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: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:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anchorage X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anchorage BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0900 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:AKDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR