BURNING GLOBAL ISSUES
What Happens Without Democracy
On April 1st, at 10 a.m. Hawaii time, ThinkTech will be presenting a 90-minute webinar panel program called Burning Global Issues.
This will be an examination of seven continents by thought and community leaders living in or expert in those continents, discussing burning issues for each, how they relate to the prospects for functioning democracy, and what we can learn about all that.
Democracy is admired around the world, but these days it's somewhat elusive.  This discussion will examine issues affecting various countries and continents. It will connect those issues with the presence, absence and dynamic of democratic values and institutions in those places.
The underlying theme is of course democracy, whether China's version is better, how it works in India, what happens with or without it in the Middle East and Central Africa, how it is playing out in Eastern Europe, and how a promising infrastructure initiative in Columbia could be a model for other countries in Latin America.
The moderator for the program is Pamela Spratlen, a 30-year Foreign Service veteran who has served as U.S. Ambassador and consular official in a number of overseas posts.
Our panel is comprised of Carl Baker, Senior Advisor of Pacific Forum, on China and Asia; Roopmati Khandekar, Director of Global Relations Forum, on India; Elsa Jarkhedian, a consultant with Project Expedite Justice, on the Middle East and North Africa; Gilbert Nuwagira, an Economist in Kampala, Uganda, on Central Africa; Carl Ackerman, of the Social Studies Faculty at Punahou School, on Eastern Europe; and Juan Pablo Tello, a Business Attorney in Bogota, Columbia, on Latin America.
The program is sponsored by Project Expedite Justice.
We hope you will attend and that this program will help you better understand these important global issues. Please go to our website, thinktechhawaii.com, and register. If you have questions about the program or about registration, contact shows@thinktechhawaii.com.

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