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DIGITAL TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE |
To perpetuate more than two centuries of shared ideals and friendship; to build lasting, practical working ties; and to advance solutions to problems of shared concern. |
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You do not need a Zoom account to join. Registered guests will receive a link to join in the days leading up to the event. You can find the full list of descriptions and recordings of our webinars on our website. |
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PUBLIC POLICY
Open to the public
Description: What will the future of the Republican Party be if Trump is reelected or not?
Date: Wednesday, October 7 at 1:00 pm EST
Speaker: Douglas Heye, Senior Vice President for Media at CRAFT Media & Digital and CNN Political Commentator. He served as Communications Director to the Republican National Committee and Deputy Chief of Staff to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.
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TRANSATLANTIC FORUM
For members only
Description: Maëlle Gavet will discuss her new book, Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech’s Empathy Problem and How to Fix It. The event will be moderated by Transatlantic Forum member Virginie Raphael.
Date: Wednesday, October 14 at 6:00 pm EST
Speakers: Maëlle Gavet, French businesswoman, author, and entrepreneur, and Virginie Raphael, Managing Director at Tusk Strategies/Tusk Ventures.
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Information & updates about the Foundation and its programs |
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2020 YOUNG LEADERS PROGRAM
October 14 & 15
Virtual Seminar
The French-American Foundation is delighted to announce the dates of our virtual seminar of the 2020 Young Leaders program. Gathering up-and-coming leaders since 1981, we are committed to adapting this annual tradition to the health and safety needs of our participants during the Covid-19 crisis.
In partnership with our sister organization, the French-American Foundation - France, the flagship Young Leaders program brings together a vibrant group of French and American professionals, aged 30 to 40, from an incredible array of sectors whose common link is their passion for forging bonds in a globalized world and using their influence for the common good.
After two years as Young Leaders, participants join an active community of lifelong alumni. Alumni attend and organize events, use the network to advance common causes, and are encouraged to contribute to the program’s future success.
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Interviews with members of our growing community of leaders and experts (Young Leaders, Transatlantic Forum members, Cyber security experts, Translation Prize winners, Immigration Journalism Fellows, and more) |
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Barkha Gvalani
Young Leader '19
Barkha Gvalani is a 2019 Young Leader and an Engineering Partner at GV, where she works on investing operations, product management, and analytics. She also helps portfolio companies scale their operations through analytics, data-warehousing, and business intelligence. Click here to read her full bio.
Q. You are a French-American Foundation Young Leader from the class of 2019 and co-hosted the webinar with a member of the French cohort from 2017. How has COVID-19 data been shared on a global scale? Where is there room for improvement?
I think the data being shared within the scientific community has been amazing. Within a few weeks of the breakout, the Covid-19 genome was sequenced and widely shared. So many countries were able to leverage this and develop tests at ground breaking speeds. Research being done is being widely shared and teams are learning from each other.
But there is also so much room for improvement here. The world hasn’t faced a challenge like this at the global scale in a very long time. One thing that helps in any crisis (personal, professional, or global) is having a strong set of guiding principles. We cannot survive by just being competitive and we cannot thrive by just being cooperative. We need a healthy mix of both. To tackle the pandemic, we need more cooperation. I’m optimistic about us being able to cross this hurdle and returning back to normal life soon(ish)!
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The first 2020 presidential debate |
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"President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first 2020 presidential debate in Cleveland, OH. (...)"
"With just a month left before Election Day, most voters have already made up their minds about who they're going to vote for. Only 6% of voters in a recent NBC News poll said they were still undecided. That small section of voters is typically the target audience of presidential debates, but it's unclear whether Tuesday night's back and forth helped distill anything for people who haven't backed a candidate yet. (...)"
"The unedifying spectacle of Tuesday night’s presidential debate produced some shock, some sadness and some weariness among American allies and rivals alike on Wednesday. (...)"
"Biden, «marionnette de la gauche radicale ; Donald Trump, «caniche de Poutine» : le président républicain et son opposant démocrate ont échangé des mots particulièrement violents mardi soir. (...)"
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