BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//World Affairs Council of Connecticut - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:World Affairs Council of Connecticut X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ctwac.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for World Affairs Council of Connecticut REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T130000 DTSTAMP:20260507T171052 CREATED:20200430T224350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200430T230543Z UID:10000180-1588680000-1588683600@ctwac.org SUMMARY:Leadership During Crisis with General David Petraeus\, U.S. Army (Ret.) DESCRIPTION:How will this global pandemic affect global security and policy in the years ahead? How can leaders rise to the challenge posed by this crisis and prepare for the “next big one”?\nJoin Gen. David Petraeus\, U.S. Army (Ret.)\, one of the most influential military leaders of our times\, for a conversation on leadership and vision during crisis. \nModerated by Megan Clark Torrey\, CEO of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut. \nHow to RSVP:\n \n \n \n Slide 1PAY WHAT YOU WISHRather than set ticket prices\, the Council is instituting a new "Pay What You Wish" policy. A donation of $10 is suggested. Your contribution - in any amount - is greatly appreciated. \nPAY WHAT YOU WISHRESERVE YOUR TICKETPay what you wish\, and then reserve your seat! Click the button below to complete your registration through the Zoom Webinar platform. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET \n \n \n \n\n\nGeneral (Ret) David H. Petraeus (New York) joined KKR in June 2013 and is Chairman of the KKR Global Institute. Prior to joining KKR\, Gen. Petraeus served over 37 years in the U.S. military\, culminating his career with six consecutive commands\, five of which were in combat\, including command of coalition forces during the Surge in Iraq\, command of U.S. Central Command\, and command of coalition forces in Afghanistan. Following his service in the military\, Gen. Petraeus served as the Director of the CIA during a period of significant achievements in the global war on terror. \nGen. Petraeus graduated with distinction from the U.S. Military Academy and subsequently earned a Ph.D. in an interdisciplinary program of international relations and economics from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He subsequently taught both subjects at the U.S. Military Academy and later completed a fellowship at Georgetown University. He has also served for 3-1/2 years as a Visiting Professor of Public Policy at CUNY’s Macaulay Honors College and he was for 6 years a Judge Widney Professor at the University of Southern California and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University. \nCurrently\, he is also a personal venture capitalist\, a Visiting Fellow at Yale’s Jackson Institute\, an Honorary Professor of the University of Birmingham (England)\, a member of the Trilateral Commission\, Senior Vice-President of the Royal United Services Institute\, and Co-Chairman of the Global Advisory Council of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars\, as well as a member of the boards of the Institute for the Study of War and the Atlantic Council and over a dozen veterans service organizations. \nGen. Petraeus has received numerous U.S. military\, State Department\, NATO\, and United Nations medals and awards\, including four Defense Distinguished Service Medals\, the Bronze Star Medal for Valor\, the Combat Action Badge\, the Ranger tab\, and master parachutist wings\, and he has been decorated by 13 foreign countries. Over the past 15 years\, General Petraeus has also been named a runner-up for Time magazine’s Person of the Year\, the Daily Telegraph man of the year\, a Time 100 selectee\, and for three years one of Foreign Policy magazine’s top 100 public intellectuals. URL:https://ctwac.org/event/leadership-during-crisis-with-general-david-petraeus-u-s-army-ret/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/10.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T163000 DTSTAMP:20260507T171052 CREATED:20200418T192024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200418T192024Z UID:10000074-1588863600-1588869000@ctwac.org SUMMARY:Virtual Model UN: Water Scarcity DESCRIPTION:May 7th – Water Scarcity\nThis 90-minute simulations\, hosted via Zoom\, put you in the middle of the action debating some of today’s most pressing global issues. \nEvery continent in the world is impacted by water scarcity at least 1 month out of the year. How do we work together to protect this precious resource? \nREGISTER HERE\nRegister by Tuesday\, May 5th \n  \nWho can participate? \nThese virtual simulations are for high-school student delegates only. Previous Model UN experience preferred. If you have any questions about participation\, contact Nicole Struth\, Education Director\, at: nstruth@ctwac.org \nWhat is Virtual Model UN? \nAs a delegate\, you will represent a country of your choice and work with your peers from around the state to find a resolution to critical global concerns. \nHow does it work? \nThese virtual face to face simulations will take place at 3:00 pm. Information regarding country selections\, resolutions\, and online debate procedure will be sent to you upon registration. URL:https://ctwac.org/event/virtual-model-un-water-scarcity/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/14.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200508T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200508T123000 DTSTAMP:20260507T171052 CREATED:20200430T225916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200430T225916Z UID:10000182-1588939200-1588941000@ctwac.org SUMMARY:Putting the World Back Together with General John Allen (USMC\, Ret.) DESCRIPTION:What will the world look like as we navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic? \nJoin General John Allen (USMC\, Ret.)\, President of The Brookings Institution\, for an expert conversation on disrupting the world order\, what’s on the horizon\, and how our world may be reshaped as we emerge from this crisis. \nModerated by Megan Clark Torrey\, CEO\, World Affairs Council of Connecticut. \nHow to RSVP: \n \n \n \n Slide 1PAY WHAT YOU WISHRather than set ticket prices\, the Council is instituting a new "Pay What You Wish" policy. A donation of $10 is suggested. Your contribution - in any amount - is greatly appreciated. \nPAY WHAT YOU WISHRESERVE YOUR TICKETPay what you wish\, and then reserve your seat! Click the button below to complete your registration through the Zoom Webinar platform. We look forward to seeing you there! \nRESERVE YOUR TICKET \n \n \n \n  \nGeneral (Ret.) John Rutherford Allen assumed the presidency of the Brookings Institution in November 2017\, having most recently served as chair of security and strategy and a distinguished fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at Brookings. Allen is a retired U.S. Marine Corps four-star general and former commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan. \nAllen served in two senior diplomatic roles following his retirement from the Marine Corps. First\, for 15 months as senior advisor to the secretary of defense on Middle East Security\, during which he led the security dialogue for the Israeli/Palestinian peace process. President Barack Obama then appointed Allen as special presidential envoy to the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL\, a position he held for 15 months. Allen’s diplomatic efforts grew the coalition to 65 members\, effectively halting the expansion of ISIL. In recognition of this work\, he was presented the Department of State Distinguished Honor Award by Secretary John Kerry and the Director of National Intelligence Distinguished Public Service Award by Director James Clapper. \nDuring his nearly four-decade military career\, Allen served in a variety of command and staff positions in the Marine Corps and the Joint Force. He commanded 150\,000 U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan from July 2011 to February 2013. Allen is the first Marine to command a theater of war. During his tenure as ISAF commander\, he recovered the 33\,000 U.S. surge forces\, moved the Afghan National Security Forces into the lead for combat operations\, and pivoted NATO forces from being a conventional combat force into an advisory command. \nAllen’s first tour as a general officer was as the principal director of Asia-Pacific policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense\, a position he held for nearly three years. In this assignment\, he was involved extensively with policy initiatives involving China\, Taiwan\, Mongolia\, and Southeast Asia. Allen also participated in the Six Party Talks on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and played a major role in organizing the relief effort during the South Asian tsunami from 2004 to 2005. \nBeyond his operational and diplomatic credentials\, Allen has led professional military educational programs\, including as director of the Marine Infantry Officer Program and commanding officer of the Marine Corps Basic School. He twice served at the United States Naval Academy\, first as a military instructor\, where he was named instructor of the year in 1990\, and later as commandant of midshipmen; the first Marine Corps officer to hold this position. Allen was the Marine Corps fellow to the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the first Marine officer to serve as a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations\, where today he is a permanent member. \nAmong his other affiliations\, Allen is a senior fellow at the Merrill Center of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. He is an “Ancien” of the NATO Defense College in Rome\, and a frequent lecturer there. Allen is the recipient of numerous U.S. and foreign awards. \nHe holds a Bachelor of Science in operations analysis from the U.S. Naval Academy\, a Master of Arts in national security studies from Georgetown University\, a Master of Science in strategic intelligence from the Defense Intelligence College\, and a Master of Science in national security strategy from the National Defense University. URL:https://ctwac.org/event/putting-the-world-back-together-with-general-john-allen-usmc-ret/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/11.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200520T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200520T123000 DTSTAMP:20260507T171052 CREATED:20200519T175633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200519T194910Z UID:10000183-1589976000-1589977800@ctwac.org SUMMARY:Private Sector Stepping Up with Jeffrey Sonnenfeld DESCRIPTION:What should we expect from the U.S. private sector during a time of national and global crisis? Which corporate leaders are rising to the challenges of this moment? \nJoin Jeffrey Sonnenfeld\, one of the nation’s most respected voices on corporate leadership – and current senior associate dean of leadership programs and professor at the Yale School of Management – for a conversation on the role of the private sector during a pandemic. Moderated by Megan Clark Torrey\, CEO of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut. \nThis event is free! RSVP required. \nRSVP Here URL:https://ctwac.org/event/private-sector-stepping-up-with-jeffrey-sonnenfeld/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Digital-Series-Cover-Images-12.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200527T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200527T123000 DTSTAMP:20260507T171052 CREATED:20200526T194013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200526T194013Z UID:10000181-1590580800-1590582600@ctwac.org SUMMARY:Sweden\, UK and the US | Three Global Responses to Coronavirus DESCRIPTION:Free event! RSVP below. \nThree countries\, three different responses to COVID-19. Can other nations’ pandemic responses provide a road map for U.S. reopening and recovery? \nJoin us to explore the national COVID-19 responses of Sweden\, the U.K. and the U.S.\, with John Fund\, national-affairs columnist for National Review. Moderated by CEO\, Megan Clark Torrey. \n  \nRSVP URL:https://ctwac.org/event/sweden-uk-and-the-us-three-global-responses-to-coronavirus/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ctwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/John-Fund.png ORGANIZER;CN="World Affairs Council of Connecticut":MAILTO:info@ctwac.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR