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SUMMARY:Curriculum Meeting - January 10
DESCRIPTION:Curriculum Meetings are open to Membership.  \nJoin our Curriculum meetings to hear about upcoming speakers/events or to suggest speakers you know (or have heard speak) and believe would be of interest to your fellow Senior Scholars.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/curriculum-meeting-january-10/
LOCATION:Zoom Registration Required
CATEGORIES:Board/Committee Meetings
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SUMMARY:The Rural-Urban Divide and the 2024 Election with Chelsea Kaufman
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: The Rural-Urban Divide and the 2024 Election \nSPEAKER: Chelsea Kaufman\, Assistant Professor\, Wingate University\nChelsea provide an overview of how political attitudes and voting behaviors have varied across rural and urban areas over the last several election cycles and discuss what this might mean for 2024\, especially in “swing states” like NC. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nChelsea Kaufman is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wingate University\, where she has worked since 2018. She teaches courses such as American Government; US Campaigns and Elections; The US Presidency; Public Opinion; and Voting Rights Past and Present. \nOne of her passions is encouraging civic engagement\, especially among her students\, and she is a Steering Committee member for the Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights (https://facultyforvotingrights.org/). \nHer research focuses primarily on the rural-urban divide in the United States and has been published in The Journal of Rural Studies and Rural Society. \nOriginally from Pennsylvania\, she completed her undergraduate degree in her hometown at Pennsylvania Western University – Clarion and then went on to complete her Ph.D. at Purdue University in 2017. She lives in Charlotte\, NC with her husband and their pets (2 cats and 2 dogs).
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/the-rural-urban-divide-and-the-2024-election-with-chelsea-kaufman/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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SUMMARY:New Member Orientation - Friday January 19
DESCRIPTION:All members old and new are invited to attend in person or via Zoom\, our New Member Orientation meeting. \nLearn more about the organization including how to meet people\, join events and how you can help the organization – the best way to meet new people! \nIn person meeting is in Room 106 in PUMC.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/new-member-orientation-friday-january-19/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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SUMMARY:North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with Dmitry Vovchuk
DESCRIPTION:GREAT DECISIONS TOPIC: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) \nSPEAKER: Dmitry Vovchuk\, Nonresident Senior Fellow\, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative \nThis presentation will provide an overview of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as we approach the Alliance’s 75th Anniversary. The discussion will cover NATO’s mission\, capabilities\, relevance\, enlargement\, and future. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nMr. Dmitry Vovchuk joined The Cohen Group after serving in numerous key roles at the US Departments of State and Defense\, National Security Council\, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). He also held several leadership positions in financial services and management consulting. \nMr. Vovchuk was selected to the Civil Service as a Presidential Management Fellow in 2006. He led the interagency process to invite new members into NATO at its Summit in Bucharest\, Romania\, supported the development of NATO’s renewed Strategic Concept\, and managed US policy priorities for the Alliance’s International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan. Mr. Vovchuk also served as a Political Officer at the US Embassy in Kyiv\, Ukraine and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense during the 2008 conflict between Russia and Georgia. \nSubsequently\, Mr. Vovchuk coordinated the work of the White House Task Force responsible for the 2012 NATO Summit hosted by President Obama in Chicago and served as the National Security Council Director for Eastern Europe\, managing the development and execution of US policy for a region stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea. \nMr. Vovchuk later served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary General of NATO. In that role\, he managed the transition of NATO’s combat operations in Afghanistan to its Resolute Support Mission and helped achieve key milestones in NATO’s ballistic missile defense program. Mr. Vovchuk also led the process to conduct a full review of the US integrated campaign plan as the Director for Strategic Planning in the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy to Counter ISIS. \nOutside of government\, Mr. Vovchuk advised global consumer goods and health care companies on organizational change and strategic alignment as a Principal with the McChrystal Group. He was a registered financial representative and served as Chief of Staff at Ally Bank\, supporting the Executive Director for its auto\, deposits\, online brokerage\, and wealth management customer care and experience division. \nMr. Vovchuk is the recipient of the State Department’s Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards\, completed a five-year term membership with the Council on Foreign Relations\, and teaches foreign policy as an Adjunct Professor in the Political Science Department at Queens University of Charlotte. \nHe received a Master’s of Arts in US National Security Policy at Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts from Drew University.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/north-atlantic-treaty-organization-nato-with-dmitry-vovchuk/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence for Defense and National Security with Tate Nurkin
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: Artificial Intelligence for Defense and National Security\nSPEAKER:  Tate Nurkin\, OTH Intelligence Group\, Atlantic Council\, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments \nAI and other emerging technologies are shaping the future of conflict–both kinetic and non-kinetic–and military capabilities. As a result\, most modern militaries are prioritizing the development\, adoption\, and integration of AI-enabled capabilities and concepts of operations. The US Department of Defense alone has nearly 700 on-going AI-related development and acquisition programs encompassing a wide range of capabilities and activities–from fielding autonomous systems to speeding up decision-making to improving logistics\, sustainment\, training to cyber security and information operations to creating new efficiencies and the design and manufacture of military equipment. \nThis presentation will:\n1) provide insight into the reasons why militaries around the world\, including the United States\, are prioritizing AI development and adoption \n2) discuss the range of applications of AI for military and security community organizations \n3) profile key AI-related initiatives the US and other countries are pursuing \n4) Highlight challenges associated with the adoption and integration of AI enabled capabilities \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nTate Nurkin is an independent analyst and consultant on defense and security issues and the founder of OTH Intelligence Group. He has over 25 years of experience working with the US and allied and partner defense and national security communities examining Indo-Pacific security\, China’s military modernization\, and how emerging technologies are shaping the future of conflict and military capabilities. \nTate is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow with both the Forward Defense program and Indo-Pacific Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council and also with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. \nPrior to starting OTH in March 2018\, Tate spent 12 years at Janes\, a leading defense intelligence firm\, including four as the Executive Director of Strategic Assessments and Futures Studies. He also previously worked with the Modelling\, Simulation\, Wargaming\, and Analysis Team at Booz Allen Hamilton\, the Strategic Assessment Center of SAIC\, and Joint Management Services. \nFrom 2014 – 2018\, Tate spent consecutive two year terms with the World Economic Forum’s Nuclear Security Global Agenda Council and Future Council on International Security. \nTate holds a bachelors of arts in History and Political Science from Duke University and a Masters of Science in International Affairs from the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech. \nHe lives in Matthews\, NC. \n\nBattlefield Applications\nFive Revolutions\nEye to Eye in AI\nA Candle in the Dark
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/artificial-intelligence-for-defense-and-national-security-with-tate-nurkin/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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