• Home

  • Agenda

  • Speakers

  • Register

  • Hotel

  • More...

    202-833-4557

    waca@worldaffairscouncils.org

    1200 18th Street NW, Suite 902

    Washington, DC 20036

    © 2018 World Affairs Councils of America

    Thursday, Nov. 8

    8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

    Grand Ballroom

    Mayflower Hotel

    U.S.-China Trade War: Rhetoric and Reality

    Amy Celico.jpg

    Amy P. Celico

    Principal

    Albright Stonebridge Group

    Robert Atkinson_edited.jpg

    Robert D. Atkinson

    President

    Information Technology

    and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

    Derek Scissors_edited.jpg

    Derek M. Scissors

    Resident Scholar 

    American Enterprise Institute

    9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

    Grand Ballroom

    Mayflower Hotel

    The Global Fight For Women's Rights

    Nina Ansary Headshot.jpg

    Dr. Nina Ansary

    Visiting Fellow, LSE Centre for Women, Peace, and Security

    London School of Economics

    The UN Women Champions for Innovation

    ​

    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

    Grand Ballroom

    Mayflower Hotel

    Digital Resilience

    Ray Rothrock Final.jpg

    Ray Rothrock

    Chairman and CEO

    RedSeal

    Dina Temple-Raston_edited.jpg

    Dina Temple-Raston (Moderator)

    Special Correspondent

    National Public Radio

    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

    Grand Ballroom

    Mayflower Hotel

    Ambassador's Luncheon

    Sean Spicer_edited.jpg

    Keynote: Sean Spicer

    Founder and President

    ​RigWil LLC

    Jim Falk_edited.jpg

    James N. Falk (Moderator)

    President and CEO

    World Affairs Council of Dallas/

    Fort Worth

    2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

    Grand Ballroom

    Mayflower Hotel

    Will We Succeed in Shaping a Stronger Transatlantic Relationship?

    Andreas Michaelis.jpg

    The Hon. Andreas Michaelis

    State Secretary (Vice Minister)

    Federal Foreign Office

    Germany

    Evelyn Farkas.jpg

    Evelyn Farkas

    Nonresident Senior Fellow

    Atlantic Council

    Robert Kagan.jpg
    Steven Sokol - Headshot.jpg

    Robert Kagan

    Stephen & Barbara Friedman 

    Senior Fellow

    The Brookings Institution

    Dr. Steven E. Sokol (Moderator)

    President

    American Council on Germany

    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    Grand Ballroom

    Mayflower Hotel

    Breaking Out of Orbit: Trends in Space Policy

    Laura_Delgado_López_edited.jpg

    Laura Delgado López 

    Advocacy Lead, Harris Corp. 

    Space & Intelligence Systems

    Editor-in-Chief,

    Space Policy Journal

    Audrey Schaffer_edited.jpg

    Audrey M. Schaffer

    Director for Space Strategy and Plans 

    U.S. Department of Defense

    Victoria Samson.jpg

    Victoria Samson

    Washington Office Director

    Secure World Foundation

    Theresa Hitchens 2_edited.jpg

    Theresa Hitchens 

    Senior Research Associate

    Center for International & Security

    Studies, University of Maryland

    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

    OAS Headquarters

    Organization of American States OAS Logo

    Foreign Policy Association Centennial Reception

    at the Organization of American States

    Noel Lateef Square.jpg

    Noel Lateef

    President 

    Foreign Policy Association

    Bill Clifford Headshot 2018_edited.jpg

    Bill Clifford

    President and CEO

    WACA