Events
Reservations Open 2 Weeks Before Each Event
Distinguished Speaker Series 2022–2023 Program
Monday October 24, 2022
Professor Scott Addlesberger
Director Criminal Justice and Forensics Program at Keiser University
Safety in the Age of Technology
PB- Colony
Monday November 14, 2022
Richard Rossow ( Dedicated to Mike and the Team in India )
Senior Adviser and Wadhwani Chair in U.S.- India Policy Studies at CSIS
India’s Strategic Choices: Old Friends and New Threats
PB- Colony
Monday December 5, 2022
Jack Spencer
Senior Research Fellow for Energy & Environmental Policy at Heritage Foundation
Keeping the Lights On: Energy Challenges in the 21st Century
PB- Colony
Tuesday December 20, 2022 (WAC Members Only )
Dr. Kent Calder
Director Edwin O Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS
Japan and Northeast Asia In Transition
PB-Colony
Monday January 9, 2023
Gordon Chang
Author, Columnist, TV Commentator, Senior Fellow at the Gladstone Institute
China: War In An Era of Depression and Destabilization
PB-Colony
Monday January 23, 2023
Max Bergmann
Director of the Europe Program at CSIS
The Future of Europe After the Russia/Ukraine War
PB-Colony
Monday February 13, 2023
Ambassador Robert Lighthizer
18th United States Trade Representative (USTR)
Making International Trade Work for America: Historic Course Correction
PB-Colony
Monday March 13, 2023
Dr. Deborah Bronk
President and CEO Bigelow Laboratory
An Urgent Look at Climate and Ocean Opportunities in our Defining Decade
PB- Colony
Monday March 27, 2023
Dr. Mvemba Phezo Dizolele
Senior Fellow & Director Africa Program Center for Strategic & International Studies
Africa: Leadership, Choices, Expectations in Post Authoritarian Transitions
PB-Colony
Tuesday April 11, 2023
Hamlet Yousef
Managing Partner IronGate Capital Advisors
2 Global Blocs: Emerging Geopolitical Power Competition Facing U. S. & Our Allies
PB-Colony
Location:
The Colony Palm Beach
155 Hammon Avenue
Palm Beach, Florida 33480
Time:
6:00 p.m. – Registration & Social
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Speaker Presentation
Reservations: www.worldaffairspalmbeach.org or call (561) 374-2858
2021-2022 Membership:
Diplomat-$5000; Statesman-$2500; Ambassador-$1200; Benefactor-$800; Patron-$550; Family-$325; Individual-$225; Young Professional-$155; Student-$10
Members may attend Distinguished Speaker Series events at no charge. The non-member fee is $35 per person per program if payment is received at least 24 hours before the meeting or $40 on the day of the event. Payment may be made by credit card on-line but not at the event. Cancellations of reservations paid by check must be made 48 hours before an event by email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or telephone for a refund.
The Council is non-partisan and the speakers’ views do not necessarily reflect our own. We welcome the opportunity to be a platform where major global issues can be discussed in an atmosphere of mutual respect.
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