Sharon Nazarian, Senior Vice President of International Affairs, will discuss what factors have shaped the current state of Anti-Semitism around the world, and what steps can be taken to reduce the influence and threat of anti-Semitism in the years ahead.
During our dialogue with Commissioner Adrian Garcia, we will learn about Harris County’s newly established Intergovernmental and Global Affairs Department (IGA), its mandate, priorities and goals. With Commissioner’s 35-year career in Houston’s public service and knowledge of the city, this will be a dialogue on Houston’s continued development into globally significant city and the importance of strategic alliances.
Bill Gates: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need.
Academic WorldQuest is an exciting game of international trivia for high school students, played in teams of four, with 10 rounds of seven questions. Answers are submitted by teams, not individuals. It’s a great way to test your knowledge of international issues. Anyone can participate free of charge and teams can be formed by schools or SWAC clubs!
In honor of Mark Rothko’s Latvian heritage, Latvian jazz ensemble the Māris Briežkalns Quintet commissioned ten Latvian composers to each create an original jazz composition, arranged and performed by the Quintet. Each composition is created to illustrate the moods and atmosphere evoked by an iconic Rothko painting selected by the composer.
Sustainability is an increasingly motivating issue, not just for consumers and voters around the world, but it is also emerging as a powerful factor driving forecasts and decision making for global business. Acclaimed scholar Daniel Esty's recent proposals offers fresh thinking and forward-looking solutions from environmental thought leaders across the political spectrum.
Esty examines how policies relating to sustainability are shaped by a wide array of complex factors, such as Big Data, climate change and environmental justice. He also stresses the need for these policies to be pursued in a truly bipartisan, balanced and economically realistic approach.
Ambassador Domingos Fezas Vital, Portugal’s Ambassador to the United States of America
As content consumption in digital formats continues to grow across the globe, social networks, streaming platforms and gaming consoles are appealing to consumers while enabling companies to build customer relationships that drive growth through recurring consumption. Join our dialogue on the future of banking, discuss shifts in business models, learn about Citi’s “globality” as well as talk about the impact of COVID 19 on the industry.
Walter Isaacson, a professor of history at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time. The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies. He is also the author The Innovators; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.
Bobby Tudor is a Partner at Perella Weinberg Partners. He also serves as the Chairman of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. which combined with Perella Weinberg Partners in November 2016. TPH is a leading Energy Investment and Merchant bank formed in 2007 with over 180 employees in five offices in the US, Canada and UK. It is widely recognized for its industry leading position in Energy securities research, Energy investment banking advisory transactions, and Energy asset management.
This student event will host our guest expert Dr. Alan Steinberg who will be facilitating a discussion around civic engagement and ways we can take action.
This young country has both a rich history as the birthplace of Islam and a modern presence with rich oil reserves. With the introduction of Vision 2030, an attempt to diversify its economy, this once forbidden land is ready to welcome visitors.