi rmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at ch eck-in.\n Food and drink is available for individual purchase directly fr om 49th State Brewing Company. If you wish to order food\, please come a f ew minutes early to ensure your meal arrives during the program.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on September 23. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. C ontact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/09/Women-Leading-Security.png 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:VEVENT UID:299@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190927T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190927T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022337Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-dream-of-everest/ SUMMARY:The Dream of Everest: An Arab Woman's Unlikely Journey to the Top o f the World | Dr. Joyce Azzam DESCRIPTION:\n\nDr. Joyce Azzam reached the top of Mount Everest May 23\, m aking her the first Lebanese woman to complete the Seven Summit Challenge \, braving frigid temperatures and killer oxygen levels to climb the tall est mountain on every continent. A week later\, Azzam was back home in the blistering Beirut heat\, a short walk from the beach and breathing easy.\ n\nJoyce comes from Beirut's northern suburb Dekwaneh. She doesn’t come from a well-known family\, nor a wealthy family. Azzam had no interest in the expectations required of her as a woman growing up in Beirut\, but ha d few opportunities in her childhood to freely explore the outdoors\, as s he grew up during the Lebanese Civil War. She said\, “I had a dream\, bu t where I come from\, it was not valuable.”\n\nAs a result of living in a cramped bunker during the war\, Joyce contracted a lung disease that wou ld give her a chronic cough\, a recurring nuisance during her many climbs. Joyce also she suffers from hypermobility syndrome\, a disorder making he r joints overly flexible and leading to dislocation\, muscle pains\, diges tive problems and a lack of coordination.\n\nJoyce says that even today “Nobody expects me to be a mountaineer\, but I welcome the contrast\, a s it challenges stereotypes of what a woman should be”. Today\, Joyce h as become a fierce advocate for women and child’s rights.\n\n \;\n\ n\nDr. Joyce Azzam is the first Lebanese woman mountaineer to complete “ The Seven Summits Challenge” by climbing the highest summit in each of t he world’s seven continents. Joyce Azzam had broken another record by be ing the first Lebanese woman to scale over 28 mountains around the world.    At this juncture\, she further plans to reach the 2 poles which\, com bined with her Seven Summits Challenge achievement\, will make her enter h istory as the second woman in the world to complete the Explorers Grand Sl am. After her successful climbs in Argentina\, and of Denali Peak\, Mt. Vi nson and Mt. Everest\, Joyce Azzam has grown into a source of inspiration to youth and women in Lebanon and the MENA region. She believes that she i s a living proof that Lebanese women are capable\, multi-talented\, and su ccessful. With every mountain she climbs\, Joyce Azzamalso aims to inspire change in the lives of children\, especially young Lebanese. She strives to show them that once they’ve set their mind on a dream\, they can achi eve it no matter how hard it might seem at first. Her mission has subseque ntly generated hashtags of #InspireChange and #YesYouCan on social media\, as in her statement: “While climbing each mountain at a time\, I aim to #InspireChange\, and prove to everyone that no matter how hard the journe y is\, #YesYouCan do it!” Besides being a record setting mountaineer\, J oyce Azzam has a PhD in landscape and environment from La Sapienza Univers ity of Rome with a specialty in conservation architecture. Currently\, she is a consultant on municipal projects in Lebanon as conservation architec t and urban designer\, and also a lecturer at the University of Balamand.   Dr. Azzam’s academic credentials include the following: PhD in Landsc ape and Environment from La Sapienza University of Rome\; Master’s Degre e in Conservation of Historic Cities and Buildings from La Sapienza Univer sity of Rome\;  Master’s Degree in Governance Models and Management of Local Public System from the University of Perugia in Italy\; Master’s D egree in Interior Architecture from the Lebanese University.  Her love fo r outdoor activities has unleashed in her a passion to research innovative approaches to protect and conserve cultural heritage sites\, specifically “Cultural Routes and Landscapes.” In a sign of commitment to her cher ished home country of Lebanon\, she never failed to raise a Lebanese flag at those summits.\n\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11: 30am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online reservations do not need to pres ent ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch is available for individual purchase dire ctly from 49th State Brewing Company. If you wish to order food\, please c ome a few minutes early to ensure your meal arrives during the program.\n Online registration closes at 11:59 am on September 26. Tickets will be a vailable for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sol d out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/08/69273774_681647038986952_1115732894619271168_o.jpg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:49th State Brewing Co\, 717 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, U nited States 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 Co:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:300@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191011T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191011T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022358Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/building-peace-in-a-cha nging-landscape/ SUMMARY:Building Peace in a Changing Strategic Landscape | Nancy Lindborg DESCRIPTION:*Due to high demand of the event\, we have moved to Bear Tooth Theatrepub \n\n\nJoin Alaska World Affairs Council and Nancy Lindborg\, P resident/CEO of the United States Institute of Peace\, to discuss the glob al challenge of fragility and conflict\, including a vision of the way for ward. Lindborg’s remarks reflect a lifetime of working in the world’s most fragile regions and a time when the global humanitarian system is at a breaking point\, with record numbers of people forcibly displaced global ly.\n\nNancy Lindborg is the president and CEO of the United States Instit ute of Peace\, an independent institution founded by Congress to provide p ractical solutions for preventing\, mitigating\, and resolving violent con flict around the world.\n\nPrior to joining USIP\, she served as the assis tant administrator for the Bureau for Democracy\, Conflict\, and Humanitar ian Assistance (DCHA) at USAID. From 2010 through early 2015\, Ms. Lindbor g led USAID teams focused on building resilience and democracy\, managing and mitigating conflict and providing urgent humanitarian assistance.\n\nP rior to joining USAID\, Ms. Lindborg was president of Mercy Corps\, where she spent 14 years helping to grow the organization into a globally respec ted organization known for innovative programs in the most challenging env ironments. She began her international career working overseas in Kazakhst an and Nepal\; she has spent most of her career working in fragile and con flict affected regions around the world.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Detail s\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seating available on a first-co me first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch is avail able for individual purchase directly from Bear Tooth Theatrepub. If you w ish to order food\, please come a few minutes early to ensure your meal ar rives during the program.\n Students are asked to bring valid ID and will be presented a lunch voucher for a pizza buffet.\n Online registration c loses at 6:00 pm on October 10. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alask aworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/07/Screen-Shot-2019-07-30-at-4.28.12-PM.png CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:301@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191015T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191015T210000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022424Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/world-wiz-pub-quiz-triv ia-fundraiser/ SUMMARY:World Wiz Pub Quiz | Trivia Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin us at 49th State Brewing Company for a globally themed pub quiz! World Wiz Pub Quiz is a fundraiser for the Alaska World Affairs Council and the Academic Student WorldQuest Competition featuring beer\ , world trivia\, prizes\, and a raffle auction! Join us for a fun-filled evening and test your international trivia knowledge.\nDOORS &\; DETAIL S\n\n Admission: $100 per team of 4\, or $35 per individual.\n Food and beverages at this event will be available for individual order and purchas e from 49th State Brewing Co.\n This is a team event\, register yourself and three friends for your own team of 4 or get a ticket and join a team a t the event!\n Doors will open at 5:30pm and the trivia will begin at 6:3 0pm.\n\nWORLD WIZ QUIZ MASTER – PAUL DUNSCOMB\, PHD\nPaul Dunscomb is Pr ofessor of East Asian History and chair of the History Department at the U niversity of Alaska Anchorage. His nerd super power is\, he can articulate stuff. He can take a room full of half baked\, half expressed thoughts an d turn them into ideas with force and power.\n\nHe was the inaugural Direc tor of the UAA Confucius Institute. His book\, A Great Disobedience Again st the People\, Japan’s Siberian Intervention\, 1918-1922\, the first ev er complete narrative in English\, appeared in February 2011. He is also a uthor of Japan Since 1945 in 2014 for the Association for Asian Studies Key Issues in Asian Studies Series.\n\nHis current research focuses on the history of the Heisei period (1989-2018) including the Crisis in Japanese Professional Baseball of 2004 and the nature of change in Heisei Japan. H e analyzed debates about Japanese identity during the Lost Decade\, 1992-2 004\, in “Images of What Never Was to Suggest What Might Be\; Japanese P opular Culture and Japaneseness\,” for the edited volume The Dynamics o f Cultural Counterpoint in Asian Studies. His work has appeared in The Jo urnal of Japanese Studies\, East-West Connections\, and Education About A sia.\nSPONSORS\nThank you to our wonderful sponsors for supporting our mis sion and student programming! Thanks to The Launch Company\, Northern Comp ass Group\, Lynden International\, and GCI!\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/07/WW2_small-1.png CATEGORIES:Events,Special 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:VEVENT UID:302@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191018T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191018T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022446Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/will-this-be-chinas-cen tury/ SUMMARY:Will This Be China's Century? | Dr. Mel Gurtov DESCRIPTION:\n\nDr. Mel Gurtov takes issue with the widespread view that Ch ina is on the way to rivalling\, or even displacing\, the US as the domina nt world power. Arguing that China's economic rise has exacerbated problem s of social inequality\, environmental degradation\, official corruption\, and more - and that its military capabilities and ambitions are far more limited than many observers have suggested - he makes a strong case that t he most productive US policy will be one of engagement on issues of common concern\, rather than confrontation or containment.\n\nMel Gurtov (Ph.D.\ , UCLA) is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Portland State Unive rsity\, Oregon\, and now Senior Editor of the quarterly journal Asian Pers pective\, which he served as Editor-in-Chief for 23 years. Gurtov previous ly was on the staff of the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica\, Calif. (1966 -1971)\, where he was a co-author of the Pentagon Papers\, and was Profess or of Political Science at the University of California\, Riverside (1971- 1986).\n\nMel has published over twenty-five books and numerous articles o n East Asian affairs (specializing in China and Korea)\, U.S. foreign poli cy\, and global politics from a human-interest perspective. His most recen t books are Engaging Adversaries: Peacemaking and Diplomacy in the Human I nterest (Rowman &\; Littlefield\, 2018)\; Learning From Fukushima: Nucl ear Power in East Asia\, edited with Peter Van Ness (ANU Press\, 2017)\; W ill This Be China’s Century? A Skeptic’s View (Lynne Rienner Publisher s\, 2013)\; and Global Politics in the Human Interest\, 5th ed. (Lynne Rie nner Publishers\, 2007). Several of his books have been translated into Ch inese\, Japanese\, and Spanish.  His next book will be America in Retreat : The Foreign Policy of Donald Trump.\n\nDr. Gurtov regularly visits Asia\ , where he has been a visiting professor and Senior Fulbright Scholar—at Waseda University in Tokyo and Hankuk Foreign Studies University in Seoul —and has lectured at universities and research institutes in South Korea \, Japan\, and China.  He is fluent in Chinese.\n\nHis blog on foreign af fairs\, “In the Human Interest\,” is at https://melgurtov.com. He can be reached in Deadwood\, Oregon at mgurtov@aol.com and (541) 964-3223.\n\n  \;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with se ating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket c onfirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list a t check-in.\n Lunch is available for individual purchase directly from 49 th State Brewing Company. If you wish to order food\, please come a few mi nutes early to ensure your meal arrives during the program.\n Online regi stration closes at 6:00 pm on October 17. Tickets will be available for pu rchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/08/Confucius-Inst-8th-anniv-5-15-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:49th State Brewing Co\, 717 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, U nited States 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 Co:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:303@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191106T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191108T000000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022507Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/national-waca-conferenc e-the-8-forces-reshaping-the-global-economy/ SUMMARY:National WACA Conference: The 8 Forces Reshaping the Global Economy DESCRIPTION:\n2019 National World Affairs Council Conference\n\nThe WACA 2 019 National Conference: The 8 Forces Reshaping the Global Economy will be held November 6-8\, 2019 at The Mayflower Hotel. Please visit the of ficial 2019 National Conference website to view the developing agenda\, learn about Conference speakers\, purchase tickets\, and book your hotel.\ n\nWACA has secured a special group rate for 1 Deluxe Room: $269 per ni ght (Single/Double Occupancy) plus tax at the Mayflower Hotel in Washingt on DC.  This year\, because we will hold our signature Ambassadors Lunch eon on Wednesday\, Nov. 6 - with former Secretary of State James A. Bake r\, III as our keynote speaker and honoree - we encourage you to set the s tart date of your reservations for Tuesday\, Nov. 5. You won't want to mi ss this luncheon! Click here to reserve your room!\n\nBe sure to take adv antage of individual Early-Bird discounts\, good through September 6! We e ncourage Councils to promote the Conference locally and on social media. T he WACA National Office would be happy to assist with your publicity.\n\n\ nThe annual WACA Conference\, taking place every autumn in our nation's ca pital\, brings World Affairs Council leaders and members together with top government officials\, diplomats\, business executives\, innovators\, jou rnalists\, experts\, educators\, students and interested citizens to conve ne and engage on the most pressing global issues and policy choices impact ing our lives.\n\nThe benefits to attending the premier three-day world af fairs event - in its fourth decade - include:\n\n\n\n Expert opinions\, t imely insights\, and audience dialogue about the United States' role in th e world\n Access to extraordinary speakers\, thought leaders\, and ambass adors available for local Council programming\n Bipartisan\, diverse\, an d inclusive perspectives on the issues\n Visits to think tanks and embass ies\; networking receptions and dinners\n Professional development\, lead ership training\, mentoring\, and peer-to-peer networking\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/08/Screen-Shot-2019-08-21-at-9.42.53-AM.png LOCATION:Mayflower Hotel\, 1127 Connecticut Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, 2003 6\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1127 Connecticut Ave NW\, W ashington\, DC\, 20036\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Mayflowe r Hotel:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:304@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191114T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191114T190000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022526Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/looking-back-on-china-a nd-the-pacific/ SUMMARY:Ten Years later: Looking Back at China & The Pacific DESCRIPTION:Carrol H. “Howie” Chandler General\, USAF (Retired)\n\nGene ral Howie Chandler transitioned from military service following duty as th e Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force in March 2011 after c ompleting over 36 years of distinguished service. As the second highest ra nking officer in the Air Force\, he formulated Air Force policy and guidan ce for over 680\,000 Active-Duty\, Guard\, Reserve and Civilian Airmen ser ving in the United States and overseas. He was responsible for organizing\ , training\, and equipping Air Force personnel for worldwide operations. G eneral Chandler presided over the Air Staff and served as a voting member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Requirements Oversight Council\, reviewing ma jor Department of Defense programs. He led and was responsible for resourc ing decisions involving the Air Force's $120 billion budget as Chair of th e Air Force Council.\n\nGeneral Chandler’s numerous assignments as an Ai r Force general officer covered 14 years and included Commander\, Pacific Air Forces\; Air Component Commander\, U.S. Pacific Command\; Air Force He adquarters Director of Operations\; Commander\, Alaskan Command and Eleven th Air Force\; Director of Operations for Air Combat Command during Operat ions Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom\; Air Staff Director for Operation al Plans\; NATO Chief of Staff for Allied Air Forces Southern Europe durin g the Air War over Serbia\; and Commander of the 56th Fighter Wing\, the A ir Force's largest fighter wing. He served overseas in Japan\, Saudi Arabi a and Italy. General Chandler was a career fighter pilot with more than 39 00 hours of flying time in the F-15C/E\, F-16C\, and T-38. A complete mili tary biography can be found at: www.af.mil/information/bios/index.asp.\n\n Following military service\, General Chandler was an independent consultan t for several large domestic defense companies. During that period\, he wa s also a member of the Washington Mutual Investors Fund Advisory Board. He subsequently accepted the position of Vice President for Military Busines s Development and International Programs at Pratt and Whitney Military Eng ines\, a United Technologies Company. At Pratt and Whitney\, he was respon sible for worldwide support and interoperability of over 7000 military eng ines for 33 nations\, including the United States Air Force\, and Navy and Marine Corps. In April 2015\, General Chandler accepted a position as a S trategic Advisor at the Law Firm of Baker\, Donelson\, Bearman\, Caldwell &\; Berkowitz in Washington D.C. as part of the Government Relations an d Public Policy Practice\, specializing in Federal Aerospace and Defense P olicy. As a member of the Aerospace and Defense Team\, he advised a wide v ariety of domestic and international clients regarding Department of Defen se acquisition policy and programs as well as assisting communities with e nhancing the value of their local military installations and missions. In July 2019\, General Chandler transitioned to be an independent contractor with Baker\, Donelson working with many of the same clients he advised ove r the previous four years. He is also an advisor to the Bethel Native Corp oration in his home State of Alaska.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 5:30pm with seating available on a first-come fir st-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online reser vations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will h ave all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Food and drink is av ailable for individual purchase directly from 49th State Brewing Company. If you wish to order food\, please come a few minutes early to ensure your meal arrives during the program.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on November 13. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the ne xt day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.o rg with any questions.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/08/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.20.00-AM.png 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:VEVENT UID:306@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191120T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191120T193000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022627Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/more-than-ice-alaska-no rway/ SUMMARY:More Than Ice Series: Potential Investments in Alaska and Norway Pa nel DESCRIPTION:\n\nAlaska and Norway share many characteristics including thei r access to resources and potential for development. Come join us for a th ought-provoking panel to discuss these opportunities for investment in Al aska and Norway and get the chance to ask questions to our panelists who h ave extensive experience in Arctic development.\n\nConfirmed Panelists:\n\ n Anu Fredrickson\, Director of Arctic Economic Council\n\n Anu Fredriks on is the Director of the Arctic Economic Council (AEC) located in Tromsø \, Norway. The AEC is an independent business organization established in 2014. It facilitates Arctic business-to-business activities and responsibl e economic development. The AEC provides advice and a business perspective to the work of the Arctic Council. Prior to joining the AEC in 2016\, Ms. Fredrikson worked as an Advisor in Political Affairs and Arctic Policy at the Embassy of Finland in Oslo. In addition to Arctic policy and trade pr omotion\, her portfolio focused on foreign and security policy\, questions related to energy and economy\, climate and development policies. Ms. Fre drikson is originally from Oulu\, Finland. She has a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Tampere in Finland and hold s a Certificat d’Etudes Politiques from Institut d’Etudes Politiques d e Lille in France. She has also studied in the United States and Norway.\n \n\n\n \;\n\n Isaac Vanderburg\, CEO\, Launch Alaska\n\n Isaac is th e CEO of Launch Alaska and the fund manager for Launch Alaska Fund II — a $3m fund that invests directly in the accelerators' cohort companies. Is aac has worked with hundreds of early stage companies and entrepreneurs re sponding to Alaska’s food\, water\, transportation and energy challenges . Isaac's previous roles include State Director at the Alaska Small Busine ss Development Center and Operations Director for Chispa Group (now Afina Holdings) an import-export firm in Philadelphia that specializes in trade between the Delaware Valley and Chile. He completed the Energy Executive L eadership Program at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) in Golden\, CO in 2016\, as well the Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies progr am at Stanford. Vanderburg sits on the Board of Commonwealth North\, and l eads the Energy &\; Energy Efficiency subcommittee and the Carbon Prici ng subcommittee of Alaska's Climate Action Leadership Team. He played four years of NCAA Division I soccer and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in El Salvador ('02).\n\n\n Mead Treadwell\, Chairman and CEO\, Qilak LNG\, a Lloyds Energy Company. Vice Chair\, Alaska for Alaska to Alberta Railway . Co-Chair\, Wilson Center Pilar Center. Chair\, Iridium Polar Advisory Bo ard.\n\n Mead Treadwell has advanced Arctic cooperation\, cross-border in vestment\, and environmental protection and marine safety from positions i n government\, business\, and the academy. As Lt. Governor of Alaska\, 201 0-2014\, he continued work he’d begun as Alaska’s second highest cabin et official for the environment (1990-1994)\, and as Commissioner and Chai r of the US Arctic Research Commission (2001 appointed by President Bush\; 2006-2010 chair under Presidents Bush and Obama) to promote Arctic cooper ation with creation of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy\, the Arctic Council and the Northern Forum.   The Arctic Research Commission l ed the eight-nation Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment which resulted in th e first circumpolar binding agreements on search and rescue\, spill respon se\, and adoption of the mandatory Polar Code. As a business leader\, Trea dwell pioneered cross-border tourism in the Bering Straits region in the l ate 1980’s and early 1990’s\, after working to open the US-Russia bord er.   He served as President of Pt Capital\, the world’s first Arctic f ocused private equity fund from 2015-2018\, which owns assets in Alaska\, Iceland and Finland and conducts work in Greenland and Canada.   He was V ice President and Treasurer of Yukon Pacific Corporation\, Alaska’s firs t attempt to export North Slope LNG to Asian markets.   As a tech entrepr eneur he co-founded two listed firms\, including Digimarc (NASDAQ: DMRC)\, Immersive Media\, formerly a TVX listed firm which pioneered StreetView f or Google.   He chairs Iridium’s Polar Advisory Board\, co-chairs the W oodrow Wilson Center’s Polar Initiative\, the Arctic Circle’s Mission Council on Shipping and Ports\, and was a member of the World Economic For um’s Global  Action Council on the Arctic.\n\n\n Matt Ganley\, Vice Pr esident\, Media and External Affairs\, Bering Straits Native Corporation\n \n Matt Ganley worked for Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) and Be ring Straits Foundation (BSF) since 1993.  He most recently served as Vic e President\, Media and External Affairs after working as VP Land and Reso urces\, Executive VP of Bering Straits Foundation (BSF)\, and Staff Anthro pologist for Bering Straits Foundation.   During his career with BSNC and BSF he worked in cultural resource related issues (repatriation\, site do cumentation and preservation)\, resource development\, renewable energy pr ojects (geothermal)\, Land Claims transfers and special Federal legislatio n related to the corporation’s ANCSA land entitlement.  Since 2010 he h as been working on behalf of the Corporation to secure the transfer of Poi nt Spencer/Port Clarence\, and is currently evaluating and advocating for sustainable port systems development in the American Arctic. He currently works for BSNC as a consultant on special projects.\n\n\n\n \;\n\n Mo derated by Lise Falskow\, President and CEO of the Alaska World Affairs Co uncil \n\n Lise Falskow was born and raised in Alaska and holds a degree in Economics and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College. She worked as a CPA in Seattle\, Washington and Zurich\, Switzerland. She then helped es tablish a Financial Analyst Group for the Energy Division of a major oil c ompany in Oslo\, Norway. As a dual Norwegian and US Citizen\, her interest in world cultures has taken her to many exciting places\, including her r eturn to Anchorage\, Alaska where she is the Royal Norwegian Honorary Cons ul for Alaska. Lise is a member of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Athen a Society and was named one of Anchorage’s Top 40 Under 40. With close t ies to the local community\, she was recently appointed as the Honorary Co mmander of the F-22 fighter unit\, known as the Dicemen.\n\n\n\n \n\n&nbs p\;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 5:30pm with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 6: 00pm\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket confi rmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at ch eck-in.\n Food and drink is available for individual purchase directly fr om 49th State Brewing Company. If you wish to order food\, please come a f ew minutes early to ensure your meal arrives during the program.\n Online registration closes at 3:00 pm on November 120. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. C ontact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/11/Copy-of-Untitled.png 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:VEVENT UID:305@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191121T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191121T110000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022556Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/nordland-natural-green/ SUMMARY:More Than Ice Series: Business Roundtable DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin Alaska World Affairs Council\, The Anchorage Chamber o f Commerce\, and World Trade Center Anchorage for a business roundtable di scussion on investments and infrastructure in the arctic. Nordland County: Nordland - A Natural Green Resource Driven Economy. Keynote by Terje Stæ bek\, Nordland County: Nordland - A Natural Green Resource Driven Economy. Free admission for all friends of Alaska World Affairs Council\, Anchorag e Chamber\, and World Trade Center\, as a thank you for your continued sup port.\nWelcome by Frode Mellemvik\, High North Center for Business and Gov ernance\nModerated by Andreas Raspotnik\, High North Center for Business a nd Governance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/11/More-Than-Ice_-Business-Roundtable-1.png CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Conference Room\, 1016 West 6th Aven ue\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1016 West 6th Avenue\, Anch orage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Ch amber of Commerce Conference Room:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:307@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191121T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191121T160000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022645Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/journalist-norway-and-a laska/ SUMMARY:More Than Ice Series: Journalist to Journalist DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nModerator: Trine Jonassen\, Communications Manager\, High North Center for Business and Governance\nTrine Jonassen is the communica tions adviser at the High North Center for Business and Governance. She st udied journalism at Nord University and has her background from media. S he is an experienced columnist and photographer.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n  \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\nAndrew Jensen\, Managing Editor\, ALask a Journal of Commerce\nAndrew Jensen has practiced journalism since 19 98 when he began covering Razorbacks athletics as a reporter for the Unive rsity of Arkansas student newspaper before graduating with a degree in jo urnalism and a minor in political science. From 2006 to 2009 he was an as sociate editor at the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal covering compani es such as Walmart\, Tyson Foods and JB Hunt Transportation. In March 2010 \, he joined the Alaska Journal of Commerce as a reporter covering commerc ial fishing in addition to telecoms\, banking and health care. He was name d to his current position as managing editor of the Journal in May 2012.\n \n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\nArne Holm\, Executive Editor\, High N orth News\nArne Holm works as executive editor of the High North News (Hig hnorthnews.com)\, an independent newspaper published by the High North Cen ter at the Nord University in Bodø\, Norway. High North News have journal ists all over the Arctic\, covering news and analyses about politics and b usiness in the high north.\n\nHolm has had a long and prominent journalist ic career and has worked for some of Norway’s leading media companies. I n addition\, he has published several books. He has won several national a wards for outstanding journalism.  Holm comes from Bodø\, and is thus a northerner by birth. He has spent several years on Svalbard\, which has ad ded to his extensive knowledge of the Arctic.  Holm has been employed at the High North Center since 2007.\n\n \;\n\nDrink is available for ind ividual purchase directly from 49th State Brewing Company. Light appetizer s are included with program admission.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n \n Check-in will begin at 2:30pm with seating available on a first-come f irst-serve basis. The program will begin at 3:00pm\n Those with online re servations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we wil l have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Drink is availabl e for individual purchase directly from 49th State Brewing Company. Light appetizers are included with program admission.\n Online registration clo ses at 6:00 pm on November 20. Tickets will be available for purchase at t he door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaska worldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/11/More-Than-Ice_-Journalist-to-Journalist-1.png 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:VEVENT UID:308@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191122T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191122T093000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022716Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/innovation-breakfast/ SUMMARY:More Than Ice Series: Innovation Breakfast DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin Alaska World Affairs Council at the BP Energy Center f or breakfast to hear entrepreneurs from Alaska and Norway pitching their i nnovative ideas.\nPresentation from:\n\nKarin Berentsen\, Founder and Prin cipal of ARCT ASARCT – A Digital Dialogue and mapping tool for Stakehold er Engagement and for scoring the United Nation Goals\nKarin Berentsen is developing the ARCT – A Digital Dialogue and mapping tool for Stakeholde r Engagement and for scoring the UN Goals\, the SDGs. Karin has 35 years w ide-ranging experience based on a Master degree in Physics. She has a stro ng link to Alaska. In her previous position as Statoil’s Regulatory Comp liance Manager in Alaska\, she experienced that the tedious\, million-doll ar permitting business deserves better work processes and digital Stakehol der Engagement/ dialogue tools. She has a passion for responsible project development and believes that the UN SDGs could be used to evaluate all pr ojects.\n \;\n\n\n\nBradley Pizzimenti\, Turnagain Heavylift\nBradley Pizzimenti builds hardware and software solutions for the architecture\, e ngineering\, construction\, and transport industries. Based out of Anchora ge Alaska\, he specializes in platform-specific solutions that aid enginee rs\, architects\, and contractors in moving from the digital to the physic al.\nElena Zhurova\, Advisor\, High North Center for Business and Governan ce ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/11/More-Than-Ice_-Innovation-Breakfast.png CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Bp Energy Center\, 1014 Energy Court\, Anchorage\, 99501\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1014 Energy Court\, Anchora ge\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bp Energy Center:geo :0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:309@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191122T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191122T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022737Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/insights-on-how-to-work -more-effectively-with-emerging-asian-economies/ SUMMARY:Clean & Green: Where Global Technology\, Economics & the Environmen t Meet DESCRIPTION: \;\n\n \;\n\nDr. Merritt (Terry) Cooke\, Founder and C EO of GC3 Strategies\n\n\nTerry Cooke founded the China Partnership of Gre ater Philadelphia in 2011 as a 501c3 public-private platform to accelerate commercial and research collaboration between the Greater Philadelphia re gion and China in clean energy and energy-efficient buildings. One of only 36 competitively-selected current EcoPartnerships under the U.S.-China Te n Year Framework\, CPGP’s PHL-TEDA EcoPartnership is now focusing on “ energy-efficient\, smart and healthy industrial park built environments” and a Sino-U.S. Eco Park showcase. Terry is currently teaching a course i n the University of Pennsylvania’s international Masters of Public Admin istration degree-program under Fox Leadership International and the School of Arts &\; Sciences. CPGP serves as the principal case-study for the course “China and the U.S. in the 21st Century: SubNational Sino-America n Relations.” Terry was a 2010 Public Policy Scholar with the Woodrow Wi lson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. His book Sustain ing U.S.-China Cooperation in Clean Energy was published by the Wilson’s Center’s Kissinger Institute in September 2012. Previously from 2006-8\ , Terry served as Director for Asian Corporate Partnership at the World Ec onomic Forum\, the host of the Davos Annual Meeting and the ‘Summer Davo s’ in China. In 2003\, Terry retired with the rank of Counselor as a car eer-member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Commercial Service following tours i n Taipei\, Berlin\, Tokyo &\; Shanghai. Terry received his Ph.D. in Cul tural Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1985\, his MA from UCB in 1981 and his BA from Princeton University in 1976.\n\n  \;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with se ating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket c onfirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list a t check-in.\n Lunch is available for individual purchase directly from 49 th State Brewing Company. If you wish to order food\, please come a few mi nutes early to ensure your meal arrives during the program.\n Online regi stration closes at 6:00 pm on November 21. Tickets will be available for p urchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/08/Standing-at-Lewis-Sigler-2-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:VEVENT UID:310@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191206T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022801Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/kim-jong-uns-north-kore a-jung-pak/ SUMMARY:Kim Jong Un’s North Korea | Dr. Jung Pak DESCRIPTION:**This event is SOLD OUT. We are sorry for any inconvenience. I ndividuals hoping to attend can arrive to the venue 15-20 minutes before t he program begins to be placed on a waitlist. Waitlisted individuals will be let in 5 minutes after the program begins\, based on available seating. **\nA groundbreaking account of the rise of North Korea's dictator Kim Jon g Un\, from his nuclear ambitions to his summits with President Donald J. Trump--from a former CIA analyst considered one of the leading American ex perts on the North Korean leader inside and outside the U.S. government.\n \nWhen Kim Jong Un became the leader of North Korea following his father's death in 2011\, predictions about his imminent fall were rife. North Kore a was isolated\, poor\, unable to feed its people\, and clinging to its nu clear program for legitimacy. Surely this twenty something with the bizarr e haircut and no leadership experience would soon be usurped by his elders . Instead the opposite happened. Now in his mid-thirties\, Kim Jong Un has solidified his grip on his country and brought the U.S. and the region to the brink of war. Still\, we know so little about him--or how he rules.\n \nEnter former CIA analyst Jung Pak\, whose brilliant Brookings Institutio n essay "The Education of Kim Jong Un" cemented her status as the go-to au thority on the calculating young leader. From the beginning of Kim's reign \, Pak has been at the forefront of shaping U.S. policy on North Korea and providing strategic assessments for leadership at the highest levels in t he government\, and in this masterly book\, she traces and explains Kim's ascent on the world stage\, from the brutal purges he carried out to conso lidate his power to his abrupt pivot to diplomatic engagement that led to his historic--and still poorly understood--summits with President Trump. S he also sheds light on how a top intelligence analyst assesses thorny nati onal security problems\, avoiding biases\, questioning assumptions\, and i dentifying risks as well as opportunities. In piecing together Kim's wholl y unique life\, Pak argues that his personality\, perceptions\, and prefer ences are underestimated by Washington policy wonks who assume he sees the world as they do. As the North Korea nuclear threat grows\, Becoming Kim Jong Un gives readers the first authoritative\, behind-the-scenes look at Kim's personality and motivations\, creating an insightful biography of t he enigmatic man who will likely rule the Hermit Kingdom for decades--and has already left an indelible imprint on world history.\n\n \;\nDr. Ju ng Pak\, a former CIA analyst and now a senior fellow at The Brookings Ins titution\, will offer insights on Kim’s rise to power\, his personality and ruling style\, and how he has consolidated his power\, despite questio ns about his age and experience. Dr. Pak will also discuss U.S. policy and the status of nuclear negotiations with North Korea\, as well as address audience questions.\n\n\nDr. Jung H. Pak is a senior fellow and the SK-Kor ea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies at Brookings Institution’s Center f or East Asia Policy Studies. She focuses on the national security challeng es facing the United States and East Asia\, including North Korea’s weap ons of mass destruction (WMD) capabilities\, the regime’s domestic and f oreign policy calculus\, internal stability\, and inter-Korean ties. Pak i s also focused on developing interdisciplinary forums to bolster regional dialogue on counterterrorism\, nonproliferation\, cybersecurity\, and clim ate change. She also has interests in broader U.S.-South Korea relations a nd regional dynamics.\n\nPak is an accomplished intelligence professional specializing in East Asia political and security issues with strong academ ic credentials. She has held senior positions at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI ). Prior to her work in national security\, Pak taught at Hunter College i n New York City and studied in South Korea as a Fulbright Scholar.\n\nAs a senior analyst\, Pak published hundreds of intelligence assessments\, inc luding the President’s Daily Brief. Several of these papers have been co nsidered required reading and important benchmark studies. Countless asses sments have had direct policy impact.\n\nFrom 2014 to 2016\, Pak served as a deputy national intelligence officer at the National Intelligence Counc il in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). In that r ole\, Pak led the U.S. intelligence community’s (IC) production of strat egic analysis on Korean Peninsula issues\, represented the IC in White Hou se policy meetings\, provided direct analytic support to the National Secu rity Council\, and advised the DNI and his senior staff on key development s and emerging issues.\n\nAt CIA\, where she won multiple awards for super ior analytic accomplishments and service\, Pak produced timely and actiona ble analysis for the president and also helped to manage and support CIA ’s projects related to the U.S. presidential transition.\n\nPak grew up in New York City and graduated from Colgate University where she served as a member of the Board of Trustees from 2009 to 2015. She received her Ph. D. from Columbia University in U.S. history.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Det ails\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:00am with seating available on a first -come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Students will be presented with a lunch voucher for a pizza and lunch buffet prior to th e beginning of the program.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed at tendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch is available for individual purcha se directly from Bear Tooth Theatre. If you wish to order food\, please co me a few minutes early to ensure your meal arrives during the program.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on December 5. Tickets will be avail able for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold ou t. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/08/fp_20170906_jung_pak-1-1-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:311@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200116T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200116T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T031114Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/2020-academic-student-w orldquest-competition/ SUMMARY:Academic Student WorldQuest Competition DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nWhat is it? \nAcademic Student WorldQuest is a student c ompetition\, featuring 5 rounds of 10 questions covering the official stud y guide released in September. Students make teams of 1-4 to test their in ternational knowledge. AKWorld pays for the winning team + chaperone to c ompete in the National Competition in April in D.C.\n\nThis program is fre e for students thanks to our generous sponsors. AKWorld will be supplying a pizza lunch buffet for all participants\, with awesome giveaways during the event\, and a keynote speaker.\nThank you to the generous individuals at\n\nfor sponsoring Academic Student WorldQuest!\n\nRegister for the 2020 Academic WorldQuest Competition\n2020 WorldQuest Topics\n[caption id="att achment_5936" align="alignright" width="246"] 2018 Alaska Academic WorldQu est Winning Team from West High School (A two-time winning team\, they als o won in 2016!)[/caption]\n\n U.S.-Russia Relations\n Country in Focus: South Korea\n Preventing Extremism in Fragile States\n Oceans: The Worl d's Garbage Dump\n Great Decisions\n Brexit and the EU\n China's Belt & amp\; Road Initiative\n Germany: 30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wa ll\n Qatar and the Future of the Gulf Cooperation Council\n Current Even ts\n\nOFFICIAL 2020 ACADEMIC STUDENT WORLDQUEST  STUDY GUIDE \nProgram D etails\n\n Teams (comprising of 1-4 students) must register their intent to participate by submitting an application online (registration opens Mon day\, October 28)\n Bussing will be available for Anchorage School Distri ct students thanks to our partnership with ASD. AKWorld staff will connect teams with a bussing coordinator once application is received.\n Check-i n will begin at 8:30am and the competition will start at 9:30am.\n Studen t teams will be assigned tables in the main seating area of the theatre.\n Teachers\, parents\, and other members of the public are welcome to quie tly observe the competition from the upstairs balcony area.\n A pizza buf fet lunch will be provided for participating students and their chaperones .\n\n\n\n\nMore About WorldQuest\n[caption id="attachment_5936" align="ali gnright" width="300"] 2018 Alaska Academic WorldQuest Winning Team from We st High School (A two-time winning team\, they also won in 2016!)[/caption ]\n\nThe World Affairs Councils of America’s Study Guide is the primary resource to help students and teachers prepare for the topics covered in t he timed question-and-answer rounds of the competition. The Study Guide is an essential resource for the Carlos and Malú Alvarez Academic WorldQues t National Competition\, hosted by the World Affairs Councils of America e very April in Washington\, DC.\n\nPlease reach out to siobhan.choi@alaskaw orldaffairs.org with any questions! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/09/Wq_National-Logo.jpg CATEGORIES:WorldQuest LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:312@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200117T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200117T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022905Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/international-guitar-ni ght/ SUMMARY:Have Guitar\, Will Travel: Travel Tips\, Music\, and Stories from E ngland\, Finland\, Hawaii\, and Turkey DESCRIPTION:\n\nHave Guitar\, Will Travel: Travel Tips\, Music\, and Storie s from England\, Finland\, Hawaii\, and Turkey features 4 incredible artis ts\, in conjunction with International Guitar night. Join AKWorld for a ni ght of international storytelling\, music\, and travel tips from experts.\ n\n \;\n\nInternational Guitar Night is the world’s premier touring guitar festival\, each show bringing together the most interesting and inn ovative acoustic guitarists to exchange musical ideas in a public concert setting. For each tour\, IGN founder Brian Gore brings together a new cast of guitar luminaries for special evenings of solos\, duets\, and quartets that highlight the dexterity and diversity within the world of acoustic g uitar. Brian founded IGN in 1995 as a forum for the world’s finest guita rists/composers to play their latest original songs and share musical idea s and talent with their peers.\n\nFor the 20th Anniversary Tour\, a phenom enal lineup awaits you: Mike Dawes hosts from England with his incredible two-hand contemporary style. He is joined by electrifying jazz virtuoso Ol li Soikkeli from Finland (who thrilled Alaska audiences in 2017 with his g roup Rhythm Future Quartet)\, groundbreaking fretless guitarist Cenk Erdog an of Turkey\, and Hawaiian Slack Key master Jim “Kimo” West. Join AKW orld &\; James Fredrick from Anchorage Concert Association about what i t means to be an international traveling group before checking out their p erformances at the Alaska Performing Arts Center on the 17th and 18th.\n\n  \;\n\nModerator: James Fredrick is Community Engagement Director at Anchorage Concerts Association\, Alaska’s largest non-profit performing arts presenter In his role as Community Engagement Director\, he oversees all fundraising efforts as well as artist and community activities outside of the traditional theatre experience. He also currently serves on the bo ard of directors for Cyrano’s Theatre Company and the Arctic Bicycle Clu b.\n\n\n\nIn his free time\, he rides bikes in a “Type II Fun” kind of way\, attends non-work-related concerts and shows\, walks the dog\, and w orks hard to both earn and burn Alaska Airlines miles with his wife Nicole .\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:3 0am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online reservations do not need to prese nt ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch is available for individual purchase direc tly from 49th State Brewing Company. If you wish to order food\, please co me a few minutes early to ensure your meal arrives during the program.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on January 16. Tickets will be avail able for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold ou t. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/07/Orange-Square-Line-Black-and-White-Rock-Guitar-Music-Photographi c-Business-Card-1.png 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:VEVENT UID:313@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200206T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200206T180000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022919Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/whiskey-tango-foxtrot-i ran/ SUMMARY:Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Series: Iran Roundtable DESCRIPTION:\nThe Alaska World Affairs Council and the 49th State Brewing C ompany have teamed up to offer a  thought-provoking evening of  engaging conversation and custom cocktails. Attendees will be have the opportunity to network\, discuss\, and debate the intricacies of US- Iranian Affairs. \n"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" is part one of  our young professionals whiskey chat series.\n\nDetails &\; Schedule (Subject to Change):\n\n Doors o pen at 4:00 pm\n Cocktail Mixer\n Attendees will be introduced to our gu est speaker\n We'll open up the room for discussion/Q&\;A\n\n4:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Doors open/ Cocktail mixer\n4:30 pm - 5:00 pm: Speaker Introduc tion &\; Table Topics \n5:30 pm - 6:00 pm:  Q&\;A\, Open Debate an d Discussion. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/01/whiskey-tango-foxtrot-e1580860914629.png CATEGORIES:Special 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:VEVENT UID:314@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200220T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200220T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022937Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/speed-mentoring-interna tional-edition/ SUMMARY:Speed Mentoring: International Edition DESCRIPTION:\nThe Alaska World Affairs Council and the Anchorage School Dis trict have teamed up to offer a jump start to high school students conside ring international options in their post-secondary journeys. Students will rotate through 8 minute mentoring sessions with mentors from a wide spect rum of industries with international scope. Check out the success of our 2 019 Speed Mentoring event.\nStudents will have the opportunity to speak wi th high-level mentors with experience in a variety of fields. Mentors incl ude lawyers\, judges\, architects\, medical professionals\, oil and gas pr ofessionals\, diplomats\, presidents\, CEOs\, economists\, professors\, no n-profits professionals and many more. Keep checking back to find out more about the mentors attending this year's event!\n2020 MENTOR BIOS\nDetails &\; Schedule (Subject to Change):\n\n Lunch will be provided for all students and mentors.\n Students will rotate through 8-minute mentoring s essions with mentors from a wide spectrum of industries with international scope.\n Students will be matched with mentors representing the areas of interest they indicate on the student registration form.\n\n8:45-9:15am:  Mentor Check In/ Mixer\n9:00-9:30am: Student Check In\n9:40 am: Opening Remarks \n9:50am-12:00pm: Mentoring Sessions\n12:00pm-12:15pm: Lunch Buff et\n12:15pm-12:55pm: Keynote Speaker\nInterested in becoming a featured sp onsor for the 2020 Speed Mentoring event? Contact Siobhan Choi\, Special P rograms Director at (907) 276-8038 or siobhan.choi@alaskaworldaffairs.org\ n\nThank you to our generous sponsors for 2020 Speed Mentoring!\n\n                         ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/12/Thursday-Feb-20-2020-9AM-1_30PM-Hilton-Anchorage-Hotel-e15755024 31492.png CATEGORIES:Special Events LOCATION:Hilton Anchorage\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, United States GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Hilton Anchorage:geo:61.219 32160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:315@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200228T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200228T110000 DTSTAMP:20231231T023010Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/vip-the-new-taiwan/ SUMMARY:VIP Kaladi Brothers Coffee Chat: The New Taiwan DESCRIPTION:\n\nDirector-General Alex Kuo-shu Fan to the Taipei Economic an d Cultural Office in Seattle will be here in Anchorage! Don’t miss this rare opportunity to learn about “The New Taiwan.”\n\nJoin the (TECO) D irector General as he talks about Taiwan's election of a new administratio n\, a new parliament along with discussion about trade\; cultural\; academ ic exchanges and beyond. This event is free for Silver Members &\; Abov e. All else interested may purchase a ticket for $35. Space is limited to 15 individuals – so reserve your spots today!\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/02/Teco-e1582342915171.png CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Kaladi Brothers Community Room\, 621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.2170565;-149.89431330000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Kaladi Brothers Com munity Room:geo:61.2170565,-149.89431330000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:316@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200312T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200312T203000 DTSTAMP:20231231T023040Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/whiskey-tango-foxtrot-c ovid-19-forum/ SUMMARY:Whiskey Tango Foxtrot : Covid-19 Forum DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\nLet's be honest... we are all freaking out\, but if we're going to freak out\, we might as well do it over a great cocktai l.\n\nAlaska World Affairs Council and the Petroleum Club of Anchorage tea m up to give you an evening of dynamic discussion as a panel of experts sh are their knowledge and insights on the developing global impact of COVID- 19.\n\nOur panel includes\,\n\n\n\nMs. Jin Chen- COO/CFO and co-owner of A laska Skylar Travel\n\nMs. Jin Chen was born and raised in China. Jin move d to Alaska after her sophomore year at China University of Petroleum. Aft er receiving her bachelor’s degree in accounting and her MBA from the Un iversity of Alaska Fairbanks\, Jin pursued a public accounting career for three years before joining Ms. Skylar Jiang in the spring of 2015 to devel op the largest Chinese-focused tour operation in Alaska.  Since she joine d the company\, Alaska Skylar Travel revenue has grown more than tenfold\, and staff has expanded from 10 to 50 employees. Jin serves as an officer on the board of directors of Visit Anchorage and Anchorage Chamber of Comm erce\, on the Alaska Tourism Industry Association marketing committee\, an d as Commissioner for Anchorage’s Sister City partnership with Harbin\, China. She regularly appears as a guest speaker at her alma mater the Univ ersity of Alaska Fairbanks.\n\n \;\n\nMr. Sean Murphy- Alaska Regional Hospital Emergency Management Specialist &\; EMS Liaison.\n\nHe's also a member of the Federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team from Boston (DMA T MA-1)\, a group that deploys to provide rapid-response medical care at f ixed or temporary medical care sites when a disaster strikes.\n\n \;\n \nMrs. Julie Saupe - President and CEO of Visit Anchorage\n\nJulie Saupe h as been the President and CEO of Visit Anchorage since 2007\; she has work ed to develop visitor industry opportunities in Alaska for more than twent y years\, including positions at Explore Fairbanks\, Travel Alaska\, and t he Mat-Su Convention &\; Visitors Bureau.\n\n \;\n\nDr. Michael Ber nstein\, M.D.- Regional Chief Medical Officer\, Providence St. Joseph Heal th Alaska\n\nDr. Michael Bernstein graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in East Asian studies. He completed his medical resi dency at the University of Washington in Seattle and served as chief medic al resident at UW’s University Hospital. He obtained his specialty fello wship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine and research traini ng in immunology and infectious diseases at the University of California\, San Francisco before joining its faculty. Dr. Bernstein is regional chief medical officer responsible for oversight of quality\, patient safety\, t elehealth\, medical staff affairs\, and physician leadership for the Provi dence St Joseph Health Alaska Region. Dr. Bernstein also serves as the Ala ska regional executive overseeing care continuum services\, including two skilled nursing facilities\, an assisted living facility\, homehealth\, ho spice\, and our hospitality hotel.\n\n \;\n\nYoung professionals bring your business cards! This is going to be an exciting night of networking\ , learning\, and meeting of the minds! Be sure to reserve your seats now! Our last Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Sold out!\n\nThis event is for clients 21 y ears of age and older.\n\nDetails &\; Schedule (Subject to Change):\n\n Doors open at 6:30 pm\n Cocktail Mixer\n Attendees will be introduced to our panel\n We'll open up the room for discussion/Q&\;A\n\n6:30 pm - 7:00 pm: Doors open/ Cocktail mixer\n7:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Speaker Introdu ction &\; Panel\n8:00 pm - 8:30 pm:  Q&\;A\, Open and Discussion. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/03/whiskey-tango-foxtrot-final-3.png CATEGORIES:Special Events LOCATION:Petroleum Club of Anchorage\, 3301 C St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, United States GEO:61.1903313;-149.88523250000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=3301 C St\, Anchorage\, AK\ , 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Petroleum Club of Ancho rage:geo:61.1903313,-149.88523250000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:356@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200319T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200319T103000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064616Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/cover-to-cover-featurin g-susan-sloan/ SUMMARY:COVER TO COVER Featuring Susan Sloan DESCRIPTION:Cover to Cover Featuring Susan Sloan\n\n\n\nMany countries face challenges of migration\, terrorism\, climate change\, and the spread of fast-paced technology. Those who are sitting around the table will change the course of history and redefine how we solve critical problems. Join WA CA for a conversation with Susan Sloan as she shares stories from women am bassadors spanning the globe\, the impact of gender-diversified leadership \, and why varied voices lead to stronger resolutions and enhanced team dy namics.\n\n.\nA Seat at the Table: Women\, Diplomacy\, and Lessons for the  World\n.\nClick below to register for WACA's Cover to Cover conference call on Thursday\, March 19\, at 10:00-10:30 PM AKDT\, featuring Susan Sloan\, associate director of a global advocacy organization.\n.\nREGISTER NOW ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-17-at-5.51.45-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:357@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200326T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200326T103000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064623Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/know-now-featuring-jona than-quick/ SUMMARY:KNOW NOW | Featuring Jonathan Quick DESCRIPTION:Register now for WACA's KNOW NOW conference call Thursday\, Mar ch 26\, at 10:00-10:30 am AKDT\, featuring Dr. Jonathan Quick\, Senior Fel low at Management Sciences for Health\, on COVID-19 and global epidemics. Dr. Quick will be in conversation with WorldBoston President and CEO Mary Yntema.\n\nIn January 2018\, Dr. Quick spoke at WorldBoston's Great Decisi ons series on the topic of "Global Health: Progress and Challenges\," havi ng recently published his book The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It. As the book says\, "Somewhere in nature\, a killer virus is boiling up in the bloodstream of a bird\, bat\, monkey\, o r pig\, preparing to jump to a human being. This not-yet-detected germ has the potential to wipe out millions of lives over a matter of weeks or mon ths." Join Dr. Quick and Mary Yntema to discuss what has changed since his Great Decisions talk\, how effective local and global efforts have been i n combating COVID-19\, and what we can expect in the coming weeks and mont hs.\nRegister Now ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/03/Quick-Jonathan.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:358@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200330T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200330T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064630Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/so-you-want-to-be-a-dip lomat-101/ SUMMARY:Virtual Lunch with Leaders: So You Want to Be a Diplomat? 101 DESCRIPTION:Hunker down got you down? Take a break\, learn something new\, and join the conversation in our very first Virtual Lunch with Leaders!\n \n\n\nIf you are interested in a career in foreign services\, this is the program for you! The Alaska World Affairs Council has teamed up with DOS D iplomat in Residence - Northwest to present the Northwestern Diplomat in R esidence\, Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm.\n\n\n.\nMicaela will share what makes a career in the Department of State exciting\, from assisting North Maced onia's entry into NATO - a 25 year U.S. policy goal\, assisting sick and i njured U.S. mountaineers in Nepal\, to coaching new Iraqi journalists on t he role of an independent press. Join us for an engaging conversation and take advantage of this opportunity to ask a U.S. Foreign Service Officer a ny questions you may have about a career in Public Diplomacy! Read Micaela 's full bio below.\n\n\n.\n\nFollowing registration\, participants will re ceive a confirmation email with details on accessing this Virtual Program through Zoom.\n\n\n\n\n\nMicaela Schweitzer-Bluhm\n\nA career member of t he U.S. Foreign Service\, Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm is the Diplomat in Resi dence for the Northwest\, responsible for engagement and recruiting throug hout northern California\, Oregon\, Washington\, and Alaska.  She most re cently served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Skopje\, N orth Macedonia.  Prior to her three years in Skopje\, Micaela directed th e Crisis Management Support unit in the Department of State’s Operations Center\, having served in the Operations Center previously as a Watch Off icer from 1999-2000.\n\nOverseas\, Micaela has also worked at the U.S. emb assies in Zagreb\, Cairo\, Baghdad\, Tunis and Kathmandu and at the U.S. C onsulate General in Jerusalem\, where she was the Public Affairs Officer a nd spokesperson for the Consulate.  In addition to her tours in the Opera tions Center\, Micaela served in Washington as staff assistant to the Assi stant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs.\n\nMicaela holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from Brown University and a Master’s D egree in National Security Studies from the National War College.  She ha s studied the Macedonian\, Arabic\, French and Nepali languages. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/02/Mica-Diplo-in-Res.png CATEGORIES:Special Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:359@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200409T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200409T103000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064638Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/cover-to-cover-featurin g-daniel-markey/ SUMMARY:COVER TO COVER Featuring Daniel Markey DESCRIPTION:Under the ambitious leadership of President Xi Jinping\, China is zealously transforming its wealth and economic power into potent tools of global political influence. But China's foreign policy initiatives\, ev en the vaunted "Belt and Road\," will be shaped and redefined as they conf ront the ground realities of local and regional politics outside China. In  China's Western Horizon\, Daniel Markey anticipates that China's deepen ing involvement will play to the advantage of regional strongmen and exace rbate the political tensions within and among Eurasian states.\n.\nChina's Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia\n.\nClick bel ow to register for WACA's Cover to Cover conference call on Thursday\, A pril 9 at 10:00-10:30 AKDT\, featuring Daniel Markey\, Senior Research Pro fessor and Director of the School of Advanced International Studies' Globa l Policy Program at Johns Hopkins University.\n.\nREGISTER NOW ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/03/A1z18BSc0DL._SY600_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:360@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200422T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200422T100000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064657Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/international-virtual-c offee-chat-bringing-the-world-together-during-a-time-of-challenge-and-unce rtainty/ SUMMARY:Virtual Coffee Chat: Bringing the World Together During a Time of C hallenge and Uncertainty DESCRIPTION:\n\nHunker down got you down? Start your day connecting with p eople around the globe at AKWorld's upcoming Virtual Coffee Chat.\n\n\n\n\ n\n\nJoin AKWorld while we connect with people from around the world\, inc luding some of our former speakers. As people hunker down across the globe \, tune in to hear what life is like for them today. Find out what brings them joy during these challenging times and hear them share what they are looking forward to most following COVID-19.\n\n\n\nThis is a chance to gra b a cup of coffee and engage directly with people we know and people we ha ven't met before. Read more about our speakers below.\n\n\n\nParticipants will receive a confirmation email with details on accessing this Virtual Coffee Chat through Zoom prior to the event. Registration closes Wednesday \, April 22 at 7am. If you have any issues accessing the program\, please contact Siobhan Choi at siobhan.choi@alaskaworldaffairs.org.\n\n\n\n\n\n We understand that many people are experiencing hardship due to economic u ncertainty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for this Virtual Coffee Chat. Please register below by selecting the lev el of support you are able to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-pe rson programming will have a significant impact on the revenue that suppor ts our work. If you would like to further support the Alaska World Affairs Council\, please consider becoming a member or making a donation.\n\n\n\n Featuring Former AKWorld Speakers:\n[rev_slider alias="slider-4"][/rev_sli der]\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/04/Untitled-design-4.png CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:361@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200507T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200507T100000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064704Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/virtual-coffee-chat-bri nging-the-world-together-during-a-time-of-challenge-and-uncertainty-pt-2/ SUMMARY:Virtual Coffee Chat: Bringing the World Together During a Time of C hallenge and Uncertainty\, Pt. 2 DESCRIPTION:Due to an overwhelming response from speakers and participants\ , we are back for part 2 of Bringing the World Together During a Time of Challenge and Uncertainty.\n\n\n\nJoin AKWorld while we connect with peopl e from around the world\, including some of our former speakers. As people hunker down across the globe\, tune in to hear what life is like for them today. Find out what brings them joy during these challenging times and h ear them share what they are looking forward to most following COVID-19.\n \nThis is a chance to grab a cup of coffee and engage directly with people we know and people we haven’t met before. Read more about our speakers below.\n\n[rev_slider alias="slider-4-1"][/rev_slider]\n\n\n\nRegistered p articipants will receive a confirmation email with details on accessing th is Virtual Coffee Chat through Zoom a day prior to this event.\n\n\n\n\n\ nWe understand that many people are experiencing hardship due to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can structur e for this Virtual Coffee Chat. Please register below by selecting the le vel of support you are able to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-p erson programming will have a significant impact on the revenue that suppo rts our work. If you would like to further support the Alaska World Affair s Council\, please consider becoming a member or making a donation.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/04/Virtual-Coffee-Chat-Cover-Photo.png CATEGORIES:Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:362@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200825T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200825T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064712Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/its-not-just-over-there -consequences-of-war-and-instability-on-the-korean-peninsula-partnership-w ith-stimson-center/ SUMMARY:It's Not Just Over There: Consequences of War and Instability on t he Korean Peninsula | Partnership with Stimson Center DESCRIPTION:Amidst COVID-19 and its fallout\, policymakers are confronted w ith newly emergent issues alongside preexisting ones. Nowhere is this mor e evident than on the Korean Peninsula. As the pandemic spreads\, US-DPRK talks remain stalled\, inter-Korean relations persist as mostly one-side d\, and North Korea has continued to test and refine its military capabili ties as well as ratchet up its rhetoric. Furthermore\, COVID-19 has inten sified a growing US-China strategic competition\, competition which enhan ces the importance of allies such as South Korea. Simply put\, US involve ment on the Korean Peninsula remains as deep and important as it has ever  been.\n\nThe Stimson Center and Stimson’s 38 North program\, working w ith the Alaska World Affairs Council\, present a panel of experts to disc uss the importance of the US commitment to the Korean Peninsula. Based on their experience and expertise\, the panelists will offer informed comme ntary on the importance of the relationship commitment and its direct conn ection to the United States. Among a broad range of topics\, the panel wi ll explore various steps to avoid renewed instability or conflict on the Korean Peninsula and the potentially enormous costs of failing to do so.\ nRegister for Virtual Program\n\n\n\nSpeakers\nJenny Town is a Fellow at S timson and the Deputy Director of Stimson’s 38 North\, a website devote d to providing policy and technical analysis on North Korea. She was named  one of Worth Magazine’s “Groundbreakers 2020: 50 Women Changing the World” and one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business in 2019 for her role in co-founding and managing 38 North. Ms. Town is the f ormer Assistant Director of the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins Schoo l of Advanced International Studies where she focused on North Korea\, US- DPRK relations\, US-ROK alliance\, and Northeast Asia regional security. S he is an expert reviewer for Freedom House’s Freedom in the World Index \, where she previously worked on the Human Rights in North Korea Project . She is an Associate Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at SAIS\, a  Member of the National Committee on North Korea\, and an Associate Member of the Council of Korean Americans. She serves on the Editorial Board for Inkstick\, an online foreign policy journal for emerging scholars. Ms. T own holds a BA in East Asian Studies and International Relations from Wes tmar University and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia Unive rsity School of International and Public Affairs.\n\nMaj. General (Ret.) R ick Martin\, USAF Retired\, American College of National Security Leaders:  Frederick H. Martin\, Maj. Gen.\, United States Air Force (Ret.)\, serve d 36 years in the Air Force as a command pilot and 5\,000+ hours in a doz en aircraft with world-wide experience and multiple deployments. He condu cted initial air mobility combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq\, and  served in Baghdad and worked with all services and the intelligence comm unity during the transition from US Forces Iraq to State Department overs ight. He established US presence in the Middle East with US Central Comma nd after the first Gulf War\; stood up US Africa Command\; and served at the Pentagon managing political-military policy on the Korean Peninsula a nd as a delegate with the State Department to DPRK negotiations. He provid ed oversight of all airlift\, air refueling\, and aeromedical evacuation missions\, expeditionary training\, and deployment readiness for the Air Force. He is a distinguished military graduate of the US Air Force Academ y with a degree in Mathematics. He holds graduate degrees in Public Polic y and International Relations\, including a National Security Fellowship a t Harvard.\n\n\n\nCol. (Ret.) Steve Lee\, US Army Retired\, Senior Vice Pr esident of Operations\, Korea Defense Veterans Association: Steve is a Ko rea expert with 22 years of experience as an Army Foreign Area Officer (F AO) in the United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/US Forces Comma nd (UNC/CFC/USFK)\, Joint Staff\, Army Staff\, US Embassy-Seoul\, Defense Intelligence Agency\, 101st Airborne Division\, and 2nd Infantry Division . He has been interviewed on NBC’s The Today Show and FOX News\, and le ctured at the Academic Council on the United Nations System\, Ewha Woman ’s University\, and Korea National Defense University. He has participat ed in numerous panels about the ROK-US Alliance and briefed the US Vice P resident and Secretary of Defense\, ROK Minister of National Defense and Minister of Foreign Affairs\, NATO Secretary General\, Dutch Prime Minist er\, and Members of the US Congress. Steve was commissioned in the Infant ry upon graduation from West Point\, received a Master’s in East Asian S tudies from the University of Virginia\, and a Master’s of Strategic St udies from the Army War College. He is a graduate of the ROK Army College .\nModerator\nDr. Clint Work is a Fellow with the Henry L. Stimson Center\ , appointed to its Security for a New Century program and 38 North. In th is capacity\, he leads congressional engagement on Korean peace and secur ity issues and engages in various research projects centered on US-DPRK re lations and the US ROK alliance. Prior to joining Stimson\, he was an assi stant professor at the University of Utah’s Asia Campus in Incheon\, So uth Korea\, where he taught courses on the Korean War and International R elations. He holds a Doctorate in International Studies from the Universi ty of Washington\, a Master’s in International Relations from the Univer sity of Chicago\, and a BA in Political Science and Philosophy from Bosto n College. His Ph.D. work centered on US-Korea relations and President Ji mmy Carter’s failed withdrawal of US combat forces from South Korea. In addition to his academic publications\, he has written for popular media \, including the Washington Post\, Foreign Policy\, The Diplomat Magazine\ , 38 North\, and Sino-NK. He has presented on US-Korea relations in both academic and public fora as well as briefed congressional staff on a bipa rtisan basis.\nRegister for Virtual Program\n\n\n             \n                      ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/08/Untitled-design-8.png CATEGORIES:Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:363@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200911T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200911T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064726Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/how-alaskas-eskimo-ninj a-is-changing-the-world-nick-iligutchiak-hanson/ SUMMARY:How Alaska's Ninja Warrior is Changing the World | Nick 'Iligutchia k' Hanson DESCRIPTION:Click here to watch the recording of this program.\n\n\nJoin AK World for this inspiring discussion with Nick Hanson\, otherwise known as the "EskimoNinja" from the TV show\, American Ninja Warrior. Nick grew up in the village Of Unalakleet on the West Coast of Alaska\, and as a Half- Inupiaq Half-Mixed-European\, he holds a unique perspective on the blend o f modern society and his cultural values and traditions. He hopes to bridg e these differences by inspiring young people to understand the invaluable importance of Alaskan Traditions while also understanding the value of wh at Western Culture brings to our communities\; and he does this by helping people Know Who They Are.\n\n\n\nSpeaker\n\n\n\n\n\nNick 'Iligutchiak' Ha nson made a name for himself as the first Inuit to compete on the TV Show American Ninja Warrior. A Born and Raised Inupiaq Eskimo from the village of Unalakleet\, Alaska - A town of 750ppl on the West Coast only accessib le by plane - Nick travelled over 3\,000mi to share his story with the wor ld.\n\nRural Alaska is associated with a devastating statistic - the highe st suicide rate per capita in the U.S.  Suicide comes no stranger to Nick . Having an alcoholic mother\, and after losing 11 of his high school bask etball teammates/classmates to alcohol related suicides - Nick was pushed to the edge\, literally\, nearly ending his own life in 2014. But an 8th G rader changed his heart.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a coach and mentor\, Nick str ives to be the most positive role model for the youth of Rural Alaska and beyond. He chose at a young age never to drink\, smoke\, or do any drugs a fter witnessing the devastation it caused in his\, and his peers families.  But after nearly ending his life\, an 8th Grader suggested that Nick us e his athletic ability to tryout for American Ninja Warrior...needless to say\, Nick said\, "okay."\n\nNow\, using the platform ANW has provided\, N ick travels the country sharing his story of adversity and loss. Inspiring people\, young and old\, to overcome the obstacles in their own lives.\nS pecial Guest Appearance by\n\n\nGrant McCartney\, known as the Island Ninj a\, is one of American Ninja Warriors most recognizable athletes. Between his dynamic personality\, dance moves\, and fun-loving attitude it’s no wonder he has created such a name for himself\, but there is so much more to Grant than the charismatic\, dancing machine you see on the show.\n\nNo stranger to pain and adversity\, Grant realized the platform he had been given could be used to be a voice of hope for people that are going throug h some of the same struggles he went through.\n\nWhen Grant was just a fre shman in college he found his mother\, who had struggled with drug and alc ohol abuse\, on the floor as she tried to take her life\; thoughts of his own suicide haunted him as he tried to deal with his own grief. One of the ways he overcame his pain was through athletics and obstacle training. Le arning how to navigate through the physical obstacles of a course set a to ne for learning how to overcome obstacles mentally.\n\nGrant now travels t he nation speaking to kids and adults about his story\; how you can take t he darkest situation and use it to bring hope to others. His charisma and energy will instantly draw you in\, his story of turning ashes into beauty will captivate you and his message of “your life’s story having a pur pose” will leave you feeling empowered and uplifted! His is a message th at kids and adults need to hear.\n\n\n\nWe understand that many people are experiencing hardship due to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we ’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for our virtual programs. Plea se register below by selecting the level of support you are able to give.\ n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person programming will have a signifi cant impact on the revenue that supports our work. If you would like to fu rther support the Alaska World Affairs Council\, please consider becoming a member or making a donation.\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/08/1043a2e27dff6e32ed4cd2826e539217.png CATEGORIES:Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:354@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200925T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20200925T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064511Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/trekking-the-climate-cr isis-from-knowledge-to-action-zach-brown-ph-d/ SUMMARY:Trekking the Climate Crisis: From Knowledge to Action | Zach Brown\ , Ph.D DESCRIPTION:Click here to watch the recording of this program.\n\n\nA born- and-raised Alaskan\, Zach Brown\, Ph.D.\, spent years aboard ice breaking vessels in the Arctic and Antarctic\, studying how warming and sea ice los s affect the polar seas and their inhabitants.  Driven to do more to prot ect our living world\, upon completing his doctoral studies\, Zach set off on a 4-month\, 2300-mile solo trek\, hiking and paddling from California back home to Alaska.  His goal was to found Inian Islands Institute\, a f ield school dedicated to education\, science\, and environmental leadershi p\, where he now serves as executive director.  Zach lives and breathes c limate change as a scientist\, educator\, and activist.\n\n\n\nIn Partners hip With\n             \n\n\n\nWe understand that many people are experiencing hardship due to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we’ ve adopted a pay what you can structure for our virtual programs. Please register below by selecting the level of support you are able to give.\n\n The lengthy suspension of our in-person programming will have a significan t impact on the revenue that supports our work. If you would like to furth er support the Alaska World Affairs Council\, please consider becoming a m ember or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/02/Zach_small-scaled-e1597269762144.jpg CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:355@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201002T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201002T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064745Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-future-of-education -in-a-post-pandemic-world-yong-zhao-ph-d/ SUMMARY:The Future of Education in a Post-Pandemic World | Yong Zhao\, PH.D DESCRIPTION:Click here to watch the recording of this program.\nThe global COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live\, work and learn and has req uired school leaders and teachers to work tirelessly to maintain student l earning amidst constant changes and uncertainty. Join this discussion with AKWorld and Professor Yong Zhao to consider the future of schooling and t he positive opportunities for change as a result of the pandemic.\n\n\n\nS peaker\nYong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in Educational Lea dership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. He pre viously served as the Presidential Chair\, Associate Dean\, and Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Educati on\, University of Oregon\, where he was also a Professor in the Departmen t of Educational Measurement\, Policy\, and Leadership. Prior to Oregon\, Yong Zhao was University Distinguished Professor at the College of Educati on\, Michigan State University\, where he also served as the founding dire ctor of the Center for Teaching and Technology\, executive director of the  Confucius Institute\, as well as the US-China Center for Research on Edu cational Excellence.\n\nYong Zhao has received numerous awards including t he Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association\, Outstanding Public Educator from Horace Mann League of USA\, and Distingu ished Achievement Award in Professional Development from the Association o f Education Publishers. He is an elected member of the National Academy o f Education and a fellow of the International Academy of Education. He ha s been recognized as one of the most influential education scholars.\n\nHi s works focus on the implications of globalization and technology on educa tion. He has published over 100 articles and 30 books\, including An Educ ation Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: How Radical Changes Can Spark S tudent Excitement and Success (2019) What Works May Hurt: Side Effects in Education (2018)\, Reach for Greatness: Personalizable Education for All Children (2018)\,  Counting What Counts: Reframing Education Outcomes(20 16)\, Never Send a Human to Do a Machine’s Job: Correcting Top 5 Ed Tech Mistakes (2015)\,Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon: Why China has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World(2014)\, Catching Up or Lead ing the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization (2009)and Worl d Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students (2012).\ n\nZhao was born in China’s Sichuan Province. He received his B.A. in En glish Language Education from Sichuan Institute of Foreign Languages in Ch ongqing\, China in 1986. After teaching English in China for six years\, h e came to Linfield College as a visiting scholar in 1992. He then began hi s graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 19 93. He received his masters in Education in 1994 and Ph.D. in 1996. He joi ned the faculty at MSU in 1996 after working as the Language Center Coordi nator at Willamette University and a language specialist at Hamilton Colle ge.\n\n\n\nIn Partnership With\n \n\n\n\nWe understand that many people a re experiencing hardship due to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we ’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for our virtual programs. Plea se register below by selecting the level of support you are able to give.\ n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person programming will have a signifi cant impact on the revenue that supports our work. If you would like to fu rther support the Alaska World Affairs Council\, please consider becoming a member or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/08/Untitled-design-10.png CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:364@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201016T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201016T200000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064753Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/worldwiz-pub-quiz-trivi a-fundraiser/ SUMMARY:WorldWiz Pub Quiz | Trivia Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:\n\nStay home\, grab a drink and join us for a fun-filled eveni ng and test your international trivia knowledge for a chance to win a cash prize! WorldWiz Pub Quiz is the annual fundraiser for the Alaska World Af fairs Council and the Academic Student WorldQuest Competition and for th e first time ever\, it will be hosted virtually!\nEVENT DETAILS\nThis year 's event will be held online on Friday\, October 16. There will be a mixer before the event\, from 6:30-7:00pm and again after the event\, from 8:00 -8:30pm AKDT.\n\n A mobile device to answer questions is required\; howev er\, we recommend two devices so you can follow along with our live stream while answering trivia questions!\n There will be 5 rounds with 10 quest ions each. Individuals/teams will have 30 seconds to answer each question! \n Admission: We understand that many people are experiencing hardship du e to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, this event has a pay what yo u can structure so everyone can take part in the fun! We appreciate your donation to support programming and student events!\n Teams of 1-4 are a llowed - will you invite your friends over to help you compete\, or challe nge them to see who is the biggest world affairs geek?!\n First place win ner will receive a $200 cash prize and major bragging rights! Second place will take home $100 and third place still wins with a $50 cash prize.\n\n \n\n\nTEAM INFORMATION\nPlay as an individual or gather friends and family to play as a team! We recommend choosing a team within your social bubble where you can play safely from one location. If you're playing with frien ds remotely\, consider competing against each other or plan to have a sepa rate conference call\, Zoom meeting\, or other video call to discuss the q uestions together before submitting the team answer (this will require an additional device\, there will not be a function within our live event to discuss privately with your team). If you're playing as a team\, designate one member to submit answers on behalf of the team.\n\n\n\nWORLDWIZ QUIZ MASTER – PAUL DUNSCOMB\, PHD\nPaul Dunscomb is Professor of East Asian H istory and chair of the History Department at the University of Alaska Anc horage. His nerd super power is\, he can articulate stuff. He can take a r oom full of half baked\, half expressed thoughts and turn them into ideas with force and power.\n\nHe was the inaugural Director of the UAA Confuciu s Institute. His book\, A Great Disobedience Against the People\, Japan ’s Siberian Intervention\, 1918-1922\, the first ever complete narrative in English\, appeared in February 2011. He is also author of Japan Since 1945 in 2014 for the Association for Asian Studies Key Issues in Asian S tudies Series.\n\nHis current research focuses on the history of the Heise i period (1989-2018) including the Crisis in Japanese Professional Basebal l of 2004 and the nature of change in Heisei Japan. He analyzed debates ab out Japanese identity during the Lost Decade\, 1992-2004\, in “Images of What Never Was to Suggest What Might Be\; Japanese Popular Culture and Ja paneseness\,” for the edited volume The Dynamics of Cultural Counterpoi nt in Asian Studies. His work has appeared in The Journal of Japanese Stu dies\, East-West Connections\, and Education About Asia.\n\n\n\nTHANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-12.46.08-AM.png CATEGORIES:Events,Special Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:365@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201022T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201022T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064800Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/virtual-lunch-with-lead ers-hrh-ambassador-reema-bint-bandar-al-saud/ SUMMARY:Virtual Lunch with Leaders | HRH Ambassador Reema bint Bandar Al-Sa ud DESCRIPTION:This special event is only open to current AWAC members.\nIf yo u are currently a member\, Thank You for support the Alaska World Affairs Council.              If you would like to become a member\, click here to join.\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker\nHer Royal Highness Princess Reema bint Ba ndar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed Ambassador to the Unit ed States on February 23\, 2019 by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques K ing Salman bin Abdulaziz. She is the first woman in the country’s histor y to serve in the role of Ambassador. She presented her credentials to Pre sident Donald Trump on July 8\, 2019.\n\nFrom 1983 to 2005\, Princess Reem a lived in Washington\, DC\, while her father Prince Bandar served as Saud i Ambassador to the United States. She attended George Washington Universi ty where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Museum Studies.\n \nPrincess Reema returned to Saudi Arabia\, where she focused on private s ector initiatives and the empowerment of women in the Kingdom. In 2000\, S he co-founded Yibreen\, a women’s gym. From 2007 until 2015\, Princess Reema was the Chief Executive Officer of Alfa International Company Limite d - Harvey Nichols Riyadh\, a multi-brand luxury retail company\, where sh e collaborated with leading female recruitment agency\, Glowork\, and comm issioned a study on Obstacles for Women in the Workplace\, which set the t one for female inclusion in retail\, and resulted in opening the first wor kplace nursery in a retail store\, enabling more women to work while carin g for children. In 2013\, she founded Alf Khair\, a social enterprise aime d at elevating the professional capital of Saudi women through a curriculu m developed to enable financial self-sufficiency.\n\nIn 2016\, Princess Re ema left the private sector to begin a career of public service as Vice Pr esident of Women’s Affairs at the Saudi General Sports Authority where she developed policies and programs that benefited women and children thro ughout Saudi Arabia. After a successful year\, she was promoted to Deputy of Development and Planning in January 2018. In October 2018\, she was als o appointed President of the Mass Participation Federation\, making her th e first woman to lead a multi-sports federation in the Kingdom\, a role th at she occupied until her appointment as Saudi Ambassador to the United St ates.\nModerator\nLise Falskow was born and raised in Alaska and holds a d egree in Economics and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College. She work ed as a CPA in Seattle\, Washington and Zurich\, Switzerland. She then hel ped establish a Financial Analyst Group for the Energy Division of a major oil company in Oslo\, Norway. As a dual Norwegian and US Citizen\, her in terest in world cultures has taken her to many exciting places\, including her return to Anchorage\, Alaska where she is the Royal Norwegian Honorar y Consul for Alaska and the President &\; CEO of the Alaska World Affai rs Council. Lise has a passion for sports\, music (including playing the piano)\, and participating in Ironman Triathlon Competitions.\nSpecial Gue st Introduction By\nGeneral Joseph Ralston (USAF\, Ret.) completed a disti nguished 37-year Air Force career in 2003 as Commander\, US European Comm and and Supreme Allied Commander Europe\, NATO. As NATO commander\, Genera l Ralston contributed to preserving the peace\, security and territorial i ntegrity of the NATO member nations while commanding approximately 65\,000 troops from 39 NATO and other nations participating in ongoing operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina\, Kosovo and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedo nia. He also led the efforts to integrate the three nations that were admi tted to NATO in 1999 and oversaw the process to invite seven nations to jo in NATO in 2002.\n\nAs head of the U.S. European Command\, he was responsi ble for all U.S. military activities in 89 countries and territories cover ing more than 13 million square miles of Europe\, Africa\, and the Middle East and involving the activities of all U.S. Army\, Navy\, Air Force\, an d Marine Corps forces operating within its area of responsibility. Ralston entered the U.S. Air Force in 1965 through the ROTC program. His career i n the Armed Services includes operational command at squadron\, wing\, num bered air force\, and major command\, as well as various influential staff and management positions at every level of the Air Force. Gen. Ralston is currently the Vice Chairman at The Cohen Group.\n\n\nWe understand that m any people are experiencing hardship due to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for our virtual pro grams. Please register below by selecting the level of support you are abl e to give.\n\nThis special event is only open to current AWAC members.\nIf you are currently a member\, Thank You for support the Alaska World Affai rs Council.              If you would like to become a member\, cl ick here to join. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/09/Princess-Reema.jpeg CATEGORIES:Events,Member Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:366@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201030T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201030T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064811Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/alaska-to-timbuktu-myth -and-reality-from-far-away-places-peter-chilson-ph-d/ SUMMARY:Alaska to Timbuktu: Myth and Reality From Far Away Places | Peter C hilson\, Ph.D. DESCRIPTION:Click here to watch the recording of this program.\n\n\nFrom he re to Timbuktu... we've all heard the phrase but how much do we really kno w about this legendary city? 30 years of travel in West Africa has left Dr . Peter Chilson with a wealth of insight on the area. Join AKWorld in a th rilling conversation about West African developments over the years and fi nd out how Timbuktu came to symbolize the blank spaces of our imagination. \n\n\n\nFeatured Speaker\nDr. Peter Chilson teaches writing and literature at Washington State University. He is the author of the travelogue Riding the Demon: On the Road in West Africa (University of Georgia Press\, 1999 )\, which won the Associated Writing Programs Award in nonfiction\, and th e story collection Disturbance-Loving Species: A Novella and Stories (Mari ner Books\, 2007)\, winner of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Bakeles s Fiction Prize and the Maria Thomas Fiction Prize. His essays\, journalis m\, and short stories have appeared in Foreign Policy\, the American Schol ar\, Gulf Coast\, High Country News\, Audubon\, and Ascent\, among other p ublications\, as well as twice in the Best American Travel Writing antholo gy.\n\nChilson first traveled to West Africa in 1985 as a volunteer in the Peace Corps\, teaching junior high school English in the village of Bouza \, Niger\, near the border with Nigeria. A longtime visitor to Mali as a t ravel writer and journalist\, he traveled to Mali in 2012 for the Foreign Policy-Pulitzer Center Borderlands project\, witnessing one of the tumultu ous year’s attempted coups in the capital of Bamako and becoming one of the few Western journalists to visit the country’s troubled northern hal f to see firsthand the effects of civil war and the new breakaway jihadist state.\n\nChilson’s e-book\, We Never Knew Exactly Where: Dispatches F rom the Lost Country of Mali\, came out in January 2013.  His forthcomi ng book\, Writing Abroad: A Guide for Travelers (co-written with Joanne B. Mulcahy)\, has just been published.\nJoined by guest\nEl Hadj Djitteye was born in Timbuktu\, in northern Mali\, in 1986 and is a member of one o f Timbuktu’s oldest families. As a teenager\, he worked for the city of Timbuktu as a cultural heritage expert for international visitors to the r egion and city Timbuktu. The city is one of the oldest and most important centers of West African culture and history. He speaks five languages\, in cluding his native Bambara\, Fulani\, Arabic\, French\, and English. He ho lds a Master’s degree in English from the University of Mali and is foun der and director of the Timbuktu Center for Peace. Hadj has twelve years e xperience working with youth movements and local governments in conflict z ones across the Sahel region of sub Saharan Africa\, particularly in his n ative Mali. He remained in Timbuktu during the year-long\, 2012-2013\, occ upation by the forces al Qaeda and then worked as a translator and public information assistant for the United Nations Peace Keeping Command in Timb uktu. He is an activist for peace and specializes in building civic leader ship and education programs. His experience has been widely recognized. Ha dj is a fellow of the Obama Foundation. He has helped lead One Young World leadership conferences and is a Mandela Washington Fellow. He holds a po stgraduate certificate in International Conflict Management from the Inter national Peace and Security Institute at American University’s School of International Service. Presently Hadj works at the British Embassy in Mal i\, where he is a program manager for the Conflict Stability and Security Fund of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.\n\n\n\nIn Partnershi p With\n\n\n\n\nWe understand that many people are experiencing hardship d ue to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what y ou can structure for our virtual programs. Please register below by selec ting the level of support you are able to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person programming will have a significant impact on the revenue that supports our work. If you would like to further support the Alaska W orld Affairs Council\, please consider becoming a member or making a donat ion. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/08/1-2.png CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:367@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201113T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201113T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064818Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/delivering-the-world-fe dex-and-anchorages-busy-cargo-hub-fedex-pilot-panel/ SUMMARY:Delivering the World: FedEx and Anchorage’s Busy Cargo Hub | FedE x Pilot Panel DESCRIPTION:Click here to watch the recording of this program.\nWhile the r est of the world shut down\, the demand for air cargo spiked. Join AKWorld as we sit down with a panel of FedEx pilots to find out what life is curr ently like traveling internationally as a cargo pilot: what difficulties a rise\, how the pandemic has changed the way they work\, and what really ha ppens behind the cockpit door.\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrea Snowden has been flying for FedEx Express since 2006.  She spent about 1 year a s a Flight Engineer in the B-727 before upgrading to the First Officer sea t and then moving to the MD-11 in 2010.  Prior to FedEx\, Andrea flew F- 15Es in the Air Force.  She was commissioned as an Air Force Officer in 1995 from the University of Minnesota.  Her hobbies include hiking\, ski ing and gardening.\n[clear]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Spencer Cecchi has been employed as a commercial pilot since 1984 and is a Certified Fli ght Instructor ASEL. Cecchi flew for a few different companies and finally became a pilot for FedEx Express in 1992. His initial assignment for FedE x was as a Boeing 727 Flight Engineer based in Oakland\, CA and he has bee n flying the MD-11 since 1997 based in Anchorage\, AK.  Cecchi became a C aptain on the “Mad-dog” in 2003. Through his career\, he has been able to travel the world\, see things and meet people that I never thought pos sible!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nJoe Weinberger has been a commercial pilot since 1980 and became a FedEx pilot in 2000 where he currently work s. After graduating from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University with a Bach elor's of Science Aviation Services in 1985 and graduating from United Sta tes Air Force pilot training in 1986\, he became a USAF F-15 pilot and lat er an Instructor pilot. Weinberger served as the Chief Air Sovereignty Ope rations\, HQ North American Aerospace Defence Command\, Peterson AFB Color ado from 1997-2000 and then served for the Alaska Air National Guard as a KC 135 pilot in Fairbanks\, Alaska until 2002. [clear]\n   Chris Carman\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn Partnership With\n\n\n\n\nWe understand that many peop le are experiencing hardship due to economic uncertainty. For this reason\ , we’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for our virtual programs.  Please register below by selecting the level of support you are able to gi ve.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person programming will have a sig nificant impact on the revenue that supports our work. If you would like t o further support the Alaska World Affairs Council\, please consider becom ing a member or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/09/FedEx_Boeing_777F_N858FD-e1600137478658.jpg CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:368@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201117T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201117T084500 DTSTAMP:20240108T064825Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/innovation-norway-alask a-breakfast-happy-hour-problems-and-solutions-north-of-the-60th-parallel/ SUMMARY:Innovation Norway Alaska Breakfast Happy Hour: Problems and Solutio ns North of the 60th Parallel | Panel DESCRIPTION:Click here to watch the recording of this program.\nJoin AKWorl d in partnership with the Norwegian Consulate General in San Francisco for a conversation on Arctic innovation with prominent Alaskan and Norweigan problem-solvers. A panel discussion with Sindre Bornstein\, Yxney Maritime \; Piper Wilder\, 60Hertz Microgrids\; Kristian Bye\, Innovation Norway\; and Isaac Vanderburg\, Launch Alaska. This program is a part of Alaska Sta rtupweek.\n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers:\nSindre Bornstein has a passion for in novation and sustainability and holds the role as Chief Commercial Officer in Yxney Maritime - a young company working towards a sustainable maritim e industry by using data driven solutions for emissions reduction. Before joining Yxney he worked in the Norwegian foreign service as a diplomat in San Francisco/Silicon Valley and in Guatemala\, and has a background from Statoil and Norsk Hydro working with business development both internation ally and on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Norwegian Business School\, BI.\n\nIsaac Vanderburg is the CEO of Launch Alaska and the fund manager for Launch Alaska Fund II — a $3m fund that invests directly in some of the accelerators' cohort companies. Isaac has worked with hundreds of early stage companies and ent repreneurs responding to Alaska’s food\, water\, transportation and ener gy challenges. His previous roles include State Director at the Alaska Sma ll Business Development Center and Operations Director for Chispa Group (n ow Afina Holdings) an import-export firm in Philadelphia that specializes in trade between the Delaware Valley and Chile. He completed the Energy Ex ecutive Leadership Program at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) in Golden\, CO as well the Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies progra m at Stanford. Vanderburg sits on the Board of Commonwealth North\, Greens tand.org\, SXSW Pitch\, and led the Energy &\; Energy Efficiency subcom mittee and the Carbon Pricing subcommittee of Alaska's Climate Action Lead ership Team under Governor Walker. In 2019 Isaac offered testimony on the role of Energy Innovation to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natur al Resources. He played four years of NCAA Division I soccer and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in El Salvador ('02).\n\nPiper Foster Wilder is the Founder and CEO of 60Hertz Microgrids. The company develops software t o maintain microgrids — from village infrastructure\, to ocean-going ves sels\, to resiliency microgrids on critical infrastructure. Foster Wilder came to Alaska to serve as Deputy Director of the Renewable Energy Alaska Project in Anchorage. There she became acquainted with the opportunity an d challenges of project development\, financing\, and maintenance of remot e power grids.Foster Wilder was previously the Vice President of Amatis Co ntrols\, an Internet of Things company. There\, she developed their therma l metering product line. During this time she was named in Aspen Magazine' s Ten Women of Aspen. Foster Wilder is a Humboldt Fellow and worked at Eco logic Institute in Berlin for several years and authored several papers on siting of utility-scale renewables. She lives in Anchorage with her husba nd and daughter. \n\n Kristian Bye is Director at Innovation Norway Sili con Valley. Innovation Norway contributes to sustainable growth and expor ts for Norwegian businesses through capital and expertise. Our offices abr oad support the most promising companies in their ambitions to scale in in ternational markets. Kristian Bye is director of Innovation Norway in Sili con Valley\, an office that collaborates closely with Sweden\, Denmark\, F inland and Iceland at the Nordic Innovation House. Kristian has 18 years e xperience from the Norwegian advertising industry\, has co-founded and exi ted from a successful solar light company and has supported over 200 start -ups as a mentor and business developer before joining Innovation Norway i n 2020.\nModerated By:\nBradley Pizzimenti is the Founder and CEO of Turn again Heavy Lift. Bradley got his start with computer hardware working for Sequent Systems during the time that it was acquired by IBM in 1999. He s pent two years developing and teaching computer science in French in Burki na Faso during his Peace Corps service. During his second year of graduat e school in Paris\, he won an entrepreneurship competition with friends at Sciences Po and was given the chance to help grow a young startup from id ea-stage in Berlin in the summer of 2013. He returned to his hometown of Portland\, Oregon to start Gennaker Systems\, a software consultancy\, bef ore relocating to Anchorage\, Alaska in 2018. He is a commercial drone pil ot and has conducted FAA part 107 commercial drone pilot training around A laska.\n\n\n\n\nWe understand that many people are experiencing hardship d ue to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what y ou can structure for our virtual programs. Please register below by selec ting the level of support you are able to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person programming will have a significant impact on the revenue that supports our work. If you would like to further support the Alaska W orld Affairs Council\, please consider becoming a member or making a donat ion. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/10/Untitled-design-3.png CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:369@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201119T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201119T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064900Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/north-star-the-first-de partment-of-the-air-force-arctic-strategy-panel/ SUMMARY:The Arctic: Geostrategic Keystone of U.S. Security | Air Force Secr etary Barrett\; Lt. Gen. Krumm\, Commander\, ALCOM\, 11AF\, Alaska Region NORAD\; and Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting\, Commander\, Space Operations Comman d DESCRIPTION:Click here to watch the recording of this program.\n\n\n\nThe D epartment of the Air Force’s senior leaders visit AKWorld as the US Depa rtment of Defense builds upon its strategy for the region released last ye ar. As the department with the largest presence in the Arctic\, from multi ple bases in Alaska to space domain awareness assets in Greenland\, the De partment of the Air Force has increasingly emphasized the geostrategic sig nificance of the Arctic and its services’ crucial role for defense and s ecurity in the region.\n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers\nBarbara M. Barrett\, as t he 25th Secretary of the Air Force\, leads the Department of the Air Force \, comprised of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. She is responsibl e for organizing\, training\, and equipping Air and Space Forces and for t he welfare of 695\,000 active duty\, Guard\, Reserve\, and civilian Airmen and Space Professionals and their families. As the Department’s senior leader overseeing an annual budget of more than $205 billion\, Secretary B arrett directs strategy\, policy\, acquisitions\, technology\, personnel\, and risk management. She implements decisions of the President and Congre ss and fulfills Combatant Commanders’ operational requirements.\n\nLt. G en. David A. Krumm is the Commander\, Alaskan Command\, United States Nort hern Command\; Commander\, Eleventh Air Force\, Pacific Air Forces\; and C ommander\, North American Aerospace Defense Command Region\, North America n Aerospace Defense Command\, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson\, Alaska. He is the senior military officer in Alaska\, responsible for the integratio n of all military activities in the Alaskan joint operations area\, synchr onizing the activities of more than 21\,000 active-duty and reserve forces from all services. As Commander of the Alaskan Region of the North Americ an Aerospace Defense Command\, Lt. Gen. Krumm directs operations to ensure effective surveillance\, monitoring and defense of the region’s airspac e. He is also responsible for the planning and execution of all homeland d efense operations within the area of responsibility\, including security a nd civil support actions. Lt. Gen. Krumm also commands Eleventh Air Force\ , overseeing the training and readiness of five wings and Air Force instal lations located in Alaska\, Hawaii\, and Guam.\n\nLt. Gen. Stephen N. Whit ing is Commander\, Space Operations Command\, Peterson Air Force Base\, Co lorado. Space Operations Command is a Field Command of the U.S. Space For ce\, comprising thousands of Space Professionals and Airmen worldwide. As Commander\, Lt. Gen Whiting leads the preparation\, generation\, and susta inment of combat-ready intelligence\, cyber\, space and combat support for ces and serves as the U.S. Space Force Service Component to U.S. Space Com mand. Lt. Gen. Whiting is a 1989 distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air F orce Academy with a degree in aeronautical engineering. He is a space oper ations officer and has commanded the 13th Space Warning Squadron\; the 614 th Air and Space Operations Center and Joint Space Operations Center\; the 21st Space Wing\; and the Combined Force Space Component Command and 14th Air Force.\n\n[clear]\n\n\n\nAmbassador Paula J. Dobriansky is a foreign policy expert and former diplomat specializing in national security affair s.  She is a Senior Fellow in the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard University’s JFK Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and is Vice Chair of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security (Atlantic Council).     \n\nFrom 2001-2009\, Ambassador Dobriansky served as U nder Secretary of State for Global Affairs and In February 2007\, as the P resident's Envoy to Northern Ireland\, she received the Secretary of State ’s highest honor\, the Distinguished Service Medal\, for her contributio n to the historic devolution of power in Belfast. During her more than 25 years in national security affairs\, she has held many Senate-confirmed an d senior level positions in the U.S. Government including Director of Euro pean and Soviet Affairs at the National Security Council\, the White House \, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian A ffairs\, Deputy Head of the U.S. Delegation to the 1990 Copenhagen Confere nce on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and Associate Director fo r Policy and Programs at the United States Information Agency.  \n\nA me mber of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Diplo macy\, Ambassador Dobriansky serves on the Defense Policy Board and the Se cretary of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board.  She received a B.S.F. S. summa cum laude in International Politics from Georgetown University Sc hool of Foreign Service and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Soviet political/military affairs from Harvard University.  \n\n\n\nThank you to our generous even t sponsors:\nTitle Sponsor\n \n\nSupporting Sponsor\n\nTo learn more about sponsorship opportunities\, please email Operations Director\, Siobhan Ch oi\, at siobhan.choi@alaskaworldaffairs.org.\n\n\n\n\nWe understand that m any people are experiencing hardship due to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for our virtual pro grams. Please register below by selecting the level of support you are ab le to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person programming will ha ve a significant impact on the revenue that supports our work. If you woul d like to further support the Alaska World Affairs Council\, please consid er becoming a member or making a donation.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/10/1.png CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:370@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201204T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201204T093000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064908Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/special-members-only-co ffee-chat-the-dance-of-peace-south-korea-and-alaska-reducing-tensions-and- prompting-peace/ SUMMARY:Special Members-Only Coffee Chat | The Dance of Peace: South Korea and Alaska Reducing Tensions and Prompting Peace DESCRIPTION:This special Coffee Chat is only open to current AWAC members.\ nIf you are currently a member\, Thank You for support the Alaska World Af fairs Council.\n\n\n If you would like to become a member\, click here t o join.\n If you have questions about your membership status\, please ema il Siobhan Choi at siobhan.choi@alaskaworldaffairs.org.\n\n\n\n\n\nPrior t o our virtual lunch program\, we invite members of the Alaska World Affair s Council and Juneau World Affairs Council to attend an intimate virtual c offee chat with our speakers from the U.S. Department of the State\, the S outh Korea Embassy\, and the Korean Economic Institute of America.\n\nThis program is in partnership with the Korea Economic Institute of America a s a part of the WACA Engage America Series.\n\n\n\nSpeakers\nWe will be ho sting a trio of experts - from the U.S. Department of State\, the South K orea Embassy\, and KEI - in this deep dive into politics\, trade\, and dip lomacy. Check back later for more information as we confirm speakers for t his program.\n\n\n\nIn Partnership With\n              \n\n\n\nWe understand that many people are experiencing hardship due to economic unce rtainty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can structure fo r our virtual programs. Please register below by selecting the level of s upport you are able to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person pr ogramming will have a significant impact on the revenue that supports our work. If you would like to further support the Alaska World Affairs Counci l\, please consider becoming a member or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/09/Untitled-design-2.png CATEGORIES:Events,Member Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:371@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20201204T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064927Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-dance-of-peace-sout h-korea-and-alaska-reducing-tensions-and-prompting-peace/ SUMMARY:The Dance of Peace: South Korea and Alaska Reducing Tensions and Pr ompting Peace DESCRIPTION:Click here to watch the recording of this program.\n\n\nJoin AK World for a critical conversation focusing on the diplomatic\, political\ , economic\, and cultural circumstances on the Korean Peninsula\, as well as broadening and deepening understanding of the U.S.-Korea relations. Fro m a decades-old military alliance to deep economic ties and a large and vi brant Korean-American community\, the linkages between the United States a nd the Korean Peninsula remain as important as ever.\n\nThis program is in partnership with the Korea Economic Institute of America as a part of th e WACA Engage America Series.\n\n\n\nSpeakers\nWe will be hosting a trio o f experts - from the U.S. Department of State\, the South Korea Embassy\, and KEI - in this deep dive into politics\, trade\, and diplomacy.\n\nAng ela Kerwin\, Director - Office of Korean Affairs\, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs\, U.S. Department of State. Angela Kerwin is a caree r member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service. She assumed her current posi tion as the Director of the Office of Korean Affairs at the U.S. Departme nt of State in July 2019. Immediately prior\, Ms. Kerwin served as the Co nsul General and Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs at U.S. Embassy  Seoul. Ms. Kerwin’s previous overseas postings include two tours in Mexi co\, one as Principal Officer of the U.S. Consulate General Matamoros\, a nd her first tour in Mexico City. She also served as Visa Chief at U.S. E mbassy Bogota\, Colombia\, and in consular and political roles in India a nd the Dominican Republic. Within the State Department\, Angela served as an analyst in the Executive Office of the Bureau of Consular Affairs. Ms . Kerwin earned a Juris Doctor from The Dickinson School of Law and a Mas ter's degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. Her und ergraduate degree in Life Sciences is from Penn State.\n\nAngela received numerous awards during her State Department career including the Barbara M. Watson award for Consular Excellence and multiple Superior Honor award s. Prior to joining the State Department\, Angela practiced law in Pennsy lvania. She is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer\, who served two years in  the Kingdom of Tonga. Ms. Kerwin has a 14-year old son\, Lucas\, who hel ps her hone her negotiation skills on a daily basis.\n\n\nKyle Ferrier\, KEI Fellow and Director of Academic Affairs. Kyle Ferrier joined KEI as Fellow and Director of Academic Affairs in 2015. He is charged with managi ng KEI’s efforts to foster collaboration between the academic and policy communities.\nMr. Ferrier writes on U.S.-Korea relations\, South Korean f oreign affairs\, South Korean domestic and international economic policy\, and the political economy of the Asia-Pacific. He has been quoted in nume rous media outlets\, including the Wall Street Journal and U.S. News &\ ; World Report\, and is a regular contributor to KEI’s blog\, The Penins ula\, and The Diplomat.\n\nPrior to joining KEI\, Mr. Ferrier worked for t he Bank of New York Mellon and was a Program Assistant in the Bureau of Po pulation\, Refugees\, and Migration at the U.S. State Department. He was a lso a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant for the 2011-2012 grant year in Naju\, South Korea. During his time in Korea\, he led his students in a U .S. embassy-sponsored youth diplomacy program in Seoul\, volunteered with North Korean escapees\, and completed a Korean language course at Seogang University. He has held internships at the Korea Institute for National Un ification\, U.S. State Department\, U.S. Department of Commerce\, and with Senator Charles Schumer at the height of the 2008 financial crisis.\n\nMr . Ferrier holds an MSc in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in Economics and Government and Internation al Politics from George Mason University.\n\nMs. Sung-eun Kim is a Korean diplomat currently serving as a Public Diplomacy Counselor at the Embassy of Republic of Korea in Washington\, DC. Prior to her current position\, M s. Kim served as the Director of the Nuclear Affairs Division at the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\n\n\n\nIn Partnership With\n              \n\n\n\nWe understand that many people are experiencing hards hip due to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay w hat you can structure for our virtual programs. Please register below by selecting the level of support you are able to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspen sion of our in-person programming will have a significant impact on the re venue that supports our work. If you would like to further support the Ala ska World Affairs Council\, please consider becoming a member or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/09/Untitled-design-2.png CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:372@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210115T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210115T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064935Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/alaska-native-perspecti ves-of-an-evolving-arctic-environment-sarah-aarons/ SUMMARY:Alaska Native Perspectives of an Evolving Arctic Environment | Sara h Aarons DESCRIPTION:Click here to watch the recording of this program.\n\n\nJoin AK World for this discussion of climate\, security\, economic opportunity\, s cience\, resilience and other implications of a changing Arctic. Whether y ou are in Florida\, California\, Alaska\, or another state in-between\, you have experienced significant weather changes amplified by a rapidly ch anging Arctic. Come\, listen\, and join the conversation with two Alaska N ative women who have first hand knowledge and understanding of this import ant issue for Alaska\, the United States\, and the World.\n\n\n\nSpeaker\n Professor Sarah Aarons is an Alaska Native (Iñupiaq) Earth Scientist born in Dillingham and raised in Anchorage\, Alaska. Her maternal family is f rom the village of Unalakleet\, located on the coast of the Norton Sound close to the Bering Strait. The village itself is particularly vulnerable to fluctuations in sea level\, storm surges\, and rapid freeze-thaw condi tions. Her background and lived experiences in Alaska led to a close rela tionship with natural resources\, as she and members of her family and co mmunity are experiencing how climate change in the Arctic is altering wea ther\, the environment\, and ecosystems. This was a driving force that led  her to focus on paleoclimate and climate change as an Earth Scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.\nModerator\nGail Anagick Schubert  is the President &\; CEO of Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) \, an Alaska Native regional corporation serving seventeen villages in th e Bering Strait region. Gail is an original shareholder of BSNC and the U nalakleet Native Corporation. She is Inupiaq Eskimo and was born and rais ed in Unalakleet\, Alaska. Gail serves on the boards of the Alaska Federat ion of Natives\, Alaska Native Justice Center\, ANCSA Regional Association \, Commonwealth North\, the Iditarod and the Native American Contractors A ssociation. She has served on the BSNC Board of Directors since 1992. Gai l earned her undergraduate degree from Stanford University\, an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management\, and her law degree from the Cornell Law School. Gail is an ATHENA society member\, YWCA Woma n of Achievement awardee\, and a 2014 recipient of the Northwest Indian B ar Association’s Unsung Hero Award.\n\n\n\nIn Partnership With\n\n\n\n\ nWe understand that many people are experiencing hardship due to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can structur e for our virtual programs. Please register below by selecting the level of support you are able to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-perso n programming will have a significant impact on the revenue that supports our work. If you would like to further support the Alaska World Affairs Co uncil\, please consider becoming a member or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2020/08/1.png CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:373@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210203T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210203T183000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064941Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/academic-student-worldq uest-competition/ SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Student Competition DESCRIPTION:\nCalling all high school students to join us for our first eve r\, all virtual edition of Academic WorldQuest Student Competition! This f ree event is a fun\, fast-paced competition that tests students’ knowled ge of current events\, international relations\, world history\, and globa l cultures. This year\, the top three winning teams will get the opportuni ty to advance to The World Affairs Council of America’s national competi tion in April. The winning team or individual will also receive a $400 cas h prize and second place will win $100!\n\nThe game consists of 5 rounds o f 10 questions drawn from sources found in the official study guide releas ed by the World Affairs Council of America. Read more about AWQ here.\nWho Can Play\nAll Alaskan high school students in grades 9-12 are welcome to join this competition. Students can compete individually or as team of up to 4 students. Thanks to the generous support of our donors\, registration is free for all students.\nProgram Details\n\n Teams (comprising of 1-4 students) must register their intent to participate by submitting an appli cation online. Registration closes February 1st at 5pm.\n Two devices are recommended to participate in this event. We will set up Zoom breakout ro oms for teams to discuss the questions before submitting their team answer . You will want one device to access the Zoom live event\, and a second de vice to submit your answers on the trivia platform\, CrowdPurr. Don’t wo rry\, we will have a practice round to get familiar with the technology!\n \n If you do not have access to a second device\, please contact Operatio ns Director\, Siobhan Choi\, siobhan.choi@alaskaworldaffairs.org.\n\n\n L et’s all have fun and play fair! Proctors will bounce around team breako ut rooms to provide team accountability.\n\nRegister for Academic WorldQue st Student Competition\n\n\n\n2021 WorldQuest Topics\n\n Global Protests\ n Shifting Sands: The Arab Spring 10 Years On\n International Labour Org anization (ILO)\n The U.S. Foreign Service in the 21st Century\n Country in Focus: Uzbekistan\n Exploring Peace in a World of Conflict\n Fraying Alliances\n Looking to a Post-Pandemic Economy\n Current Events\n\nStud y Tips\n\n Use the official AWQ Study Guide to study!\n Divide and conqu er the material amongst your teammates.\n Keep up-to-date on current even ts from around the world.\n Review the Academic WorldQuest guidelines and study materials.\n Read the articles listed in the study materials.\n\n\ n\n\nThank you to our generous sponsors for 2021 AWQ\n    \nInterested in becoming a featured sponsor?\nPlease contact Operations Director\, Siob han Choi\, siobhan.choi@alaskaworldaffairs.org. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/01/Academic-WorldQuest-logo.jpg CATEGORIES:Events,WorldQuest END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:374@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210226T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210226T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T064948Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/russian-oil-in-the-far- north-culture-companies-and-climate-dr-doug-rogers/ SUMMARY:Russian Oil in the Far North: Culture\, Companies\, and Climate | D r. Doug Rogers DESCRIPTION:\n\nRussia's twenty-first century oil boom has had enormous imp lications for Russian global-politics and economics. Less frequently noted are the transformations that oil has brought to the cultural sphere in Ru ssia. Join AKWorld and Dr. Doug Rogers to learn about some of these chang es\, using examples ranging from small\, rural folklore ensembles to major national spectacles. Russian oil culture\, it turns out\, is both surpris ingly similar to and yet quite different from oil culture in other oil-pro ducing countries around the world.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\nDr. Douglas Rogers i s Professor of Anthropology and Faculty Director of the Program in Russi an\, East European\, and Eurasian Studies at Yale University. His research and teaching interests in political and economic anthropology\; natural r esources (especially oil) and energy\; corporations\; the anthropology of religion and ethics\; historical anthropology\; and socialist societies an d their postsocialist trajectories. His archival and ethnographic research in Russia has led to two award-winning books: The Old Faith and the Russ ian Land: A Historical Ethnography of Ethics in the Urals (Cornell\, 2009 ) and The Depths of Russia: Oil\, Power\, and Culture After Socialism (C ornell\, 2015).\nRogers is currently working on two projects. The first\,  Eating Oil: Energy and Life in and after the Cold War\, is about the his tory and present-day reverberations of petroleum science in the Soviet Uni on\, the United States\, and Europe\, including oil-into-food (“petropro tein”) programs\; oil- and methane-eating bacteria\; hydrocarbon  micro biology and biotechnology more broadly\; and debates about oil’s biogeni c and/or abiogenic origins. The second is a study of the history\, theory\ , and practice of the Russian and Soviet corporation.\nRogers received his B.A. from Middlebury College\, an M.Phil. in Social and Cultural Anthropo logy from Oxford University\, and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the Univers ity of Michigan. His research has been supported by the Social Science Res earch Council\, the National Science Foundation\, the National Council on Eurasian and East European Research\, the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington\, D.C.\, the Radcli ffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University\, and other organiz ations. See more about Doug on his website here.\n\nJoined by guest:\nVeli -Pekka Tynkkynen is a Professor in Russian Environmental Studies at the Al eksanteri Institute\, Finnish Centre for Russian and Eastern European Stu dies at the University of Helsinki. He is also a Docent (Adjunct Profess or) at the Finnish National Defence University in the field of Russia’s energy and natural-resource policy. In 2011-2017\, he was a professor in Russian Energy Policy at the Aleksanteri Institute.\n\nHe has led several academic research projects with wide international collaboration funded by the Academy of Finland\, the Prime Minister’s Office\, Nordic Council of Ministers and Kone Foundation. He leads the Research Group on the Rus sian Environment that consists of dozen researchers focusing on energy an d environmental policies\; urban and regional planning\; energy security\ ; political power and culture in Russia.\n\nHe outlines his multidisciplin ary take on Russia in his book “The Energy of Russia. Hydrocarbon Cultu re and Climate Change” (Edward Elgar\, 2019). He has published during h is 20-year career over 70 academic articles\, edited and authored 10 books \, as well as written more than dozen op-ed papers to popularize his rese arch findings. Professor Tynkkynen is an experienced speaker with a wide track-record in giving lectures and courses at European and Russian unive rsities. He has delivered tens of public talks\, is frequently giving exp ert statements for authorities as well as is an oft-asked commentator at media.\n\n\n\nWe understand that many people are experiencing hardship due to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for our virtual programs. Please register below by selecti ng the level of support you are able to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person programming will have a significant impact on the revenue t hat supports our work. If you would like to further support the Alaska Wor ld Affairs Council\, please consider becoming a member or making a donatio n.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/01/Untitled-design-1.png CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:375@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210322T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210322T124500 DTSTAMP:20240108T064959Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/understanding-the-china -us-summit-in-alaska-mark-magnier/ SUMMARY:Understanding the U.S.-China summit in Alaska | Mark Magnier DESCRIPTION:Click here to watch the recording of this program.\nJoin AKWorl d and Mark Magnier for a timely conversation on U.S.-China relations follo wing the first in-person meeting between the countries under the Biden Adm inistration. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and White House national se curity adviser Jake Sullivan will meet with China’s most senior foreign policy official\, Yang Jiechi\, and Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi on Th ursday\, March 18\, in Anchorage. Magnier\, a US correspondent for South C hina Morning Post\, will be in Alaska covering this story and taking time to answer any questions Alaskans have following this important summit.\n\n \n\nSpeaker\n\nMark Magnier is a US correspondent for South China Morning Post based in Washington\, DC. Before joining the Post\, Magnier was poste d in Beijing\, Tokyo and New Delhi for more than two decades with the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times where he covered these three Asi an giants\, in addition to various crisis reporting assignments in the Gaz a and West Bank\, Sichuan earthquake\, 2004-05 Asian tsunami\, Afghanistan \, Pakistan and 2004 Iraq War. Along the way\, he camped under Saddam Huss ain’s bridges and slept in abandoned East Timor nunneries.\n\nModerated by Lise Falskow\, AKWorld CEO. \n\n\n\nWe understand that many people ar e experiencing hardship due to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we ’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for our virtual programs. Pl ease register below by selecting the level of support you are able to give .\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person programming will have a signi ficant impact on the revenue that supports our work. If you would like to further support the Alaska World Affairs Council\, please consider becomi ng a member or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/03/Copy-of-Untitled-4.png CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:376@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210326T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210326T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T065007Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-widening-gap-income -inequality-during-the-pandemic-jason-scott-smith/ SUMMARY:The Widening Gap: Income Inequality During the Pandemic | Jason Sco tt Smith DESCRIPTION:Click here to watch the recording of this program.\n\n\nThe COV ID-19 pandemic has quickly widened income equality which had already been on the rise in the United States since the early 1970s. While ordinary peo ple are suffering from the economic impacts of the pandemic\, billionaires have continued to expand their fortunes. Join AKWorld in this conversatio n with Professor Jason Scott Smith to learn more about income inequality a nd the lasting impacts we will see following the pandemic. \n\n\n\n\nSpeak er\nJason Scott Smith has taught courses on modern American history\, the Great Depression\, and the history of capitalism since joining the faculty in 2006.  He is the author of Building New Deal Liberalism: The Politic al Economy of Public Works\, 1933-1956 and A Concise History of the New Deal\, both published by Cambridge University Press.  A specialist in the history of capitalism and political economy\, Smith’s research and teac hing range from the nineteenth century through the global financial crisis of 2008.  Before coming to UNM\, he held fellowships at the Harvard Busi ness School\, where he was the Harvard-Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellow in Bus iness History\, and at Cornell University\, where he served for two years as a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in American Studies and visiting assistant professor of history and government.  In 2017\, Smith received a Fulbrig ht U.S. Scholar Award and was named the Mary Ball Washington Chair in Ame rican History at University College Dublin\, Ireland.  He completed his P h.D. at the University of California\, Berkeley.\n\n\n\nWe understand that many people are experiencing hardship due to economic uncertainty. For t his reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for our virtua l programs. Please register below by selecting the level of support you a re able to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person programming wi ll have a significant impact on the revenue that supports our work. If you would like to further support the Alaska World Affairs Council\, please c onsider becoming a member or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/01/Untitled-design-3.png CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:377@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210407T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210407T183000 DTSTAMP:20240108T065014Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/international-speed-men toring-virtual-edition/ SUMMARY:International Speed Mentoring: Virtual Edition DESCRIPTION:The Alaska World Affairs Council and the Anchorage School Distr ict have teamed up to offer a jump start to high school students consideri ng international options in their post-secondary journeys. Students will r otate through mentoring sessions with professionals from a wide spectrum o f industries with international scope. Check out the success of our 2020 S peed Mentoring event.\nStudents will have the opportunity to speak with hi gh-level mentors with experience in a variety of fields. Previous mentors have included lawyers\, judges\, architects\, medical professionals\, oil and gas professionals\, diplomats\, presidents\, CEOs\, economists\, profe ssors\, non-profits professionals and many more. Keep checking back to fin d out more about the mentors attending this year's event!\nRegister Now fo r Speed Mentoring\nInterested in becoming a Mentor? Apply now!\n\n\n\nDeta ils &\; Schedule (Subject to Change):\n\n This year's Speed Mentoring event will be hosted virtually and is open to high school students grades 9-12.\n Students will rotate through mini mentoring sessions with mentors from a wide spectrum of industries with international scope.\n Students will be matched with mentors representing the areas of interest they indic ate on the student registration form.\n\n\n\n\nInterested in becoming a fe atured sponsor for the 2021 Speed Mentoring event? Contact Operations Dire ctor\, Siobhan Choi\, siobhan.choi@alaskaworldaffairs.org. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/01/2018-SpeedMentoring-graphic-e1518719850925.jpg CATEGORIES:Events,Special Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:378@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210415T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210415T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T065021Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/from-portugal-to-norway -the-future-of-oil-and-gas/ SUMMARY:From Portugal to Norway: The Future of Oil and Gas DESCRIPTION:Click here to watch the recording of this program.\n\n\nAs publ ic awareness of climate change grows\, fossil fuel companies are rushing t o adapt to more sustainable business models to meet investor-demands. Join us for this important conversation as we talk about global energy and tra nsitioning to a more sustainable energy future.\n\n\n\nSpeaker\n\n\nThore E. Kristiansen is the COO at Galp Energia\, Portugal’s oil and natural g as integrated operator. Galp’s activities span from exploration and pro duction of oil and natural gas to refining and marketing oil products\, na tural gas marketing and sales and power generation. Galp Energia E&\;P activities are expanding strongly worldwide and are predominantly located in Brazil\, Angola and Mozambique.\n\nPreviously\, Mr. Kristiansen has ser ved in a wide range of key international leadership positions for Statoil ASA\, one of the world’s leading energy suppliers and deep water operato rs.\n\nAs Statoil’s Senior Vice President for Development and Production in South America and President for Statoil Brazil\, Mr. Kristiansen was r esponsible for one of Statoil’s largest offshore operatorship outside No rway. Kristiansen’s key objectives were to maximize production in a safe and efficient manner\, develop new projects\, optimize portfolio and secu re new business development opportunities for Statoil in the region.\n\nMr . Kristiansen’s previous company experience includes Senior Vice Preside nt for Development and Production in South America and Sub-Sahara Africa\, President of Statoil Venezuela\, Head of US Investor Relations\, Vice Pre sident and Head of Corporate M&\;A and President of Statoil Deutschland GmbH.\n\nHis assignments for Statoil have provided Mr. Kristiansen with a valued opportunity to live and work in a variety of countries and culture s\, including Brazil\, Venezuela\, Denmark\, the U.K.\, the U.S.\, Germany and Norway. Mr. Kristiansen earned his Master of Science degree in Petrol eum Engineering from the Stavanger University and his business degree from The Norwegian School of Management.\n\n\n\nWe understand that many people are experiencing hardship due to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for our virtual programs. Pl ease register below by selecting the level of support you are able to give .\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person programming will have a signi ficant impact on the revenue that supports our work. If you would like to further support the Alaska World Affairs Council\, please consider becomin g a member or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/01/2.png CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:379@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210430T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210430T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T065029Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-wake-up-call-why-th e-pandemic-has-exposed-the-weakness-of-the-west-and-how-to-fix-it/ SUMMARY:The Wake-Up Call: Why the Pandemic Has Exposed the Weakness of the West\, and How to Fix It | Adrian Wooldridge DESCRIPTION:Click here to watch the recording of this program.\n\n\nThe Eco nomist Journalist and Editor and author of The Wake-Up Call: Why the Pande mic Has Exposed the Weakness of the West\, Adrian Wooldridge argues that authoritarian East Asian governments have outperformed Western governments in their response to the stress test of the COVID-19 pandemic and\, as a result\, has left the West weaker and Asia stronger.\n\nJoin AKWorld and A drian Wooldridge to explore the challenges that Western nations have faced while confronting the pandemic and learn how we can better prepare for fu ture crises.\n\n\n\nSpeaker\nAdrian Wooldridge is The Economist‘s politi cal editor and writes the Bagehot column\; an analysis of British life and politics\, in the tradition of Walter Bagehot\, editor of The Economist f rom 1861-77. Adrian also used to write the Schumpeter column on business\, finance and management. He was previously based in Washington\, DC\, as t he Washington bureau chief where he also wrote the Lexington column. Prior to his role in Washington\, he has been The Economist‘s West Coast corr espondent\, management correspondent and Britain correspondent. He is  th e co-author of “The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea”\ , “A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalisation ”\, “Witch Doctors”\, a critical examination of management theory\, and “The Right Nation”\, a study of conservatism in America.  His mos t recent books are “The Great Disruption: How Business Is Coping With Tu rbulent Times (2015) and “Masters of Management: How the Business Gurus and their Ideas have Changed the World—for Better and for Worse” (2011 ).\n\n\n\nWe understand that many people are experiencing hardship due to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for our virtual programs. Please register below by selecting t he level of support you are able to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person programming will have a significant impact on the revenue that supports our work. If you would like to further support the Alaska World A ffairs Council\, please consider becoming a member or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/02/Copy-of-Untitled-2.png CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:380@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210507T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210507T093000 DTSTAMP:20240108T065036Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/special-members-only-co ffee-chat-with-mr-alonzo-fulgham/ SUMMARY:Special Members-Only Coffee Chat with Mr. Alonzo Fulgham DESCRIPTION:THIS SPECIAL COFFEE CHAT IS ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT AKWORLD &\; JUNEAU WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL MEMBERS.\nIf you are currently a member\, Th ank You for supporting the Alaska World Affairs Council.\n\n If you would like to become a member\, click here to join.\n If you have questions a bout your membership status\, please email Siobhan Choi at siobhan.choi@al askaworldaffairs.org.\n\n\n\nPrior to our virtual lunch program\, we invit e members of the Alaska World Affairs Council and Juneau World Affairs Cou ncil to attend an intimate virtual coffee chat with our speaker from the T he American Academy of Diplomacy.\n\nThis program is in partnership with t he The American Academy of Diplomacy as a part of the WACA Engage America Series.\n\n\n\nIN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n              \n\n\n\nWe unde rstand that many people are experiencing hardship due to economic uncertai nty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for ou r virtual programs. Please register below by selecting the level of suppo rt you are able to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person progra mming will have a significant impact on the revenue that supports our work . If you would like to further support the Alaska World Affairs Council\, please consider becoming a member or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/04/1.png CATEGORIES:Events,Member Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:381@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210507T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210507T123000 DTSTAMP:20240108T065042Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-value-of-water-inve sting-in-water-infrastructure-for-climate-adaptation-alonzo-fulgham/ SUMMARY:The Value of Water: Investing in Water Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation | Alonzo Fulgham DESCRIPTION:\n\nToday\, 1.42 billion people – including 450 million child ren – live in areas of high or extremely high water vulnerability (UNICE F\, 2021). Addressing water issues is\, therefore\, key to adapting to cl imate change and reducing the negative impacts of water-related disasters. Join us for a conversation with Alonzo Fulgham to explore how investing i n water infrastructure can increase our societies’ resilience.\n\nThis p rogram is brought to you in partnership with The American Academy of Diplo macy and the World Affairs Council of America.\n\n\n\nSpeaker\n\nAlonzo L. Fulgham is a seasoned International Development Policy\, Planning\, and O perations Executive with a wealth of experience in managing organizations and programs with budgets in excess of $15 billion. His mature skills in c onstructing corporate vision and cultivating strategic partnerships\, comb ined with decades of high level practice in operational planning\, policy development\, complex negotiations\, and change management have combined t o make me an executive leader who excels in fast-paced\, high pressure env ironments. Mr. Fulgham is well able to execute complex operations in cultu rally diverse and challenging settings. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in bus iness and economics from Fisk University and a Master of Arts from the Nat ional Defense University. Read more about Mr. Fulgham here.\n\n\n\nWe unde rstand that many people are experiencing hardship due to economic uncertai nty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for ou r virtual programs. Please register below by selecting the level of suppo rt you are able to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person progra mming will have a significant impact on the revenue that supports our work . If you would like to further support the Alaska World Affairs Council\, please consider becoming a member or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/04/2.png CATEGORIES:Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:382@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210615T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210615T163000 DTSTAMP:20240108T065050Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/great-decisions-lecture -series-struggles-over-the-melting-arctic-partnership-with-irc/ SUMMARY:Great Decisions Lecture Series: Struggles Over the Melting Arctic | Partnership with IRC DESCRIPTION:U.S. President Donald Trump left many scratching their heads wh en it was rumored that he was looking to purchase the large island nation of Greenland from Denmark. While any potential deal seems highly unlikely\ , the event shows the changing opinion within the U.S. government toward e ngagement with the Arctic region. Because of climate change\, large sheets of arctic ice are melting\, exposing vast stores of natural gas and oil. With Russia and China already miles ahead with their Arctic strategies\, c an the U.S. catch up?\nRegister for program\n\n\n\nFeatured Speaker\nHeath er A. Conley is senior vice president for Europe\, Eurasia\, and the Arcti c and director of the Europe\, Russia\, and Eurasia Program at CSIS. Prior to joining CSIS as a senior fellow and director for Europe in 2009\, Conl ey served four years as executive director of the Office of the Chairman o f the Board at the American National Red Cross. From 2001 to 2005\, she wa s deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasi an Affairs with responsibilities for U.S. bilateral relations with the cou ntries of Northern and Central Europe. From 1994 to 2001\, she was a senio r associate with an international consulting firm led by former U.S. deput y secretary of state Richard L. Armitage.\n\nMs. Conley began her career i n the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs at the U.S. Department of State . She was selected to serve as special assistant to the coordinator of U.S . assistance to the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union\, and she has received two State Department Meritorious Honor Awards. Ms. Co nley is frequently featured as a foreign policy analyst and Europe expert on CNN\, MSNBC\, BBC\, NPR\, and PBS\, among other prominent media outlets . She received her B.A. in international studies from West Virginia Wesley an College and her M.A. in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).\nModerator\nLi se Kristiansen (formerly Falskow) was born and raised in Alaska and holds a degree in Economics and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College. She w orked as a CPA in Seattle\, Washington and Zurich\, Switzerland. She then helped establish a Financial Analyst Group for the Energy Division of a ma jor oil company in Oslo\, Norway. As a dual Norwegian and US Citizen\, her interest in world cultures has taken her to many exciting places\, includ ing her return to Anchorage\, Alaska where she is the Royal Norwegian Hono rary Consul for Alaska. Lise is a member of the Anchorage Chamber of Comme rce Athena Society and was named one of Anchorage's Top 40 Under 40. With close ties to the local community\, she was recently appointed as the Hono rary Commander of the F-22 fighter unit\, known as the Dicemen. Lise has a passion for sports\, music (including playing the piano)\, and has partic ipated in 6 Ironman Triathlons.\n\n\n\nThis program is presented in partne rship with the International Relations Council (IRC)\, which offers a ra nge of programs to grow your global perspective and introduce you to inter national connections within and beyond the Kansas City community. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/05/Untitled-design-7.png CATEGORIES:Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:325@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210810T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210810T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T064845Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ambassadors-unplugged-s eries-ambassador-andre-haspels/ SUMMARY:Ambassadors Unplugged Series | Ambassador André Haspels DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin us for an interactive conversation with Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United States\, André Haspels.  Ha spels grew up in Uithoorn in the province of Noord-Holland. His father was a flower trader who imported flowers from all over the word\, including f erns from Florida. Since he was a young boy\, Haspels has always seen flow ers\, and that’s how he learned about agriculture and trade.\n\nHaspels studied politics at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. In 1987\, he join ed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, where he served in many capacities. I n 1997\, he became head of the Political Department at the embassy in Sout h Africa (Pretoria)\, where he was involved in the cooperation between the two nations\, among others in the setup of the South African Truth and Re conciliation Commission.\n\nHe later served as ambassador in Vietnam and S outh Africa and most recently as director general of political affairs in the Hague.\n\n\n\nModerated by\nGreg Wolf is the Executive Director of Wo rld Trade Center Alaska\, a private\, non-profit organization whose missio n is to assist Alaskans in competing successfully for trade and investment in the global market place. He has held this position since December 2002 . World Trade Center Alaska is a membership organization whose membership consists of more than 100 companies and individuals involved directly or i ndirectly with international trade and business.\n\nLise Kristiansen (form erly Falskow) was born and raised in Alaska and holds a degree in Economi cs and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College. She worked as a CPA in S eattle\, Washington and Zurich\, Switzerland. She then helped establish a Financial Analyst Group for the Energy Division of a major oil company in Oslo\, Norway. As a dual Norwegian and US Citizen\, her interest in world cultures has taken her to many exciting places\, including her return to A nchorage\, Alaska where she is the Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul for Ala ska. Lise is a member of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Athena Society and was named one of Anchorage’s Top 40 Under 40. With close ties to the local community\, she was recently appointed as the Honorary Commander of the F-22 fighter unit\, known as the Dicemen.  Lise has a passion for sp orts\, music (including playing the piano)\, and has participated in 6 Iro nman Triathlons.\n\n\n\nThis program is a part of the Evangeline Atwood Di stinguished Speakers Series and Ambassadors Unplugged\, a series of talks with Ambassadors on issues such as climate change\, gender equality\, tech nology\, alternative energy\, and the world post-Covid. Don't forget to re gister for our next program in the series with Ambassadors Anniken Krutnes and Mikko Hautala.\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Please check in at the 7th Ave. entrance of the Anchorage Museum.\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present t icket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Snacks and drinks available for individual purchase at the Anchorage Museum Cafe Kiosk before and after the program. Please no te that food is not allowed inside the Museum theater. If you wish to ord er food\, please come early to ensure time to eat before the program.\n M etered parking is available on 7th Avenue between A and Cordova 7th Avenu e between C and E Street. Handicap parking is available in the Museum's pa rking garage.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on August 9. Ticket s will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the pro gram is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\ n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/07/haspels-andre-wdc.jpg-copy.jpeg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Anchorage Museum\, 625 C St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United Stat es GEO:61.2160934;-149.88461310000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=625 C St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Museum:geo:61. 2160934,-149.88461310000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:326@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210916T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210916T190000 DTSTAMP:20231231T064845Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ambassadors-unplugged-s eries-ambassadors-anniken-krutnes-and-mikko-hautala/ SUMMARY:Ambassadors Unplugged Series | Ambassador Anniken Krutnes & Consul General Okko-Pekka Salmimies DESCRIPTION:Join us for an interactive conversation with Ambassador of Norw ay\, Anniken Krutnes\, and Ambassador Okko-Pekka Salmimies\, Consul Genera l of Finland in Los Angeles. This program is a part of the Evangeline Atw ood Distinguished Speakers Series and Ambassadors Unplugged\, a series of talks with Ambassadors on issues such as climate change\, gender equality\ , technology\, alternative energy\, and the world post-Covid.\n\n\n\nSpeak ers:\n Anniken Krutnes is Norway’s Ambassador to the United States. An expert in security policy\, law of the sea and Arctic issues\, Amb. Krutn es has served with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since beginni ng as a trainee in 1994. In her previous position with the Ministry\, she served as Deputy Director General of the Department of Security Policy. Be fore that\, she was Norway’s Ambassador for Arctic and Antarctic Affairs .\n\nAmb. Krutnes has had postings in several European countries\, includi ng ambassadorships of the Netherlands and Luxembourg. She was recently a m ember of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Advancing responsible Sta te behavior in cyberspace in the context of international security.\n\nShe holds a Master of Laws from the University of Oslo and a Master of Scienc e in Economics and Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics\, and has also studied international management at Universittá Luigi Bocco ni in Milan\, Italy. Amb. Krutnes is married and has three adult children. \n\nOkko-Pekka Salmimies was appointed Consul General of Finland in Los A ngeles in January 2021. He took up his duties covering 13 western states in September 2021.\n\nMr. Salmimies worked in the European Free Trade Asso ciation (EFTA) Secretariat in Geneva from 1993 to 1994. From 1994 to 1996 \, he was Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affair s specializing in international trade and globalization. In 1997\, he wor ked as editor and consultant in a communications company in Helsinki and later that year entered the training course on international affairs and d iplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Successively to the course h e served as Attaché to the Secretariat for Nordic Cooperation and Unit f or Human rights in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\n\nFrom 1998 to 2001 h e served as First Secretary at the Permanent Representation of Finland to the European Union in Brussels and was responsible for trade policy and t ransatlantic relations. In 2001 he returned to the Ministry of Foreign Af fairs and served as First Secretary responsible and Team Leader for trade in services at the Department for External Economic Relations.\n\nFrom 20 03 to 2005\, he served as Diplomatic Adviser and Head of Cabinet to the Mi nister for Foreign Trade\, Development and European Affairs. In 2005\, he was appointed Deputy Permanent Representative of Finland to the Organisati on for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris\, where he ser ved until 2009. In 2009\, he returned to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as Director for the Civil Society Unit at the Department for Development Policy. From 2011 to 2013\, Mr. Salmimies worked as Director of the Trade Policy Unit at the Department for External Economic Relations.\n\nIn 201 3 he was appointed Permanent Representative and Ambassador of Finland to t he OECD and UNESCO in Paris\, where he served until 2016. He returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2016 and served as Ambassador for Team Finland\, Coordinator of export and investment promotion activities to J uly 2020. In August 2020\, he took up his duties as Visiting Senior Fello w at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. His research is focus ing on foreign policy issues related to trade\, technology and sustainable development.\n\nMr. Salmimies was born in 1967 in Helsinki and holds a Ma sters in Political Science from the University of Helsinki\, which he obt ained in 1993. He is married to Ms. Riikka Tiitola-Salmimies and they hav e three adult children. His hobbies include sports (running\, cross count ry skiing\, tennis and golf) music (playing drums) and reading.\nModerated by:\n\n\nDr. Mike Sfraga is the founding director of the Polar Institute and also serves as the director of the Global Risk and Resilience Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. An Alaskan and a  geographer by training\, his work focuses on the changing geography of t he Arctic and Antarctic landscapes\, Arctic policy\, and the impacts and i mplications of a changing climate on political\, social\, economic\, envir onmental\, and security regimes in the Arctic. Read more...\n\nLise Kristi ansen (formerly Falskow) was born and raised in Alaska and holds a degree in Economics and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College. She worked as a CPA in Seattle\, Washington and Zurich\, Switzerland. She then helped e stablish a Financial Analyst Group for the Energy Division of a major oil company in Oslo\, Norway. As a dual Norwegian and US Citizen\, her interes t in world cultures has taken her to many exciting places\, including her return to Anchorage\, Alaska where she is the Royal Norwegian Honorary Con sul for Alaska. Lise is a member of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Athe na Society and was named one of Anchorage’s Top 40 Under 40. With close ties to the local community\, she has been appointed as the Honorary Comma nder of the F-22 fighter unit\, known as the Dicemen.  Lise has a passion for sports\, music (including playing the piano)\, and has participated i n 6 Ironman Triathlons.\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Please check in at the 7th Ave. entrance of the Anchorage Museum.\n Join us for a pre-program r eception at 5:00pm in the Museum atrium for networking and individually wr apped snack packs.\n Check-in will begin at 5:00pm with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 5:30pm.\n T hose with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation a t the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Metered parking is available on 7th Avenue between A and Cordova 7th Av enue between C and E Street. Handicap parking is available in the Museum's parking garage.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on September 15. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any ques tions.\n COVID precautions: Please stay home if you or a family member is sick. The Anchorage Museum requires guests to wear masks during public pr ograms.\n\n\n\n\nThis program is a part of the Evangeline Atwood Distingui shed Speakers Series. Named after the the founder of the Alaska World Affa irs Council\, Evangeline Atwood\, and with the generous support from The A twood Foundation\, these public programs feature world-class experts on a diverse range of topics. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/07/Speaker-bio-photos-8.png CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Anchorage Museum\, 625 C St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United Stat es GEO:61.2160934;-149.88461310000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=625 C St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Museum:geo:61. 2160934,-149.88461310000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:383@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20211015T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20211015T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T065101Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/what-the-he-is-going-on -in-belarus-and-what-do-the-russians-want-melinda-haring/ SUMMARY:What the He** is going on in Belarus and What Do the Russians Want | Melinda Haring DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\nMelinda Haring\, a native of Kenai\, Alaska\, is the deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. Previ ously\, she was the editor of the Atlantic Council’s popular publication \, the UkraineAlert blog. She is the author of the report Reforming the democracy bureaucracy (FPRI\, 2013) coauthor of Biden and Ukraine: a s trategy for the next administration (Atlantic Council\, 2021)\, Biden an d Belarus: a strategy for the next administration (Atlantic Council\, 202 1)\, Ukraine’s internally displaced persons hold a key to peace (Atlan tic Council\, 2017)\, and a contributor to Does democracy matter? (Rowma n &\; Littlefield\, 2017). Haring has worked for Eurasia Foundation\, Freedom House\, and the National Democratic Institute\, where she managed democracy assistance programs in Azerbaijan\, Georgia\, and Russia. A grad uate of Georgetown University\, she holds an MA in Government with a certi ficate in Russian\, Eurasian\, and East European Studies. Haring is the vi ce-chair of the board of East Europe Foundation in Kyiv\, Ukraine\, a memb er of the supervisory board of Right to Protection in Kyiv\, Ukraine\, a nd a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. She is a te rm member of the Council on Foreign Relations.\nModerated by:\nJacob Heilb runn is the editor of The National Interest\, a foreign policy magazine t hat was founded by Irving Kristol in 1985. He began his career as an assis tant editor at the magazine\, where his first issue was the one featuring Francis Fukuyama’s “The End of History?” essay. He went on to become a senior editor at the New Republic and an editorial writer for the Lo s Angeles Times. He has written on both foreign and domestic issues for nu merous publications including The New York Times\, Washington Post\, Wa ll Street Journal\, Financial Times\, Foreign Affairs\, Reuters\, Wash ington Monthly\, and Weekly Standard. He has also written for German publ ications such as Cicero\, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\, and Der Tagesspiegel.\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n This program will be hosted virt ually on Zoom\n Registered participants will receive an email a day prior to the program with access link &\; instructions.\n Online registrati on closes at 8:00am AKT on October 15. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n\n\n\nThis program is a part of the Evangeline Atw ood Distinguished Speakers Series. Named after the the founder of the Alas ka World Affairs Council\, Evangeline Atwood\, and with the generous suppo rt from The Atwood Foundation\, these public programs feature world-class experts on a diverse range of topics.\n\n\n\nWe understand that many peopl e are experiencing hardship due to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for our virtual programs. P lease register below by selecting the level of support you are able to giv e.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person programming will have a sign ificant impact on the revenue that supports our work. If you would like to further support the Alaska World Affairs Council\, please consider becomi ng a member or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/09/Melinda-Haring-2020-headshot-scaled-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:384@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20211020T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20211020T100000 DTSTAMP:20240108T065108Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/opportunities-in-qatar- engineering-sustainable-buildings-in-challenging-climates-h-e-mr-issa-bin- mohammed-almohannadi/ SUMMARY:Opportunities in Qatar: Engineering Sustainable Buildings in Challe nging Climates | H.E. Mr. Issa Bin Mohammed AlMohannadi DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBy 2030\, the global population is estimated to r each 8.5 billion\, and our planet is projected to have 43 megacities of mo re than 10 million inhabitants. Rapid urbanization presents a number of ch allenges in meeting the needs of a growing urban populace\, and there are key opportunities in adopting sustainable construction for successful urba n development.\n\nJoin AKWorld and HE Mr. Issa Bin Mohammad AlMohannadi\, who will discuss Qatar's role as a leader in guiding and adopting environm entally sustainable practices for green building design and development\, which supports the health and sustainability of the Qatar environment\, pe ople\, and economic security for generations to come.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\nSpeaker:\nHE Mr. Issa Bin Mohammad AlMohannadi is a seasoned profession al with more than 22 years of industry experience in wide range of fields: \n\nFounder and CEO of Msheireb Properties\, a subsidiary of Qatar Found ation\; Chairman\, Qatar Tourism Authority\; Vice Chair &\; Managing Director Barwa Real Estate\; Chairman of Qatar Racing and Equestrian Clu b Board of Directors\; Vice Chair Qatar Museums Authority\, Board Member \, Qatar Airways\; Trustees Board\, Doha Film Institute (DFI)\; Chair an d founder Qatar Green Building Council.\n\nHe has a Bachelor of Science and Natural Gas Engineering\, Texas A&\;M University and several specia lized training certificates in executive leadership training and project m anagement from Harvard Business School\, INSEAD\, Kellogg Business School and George Washington University\, Washington D.C. He has received numerou s recognitions for his contribution to Qatar’s rapidly growing business community\, including the title of ‘Property Development CEO of the Yea r’ at the 7th Middle East CEO of the Year Awards organized by the Middle East Institute of Excellence in 2010.\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n This pr ogram will be hosted virtually on Zoom\n Registered participants will rec eive an email a day prior to the program with access link &\; instructi ons.\n Online registration closes at 8:00am AKDT on October 20. Contact r svp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n\n\n\nThis program is a part of the Evangeline Atwood Distinguished Speakers Series. Named after t he the founder of the Alaska World Affairs Council\, Evangeline Atwood\, a nd with the generous support from The Atwood Foundation\, these public pro grams feature world-class experts on a diverse range of topics.\n\n \; \n\n\n\nWe understand that many people are experiencing hardship due to ec onomic uncertainty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can s tructure for our virtual programs. Please register below by selecting the level of support you are able to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our i n-person programming will have a significant impact on the revenue that su pports our work. If you would like to further support the Alaska World Aff airs Council\, please consider becoming a member or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/08/Issa_Al_Muhannadi_thumb.jpg CATEGORIES:Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:385@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20211105T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20211105T100000 DTSTAMP:20240108T065115Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/cultivating-arctic-entr eprenurship-in-a-post-pandemic-world-alaska-start-up-week-panel-discussion / SUMMARY:Cultivating Arctic Entrepreneurship in a Post-pandemic World | Alas ka Start-Up Week Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin AKWorld in partnership with the Norwegian Consulate Ge neral in San Francisco for a conversation on Arctic innovation with promin ent Alaskan and Nordic problem-solvers. This panel discussion is a part of Alaska Startupweek.\nSpeakers\nAlexander Bergo\, PhD is the Director of Innovation Norway San Francisco &\; Bay Area Experienced Chief Innovati on Officer. Bergo has a demonstrated history of working in the computer so ftware industry. Skilled in Machine Learning\, AI\, fundraising\, manageme nt. Strong innovation/product/research management professional with a Ph.D focused on building models of the future merging human and AI forecasts.\ n\nMaria Arlén Larsen\, MD\, PhD is CBDO &\; Founder of Lifeness. Lar sen is a medical doctor specializing in obesity\, weight-loss\, and lifest yle disorders through her PhD\, obesity education from Harvard University and daily clinical work.\n\nMaria is co-founder of Lifeness\, whose goal i s to help both health professionals and patients overcome the difficulties with lifestyle changes. They have developed a digital medicine platform f or health clinics and their employees and patients.\n\nHezekiah "Ky" Holla nd is the Co-Founder Alaska Version 3. As a Partner with Alyeska Venture Management\, Ky connects investors\, entrepreneurs\, and opportunities to take them to the next level. A big part of Ky’s work is education. He te aches angel investors what it means to invest in early-stage business so t hat the Anchorage community has better-informed investors and advisors.\nI n 2014\, Ky was instrumental in establishing the Alaska Accelerator Fund\, a fund to grow early-stage businesses in Anchorage. Ky is also active in numerous events across the state–1 Million Cups\, Startup Weekend Fairba nks\, and more–creating enthusiasm for entrepreneurship!\nJay Byam is th e Founder &\; CEO of Karta Solutions. Jay is a senior software consult ant and developer with experience working on 3D\, AR and VR projects for l arge Fortune 500 companies including Amazon and GE. Jay has also worked pr ojects as a web developer and business analyst for software integrations a nd data migrations in the oil and gas industry.\nJay is the founder of Kar ta Solutions\, a 100% Alaska owned and operated software startup\, set on bringing the power of 3D technology to non-technical users in the industri al space.\n\nModerated by\n Bradley Pizzimenti is the Founder and CEO of  Turnagain Heavy Lift. Bradley got his start with computer hardware worki ng for Sequent Systems during the time that it was acquired by IBM in 1999 . He spent two years developing and teaching computer science in French in Burkina Faso during his Peace Corps service. During his second year of g raduate school in Paris\, he won an entrepreneurship competition with frie nds at Sciences Po and was given the chance to help grow a young startup f rom idea-stage in Berlin in the summer of 2013. He returned to his hometo wn of Portland\, Oregon to start Gennaker Systems\, a software consultancy \, before relocating to Anchorage\, Alaska in 2018. He is a commercial dro ne pilot and has conducted FAA part 107 commercial drone pilot training ar ound Alaska.\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n This program will be hosted virtu ally on Zoom\n Registered participants will receive an email a day prior to the program with access link &\; instructions.\n Online registratio n closes at 8:00am AKT on November 5. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n\n\n\nThis program is a part of the Evangeline Atwo od Distinguished Speakers Series. Named after the the founder of the Alask a World Affairs Council\, Evangeline Atwood\, and with the generous suppor t from The Atwood Foundation\, these public programs feature world-class e xperts on a diverse range of topics.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nWe understand that many people are experiencing hardship due to economic uncertainty. For thi s reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for our virtual pr ograms. Please register below by selecting the level of support you are a ble to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspension of our in-person programming will h ave a significant impact on the revenue that supports our work. If you wou ld like to further support the Alaska World Affairs Council\, please consi der becoming a member or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/08/ambassadors-unplugged-17.png CATEGORIES:Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:386@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20211112T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20211112T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T065131Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/chemical-consequences-p esticides-weapons-and-our-shaping-of-the-earth-dr-frank-von-hippel/ SUMMARY:Chemical Consequences: Pesticides\, Weapons\, and our Shaping of th e Earth | Dr. Frank von Hippel DESCRIPTION:\n\n"For thousands of years\, we’ve found ways to scorch\, sc our\, and sterilize our surroundings to make them safer. Sometimes these m ethods are wonderfully effective. Often\, however\, they come with catastr ophic consequences—consequences that aren’t typically understood for g enerations."\n\nJoin AKWorld &\; Dr. Frank von Hippel\, author of The C hemical Age\, for this conversation about the thrills and complex conseque nces of scientific discovery\, including the invention of substances that could protect crops\, the emergence of our understanding of the way disea ses spread\, the creation of chemicals used to kill pests and people\, and \, finally\, how scientists turned those wartime chemicals on the landscap e at a massive scale\, prompting the vital environmental movement that con tinues today.\n\n\n\nFeatured Speaker\nDr. Frank von Hippel is a professor of environmental health sciences in the Mel &\; Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and the lead of the One Health Research Initiative at th e University of Arizona. Frank was born and raised in Alaska\, received hi s A.B. in biology at Dartmouth College in 1989\, and his Ph.D. in integrat ive biology at the University of California\, Berkeley in 1996. He taught for Columbia University (1996-1999)\, the University of Alaska Anchorage ( 2000-2016)\, and Northern Arizona University (2016-2021) before moving to the University of Arizona in 2021. Frank has taught ecology field courses in over twenty countries\, and conducted research in the Americas\, Africa and Australia. He conducts research at the nexus of ecotoxicology\, mecha nisms of toxicity\, and health disparities\, with a focus on Indigenous an d underserved communities. Frank’s research has been widely covered in t he press\, including The New York Times\, National Public Radio\, The Econ omist\, the BBC\, and many other media outlets. Frank is the author of The Chemical Age (University of Chicago Press\, 2020) and he is the creator a nd host of the Science History Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podc ast/science-history-podcast/id1325288920).\nModerated by\nJames W. Muller is Professor of Political Science at the University of Alaska\, Anchorage\ , where he has taught since 1983\, and Chairman of the Board of Academic Advisers of the International Churchill Society. Educated at Harvard Univ ersity and the Ecole Normale Supérieure\, Paris\, he is a by-fellow of C hurchill College\, Cambridge. He served as a White House Fellow in 1983– 84 and an Academic Visitor at the London School of Economics and Politica l Science in 1988–89. In 2008 he won the Alaska Governor’s Award for Distinguished Service to the Humanities. He has taught courses in statesm anship\, political philosophy\, and American political thought\, and he or ganizes the Chartwell and Seward Lecture series at UAA. Over the years\, he and his students have participated in many programs of the Alaska Worl d Affairs Council over the years\, and he has spoken at our meetings seve ral times before.\n\nProfessor Muller is editor of The Revival of Constitu tionalism (University of Nebraska Press\, 1988)\, Churchill as Peacemaker (Cambridge University Press\, 1997)\, Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Sp eech Fifty Years Later (University of Missouri Press\, 1999)\, and of Win ston S. Churchill’s interwar books of essays\, Thoughts and Adventures (ISI Books\, 2009) and Great Contemporaries (ISI Books\, 2012). His new ed ition of Churchill’s earlier book\, The River War: An Historical Accoun t of the Reconquest of the Soudan\, has been published in two volumes by St. Augustine’s Press. His next project is a new edition of Churchill’ s autobiography\, My Early Life: A Roving Commission.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/08/frank-2-scaled-1.jpeg CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:387@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20211116T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20211119T140000 DTSTAMP:20240108T065137Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/waca-2021-national-conf erence-bridging-divides-at-home-and-abroad/ SUMMARY:WACA 2021 National Conference | Bridging Divides at Home and Abroad DESCRIPTION:\n\nCelebrate the World Affairs Councils of America's 35th Anni versary in person at their signature national event - the 2021 National Co nference this November 16-19 at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington\, DC.\n\ nFor more information &\; to reserve your ticket/ hotel\, visit WACA on line: https://www.wacaconference2021.org ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-27-at-8.08.50-AM.png CATEGORIES:WACA National Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:395@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220114T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220114T130000 DTSTAMP:20240620T145024Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/frontiers-and-us-china- relations-dr-dong-wang/ SUMMARY:Frontiers and US-China Relations | Dr. Dong Wang DESCRIPTION:As China itself continues to grow in global importance\, so too does the US-Chinese relationship. Join AKWorld and Dr. Dong Wang who will provide an essential grounding for understanding its past\, present\, and possible futures.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\n\nDr. Dong Wang is a historian of U. S.-China relations\, modern and contemporary China\, and China and the wo rld. She is a naturalized American citizen (since 2006) and a permanent G erman resident (since 2012) based in the Boston area\, Mass.\, the Lower R hine of Germany\, and Shanghai. She conducts original research in Chines e\, English\, French\, German\, and Japanese.\n\nDr. Wang is distinguished professor of history and director of the Wellington Koo Institute for M odern China in World History at Shanghai University (since 2016)\, a memb er of the Royal Institute of International Affairs\, and an elected Fell ow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. A recipient of fellowships respectively from the Pew Charitable Trusts (1993-98) and the European Institute for Chinese Studies/L’Institut d’études avan cées de Paris (2020- 21) and director of a 2014-15 U.S. National Endowme nt for the Humanities program\, she has been a research associate at the Fairbank Center of Harvard University since 2002. Dr. Wang serves on sev en international editorial boards of the Association for Asian Studies (U .S.)\, American Foreign Relations Since 1600 (U.S.)\, the Journal of Am erican-East Asian Relations (the Netherlands &\; U.S.)\, China Infor mation (Britain &\;amp\; Macau)\, Twentieth-Century China (U.S. and  Britain)\, the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs (Germany)\, and Zon gjiao yu Meiguo shehui (Religion and American society\, Fudan University). \n\nBooks in English that Dr. Wang single-authored are: The United States and China: A History from the Eighteenth Century to the Present (2021\; 1 st edition in 2013\, winner of The American Library Association’s “C hoice Top 25 Outstanding Academic Titles”)\, Longmen’s Stone Buddhas and Cultural Heritage: When Antiquity Met Modernity in China (2020)\, Mana ging God’s Higher Learning: U.S.-China Cultural Encounter and Canton Ch ristian College (Lingnan University)\, 1888-1952 (2007)\, and China’s U nequal Treaties: Narrating National History (2005). Among other edited wo rks\, she edited “The United States\, Asia\, and the Pacific\, 1815- 19 19\,” which was published in The Society for Historians of American Fore ign Relations (SHAFR) Guide: An Annotated Bibliography of American Foreig n Relations since 1600 (2017\, rev. ed. 2021).\nModerated by:\nDr. Paul D unscomb is Professor of East Asian History at the University of Alaska Anc horage and was the inaugural Director of the UAA Confucius Institute. He w orked in broadcast television for several years before beginning graduate studies in history. He lived in Japan for two years while working on his P h.D. dissertation. While his initial research focused on Japan’s Siberia n Intervention\, 1918-1922 and Japanese Imperialism his most recent work a ttempts to bring not only Postwar Japan but events of the last two and a h alf decades into focus. His current work examines the crisis in Japanese p rofessional baseball of 2004 as a means to understand the nature of change in Japan during the early Heisei period (1989-2009).\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAI LS\n\n This program will be hosted virtually on Zoom\n Registered partic ipants will receive an email a day prior to the program with access link & amp\; instructions.\n Online registration closes at 8:00am AKT on January 14. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n\n\n\nThis program is a part of the Evangeline Atwood Distinguished Speakers Series. Named after the the founder of the Alaska World Affairs Council\, Evangel ine Atwood\, and with the generous support from The Atwood Foundation\, th ese public programs feature world-class experts on a diverse range of topi cs.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nWe understand that many people are experiencing hard ship due to economic uncertainty. For this reason\, we’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for our virtual programs. Please register below by selecting the level of support you are able to give.\n\nThe lengthy suspe nsion of our in-person programming will have a significant impact on the r evenue that supports our work. If you would like to further support the Al aska World Affairs Council\, please consider becoming a member or making a donation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/09/Dong-WANG-portrait-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:388@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220210T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220210T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T065146Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/academic-student-worldq uest-competition-2/ SUMMARY:Academic Student WorldQuest Competition DESCRIPTION:\n\nWhat is it? \nAcademic Student WorldQuest is a student com petition\, featuring 5 rounds of 10 questions covering the official study guide released by our national office. Students form teams of 1-4 to test their international knowledge. The top three teams win a cash prize and t he first place team gets the chance to travel to Washington\, D.C. to comp ete in the National Competition.\n\nThis program is free for students than ks to our generous sponsors. AKWorld will be supplying a pizza lunch buffe t for all participants\, with awesome giveaways during the event\, and a k eynote speaker.\nRegister for the 2022 Academic WorldQuest Competition\n\n \n\n2022 WORLDQUEST TOPICS\n\n Where Climate and Migration Meet\n Afghan istan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\n Human-Centered Agenda t o the Future of Work\n CDC and the Global Health Agenda\n Technology and Democracy: Threat or Promise\n Great Decisions\n 21st Century Money: Do llars to Digital Currencies\n Working for Peace through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\n Insecurity in China's Neighborhood\n Current Event s\n\nOfficial 2022 Study Guide\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n Teams (comprisi ng of 1-4 students) must register their intent to participate by submittin g an application online.\n Bussing will be available for Anchorage School District students thanks to our partnership with ASD. AKWorld staff will connect teams with a bussing coordinator once application is received.\n Check-in will begin at 8:30am and the competition will start at 9:30am.\n Student teams will be assigned tables in the main seating area of the the atre.\n Teachers\, parents\, and other members of the public are welcome to quietly observe the competition from the upstairs balcony area.\n A pi zza buffet lunch will be provided for participating students and their cha perones.\n\n\n\n\nThe World Affairs Councils of America’s Study Guide is the primary resource to help students and teachers prepare for the topics covered in the timed question-and-answer rounds of the competition. The S tudy Guide is an essential resource for the Carlos and Malú Alvarez Acade mic WorldQuest National Competition\, hosted by the World Affairs Councils of America every April in Washington\, DC.\nMORE ABOUT WORLDQUEST\nPlease reach out to siobhan.choi@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions!\n\n\ n\nThank you to the generous event sponsor:\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/01/Academic-WorldQuest-logo.jpg CATEGORIES:Special Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:328@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220210T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220210T190000 DTSTAMP:20231231T064954Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-growing-influence-o f-cryptocurrency-yaya-fanusie-2/ SUMMARY:The Growing Influence of Cryptocurrency | Yaya Fanusie DESCRIPTION:From an academic concept\, largely unknown to the general popul ation\, to an actively growing market continuing to gain traction - crypto currency is quickly becoming a part of the mainstream financial system. As our society is increasingly becoming digitally driven\, join AKWorld for a timely conversation with Yaya Fanusie\, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Cen ter for a New American Security (CNAS) whose research focuses on the natio nal security implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.\n \n\n\nSpeaker:\n\n\nYaya J. Fanusie is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Cen ter for a New American Security (CNAS). His research focuses on the nation al security implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Ya ya spent seven years as both an economic and counterterrorism analyst in t he CIA\, where he regularly briefed federal law enforcement\, U.S. militar y personnel\, and White House-level policy makers—including President Ge orge W. Bush whom he personally briefed on terrorism threats. In 2009\, he spent three months in Afghanistan providing analytic support to senior mi litary officials.\n\nAfter leaving government service\, Yaya worked for a small consulting firm focused on financial asset recovery cases involving global corruption. Later\, as director of analysis at the Foundation for D efense of Democracies’ Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance\, Yaya le d research work on sanctions evasion\, terrorist financing\, and Bitcoin m oney laundering. Yaya has testified before Congress multiple times on illi cit financing issues. He has appeared on CNN\, Fox News\, and has been quo ted in the New York Times\, the Wall Street Journal\, and the Washington P ost. Yaya blogs at Forbes and is a frequent public speaker on cryptocurren cies and U.S. national security. He is certified with the Association of C ertified Financial Crime Specialists.\n\nYaya is founder of Cryptocurrency AML Strategies\, an advisory firm that helps financial institutions and t echnology firms address money laundering and terrorist financing risks ass ociated with digital assets. In 2018\, he developed and taught an Introduc tion to Blockchain Technology course at Morgan State University in Baltimo re.\n\nYaya received an MA in International Affairs from Columbia Universi ty’s School of International and Public Affairs and a BA in Economics fr om UC Berkeley.\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n Check-in will begin at 5:30pm. The program will begin at 6pm.\n Please use the 7th Ave. entrance (not  the main entrance).\n Those with online reservations do not need to prese nt ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Please no food or drinks within the Museum Theat er.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on February 9. Tickets will b e available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\nPre-r egistration is closed but there is still space available for walk-in parti cipants.\n\n\n\n\nThis program is a part of the Evangeline Atwood Distingu ished Speakers Series. Named after the the founder of the Alaska World Aff airs Council\, Evangeline Atwood\, and with the generous support from The Atwood Foundation\, these public programs feature world-class experts on a diverse range of topics. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/09/CNAS-Headshot-Thumbnail-Yaya-Fanusie.jpg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Anchorage Museum\, 625 C St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United Stat es GEO:61.2160934;-149.88461310000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=625 C St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Museum:geo:61. 2160934,-149.88461310000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:329@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220211T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220211T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T065017Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-growing-influence-o f-cryptocurrency-yaya-fanusie/ SUMMARY:The Growing Influence of Cryptocurrency | Yaya Fanusie DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom an academic concept\, largely unknown to the general p opulation\, to an actively growing market continuing to gain traction - cr yptocurrency is quickly becoming a part of the mainstream financial system . As our society is increasingly becoming digitally driven\, join AKWorld for a timely conversation with Yaya Fanusie\, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) whose research focuses on the n ational security implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technolog y.\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\n\nYaya J. Fanusie is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). His research focuses on the na tional security implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology . Yaya spent seven years as both an economic and counterterrorism analyst in the CIA\, where he regularly briefed federal law enforcement\, U.S. mil itary personnel\, and White House-level policy makers—including Presiden t George W. Bush whom he personally briefed on terrorism threats. In 2009\ , he spent three months in Afghanistan providing analytic support to senio r military officials.\n\nAfter leaving government service\, Yaya worked fo r a small consulting firm focused on financial asset recovery cases involv ing global corruption. Later\, as director of analysis at the Foundation f or Defense of Democracies’ Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance\, Yay a led research work on sanctions evasion\, terrorist financing\, and Bitco in money laundering. Yaya has testified before Congress multiple times on illicit financing issues. He has appeared on CNN\, Fox News\, and has been quoted in the New York Times\, the Wall Street Journal\, and the Washingt on Post. Yaya blogs at Forbes and is a frequent public speaker on cryptocu rrencies and U.S. national security. He is certified with the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists.\n\nYaya is founder of Cryptocurr ency AML Strategies\, an advisory firm that helps financial institutions a nd technology firms address money laundering and terrorist financing risks associated with digital assets. In 2018\, he developed and taught an Intr oduction to Blockchain Technology course at Morgan State University in Bal timore.\n\nYaya received an MA in International Affairs from Columbia Univ ersity’s School of International and Public Affairs and a BA in Economic s from UC Berkeley.\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n Check-in will begin at 11: 00am\, all parties will have reserved seating. The program will begin at n oon.\n Students will be presented with a lunch voucher for a pizza and lu nch buffet prior to the start of the program.\n Those with online reserva tions do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will hav e all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch is available for individual purchase directly from Bear Tooth Theatre. If you wish to orde r food\, please come a few minutes early to ensure your meal arrives durin g the program.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on February 10. Ti ckets will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questio ns.\n\n\n\n\nThis program is a part of the Evangeline Atwood Distinguished Speakers Series. Named after the the founder of the Alaska World Affairs Council\, Evangeline Atwood\, and with the generous support from The Atwoo d Foundation\, these public programs feature world-class experts on a dive rse range of topics.\n\n \;\n\n\nPre-registration is closed but there is still space available in the theatre for walk-in registrations! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/09/CNAS-Headshot-Thumbnail-Yaya-Fanusie.jpg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:330@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220308T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220308T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T065046Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/alaskan-indigenous-lead ers-visions-for-the-future-womens-day-panel/ SUMMARY:Alaskan Indigenous Leaders: Visions for the Future | Women's Day Pa nel DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin Alaska World Affairs Council in honoring and celebrati ng the indigenous women leaders in our community.\n\nPanelists include: M elissa Kookesh\, Board Chair of Kootznoowoo\; Marit Carlson-Van Dort\, Pr esident of Far West\; and Dena Pedebone\, CEO of Gana A Yoo.\n\n\n\nPaneli sts:\n\nMelissa M. Kookesh was elected to the Kootznoowoo Board in 2016 an d began serving as Board Chair. In addition to her role as Chairwoman\, sh e also serves as ex-officio on all committees.\n\nFrom 2005-2014\, Melissa worked in the Office of the President at the Central Council Tlingit & \; Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. Currently\, she is employed as a Legisla tive Aide for the Alaska State Legislature. Melissa holds an Associate of Arts and Sciences and certification in Tribal Management from the Universi ty of Alaska Fairbanks.\n\nMelissa is the daughter of Lena Woods and the l ate Floyd M. Kookesh and is the granddaughter of the late Matthew and Ramo na Kookesh. Melissa is Raven Dog Salmon from the Central House in Angoon\, and her Tlingit name is X’eetoow.\n\n Dena Sommer-Pedebone\, Chief Exec utive Officer of Gana-A’Yoo\, Limited\, is responsible for working with the Board of Directors to set the overall direction of the Gana-A’Yoo Fa mily of Companies and provide leadership to its executive team.\nPrior to joining Gana-A’Yoo\, Dena was with Alyeska Pipeline Service Company mana ging Large Contracts\, Supplier Performance\, and Program compliance. Dena graduated with Leadership Honors from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing. She holds a graduate certificate in executive leadership from Alaska Pacific Univers ity and Alyeska Pipeline’s Alyeska University\, a corporate leadership p rogram designed to provide future executives with the foundational knowled ge to excel in today’s competitive business climate and the know-how to build a holistic approach to identifying areas for improvement and strateg ies for change.\nMarit Carlson-Van Dort is Sugpiaq from the village of Chi gnik Bay. She was born in Alaska and raised in Southeast Alaska and the s outhern Alaska Peninsula where she commercial fished for nearly fifteen y ears. Marit has a Bachelor of Science in Conservation Biology from the Uni versity of Wisconsin- Madison and graduate work in Fisheries Science and Secondary Education.  Marit has spent the past several years working in b oth the public and private sectors in public and government affairs with an emphasis on state and federal regulation\, environmental policy\, permi tting\,\nresource development\, and community outreach and engagement. Cur rently she is employed as the\nPresident &\; CEO of Far West\, Inc. an Alaska Native village corporation formed under the Alaska Native\nClaims S ettlement Act (ANCSA).\n\nIn addition to her work at Far West\, she has se rved on the board of directors of STAR of Anchorage\, a\nlocal non-profit providing advocacy and support services to victims of sexual trauma\, and on the State of\nAlaska Board of Fisheries. She is the first woman to ever be elected as chair of the Board of Fisheries.\nModerator:\n\n\nHallie Bi ssett has been the ANVCA Executive Director for 4 years. Bissett holds a B achelor's degree in Global Logistics Management and an MBA from the Univer sity of Alaska. She has held many executive roles throughout her career\, including: Vice President of Business Development and Old Harbor Native Co rporation\, Team Leader of Procurement and Supply Chain Management and Sup plier Diversity at BP Exploration\, and Logistics and International Trade Director at the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation. In addition\, Bissett was the youngest person yet to be elected to the Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI) one of Alaska's 12 Regional Corporations created under ANCSA\ , a position she has held for over 10 years. \n\nBissett has been honored as one of Alaska's Top 40 Under Forty\, University of Alaska College of B usiness Alumni of the Year\, and NCAIED National Top forty under 40. \n\n \n\nThis program is a part of the Evangeline Atwood Distinguished Speakers Series. Named after the the founder of the Alaska World Affairs Council\, Evangeline Atwood\, and with the generous support from The Atwood Foundat ion\, these public programs feature world-class experts on a diverse range of topics.\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am wit h seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will be gin at 12:00pm.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present t icket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individu al order and purchase from Bear Tooth Theatre. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the progr am.\n Online registration will close March 7\, 2022 at 6pm. Remaining tic kets will be available for purchase the day of the program at the door fro m 11:00am.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2022/01/Speaker-bio-photos-2.png CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:331@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220321T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220321T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T065524Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/speed-mentoring-interna tional-edition-2/ SUMMARY:Speed Mentoring: International Edition DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Alaska World Affairs Council and the Anchorage School D istrict have teamed up to offer a jump start to high school students consi dering international options in their post-secondary journeys. Students wi ll rotate through 8 minute mentoring sessions with mentors from a wide spe ctrum of industries with international scope. Check out the success of our  past Speed Mentoring events.\n\nStudents will have the opportunity to sp eak with high-level mentors with experience in a variety of fields. Past m entors have included lawyers\, judges\, architects\, medical professionals \, oil and gas\, diplomats\, presidents\, CEOs\, economists\, professors\, non-profits professionals and many more. Keep checking back to find out m ore about the mentors attending!\n\nAll students must submit an applicatio n to participate in 2022 speed mentoring. The deadline to do so is March 1 6\, 2022.\nSTUDENT REGISTRATION\nAre you interested in becoming a mentor f or 2022 Speed Mentoring? Fill out the form below!\nMENTOR REGISTRATION\n\n \n\nKeynote Speakers:\nLenny Moon\, Chief Financial Officer of FLOAT Alask a LLC and Chief Executive Officer of FlyCoin. He has extensive experience in high growth start-ups\, mergers and acquisitions\, and successfully lea ding companies through operational and financial turnarounds. Lenny was a strategy consultant at Arthur D. Little in the late 1990s\, and a venture capitalist at KB Partners in Chicago. From 2006–2012\, he was an investm ent banker with Bear Stearns and Lazard\, where he successfully executed M &\;A\, equity\, and debt transactions across a variety of sectors. He t hereafter served in various chief financial officer roles\, including Payo ff\, a start-up fintech company\, and Motorsport Aftermarket Group\, a pri vate equity-backed holding company. Lenny received a Bachelor of Science f rom the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and holds an MBA from C olumbia Business School. He serves on the board of directors at HTI\, an o rganization dedicated to freeing victims of human trafficking.\n\nTom Hsie h\, President of FLOAT Alaska LLC\, parent company to FlyCoin\, Ravn Alask a\, and Northern Pacific Airways. Tom began his career in communication te chnology\, joining EarthLink in the 1990s\, where he managed engineering a nd IT functions for over a decade. Tom oversaw Earthlink’s growth from a fledgling start-up through its successful IPO on the NASDAQ exchange. Tom ’s passion for entrepreneurship and innovation has led him to spearhead a number of organizations and initiatives focused on driving social change . He serves on the boards of the Intervalley Health Plan in Pomona\, CA\; the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership\; the Los Angeles County Fair Association\; and the Claremont Graduate University. An active community m ember and business leader in southern California\, he co-founded FLOAT Shu ttle Inc. in 2018\, a venture-funded shuttle airline service catering to c ommuters and corporations in the greater Los Angeles area. In April 2020\, Tom was instrumental in the acquisition of Ravn Air Group. Tom received h is Bachelor of Science in Physics from Harvey Mudd College and has an Exec utive MBA from the Peter F. Drucker School of Management. He and his wife\ , Bree Devones Hsieh\, live a purposeful life and are committed to non-pro fit and civic efforts.\n\nRob McKinney is chief executive officer of North ern Pacific Airways (dba Ravn Alaska)\, where he leads a team of 400 emplo yees and manages a growing fleet of aircraft that fly to destinations that will space across the Pacific.  In addition to being a Learjet captain\, Rob has over thirty years of airline experience piloting commercial aircr aft and managing flight operations.  In 2002\, as VP and director of oper ations at Pacific Wings\, a Hawaiian-based commuter airline\, Rob oversaw exponential customer growth\, tripling passenger traffic during his three year tenure. He thereafter joined Mokulele Airlines in Hawaii as chief ope rating officer\, where he successfully converted the company from a small air touring service into a fully scheduled commuter airline.  Rob returne d from Hawaii in 2007 to join SeaPort Airlines\, a small startup based in Portland\, OR.  As chief operations officer\, and later chief executive o fficer\, at SeaPort\, Rob established commuter shuttle service between Por tland and Seattle. Rob received his BS in Technology from Purdue Universi ty and has an MBA from Ellis College/NYIT.  He hails from the state of In diana.\n\n\n\nThank you to our generous event sponsors:\n\n\nInterested in becoming a featured sponsor for the 2022 Speed Mentoring event? Contact Operations Director Siobhan Choi at siobhan.choi@alaskaworldaffairs.org. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/01/2018-SpeedMentoring-graphic-e1518719850925.jpg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Anchorage School District Education Center\, 5530 E Northern Light s Blvd\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99504\, United States GEO:61.1939631;-149.7754994 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=5530 E Northern Lights Blvd \, Anchorage\, AK\, 99504\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Ancho rage School District Education Center:geo:61.1939631,-149.7754994 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:389@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220422T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220422T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T065212Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-war-on-ukraine-chan ging-the-shape-of-arctic-security/ SUMMARY:The War on Ukraine: Changing the Shape of Arctic Security | Ambassa dor Kenneth Braithwaite DESCRIPTION:Between climate change and increased militarization\, interest in the Arctic has been growing. Now\, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a dding another reason to put Arctic security on the policy forefront. Join AKWorld for a timely conversation with Ambassador Kenneth Braithwaite on t he changing shape of Arctic security.\n\n\n\nFeatured speaker:\n\n\nThe fo rmer Honorable Kenneth J. Braithwaite was sworn in as the 77th Secretary o f the Navy May 29\, 2020. He previously served as the 31st U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway. Secretary Braithwaite graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1984 and was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy. In 1995\, he earned a master’s degree in government administration\, gra duating with honors from the University of Pennsylvania\, Fels School of G overnment.\n\nBraithwaite served as commanding officer of Navy Reserve Fle et Combat Camera Atlantic\, Naval Air Station Willow Grove during which ti me the command was tasked with providing support to the Joint Task Force C ommander\, Guantanamo Bay\, Cuba. In March 2003\, Secretary Braithwaite de ployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom in support of naval operations to cap ture the port of Umm Qasr.\n\nIn 2004\, Secretary Braithwaite was assigned to U.S. Joint Forces Command\, and tasked with standing up a new expediti onary capability for combatant commanders\, serving as the first commander of Joint Public Affairs Support Element - Reserve. While in command\, an d following the devastating earthquake in Pakistan in 2005\, he was deploy ed to Pakistan as part of the Joint Task Force for Disaster Assistance\, s erving as the director of strategic communication working for both the Joi nt Task Force Commander and the U.S. Ambassador in Islamabad.\n\nIn his fi nal Navy assignment\, the Secretary served as the first Vice Chief of Info rmation. In this capacity\, he was the Navy Reserve liaison and advisor to the Chief of Information\, responsible for formulating strategic communic ations counsel to the leadership of the Department of the Navy.\n\nSecreta ry Braithwaite’s decorations include the Legion of Merit\, Defense Merit orious Service Medal (with oak leaf cluster)\, Meritorious Service Medal\, Navy Commendation Medal (five awards) with Combat “V”\, Navy Achievem ent Medal\, Combat Action Ribbon and numerous campaign and service medals. However\, he is most proud of having received the Navy Unit Commendation as part of the USS Guadalcanal Amphibious Readiness Group off Beirut\, Leb anon in 1983 and being a part of U.S. Joint Forces Command when it was awa rded a Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation in 2007.\n\n\n\nThank you to ou r Speaker Sponsor:\n                 \n\n\n\n\nThis program is a p art of the Evangeline Atwood Distinguished Speakers Series. Named after th e the founder of the Alaska World Affairs Council\, Evangeline Atwood\, an d with the generous support from The Atwood Foundation\, these public prog rams feature world-class experts on a diverse range of topics.\n\n\n\nProg ram Details\n\n Online registration will close April 21\, 2022 at 11pm.  \n Zoom link will be sent to registered participants the afternoon prior to the program.\n Program will be recorded and made available online foll owing the live event.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2022/03/958px-Kenneth_J._Braithwaite_II_official_photo.jpg CATEGORIES:Events,Virtual Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:332@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220506T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220506T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T065745Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-future-of-cybersecu rity-ensuring-security-and-building-resilience-panel-discussion/ SUMMARY:The Future of Cybersecurity: Ensuring Security and Building Resilie nce | Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:Cyberattacks are among the fastest-growing crimes in the United States\, and recently President Biden has warned of Russian cyberattacks against the U.S. — making his most prominent alert yet about what he ca lled new intelligence concerning the Putin regime’s plans. Join us for a panel discussion with leaders in the field to learn about how we can guar d against threats and what the future of cyber security looks like.\nPanel ists:\n\n\nPatrick Massey has served as the Regional Director of the DHS  Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Region 10 office in Seattle since 2016. Prior to joining CISA\, Mr. Massey served for twen ty years with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 10 of fice including eight years as the Director\, National Preparedness Divisi on. He also served as the Regional Integration Branch Chief\, Technologic al Hazards Branch Chief\, and as a Hazard Mitigation Specialist. Prior to joining FEMA\, Mr. Massey served as the Assistant State Hazard Mitigatio n Officer with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and served as a P lanner for a Regional Planning Commission in Illinois. He also trained as a Nuclear\, Biological\, and Chemical Officer in the U.S. Army serving in a tank battalion in Germany and the First Gulf War.\n\n\n\nPaul Curlett is the RF Comms\, Networking\, and Mission Systems Senior Sales Lead\, Bo eing Phantom Works\, The Boeing Company.  Paul joined the Boeing team in 2008 as a Senior Site Manager at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Headquarters and Aerospace Defense Facility East in the Washington D.C are a.  Paul also served as a 30 year United States Air Force veteran from 19 77 to 2007.  His last military assignment was Wing Commander\, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing\, Ali Al Salem Air Base Kuwait.  He also served as a C -130 Squadron Commander\, C-17 Operations Group Commander and was deployed as an Air Expeditionary Group Commander in Kandahar Afghanistan.  Paul a lso held leadership positions as Air Force Intelligence\, Surveillance\, a nd Reconnaissance Center Liaison to Air Mobility Command (AMC) and Air For ce Communications Agency (AFCA)\, Senior A-5 Division Chief AMC Plans and Programs\, Chief of Plans and Programs at US Transportation Command\, Depu ty Chief of United States Air Force Mobility Requirements Division\, the P entagon and numerous other Wing and Numbered Air Force assignments.  Paul has flown the C-17\, C-141\, C-130\, C-12\, T-37 and T-38 aircraft and wa s assigned to two tours in Alaska.  \n\nGlen Klinkhart is a 20-year law enforcement veteran with an extensive history in investigation and compute r crime and is the current Alaska Director of the Alcohol and Marijuana C ontrol Office. In 2000 Glen created the State of Alaska’s first law enfo rcement computer crime unit. He was responsible for developing new and inn ovative computer crime investigation techniques\, policies and procedures that helped revolutionize the prosecution of electronic crimes within the State of Alaska. In 2006 Glen began Alaska’s premier Information Securit y and Computer Forensics consulting firm. In 2016 he sold DigitalSecurus a nd began Klinkhart\, an investigations firm\, and a media company\, Securu sMedia.\n\nGlen Klinkhart is a computer and cell phone forensics expert as well as an Information Security Consultant and Homicide Detective. Glen i s also the author of a successful Internet Safety book entitled\, “A Cyb erCop’s Guide to Internet Child Safety”. In 2014 his bestselling Alask an True Crime Memoir\, "Finding Bethany" was released to popular and criti cal acclaim.\n\n\n\nThis program is a part of the Evangeline Atwood Distin guished Speakers Series. Named after the the founder of the Alaska World A ffairs Council\, Evangeline Atwood\, and with the generous support from Th e Atwood Foundation\, these public programs feature world-class experts on a diverse range of topics.\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begi n at 11:30am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 12:00pm.\n Those with online reservations do not n eed to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirme d attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be availa ble for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Company. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on Ma y 5. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unl ess the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2022/03/Untitled-design-11.png 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:VEVENT UID:333@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220922T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220922T200000 DTSTAMP:20231231T065926Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/spirit-of-scotland-sker ryvore/ SUMMARY:Spirit of Scotland | Skerryvore DESCRIPTION:\n**This event is SOLD OUT. We are sorry for any inconvenience. Individuals hoping to attend can arrive to the venue at 6:00pm to be plac ed on a waitlist. Waitlisted individuals will be let in 5 minutes after th e program begins\, based on available seating.**\nJoin us for a unique Sco ttish experience with Skerryvore\, a hugely popular and award-winning 8-pi ece band from Scotland. Band members will guide guests through a sampling of some of their favorite Scotch whiskies\, while performing some tunes fr om the regions of Scotland where the whisky you are sampling originated. T his is not a full concert\, but rather a wonderful way to engage and learn from this incredible group of musicians in an intimate setting.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/8p9Boju1UjI[/embed]\nHailing from the remote island of Tiree\, Skerryvore has skyrocketed to become one of Scotland’ s greatest musical exports\, and it’s easy to see why. Their eclectic fu sion of folk\, rock\, and Americana – with thundering drums and bagpipes \, of course – is as rich as a single malt scotch.\nSince their founding in 2005\, Skerryvore has headlined festivals around the world\, performed in over 25 countries\, and picked up Scotland’s “Live Act of the Year ” award – twice. With their distinctive mix of fiddle\, accordions\, p ipes and whistles\, alongside guitar and vocals\, underpinned by driving b ass\, drums and keys\, Skerryvore fuses outstanding musicianship with shee r joy.\nIf you love foot-stomping nights out with groups like We Banjo 3\, JigJam\, or Talisk\, dinnae miss the lads of Skerryvore.\n\n\n\n\n\nSched ule of Events\n\n\n 5:00pm - 6:00pm Doors open with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. Order food &\; drinks and network with other guests.\n 6:00pm - 7:30pm Whisky tasting and music with Skerryvore. \n 7:30pm - 8:00pm Whisky\, Tango\, Foxtrot (WTF)* style discussion with the band.\n\n*Not familiar with Whisky\, Tango\, Foxtrot? This AKWorld Ser ies focuses on networking\, open discussions\, and debates on the dance of international affairs.\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Ticket price includes wh isky flight.\n Bear Paw Bar &\; Grill will be offering a special Scott ish 3-course meal for just $35! Come during the networking hour to order y our meal for the program.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed atte ndees on a list at check-in.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on S eptember 21. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the next d ay\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org w ith any questions.\n\n\n\n\nThank you to our event partners:\n                                              ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2022/08/261773524_444536213704602_4084170069043713701_n.jpg CATEGORIES:Events,Special Events LOCATION:Downtown Bear Paw Bar & Grill\, 415 E Street\, Anchorage\, Alaska\ , 99501\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=415 E Street\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Downtown Bear Pa w Bar & Grill:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:334@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220929T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20220929T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T065953Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/as-told-from-the-north- a-journalists-perspective-on-russia-ukraine-the-arctic-arne-o-holm/ SUMMARY:As Told From the North: A Journalist's Perspective on Russia\, Ukra ine\, & the Arctic | Arne O. Holm DESCRIPTION:With the pandemic withdrawn and borders reopened\, journalist A rne Holm was scheduled to hit the road to Northwestern Russia in a mobile newsroom earlier this year. However\, his plans were abruptly changed due to Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Instead\, he spent the next few months tra veling the border of Russia\, interviewing people who want to live in peac e with their neighbors.\n\nNow it's your turn to ask him anything - what h e's learned\, who he's met\, and what he thinks the future of Russia and A rctic relations will look like.\n"In a number of different ways\, everyone who live in the North have woken up to a new everyday life\, one that has taken a different direction. Perhaps towards a lasting change of Europe." - Arne O. Holm\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\nArne Holm works as executive e ditor of the High North News (Highnorthnews.com)\, an independent newspape r published by the High North Center at the Nord University in Bodø\, Nor way. High North News have journalists all over the Arctic\, covering news and analyses about politics and business in the high north.\n\nHolm has ha d a long and prominent journalistic career and has worked for some of Norw ay’s leading media companies. In addition\, he has published several boo ks. He has won several national awards for outstanding journalism.  Holm comes from Bodø\, and is thus a northerner by birth. He has spent several years on Svalbard\, which has added to his extensive knowledge of the Arc tic.  Holm has been employed at the High North Center since 2007.\nModera ted by\n\n\nDr. Andreas Raspotnik is a Senior Researcher at the High North Center for Business and Governance\, Nord University (Bodø\, Norway) and a Senior Fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (Oslo\, Norway). He is a lso a Senior Fellow at The Arctic Institute - Center for Circumpolar Secur ity Studies and a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center\, both in Washington\ , DC. For over a decade\, Andreas extensively researched and published on the European Union’s Arctic policy and related matters of international security\, environmental governance and energy policy. He further researc hes on intra-Arctic regional development in the fields of fisheries and aq uaculture\, as well as on urban development and smart city strategies for Arctic settlements. Andreas is also the author of the very first book publ ished on the European Union’s Arctic interests: The European Union and t he Geopolitics of the Arctic. Andreas received his jointly awarded PhD in Political Science from the University of Cologne (Germany) and the Univer sity of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) in October 2016.\n\n\nLise Kristiansenw as born and raised in Alaska and holds a degree in Economics and Accountin g from Claremont McKenna College. She worked as a CPA in Seattle\, Washing ton and Zurich\, Switzerland. She then helped establish a Financial Analys t Group for the Energy Division of a major oil company in Oslo\, Norway. A s a dual Norwegian and US Citizen\, her interest in world cultures has tak en her to many exciting places\, including Anchorage\, Alaska where she is the Norwegian Honorary Consul for Alaska. Lise is a national and internat ional public speaker on various Arctic issues related to Alaska\, Norway\, and other regions.  This summer\, Lise led a tour group from Glasgow\, S cotland around the Scottish Isles to Bergen\, Norway for the Philadelphia World Affairs Council.  Lise is a member of the Anchorage Chamber of Comm erce Athena Society and was named one of Anchorage’s Top 40 Under 40.  She was recently recognized by the National World Affairs Councils of Amer ica system\, which includes 94 councils around the U.S.\, as Leader of the Year.  With close ties to the local community\, she has been appointed a s the Honorary Commander of the F-22 fighter unit\, known as the Dicemen.   Lise has a passion for sports\, music (including playing the piano)\, a nd has participated in 6 Ironman Triathlons.\n\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seating available on a first-come fir st-serve basis. The program will begin at 12:00pm.\n Those with online re servations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we wil l have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this pro gram will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State B rewing Company. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure yo u receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online registration clos es at 6:00 pm on September 28. Tickets will be available for purchase at t he door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaska worldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n\n\nThank you to our Supporting Sp onsor:\n\n\n\n\nThis program is a part of the Evangeline Atwood Distinguis hed Speakers Series. Named after the the founder of the Alaska World Affai rs Council\, Evangeline Atwood\, and with the generous support from The At wood Foundation\, these public programs feature world-class experts on a d iverse range of topics. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2022/08/arne-o-holm-portrett-kvadrat.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:VEVENT UID:335@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221006T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221006T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070052Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-dangers-of-sportswa shing-using-the-game-to-change-global-image-jules-boykoff/ SUMMARY:The Dangers of Sportswashing: Using the Game to Change Global Image | Jules Boykoff DESCRIPTION:The Olympic games in China\, World Cup in Qatar\, and WWE in Sa udi Arabia - what do all these major sporting events have in common? They' re all being hosted in authoritarian countries. Why are oppressive governm ents around the world so eager to host the international community? The an swer lies in the term sportswashing. \n\nAs the 2022 FIFA World Cup appr oaches\, join us for this timely conversation on how countries launder the ir reputations through sports and why we should be paying attention.\n\n\n \nAbout the speaker\nJules Boykoff is the author of five books on the Olym pic Games\, most recently\, The 1936 Berlin Olympics: Race\, Power\, and S portswashing (Common Ground\, forthcoming)\, NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles\, Tokyo\, and Beyond (Fernw ood\, 2020) and Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics (Verso\ , 2016). His writing on the Olympics has appeared in places like the New York Times\, the Los Angeles Times\, the Guardian\, the Washington Post\, the Nation\, Folha de São Paulo\, and Asahi Shimbun. Previously\, he wa s a professional soccer player who represented the US U-23 Men’s Nationa l Soccer Team in international competition. He teaches political science a t Pacific University in Oregon.\nModerated by:\nRob Urbach is an innovativ e leader\, and is especially noted as a “multiplier\,” making everyone  around him smarter and more capable. As a result\, his teams are noted f or doing more with less\, generating record-setting results in both good times and bad and for creating winning partnerships.\n\nRob was named CEO of the Iditarod in June of 2019 and has been working closely with the Idi tarod’s board of directors to drive relevance\, thought leadership and i nnovation\, leading the “Last Great Race on Earth.\n\nPrior to the Idit arod\, Rob served as CEO of USA Triathlon for 6 and half years overseeing all day-to-day operations for the National Governing Body for triathlon— the fastest growing sport in the U.S. Olympic Movement. USA Triathlon ser ves more than 500\,000 members\, sanctions more than 4\,300 events and ma nages Olympic and Paralympic teams.\n\nPrior to USA triathlon\, Rob Urbach served as Executive Vice President for Octagon and led operations for on e of the top global sports management firms. During his tenure at Octagon\ , Urbach oversaw the deployment of the firm’s resources around the worl d and led initiatives in diverse markets including South Africa\, Nigeria \, Turkey\, Singapore\, and China.\n\nUrbach\, a frequent speaker at indus try conferences\, is an MBA recipient from The Wharton School of the Busi ness and a graduate of Centre College where he was a 3-sport athlete and A ll-American tennis player. He has completed 80 triathlons\, including the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii\, and has numerous age group race victories to his credit.\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin a t 11:30am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The pr ogram will begin at 12:00pm.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed a ttendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase from Bear Tooth Theatre. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on October 5. Ti ckets will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questio ns.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2022/08/IMG_7520-scaled-1.jpeg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:336@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221020T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221020T200000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070202Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/world-wiz-pub-quiz-triv ia-fundraiser-3/ SUMMARY:World Wiz Pub Quiz | Trivia Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:Join us at Downtown Bear Paw Bar &\; Grill for a globally th emed pub quiz! World Wiz Pub Quiz is the annual fundraiser for the Alaska World Affairs Council and the Academic Student WorldQuest Competition fe aturing beer\, world trivia\, prizes\, and a raffle auction! Join us for a fun-filled evening and test your international trivia knowledge.\n\n\n\n Ready for a Getaway? Purchase a Raffle Ticket for our Alaskan Airline Draw ing!\nPre-Purchase a raffle ticket to be entered into our Alaska Airlines Grand Prize - 2 coach roundtrip tickets systemwide on Alaska Airlines anyw here they fly.\nTransportation is valid on Alaska Airlines with no black out dates. Each main cabin ticket is valued at $1250. Vouchers need to be ticketed prior to their expiration date printed on the voucher (one year f rom the date of the event). Can't make it the night of? That's okay! You d o not need to be present to win.\n\nClick here to enter airlines raffle!\n \nClick here to view other raffle items through Galabid!\n\n\n\nDOORS & \; DETAILS\n\n Admission: $100 per team of 4\, or $35 per individual.\n Doors will open at 5:30pm and the trivia will begin at 6:15pm.\n Food and beverages at this event will be available for individual order and purcha se from Downtown Bear Paw Bar &\; Grill.\n Trivia answers will be subm itted on a mobile device. Please make sure you have reliable connection an d a charged device (one per team).\n Registration closes October 19 at 6p m.\n\n\n\n\n\nWORLD WIZ QUIZ MASTER – PAUL DUNSCOMB\, PHD\nPaul Dunscomb is Professor of East Asian History and chair of the History Department at the University of Alaska Anchorage. His nerd super power is\, he can arti culate stuff. He can take a room full of half baked\, half expressed thoug hts and turn them into ideas with force and power.\n\nHe was the inaugural Director of the UAA Confucius Institute. His book\, A Great Disobedience Against the People\, Japan’s Siberian Intervention\, 1918-1922\, the fi rst ever complete narrative in English\, appeared in February 2011. He is also author of Japan Since 1945 in 2014 for the Association for Asian St udies Key Issues in Asian Studies Series.\n\nHis current research focuses on the history of the Heisei period (1989-2018) including the Crisis in Ja panese Professional Baseball of 2004 and the nature of change in Heisei Ja pan. He analyzed debates about Japanese identity during the Lost Decade\, 1992-2004\, in “Images of What Never Was to Suggest What Might Be\; Japa nese Popular Culture and Japaneseness\,” for the edited volume The Dyna mics of Cultural Counterpoint in Asian Studies. His work has appeared in  The Journal of Japanese Studies\, East-West Connections\, and Education A bout Asia.\n\n\nThank you to our event sponsor:\n\nand our in-kind sponsor s:\nAlaska Airlines\, Alaska Railroad\, Great Harvest\, Alaska Wild Berry Products\, Rumble Boxing Anchorage\, Moose's Tooth\, Anchorage Museum\, An chorage Concert Association\, Alaskan Scottish Club\, Wild Scoops\, and Sa lmon Sisters. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/07/WorldWiz.png CATEGORIES:Events,Special Events LOCATION:Downtown Bear Paw Bar & Grill\, 415 E Street\, Anchorage\, Alaska\ , 99501\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=415 E Street\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Downtown Bear Pa w Bar & Grill:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:338@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221025T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221025T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070326Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/partner-program-with-wt ca-ambassador-jane-duke-australian-consul-general-for-la/ SUMMARY:Partner Program with WTCA | Ambassador Jane Duke\, Australian Consu l General for LA DESCRIPTION:Join the World Trade Center Alaska in partnership with The Alas ka World Affairs Council for two opportunities to hear from Ambassador Jan e Duke\, Australian Consul General in LA.\n\nThe luncheon:\n\nDate: Tuesda y\, October 25\, 2022\n\nTime: Noon to 1:00 pm.\n\nVenue: The Coast Inn at Lake Hood\n\nThe reception:\n\nDate: Tuesday\, October 25\, 2022\n\nTime: 5:00 to 6:30 pm\n\nVenue: Sullivan’s Steak House\n\n\n\nAbout the Speak er\nMs Duke was appointed Australian Consul-General Los Angeles in August 2020. Ms Duke is an experienced senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). She was most recently Australia’s A mbassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta \, Indonesia\, and has served overseas as Deputy High Commissioner\, Malay sia\, and as Counsellor (Immigration) at Australia’s Permanent Mission t o the United Nations in Geneva.\n\nIn Canberra\, Ms Duke has served as Ass istant Secretary\, South East Asia Regional Branch\, Canada and Latin Amer ica Branch\, and Northern\, Southern and Eastern Europe Branch. Ms Duke ha s also held senior positions in the immigration portfolio.\n\nMs Duke hold s a Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies) degree and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the Australian National University and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Pr actice from the University of Technology Sydney.\n\nMs Duke is married\, w ith two children.\n\n\n\nRegister online with World Trade Center Alaska.\n AKWorld members receive WTC Member pricing. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2022/10/duke_jane_sml.jpg LOCATION:The Coast Inn at Lake Hood\, 3450 Aviation Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99502\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=3450 Aviation Ave\, Anchora ge\, AK\, 99502\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Coast Inn a t Lake Hood:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:337@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221107T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221107T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070304Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/building-the-alaska-asi a-air-link-connecting-alaska-with-japan-and-korea-partner-program-with-anc horage-chamber-of-commerce/ SUMMARY:Building the Alaska-Asia Air Link: Connecting Alaska with Japan and Korea | Partner program with Anchorage Chamber of Commerce DESCRIPTION:Speakers:\n\nSteve Knackstedt is VP of Global Partnerships at N orthern Pacific Airways. Steve’s airline experience started the same mo nth the US Airline industry was deregulated\, October 1978. He has worked for Continental Airlines\, Cologne-Bonn Airport\, Hahn Air Lines and now Northern Pacific Airways. He led a worldwide sales team at Hahn Air Lines which created the largest interline\nnetwork in the world\, over 370 airl ines and facilitated the development of the Hahn Air products allowing pa rtner airlines to generate over a Billion USD yearly in 190 countries. As a consultant his role at Cologne-Bonn airport included long term strategy and airline route acquisition. His initial operational\, sales and admin istrative experience came at Continental Airlines\, where he managed five airports\, the international operations in Europe\, S. America and Canada \, Director Policies\, Procedures and Training for all Continental airpor ts and Sr. Country Director Germany and Scandinavia. Steve holds a journal ism and business administration degree from the University of Texas at Ar lington. His hobby\, traveling\, now 121 countries fit perfectly with his global responsibilities at NPA where he is responsible for government\,  airport\, airline and commercial global partnerships. Steve has been a mem ber of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany and Norway.\n\n\nConsu lar Masaru Aniya was appointed as Head of the Consular Office of Japan in Anchorage on May 31\, 2020. Aniya graduated from Hiroshima University\, L aw in 1984 and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the same year. Since then he has served for the Embassy of Japan in Bahrain\, Korea\, New Zeal and\, Malaysia\, Boston\, and Lithuania before becoming the Consular of Ja pan in Anchorage. He is eager to further build friendship between Japan an d Alaska through out sister cities\, the JET Program\, economic programs a nd people-to-people relationships.\n\nDeputy Consul General Seung Man Sang is Head of Korean Consular Office in Alaska. Deputy Consul General Sang was born on April 26\, 1969. He graduated from Hankuk University of Forei gn Studies in 1995 and joined the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in 1996. His diplomatic assignments took him to different location s around the globe: Japan\, Sri Lanka\, China\, and most recently\, Pakist an. Sangalso held various positions at MOFA's special focus departments in cluding Southeast and Northeast Asia Divisions where he worked as the Assi stant Director. Deputy ConsulGeneral Sang holds a Master of Laws degree fr om Essex University (U.K.)\, he is married\, and has three sons.\n\n\n\nJi n Chen is the Founder of Brilliant Connection Consulting. Born and rais ed in China\, Jin moved to Alaska after her sophomore year at China Univer sity of Petroleum.  After receiving her bachelor’s degree in accounting and her MBA from the University of Alaska Fairbanks\, Jin pursued a publi c accounting career for three years before joining Alaska Skylar Travel in the spring of 2015 to develop then the first\, now the largest Chinese-fo cused tour operation in Alaska. She took the company's revenue to grow ten fold\, and staff has expanded from 10 to 50 employees. \n\nJin designed a multifunction travel blanket – The Planeket. The assemble warehouse is in Anchorage\, and trademarked with the US Patent and Trademark Office. It is a product featured on Conde Nast Travel and Bloomberg Business. \n\nJ in founded Brilliant Connection Consulting in 2020. It is the first of its kind offering trade consulting between China and U.S\, in Alaska. We have extensive experiences in helping businesses getting products and services into the Chinese market\, providing culture training sessions\, and prepa ring websites and material to be China-ready!\n\nJin serves on the board o f directors of Visit Anchorage and Anchorage Chamber of Commerce\, on the Alaska Tourism Industry Association marketing committee\,  and as Commiss ioner for Anchorage’s Sister City partnership with Harbin\, China. \n\n You can learn about her ventures at JinChen.info\nModerated by:\nLise Kris tiansen was born and raised in Alaska and holds a degree in Economics and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College. She worked as a CPA in Seattle \, Washington and Zurich\, Switzerland. She then helped establish a Financ ial Analyst Group for the Energy Division of a major oil company in Oslo\, Norway. As a dual Norwegian and US Citizen\, her interest in world cultur es has taken her to many exciting places\, including Anchorage\, Alaska wh ere she is the Norwegian Honorary Consul for Alaska. Lise is a national an d international public speaker on various Arctic issues related to Alaska\ , Norway\, and other regions.  This summer\, Lise led a tour group from G lasgow\, Scotland around the Scottish Isles to Bergen\, Norway for the Phi ladelphia World Affairs Council.  Lise is a member of the Anchorage Chamb er of Commerce Athena Society and was named one of Anchorage’s Top 40 Un der 40.  She was recently recognized by the National World Affairs Counci ls of America system\, which includes 94 councils around the U.S.\, as Lea der of the Year.  With close ties to the local community\, she has been a ppointed as the Honorary Commander of the F-22 fighter unit\, known as the Dicemen.  Lise has a passion for sports\, music (including playing the p iano)\, and has participated in 6 Ironman Triathlons.\n\n\n\nClick here to register for this forum\n\n\n\nThis event is hosted by the Anchorage Cham ber of Commerce in partnership with the Alaska World Affairs Council.\n\nF or more than 65 years\, the “Make it Monday” forums have provided memb ers with educational opportunities from industry updates\, municipal and g overnment reports\, to economic forecasts and new industry outlooks.\n\nTh e Monday forum is much more than an educational event. It is member apprec iation and recognition. More than 40 luncheons are held each year with att endance ranging from 50 to 100+ each week. In addition to new member spotl ights\, door prizes\, updates from the non-profit sector\, and reports fro m the Anchorage School District’s School Business Partnership\, there is so much to learn at the forum. Media is often in attendance\, as many pre sentations are newsworthy topics that affect all Alaskans. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2022/10/anchorage-logo.png LOCATION:Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center\, 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.21509609999999;-149.8945164 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS= 600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\ , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Dena'i na Civic and Convention Center:geo:61.21509609999999,-149.8945164 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:339@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221110T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221110T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070403Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/what-the-he-is-he-think ing-putins-war-in-ukraine/ SUMMARY:What the He** Is He Thinking: Putin's War in Ukraine | Melinda Hari ng DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Russian invasion of Ukraine has shocked the world and t ransformed the geopolitical climate. Join us as we welcome past AKWorld sp eaker\, Melinda Haring\, as she looks back at the first six months of the invasion\, shares the most surprising developments\, and discusses whether the war has hit a stalemate or whether a breakthrough is on the horizon f or Ukraine.\nIf you missed her last program with our council\, you can vie w the recording online here: What the He** Is Going on in Belarus and What Do the Russians Want.\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\nMelinda Haring is the d eputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. Previously\, s he was the editor of the Atlantic Council’s popular publication\, the U kraineAlert blog. She is the author of the report Reforming the democrac y bureaucracy (FPRI\, 2013) coauthor of Biden and Ukraine: a strategy for the next administration (Atlantic Council\, 2021)\, Biden and Belarus: a strategy for the next administration (Atlantic Council\, 2021)\, Ukraine ’s internally displaced persons hold a key to peace (Atlantic Council\, 2017)\, and a contributor to Does democracy matter? (Rowman &\; Litt lefield\, 2017). Haring has worked for Eurasia Foundation\, Freedom House \, and the National Democratic Institute\, where she managed democracy ass istance programs in Azerbaijan\, Georgia\, and Russia. A graduate of Georg etown University\, she holds an MA in Government with a certificate in Rus sian\, Eurasian\, and East European Studies. Haring is the vice-chair of t he board of East Europe Foundation in Kyiv\, Ukraine\, a member of the sup ervisory board of Right to Protection in Kyiv\, Ukraine\, and a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in wil l begin at 11:30am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basi s. The program will begin at 12:00pm.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all co nfirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Compan y. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive you r meal by the end of the program.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on November 9. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the nex t day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.or g with any questions.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/09/Melinda-Haring-2020-headshot-scaled-1.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:VEVENT UID:340@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221110T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221110T173000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070429Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/8901/ SUMMARY:WTF Series: Putin's War in Ukraine | Melinda Haring DESCRIPTION:\nThe Alaska World Affairs Council and the Anchorage Chamber Yo ung Professionals Group have teamed up to offer a thought-provoking evenin g of  engaging conversation and cocktails. Attendees will be have the opp ortunity to network\, discuss\, and debate Putin's invasion in Ukraine.\n" Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" is part one of  our young professionals whiskey ch at series.\n\nDetails &\; Schedule (Subject to Change):\n\n 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Doors open/ Cocktail mixer\n 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm: Speaker Introdu ction &\; Table Topics \n 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm:  Q&\;A\, Open Debate and Discussion.\n\nYoung professionals bring your business cards! This is going to be an exciting night of networking\, learning\, and meeting of t he minds! \n\nThis event is for clients 21 years of age and older. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2022/10/WHISKEY-TANGO-FOXTROT.png 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:VEVENT UID:341@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221201T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221201T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070453Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/churchill-at-war-on-the -nile-jim-muller-phd/ SUMMARY:Churchill at War on the Nile | Jim Muller\, PhD DESCRIPTION:Winston Churchill wrote five books before he was elected to Par liament at the age of twenty-five. The most impressive of these books\, T he River War tells the story of Britain's arduous and risky campaign to r econquer the Sudan at the end of the nineteenth century.\n\nMore than thir ty years in the making\, under the editorship of James W. Muller\, the new edition of The River War will be the definitive one for all time. Join us for this conversation with Muller as he examines the statesman’s ea rly thoughts about war\, race\, religion\, and imperialism\, which are sti ll our political challenges in the twenty-first century.\n\n\n\nFeatured S peaker\nJames W. Muller is Professor of Political Science at the Universit y of Alaska\, Anchorage\, where he has taught since 1983\, and Chairman o f the Board of Academic Advisers of the International Churchill Society. Educated at Harvard University and the Ecole Normale Supérieure\, Paris\, he is a by-fellow of Churchill College\, Cambridge. He served as a White House Fellow in 1983–84 and an Academic Visitor at the London School o f Economics and Political Science in 1988–89. In 2008 he won the Alaska Governor’s Award for Distinguished Service to the Humanities. He has ta ught courses in statesmanship\, political philosophy\, and American polit ical thought\, and he organizes the Chartwell and Seward Lecture series a t UAA. Over the years\, he and his students have participated in many pro grams of the Alaska World Affairs Council over the years\, and he has spok en at our meetings several times before.\n\nProfessor Muller is editor of The Revival of Constitutionalism (University of Nebraska Press\, 1988)\,  Churchill as Peacemaker (Cambridge University Press\, 1997)\, Churchill ’s “Iron Curtain” Speech Fifty Years Later (University of Missouri Press\, 1999)\, and of Winston S. Churchill’s interwar books of essays\,  Thoughts and Adventures (ISI Books\, 2009) and Great Contemporaries (ISI Books\, 2012). His new edition of Churchill’s earlier book\, The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan\, has been pu blished in two volumes by St. Augustine’s Press. His next project is a n ew edition of Churchill’s autobiography\, My Early Life: A Roving Commi ssion.\nModerated by\nDr. Frank von Hippel is a professor of environmental health sciences in the Mel &\; Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and the lead of the One Health Research Initiative at the University of A rizona. Frank was born and raised in Alaska\, received his A.B. in biology at Dartmouth College in 1989\, and his Ph.D. in integrative biology at th e University of California\, Berkeley in 1996. He taught for Columbia Univ ersity (1996-1999)\, the University of Alaska Anchorage (2000-2016)\, and Northern Arizona University (2016-2021) before moving to the University of Arizona in 2021. Frank has taught ecology field courses in over twenty co untries\, and conducted research in the Americas\, Africa and Australia. H e conducts research at the nexus of ecotoxicology\, mechanisms of toxicity \, and health disparities\, with a focus on Indigenous and underserved com munities. Frank’s research has been widely covered in the press\, includ ing The New York Times\, National Public Radio\, The Economist\, the BBC\, and many other media outlets. Frank is the author of The Chemical Age (Un iversity of Chicago Press\, 2020) and he is the creator and host of the Sc ience History Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/science-histo ry-podcast/id1325288920).\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The p rogram will begin at 12:00pm.\n Those with online reservations do not nee d to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be availabl e for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Company. If yo u wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal b y the end of the program.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on Nove mber 30. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2022/10/Muller_sm-2.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:VEVENT UID:342@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230209T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070514Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/conversation-debate-the -chinese-economy-will-be-larger-than-the-u-s-economy-in-10-years-sam-kapla n/ SUMMARY:Conversation & Debate: Challenging China | Sam Kaplan & UAA Debate Team DESCRIPTION:*Event is sold out*\nWait list will be started on a first come\ , first served basis. Remaining seats will be released after doors have cl osed.\n\n\nJoin AKWorld for a debate style program on the future of China featuring Sam Kaplan\, author of Challenging China. We will be joined by members of the UAA Seawolf  Debate Team who will debate: The dream of Ch ina's political liberalization following their economic liberalization is dead. Following the debate\, our panel of China experts will determine wh o won the debate and add final remarks before the audience Q&\;A sessio n.\n\nSteve Johnson\, UAA Associate Professor and Director of Debate will moderate the debate.\n\n\n\nFeatured speaker:\nSam Kaplan has worked with and in China and written about it for thirty plus years in a variety of bu siness\, policy and education roles. Currently he is director of the rathe r long-windedly named Center of Excellence for Global Trade and Supply Cha in Management.\n\nAs president of the Trade Development Alliance of Greate r Seattle\, Sam organized numerous trade and business missions to China an d hosted countless delegations\, business people\, government officials an d others from China.\n\nSam was a key member of the host committees for th e visits of both President Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping to Seattle. This provi ded him an up-close view into the changing dynamics of China and U.S. rela tions. He also served as the President of the Boao Forum\, Seattle LLC\, m anaging the organization of a high-level clean technology conference in 20 14 featuring government\, business\, and academic leaders from throughout Asia and North America such as Zhang Guobao\, Bill Gates\, and Henry Pauls on. Sam acted as the Interim Executive Director for the Washington State C hina Relations Council concurrent to his role as TDA President.\n\nWhile w orking for U.S. Representative John Miller\, Sam handled the Congressman's foreign affairs and international trade issues\, including working on tra de and human rights issues regarding China. Sam also steered the private s ector effort for Governor Jay Inslee's trade mission to China. He managed various business and non-profit leaders to build parts of the Governor's a genda\, including meetings with the Governor of Guangdong Province and a h osted "Washington State Day" in partnership with Vanke\, the largest resid ential real estate company in China.\n\nSam publishes a weekly e-newslette r\, International Need to Know\, which is read each week by 400 to 1000 le aders\, including CEOs\, elected officials and nonprofit directors\, featu ring articles on China and other issues. He has been published in a variet y of publications\, including the World Bank's Urban Age magazine.\n\nWith Michael Williams\, he made the short film\, Please Hold\, a dark comedy a bout customer service. His novel\, Munsrat Lives\, is available on Amazon. He is currently working on a novel about the end of the world. It's a com edy.\n\nJoined by special guests:\nThe University of Alaska Anchorage Seaw olf Debate Program was founded in 1972 as the Anchorage Community College Speech and Debate Team. Since its founding\, the team has gained regional\ , national and international acclaim while representing the University of Alaska in competitive speaking tournaments. In the late 90’s\, the ACC w as merged with the University of Alaska Anchorage and the squad became the Seawolf Speech and Debate team. They continued to compete in individual e vents and Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) debate\, earning awa rds throughout the Pacific Northwest and across the nation.\n\nAfter refoc using the program from NPDA to International Style Debate in January 2005\ , the Seawolves garnered immediate international recognition by winning th e Rotterdam Open tournament in the Netherlands. The team also continued to enjoy national success by winning the US Universities Championships in 20 05 and placing 2nd to Harvard University at the US Universities Championsh ips in 2006. In 2010\, the team swept the top four speaker awards at the U S Universities Championships\, in addition to advancing two teams to the s emifinal round of competition.\n\nThe focus of the team's competitive seas on is now on the World Universities Debating Championships. In 2007\, a Se awolf team reached the Semifinal round of the World Championships\, beatin g out teams from Stanford\, Yale\, Cambridge and Oxford. This performance ranked them in the top 2% of teams in the world and as the top debate team in North America.\n\nOver the last two years\, the Seawolf Debate program broke three teams at the Worlds Debating Championships\, saw three semifi nalist and one finalist team at the US Universities Debating Championships \, and climbed in the official World Debate Council’s ranking to the 9th most competitive program in the world based on its cumulative success at the last five World Universities Debating Championships. This ranking plac es the team in 2nd highest ranked team from the United States.\n\n\n\nPROG RAM DETAILS\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:15am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 12:00pm.\n Thos e with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at t he door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n L unch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase f rom Bear Tooth. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure yo u receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Students receive free ad mission and pizza buffet thanks to support from ConocoPhillips! Please be prepared to show your student ID upon check-in.\n Online registration clo ses at 6:00 pm on February 8. Tickets will be available for purchase at th e door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact programs@ala skaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2022/12/images.jpeg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:343@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230210T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230210T100000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070549Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/coffee-chat-china-china -china-sam-kaplan/ SUMMARY:Coffee Chat: Challenging China | Sam Kaplan DESCRIPTION:As a special thanks to our members Silver Level and above\, thi s coffee chat is of no charge to you!\nThank you for your commitment to Al aska World Affairs Council. \n\n\n\n\nSam Kaplan has worked with and in C hina and written about it for thirty plus years in a variety of business\, policy and education roles. Currently he is director of the rather long-w indedly named Center of Excellence for Global Trade and Supply Chain Manag ement.\n\nAs president of the Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattl e\, Sam organized numerous trade and business missions to China and hosted countless delegations\, business people\, government officials and others from China. Read more about our guest speaker here.\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAIL S\n\n Check-in will begin at 8:45am with seating available on a first-com e first-serve basis. The coffee chat will begin at 9:00am.\n Those with o nline reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\ , we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Coffee wi ll be available for individual order and purchase from Kaladi Brothers Cof fee. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to place your order.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on February 9. Tickets will be avai lable for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold o ut. Contact programs@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2022/12/images.jpeg LOCATION:Kaladi Brothers Community Room\, 621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States GEO:61.2170565;-149.89431330000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=621 W 6th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Kaladi Brothers Com munity Room:geo:61.2170565,-149.89431330000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:344@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230214T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230214T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070610Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/norway-looking-toward-t he-future-green-energy-transition-sovereign-wealth-fund-investment-strateg y-clean-oceans-cg-gry-rabe-henriksen/ SUMMARY:Norway Looking Toward the Future: Green Energy Transition\, Soverei gn Wealth Fund & Clean Oceans | CG Gry Rabe Henriksen DESCRIPTION:Join the World Trade Center Alaska in partnership with The Alas ka World Affairs Council to hear from Gry Rabe Henriksen\, Consul General for Norway in San Francisco.\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\nGry Rabe Henriksen is Consul General for Norway in San Francisco. A political scientist from the University of Oslo\, Norway\, and the University of New South Wales\, Australia\, she has served in the Norwegian Foreign Service since 2000\, with postings in Buenos Aires and Geneva as well as senior positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in areas such as Trade in Services\, bilat eral and regional cooperation with East Asia and Oceania\, and as Directo r of the Norwegian Diplomatic Academy. She leads Team Norway on the US We st Coast\, focusing on bridging our respective efforts in supporting the blue-green economy.\n\n\n\nRegister online here.\nAKWorld members receive WTC Member pricing. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-11-at-3.06.35-PM.png CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Sullivan's Steakhouse\, 320 W 5th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, U nited States GEO:61.2171402;-149.8886715 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=320 W 5th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Sullivan's Steakhou se:geo:61.2171402,-149.8886715 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:345@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230215T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230215T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070700Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/academic-student-worldq uest-competition-3/ SUMMARY:Academic Student WorldQuest Competition DESCRIPTION:\n\nWhat is it? \nAcademic Student WorldQuest is a student com petition\, featuring 5 rounds of 10 questions covering the official study guide released by our national office. Students form teams of 1-4 to test their international knowledge. The first place team gets the chance to tr avel to Washington\, D.C. to compete in the National Competition.\n\nThis program is free for students thanks to our generous sponsors. AKWorld will be supplying a pizza lunch buffet for all participants\, with awesome giv eaways during the event\, and a keynote speaker.\nRegister for the 2023 Ac ademic WorldQuest Competition\n\n\n\n2023 WORLDQUEST TOPICS\n\n Securing the Future of the World's Wildlife\n The Arctic Council: Frozen Cooperati on\n Atrocity Prevention and Accountability\n Combating Global Food Inse curity\n Economic Sanctions - A Double-Edged Sword\n Country in Focus: E thiopia\n The Future of Supply Chains\n Battle of the Century: Autocracy vs. Democracy\n Current Events\n\nOfficial 2023 Study Guide\n\n\n\nPROGR AM DETAILS\n\n Teams (comprising of 1-4 students) must register their int ent to participate by submitting an application online.\n Registration cl oses Wednesday\, February 8\, 2023. Please register your teams as early a s possible to help us coordinate volunteers and food. \n Bussing will be available for Anchorage School District students thanks to our partnershi p with ASD. AKWorld staff will connect teams with a bussing coordinator on ce application is received.\n Check-in will begin at 9:30am and the compe tition will start at 10:30am.\n Student teams will be assigned tables in the main seating area of the theatre.\n Teachers\, parents\, and other me mbers of the public are welcome to quietly observe the competition from th e upstairs balcony area.\n A pizza buffet lunch will be provided for part icipating students and their chaperones.\n\n\n\n\nThe World Affairs Counci ls of America’s Study Guide is the primary resource to help students and teachers prepare for the topics covered in the timed question-and-answer rounds of the competition. The Study Guide is an essential resource for th e Carlos and Malú Alvarez Academic WorldQuest National Competition\, host ed by the World Affairs Councils of America every April in Washington\, DC .\nMORE ABOUT WORLDQUEST\nPlease reach out to elizabeth.astle@alaskaworlda ffairs.org with any questions!\n\n\n\nThank you to the generous event spon sor:\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/01/Academic-WorldQuest-logo.jpg CATEGORIES:Events,Special Events,WorldQuest LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:346@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230308T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230308T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070716Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/2023-womens-day/ SUMMARY:International Women's Day: Women's Role in the Future of Alaska | D iane Kaplan and Gloria O'Neill DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate International Women's Day with AKWorld as we are joined by two female leaders in the state as they discuss what helps wome n succeed and the role of women in helping build the future of Alaska.\n\n \n\nAbout the speakers:\n\n\nServing as President and Chief Executive Offi cer for Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) since 1998\, Gloria O’Neill ha s led the organization’s growth in becoming one of the most significant service providers in Alaska and the nation.\n\nThrough rigorous attention to community-based results\, Ms. O’Neill has established CITC’s nati onal reputation as a leading innovator of replicable and effective service models for education\, workforce development\, family preservation\, and substance dependency. Through her role at CITC\, Ms. O’Neill has been a strong advocate for youth and the advancement of all Native people.\n\n CITC provides approximately 50 essential programs serving more than 10\,00 0 Alaska Native and American Indian people each year. In 2016\, CITC inco rporated the Alaska Native Justice Center (ANJC) into its programming\; i n 2017\, established the Clare Swan Early Head Start Center\, which provi des year-round childcare and Early Head Start programming to working fami lies\, along with the community’s first Yup’ik Immersion Language clas ses for toddlers. In 2020\, Get Out The Native Vote (GOTNV) was establish ed as a CITC affiliate.\n\nThrough its for-profit subsidiary\, CITC Enterp rises Inc. (CEI)\, CITC established a new model of sustainability for its programs and services. Under Ms. O’Neill’s leadership\, CEI founded  the first indigenous video game company\, Upper One Games\, LLC\, and in N ovember 2014\, launched the first-of-its-kind puzzle-platform video game “Never Alone (Kisima Inŋitchuŋa)” with global acclaim. In 2020\, CE I and Ninilchik Traditional Council formed Tuyan\, LLC\, for subsidiary b usiness. In her role of President and CEO of CEI\, Ms. O’Neill also ser ves as Executive Chair and Board member of partnering agency E-Line Ventur es\, LLC. CITC is now a 30 percent shareholder of E-Line.\n\nMs. O’Neil l served on the University of Alaska Board of Regents from 2012 – 2020 a nd is a director for the Alaska Native Justice Center (ANJC) and the Alas ka Federation of Natives (AFN) boards. She is also a Fellow of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Children and Family Fellowship Program. In additi on\, Ms. O’Neill serves as Chair for the National Alyce Spotted Bear an d Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children.\n\nMs. O’Neill earned h er Master of Business Administration degree from Alaska Pacific Universit y\, and received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology\, with a minor in Busin ess Administration from the University of Alaska Anchorage.\n\nOriginally from Soldotna\, Ms. O’Neill is of Yup’ik\, Sámi and Irish descent. S he is married to Roger Phillips and has two stepsons\, Owen and Hunter Ph illips\, and a daughter\, Ravynn Nothstine.\n\n\n\nDiane Kaplan is a phi lanthropy leader and previously served as president and chief executive of ficer of Rasmuson Foundation\, based in Anchorage\, Alaska. She served as the first employee and administrator of the Foundation for six years prior to assuming the presidency in 2001.\n\nBefore joining the Foundation\, Ka plan provided consulting services for philanthropic organizations\, Native corporations and tribes\, and broadcast nonprofit organizations. Prior to that\, she served as chief executive officer of Alaska’s 28-station pub lic radio network.\n\nKaplan earned a degree in communications and women ’s studies from the University of Pennsylvania\, graduating summa cum la ude.\n\nKaplan is a member of the boards of the International Foundation f or Research in Experimental Economics\, The Alaska Community Foundation\, United States Artists and The Foraker Group. She serves on the President ’s Council of the ArtPlace national funding collaborative. She is also a member of the Philanthropy Northwest Honorary Council and the Anchorage R otary Club.\n\nKaplan’s community contributions have been recognized by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Athena Society\, Alaska Public Radio Net work\, Alaska Broadcasters Association\, and YWCA. In 2013\, Kaplan receiv ed the First Alaskans Institute Ted Stevens Award. She was named the Counc il on Foundations Distinguished Grantmaker of the Year in 2007 and in 2006 received the Alaska Federation of Natives’ prestigious Denali Award whi ch recognizes a non-Native individual who has contributed to the growth an d development of the Alaska Native community’s culture\, economy and hea lth. She was recognized with the National Organization of Black Elected Le gislative Women (N.O.B.E.L. Women) Shining Star Award in 2010.\n\n\n\nProg ram details:\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:15am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 12:00pm.\n Tho se with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase from Bear Tooth. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure y ou receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Students receive free a dmission and pizza buffet thanks to support from ConocoPhillips! Please be prepared to show your student ID upon check-in.\n Online registration cl oses at 6:00 pm on March 7. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact programs@alask aworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2023/02/Untitled-design-6.png CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:347@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230321T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230321T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070731Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/french-american-transat lantic-relations-and-business-in-france-cg-frederic-jung/ SUMMARY:French-American Transatlantic Relations and Business in France | CG Frédéric Jung DESCRIPTION:Join the World Trade Center Alaska in partnership with The Alas ka World Affairs Council to hear from Frédéric Jung\, Consul General for France in San Francisco.\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\nOriginally from the Al sace region of France\, he is a graduate of the Institute of Political Stu dies in Strasbourg.\n\nHe joined the French Ministry for Europe and Foreig n Affairs in 2004.\n\nThe various positions he held in Paris and abroad le d him to develop a particular interest in the United Nations and the Europ ean Union.\n\nIn Paris\, he dealt with disarmament and non-proliferation i ssues\, and then negotiations at the UN Security Council regarding the Mid dle East.\n\nIn New York\, from 2009 on\, he was a negotiator on African i ssues at the French Mission to the United Nations\, before becoming the Mi ssion’s spokesperson until 2014.\n\nHe then moved to Brussels to become the spokesperson for the Permanent Representation of France to the Europea n Union\, dealing in particular with the Eurozone\, migration and security issues at the European level.\n\nFrom May 2017 to August 2020\, he was se conded to the French Ministry of Interior as the diplomatic advisor to the Minister.\n\nFrédéric Jung was appointed Consul General of France in Sa n Francisco on August 28\, 2020.\n\nHe is married and father of two childr en.\n\n\n\nRegister online here.\nAKWorld members receive WTC Member prici ng. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2023/03/web_20230119_Frederic-Jung_036.jpg LOCATION:Sullivan's Steakhouse\, 320 W 5th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, U nited States GEO:61.2171402;-149.8886715 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=320 W 5th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Sullivan's Steakhou se:geo:61.2171402,-149.8886715 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:348@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230413T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230413T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070749Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-poseidon-project-th e-struggle-to-govern-the-worlds-oceans-david-bosco/ SUMMARY:POSTPONED The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World ’s Oceans | David Bosco DESCRIPTION:\nBuilding effective ocean rules while preserving maritime free doms is a daunting task and international institutions and activists are s truggling for relevance in a world still dominated by national governments . As maritime tensions develop\, join AKWorld and author David Bosco as he discusses his book The Poseidon Project and explains the history of huma nity's attempt to create rules for the oceans.\n\n\n\nFeatured speaker:\nD avid Bosco is Associate Professor of International Studies at Indiana Univ ersity's Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. He is the author of The Poseidon Project and previous books on the UN Security C ouncil and the International Criminal Court\, Rough Justice (OUP 2014) and  Five to Rule Them All (OUP 2009). He also writes the Multilateralist blo g and previously he served as a senior editor at Foreign Policy magazine.  Bosco worked on refugee issues in post-war Bosnia. He began as a volunte er with the American Refugee Committee and then became head of its Sarajev o office. He later served as deputy director of a joint United Nations/NAT O project on repatriating refugees in Sarajevo. After returning to the Uni ted States and while enrolled in Harvard Law School\, Bosco interned at NA TO Military Headquarters in Mons\, Belgium. In 2000\, he served as a law c lerk in the legal advisor’s office of the U.S. State Department. After g raduating from law school\, Bosco was a Fulbright Scholar in Santiago\, Ch ile from 2001-2002. He conducted research on criminal justice reform and p ublished a feature article in Legal Affairs. From 2002-2004 he was an atto rney at Cleary\, Gottlieb\, Steen &\; Hamilton. There\, he specialized in international arbitration\, litigation and antitrust law. From 2004 to 2006\, he was senior editor at Foreign Policy magazine. He remains a contr ibuting editor with the magazine and writes its Multilateralist Blog.\n\n\ n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seating availa ble on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 12:00pm.\ n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmati on at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-i n.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual order and pur chase from Bear Tooth Theatre. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving ear ly to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online re gistration closes at 6:00 pm on April 12. Tickets will be available for pu rchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2022/11/david-bosco.jpg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:349@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230420T094500 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230420T124500 DTSTAMP:20231231T070806Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/2023-speed-mentoring/ SUMMARY:2023 Speed Mentoring DESCRIPTION:The Alaska World Affairs Council and the Anchorage School Distr ict have teamed up to offer a jump start to high school students consideri ng international options in their post-secondary journeys. Students will r otate through 8 minute mentoring sessions with mentors from a wide spectru m of industries with international scope. Check out the success of our pa st Speed Mentoring events.\n\nStudents will have the opportunity to speak with high-level mentors with experience in a variety of fields. Past mento rs have included lawyers\, judges\, architects\, medical professionals\, m ilitary professionals\, diplomats\, CEOs\, economists\, professors\, non-p rofits professionals and many more. Keep checking back to find out more ab out the mentors attending!\n\nAll students must submit an application to p articipate in 2023 speed mentoring. The deadline to do so is March 31\, 20 23.\nSTUDENT REGISTRATION\nAre you interested in becoming a mentor for 202 3 Speed Mentoring? Fill out the form below!\nMENTOR REGISTRATION\n\n\n\nTh ank you to our generous event sponsors:\n\n\nInterested in becoming a feat ured sponsor for the 2023 Speed Mentoring event? Contact Special Events D irector\, Elizabeth Astle\, at elizabeth.astle@alaskaworldaffairs.org. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/01/2018-SpeedMentoring-graphic-e1518719850925.jpg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:ASD Education Center\, 5530 E Northern Lights Blvd\, Anchorage\, A K\, 99502\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=5530 E Northern Lights Blvd \, Anchorage\, AK\, 99502\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=ASD E ducation Center:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:350@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230503T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230503T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070826Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/crisis-in-ukraine-how-a n-alaskan-doctor-is-providing-aid-dr-kim-wright/ SUMMARY:Crisis in Ukraine: How an Alaskan Doctor is Providing Aid | Dr. Kim Wright DESCRIPTION:Online reservations are now closed for this event.\nWalk-ins wi ll be available on a first come\, first-served basis.\nWhen the war broke out in Ukraine\, retired Alaskan neurosurgeon\, Dr. Wright\, was eager to help. Working directly with medical staff in Ukraine he has helped train m edical professionals\, procured and delivered field ambulances\, ultrasoun d machines\, and surgical equipment to help their cause. Join us for this program in partnership with World Trade Center Anchorage to hear from Dr. Wright about his experience helping in Ukraine and the critical needs on t he front line.\n\n\n\nAbout the speaker:\nKim Wright\, MD is a retired ne urosurgeon who practiced neurosurgery for forty years performing thousands of complex brain and spinal surgeries. After retirement\, he looked for n ew experiences. The first summer he flew float planes for a commercial ope rator in Anchorage. That same year he traveled with his family for three m onths in Europe only to return to America shut down by Covid. When the Ukr aine War broke out\, Dr. Wright was anxious to volunteer in Ukraine. He helped finance two ambulances which he and Dr. Todd drove across the borde r into Ukraine where further connections were made in a community hospital . After visiting the Ukraine hospital\, Dr. Wright decided he could furt her help by returning with  modern surgical instruments to help the surge ons learn more advanced surgical procedures. During his second trip to Ukr aine\, he was invited to deliver supplies along the front lines where he d iscovered an urgent need for better vehicles to evacuate and transport tro ops and civilians. Dr. Wright will be returning to Ukraine to work as a surgeon and to deliver military grade ambulances and vehicles his charity "Ukraine Medical and Refugee Support\, LLC" has purchased.\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seating available on a fi rst-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 12:00pm.\n Those wi th online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the d oor\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual order and purchase from 49th State Brewing Company. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online regis tration closes at 6:00 pm on May 2. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@a laskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2023/04/DrWright.png 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:VEVENT UID:351@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230913T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230913T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070844Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-global-workforce-na vigating-immigration-and-labor-shortages-in-the-modern-era-kevin-cassidy/ SUMMARY:The Global Workforce: Navigating Immigration and Labor Shortages in the Modern Era | Kevin Cassidy DESCRIPTION:Migrants are waiting at our borders for the chance to come to t he U.S. for work.  Companies have jobs that need to be filled but a short age of applicants. How do eager workers and frustrated employers find each other? Kevin Cassidy will speak on the experience of migrant laborers and employers seeking to hire them and how the system can work better to bene fit all parties.\n\nThis program is presented as a program of the World  Affairs Councils of America in partnership with the International Labour Organization.\n\n\n\nFeatured speaker:\nKevin Cassidy\, with nearly 4 dec ades of international development experience\, is currently the Director a nd Representative to the Bretton Woods and Multilateral Organizations for the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for the United States.\ n\nPrior to this appointment\, Mr. Cassidy served as the Senior Communicat ions and Economic and Social Affairs Officer for 11 years in the ILO Offic e for the United Nations with additional responsible for partnerships in N orth America.\nDuring this time\, Mr. Cassidy worked with member States to organise Heads of State/Government and Ministerial level events highlight ing decent work as well as introducing policy language on key development issues into the resolutions and outcomes documents of the UN General Assem bly’s Third Committee and the Commissions of the Economic and Social Cou ncil (ECOSOC).\n\nBefore his assignment to New York\, Mr. Cassidy was the Chief Technical Adviser for the ILO’s Global Campaign on Promoting Funda mental Rights at Work. During that time he developed numerous communicatio n initiatives in over 40 countries such as interactive radio and televisio n programmes as well as training journalists on communicating locally on d ecent work\, child labour\, forced labour\, discrimination and the freedom of association.\n\nPrior to joining the ILO\, Mr. Cassidy worked for the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF-UK) in London as the Operations\, Communications and Partnership Director. His work with the AKF-UK focused on rural and co mmunity-based development in Central and South Asia.\n\nMr. Cassidy has wo rked in several UN offices during his career including the Department of P eacekeeping Operations (DPKO) on the issue of landmines\, the Office of th e Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA)\, the Executive Office of the Secretary-General (Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Ban Ki-moon)\, the UN De partment of Public Information and the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS)\, New York.\n\nMr. Cassidy holds a Masters’ of Economic and Poli tical Development from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.\n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:3 0am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 12:00pm.\n Those with online reservations do not need to pr esent ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attende es on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for i ndividual order and purchase from Bear Tooth Theatre. If you wish to do so \, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of th e program.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on September 12. Ticke ts will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the pr ogram is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions. \n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2023/08/oEBxqw___400x400.jpeg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:390@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230922T040000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230922T110000 DTSTAMP:20240331T014757Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/global-security-forum-t ipping-points-tripwires-partner-program/ SUMMARY:Virtual Global Security Forum: Tipping Points & Tripwires | Partner Program DESCRIPTION:\n\nFrom accidental triggers to intentional decisions or techno logical innovation\, the catalysts of our biggest security concerns are ra rely predictable. The type of approach we choose — preemptive\, proactiv e or reactive — depends on one thing: Is it a tipping point or a tripwir e?\n\nThe Alaska World Affairs Council is proud to be a Presenting Partner for the 2023 Global Security Forum hosted by World Affairs Council Connec ticut. This event will be live streamed. Register now for a virtual ticket using the link below and mention that you are affiliated with the Alaska World Affairs Council!\nRegister for Global Security Forum 2023 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2023/09/Tipping-Points-Event-main-image.jpg CATEGORIES:Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:352@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230928T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20230928T130000 DTSTAMP:20240331T014549Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/defeating-the-dictators -how-democracy-can-prevail-in-the-age-of-the-strongman-charles-dunst/ SUMMARY:Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of th e Strongman | Charles Dunst DESCRIPTION:The world is currently experiencing the lowest levels of democr acy we have seen in over thirty years. Throughout the world\, autocratic l eaders are disrupting democratic foundations and eroding institutions and values. In a world where autocracy is on the rise\, how can we make a bett er case for democracy? Join us for this conversation with Charles Dunst wh o will share how we can combat institutional rot by learning from each oth er and even from our rivals.\n\nDunst's book\, Defeating the Dictators: Ho w Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman will be available for purchase at the program.\n\n\n\nFeatured speaker:\n\nCharles Dunst is depu ty director of research &\; analytics at The Asia Group\, an adjunct f ellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies\, and a cont ributing editor of American Purpose. He is the author of Defeating the D ictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman (Hodder & amp\; Stoughton\, February 2023). \nHe has written for The New York Time s\, The Atlantic\, The Washington Post\, Foreign Policy\, and The Tele graph\, among other publications. An erstwhile foreign correspondent\, he has reported from Cambodia\, Myanmar\, Vietnam\, Israel and the Palestinia n territories\, the United Arab Emirates\, Oman\, Romania\, Hungary\, and Andorra. \nDunst holds an M.Sc. with Distinction in International Relatio ns from the London School of Economics and a B.A. with honors in World Po litics from Hamilton College. He speaks elementary Khmer (just enough to o rder kuy teav) and limited Spanish.\n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n Check-i n will begin at 11:30am with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 12:00pm.\n Those with online reservatio ns do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have a ll confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this program wil l be available for individual order and purchase from Bear Tooth Theatre. If you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your m eal by the end of the program.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on September 27. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2023/09/Dunst.webp CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:391@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20231005T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20231005T130000 DTSTAMP:20240108T075024Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-poseidon-project-th e-struggle-to-govern-the-worlds-oceans-david-bosco-2/ SUMMARY:The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World’s Oceans | David Bosco DESCRIPTION:Building effective ocean rules while preserving maritime freedo ms is a daunting task and international institutions and activists are str uggling for relevance in a world still dominated by national governments. As maritime tensions develop\, join AKWorld and author David Bosco as he d iscusses his book The Poseidon Project and explains the history of humani ty's attempt to create rules for the oceans.\n\n\n\nFeatured speaker:\nDav id Bosco is Associate Professor of International Studies at Indiana Univer sity's Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. He is th e author of The Poseidon Project and previous books on the UN Security Cou ncil and the International Criminal Court\, Rough Justice (OUP 2014) and  Five to Rule Them All (OUP 2009). He also writes the Multilateralist blog and previously he served as a senior editor at Foreign Policy magazine. B osco worked on refugee issues in post-war Bosnia. He began as a volunteer with the American Refugee Committee and then became head of its Sarajevo o ffice. He later served as deputy director of a joint United Nations/NATO p roject on repatriating refugees in Sarajevo. After returning to the United States and while enrolled in Harvard Law School\, Bosco interned at NATO Military Headquarters in Mons\, Belgium. In 2000\, he served as a law cler k in the legal advisor’s office of the U.S. State Department. After grad uating from law school\, Bosco was a Fulbright Scholar in Santiago\, Chile from 2001-2002. He conducted research on criminal justice reform and publ ished a feature article in Legal Affairs. From 2002-2004 he was an attorne y at Cleary\, Gottlieb\, Steen &\; Hamilton. There\, he specialized in international arbitration\, litigation and antitrust law. From 2004 to 200 6\, he was senior editor at Foreign Policy magazine. He remains a contribu ting editor with the magazine and writes its Multilateralist Blog.\n\n\n\n PROGRAM DETAILS\n\n We’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for our virtual programs. Please register below by selecting the level of support you are able to give.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on October 4.\n Zoom link will be sent out to registered participants once registra tion has closed.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2022/11/david-bosco.jpg CATEGORIES:Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:353@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20231102T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20231102T193000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070935Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/music-as-diplomacy-feat uring-lyric-spirit-an-international-celebration-of-womens-voices/ SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Music As Diplomacy | Featuring Lyric & Spirit: An Intern ational Celebration of Women's Voices DESCRIPTION:We are afraid to announce that tonight's program\, Music As Dip lomacy\, has been cancelled as the artists' flights have been rerouted du e to weather conditions in Petersburg. Since this program was offered on a donation basis - please contact us if you made a donation and would like a refund.\n\n\n\nJoin the Alaska World Affairs Council as we partner with the Anchorage Concert Association in welcoming Lyric &\; Spirit: An Int ernational Celebration of Women's Voices presenting Music As Diplomacy.\n\ nLyric &\; Spirit brings together female artists Luisa Lacerda of Bra zil\, Varijashree Venugopal of India and Lenna Bahule of Mozambique to sho wcase the rich musical traditions of their homes. They will not only perfo rm for us\, but will take time to share their experiences of the way musi c can ease tensions by strengthening cross-cultural connections and promot ing peace.\n\n\n\n\nFeatured speakers:\nLenna Bahule is a multi-talented a rtist—a Singer\, Art Educator and Cultural Activist\, born in Maputo\, M ozambique. She's deeply involved in researching exchanges with the afro cu ltures and social movements of her country and other African diasporas.   In Brazil where she lived for 7 years\, she funded research about vocal music and the different ways of using the voice and body as a musical inst rument and for artistic expression.\n\nVarijashree Venugopal was born to m usician parents Sri H.S. Venugopal and Smt. T.V. Rama. She was found to h ave the rare ability to identify about 50 ragas when she was a 18 month ol d toddler and about 200 ragas at the age of 4.\n\nHaving trained in one of the strongest classical forms of music – Carnatic\, Varijashree finds h er own space and unique language by interspersing different genres of musi c and merging into various musical cultures\, yet retaining the authencity of her musical roots. These cross cultural experiments have led to her wo rk as a composer and song - writer spread across a variety of platforms su ch as Playback singing for Films\, Tele soaps\, Theatre productions\, Shor t films\, Albums\, etc.\n\nLuísa Lacerda is a Brazilian singer and guitar ist\, graduated in classical guitar from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and master in musicology from the Federal University of th e State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). With her melodious voice and refined i nstrumental performance\, she works in the production of her own shows\, d isseminating innovative work\, with emphasis on the dissemination of songs by new composers of the contemporary scene.\n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n We’ve adopted a pay what you can structure for this program. Please reg ister below by selecting the level of support you are able to give.\n Che ck-in will begin at 6:00pm with seating available on a first-come first-se rve basis. The program will begin at 6:30pm.\n Those with online reservat ions do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Online registration clo ses at 6:00 pm on November 1. Tickets will be available at the door unless the program is sold out. Contact info@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any que stions.\n\n\n CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Wilda Marston Theater\, 3600 Denali St.\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=3600 Denali St.\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Wilda Marston The ater:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:323@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20240118T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20240118T200000 DTSTAMP:20231231T055833Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/2023-world-wiz-pub-quiz -trivia-fundraiser/ SUMMARY:2023 World Wiz Pub Quiz | Trivia Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:Join us at Main Event Grill for a globally themed pub quiz! Wor ld Wiz Pub Quiz is the annual fundraiser for the Alaska World Affairs Coun cil and the Academic Student WorldQuest Competition featuring beer\, worl d trivia\, prizes\, and a raffle auction! Join us for a fun-filled evenin g and test your international trivia knowledge.\n\n\n\nReady for a Getaway ? Purchase a Raffle Ticket for our Alaskan Airline Drawing!\nPre-Purchase a raffle ticket to be entered into our Alaska Airlines Grand Prize - 2 coa ch roundtrip tickets systemwide on Alaska Airlines anywhere they fly.\nTra nsportation is valid on Alaska Airlines with no blackout dates. Each mai n cabin ticket is valued at $1250. Vouchers need to be ticketed prior to t heir expiration date printed on the voucher (one year from the date of the event). Can't make it the night of? That's okay! You do not need to be pr esent to win.\n\nClick here to enter airlines raffle!\n\n\n\n\nDOORS &\ ; DETAILS\n\n Admission: $100 per team of 4\, or $35 per individual.\n D oors will open at 5:30pm and the trivia will begin at 6:15pm.\n Food and beverages at this event will be available for individual order and purchas e from Main Event Grill.\n Trivia answers will be submitted on a mobile d evice. Please make sure you have reliable connection and a charged device (one per team).\n Registration closes January 17 at 6pm or when tables se ll out.\n\n\n\n\n\nWORLD WIZ QUIZ MASTER – PAUL DUNSCOMB\, PHD\nPaul Dun scomb is Professor of East Asian History and chair of the History Departme nt at the University of Alaska Anchorage. His nerd super power is\, he can articulate stuff. He can take a room full of half baked\, half expressed thoughts and turn them into ideas with force and power.\n\nHe was the inau gural Director of the UAA Confucius Institute. His book\, A Great Disobed ience Against the People\, Japan’s Siberian Intervention\, 1918-1922\, t he first ever complete narrative in English\, appeared in February 2011. H e is also author of Japan Since 1945 in 2014 for the Association for Asi an Studies Key Issues in Asian Studies Series.\n\nHis current research foc uses on the history of the Heisei period (1989-2018) including the Crisis in Japanese Professional Baseball of 2004 and the nature of change in Heis ei Japan. He analyzed debates about Japanese identity during the Lost Deca de\, 1992-2004\, in “Images of What Never Was to Suggest What Might Be\; Japanese Popular Culture and Japaneseness\,” for the edited volume The Dynamics of Cultural Counterpoint in Asian Studies. His work has appeared in The Journal of Japanese Studies\, East-West Connections\, and Educat ion About Asia.\n\n\nInterested in becoming an event sponsor? Email us at Siobhan.Choi@AlaskaWorldAffairs.org. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/07/WorldWiz-1.png CATEGORIES:Events,Special Events LOCATION:Main Event Grill\, 1041 East 76th Avenue\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99518\ , United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1041 East 76th Avenue\, Anc horage\, AK\, 99518\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Main Event Grill:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:324@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20240124T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20240124T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T055855Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/academic-student-worldq uest-competition-4/ SUMMARY:Academic Student WorldQuest Competition DESCRIPTION:\n\nWhat is it? \nAcademic Student WorldQuest is a student com petition\, featuring 5 rounds of 10 questions covering the official study guide released by our national office. Students form teams of 1-4 to test their international knowledge. The first place team gets the chance to tr avel to Washington\, D.C. to compete in the National Competition.\n\nThis program is free for students thanks to our generous sponsors. AKWorld will be supplying a pizza lunch buffet for all participants\, with awesome giv eaways during the event\, and a keynote speaker.\nRegister for the 2024 Ac ademic WorldQuest Competition\n\n\n\n2024 WORLDQUEST TOPICS\n\n The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): Alliance and Collective Defense in a Changing World\n Demographic Dividends - Population Shift in Africa\n T he Global South\n Sports and Diplomacy\n Country in Focus: South Korea\n Promoting a Green Europe\n Women's Contributions to Track II Diplomacy\ n Navigating AI: The Global Workforce\n Current Events\n\nOfficial AWQ S tudy Guide\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n Teams (comprising of 1-4 students) must register their intent to participate by submitting an application onl ine.\n Registration closes Thursday\, January 11\, 2024. Please register your teams as early as possible to help us coordinate volunteers and food.  \n Bussing will be available for Anchorage School District students tha nks to our partnership with ASD. AKWorld staff will connect teams with a b ussing coordinator once application is received.\n Check-in will begin at 9:30am and the competition will start at 10:30am.\n Student teams will b e assigned tables in the main seating area of the theatre.\n Teachers\, p arents\, and other members of the public are welcome to quietly observe th e competition from the upstairs balcony area.\n A pizza buffet lunch will be provided for participating students and their chaperones.\n\n\n\n\nThe World Affairs Councils of America’s Study Guide is the primary resource to help students and teachers prepare for the topics covered in the timed question-and-answer rounds of the competition. The Study Guide is an esse ntial resource for the Carlos and Malú Alvarez Academic WorldQuest Nation al Competition\, hosted by the World Affairs Councils of America every Apr il in Washington\, DC.\nMORE ABOUT WORLDQUEST\nPlease reach out to elizabe th.astle@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions!\n\n\n\nThank you to th e generous event sponsor:\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2021/01/Academic-WorldQuest-logo.jpg CATEGORIES:Events,Special Events,WorldQuest LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:394@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20240208T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20240208T130000 DTSTAMP:20240331T014336Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/breaking-chains-address ing-human-trafficking-in-alaska-tyson-wright/ SUMMARY:Breaking Chains: Addressing Human Trafficking in Alaska | Tyson Wri ght DESCRIPTION:\n\nHomeless youth in Anchorage are trafficked at a higher rate than any other American city studied. Nearly half of the victims of traff icking are Alaska Native. Join us to learn more about what is happening an d how the International Coalition for Prevention and Empowerment is workin g with Alaskan organizations to rescue these endangered youth and prevent future trafficking.\n\nFollowing the presentation we will be joined by a p anel of experts for the Q&\;A session. Guest panelists include Kelsey P otdevin\, Education and Outreach Manager at the Alaska Native Justice Cent er\; Jessica Svetkovich\, Department of Justice Coordinator at the Knik Tr ibe\; and a representative from the FBI\nFeatured speaker:\nTyson Wright i s the founder and director of International Coalition for Prevention and E mpowerment\, a nonprofit focused on the prevention of human trafficking an d exploitation through education\, awareness\, and empowerment. Tyson has been supporting the fight against human trafficking since 2014. He has wor ked with communities around the world to develop targeted prevention progr ams to protect vulnerable individuals. Tyson has a degree in Business Man agement and Non-profit management and is currently working on degrees in C riminal Justice and Sociology.\n\nTyson has certifications in Trauma and R esilience\, and Human Trafficking Prevention and Intervention. He is on th e board of the Washington County Children's Justice Center and the DOVE Ce nter\, a domestic violence shelter\, and enjoys volunteering in his commun ity.\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seati ng available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 12:00pm.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket c onfirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list a t check-in.\n Lunch at this program will be available for individual orde r and purchase from Bear Tooth Theatre. If you wish to do so\, plan on arr iving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on February 7. Tickets will be avail able for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold ou t. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2024/03/2023-2024-FB-Event-Covers-1920-×-1005-px-1-1.png CATEGORIES:Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:393@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20240304T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20240304T183000 DTSTAMP:20240331T013942Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/empowering-women-throug h-foreign-affairs-consul-general-tammy-sandhu/ SUMMARY:Empowering Women Through Foreign Affairs | Consul General Tammy San dhu DESCRIPTION:Join us for an inspiring evening with His Majesty's Consul Gene ral Tammy Sandhu as she shares insights on empowering women through foreig n affairs. Explore the intersection of diplomacy and gender equality\, gai ning valuable perspectives on how international relations can be a catalys t for positive change in the lives of women globally. Don't miss this uniq ue opportunity to engage in a meaningful dialogue on fostering empowerment and inclusivity on the global stage.\nFeatured speaker:\nTammy Sandhu is His Majesty’s Consul General in San Francisco. Prior to this appointment she served as Deputy Consul General\, co-leading UK-US relations across t he Pacific North West: Northern California\, Washington\, Oregon\, Idaho\, Wyoming\, Montana and Alaska. The Consulate-General covers a broad range of political and policy work including on climate\, trade and tech\, as we ll as providing support to British nationals and companies.\n\nTammy has p reviously had diplomatic postings to Morocco\, Brussels and India\, and ha s served in Iraq and Kenya. She has worked across political and economic a ffairs\, bilateral trade and investment\, as a Government spokesperson\, a nd on the Government response to crises\, specifically dealing with high p rofile kidnaps of British nationals overseas.\n\nIn addition to these post ings\, Tammy has worked in International HR. She was the Head of Secondmen ts and then the Head of International HR Strategy and EU Exit for the Fore ign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Tammy also worked on the FCO’s COVID- 19 response.\n\nIn 2020\, Tammy was elected Chair of the FCO’s Black\, A sian and Minority Ethnic Committee and later served as co-Chair of the mer ged Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) Race and Ethn icity Network. Tammy continues to work on racial equity both within the FC DO and through her work in San Francisco. Her service to Diversity and Inc lusion was recognised in 2021 when she was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.\n\nTammy w as born in Leicester\, United Kingdom. She joined the FCO in 2005 after co mpleting a BA Hons in English Literature at the University of Warwick and an MSc in International Public Policy at University College London. She is married with one daughter.\nSpecial Guest:\nDr. Diddy Hitchins was born i n Glasgow\, Scotland\, and brought up in southern England. She received he r BSc in Social Sciences from the University of Southampton\, UK\; her MA in Political Behaviour\, and her PhD in Government from the University of Essex\, UK. Her first academic appointment\, while completing PhD research \, was at University of Ghana\, Legon\, West Africa. Subsequently\, Dr. Hi tchins had a 30 year career with Department of Political Science\, Univers ity of Alaska Anchorage\, rising from Assistant Professor to Associate and then Full Professor.\n\nDr. Hitchins specializes in Comparative Politics and International Relations. She has served several terms as Chair of  th e Political Science Department\, and also Director of International Studie s at UAA\, and was the founding director of UAA’s Canadian and North Pac ific Studies Programs. Dr. Hitchins has conducted research in China\, Japa n and the Koreas as well as in Canada\, the Russian Far East and the Arcti c. Since 1985\, Dr. Hitchins has served as the British Honorary Consul for Alaska. She was honoured by Queen Elizabeth II with the Member of British Empire (MBE) award in 2005\, and was inducted into the Alaska Women’s H all of Fame 2013.\n\n\n\nPROGRAM DETAILS\n\n Check-in will begin at 4:30P M with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program wi ll begin at 5:00pm.\n Those with online reservations do not need to prese nt ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Light bites and cocktails are included in cost o f admission.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on March 3. Attendan ce is limited\, please reserve your spot prior to the event.\n Members of the Alaska World Affairs Council\, Anchorage Chamber of Commerce and Alas ka International Business Center receive discounted membership benefits. T hank you for your contributions!\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2024/03/IMG_7322-2.jpg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Sullivan\, 320 W 5th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=320 W 5th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Sullivan:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:392@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20240327T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20240327T133000 DTSTAMP:20240331T013625Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/practice-what-you-preac h-can-world-religions-coexist-panel-discussion/ SUMMARY:Practice What You Preach: Can World Religions Coexist? | Panel Disc ussion DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin us for a thought-provoking panel discussion that delve s into the rich mosaic of religious diversity\, as we bring together estee med leaders from various faith traditions to explore the question: Can dif ferent religions in the world coexist?\n\nIn a world marked by cultural pl uralism and global interconnectedness\, understanding and fostering harmon y among diverse religious beliefs is more crucial than ever. Our distingui shed panel of religious leaders will engage in a nuanced conversation\, sh aring insights from their respective faiths and exploring avenues for mutu al understanding\, respect\, and coexistence.\n\n\n\nMeet the panelists\nH eather Barbour is an attorney in Anchorage\, and is a member and represent ative of the Islamic Community Center of Anchorage\, Alaska (ICCAA)\, the largest Muslim community in Alaska. Heather was raised as a Christian\, bu t began a serious study of Islam following 9/11 with a scholar in Californ ia\, while in law school. She converted to Islam in 2004. Heather came to Alaska in 2007\, and became involved with the ICCAA\, where she later met her husband. Heather is a Sunni Muslim\, and is involved with interfaith d ialogue\, outreach\, and education.\n\nReverend Matt Schultz is the pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Anchorage. He has a background in theolog y and community engagement and is involved with Christians for Equality\, the Homelessness Leadership Council\, and other advocacy groups dedicated to making a positive impact.\n\nFather Simeon B Johnson (Khaakwaa Éesh) w ith the Saint Innocent Orthodox Cathedral.\nMeet the moderator\nJoel Potte r is an associate professor of philosophy at UAA and associate dean - facu lty for the College of Arts and Sciences. Joel completed his doctorate in philosophy at the State University of New York at BUffalo with a dissertat ion on the role of the emotions in philosophical inquiry. A father of thre e\, Joel enjoys spending time with his family\, walking\, reading\, fishin g\, and facilitating discussions about the big questions.\n\n\n\nPROGRAM D ETAILS\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:30am with seating available on a fir st-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 12:00pm.\n Those wit h online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the do or\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on March 26. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. 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