BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Tennessee World Affairs Council - ECPv6.13.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.tnwac.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Tennessee World Affairs Council REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231110T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231110T190000 DTSTAMP:20260501T101828 CREATED:20230531T172128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T174505Z UID:34905-1699639200-1699642800@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Luncheon | Gen David Petraeus | Book Signing | Nov 10 DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED\n  \nRegister Now \n \nAND\n\nPRESENT\n\n\nDISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER PROGRAM \nIn Person \nGeneral David Petraeus\n\n\n \nGeneral\, U.S. Army (Retired); former Director\, Central Intelligence Agency; former Commander U.S. Central Command\nAuthor of “Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine” with Andrew Roberts \n\n\nLuncheon and Book Signing\nBelmont University\, Janet Ayers Conference Center\, 1900 Belmont Blvd.\, Nashville \nFriday\, November 10\, 2023\n12:00-1:00 p.m. CT \nREGISTRATION HAS CLOSED\n  \n. \nBook Signing \nIn connection with General Petraeus’ presentation we will have a book signing of “Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.” \nAbout “Conflict” \nTwo leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time—collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine\, and a penetrating analysis of what we must learn from the past—and anticipate in the future—in order to navigate an increasingly perilous world. \nIn this deep and incisive study\, General David Petraeus\, who commanded the US-led coalitions in both Iraq\, during the Surge\, and Afghanistan and former CIA director\, and the prize-winning historian Andrew Roberts\, explore over 70 years of conflict\, drawing significant lessons and insights from their fresh analysis of the past.Drawing on their different perspectives and areas of expertise\, Petraeus and Roberts show how often critical mistakes have been repeated time and again\, and the challenge\, for statesmen and generals alike\, of learning to adapt to various new weapon systems\, theories and strategies. Among the conflicts examined are the Arab-Israeli wars\, the Korean and Vietnam Wars\, the two Gulf Wars\, the Balkan wars in the former Yugoslavia\, and both the Soviet and Coalition wars in Afghanistan\, as well as guerilla conflicts in Africa and South America. Conflict culminates with a bracing look at Putin’s disastrous invasion of Ukraine\, yet another case study in the tragic results when leaders refuse to learn from history\, and an assessment of the nature of future warfare. Filled with sharp insight and the wisdom of experience\, Conflict is not only a critical assessment of our recent past\, but also an essential primer of modern warfare that provides crucial knowledge for waging battle today as well as for understanding what the decades ahead will bring. \n\n\nAbout David Petraeus \nGeneral\, U.S. Army (Retired); former Director\, Central Intelligence Agency; former Commander U.S. Central Command \nGeneral David H. Petraeus (US Army\, Ret.) (New York) is a Partner at KKR and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute\, which he established in May 2013. He is also a member of the boards of directors of Optiv and OneStream\, a Strategic Advisor for Sempra and Advanced Navigation\, a personal venture investor\, an academic\, and the co-author (with British historian Andrew Roberts) of “Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine” (October\, 2023). \nPrior to joining KKR\, General Petraeus served over 37 years in the U.S. military\, culminating his career with six consecutive commands as a general officer \, five of which were in combat\, including command of the Surge in Iraq\, command of U.S. Central Command\, and command of coalition forces in Afghanistan. Following retirement from the military and after Senate confirmation by a vote of 94-0\, he served as Director of the CIA during a period of significant achievements in the global war on terror\, the establishment of important Agency digital initiatives\, and substantial investments in the Agency’s most important asset\, its human capital. General Petraeus graduated with distinction from the U.S. Military Academy and is the only person in Army history to be the top graduate of both the demanding U.S. Army Ranger School and the U.S. Army’s year-long Command and General Staff College. He also earned a Ph.D. in international relations and academics from Princeton University. General Petraeus taught both subjects at the U.S. Military Academy in the mid-1980s\, he was a Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the Honors College of the City University of New York from 2013 through 2016\, and he was for 6 years a Judge Widney Professor at the University of Southern California and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center. He is currently a Visiting Fellow and Lecturer at Yale University’s Jackson Institute\, Co-Chairman of the Global Advisory Council of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars\, Senior Vice President of the Royal United Services Institute\, and a Member of the Trilateral Commission\, Council on Foreign Relations\, and the Aspen Strategy Group\, as well as a member of the boards of the Atlantic Council\, the Institute for the Study of War\, and over a dozen veterans service organizations. He is also a LinkedIn Top Voice. Over the past 20 years\, General Petraeus was named one of America’s 25 Best Leaders by U.S. News and World Report\, a runner-up for Time magazine’s Person of the Year\, the Daily Telegraph man of the year\, a Time 100 selectee\, Princeton University’s Madison Medalist\, and one of Foreign Policy magazine’s top 100 public intellectuals in three different years. General Petraeus has earned numerous honors\, awards\, and decorations\, including four Defense Distinguished Service Medals\, the Bronze Star Medal for Valor\, two NATO Meritorious Service Medals\, the Combat Action Badge\, the Ranger Tab\, and Master Parachutist and Air Assault Badges. He has also been decorated by 14 foreign countries and he is believed to be the only person who\, while in uniform\, threw out the first pitch of a World Series game and did the coin toss for a Super Bowl. \n\n\n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/gen-david-petraeus-book-event-and-lunch-nov-10/ LOCATION:TN CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-11-10-petraeus.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231129T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231130T030000 DTSTAMP:20260501T101828 CREATED:20231019T152453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T035909Z UID:35864-1701264600-1701313200@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Breakfast Conversation | Former Amb to Ukraine William Taylor | Nov 29 DESCRIPTION:Register Now \n \nAND \n \nPRESENT \n\n\nA BREAKFAST CONVERSATION \nWITH \n\nAmbassador William B. Taylor\nVice President\, Russia and Europe\, U.S. Institute of Peace\nFormer United States Ambassador to Ukraine\nFirst Bank\n1221  Broadway (11th Floor)\, Nashville \nWednesday\, November 29\, 2023\n7:30-9:00 a.m. \n  \nBreakfast Conversation | Ambassador William Taylor | Nov 29
\n \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nAbout Ambassador William B. Taylor \nAmbassador William B. Taylor is vice president\, Europe and Russia at the U.S. Institute of Peace. In 2019\, he served as chargé d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv and as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009. During the Arab Spring\, he oversaw U.S. assistance and support to Egypt\, Tunisia\, Libya and Syria. He served in Jerusalem as the U.S. government’s representative to the Mideast Quartet. He served in Kabul in 2002 and in Baghdad in 2004. \nIn the 1990s\, Ambassador Taylor coordinated U.S. assistance to the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. He earlier served on the staff of Senator Bill Bradley. \nAmbassador Taylor is a graduate of West Point and Harvard’s Kennedy School and served as an infantry platoon leader and combat company commander in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and Germany. \n\n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/breakfast-conversation-former-amb-to-ukraine-william-taylor-nov-29/ LOCATION:TN CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-11-29-taylor-breakfast.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231130T003000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231130T014500 DTSTAMP:20260501T101828 CREATED:20230615T185050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T174127Z UID:34986-1701304200-1701308700@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Ambassador William Taylor | Town Hall | Ukraine & War in Europe | Nov 29 DESCRIPTION:Register Now \n \nAND\n \nPRESENT\n\n\nDISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER PROGRAM GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nIn Person \nWar in Europe\n\nAmbassador William B. Taylor\nVice President\, Russia and Europe\, U.S. Institute of Peace\nFormer United States Ambassador to Ukraine\nwith Moderator\n\nDr. Thomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University\nat \n\n\n\n\nBelmont University\nBarbara Massey Rogers Center Board Room\, 1900 Belmont Blvd.\, Nashville \nWednesday\, November 29\, 2023\n6:00 Registration and Networking\n6:30-7:45 Program \nGlobal Town Hall | Ambassador William Taylor | Nov 29\n \n  \n\n\n\nAbout Ambassador William B. Taylor \nAmbassador William B. Taylor is vice president\, Europe and Russia at the U.S. Institute of Peace. In 2019\, he served as chargé d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv and as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009. During the Arab Spring\, he oversaw U.S. assistance and support to Egypt\, Tunisia\, Libya and Syria. He served in Jerusalem as the U.S. government’s representative to the Mideast Quartet. He served in Kabul in 2002 and in Baghdad in 2004. \nIn the 1990s\, Ambassador Taylor coordinated U.S. assistance to the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. He earlier served on the staff of Senator Bill Bradley. \nAmbassador Taylor is a graduate of West Point and Harvard’s Kennedy School and served as an infantry platoon leader and combat company commander in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and Germany. \n\n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/ambassador-william-taylor-town-hall-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-nov-29/ LOCATION:TN CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-11-29-taylor-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231130T003000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231130T014500 DTSTAMP:20260501T101828 CREATED:20230615T185050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T174153Z UID:44220-1701304200-1701308700@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Ambassador William Taylor | Town Hall | Ukraine & War in Europe | Nov 29 DESCRIPTION:Register Now \n \nAND\n \nPRESENT\n\n\nDISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER PROGRAM GLOBAL TOWN HALL \nIn Person \nWar in Europe\n\nAmbassador William B. Taylor\nVice President\, Russia and Europe\, U.S. Institute of Peace\nFormer United States Ambassador to Ukraine\nwith Moderator\n\nDr. Thomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University\nat \n\n\n\n\nBelmont University\nBarbara Massey Rogers Center Board Room\, 1900 Belmont Blvd.\, Nashville \nWednesday\, November 29\, 2023\n6:00 Registration and Networking\n6:30-7:45 Program \nGlobal Town Hall | Ambassador William Taylor | Nov 29\n \n  \n\n\n\nAbout Ambassador William B. Taylor \nAmbassador William B. Taylor is vice president\, Europe and Russia at the U.S. Institute of Peace. In 2019\, he served as chargé d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv and as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009. During the Arab Spring\, he oversaw U.S. assistance and support to Egypt\, Tunisia\, Libya and Syria. He served in Jerusalem as the U.S. government’s representative to the Mideast Quartet. He served in Kabul in 2002 and in Baghdad in 2004. \nIn the 1990s\, Ambassador Taylor coordinated U.S. assistance to the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. He earlier served on the staff of Senator Bill Bradley. \nAmbassador Taylor is a graduate of West Point and Harvard’s Kennedy School and served as an infantry platoon leader and combat company commander in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and Germany. \n\n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/ambassador-william-taylor-town-hall-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-nov-29-4/ LOCATION:TN CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-11-29-taylor-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231130T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231130T190000 DTSTAMP:20260501T101828 CREATED:20230823T050821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T191959Z UID:35421-1701367200-1701370800@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Webinar | Open A.I.: Data Access and Risks | Paul Maguire | Nov 30 DESCRIPTION:Register Now \n \nREGISTER TODAY\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council\n\n\nGLOBAL DIALOGUE \nvia Zoom\nOpen A.I.: Data Access & Risks\n\n\n\n\n \nPaul Maguire\nEntrepreneur\, Investor and Founding President and CEO of Knowmadics \nThursday\, November 30\, 2023\n12:00-1:00 CT\n\nDistinguished entrepreneur\, inventor and founder and CEO of Knowmadics talks about A.I. and dual issues of democratization of data and access through these open source AI models and the risk open source AI models pose because in the wrong hands they are sufficient enough to defeat a number of systems to create mischief. \n  \nA.I.: Man Out of the Loop | Paul Maguire | Nov 8
\n \n\n\nAbout Paul Maguire \nPaul Maguire is CEO and Co-Founder of Knowmadics\, Inc\, an innovative solutions provider. A serial entrepreneur\, Mr. Maguire co-founded Knowmadics with Claire Ostrum in 2013\, where he continues his track record of growing small businesses to successful acquisition. Prior to Knowmadics\, Mr. Maguire served as President of Ultra Electronics ProLogic\, where he managed the integration of small government IT contractor ProLogic following its 2008 acquisition by Ultra Electronics\, as well as two other acquisitions worth a combined $128M. He had earlier served as ProLogic’s Vice President of Business Development and Strategy\, driving the company’s growth from $1.7 million to $50 million+ over seven years\, and ultimately leading to its acquisition. \nMr. Maguire previously worked at Autometric as a project\, program\, and product line manager with both P&L management and sales target responsibilities. His product led Autometric’s 33% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over seven years\, which led to Autometric being acquired by the Boeing Company in 2000. Mr. Maguire has more than 12 years of Board experience\, and currently sits on the Boards of Knowmadics and professional services firm Markon Solutions. He frequently speaks as a subject matter expert on the uses of commercial technology at the United States Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security events\, and at international conferences on Security and Counter Terrorism. Mr. Maguire holds multiple patents and is the principal author of two U.S. Military Remote Sensing User Guides for Multi-spectral Imagery. He also served for eight years in the U.S. Navy\, including as an Iraqi Analyst during Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield. \n\n\n\n \nTHE MISSION of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/webinar-a-i-man-out-of-the-loop-paul-maguire-nov-8/ LOCATION:TN CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-11-30-maguire-ai.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR