International Speaker Series

The U.S.-Canada Relationship

Stephen Brereton, Consul General of Canada to the U.S., will speak as part of the 5^th Annual International Speaker Series. A career diplomat with a background in international trade policy, Brereton has held posts at the Canadian Mission to the European Union based in Belgium as well as at the Canadian embassies in Japan, and Cuba prior to his current role at the Consulate General of Canada in Atlanta, Georgia.

RSVP to international@uncc.edu. 

The spring installments of the 5^th Annual International Speaker Series begin with His Excellency Gilles Noghès, Ambassador of Monaco to the United States, and John Beale, Ambassador of Barbados to the United States.

Consul General Flores will discuss US-Mexico relationships as part of the International Speaker Series and as a culminating event for IEW12. Attendees are welcome to bring their own lunch; light refreshments and dessert will be provided. Faculty are encouraged to reserve space to attend with their classes and/or arrange for an extra-credit sign-in sheet for their students.

Coggan will speak on topics explored in his book, Paper Promises: Money, Debt and the New World Order. Prior to his role with the Economist, Coggan founded the “Short View” column and wrote the “Long View” and “Last Word” columns during his 20-year tenure at Financial Times.

The last installation of this year’s series will feature Dr. Salomão Alencar De Farias, Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence in the International Business Department at Central Piedmont Community College.

Dr. Katherine Bliss, Director, Project on Global Water Policy; Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Global Health Policy Center; and Senior Fellow, Americas Program with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., will present Global Health Challenges: Emerging Trends in Policy, Governance and Diplomacy.
 

Gilles Noghes, Ambassador to the U.S. from Monaco, will discuss “Image of a Country: The Case of Monaco,” and Namik Tan, Ambassador from Turkey, will present “Turkey in a Changing World.” A question-and-answer session will follow.

In 2006, Noghes became the first ambassador of Monaco to the United States. Previously, he represented Monaco to the United Nations offices in New York and Geneva, and he was ambassador of Monaco in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Guest is the Economist’s business editor and an author. His latest work examines how migration—for all the disruption it causes—makes the world wealthier and happier. Guest’s book, “Borderless Economics: Chinese Sea Turtles, Indian Fridges and the New Fruits of Global Capitalism”, travels through 44 states and nearly 70 countries, observing how these networks create wealth, spread ideas and foster innovation.

In his latest work, Guest shows how: