BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Tennessee World Affairs Council - ECPv6.13.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Tennessee World Affairs Council 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:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221114T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221114T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20221110T170114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T180944Z UID:32153-1668438000-1668441600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Putin and Russia’s War: Putin and Russia’s War: What Makes Putin Tick? | Nov 14 | Zoom DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nin association with the \nAmerican Council on Germany \n\n\n\n\n\nand with Belmont University Center for Global Citizenship\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine\nvia Zoom \nPutin and Russia’s War\n \nwith \n \nKatja Gloger\nJournalist and Author \n\nAndrew S. Weiss\nJames Family Chair and Vice President for Studies\, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace \nMonday\, November 14\, 2022 \n@ 9:00 a.m. CT\n\n\n\nIt is being reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to Bali next week to participate in the G20 Summit. This was confirmed overnight by Moscow’s embassy to Indonesia. At the same time\, we are seeing reports that the Kremlin is withdrawing its troops from Kherson\, the only regional capital it managed to capture since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February. The retreat from Kherson is one of the most serious blows to Russia in Putin’s war. Just a month ago\, he declared that Kherson and three other regions in Ukraine are part of the Russian nation at an event in Moscow’s Red Square. \nJoin us for a discussion with Putin biographers and Russia experts Katja Gloger and Andrew S. Weiss about the war in Ukraine. \n\nJournalist and author Katja Gloger studied Eastern European History and Political Science in Hamburg and Moscow and has an MBA from Purdue University\, Indiana. She started her career as a news reporter for German Television ARD. As Moscow Bureau Chief for Stern magazine she witnessed the fall of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia. She also worked as Foreign Editor for Stern magazine – with a focus on Russia\, international affairs\, and security policy. She also served as Stern’s Senior Political Correspondent in Washington\, DC\, from 2004 until the end of 2008. Since 2009\, she has served on the magazine’s editorial board. \nMs. Gloger won the prestigious German Henri Nannen Award for Best Documentary Reporting in 2010. She is a Board member of the German section of Reporters Without Borders\, a human rights organization defending the freedom of the press\, and a member of the Atlantik-Brücke. She has published several books on Russia\, including Putin’s World: The New Russia\, Ukraine\, and the West. \n\nAndrew S. Weiss (ACG Young Leader) is the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\, where he oversees research on Russia and Eurasia. His graphic novel biography of Vladimir Putin\, Accidental Czar: the Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin\, will be published by First Second/Macmillan in November 2022. \nPrior to joining Carnegie\, he was director of the RAND Corporation’s Center for Russia and Eurasia and executive director of the RAND Business Leaders Forum. Mr. Weiss’s career has spanned both the public and private sectors. He previously served as director for Russian\, Ukrainian\, and Eurasian Affairs on the National Security Council staff\, as a member of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff\, and as a policy assistant in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy during the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush. \n\nPreviously in the In Focus series: \n\n\nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Kornblum\, Velikova\, Walker | Aug 25 | Video | Podcast | Transcript  \n\n\nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Cold Wars | Prof Thomas Schwartz | Aug 18 | Video | Podcast | Transcript  \n\n\nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion | Anna Novosad | A Ukrainian Perspective | Jul 21 | Video | Podcast | Transcript  \n\n\nRussia’s Invasion | Amb John Kornblum | Is This The New Normal? | Jul 7 | Video | Podcast | Transcript  \n\n\nRussia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Humanitarian Crisis | Tamara Demuria | June 29 | Video | Podcast | Transcript  \n\n\nThe War in Ukraine: How Will this End? | Amb John Kornblum | Dr. Liana Fix | Video | Podcast | Transcript  \n\n\nWar in Europe | Dr. Roger Kangas | Mar 31 | Video | Podcast | Transcript  \n\n\nImplications and Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Mar 16 | Video | Transcript \n\nThe Unfolding War in Europe | Mar 2 | Video | Transcript\nWar in Europe | Feb 25 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine | The Crisis Unfolds | Feb 15 | Video | Transcript\nGermany’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis | Feb 1 | Video | Transcript\nRussia’s Threat to Ukraine: The West Responds | Jan 17 | Video | Transcript \n\n\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/putin-and-russias-war-nov-14-zoom/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-12-04-worldquest-practice-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221108T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221108T210000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20220808T193810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181011Z UID:31534-1667935800-1667941200@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Cyber Threats Panel | Admiral Rogers | Former NSA Director | Nov 8 DESCRIPTION:Contact us today to sponsor this program.\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nand Belmont University Center for Global Citizenship \nin association with the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nSPECIAL EDITION \nGLOBAL DIALOGUE PANEL SERIES \nIn Person \nCyber Threats Across the Spectrum and What’s Being Done\n With Former NSA Director Admiral Michael Rogers\n \nFormer Director National Security Agency and Commander U.S. Cyber Command\nTuesday\, November 8\, 2022 \n1:30-3:00 p.m. CT \nConference Room\, Janet Ayres Academic Center at Belmont University \n\n\nWith Moderator \n\nCongressman Jim Cooper (TN-5th)\nHouse Armed Services Committee\nChair\, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces\nAnd Panelists \n\nMs. Casey Santos\nCIO\, Asurion\n\nMr. Paul Connelly\nVP Information Protection and Security at HCA Healthcare\n\nDr. Brandon Prins\nPolitical Science Department Head\, University of Tennessee Knoxville\n\nCurtis Clan\nChief Information Security Officer\nState of Tennessee \n\nCyber Threats Panel | Former NSA Director ADM Michael Rogers | Nov 8
The threat of malicious cyber activities against the United States – governments\, businesses and individuals – will be on the agenda as Navy Admiral Michael Rogers talks with the Nashville community. Rogers\, a retired four-star\, completed his 37 years in uniform serving four years as Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of the United States Cyber Command. \nAdmiral Rogers will lead a panel discussing cyber threats hosted by the Tennessee World Affairs Council and Belmont University’s Center for Global Citizenship at 1:30 p.m. CT\, November 8\, 2022. The panel will be moderated by Congressman Jim Cooper\, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee and as Chair of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. \nThe cyber threat panel will feature speakers representing industry\, government and academia including: Ms. Casey Santos\, CIO of Asurion; Mr. Paul Connelly\, VP Information Protection and Security at HCA Healthcare\, Dr. Brandon Prins\, Political Science Department Head\, University of Tennessee Knoxville; and Curtis Clan\, Chief Information Security Officer\, State of Tennessee. \nThe panel will follow a luncheon at Belmont featuring Admiral Rogers\, and is set for the conference room at Belmont’s Janet Ayres Conference Center. Both programs are open to the public and information and registration is on the Tennessee World Affairs Council Web site (TNWAC.org). Contact TNWAC President Patrick Ryan for information on corporate sponsorship of Admiral Rogers’ visit and programs. (pat@TNWAC.org) \n\nAdmiral Michael Rogers retired in June 2018 after nearly 37 years of service\, culminating his career with more than four years leading U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency (NSA). Starting his career as a surface warfare officer and ultimately transitioning to duty as a cryptology warfare officer\, he served around the globe afloat and ashore\, focusing on maritime operations\, intelligence\, and cyber. \nAdmiral Rogers is an NROTC graduate of Auburn University\, holds a master of science in national security\, is a distinguished graduate of the National War College\, and is a graduate of highest distinction from the Naval War College. He is a Seminar XXI Fellow and a Harvard Senior Executive in National Security alum. He has commanded at the unit\, numbered fleet\, and service component level and at the sub-unified level and ran the largest intelligence organization in the U.S. government at NSA\, as well as its newest unified command in U.S. Cyber Command. \n\n\nYou too can support these important public service conversations. Give at: TNWAC.org/donate \n\n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/En0CVsrB6NGUNTSA3BLUtw”>War in Europe | Prof. Marieta Velikova | Russian Domestic & Economic Perspective | Aug 25</a><br /><br /><br />
\n \n\n\nSPONSOR THESE PROGRAMS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org  \n \nLink here for more information about sponsoring. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/admiral-michael-rogers-former-nsa-director-nov-8/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Rogers-Panel-2-Flyer.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221108T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221108T190000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20221006T134744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181031Z UID:31863-1667928600-1667934000@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Luncheon | Former NSA Director ADM Michael Rogers | Nov 8 DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION CLOSED\n  \nSponsor This Program \n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nand Belmont University Center for International Business \nin association with the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nLUNCHEON \nIn Person \nA Conversation With Former NSA Director Admiral Michael Rogers\n \nFormer Director National Security Agency and Commander U.S. Cyber Command\nTuesday\, November 8\, 2022 \n11:30 a.m. CT Registration/Networking \n12:00 p.m. Lunch\, Remarks\, Q and A \nVenue: Massey Board Room\, Massey Business Center\, Belmont University\, Nashville \nREGISTRATION CLOSED \n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/g1qtvuj96swDNAJESm588Q”>Luncheon | Former NSA Director ADM Michael Rogers | Nov 8</a><br />\n \n\nWhat has the United States learned about cyber security threats and how is it prepared to respond? How do we ensure the nation’s competitive ability in the 21st century? These are among the topics the former Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command\, will address at a November 8\, 2022 luncheon at Belmont University. \nAdmiral Michael Rogers\, a retired Navy four-star\, served over three decades as a Cryptologic Warfare Officer\, leading to appointment as America’s top cryptology and cyber DoD official. Rogers led that effort for four years directing the Defense Department’s cyber security mission. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council and Belmont University’s Center for Global Citizenship invite you to join Admiral Rogers at a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. CT on November 8th. This is your opportunity for first-hand insights and perspectives on the cyber threats facing the U.S. government\, businesses and individuals from the expanding universe of virtual threats. \nThe luncheon will be followed by a panel discussion with Admiral Rogers moderated by Congressman Jim Cooper featuring government\, industry and academia experts. The luncheon is set for the Massey Board Room in Belmont’s Massey Business Center. Both programs are open to the public and information and registration is on the Tennessee World Affairs Council Web site (TNWAC.org). Contact TNWAC President Patrick Ryan for information on corporate sponsorship of Admiral Rogers’ visit and programs. (pat@TNWAC.org) \n\nAdmiral Michael Rogers retired in June 2018 after nearly 37 years of service\, culminating his career with more than four years leading U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency (NSA). Starting his career as a surface warfare officer and ultimately transitioning to duty as a cryptology warfare officer\, he served around the globe afloat and ashore\, focusing on maritime operations\, intelligence\, and cyber. \nAdmiral Rogers is an NROTC graduate of Auburn University\, holds a master of science in national security\, is a distinguished graduate of the National War College\, and is a graduate of highest distinction from the Naval War College. He is a Seminar XXI Fellow and a Harvard Senior Executive in National Security alum. He has commanded at the unit\, numbered fleet\, and service component level and at the sub-unified level and ran the largest intelligence organization in the U.S. government at NSA\, as well as its newest unified command in U.S. Cyber Command. \n\n\nYou too can support these important public service conversations. Give at: TNWAC.org/donate \nRegistration Details Forthcoming \n\n&lt;a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/En0CVsrB6NGUNTSA3BLUtw”&gt;War in Europe | Prof. Marieta Velikova | Russian Domestic &amp; Economic Perspective | Aug 25&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br />\n \n\n\nSPONSOR THESE PROGRAMS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org  \n \nLink here for more information about sponsoring. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/luncheon-former-nsa-director-adm-michael-rogers-nov-8/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Rogers-Lunch-Flyer.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221013T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221013T190000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20220920T130545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181153Z UID:31759-1665684000-1665687600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Geopolitics of Central Asia | Prof. John Miglietta DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nand Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGLOBAL DIALOGUE SERIES \nVia Zoom \nThe Geopolitics of Central Asia\n \nOctober 13\, 2022 | 1 pm CT\nA Conversation With Professor John Miglietta\n \nWith Moderator\nProfessor Thomas Schwartz\n \n  \n\n\nProfessor John Miglietta who teaches international politics at Tennessee State University recently completed a year in Tajikistan as a Fulbright Scholar. In this Global Dialogue he will discuss the geography of the region\, the politics and governments of the region and how these countries emerged from the Soviet Union. He will conclude by discussing the roles of China\, Russia\, and the US. Distinguished historian Professor Thomas Schwartz will moderate the conversation. \nUnderstanding developments in Central Asia is key to understanding developments in Russia and China and American interests in the region. \nProfessor John Miglietta \nJohn Miglietta is a political scientist who focuses on the study of American foreign policy in the Middle East with an emphasis on international security issues. He is the author of American Alliance Policy in the Middle East\, 1945-1992 (Rowman and Littlefield\, 2002). This is a study of the dynamics of U.S. alliances in the region focusing on Iran\, Israel\, and Saudi Arabia. Dr. Miglietta also has research interests in studying American foreign policy in Central Asia\, as well as weapons proliferation. \nProfessor Thomas Schwartz \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020). The book has received considerable notice and acclaim. \n\n\nYou too can support these important public service conversations. Give at: TNWAC.org/donate \n \n\nWar in Europe | Prof. Marieta Velikova | Russian Domestic & Economic Perspective | Aug 25
\n \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/geopolitics-of-central-asia-prof-john-miglietta/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-10-13-miglietta.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221010T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221010T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20221005T201304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181219Z UID:31850-1665414000-1665417600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:In Focus: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine | Germany\, Russia\, and Ukraine: How does this Conflict End? | Oct 10 DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\nand the American Council on Germany \n\n\n\n\n\nin association with Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present via Zoom \n\n\nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine\nGermany\, Russia\, and Ukraine: How does this Conflict End?\n \nDr. Liana Fix\n CFR Fellow for Europe\, Council on Foreign Relations\n \nLieutenant General Ben Hodges\nFormer Commanding General\, United States Army Europe\n\nMonday October 10\, 2022 @ 10:00 am CT\nThis program is provided by the American Council on Germany. \n \n\nThe West has shown unity and commitment to Ukraine that would not have been forecast a year ago. The post-Cold War institutions are proving resilient and Putin’s desire to divide the democratic Allies has paradoxically bolstered the unity and resolve within NATO\, the European Union\, and the international community writ large. But\, as temperatures drop and heating (and electricity) prices rise\, will this unity hold? The government in Berlin may come under renewed pressures following the decision by the Kremlin to halt natural gas exports. \n\n\nOn the battlefield\, Ukraine’s army is gaining momentum but much of the land it has recaptured in the east and the south of the country has been raised and abandoned. The Russian Defense Ministry says it has 200\,000 new recruits\, but they have yet to be seen. And\, the U.S. commitment to provide more military aid to Ukraine has heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow – with Russia’s Ambassador to the Unites States calling this an “immediate threat” to Moscow.  \n\n\nThe American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council are continuing their series of virtual events titled In Focus: Russia’s War in Ukraine to provide continued updates on and insights into the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine that has rocked the world order. Join us on Monday\, October 10 for a discussion with security experts Dr. Liana Fix and Lieutenant General Ben Hodges about the war in Ukraine. \n\n\nWar in Europe | Prof. Marieta Velikova | Russian Domestic & Economic Perspective | Aug 25
\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Liana Fix is a CFR Fellow for Europe\, based in Washington\, DC. Previously\, she served in the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, thinktanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. \nLieutenant General Ben Hodges served as Commanding General\, United States Army Europe from 2014 to 2017 before his retirement from the Army in early 2018. General Hodges has also served in a variety of Joint and Army Staff positions including Tactics Instructor; Chief of Plans\, 2nd Infantry Division in Korea; Aide-de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Chief of Staff\, XVIII Airborne Corps; Director of the Pakistan Afghanistan Coordination Cell on the Joint Staff; Chief of Legislative Liaison for the United States Army; and Commander\, NATO Allied Land Command (İzmir\, Turkey). \nAfter his first assignment as an Infantry Lieutenant in Garlstedt\, Germany\, he commanded Infantry units at the Company\, Battalion\, and Brigade levels in the 101st Airborne Division\, including Command of the First Brigade Combat Team “Bastogne” of the 101st Airborne Division in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (2003-2004). His other operational assignments include Chief of Operations for Multi-National Corps-Iraq in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (2005-2006) and Director of Operations\, Regional Command South in Kandahar\, Afghanistan (2009-2010). \n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/in-focus-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-germany-russia-and-ukraine-how-does-this-conflict-end-oct-10/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville,Stimson Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220922T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220923T020000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20220825T133906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181241Z UID:31625-1663884000-1663898400@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:In Focus: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine | Ukraine and US Ambassadors | Sep 22 DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your support to make our work possible. \n\n \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council\n\n\nin association with the \nPeoria Area World Affairs Council\n\n\n\n\n\nand Belmont University Center for International Business\, University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement\, and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present \nvia Zoom and In Person at the Peoria Area World Affairs Council \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine\n \nAmbassador Oksana Markarova\nUkraine Ambassador to the United States \n \nAmbassador John Herbst\nUnited States Ambassador to Ukraine (2003-2006) \n\nSeptember 22\, 2022 @ 5-9 pm CT\nSimulcast Via Zoom during Peoria Area World Affairs Council Dinner  \n  \n\nThis program is provided by the Peoria Area World Affairs Council. \nRegistration is through the PAWAC web site. They offer free tickets to WAC members (Honor System) but ask for a donation to offset expenses from all. Please support World Affairs Councils with your generous gift. \n \n\nWar in Europe | Prof. Marieta Velikova | Russian Domestic & Economic Perspective | Aug 25
\n \n\n\nBiographies \nAmbassador Oksana Markarova \nOksana Markarova was appointed the Ukraine’s Ambassador to the USA and arrived in DC on Apr 20\, 2021. She served in Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance in 2015-2020 as First deputy Minister and Government commissioner on investments and then since 2018 as a Minister of Finance. During her time at the Ministry she was a co-author of Ukraine’s macroeconomic revival program\, has conducted unprecedented fiscal consolidation leading to deficit to GDP of 2% and debt to GDP reduction to below 50%\, introduced midterm budgeting\, gender oriented budgeting as well as negotiated\, structured and coordinated successfully two IMF programs and other IFI cooperation programs. During her tenure she and her team has also created UkraineInvest government promotion agency\, Ukrainian Startup fund and an eData ecosystem of government public finance portals including spending.gov.ua\, openbudget.gov.ua and analytical instrument BOOST\, which opened the majority of the public finance data to the public and increased Ukraine in all major international data transparency ratings. \nPrior to career in public service Mrs. Markarova spent 17 years working in private equity and financial advisory having leadership roles in ITT investment group\, Western NIS Enterprise Fund\, Chemonics and and World bank\, as well as founded Archidata startup electronic archive company in between service positions in 2020. \nOksana Markarova serves at the Boards of UkraineHouse DC foundation in Washington DC\, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy\, Ukrainian Development Foundation and supports Ukrainian Catholic University and Ukrainian Press Museum-Archive. \nShe holds BS and MS degrees in Environmental Science from Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine and MPA in public finance from Indiana University with academic excellency and best international student awards. \nMarkarova is married with four children and grandson. \n\nAmbassador John Herbst \n\n\n\nAmbassador John E. Herbst is senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and served for thirty-one years as a foreign service officer in the US Department of State\, retiring at the rank of career minister. He was US ambassador to Ukraine from 2003 to 2006\, when he worked to enhance US-Ukrainian relations\, help ensure the conduct of a fair Ukrainian presidential election\, and prevent violence during the Orange Revolution. Prior to that\, he was ambassador to Uzbekistan (2000-03)\, where he played a critical role in the establishment of an American base to help conduct Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He also promoted improved US-Uzbek relations\, in part by encouraging the government in Tashkent to improve its human rights record. \nIn his last four years at the State Department\, he served as the coordinator for reconstruction and stabilization\, leading the US government’s civilian capacity in societies in transition from conflict or civil strife\, and to provide support to countries at risk of instability. He oversaw the establishment of the Civilian Response Corps of the United States\, the US civilian rapid response force for reconstruction and stabilization operations overseas. \nAmbassador Herbst previously served as US consul general in Jerusalem; principal deputy to the Ambassador-at-Large for the Newly Independent States; the director of the office of independent states and commonwealth affairs; director of regional affairs in the Near East Bureau; and at the embassies in Tel Aviv\, Moscow\, and Saudi Arabia. \nHe most recently served as director of the center for complex operations at National Defense University. He has received the Presidential Distinguished Service Award\, the Secretary of State’s Career Achievement Award\, and the State Department’s Distinguished Honor Award. Ambassador Herbst has written book chapters\, articles\, and op-eds on stability operations in Central Asia\, Ukraine\, and Russia. His writings have appeared in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, the Atlantic\, the National Interest\, and Foreign Policy. He has been a frequent guest discussing the Ukraine crisis on television and radio.  \nAmbassador Herbst earned a bachelor of science in foreign service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service\, Phi Beta Kappa\, and a master of law and diplomacy\, with distinction\, from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He also attended the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Bologna Center.  \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC GLOBAL TOWN HALLS \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/in-focus-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-ukraine-and-us-ambassadors-sep-22/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville,Stimson Center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20220131T185507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182000Z UID:30360-1648652400-1648656000@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Why Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield DESCRIPTION:Global Summit Series\nPresented by the Center for International Business (CIB) at Belmont University in association with the Tennessee World Affairs Council\n“Why Climate Change is a Business Matter”\nwith Gary Garfield\nformer Chairman\, President & CEO\, Bridgestone Americas \n\nWhat: Seminar on “Why Climate Change is a Business Matter”  \nWhen: Wednesday\, March 30\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. \nWhere: Via Zoom & In-Person at Belmont University\, Massey Business Center\, Room 103. \nHow: Register below for the Zoom session or for your in-person invitation. \nWhy Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield\n \n\nGary Garfield \nRetired Chairman\, CEO and President of Bridgestone Americas\, Inc. Garfield initially joined Bridgestone Americas in the legal department in 1991\, eventually rising to the position of Vice President\, General Counsel\, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Bridgestone Americas. In March 2010\, he was promoted to Bridgestone Americas’ CEO and President\, and in January 2016 he was named as Executive Chairman of Bridgestone Americas. Over the last years\, he also was promoted to a series of executive positions within Bridgestone Corporation\, ultimately culminating in the position of Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of Bridgestone Americas’ parent company\, Bridgestone Corporation. \nHe has been Director of Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce since July 03\, 2014 and served as an Independent Director of Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. since June 2015. He serves as a Director of Firestone Diversified Products\, LLC\, the Tennessee Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation\, the Nashville Ballet and the Middle Tennessee Council\, Boy Scouts of America. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Nashville Bar Association. He has been the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s Board of Trustees since January 2011. Since 2011\, he has also served on the Board of Visitors for Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Business. \nIn 2012\, Mr. Garfield was named National Chair for the Take Steps Be Heard walk program for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. He was a 2013 member of the Greater Nashville Executive Leadership Team for the American Heart Association and is serving as the 2015 Heart Walk Chairman. \nMr. Garfield holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Wittenberg University and his Juris Doctor from Cincinnati University. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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. \n  URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/why-climate-change-is-a-business-matter-gary-garfield/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-03-30-garfield.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20220131T185507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182012Z UID:43082-1648652400-1648656000@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Why Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield DESCRIPTION:Global Summit Series\nPresented by the Center for International Business (CIB) at Belmont University in association with the Tennessee World Affairs Council\n“Why Climate Change is a Business Matter”\nwith Gary Garfield\nformer Chairman\, President & CEO\, Bridgestone Americas \n\nWhat: Seminar on “Why Climate Change is a Business Matter”  \nWhen: Wednesday\, March 30\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. \nWhere: Via Zoom & In-Person at Belmont University\, Massey Business Center\, Room 103. \nHow: Register below for the Zoom session or for your in-person invitation. \nWhy Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield\n \n\nGary Garfield \nRetired Chairman\, CEO and President of Bridgestone Americas\, Inc. Garfield initially joined Bridgestone Americas in the legal department in 1991\, eventually rising to the position of Vice President\, General Counsel\, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Bridgestone Americas. In March 2010\, he was promoted to Bridgestone Americas’ CEO and President\, and in January 2016 he was named as Executive Chairman of Bridgestone Americas. Over the last years\, he also was promoted to a series of executive positions within Bridgestone Corporation\, ultimately culminating in the position of Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of Bridgestone Americas’ parent company\, Bridgestone Corporation. \nHe has been Director of Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce since July 03\, 2014 and served as an Independent Director of Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. since June 2015. He serves as a Director of Firestone Diversified Products\, LLC\, the Tennessee Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation\, the Nashville Ballet and the Middle Tennessee Council\, Boy Scouts of America. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Nashville Bar Association. He has been the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s Board of Trustees since January 2011. Since 2011\, he has also served on the Board of Visitors for Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Business. \nIn 2012\, Mr. Garfield was named National Chair for the Take Steps Be Heard walk program for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. He was a 2013 member of the Greater Nashville Executive Leadership Team for the American Heart Association and is serving as the 2015 Heart Walk Chairman. \nMr. Garfield holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Wittenberg University and his Juris Doctor from Cincinnati University. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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. \n  URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/why-climate-change-is-a-business-matter-gary-garfield-3/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-03-30-garfield.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20220131T185507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182016Z UID:44170-1648652400-1648656000@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Why Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield DESCRIPTION:Global Summit Series\nPresented by the Center for International Business (CIB) at Belmont University in association with the Tennessee World Affairs Council\n“Why Climate Change is a Business Matter”\nwith Gary Garfield\nformer Chairman\, President & CEO\, Bridgestone Americas \n\nWhat: Seminar on “Why Climate Change is a Business Matter”  \nWhen: Wednesday\, March 30\, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. \nWhere: Via Zoom & In-Person at Belmont University\, Massey Business Center\, Room 103. \nHow: Register below for the Zoom session or for your in-person invitation. \nWhy Climate Change is a Business Matter | Gary Garfield\n \n\nGary Garfield \nRetired Chairman\, CEO and President of Bridgestone Americas\, Inc. Garfield initially joined Bridgestone Americas in the legal department in 1991\, eventually rising to the position of Vice President\, General Counsel\, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Bridgestone Americas. In March 2010\, he was promoted to Bridgestone Americas’ CEO and President\, and in January 2016 he was named as Executive Chairman of Bridgestone Americas. Over the last years\, he also was promoted to a series of executive positions within Bridgestone Corporation\, ultimately culminating in the position of Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of Bridgestone Americas’ parent company\, Bridgestone Corporation. \nHe has been Director of Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce since July 03\, 2014 and served as an Independent Director of Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. since June 2015. He serves as a Director of Firestone Diversified Products\, LLC\, the Tennessee Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation\, the Nashville Ballet and the Middle Tennessee Council\, Boy Scouts of America. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Nashville Bar Association. He has been the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s Board of Trustees since January 2011. Since 2011\, he has also served on the Board of Visitors for Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Business. \nIn 2012\, Mr. Garfield was named National Chair for the Take Steps Be Heard walk program for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. He was a 2013 member of the Greater Nashville Executive Leadership Team for the American Heart Association and is serving as the 2015 Heart Walk Chairman. \nMr. Garfield holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Wittenberg University and his Juris Doctor from Cincinnati University. \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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. \n  URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/why-climate-change-is-a-business-matter-gary-garfield-4/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-03-30-garfield.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220327T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220327T210000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20211119T191126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182138Z UID:43073-1648404000-1648414800@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Championship | March 27 DESCRIPTION:Updated: Dec 28\, 2021\n\nThe 2022 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\n \n  \nACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022 \nCHAMPIONSHIP\nMARCH 27\, 2021 @ 1PM CT\n(New Date) \nIN PERSON AT Belmont University\nTo participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below.  \n \n  \n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition\, other arrangements will be made. However\, as of December 28\, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person\, with appropriate safety measure in place. \nTNWAC will follow the Covid-19 measures in place for the National Championship Match in Washington\, DC. This includes proof of Covid-19 vaccinations and use of masks by all participants. Details here. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 29-30\, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \nPlans for 2021-2022 \nDates \n\nPLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom. \nDECEMBER 6\, 2021-MARCH 4\, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH \nFEBRUARY 27\, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom\nMARCH 5-MARCH 21\, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)\nMARCH 27\, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University\nAPRIL 28-MAY 1\, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 29-30\, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\n \nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2022 Topics\n\nWhere Climate and Migration Meet\nAfghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\nA Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work\nCDC and the Global Health Agenda\nTechnology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?\nGreat Decisions *\n21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies\nWorking for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\nInsecurity in China’s Neighborhood\nCurrent Events\n\n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/academic-worldquest-global-affairs-challenge-championship-feb-6-3/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AWQ-Post-Featured-Image-1-revised-championship.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220327T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220327T210000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20211119T191126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182142Z UID:44161-1648404000-1648414800@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Championship | March 27 DESCRIPTION:Updated: Dec 28\, 2021\n\nThe 2022 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\n \n  \nACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022 \nCHAMPIONSHIP\nMARCH 27\, 2021 @ 1PM CT\n(New Date) \nIN PERSON AT Belmont University\nTo participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below.  \n \n  \n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition\, other arrangements will be made. However\, as of December 28\, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person\, with appropriate safety measure in place. \nTNWAC will follow the Covid-19 measures in place for the National Championship Match in Washington\, DC. This includes proof of Covid-19 vaccinations and use of masks by all participants. Details here. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 29-30\, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \nPlans for 2021-2022 \nDates \n\nPLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom. \nDECEMBER 6\, 2021-MARCH 4\, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH \nFEBRUARY 27\, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom\nMARCH 5-MARCH 21\, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)\nMARCH 27\, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University\nAPRIL 28-MAY 1\, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 29-30\, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\n \nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2022 Topics\n\nWhere Climate and Migration Meet\nAfghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\nA Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work\nCDC and the Global Health Agenda\nTechnology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?\nGreat Decisions *\n21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies\nWorking for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\nInsecurity in China’s Neighborhood\nCurrent Events\n\n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/academic-worldquest-global-affairs-challenge-championship-feb-6-4/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AWQ-Post-Featured-Image-1-revised-championship.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220327T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220327T210000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20211119T191126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182127Z UID:29868-1648404000-1648414800@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Championship | March 27 DESCRIPTION:Updated: Dec 28\, 2021\n\nThe 2022 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\n \n  \nACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022 \nCHAMPIONSHIP\nMARCH 27\, 2021 @ 1PM CT\n(New Date) \nIN PERSON AT Belmont University\nTo participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below.  \n \n  \n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition\, other arrangements will be made. However\, as of December 28\, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person\, with appropriate safety measure in place. \nTNWAC will follow the Covid-19 measures in place for the National Championship Match in Washington\, DC. This includes proof of Covid-19 vaccinations and use of masks by all participants. Details here. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 29-30\, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \nPlans for 2021-2022 \nDates \n\nPLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom. \nDECEMBER 6\, 2021-MARCH 4\, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH \nFEBRUARY 27\, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom\nMARCH 5-MARCH 21\, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)\nMARCH 27\, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University\nAPRIL 28-MAY 1\, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 29-30\, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\n \nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2022 Topics\n\nWhere Climate and Migration Meet\nAfghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\nA Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work\nCDC and the Global Health Agenda\nTechnology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?\nGreat Decisions *\n21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies\nWorking for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\nInsecurity in China’s Neighborhood\nCurrent Events\n\n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNER – THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/academic-worldquest-global-affairs-challenge-championship-feb-6/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AWQ-Post-Featured-Image-1-revised-championship.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211205T220000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20211119T190112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182523Z UID:43071-1638730800-1638741600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Practice Match | Dec 5 DESCRIPTION:Updated: Nov 19\, 2021\n\nThe 2022 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\n \n  \nACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022 \nPRACTICE MATCH\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 @ 1PM CT\nVIA ZOOM\nMatch details TBA \nTo participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below. TNWAC will contact all schools that pledge teams about participation in the Practice Match. \n \n  \n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition\, other arrangements will be made. However\, as of November 1\, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person\, with appropriate safety measure in place. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 29-30\, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \nPlans for 2021-2022 \nDates \n\nPLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom. \nDECEMBER 6\, 2021-JANUARY 14\, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH \nJANUARY 15-JANUARY 31\, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)\nJANUARY 23\, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom\nFEBRUARY 6\, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University\nAPRIL 28-29\, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 29-30\, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\n \nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2022 Topics\n\nWhere Climate and Migration Meet\nAfghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\nA Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work\nCDC and the Global Health Agenda\nTechnology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?\nGreat Decisions *\n21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies\nWorking for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\nInsecurity in China’s Neighborhood\nCurrent Events\n\n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/academic-worldquest-global-affairs-challenge-practice-match-dec-5-3/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AWQ-Practice-Dec-5-Featured-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211205T220000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20211119T190112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182526Z UID:44159-1638730800-1638741600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Practice Match | Dec 5 DESCRIPTION:Updated: Nov 19\, 2021\n\nThe 2022 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\n \n  \nACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022 \nPRACTICE MATCH\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 @ 1PM CT\nVIA ZOOM\nMatch details TBA \nTo participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below. TNWAC will contact all schools that pledge teams about participation in the Practice Match. \n \n  \n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition\, other arrangements will be made. However\, as of November 1\, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person\, with appropriate safety measure in place. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 29-30\, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \nPlans for 2021-2022 \nDates \n\nPLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom. \nDECEMBER 6\, 2021-JANUARY 14\, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH \nJANUARY 15-JANUARY 31\, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)\nJANUARY 23\, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom\nFEBRUARY 6\, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University\nAPRIL 28-29\, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 29-30\, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\n \nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2022 Topics\n\nWhere Climate and Migration Meet\nAfghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\nA Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work\nCDC and the Global Health Agenda\nTechnology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?\nGreat Decisions *\n21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies\nWorking for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\nInsecurity in China’s Neighborhood\nCurrent Events\n\n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/academic-worldquest-global-affairs-challenge-practice-match-dec-5-4/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AWQ-Practice-Dec-5-Featured-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211205T220000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20211119T190112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182515Z UID:29858-1638730800-1638741600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Academic WorldQuest Global Affairs Challenge Practice Match | Dec 5 DESCRIPTION:Updated: Nov 19\, 2021\n\nThe 2022 Anne Smedinghoff\nAcademic WorldQuest\nHS Global Affairs Challenge\n \n  \nACADEMIC WORLDQUEST 2021-2022 \nPRACTICE MATCH\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 @ 1PM CT\nVIA ZOOM\nMatch details TBA \nTo participate: complete the Team Pledge Form below. TNWAC will contact all schools that pledge teams about participation in the Practice Match. \n \n  \n\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST\nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are invited to play. TNWAC has also welcomed teams from other states who do not have a nearby AWQ program available. \nThe TNWAC AWQ program is named in honor of Anne Smedinghoff\, a United States Foreign Service Officer posted at the U.S. Embassy\, Kabul Afghanistan. She was killed in the line of duty in 2013 by a car bomb while an American team was delivering books to an Afghan school. Learn more about Anne Smedinghoff HERE. \n \nWorldQuest is a team game testing high school students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game\, four-person teams compete by answering multiple-choice questions divided into ten engaging thematic categories (below). Academic WorldQuest is unique to the World Affairs Council system. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council organizes a TNWAC Championship Match and a practice match each AWQ season. The competitions are held in person at Belmont University. If public health considerations do not permit in-person competition\, other arrangements will be made. However\, as of November 1\, 2021 TNWAC plans to hold the championship match in person\, with appropriate safety measure in place. \n \nThe top-ranked Tennessee WAC finisher in the competition will be designated the TNWAC champions and will represent TNWAC at the National Championship match in Washington\, D.C.\, April 29-30\, 2022 at the United States Institute of Peace. \nThe Tennessee World Affairs Council will provide an escort for the team visit to Washington and will schedule visits to international affairs institutions and organizations. In the past these have included foreign embassies\, think tanks\, NGOs and Capitol Hill visits with Congressional representatives. \n\nWorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Council’s education outreach efforts and is integrated with other elements such as the “What in the World?” Weekly Quiz — which sharpens students’ knowledge of current global events and the “Global Scholars Diploma” program. \nPlans for 2021-2022 \nDates \n\nPLEASE PLEDGE a school/team NOW. This non-binding enrollment allows us to plan for the competition and to share WorldQuest information directly with schools and teams. You do not need to have formed teams in order to pledge your school/team. LINK HERE\nDECEMBER 5\, 2021 (1:00pm CT) — PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom. \nDECEMBER 6\, 2021-JANUARY 14\, 2022 – REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH \nJANUARY 15-JANUARY 31\, 2022 – LATE REGISTRATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (WorldQuest T-shirts will not be available for these teams until after the Feb 6 match.)\nJANUARY 23\, 2022 – PRACTICE MATCH (optional) via Zoom\nFEBRUARY 6\, 2022 (1:00PM CT) – TENNESSEE ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST CHAMPIONSHIP at Belmont University\nAPRIL 28-29\, 2022 Tennessee Championship Team to Washington\, DC for visits to international institutions.\nAPRIL 29-30\, 2022 Academic WorldQuest National Championship Reception (Friday) and Match (Saturday)\, hosted at the United States Institute of Peace\n\n \nNotes \n\nTeams can prepare for the competition by reviewing the AWQ Study Guide. Questions for nine topics are drawn directly from the Study Guide. The Current Events category questions are drawn from the TNWAC “What in the World? Weekly Quiz” from the SIX weeks of quizzes preceding each event. The quiz is published every Monday and students can subscribe to the Quiz by joining the TNWAC newsletter list on the home page\, TNWAC.org and at this LINK.\nStudents are encouraged to review the TNWAC Global Scholar Certificate Program and use their participation in WorldQuest as credit toward completion.\n\n \nCarlos and Malú Alvarez National Championship Match. The World Affairs Councils of America will host a national match among many of the 90+ WACs from around the country. \nThe national competition is attended by 200-250 of the nation’s most promising high school students each year\, along with their parents\, teachers\, and chaperones. The 4-hour AWQ competition is a unique opportunity for students to visit the nation’s capital\, perhaps for the first time. A weekend of substantive programming is included to enhance the experience. \nPrizes. TNWAC will announce prizes for the TNWAC Championship Match and WACA will announce prizes for the National Championship Match. \n\nAcademic WorldQuest 2022 Topics\n\nWhere Climate and Migration Meet\nAfghanistan: End of the 20-Year U.S.-Led Intervention\nA Human-Centered Agenda for the Future of Work\nCDC and the Global Health Agenda\nTechnology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?\nGreat Decisions *\n21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies\nWorking for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam\nInsecurity in China’s Neighborhood\nCurrent Events\n\n* TNWAC Practice and Championship matches will NOT include the Great Decisions category. A second Current Events topic round will be substituted. (The Great Decisions category is based on a magazine available for sale. The winning TNWAC championship team will receive copies of the magazine to prepare for the National Championship match.) \nStudy Guide \nThe AWQ Study Guide provides the topics and reference materials used in the TNWAC practice match and championship match\, except for the “Current Events” questions. Current events questions are drawn from the “What in the World? Weekly Quiz.” Get the quiz by signing up for the TNWAC newsletter list on our home page. \n \nFor more information on TNWAC’s Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) program contact Catherine Kelly\, Education Outreach Coordinator at < cgkelly@comcast.net > and Patrick Ryan at \n \n\nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/academic-worldquest-global-affairs-challenge-practice-match-dec-5/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AWQ-Practice-Dec-5-Featured-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211110T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211110T014500 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20211106T223205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182537Z UID:43070-1636506000-1636508700@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:"Global Nashville with Karl Dean\," guest Ralph Schulz\, Nashville Chamber DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGlobal Nashville with Karl Dean\nA Conversation with Ralph Schulz\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce President\nTuesday\, November 9th at 7:00pm CT \n \nRalph Schulz\nPresident\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \n\n\n \nKarl F. Dean \nGlobal Nashville | Belmont President L. Gregory Jones\n \nGlobal Nashville explores the issues and developments that mark the city and region as part of the global network. Former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talks with community leaders about their insights and perspectives. \nJoin him on November 9th as he talks with Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce President Ralph Schulz to talk about business developments in the region. We should mention here our thanks to Mr. Schulz for standing in as a guest host of the “Global Nashville” program. In August he interviewed Butch Spridon\, head of the Nashville Convention and Visitor Corporation. [Link] \nMr. Schulz was a “Global Nashville” guest in January 2021 [Link] and in April 2020 [Link]\, talking about Nashville businesses’ resilience in the face of Covid and new developments in the community from international investments to the prospects for immigration to the area. \nOn Tuesday\, November 9th\, Mr. Schulz will be back with updates on the broad array of business issues in the region and his insights and perspectives on the global agenda in Nashville. \n  \n“Global Nashville with Karl Dean\,” guest Ralph Schulz\, Nashville Chamber\n \nABOUT RALPH SCHULZ \n\n\nPresident and CEO\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\n\n\n\n\n\nRalph Schulz was named president and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce by the Chamber’s board of directors in November 2006\, following a 30-year career in nonprofit management\, marketing and fundraising. In taking the position\, he accepted a leadership role at one of Middle Tennessee’s oldest and largest business federations\, an organization dating back to its founding in 1847.   More HERE \n\n\n\nPREVIOUS GLOBAL NASHVILLE APPEARANCES \nGlobal Nashville | Guest Host Ralph Schulz with Convention and Visitor Chief Butch Spyridon \nAugust 31\, 2021 \nhttps://youtu.be/oyegJy7N018 \nThe metrics were clear before the pandemic crushed global hospitality. Nashville and Tennessee were experiencing a boom in the tourism sector. The #1 leisure destination in the United States\, according to Global Traveler’s Leisure Lifestyle Awards. Reader’s Choice Award for Best Cities in the U.S.\, according to Conde Nast. A record-high $23 billion in visitor spending in the state in 2019 and trending higher\, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Travel in Tennessee generated 195\,000 jobs and $1.92 billion in state and local tax revenue — saving Tennesseans in costs for public services. Nashville’s attraction to visitors is global. The daily attraction of world-class music venues\, cultural activities\, sporting events and more\, not to mention the city’s mega-events are magnets for foreign visitors. Among the main industries that drive the economy\, tourism is emblematic of international outreach and bridge building among the tens of thousands of foreign visitors who come to Tennessee and Nashville.  \nGlobal Nashville with Karl Dean – Ralph Schulz  \nJanuary 19\, 2021 \nhttps://youtu.be/nHN_qGMJMSY \nThere’s no shortage of issues impacting Nashville’s and Middle Tennessee’s well-being. On Tuesday evening\, January 19th former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talked with Ralph Schulz\, community leader and head of the Nashville Chamber. Join us for this review of important issues affecting you and your neighbors: the impact of the pandemic on business and the economy; the 2nd Avenue bombing aftermath and effects on the hospitality industry and the downtown; effects of new policies in the Biden Administration on immigration\, trade and more; the situation for small businesses shuttered or in hibernation as a result of COVID; and much more. \n“Global Nashville with Karl Dean” talks with Nashville Chamber’s Ralph Schulz \nApril 14\, 2020 \nhttps://youtu.be/C7yhssJD3_A \nIn this episode Karl Dean\, former Nashville Mayor\, talks with Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Ralph Schulz about the business environment in Nashville during this time of pandemic. What sectors are impacted the most and in what ways? How has the global economy and business relocations that are important to the region be affected? How are Nashville businesses and Nashvillians looking at the prospects for recovery? \n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/global-nashville-with-karl-dean-guest-ralph-schulz-nashville-chamber-3/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-10-09-gnkd-shultz.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211110T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211110T014500 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20211106T223205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182540Z UID:44158-1636506000-1636508700@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:"Global Nashville with Karl Dean\," guest Ralph Schulz\, Nashville Chamber DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGlobal Nashville with Karl Dean\nA Conversation with Ralph Schulz\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce President\nTuesday\, November 9th at 7:00pm CT \n \nRalph Schulz\nPresident\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \n\n\n \nKarl F. Dean \nGlobal Nashville | Belmont President L. Gregory Jones\n \nGlobal Nashville explores the issues and developments that mark the city and region as part of the global network. Former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talks with community leaders about their insights and perspectives. \nJoin him on November 9th as he talks with Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce President Ralph Schulz to talk about business developments in the region. We should mention here our thanks to Mr. Schulz for standing in as a guest host of the “Global Nashville” program. In August he interviewed Butch Spridon\, head of the Nashville Convention and Visitor Corporation. [Link] \nMr. Schulz was a “Global Nashville” guest in January 2021 [Link] and in April 2020 [Link]\, talking about Nashville businesses’ resilience in the face of Covid and new developments in the community from international investments to the prospects for immigration to the area. \nOn Tuesday\, November 9th\, Mr. Schulz will be back with updates on the broad array of business issues in the region and his insights and perspectives on the global agenda in Nashville. \n  \n“Global Nashville with Karl Dean\,” guest Ralph Schulz\, Nashville Chamber\n \nABOUT RALPH SCHULZ \n\n\nPresident and CEO\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\n\n\n\n\n\nRalph Schulz was named president and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce by the Chamber’s board of directors in November 2006\, following a 30-year career in nonprofit management\, marketing and fundraising. In taking the position\, he accepted a leadership role at one of Middle Tennessee’s oldest and largest business federations\, an organization dating back to its founding in 1847.   More HERE \n\n\n\nPREVIOUS GLOBAL NASHVILLE APPEARANCES \nGlobal Nashville | Guest Host Ralph Schulz with Convention and Visitor Chief Butch Spyridon \nAugust 31\, 2021 \nhttps://youtu.be/oyegJy7N018 \nThe metrics were clear before the pandemic crushed global hospitality. Nashville and Tennessee were experiencing a boom in the tourism sector. The #1 leisure destination in the United States\, according to Global Traveler’s Leisure Lifestyle Awards. Reader’s Choice Award for Best Cities in the U.S.\, according to Conde Nast. A record-high $23 billion in visitor spending in the state in 2019 and trending higher\, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Travel in Tennessee generated 195\,000 jobs and $1.92 billion in state and local tax revenue — saving Tennesseans in costs for public services. Nashville’s attraction to visitors is global. The daily attraction of world-class music venues\, cultural activities\, sporting events and more\, not to mention the city’s mega-events are magnets for foreign visitors. Among the main industries that drive the economy\, tourism is emblematic of international outreach and bridge building among the tens of thousands of foreign visitors who come to Tennessee and Nashville.  \nGlobal Nashville with Karl Dean – Ralph Schulz  \nJanuary 19\, 2021 \nhttps://youtu.be/nHN_qGMJMSY \nThere’s no shortage of issues impacting Nashville’s and Middle Tennessee’s well-being. On Tuesday evening\, January 19th former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talked with Ralph Schulz\, community leader and head of the Nashville Chamber. Join us for this review of important issues affecting you and your neighbors: the impact of the pandemic on business and the economy; the 2nd Avenue bombing aftermath and effects on the hospitality industry and the downtown; effects of new policies in the Biden Administration on immigration\, trade and more; the situation for small businesses shuttered or in hibernation as a result of COVID; and much more. \n“Global Nashville with Karl Dean” talks with Nashville Chamber’s Ralph Schulz \nApril 14\, 2020 \nhttps://youtu.be/C7yhssJD3_A \nIn this episode Karl Dean\, former Nashville Mayor\, talks with Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Ralph Schulz about the business environment in Nashville during this time of pandemic. What sectors are impacted the most and in what ways? How has the global economy and business relocations that are important to the region be affected? How are Nashville businesses and Nashvillians looking at the prospects for recovery? \n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/global-nashville-with-karl-dean-guest-ralph-schulz-nashville-chamber-4/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-10-09-gnkd-shultz.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211110T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211110T014500 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20211106T223205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182531Z UID:29750-1636506000-1636508700@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:"Global Nashville with Karl Dean\," guest Ralph Schulz\, Nashville Chamber DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGlobal Nashville with Karl Dean\nA Conversation with Ralph Schulz\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce President\nTuesday\, November 9th at 7:00pm CT \n \nRalph Schulz\nPresident\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \n\n\n \nKarl F. Dean \nGlobal Nashville | Belmont President L. Gregory Jones\n \nGlobal Nashville explores the issues and developments that mark the city and region as part of the global network. Former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talks with community leaders about their insights and perspectives. \nJoin him on November 9th as he talks with Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce President Ralph Schulz to talk about business developments in the region. We should mention here our thanks to Mr. Schulz for standing in as a guest host of the “Global Nashville” program. In August he interviewed Butch Spridon\, head of the Nashville Convention and Visitor Corporation. [Link] \nMr. Schulz was a “Global Nashville” guest in January 2021 [Link] and in April 2020 [Link]\, talking about Nashville businesses’ resilience in the face of Covid and new developments in the community from international investments to the prospects for immigration to the area. \nOn Tuesday\, November 9th\, Mr. Schulz will be back with updates on the broad array of business issues in the region and his insights and perspectives on the global agenda in Nashville. \n  \n“Global Nashville with Karl Dean\,” guest Ralph Schulz\, Nashville Chamber\n \nABOUT RALPH SCHULZ \n\n\nPresident and CEO\, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\n\n\n\n\n\nRalph Schulz was named president and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce by the Chamber’s board of directors in November 2006\, following a 30-year career in nonprofit management\, marketing and fundraising. In taking the position\, he accepted a leadership role at one of Middle Tennessee’s oldest and largest business federations\, an organization dating back to its founding in 1847.   More HERE \n\n\n\nPREVIOUS GLOBAL NASHVILLE APPEARANCES \nGlobal Nashville | Guest Host Ralph Schulz with Convention and Visitor Chief Butch Spyridon \nAugust 31\, 2021 \nhttps://youtu.be/oyegJy7N018 \nThe metrics were clear before the pandemic crushed global hospitality. Nashville and Tennessee were experiencing a boom in the tourism sector. The #1 leisure destination in the United States\, according to Global Traveler’s Leisure Lifestyle Awards. Reader’s Choice Award for Best Cities in the U.S.\, according to Conde Nast. A record-high $23 billion in visitor spending in the state in 2019 and trending higher\, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Travel in Tennessee generated 195\,000 jobs and $1.92 billion in state and local tax revenue — saving Tennesseans in costs for public services. Nashville’s attraction to visitors is global. The daily attraction of world-class music venues\, cultural activities\, sporting events and more\, not to mention the city’s mega-events are magnets for foreign visitors. Among the main industries that drive the economy\, tourism is emblematic of international outreach and bridge building among the tens of thousands of foreign visitors who come to Tennessee and Nashville.  \nGlobal Nashville with Karl Dean – Ralph Schulz  \nJanuary 19\, 2021 \nhttps://youtu.be/nHN_qGMJMSY \nThere’s no shortage of issues impacting Nashville’s and Middle Tennessee’s well-being. On Tuesday evening\, January 19th former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talked with Ralph Schulz\, community leader and head of the Nashville Chamber. Join us for this review of important issues affecting you and your neighbors: the impact of the pandemic on business and the economy; the 2nd Avenue bombing aftermath and effects on the hospitality industry and the downtown; effects of new policies in the Biden Administration on immigration\, trade and more; the situation for small businesses shuttered or in hibernation as a result of COVID; and much more. \n“Global Nashville with Karl Dean” talks with Nashville Chamber’s Ralph Schulz \nApril 14\, 2020 \nhttps://youtu.be/C7yhssJD3_A \nIn this episode Karl Dean\, former Nashville Mayor\, talks with Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Ralph Schulz about the business environment in Nashville during this time of pandemic. What sectors are impacted the most and in what ways? How has the global economy and business relocations that are important to the region be affected? How are Nashville businesses and Nashvillians looking at the prospects for recovery? \n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/global-nashville-with-karl-dean-guest-ralph-schulz-nashville-chamber/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-10-09-gnkd-shultz.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211027T223000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211028T000000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20210906T212313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182701Z UID:43064-1635373800-1635379200@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:International Career Panel: Women in International Business | Oct 27 DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council and the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\, Lipscomb University and the Tennessee Technological University Department of Foreign Languages \nInternational Careers Panel – Fall 2021\nWomen in International Business\nOctober 27\, 2021 \n6:30pm-8:00pm ET / 5:30pm-7:00pm CT \nMODERATOR\n \nLucy Buck\, Haslam Scholars Program\, University of Tennessee \n\n\n \nBeth-Ann Martorello\, Senior Vice President and Chief Audit Officer at AllianceBernstein (AB) \n \nMasami Tyson\, Global Director of FDI and Trade\, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD)\n \n\n\nLulu Lim Copeland\, Executive Director TN-China Network; Independent Economic and Workforce Development Consultant\n \nRobin Reliford\, Head of Health and Safety\, WorldStrides\n  \n \n\n \n\n\nDo you wonder what jobs and careers there are in international affairs?  There’s more than you think.  Every Fall and Spring the World Affairs Council assembles diplomats\, business people\, NGO officials\, returned Peace Corps volunteers and more to talk about their experiences and insights and to answer your questions at this very popular panel. \nJoin us on October 27th for a conversation with a distinguished panel of women working in global business fields. They will share with you what preparation they undertook to pursue their careers\, what the day to day life is like in their jobs and the pros and cons of the work they undertake. \nOUR PANEL \nLucy Buck\, Moderator \nLucy Buck is a senior at the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville studying supply chain management and business analytics with a concentration in international business. Lucy is a member of the Haslam Scholars Program\, the premier honors program at the university. She also serves as the President of the International Business Club and the Vice President of the Management Society. Having spent her childhood living in Singapore and Bangalore\, India\, Lucy is fascinated by foreign affairs and is working toward having an international career in her future. \nBeth-Ann Martorello\, Senior VP\, Chief Audit Officer\, Alliance Bernstein (AB) \nBeth-Ann Martorello is a Senior Vice President and Chief Audit Officer at AllianceBernstein (AB). There she directs the global internal audit activities (IA) of AB and its subsidiaries. With a global audit team (US\, Europe & Asia)\, she is responsible for identifying and evaluating the financial\, operational\, technological\, and regulatory risks associated with the firm’s buy-side and sell-side business activities.  Beth-Ann also directs the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) testing process in support of the firm’s SOX 404 certification requirement.  During her tenure at AB\, she has performed infrastructure\, application\, operational and financial audits\, has conducted several fraud investigations\, developed the Quality Assurance Program\, drafted the Internal Audit procedure manual\, performed internal quality assessment reviews of AB’s IA and  other IA departments\, and developed/implemented training/on-boarding programs\, and IA applications.  Beth-Ann is an Executive Sponsor of Synergy Nashville\, the Women’s Employee Resource Group at AB. \nBefore joining AllianceBernstein\, Beth-Ann was with Barclay’s Internal Audit Department\, where she served in various positions\, including Support and Development\, and as IT Audit Associate.  She graduated from NYU with a BA in History.  She holds a Certification of Control Self-Assessment\, Certification of Information System Audit\, Certification of Risk and Information System Control and is accredited in Quality Assurance.  Beth-Ann serves on the board of Nashville Cares and as Vice President for the IIA Nashville Chapter. \nMasami Tyson\, Global Director of FDI and Trade\, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) \nMasami Izumida Tyson joined the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development in 2018 as the Global Director of FDI and Trade. Her primary duties include: managing the international offices which identify companies from around the globe interested in doing business in Tennessee; supporting the business development team to recruit international companies to Tennessee and cultivating relationships with such companies; and developing relationships with various international agencies\, diplomatic channels and organizations in order to promote economic development in the State of Tennessee. She is also the State’s contact for any issues relating to trade. \nMasami was born and raised in Yokohama\, Japan and has lived in Nashville\, Tennessee for most of her adult life. Prior to holding her current position\, Masami held various attorney positions at global companies including Nissan North America as well as at a law firm. She has her B.A. and M.A. from Johns Hopkins University and her J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School. She is married to Dr. Rich Tyson\, a native of the U.K. and they have three children\, Joel\, Julia and Mei. \nLulu Lim Copeland\, Executive Director TN-China Network; Independent Economic and Workforce Development Consultant \n\n\n\nLulu Lim Copeland is an independent economic and workforce development consultant and the executive director of TN-China Network. She was the Executive Director of Economic and Workforce Development at Chattanooga State Community College\, with more than twenty years of experience in workforce development projects. Prior to joining Chattanooga State\, Lulu was the Engineering and Documentation Manager at Olan Mills for 13 years\, she also served as adjunct faculty with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s School of Engineering and Computer Science. Lulu is very active in the Chattanooga-area business and education communities. Lulu supports Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce programs and projects\, including as a board member of the Chamber’s International Business Council. She received her MS in Engineering Management and BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a certificate of architecture design from City College of New York. \n\n\n\nLulu is originally from Taipei\, Taiwan. She immigrated to the US in 1971. She currently lives in Chattanooga\, Tennessee.  \n\nRobin Reliford\, Head of Health and Safety\, WorldStrides\nRobin Reliford leads domestic and international health\, safety\, and crisis management for WorldStrides\, monitoring world events\, implementing emergency protocols and procedures and working closely with executive management on policy development and compliance. A lawyer by training\, Robin has been a key voice in international education risk management since she first entered the field. She is a sought-after presenter on health and safety topics at national and international conferences\, and regularly shares best practices through her participation as a member of groups like the Overseas Advisory Council (OSAC) Academic Working Group and Pulse: Higher Educational International Health and Safety Professionals. \nRobin works closely with WorldStrides’ Tour Central and field operations teams around the world\, as well as partners like George Washington University Department of Emergency Medicine and WorldAware\, who have helped us to build the best health and safety infrastructure in the field of educational travel and study abroad. She received her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and her B.A. from West Chester University. She resides in Austin\, Texas. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTNWAC’s Professions Across the Spectrum — representing multiple occupational fields — is set for October 6\, 2021 at 5:30pm-7:00pm CT. \nTNWAC’s career panel on the theme “Women in International Business” is set for October 27\, 2021 at 5:30pm-7:00pm CT. \nTNWAC invites colleges and other institutions to partner on presentation of this special program. Contact Pat Ryan < pat@tnwac.org > for info. \nTNWAC invites businesses and other institutions to sponsor this program. \n\nCHECK OUT OUR SPRING 2021 CAREER PANELS \n \nWomen In International Law \n \nDiplomacy: U.S. Foreign Service & the State Department \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n  \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/international-career-panel-women-in-international-business-oct-27-3/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/211006-Featured-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211027T223000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211028T000000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20210906T212313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182708Z UID:44152-1635373800-1635379200@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:International Career Panel: Women in International Business | Oct 27 DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council and the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\, Lipscomb University and the Tennessee Technological University Department of Foreign Languages \nInternational Careers Panel – Fall 2021\nWomen in International Business\nOctober 27\, 2021 \n6:30pm-8:00pm ET / 5:30pm-7:00pm CT \nMODERATOR\n \nLucy Buck\, Haslam Scholars Program\, University of Tennessee \n\n\n \nBeth-Ann Martorello\, Senior Vice President and Chief Audit Officer at AllianceBernstein (AB) \n \nMasami Tyson\, Global Director of FDI and Trade\, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD)\n \n\n\nLulu Lim Copeland\, Executive Director TN-China Network; Independent Economic and Workforce Development Consultant\n \nRobin Reliford\, Head of Health and Safety\, WorldStrides\n  \n \n\n \n\n\nDo you wonder what jobs and careers there are in international affairs?  There’s more than you think.  Every Fall and Spring the World Affairs Council assembles diplomats\, business people\, NGO officials\, returned Peace Corps volunteers and more to talk about their experiences and insights and to answer your questions at this very popular panel. \nJoin us on October 27th for a conversation with a distinguished panel of women working in global business fields. They will share with you what preparation they undertook to pursue their careers\, what the day to day life is like in their jobs and the pros and cons of the work they undertake. \nOUR PANEL \nLucy Buck\, Moderator \nLucy Buck is a senior at the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville studying supply chain management and business analytics with a concentration in international business. Lucy is a member of the Haslam Scholars Program\, the premier honors program at the university. She also serves as the President of the International Business Club and the Vice President of the Management Society. Having spent her childhood living in Singapore and Bangalore\, India\, Lucy is fascinated by foreign affairs and is working toward having an international career in her future. \nBeth-Ann Martorello\, Senior VP\, Chief Audit Officer\, Alliance Bernstein (AB) \nBeth-Ann Martorello is a Senior Vice President and Chief Audit Officer at AllianceBernstein (AB). There she directs the global internal audit activities (IA) of AB and its subsidiaries. With a global audit team (US\, Europe & Asia)\, she is responsible for identifying and evaluating the financial\, operational\, technological\, and regulatory risks associated with the firm’s buy-side and sell-side business activities.  Beth-Ann also directs the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) testing process in support of the firm’s SOX 404 certification requirement.  During her tenure at AB\, she has performed infrastructure\, application\, operational and financial audits\, has conducted several fraud investigations\, developed the Quality Assurance Program\, drafted the Internal Audit procedure manual\, performed internal quality assessment reviews of AB’s IA and  other IA departments\, and developed/implemented training/on-boarding programs\, and IA applications.  Beth-Ann is an Executive Sponsor of Synergy Nashville\, the Women’s Employee Resource Group at AB. \nBefore joining AllianceBernstein\, Beth-Ann was with Barclay’s Internal Audit Department\, where she served in various positions\, including Support and Development\, and as IT Audit Associate.  She graduated from NYU with a BA in History.  She holds a Certification of Control Self-Assessment\, Certification of Information System Audit\, Certification of Risk and Information System Control and is accredited in Quality Assurance.  Beth-Ann serves on the board of Nashville Cares and as Vice President for the IIA Nashville Chapter. \nMasami Tyson\, Global Director of FDI and Trade\, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) \nMasami Izumida Tyson joined the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development in 2018 as the Global Director of FDI and Trade. Her primary duties include: managing the international offices which identify companies from around the globe interested in doing business in Tennessee; supporting the business development team to recruit international companies to Tennessee and cultivating relationships with such companies; and developing relationships with various international agencies\, diplomatic channels and organizations in order to promote economic development in the State of Tennessee. She is also the State’s contact for any issues relating to trade. \nMasami was born and raised in Yokohama\, Japan and has lived in Nashville\, Tennessee for most of her adult life. Prior to holding her current position\, Masami held various attorney positions at global companies including Nissan North America as well as at a law firm. She has her B.A. and M.A. from Johns Hopkins University and her J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School. She is married to Dr. Rich Tyson\, a native of the U.K. and they have three children\, Joel\, Julia and Mei. \nLulu Lim Copeland\, Executive Director TN-China Network; Independent Economic and Workforce Development Consultant \n\n\n\nLulu Lim Copeland is an independent economic and workforce development consultant and the executive director of TN-China Network. She was the Executive Director of Economic and Workforce Development at Chattanooga State Community College\, with more than twenty years of experience in workforce development projects. Prior to joining Chattanooga State\, Lulu was the Engineering and Documentation Manager at Olan Mills for 13 years\, she also served as adjunct faculty with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s School of Engineering and Computer Science. Lulu is very active in the Chattanooga-area business and education communities. Lulu supports Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce programs and projects\, including as a board member of the Chamber’s International Business Council. She received her MS in Engineering Management and BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a certificate of architecture design from City College of New York. \n\n\n\nLulu is originally from Taipei\, Taiwan. She immigrated to the US in 1971. She currently lives in Chattanooga\, Tennessee.  \n\nRobin Reliford\, Head of Health and Safety\, WorldStrides\nRobin Reliford leads domestic and international health\, safety\, and crisis management for WorldStrides\, monitoring world events\, implementing emergency protocols and procedures and working closely with executive management on policy development and compliance. A lawyer by training\, Robin has been a key voice in international education risk management since she first entered the field. She is a sought-after presenter on health and safety topics at national and international conferences\, and regularly shares best practices through her participation as a member of groups like the Overseas Advisory Council (OSAC) Academic Working Group and Pulse: Higher Educational International Health and Safety Professionals. \nRobin works closely with WorldStrides’ Tour Central and field operations teams around the world\, as well as partners like George Washington University Department of Emergency Medicine and WorldAware\, who have helped us to build the best health and safety infrastructure in the field of educational travel and study abroad. She received her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and her B.A. from West Chester University. She resides in Austin\, Texas. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTNWAC’s Professions Across the Spectrum — representing multiple occupational fields — is set for October 6\, 2021 at 5:30pm-7:00pm CT. \nTNWAC’s career panel on the theme “Women in International Business” is set for October 27\, 2021 at 5:30pm-7:00pm CT. \nTNWAC invites colleges and other institutions to partner on presentation of this special program. Contact Pat Ryan < pat@tnwac.org > for info. \nTNWAC invites businesses and other institutions to sponsor this program. \n\nCHECK OUT OUR SPRING 2021 CAREER PANELS \n \nWomen In International Law \n \nDiplomacy: U.S. Foreign Service & the State Department \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n  \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/international-career-panel-women-in-international-business-oct-27-4/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/211006-Featured-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211027T223000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211028T000000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20210906T212313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182653Z UID:29128-1635373800-1635379200@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:International Career Panel: Women in International Business | Oct 27 DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council and the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\, Lipscomb University and the Tennessee Technological University Department of Foreign Languages \nInternational Careers Panel – Fall 2021\nWomen in International Business\nOctober 27\, 2021 \n6:30pm-8:00pm ET / 5:30pm-7:00pm CT \nMODERATOR\n \nLucy Buck\, Haslam Scholars Program\, University of Tennessee \n\n\n \nBeth-Ann Martorello\, Senior Vice President and Chief Audit Officer at AllianceBernstein (AB) \n \nMasami Tyson\, Global Director of FDI and Trade\, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD)\n \n\n\nLulu Lim Copeland\, Executive Director TN-China Network; Independent Economic and Workforce Development Consultant\n \nRobin Reliford\, Head of Health and Safety\, WorldStrides\n  \n \n\n \n\n\nDo you wonder what jobs and careers there are in international affairs?  There’s more than you think.  Every Fall and Spring the World Affairs Council assembles diplomats\, business people\, NGO officials\, returned Peace Corps volunteers and more to talk about their experiences and insights and to answer your questions at this very popular panel. \nJoin us on October 27th for a conversation with a distinguished panel of women working in global business fields. They will share with you what preparation they undertook to pursue their careers\, what the day to day life is like in their jobs and the pros and cons of the work they undertake. \nOUR PANEL \nLucy Buck\, Moderator \nLucy Buck is a senior at the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville studying supply chain management and business analytics with a concentration in international business. Lucy is a member of the Haslam Scholars Program\, the premier honors program at the university. She also serves as the President of the International Business Club and the Vice President of the Management Society. Having spent her childhood living in Singapore and Bangalore\, India\, Lucy is fascinated by foreign affairs and is working toward having an international career in her future. \nBeth-Ann Martorello\, Senior VP\, Chief Audit Officer\, Alliance Bernstein (AB) \nBeth-Ann Martorello is a Senior Vice President and Chief Audit Officer at AllianceBernstein (AB). There she directs the global internal audit activities (IA) of AB and its subsidiaries. With a global audit team (US\, Europe & Asia)\, she is responsible for identifying and evaluating the financial\, operational\, technological\, and regulatory risks associated with the firm’s buy-side and sell-side business activities.  Beth-Ann also directs the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) testing process in support of the firm’s SOX 404 certification requirement.  During her tenure at AB\, she has performed infrastructure\, application\, operational and financial audits\, has conducted several fraud investigations\, developed the Quality Assurance Program\, drafted the Internal Audit procedure manual\, performed internal quality assessment reviews of AB’s IA and  other IA departments\, and developed/implemented training/on-boarding programs\, and IA applications.  Beth-Ann is an Executive Sponsor of Synergy Nashville\, the Women’s Employee Resource Group at AB. \nBefore joining AllianceBernstein\, Beth-Ann was with Barclay’s Internal Audit Department\, where she served in various positions\, including Support and Development\, and as IT Audit Associate.  She graduated from NYU with a BA in History.  She holds a Certification of Control Self-Assessment\, Certification of Information System Audit\, Certification of Risk and Information System Control and is accredited in Quality Assurance.  Beth-Ann serves on the board of Nashville Cares and as Vice President for the IIA Nashville Chapter. \nMasami Tyson\, Global Director of FDI and Trade\, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) \nMasami Izumida Tyson joined the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development in 2018 as the Global Director of FDI and Trade. Her primary duties include: managing the international offices which identify companies from around the globe interested in doing business in Tennessee; supporting the business development team to recruit international companies to Tennessee and cultivating relationships with such companies; and developing relationships with various international agencies\, diplomatic channels and organizations in order to promote economic development in the State of Tennessee. She is also the State’s contact for any issues relating to trade. \nMasami was born and raised in Yokohama\, Japan and has lived in Nashville\, Tennessee for most of her adult life. Prior to holding her current position\, Masami held various attorney positions at global companies including Nissan North America as well as at a law firm. She has her B.A. and M.A. from Johns Hopkins University and her J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School. She is married to Dr. Rich Tyson\, a native of the U.K. and they have three children\, Joel\, Julia and Mei. \nLulu Lim Copeland\, Executive Director TN-China Network; Independent Economic and Workforce Development Consultant \n\n\n\nLulu Lim Copeland is an independent economic and workforce development consultant and the executive director of TN-China Network. She was the Executive Director of Economic and Workforce Development at Chattanooga State Community College\, with more than twenty years of experience in workforce development projects. Prior to joining Chattanooga State\, Lulu was the Engineering and Documentation Manager at Olan Mills for 13 years\, she also served as adjunct faculty with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s School of Engineering and Computer Science. Lulu is very active in the Chattanooga-area business and education communities. Lulu supports Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce programs and projects\, including as a board member of the Chamber’s International Business Council. She received her MS in Engineering Management and BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a certificate of architecture design from City College of New York. \n\n\n\nLulu is originally from Taipei\, Taiwan. She immigrated to the US in 1971. She currently lives in Chattanooga\, Tennessee.  \n\nRobin Reliford\, Head of Health and Safety\, WorldStrides\nRobin Reliford leads domestic and international health\, safety\, and crisis management for WorldStrides\, monitoring world events\, implementing emergency protocols and procedures and working closely with executive management on policy development and compliance. A lawyer by training\, Robin has been a key voice in international education risk management since she first entered the field. She is a sought-after presenter on health and safety topics at national and international conferences\, and regularly shares best practices through her participation as a member of groups like the Overseas Advisory Council (OSAC) Academic Working Group and Pulse: Higher Educational International Health and Safety Professionals. \nRobin works closely with WorldStrides’ Tour Central and field operations teams around the world\, as well as partners like George Washington University Department of Emergency Medicine and WorldAware\, who have helped us to build the best health and safety infrastructure in the field of educational travel and study abroad. She received her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and her B.A. from West Chester University. She resides in Austin\, Texas. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTNWAC’s Professions Across the Spectrum — representing multiple occupational fields — is set for October 6\, 2021 at 5:30pm-7:00pm CT. \nTNWAC’s career panel on the theme “Women in International Business” is set for October 27\, 2021 at 5:30pm-7:00pm CT. \nTNWAC invites colleges and other institutions to partner on presentation of this special program. Contact Pat Ryan < pat@tnwac.org > for info. \nTNWAC invites businesses and other institutions to sponsor this program. \n\nCHECK OUT OUR SPRING 2021 CAREER PANELS \n \nWomen In International Law \n \nDiplomacy: U.S. Foreign Service & the State Department \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n  \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/international-career-panel-women-in-international-business-oct-27/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/211006-Featured-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211027T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211027T003000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20210929T193011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182725Z UID:44155-1635292800-1635294600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Conversation with Belmont President Jones | "Global Nashville with Karl Dean" DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGlobal Nashville with Karl Dean\nA Conversation with Belmont University President L. Gregory Jones\nOctober 26 at 7:00pm CT \n\n\n \nKarl F. Dean \n \nBelmont President L. Gregory Jones \nGlobal Nashville | Belmont President L. Gregory Jones\n \n \nGlobal Nashville explores the issues and developments that mark the city and region as part of the global network. Former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talks with community leaders about their insights and perspectives. \n Join him on October 26th as he talks with Belmont University’s new President\, Dr. L. Gregory Jones\, about his ideas on global engagement and the mission of Belmont to produce citizens ready for the world. \nAbout Dr. L. Gregory Jones \nKnown for his entrepreneurial leadership and fundraising ability\, Dr. Greg Jones served as the longtime dean of Duke Divinity School from 1997-2010 and again from 2018 until becoming Belmont’s president on June 1\, 2021. Between 2010 and 2018\, he served in a variety of roles\, including vice president and vice provost for global strategy at Duke University and also as provost and executive vice president of Baylor University. In addition\, he has served in advisory and strategic roles with several foundations and educational institutions in the United States as well as in Armenia.  \nDuring his time at Duke Divinity\, Jones strengthened the School’s financial trajectory\, diversified the faculty and staff and led a strategic planning process that garnered great enthusiasm for the school’s future\, all while setting new records for gifts to the Annual Fund and to the Divinity School overall. In addition\, he currently serves as a senior fellow at Leadership Education\, which he founded\, and senior fellow at the Fuqua-Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics\, both at Duke University. He is passionate about re-shaping cultures within and across organizations and has coined the term “traditioned innovation” to capture how he re-frames complex challenges to seize significant opportunities.  \nJones’ tenures as dean were marked by significant growth in Duke Divinity School. More than $102 million was raised under his leadership in The Campaign for Duke (1998-2003)\, and major new initiatives begun during his tenure include the Center for Reconciliation\, the Thriving Rural Communities Program\, the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation\, the Clergy Health Initiative\, the Reynolds Program in Church Leadership and numerous international partnerships\, especially with the Methodist Church of Southern Africa\, the United Methodist Church in Cote d’Ivoire\, and the Center for Reconciliation’s Great Lakes Initiative which embraces the central-east African region. As Duke’s Global Strategist\, he led initiatives in China and India as well as helped to engage work in Singapore. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n  \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/conversation-with-belmont-president-jones-global-nashville-with-karl-dean-4/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-26-gnkd-belmont-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211027T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211027T003000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20210929T193011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182716Z UID:29383-1635292800-1635294600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Conversation with Belmont President Jones | "Global Nashville with Karl Dean" DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGlobal Nashville with Karl Dean\nA Conversation with Belmont University President L. Gregory Jones\nOctober 26 at 7:00pm CT \n\n\n \nKarl F. Dean \n \nBelmont President L. Gregory Jones \nGlobal Nashville | Belmont President L. Gregory Jones\n \n \nGlobal Nashville explores the issues and developments that mark the city and region as part of the global network. Former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talks with community leaders about their insights and perspectives. \n Join him on October 26th as he talks with Belmont University’s new President\, Dr. L. Gregory Jones\, about his ideas on global engagement and the mission of Belmont to produce citizens ready for the world. \nAbout Dr. L. Gregory Jones \nKnown for his entrepreneurial leadership and fundraising ability\, Dr. Greg Jones served as the longtime dean of Duke Divinity School from 1997-2010 and again from 2018 until becoming Belmont’s president on June 1\, 2021. Between 2010 and 2018\, he served in a variety of roles\, including vice president and vice provost for global strategy at Duke University and also as provost and executive vice president of Baylor University. In addition\, he has served in advisory and strategic roles with several foundations and educational institutions in the United States as well as in Armenia.  \nDuring his time at Duke Divinity\, Jones strengthened the School’s financial trajectory\, diversified the faculty and staff and led a strategic planning process that garnered great enthusiasm for the school’s future\, all while setting new records for gifts to the Annual Fund and to the Divinity School overall. In addition\, he currently serves as a senior fellow at Leadership Education\, which he founded\, and senior fellow at the Fuqua-Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics\, both at Duke University. He is passionate about re-shaping cultures within and across organizations and has coined the term “traditioned innovation” to capture how he re-frames complex challenges to seize significant opportunities.  \nJones’ tenures as dean were marked by significant growth in Duke Divinity School. More than $102 million was raised under his leadership in The Campaign for Duke (1998-2003)\, and major new initiatives begun during his tenure include the Center for Reconciliation\, the Thriving Rural Communities Program\, the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation\, the Clergy Health Initiative\, the Reynolds Program in Church Leadership and numerous international partnerships\, especially with the Methodist Church of Southern Africa\, the United Methodist Church in Cote d’Ivoire\, and the Center for Reconciliation’s Great Lakes Initiative which embraces the central-east African region. As Duke’s Global Strategist\, he led initiatives in China and India as well as helped to engage work in Singapore. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n  \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/conversation-with-belmont-president-jones-global-nashville-with-karl-dean/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-26-gnkd-belmont-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211027T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211027T003000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20210929T193011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182722Z UID:43067-1635292800-1635294600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Conversation with Belmont President Jones | "Global Nashville with Karl Dean" DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce \nGlobal Nashville with Karl Dean\nA Conversation with Belmont University President L. Gregory Jones\nOctober 26 at 7:00pm CT \n\n\n \nKarl F. Dean \n \nBelmont President L. Gregory Jones \nGlobal Nashville | Belmont President L. Gregory Jones\n \n \nGlobal Nashville explores the issues and developments that mark the city and region as part of the global network. Former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean talks with community leaders about their insights and perspectives. \n Join him on October 26th as he talks with Belmont University’s new President\, Dr. L. Gregory Jones\, about his ideas on global engagement and the mission of Belmont to produce citizens ready for the world. \nAbout Dr. L. Gregory Jones \nKnown for his entrepreneurial leadership and fundraising ability\, Dr. Greg Jones served as the longtime dean of Duke Divinity School from 1997-2010 and again from 2018 until becoming Belmont’s president on June 1\, 2021. Between 2010 and 2018\, he served in a variety of roles\, including vice president and vice provost for global strategy at Duke University and also as provost and executive vice president of Baylor University. In addition\, he has served in advisory and strategic roles with several foundations and educational institutions in the United States as well as in Armenia.  \nDuring his time at Duke Divinity\, Jones strengthened the School’s financial trajectory\, diversified the faculty and staff and led a strategic planning process that garnered great enthusiasm for the school’s future\, all while setting new records for gifts to the Annual Fund and to the Divinity School overall. In addition\, he currently serves as a senior fellow at Leadership Education\, which he founded\, and senior fellow at the Fuqua-Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics\, both at Duke University. He is passionate about re-shaping cultures within and across organizations and has coined the term “traditioned innovation” to capture how he re-frames complex challenges to seize significant opportunities.  \nJones’ tenures as dean were marked by significant growth in Duke Divinity School. More than $102 million was raised under his leadership in The Campaign for Duke (1998-2003)\, and major new initiatives begun during his tenure include the Center for Reconciliation\, the Thriving Rural Communities Program\, the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation\, the Clergy Health Initiative\, the Reynolds Program in Church Leadership and numerous international partnerships\, especially with the Methodist Church of Southern Africa\, the United Methodist Church in Cote d’Ivoire\, and the Center for Reconciliation’s Great Lakes Initiative which embraces the central-east African region. As Duke’s Global Strategist\, he led initiatives in China and India as well as helped to engage work in Singapore. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n  \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/conversation-with-belmont-president-jones-global-nashville-with-karl-dean-3/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-26-gnkd-belmont-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211019T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211020T003000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20210906T235447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182731Z UID:29142-1634680800-1634689800@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:China Town Hall | Local Connections\, National Reflections | Oct 19 DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present \n \nOctober 19\, 2021 – 5:00-7:30 pm CT\n\n\nFrom Washington\, DC\n Fareed Zakaria\nCNN Worldwide Host and Author \nFrom Nashville\, Tennessee\nModerator\nPatrick W. Ryan\nLCDR\, USN (Ret); Founding President\, TNWAC \nProfessor Thomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nJohn Scannapieco\nAttorney\, Womble Bond Dickson (US) LLP; Global Business Specialist \nJeremy Goldkorn\nEditor in Chief\, SupChina.com; Co-host\, Sinica Podcast \nChina Town Hall | Local Connections\, National Reflections | Oct 19\n \nCNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria will be the featured speaker for CHINA Town Hall 2021\, a national conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects our cities\, towns\, and communities. From supply chains to national security\, new technologies to climate change\, the future of both countries will be determined by their relations with one another and the global community. \nJoin the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations on Tuesday\, October 19 for a virtual event and Q&A with one of America’s leading foreign policy commentators\, as he examines the challenges and opportunities for both countries as they confront the most critical issues of the 21st century. \nThe National Committee is proud to partner with a wide range of institutions and community groups\, including colleges and universities\, world affairs councils\, and trade and business associations to bring this important national conversation to local communities around America for the 15th consecutive year. \nThe “local connections” portion of the China Town Hall includes a panel of distinguished Nashvillians who are experts in U.S. foreign policy and U.S. China relations. Starting at 5:30pm CT they will provide background\, context\, and analysis\, and will take you questions during the half-hour program prior to the Zakaria virtual presentation. They will return to continue the conversation at 7:00pm CT. \nFareed Zakaria \nFareed Zakaria hosts Fareed Zakaria GPS for CNN Worldwide and is a columnist for The Washington Post\, a contributing editor for The Atlantic\, and a bestselling author. \nFareed Zakaria GPS is a weekly international and domestic affairs program that airs on CNN/U.S. and around the world on CNN International. Since its debut in 2008\, it has become a prominent television forum for global newsmakers and thought leaders. \nInterviews on Fareed Zakaria GPS have included U.S. President Barack Obama\, French President Emmanuel Macron\, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao\, Russian President Vladimir Putin\, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Other past guests include military officials such as Gen. David Petraeus and Adm. Michael Mullen; corporate leaders such as Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi; and other public figures like Bill Maher and Bono. The program earned the prestigious Peabody Award in 2011 and has received multiple Emmy nominations. \nZakaria has regularly hosted primetime specials for CNN Worldwide\, such as “Blindsided: How ISIS Shook the World\,” “Why Trump Won\,” and “Putin: The Most Powerful Man in the World.” He frequently contributes his thoughtful analysis of world events and public affairs to CNN.com; Fareed’s Global Briefing\, a daily digital newsletter; and other programming across CNN’s multiple platforms. \nMore about Zakaria  \nThomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020).  The book has received considerable notice and acclaim.  Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.”   Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \nMore about Schwartz \nJohn Scannapieco\nAttorney\, Womble Bond Dickson (US) LLP; Global Business Specialist; Member of the Board\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nJohn Scannapieco assists both US and foreign businesses engaged in the global economy. For more than three decades\, he has provided strategic guidance and counsel to businesses and individuals regarding their existing global operations or to those contemplating global expansion. \nJohn’s practice is focused on cross-border transactions. He assists domestic and foreign clients in connection with the sale or disposition of assets\, as well as the negotiation and drafting of distribution\, manufacturing\, employment and agency agreements throughout the world\, including the United States\, Central and South America\, Europe and Asia. He also advises companies that are contemplating pursuing a strategy in China\, as well as companies that are currently doing business in China or with Chinese businesses. In addition\, John assists US manufacturing companies with their activities overseas and foreign companies desiring to expand operations to the US. He works with US-based health care companies in a number of foreign jurisdictions\, including China\, Europe\, Central and South America and the Caribbean. John has also worked with several companies in connection with the expansion of their global workforce. \nJohn serves as Honorary Consul from Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Tennessee. He has been involved in TerraLex and Mackrell International\, two leading international legal networks. Through his involvement in these organizations\, he routinely helps clients locate resources\, including legal\, financial accounting or other assistance\, to complete transactions or to resolve disputes throughout the world. \nJeremy Goldkorn\nEditor in Chief\, SupChina.com; Co-host\, Sinica Podcast \nJeremy Goldkorn is editor-in-chief of SupChina and co-host of the Sinica podcast. He moved to China in 1995 and became managing editor of Beijing’s first independent English-language entertainment magazine. In 2003\, he founded the website and research firm\, Danwei\, which tracked Chinese media\, markets\, politics\, and business. It was acquired in 2013 by the Financial Times. He has lived in a worker’s dormitory\, produced a documentary film about African soccer players in Beijing\, and rode a bicycle from Peshawar to Kathmandu via Kashgar and Lhasa. He moved to Nashville Tennessee in 2015 and is a board member of the Tennessee China Network and a President’s Advisory Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/china-town-hall-local-connections-national-reflections-oct-19/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Fareed-featured-image-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211019T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211020T003000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20210906T235447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182739Z UID:43065-1634680800-1634689800@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:China Town Hall | Local Connections\, National Reflections | Oct 19 DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present \n \nOctober 19\, 2021 – 5:00-7:30 pm CT\n\n\nFrom Washington\, DC\n Fareed Zakaria\nCNN Worldwide Host and Author \nFrom Nashville\, Tennessee\nModerator\nPatrick W. Ryan\nLCDR\, USN (Ret); Founding President\, TNWAC \nProfessor Thomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nJohn Scannapieco\nAttorney\, Womble Bond Dickson (US) LLP; Global Business Specialist \nJeremy Goldkorn\nEditor in Chief\, SupChina.com; Co-host\, Sinica Podcast \nChina Town Hall | Local Connections\, National Reflections | Oct 19\n \nCNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria will be the featured speaker for CHINA Town Hall 2021\, a national conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects our cities\, towns\, and communities. From supply chains to national security\, new technologies to climate change\, the future of both countries will be determined by their relations with one another and the global community. \nJoin the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations on Tuesday\, October 19 for a virtual event and Q&A with one of America’s leading foreign policy commentators\, as he examines the challenges and opportunities for both countries as they confront the most critical issues of the 21st century. \nThe National Committee is proud to partner with a wide range of institutions and community groups\, including colleges and universities\, world affairs councils\, and trade and business associations to bring this important national conversation to local communities around America for the 15th consecutive year. \nThe “local connections” portion of the China Town Hall includes a panel of distinguished Nashvillians who are experts in U.S. foreign policy and U.S. China relations. Starting at 5:30pm CT they will provide background\, context\, and analysis\, and will take you questions during the half-hour program prior to the Zakaria virtual presentation. They will return to continue the conversation at 7:00pm CT. \nFareed Zakaria \nFareed Zakaria hosts Fareed Zakaria GPS for CNN Worldwide and is a columnist for The Washington Post\, a contributing editor for The Atlantic\, and a bestselling author. \nFareed Zakaria GPS is a weekly international and domestic affairs program that airs on CNN/U.S. and around the world on CNN International. Since its debut in 2008\, it has become a prominent television forum for global newsmakers and thought leaders. \nInterviews on Fareed Zakaria GPS have included U.S. President Barack Obama\, French President Emmanuel Macron\, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao\, Russian President Vladimir Putin\, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Other past guests include military officials such as Gen. David Petraeus and Adm. Michael Mullen; corporate leaders such as Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi; and other public figures like Bill Maher and Bono. The program earned the prestigious Peabody Award in 2011 and has received multiple Emmy nominations. \nZakaria has regularly hosted primetime specials for CNN Worldwide\, such as “Blindsided: How ISIS Shook the World\,” “Why Trump Won\,” and “Putin: The Most Powerful Man in the World.” He frequently contributes his thoughtful analysis of world events and public affairs to CNN.com; Fareed’s Global Briefing\, a daily digital newsletter; and other programming across CNN’s multiple platforms. \nMore about Zakaria  \nThomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020).  The book has received considerable notice and acclaim.  Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.”   Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \nMore about Schwartz \nJohn Scannapieco\nAttorney\, Womble Bond Dickson (US) LLP; Global Business Specialist; Member of the Board\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nJohn Scannapieco assists both US and foreign businesses engaged in the global economy. For more than three decades\, he has provided strategic guidance and counsel to businesses and individuals regarding their existing global operations or to those contemplating global expansion. \nJohn’s practice is focused on cross-border transactions. He assists domestic and foreign clients in connection with the sale or disposition of assets\, as well as the negotiation and drafting of distribution\, manufacturing\, employment and agency agreements throughout the world\, including the United States\, Central and South America\, Europe and Asia. He also advises companies that are contemplating pursuing a strategy in China\, as well as companies that are currently doing business in China or with Chinese businesses. In addition\, John assists US manufacturing companies with their activities overseas and foreign companies desiring to expand operations to the US. He works with US-based health care companies in a number of foreign jurisdictions\, including China\, Europe\, Central and South America and the Caribbean. John has also worked with several companies in connection with the expansion of their global workforce. \nJohn serves as Honorary Consul from Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Tennessee. He has been involved in TerraLex and Mackrell International\, two leading international legal networks. Through his involvement in these organizations\, he routinely helps clients locate resources\, including legal\, financial accounting or other assistance\, to complete transactions or to resolve disputes throughout the world. \nJeremy Goldkorn\nEditor in Chief\, SupChina.com; Co-host\, Sinica Podcast \nJeremy Goldkorn is editor-in-chief of SupChina and co-host of the Sinica podcast. He moved to China in 1995 and became managing editor of Beijing’s first independent English-language entertainment magazine. In 2003\, he founded the website and research firm\, Danwei\, which tracked Chinese media\, markets\, politics\, and business. It was acquired in 2013 by the Financial Times. He has lived in a worker’s dormitory\, produced a documentary film about African soccer players in Beijing\, and rode a bicycle from Peshawar to Kathmandu via Kashgar and Lhasa. He moved to Nashville Tennessee in 2015 and is a board member of the Tennessee China Network and a President’s Advisory Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/china-town-hall-local-connections-national-reflections-oct-19-3/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Fareed-featured-image-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211019T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211020T003000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20210906T235447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182745Z UID:44153-1634680800-1634689800@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:China Town Hall | Local Connections\, National Reflections | Oct 19 DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present \n \nOctober 19\, 2021 – 5:00-7:30 pm CT\n\n\nFrom Washington\, DC\n Fareed Zakaria\nCNN Worldwide Host and Author \nFrom Nashville\, Tennessee\nModerator\nPatrick W. Ryan\nLCDR\, USN (Ret); Founding President\, TNWAC \nProfessor Thomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nJohn Scannapieco\nAttorney\, Womble Bond Dickson (US) LLP; Global Business Specialist \nJeremy Goldkorn\nEditor in Chief\, SupChina.com; Co-host\, Sinica Podcast \nChina Town Hall | Local Connections\, National Reflections | Oct 19\n \nCNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria will be the featured speaker for CHINA Town Hall 2021\, a national conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects our cities\, towns\, and communities. From supply chains to national security\, new technologies to climate change\, the future of both countries will be determined by their relations with one another and the global community. \nJoin the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations on Tuesday\, October 19 for a virtual event and Q&A with one of America’s leading foreign policy commentators\, as he examines the challenges and opportunities for both countries as they confront the most critical issues of the 21st century. \nThe National Committee is proud to partner with a wide range of institutions and community groups\, including colleges and universities\, world affairs councils\, and trade and business associations to bring this important national conversation to local communities around America for the 15th consecutive year. \nThe “local connections” portion of the China Town Hall includes a panel of distinguished Nashvillians who are experts in U.S. foreign policy and U.S. China relations. Starting at 5:30pm CT they will provide background\, context\, and analysis\, and will take you questions during the half-hour program prior to the Zakaria virtual presentation. They will return to continue the conversation at 7:00pm CT. \nFareed Zakaria \nFareed Zakaria hosts Fareed Zakaria GPS for CNN Worldwide and is a columnist for The Washington Post\, a contributing editor for The Atlantic\, and a bestselling author. \nFareed Zakaria GPS is a weekly international and domestic affairs program that airs on CNN/U.S. and around the world on CNN International. Since its debut in 2008\, it has become a prominent television forum for global newsmakers and thought leaders. \nInterviews on Fareed Zakaria GPS have included U.S. President Barack Obama\, French President Emmanuel Macron\, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao\, Russian President Vladimir Putin\, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Other past guests include military officials such as Gen. David Petraeus and Adm. Michael Mullen; corporate leaders such as Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi; and other public figures like Bill Maher and Bono. The program earned the prestigious Peabody Award in 2011 and has received multiple Emmy nominations. \nZakaria has regularly hosted primetime specials for CNN Worldwide\, such as “Blindsided: How ISIS Shook the World\,” “Why Trump Won\,” and “Putin: The Most Powerful Man in the World.” He frequently contributes his thoughtful analysis of world events and public affairs to CNN.com; Fareed’s Global Briefing\, a daily digital newsletter; and other programming across CNN’s multiple platforms. \nMore about Zakaria  \nThomas Schwartz\nDistinguished Professor of History\, Vanderbilt University \nThomas Alan Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States\, with related interests in American politics\, the history of international relations\, Modern European history\, and biography. His most recent book is Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang\, 2020).  The book has received considerable notice and acclaim.  Harvard’s University’s Charles Maier has written: “Thomas Schwartz’s superbly researched political biography reveals the brilliance\, self-serving ego\, and vulnerability of America’s most remarkable diplomat in the twentieth century\, even as it provides a history of U.S. engagement in global politics as it moved beyond bipolarity.”   Earlier in his career\, Schwartz was the author of America’s Germany: John J. McCloy and the Federal Republic of Germany (Harvard\, 1991)\, which was translated into German\, Die Atlantik Brücke (Ullstein\, 1992). This book received the Stuart Bernath Book Prize of the Society of American Foreign Relations\, and the Harry S. Truman Book Award\, given by the Truman Presidential Library. He is also the author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam (Harvard\, 2003)\, which examined the Johnson Administration’s policy toward Europe and assessed the impact of the war in Vietnam on its other foreign policy objectives. He is the co-editor with Matthias Schulz of The Strained Alliance: U.S.-European Relations from Nixon to Carter\, (Cambridge University Press\, 2009). \nMore about Schwartz \nJohn Scannapieco\nAttorney\, Womble Bond Dickson (US) LLP; Global Business Specialist; Member of the Board\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \nJohn Scannapieco assists both US and foreign businesses engaged in the global economy. For more than three decades\, he has provided strategic guidance and counsel to businesses and individuals regarding their existing global operations or to those contemplating global expansion. \nJohn’s practice is focused on cross-border transactions. He assists domestic and foreign clients in connection with the sale or disposition of assets\, as well as the negotiation and drafting of distribution\, manufacturing\, employment and agency agreements throughout the world\, including the United States\, Central and South America\, Europe and Asia. He also advises companies that are contemplating pursuing a strategy in China\, as well as companies that are currently doing business in China or with Chinese businesses. In addition\, John assists US manufacturing companies with their activities overseas and foreign companies desiring to expand operations to the US. He works with US-based health care companies in a number of foreign jurisdictions\, including China\, Europe\, Central and South America and the Caribbean. John has also worked with several companies in connection with the expansion of their global workforce. \nJohn serves as Honorary Consul from Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Tennessee. He has been involved in TerraLex and Mackrell International\, two leading international legal networks. Through his involvement in these organizations\, he routinely helps clients locate resources\, including legal\, financial accounting or other assistance\, to complete transactions or to resolve disputes throughout the world. \nJeremy Goldkorn\nEditor in Chief\, SupChina.com; Co-host\, Sinica Podcast \nJeremy Goldkorn is editor-in-chief of SupChina and co-host of the Sinica podcast. He moved to China in 1995 and became managing editor of Beijing’s first independent English-language entertainment magazine. In 2003\, he founded the website and research firm\, Danwei\, which tracked Chinese media\, markets\, politics\, and business. It was acquired in 2013 by the Financial Times. He has lived in a worker’s dormitory\, produced a documentary film about African soccer players in Beijing\, and rode a bicycle from Peshawar to Kathmandu via Kashgar and Lhasa. He moved to Nashville Tennessee in 2015 and is a board member of the Tennessee China Network and a President’s Advisory Board Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/china-town-hall-local-connections-national-reflections-oct-19-4/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Fareed-featured-image-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211013T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211013T180000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20210907T190632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182751Z UID:29156-1634142600-1634148000@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Symposium | Migration: Global to Local Challenges | Oct 13 DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present a symposium \n\nMigration: Global to Local Challenges\n\nOctober 13\, 2021 – 11:30am-1:00 pm CT\n\n\nModerator \n \nDavid Plazas\nOpinion and Engagement Director for the USA TODAY Tennessee Network and The Tennessean \nGlobal Migration Trends \n \nDr. Marie McAuliffe\, Head\, Migration Policy Research Division\, UN International Organization for Migration\, Geneva \nClimate and Migration \n \nPablo Escribano\, Regional Thematic Specialist in Migration\, Environment and Climate Change in the Regional Office for Central America\, North America and the Caribbean of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) \n* \nMigration and America \n \nMolly Hilligoss\, Network Director\, Welcoming America \n* \nMigration and the State of Tennessee \nTBD \n \nDavid Plazas \nDavid Plazas is the Opinion and Engagement Director for the USA TODAY Network newsrooms in Tennessee and The Tennessean where he serves an editorial writer\, opinion columnist\, op-ed editor and an editorial board member. He has written award-winning columns on affordable housing\, government accountability and civic engagement. He leads the acclaimed Civility Tennessee campaign. \nDr. Marie McAuliffe \nMarie McAuliffe is the head of the Migration Policy Research Division in the International Organization for Migration (IOM)\, and the co-chief editor of the next World Migration Report (with Martin Ruhs). \nMarie is an international migration specialist with almost 20 years of experience in migration as a practitioner\, program manager\, senior official and researcher. Marie has published/edited in academic and policy spheres on migrant smuggling\, asylum seekers\, refugees\, irregular migration and enhancing protection in Southeast Asia. \nShe is an elected member of the Scientific Committee of the Swiss Network for International Studies in Geneva. She is a Senior Fellow at the Global Migration Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies\, and a visiting scholar at the Population Institute at Hacettepe University in Ankara. Marie is also a member of the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s Migration Research Advisory Group. \nMarie has led research\, analysis and policy teams in government and has consulted to IOM\, ILO as well as in the private sector\, including in South Korea\, Russia\, Central Asia and Turkey. For three years (2012–2014) Marie directed the Australian irregular migration research program. \nIn late 2014 she was awarded a Sir Roland Wilson scholarship to complete her doctoral research at the Australian National University’s School of Demography on the irregular maritime migration of Hazara asylum seekers to Australia. \nPablo Escribano \nPablo Escribano is the Regional Thematic Specialist in Migration\, Environment and Climate Change in the Regional Office for Central America\, North America and the Caribbean of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). He has held various positions within IOM both at Geneva Headquarters and at the Regional Offices based in Brussels and Dakar. He has a Master’s Degree in Political Science and a Master’s Degree in History from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris. \nAbout the International Organization for Migration \nIOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration to promote international cooperation on migration issues\, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need\, including refugees and internally displaced people.  More \nMollie Hilligoss \nMolly is the Network Director at Welcoming America. Previously\, she was the Midwest Regional Manager providing technical assistance to community partners and members of the Welcoming Network based in the Midwestern U.S. \nBefore joining the organization\, Molly served as the Social Justice and Advocacy Director for YWCA La Crosse\, where she focused on mission impact strategy and public policy initiatives. She also worked as the director of Volunteer Services for La Puente Home in Alamosa\, CO\, where she supervised a large residential AmeriCorps Program and oversaw a wide range community engagement projects. \nMolly has experience in capacity building\, equity work\, and is strongly committed to building community through constructive dialogue and meaningful action. Molly attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs\, OH\, where she studied social and global studies. She lives with her wife and two sons in La Crosse\, WI. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/symposium-migration-global-to-local-challenges-oct-13-2/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/211013-Migration-Featured-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211013T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211013T180000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20210907T190632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182758Z UID:43066-1634142600-1634148000@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Symposium | Migration: Global to Local Challenges | Oct 13 DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n\n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce present a symposium \n\nMigration: Global to Local Challenges\n\nOctober 13\, 2021 – 11:30am-1:00 pm CT\n\n\nModerator \n \nDavid Plazas\nOpinion and Engagement Director for the USA TODAY Tennessee Network and The Tennessean \nGlobal Migration Trends \n \nDr. Marie McAuliffe\, Head\, Migration Policy Research Division\, UN International Organization for Migration\, Geneva \nClimate and Migration \n \nPablo Escribano\, Regional Thematic Specialist in Migration\, Environment and Climate Change in the Regional Office for Central America\, North America and the Caribbean of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) \n* \nMigration and America \n \nMolly Hilligoss\, Network Director\, Welcoming America \n* \nMigration and the State of Tennessee \nTBD \n \nDavid Plazas \nDavid Plazas is the Opinion and Engagement Director for the USA TODAY Network newsrooms in Tennessee and The Tennessean where he serves an editorial writer\, opinion columnist\, op-ed editor and an editorial board member. He has written award-winning columns on affordable housing\, government accountability and civic engagement. He leads the acclaimed Civility Tennessee campaign. \nDr. Marie McAuliffe \nMarie McAuliffe is the head of the Migration Policy Research Division in the International Organization for Migration (IOM)\, and the co-chief editor of the next World Migration Report (with Martin Ruhs). \nMarie is an international migration specialist with almost 20 years of experience in migration as a practitioner\, program manager\, senior official and researcher. Marie has published/edited in academic and policy spheres on migrant smuggling\, asylum seekers\, refugees\, irregular migration and enhancing protection in Southeast Asia. \nShe is an elected member of the Scientific Committee of the Swiss Network for International Studies in Geneva. She is a Senior Fellow at the Global Migration Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies\, and a visiting scholar at the Population Institute at Hacettepe University in Ankara. Marie is also a member of the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s Migration Research Advisory Group. \nMarie has led research\, analysis and policy teams in government and has consulted to IOM\, ILO as well as in the private sector\, including in South Korea\, Russia\, Central Asia and Turkey. For three years (2012–2014) Marie directed the Australian irregular migration research program. \nIn late 2014 she was awarded a Sir Roland Wilson scholarship to complete her doctoral research at the Australian National University’s School of Demography on the irregular maritime migration of Hazara asylum seekers to Australia. \nPablo Escribano \nPablo Escribano is the Regional Thematic Specialist in Migration\, Environment and Climate Change in the Regional Office for Central America\, North America and the Caribbean of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). He has held various positions within IOM both at Geneva Headquarters and at the Regional Offices based in Brussels and Dakar. He has a Master’s Degree in Political Science and a Master’s Degree in History from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris. \nAbout the International Organization for Migration \nIOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration to promote international cooperation on migration issues\, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need\, including refugees and internally displaced people.  More \nMollie Hilligoss \nMolly is the Network Director at Welcoming America. Previously\, she was the Midwest Regional Manager providing technical assistance to community partners and members of the Welcoming Network based in the Midwestern U.S. \nBefore joining the organization\, Molly served as the Social Justice and Advocacy Director for YWCA La Crosse\, where she focused on mission impact strategy and public policy initiatives. She also worked as the director of Volunteer Services for La Puente Home in Alamosa\, CO\, where she supervised a large residential AmeriCorps Program and oversaw a wide range community engagement projects. \nMolly has experience in capacity building\, equity work\, and is strongly committed to building community through constructive dialogue and meaningful action. Molly attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs\, OH\, where she studied social and global studies. She lives with her wife and two sons in La Crosse\, WI. \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n\nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/symposium-migration-global-to-local-challenges-oct-13-4/ CATEGORIES:Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/211013-Migration-Featured-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211006T223000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211007T000000 DTSTAMP:20260525T075123 CREATED:20210821T172639Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T182857Z UID:43063-1633559400-1633564800@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:International Career Panel: Across the Spectrum of Professions | Oct 6 DESCRIPTION:The Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\nin association with \nBelmont University Center for International Business\, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce\, the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement\, Lipscomb University and the Tennessee Technological University Department of Foreign Languages \nInternational Careers Panel – Fall 2021\nGlobal Affairs Professions Across the Spectrum\n \n\n\nOctober 6\, 2021 – 5:30-7:00 pm CT\n\n\nModerator \n\nProfessor Susan Haynes\nAssistant Professor of Political Science\, Lipscomb University \nDIPLOMACY \n\nAllen DuBose\nDiplomat in Residence\, U.S. Southeast \nNATIONAL SECURITY/INTELLIGENCE \n\nDeborah Monroe\nU.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (Retired) and Former Senior Defense Liaison to the United Kingdom \nNGO SECTOR \n\nProfessor Wayne Barnard\, Belmont University and Former International Justice Mission\, Director of Student Mobilization \nU.S. PEACE CORPS \n\nMeghan O’Donoghue\, Former PCV Burkina Faso\, UVA PhD Candidate \n\nU.S. GOVERNMENT | US AID \n*** \n \nBilly Woodward\, U.S. Agency for International Development Official \n\n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/hsP2SAkNthXdNPtG53M-Ag”>International Career Panel: Across the Spectrum of Professions | Oct 6</a><br />
\n \n\n\nDo you wonder what jobs and careers there are in international affairs?  There’s more than you think.  Every Fall and Spring the World Affairs Council assembles diplomats\, business people\, NGO officials\, returned Peace Corps volunteers and more to talk about their experiences and insights and to answer your questions at this very popular panel. We routinely add a second panel each season to do a deep dive into a specific occupational field. \nTNWAC’s career panel on the theme “Women in International Business” is set for October 27\, 2021 at 5:30pm-7:00pm CT. \nABOUT OUR PANEL \nModerator: Professor Susan Haynes\nMember\, TNWAC President’s Advisory Board \nSusan Turner Haynes joined Lipscomb University as an assistant professor in 2015. Prior to her doctorate\, Haynes was selected as a Public Policy and Nuclear Threat (PPNT) fellow at the University of California\, San Diego. Haynes research specializes in Chinese nuclear strategy (Chinese Nuclear Proliferation: How Global Politics is Transforming China’s Weapons Modernization\, 2016). \nIn addition\, Haynes has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals\, including Asian Perspectives\, Asian Security\, PS: Political Science and Politics\, Strategic Studies Quarterly\, The Nonproliferation Review\, and Comparative Strategy. She has also authored chapters in the Ashgate Research Companion on Chinese Foreign Policy\, and has a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge volume on Nuclear Modernization. Haynes has been invited to present her research at the Department of Defense Strategic Multilayer Assessment Group and at the Air War College. Haynes is a member of the International Studies Association and American Political Science Association and serves as a board member for the Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC). She serves as sponsor of the Lipscomb Model UN club and co-sponsor of the political science honor society\, Pi Sigma Alpha. \nAllen DuBose\nDiplomat in Residence\, U.S. Southeast \nAllen DuBose is a career U.S. Foreign Service officer who began his career with the U.S. Department of State in 2005.  Prior to joining the U.S. Foreign Service\, DuBose worked in both finance and business operations at private sector companies including IBM\, Digital Equipment Corporation\, and Iridium LLC.  \nDuBose is a Management career track officer and has previously served as a Vice Consul and Management Officer in Hermosillo\, Mexico\, General Services Officer in Guayaquil\, Ecuador\, and Management Officer in Dubai\, United Arab Emirates.  He also served domestically in Management and Human Resources assignments in support of U.S. Missions in Latin America\, Europe\, and the Middle East. \nDiplomat in Residence DuBose graduated with a B.A. in economics from the College of William and Mary\, and received his M.B.A. in finance from Atlanta University. He speaks Spanish and is married with three children.  \nDeborah Monroe\nU.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (Retired) and Former Senior Defense Liaison to the United Kingdom \nMs. Monroe served as an intelligence officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency from 1994 to 2021. Most recently\, she was the Senior US Defense Liaison Officer at the Pathfinder Intelligence Collaboration Center\, Directorate for Intelligence (DI)\, UK Ministry of Defence. From 2013 to 2016\, she served as the Information Review Task Force (IRTF) Senior Intelligence Officer assessing the impact of the compromise classified information on Department of Defense (DoD) Intelligence and Operations capabilities. From 2011 to 2013\, Ms. Monroe served as Deputy Chief of the Middle East and North Africa Office\, and as the Deputy Director for the Middle East and Africa Regional Center. From August 2010 to March 2011\, she was Intelligence Chief for the first DoD Information Review Task Force which was charged with assessing the impact of the leak of classified reports to WikiLeaks. Ms. Monroe served in a number of positions within DIA: Acting-Chief of the Defense Intelligence Open Source Program Office; Deputy Chief of the 200-member Counterproliferation Support Office (CPT); Executive Assistant to VADM Jake Jacoby\, Director\, DIA; and in a variety of positions in the Joint Chiefs of Staff Directorate for Intelligence\, J2. \nMs. Monroe’s civilian awards include: Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Exceptional Achievement Medal; DIA Director’s Award; DIA Award for Exceptional Civilian Service; DoD Science\, Technology\, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Role Model Award; DoD Analysis and Production Award; and Two DNI Meritorious Unit Citations. Ms. Monroe received an MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in 1999; an MBA from St. Ambrose University in 1994; and a BS in Journalism from Texas A&M University in 1987. She retired from the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2021 and currently resides in Nashville\, Tennessee. \nProfessor Wayne Barnard\, Belmont University and Former International Justice Mission\, Director of Student Mobilization \nMeghan O’Donohue\, Former PCV Burkina Faso\, UVA PhD Candidate \nMeghan O’Donoghue grew up in East Tennessee and got her undergraduate degrees from Tennessee Tech University. Following graduation\, she spent two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Burkina Faso\, working primarily in community health. Upon completing her Peace Corps service\, she moonlighted as a national park ranger at Great Falls Park in Virginia before teaching English to middle schoolers for an academic year in Limoges\, France. She is particularly interested in the cultural implications of language exchange in Francophone countries\, as well as Francophone political identity. \nDr. Wayne Barnard \nDr. Wayne Barnard serves on the faculty of the Department of Psychological Science and Neuroscience at Belmont University in Nashville\, TN\, teaching courses in clinical\, abnormal\, and developmental psychology\, and advising students in their educational and professional goals. He leads students on Study Abroad trips to Northern Ireland\, England\, Italy\, France\, and Spain. He previously served in leadership roles with International Justice Mission\, the largest anti-slavery organization in the world\, including directing the Intern and Fellows Program\, selecting\, training\, and deploying recent graduates and mid-career professional to serve in field offices worldwide. Dr. Barnard has a varied career\, working in ministry\, prison chaplaincy\, counseling\, higher education administration and teaching\, and international non-profits. He and his wife\, Dr. Mimi Barnard\, Associate Provost at Belmont University\, have two adult children\, Katie\, an international museum designer in NYC\, who lives in Brooklyn\, and Colin\, a former U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer\, and now a U.S. Navy Foreign Area Officer serving in Flensburg\, Germany at the German Naval Academy. \nBilly Woodward \nBilly Woodward joined the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2008. His first 10 years with USAID included assignments to Serbia\, Hungary\, Afghanistan\, Bangladesh\, and Ethiopia. For the past three years\, Billy has served in Washington\, DC in USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance with his two teenage sons using this time to reacclimate to a US lifestyle after almost a decade spent living abroad. Billy and his wife are Returned Peace Corps Volunteers\, serving in Romania from 2000-2002. Originally from Clarksville\, TN\, Billy earned his BA from the University of South Alabama and a MPA from the University of Oregon \nTNWAC invites colleges and other institutions to partner on presentation of this special program. Contact Pat Ryan < pat@tnwac.org > for info. \nTNWAC invites businesses and other institutions to sponsor this program. \n\nCHECK OUT OUR SPRING 2021 CAREER PANELS \n \nWomen In International Law \n \nDiplomacy: U.S. Foreign Service & the State Department \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR THE “INTERNATIONAL CAREERS PANEL” PROGRAM! \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with global affairs professionals. It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE\nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM\n  \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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/international-career-panel-multi-disciplinary-professions-oct-6-3/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Global Nashville ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/211027-Features-Image.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR