Previous Events
4/12/11
Central Florida Global Economic Forum 2011: Redefining Competition in the 21st Century
(a regional forum sponsored by UCF Global Perspectives Office 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, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship Program, Junior Achievement of Central Florida, Inc., UCF Political Science Department, UCF Office of Diversity Initiatives, UCF International Services Center and UCF LIFE)
Date April 12, 2011, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Key West Ballroom
Access Advance Registration Required
Topic Central Florida Global Economic Forum 2011: Redefining Competition in the 21st Century
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Invited Speakers - Alex Counts, President and CEO, Grameen Foundation; Parag Khanna, Geo-Strategist, Global Political Economist and author of The Second World: How Emerging Powers are Redefining Global Competition in the 21st Century
Registration and breakfast at 8:30 a.m.
4/07/11
Colonel John Maraia
Jennings Randolph Army Fellow
Date April 7, 2011Topic Peace and Security Challenges in Southeast Asia
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF History Department, UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, LarsonAllen LLP, UCF Diplomacy Program and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2010-2011 university-wide theme "Global Peace and Security"
4/05/11
Manil Suri
Author of The Death of Vishnu and The Age of Shiva
Date April 5, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Key West Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic Capturing India
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, The India Program at UCF, The Anil and Chitra Deshpande India Program Endowed Fund, LarsonAllen LLP, 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; a feature of the 2010-2011 "India Speaker Series"
4/04/11
U.S. and China: What Does the Future Hold?
(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 April 4, 2011, 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic U.S. and China: What Does the Future Hold?
3/23/11
Florida Network for Global Studies International Business Summit
Date March 23, 2011 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location MARC Pavilion, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Access Limited Access (with fee required)
Topic "Preparing Small and Medium Size Business Enterprises for a Green Energy Future”
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Conference Purpose: The conference goal is to bring together a range of stakeholders with an interest in expanding Florida’s renewable energy sector, attracting investment to it, and promoting its technologies and products to the Caribbean and Central American region. Entrepreneurs, business leaders, technology developers, investors, government agencies, and the general public will convene at FIU to hear the latest national and international developments in energy generation and to see what Florida companies have to offer in green energy products and services. Florida’s historically close ties to the region make the State an ideal launching pad for renewable technologies that can benefit the entire Western Hemisphere.
Please send your RSVP to energyforum@fiu.edu
3/22/11
Ambassador L. Paul Bremer
Former Administrator, Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq
Date March 22, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic Iraq in 2011: What's Next for the U.S.?
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship Program, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, the Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, LarsonAllen LLP, the UCF Diplomacy Program, the UCF Middle Eastern Studies Program, the UCF Political Science Department, the UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2010-2011 university-wide theme "Global Peace and Security"
3/17/11
Georges Fauriol
Vice President, National Endowment for Democracy and former Director, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Date March 17, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Garden Key Room
Access Open Forum
Topic Promoting Democracy in Haiti and Beyond
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Task Force H.O.P.E. for Haiti, UCF Haitian Studies Project, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies, Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, UCF International Services Center, UCF LIFE, Orlando Rotary Club and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2010-2011 "Haiti Speaker Series"
2/24/11
Ambassador Myles Frechette
Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Date February 24, 2011Topic U.S.-Latin America Trade Relations
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, Volusia Manufacturers Association, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, LarsonAllen L.L.P., UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, UCF Nicholson School of Communication and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings
2/22/11
Sergei Khrushchev
Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, and son of the late Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev
Date February 22, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Pegasus Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic Russia in the 21st Century
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, Orlando Area Committee on Foreign Relations, LarsonAllen LLP, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, UCF Diplomacy Program, 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 2010-2011 university-wide theme "Global Peace and Security"
2/17/11
Robert Maguire
Director of Programs in International Affairs, Trinity College and expert on Haiti
Date February 17, 2011, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Location UCF Student Union, Cape Florida Ballroom
Access Open Forum
Topic Transcending the Past to Build Haiti's Future
Sponsors UCF Global Perspectives Office, UCF Task Force H.O.P.E. for Haiti, UCF Haitian Studies Project, UCF Political Science Department, UCF Diplomacy Program, UCF Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies, Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship program, UCF Global Peace and Security Studies Program, UCF International Services Center, UCF Office of Internationalization, UCF LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation
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Classroom discussions and community meetings; a feature of the 2010-2011 "Haiti Speaker Series"
