Event Details
Board Chair Diane Seligsohn and St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch will kick off the 2022 St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs at the Palladium Theatre.

Eduardo Cue will introduce Keynote Speaker Sarah Chayes.

Speakers for this event

• Diane Seligsohn
• Eduardo Cue (Moderator)
• Mayor Kenneth T. Welch
• Sarah Chayes

The Palladium is extending a special invitation to conference guests to attend this wonderful concert after the Keynote for a discount.

GRAMMY-nominated Diego Figueiredo is an extraordinary star among the world’s greatest jazz guitarists. His superb technique, timing, and imagination have made him one of the industry’s hottest international names, and his concert tours have taken him to over 60 countries around the world.

Figueiredo has released 26 CDS, 3 DVDs, and a book, and he has twice received awards at the Montreux Jazz Festival. His concerts unite technique and emotion in a fusion of Brazilian music and jazz.

Corruption is everywhere, including the United States. This panel will discuss its forms and effects in Russia and Latin and North America, who benefits from it, and why it is so endemic and difficult to abolish or even control.

Panel Discussion Moderated by Eduardo Cue

Speakers for this event

• Ambassador Adam Blackwell
• Darrell Slider
• Eduardo Cue (Moderator)
• Michael C. Kimmage
• Sarah Chayes

What physical and metaphorical borders have immigrants traversed when they arrive at their destination, or when some immigrant family members gain legal status and others do not?

Panel Discussion Moderated by Robert Sattin

Speakers for this event

• Ambassador Vicki J. Huddleston (ret.)
• Deniz Sert
• Heide Castañeda
• JoAnne Wagner
• Mariana Sánchez Ramírez
• Robert Sattin

War, political instability, insecurity, repression and conflicts over resources all trigger flows of migration.

Panel Discussion Moderated by Robert Sattin

Speakers for this event

• Abdul H. “Zi” Azizi
• Justin Schon
• Robert Sattin
• Scott Solomon
• Wendy Pearlman

A discussion of efforts to address systemic racism world-wide.

Panel Discussion Moderated by Reverend Kenneth Irby

Speakers for this event

• Charles Dew
• Gwendolyn Reese
• Ian Gómez
• Naheed Nenshi
• Reverend Kenneth F. Irby
• Ruthmae Sears
• Tope Folarin

Eduardo Cue interview author and journalist Michela Wrong.

Speakers for this event

• Eduardo Cue (Moderator)
• Michela Wrong

A discussion of the different forms corruption takes place in Africa, China and elsewhere. What is being done to fight it and are governments, especially in the West, really serious about eradicating it.

Panel Discussion Moderated by John Maguire

Speakers for this event

Allison Quatrini
John Maguire
Michael Marquardt
Michela Wrong
Tope Folarin

Exacerbated by disinformation and corrupt networks, climate change intensifies competition for scarce resources and threatens national security.

Panel Discussion Moderated by John Maguire

Speakers for this event

• Anna Krayn
• Dave Matsuda
• Deborah Hines
• John Maguire
• Sarah Chayes
• Sherri Goodman

The impact of changing definitions of gender and the fight for equal rights.

Panel Discussion Moderated by Toni Van Pelt

Speakers for this event

• Brandon Wolf
• Coach Linda Blade
• Elaine McArthur
• Marion Bethel
• Mary Luke
• Toni Van Pelt

Perspectives on A.I. modeling of energy consumption, truth-telling rather than disinformation, “citizen diplomacy” initiatives to reduce conflict over scarce resources, and strategic adaptations to mitigate effects of climate change.

Panel Discussion Moderated by Don Morrison

Speakers for this event

• Andrew Hargrove
• Donald Morrison (Moderator)
• Libby Liu
• Nicolas Sabouret
• Steve Kalishman

Former Mayors discuss city governance and local-level climate leadership.

Fireside Chat hosted by Peter Kageyama with guests former Mayor of St. Petersburg, FL, Rick Kriseman and former Mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Naheed Nenshi

Speakers for this event

• Naheed Nenshi
• Peter Kageyama
• Rick Kriseman