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SUMMARY:Luminary Award 2019
DESCRIPTION:2019 Luminary Award Recipient \nThe World Affairs Council is thrilled to announce Stanley Black & Decker will receive the 2019 Luminary Award. We are proud to honor Stanley Black & Decker\, a global leader anchored in Connecticut. Stanley Black & Decker provides the ideas and tools for those who make the world™.  \nSponsorship Opportunities Available  \nClick here for details: Sponsorship Opportunities\n \nTo discuss Sponsorship Opportunites\, please contact CEO Megan Torrey at mctorrey@ctwac.org  \n  \nAbout the Luminary Award \nThe annual Luminary Award is the signature event of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut. It honors one or more individuals or an organization from Connecticut that has profoundly influenced global affairs\, with a strong emphasis on achieving the overall betterment of the world. \n  \nLuminary Award History \n2004 – Harry Jack Gray\, former Chairman of UTC –keynote The Honorable Alexander Haig \n2005 – University of CT UNESCO Chair\, keynote — keynote President Mary Robinson \n2006 – Save the Children\, keynote — keynote Cokie Roberts \n2007 – Connecticut’s Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans — keynote General Eric Shinseki \n2008 – ESPN International in recognition of their role in global sports diplomacy — keynote Chris Berman \n2010 – Former Secretary of State\, Dr. Henry Kissinger \n2011 – Association of Hole in the Wall Camps \n2012 – Nobel Peace Prize Committee \n2013 – Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation—A leading global innovator \n2014 – AmeriCares  — keynote Ambassador Robert Ford \n2015 – Peter G. Kelly\, Esq. — keynote Senator Mark Warner of Virginia \n2016 – Aerospace Components Manufacturers — keynote Colonel Mark Tillman \n2017 – United Technologies (UTC) — keynote Dr. Robert Ballard \n2018 – Yale Cancer Center \n  \nFAQs \nWhat is the attire?  \nBusiness Attire \nWhat are my transport/parking options getting to the event? \nParking is available in the many parking garages near the Marriott Downtown. \nWhere can I contact the organizer with any questions? \nPlease email info@ctwac.org with any questions\, or for more information on sponsorship.
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SUMMARY:Power Clash: China on the Rise
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT\nIf you have any questions\, please contact Amanda Jolly\, Vice President\, Programs and Communications at: ajolly@ctwac.org or call: (860) 241-6118. \n  \nYou asked\, we listened. After overwhelming requests to bring back our panelists from Global Security Forum 2018\, we are bringing Dr. James Holmes and Dan Murphy back to Connecticut. Power Clash will explore increasing competition and rising tensions between the U.S. and China\, and U.S. strategy in this battle for hegemony. If you missed out during Global Security Forum\, you don’t want to miss this again. \nModerated by Scott Bates\, Deputy Secretary of the State. \nTickets: Free for Members | $10 NonMembers \nMore information and register here.  \n\nFeaturing:\nJames Holmes\, Ph.D. \nJ. C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the U.S. Naval War College \nJames Holmes holds the J. C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and served on the faculty of the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs. A former U.S. Navy surface-warfare officer\, he was the last gunnery officer in history to fire a battleship’s big guns in anger\, during the first Gulf War in 1991. He earned the Naval War College Foundation Award in 1994\, signifying the top graduate in his class. His books include Red Star over the Pacific\, an Atlantic Monthly Best Book of 2010 and a fixture on the Navy Professional Reading List. General James Mattis deems him “troublesome.” \nDan Murphy \nExecutive Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Harvard China Fund \nBefore coming to Harvard Dan served as the inaugural program director for Yale Center Beijing. In that role\, he worked in partnership with deans\, faculty\, and key contacts in China to produce programming at Yale’s facility in Beijing. From 2008-14 Dan was at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations\, finishing as director of special initiatives. At the National Committee\, he grew the Public Intellectuals Program\, which connects America’s next generation of leading China scholars with policymakers and the media. He also led delegations of senior American Congressional staff on study visits to China\, directed a range of other programming\, and led successful grant initiatives that were funded by the State Department and private foundations. \nDan is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations\, serves on the advisory board of SupChina\, and is an ex officio member of the executive committee of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. He speaks fluent Mandarin. \n  \nDeputy Secretary of the State Scott D. Bates \nScott Bates has served in leadership roles at the state\, national and international levels in policy development and government for over twenty five years. \nAfter September 11th\, Bates became the first Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee and led a team that produced a dozen reports on homeland security issues ranging from border security to bioterrorism. He then served as President of the Center for National Policy\, a Washington DC think tank focusing on topics of national security. Bates has also taught at the National Defense University in Washington D.C\, University of Indiana School of Law\, the University of Tokyo\, and the University of Pristina. \nScott Bates has been on the ground in every war zone where American troops have fought in this generation. He has worked with elected leaders and activists alike to build democratic institutions and governance structures in Iraq\, Afghanistan\, Kosovo\, Bosnia\, Haiti and the Persian Gulf. He has been a featured speaker on defense issues and international affairs at numerous national and international conferences. \nBates served as Chief of Staff for Congressman Nick Lampson\, Counsel to Congressman Jim Turner\, and Senior Advisor to Congressman Maurice Hinchey. He was appointed Secretary of the State and Legislative Director for Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder and is credited for the state’s ethics reforms and an unprecedented expansion in appointments of women and minorities to state boards and commissions. \nHe holds a JD from the University Of Virginia School Of Law\, a MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and graduated magna cum laude in History and Political Science from the University of Dayton. The Bates family lives in Stonington\, and are actively involved in their community. \n 
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