Two Hartford based, global development experts, Linda Fitzgerald from the Peru Opportunity Fund and John Meyers from Swisscontact, will hold an interactive program on the latest trends and innovations in international development. Technology and new global challenges have dramatically changed the international development sector in the past few decades. They will also talk about how […]

Join WACCT Young Professionals for Happy Hour at Besitos! Stop by for some great Mexican food and drinks, to network, and have a good time! We’ll have some special guests who will talk about business and cultural ties between CT and Latin America-especially with Brazil! Even better…we just found out that Besito serves over 1,500 […]

This year we have some awesome WAC Model United Nations t-shirts for sale! Order yours today! The t-shirts are a fun baseball style and say WACCTMUN 2014 on the back. You can pick up your t-shirt at the Model U.N. Conference on December 5th and 6th.

The World Affairs Council’s 2014 Model United Nations kicks off highlighting the new Special Committee on Refugee Resettlement at our October 7 program ” Forced Out! From Conflict to Connecticut: The Story of Refugees in CT” at the University of Saint Joseph. Delegates will travel to the UN Missions in NYC on October 30 to […]

Find out what is in store for the global economy in 2015 with Edward Guay, Principal at Wintonbury Risk Management! Registration begins at 11:45, luncheon and program begins at noon.

Join us for a lively panel discussion on immigration in the United States featuring Michael Wishnie, Yale Law School, Tamar Jacoby, President and CEO of ImmigrationWorks USA, and Dana Bucin, Attorney at UKS. Event will be from 6-7pm Networking reception 7 – 7:30pm

Tariq Farid is the Founder and CEO of Edible Arrangements International – an global company based in CT. In this position, he is responsible for setting the global business’s strategic direction across the U.S. and internationally. Join us for a luncheon with this entrepreneurial man who grew his business from a single store in Connecticut […]

Peter Schwartzstein is a British American journalist from CT, currently based in Cairo, Egypt. He focuses on Middle Eastern geo-political issues—refugee movements, arms transfers, energy markets and water disputes. He frequently appears in National Geographic and The Daily Beast, and contributes to The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, Le Monde, VICE and other international outlets. Join us […]