BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID: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. 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