Previous Events
4/07/10
UCF Community Summit on Environment and Global Climate Change 2010
(a regional forum and co-curricular component of the “UCF General Education Program Unifying Theme: The Environment and Global Climate Change,” with the cooperation of UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Office of Undergraduate Studies, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Focus the Nation, Global Connections Foundation and other partners)
Date April 7, 2010, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Location Fairwinds Alumni Center, Grand Ballroom, UCF
Access Advance Registration Required
Topic UCF Community Summit on Environment and Global Climate Change 2010
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A feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "The Environment, Energy and National/Global Security"
4/06/10
Alexandra Harney
Investigative journalist and author of The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage
Date April 6, 2010Topic The Future of Chinese Manufacturing and the Global Economy
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce, Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission, UCF College of Business Administration, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, C.T. Hsu and Associates, CPH Engineers, Inc., UCF China-Taiwan Cross-Strait Program, The India Program at UCF, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, LarsonAllen LLP, Junior Achievement of Central Florida, Inc., UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Covering the World: Journalists Speak"
4/06/10
Anupam Srivastava
Director of the Asia Program, Center for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia
Date April 6, 2010Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission, UCF College of Business Administration, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, C.T. Hsu and Associates, CPH Engineers, Inc., UCF China-Taiwan Cross-Strait Program, The India Program at UCF, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, LarsonAllen LLP, Junior Achievement of Central Florida, Inc., UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE and the the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings
4/06/10
Central Florida Global Economic Forum 2010: "Inside the Chinese and Indian Markets"
(a regional forum sponsored by UCF Global Perspectives Office, Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission and the Global Connections Foundation, in partnership with UCF College of Business Administration, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, C.T. Hsu and Associates, CPH Engineers, Inc., UCF China-Taiwan Cross-Strait Program, The India Program at UCF, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, LarsonAllen LLP, Junior Achievement of Central Florida, Inc., UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center and UCF LIFE)
Date April 6, 2010, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Access Advance Registration Required
Topic "Central Florida Global Economic Forum 2010: Inside the Chinese and Indian Markets"
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Invited Speakers - Alexandra Harney, investigative journalist and author of The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage; Anupam Srivastava, Director of the Asia Program, Center for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia
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3/23/10
Scott Worden
Senior Rule of Law Adviser, Rule of Law Center for Innovation, United States Institute of Peace; former Adviser to the U.N. Mission in Afghanistan
Date March 23, 2010Topic Afghanistan's Political Evolution
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Middle East Studies Program, UCF Kurdish Political Studies Initiative, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East"
3/23/10
Jeff Smith
Kraemer Strategy Fellow, American Foreign Policy Council
Date March 23, 2010Topic The Implications of Iraq's Elections for Security and Stability
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Middle East Studies Program, UCF Kurdish Political Studies Initiative, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center and the Global Connections Foundation
3/23/10
Isaac Kfir
Schusterman Visiting Israeli Professor, Syracuse University, and Senior Researcher, Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Herzliya, Israel
Date March 23, 2010Topic Political Violence and the Future of Afghanistan and Pakistan
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Middle East Studies Program, UCF Kurdish Political Studies Initiative, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East"
3/23/10
Iraq and Afghanistan In Flux
(an international forum, sponsored by the UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Middle East Studies Program, UCF Kurdish Political Studies Initiative, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Terrorism Studies Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF International Services Center and the Global Connections Foundation)
Date March 23, 2009, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
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Topic Iraq and Afghanistan In Flux
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Invited Speakers - Isaac Kfir, Schusterman Visiting Israeli Professor, Syracuse University, and Senior Researcher, Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Herzliya, Israel; Jeff Smith, Kraemer Strategy Fellow, American Foreign Policy Council; Scott Worden, Senior Rule of Law Adviser, Rule of Law Center of Innovation, United States Institute of Peace; among others. A feature of the 2009-2010 university-wide theme of "Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East"
3/22/10
Norluck Dorange
Filmmaker and CEO of Laoka Studios
Date March 22, 2010, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Garden Key Room
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Topic The Oblivion Tree
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Club Kreyol, UCF English Department, UCF Center for Humanities and Digital Research, and the UCF Task Force H.O.P.E. for Haiti
3/22/10
Congress and Bipartisanship: Can't We All Just Get Along?
(a national symposium sponsored by The Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government at UCF, in a partnership with Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.;The United States Association of Former Members of Congress; United States Department of Education; UCF College of Sciences; UCF Global Perspectives Office; UCF Department of Political Science; the Global Connections Foundation; and others)
Date March 22, 2010, 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
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Topic "Congress and Bipartisanship: Can't We All Just Get Along?"
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Invited Speakers - Jon Bond, Texas A&M University; Bill Frenzel, Guest Scholar, The Brookings Institution; Norman J. Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; John Paré, Central Florida Regional Deputy Attorney General, State of Florida; Lauren Rowe, News Anchor, Local 6 News and others.
