International Speaker Series

Event Date:April 3, 2014 – 3:30 PM to April 4, 2014 – 4:59 PM Location:SAC Salon A Prior to assuming his present position, Mr. Gumbiner served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), coordinating the U.S. Government’s preparation for the 2012 UN Conference on […]

Event Date:March 20, 2014 – 3:30 PM to March 21, 2014 – 4:59 PM Location:Student Union 340, spaces C and F The 6th Annual International Speaker Series continues with Ichiro Fujisaki, former Ambassador of Japan to the United States. The former ambassador will discuss U.S.-Japan relations with an opportunity for questions from the audience after […]

Event Date:February 19, 2014 – 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM Location:EPIC Building room G287 With nations such as Germany, China, and Japan dominating the high speed rail industry, the United States is slowly starting its own high speed rail transportation. North Carolina is in the process of developing two major passenger rail systems as part […]

Event Date:January 30, 2014 – 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM Location:Student Union room 340 Ambassador of the Russian Federation Sergey I. Kislyak will present The Russian Federation and the United States: Current State of Relations with an opportunity for questions from the audience after his presentation. This will be the first visit to Charlotte, North […]

Event Date:January 27, 2014 – 3:30 PM to January 28, 2014 – 4:59 PM Location:College of Health and Human Services room 128 The spring installments of the 6th Annual International Speaker Series begin with Manuel Sager, Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States. Ambassador Sager will Swiss-U.S. relations in the context of global challenge with […]

Event Date:November 11, 2013 – 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM Location:Harris Alumni Center, Allen Tate Great Hall Monday, November 11 Science and Technology in São Paulo, Brazil Time: 9:30-10:45am Dr. Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Scientific Director of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Harris Alumni Center, Allen Tate Great hall As Scientific Director at […]

Event Date:October 17, 2013 – 3:30 PM to October 18, 2013 – 4:59 PM Location:CHHS 128 As part of the 2013-2014 International Speaker Series, author Diana Untermeyer will share her experiences living in Doha, Qatar from 2004-2007 while her husband Chase Untermeyer served as U.S. ambassador. **** Faculty are encouraged to reserve space to attend […]

Event Date:September 5, 2013 – 3:30 PM to September 6, 2013 – 4:59 PM Location:Atkins Library, Halton Reading Room The U.S. and Chinese Political Economies in the New Century Former Washington bureau chief of Financial Times Richard McGregor has also served as the Beijing bureau chief, a Shanghai correspondent, and deputy editor of Financial Times […]

Event Date:April 3, 2013 – 3:30 PM to April 4, 2013 – 4:59 PM Location:Dale Halton Reading Room, Atkins Library The U.S.-Canada Relationship Stephen Brereton, Consul General of Canada to the U.S., will speak as part of the 5th Annual International Speaker Series. A career diplomat with a background in international trade policy, Brereton has […]

Event Date:January 24, 2013 – 3:30 PM to January 25, 2013 – 4:59 PM Location:Dale Halton Reading Room, Atkins Library The International Speaker Series continues with author and economist Dr. Philip Auerswald who will discuss ideas from his new book. “The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs are Transforming the Global Economy.” Auerswald is Associate Professor in […]