Events
Reservations Open 2 Weeks Before Each Event.

Distinguished Speaker Series
2024- 2025 Program
Monday October 28, 2024
Founding CEO of JAFCO, Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options
The Silent Impact of Trauma in Our Lives: Living a Trauma Informed Way
PB- Colony
Monday November 18, 2024
Public finance economist and the Richard F. Aster fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget
To the Winner Go the Spoils: Economic Implications of the Presidential Election
PB- Colony
Monday December 2, 2024
Former Interim President of Florida Institute of Technology; Former Chancelor SUNY
America’s Achilles Heel and Most Strategic Asset: Our Education Systems
PB- Colony
Tuesday December 17, 2024
(WAC Members Only )
Director of the Global Europe Program at the
Wilson Center
Europe’s Year of Elections: What It Means for
Global Challenges Ahead
PB- Colony
Monday January 13, , 2025
Author, Columnist, TV Commentator, Senior
Fellow at the Gladstone Institute
China Shakes the World: A Revolutionary Remake of the International Order
PB- Colony
Monday January 27, , 2025
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow in the Middle East Program at CSIS
The Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities
for the New Administration
PB- Colony
Monday February 17, , 2025
CEO and Founder Holder Partners LLC
Understanding Fragmentation and Integration in Latin America
PB- Colony
Monday March 10 , 2025
Founder of Organisation for Democracy & Freedom in Syria: Exiled Cousin of Bashar Al-Assad President of Syria
Navigating the New Geopolitical Order: Democracy, Conflict & the Pursuit of Peace
PB- Colony
Monday March 24 , 2025
Senior Counselor to the President of International Engagement & E.W. Richardson Fellow at Heritage Foundation
Peace Through Strength
PB- Colony
Monday April 7 , 2025
Managing Director of Global Conservation at The Nature Conservancy
Saving Our Planet On A World Stage
PB- Colony

Organizations that are members of the national association of World Affairs Councils of America enjoy a variety of unique benefits, including access to nationwide program series, discounts on a number of international journals and publications, reduced rates during our annual National Conference, monthly updates on available speakers and other resources, and of course, opportunities to network with colleagues from across the country.
Member councils can be found in 40 U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

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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
2024-2025 Membership:
Diplomat-$5000; Statesman-$2500; Ambassador-$1200; Benefactor-$825; Patron-$575; Family-$350; Individual-$250; Young Professional-$180; 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 (celeste@worldaffairspalmbeach.org) 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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