Discussing Today and the Future
Global Issues Evenings are co-hosted by and held at the University of North Florida and are included as a part of their Distinguished Voices Series. This acclaimed evening series is held one Tuesday per month from September thru April at the UNF University Center from 7:00-8:00 pm. Sponsors, Ambassador’s Circle, Benefactor and Patron members enjoy a private reception with the speaker prior to the lecture from 6:00-6:45 pm. Attendance per lecture varies from 500 to over 800 people.
To view this season's Global Issues Evenings visit our Calendar of Events. To see a complete list of speakers, visit our Speakers page.
To Reserve Tickets
Tickets and preferred seating for Council members are reserved through the Council’s office at (904) 280-8162 or through on-line registration. Tickets may also be reserved for non-Council members at www.unf.edu/lectures or (904) 620-2117. Please let us know if there are any special needs requests (parking, assisted hearing, seating, etc).
Past Global Issues Evenings Speakers
Past speakers have included:
- Ambassador Martin Indyk - event summary
- General John P. Abizaid, USA (Ret.) - event summary
- Zanny Minton Beddoes
- David Broder - event summary
- David Brooks - event summary
- Ken Burns - event summary
- Paul Collier - event summary
- Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow - event summary
- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Dr. Jared Diamond
- Tom Friedman
- David Gergen
- Brian Greene
- Dr. Richard Haass - event summary
- Ambassador Christopher Hill - event summary
- Ambassador Husain Haqqani
- Juliette Kayyem - event summary
- Dr. Richard Leakey
- Lt. General Douglas Lute - event summary
- John Pomfret - event summary
- Admiral James G. Stavridis
- Sharon Waxman - event summary
- Steven R. Weisman - event summary
- George Will - event summary
- Fareed Zakaria - event summary
- John Zogby - event summary
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