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Tue Sep 29

Meridian Young Professionals Reception with Diana Liebmann, Jeffrey Moerdler, and Haynes Strader

Featuring Diana Liebmann, Partner at Haynes Boone, Jeffrey Moerdler, Chair of the Haynes Boone Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure Practice,
06:00 PM CT | Haynes Boone, Dallas, TX
Tue Sep 29

Power & AI Data Centers: The Global Demand Shock

Featuring Diana Liebmann, Partner at Haynes Boone, Jeffrey Moerdler, Chair of the Haynes Boone Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure Practice,
06:00 PM CT | Haynes Boone, Dallas, TX
Thu Oct 01

MI6, KGB, and Secret Plots: The Untold Story of the Cold War’s Most Extraordinary Spy

Featuring Ben Macintyre, Bestselling Author and Writer-at-Large for "The Times" (UK), and William Tuttle, Senior Vice President of External Affairs
06:00 PM CT | Fairmont Dallas, Dallas, TX
Mon Oct 05

2027 International Educator of the Year Nominations Open

Nominate your favorite educator today!
12:00 AM CT
Sat Oct 10

JWAC Leadership: Braver Angels – Midterms

Midterm elections
10:30 AM CT
Mon Oct 12

Regime Change with Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

Featuring Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, co-authors of "Regime Change," and moderated by Rudy Bush, Editorial Page Editor at "The
06:00 PM CT | Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, Dallas, TX
Tue Oct 13

President’s Circle Dinner with Nico Leone, President and CEO of KERA

Featuring Nico Leone, President and CEO of KERA
06:30 PM CT | TBA, Dallas, TX
Thu Oct 15

Women in Journalism, Reporting for Change

Featuring Tracy Everbach, Ph.D., Journalism Educator, Researcher, and Writer
06:00 PM CT | Sixth Floor Museum, Dallas, TX
AWQ Students
Sat Oct 17

Good Citizen Day

Recognizing, celebrating, and educating students from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
12:00 PM CT | Old Parkland, Dallas, TX
Recent Highlights

25 Years Later: 9/11 and the World It Made

Featuring Andrew Card, White House Chief of Staff on September 11, 2001, and Will Cain, Host at FOX News Channel

Tuesday, September 1, 2026 | 6:00 PM

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Women in Power on the Global Stage

Featuring Linda Robinson, Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Lee Cullum, Host of KERA’s CEO and Senior Fellow at the John G. Tower Center for Public Policy and International Affairs, SMU

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 | 11:30 AM

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A Conversation with Her Excellency Dina Kawar, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States

Featuring Her Excellency Dina Kawar, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | 11:30 AM

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International Educator of the Year Award Luncheon 2026

Honoring Julia Wilson of Trinity High School, and featuring Ambassador Robert Jordan, Diplomat in Residence, Tower Center, SMU

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | 11:00 AM

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Recent Highlights

Power and Politics in Washington: Impacts Beyond U.S. Borders

Featuring Robert Costa, National Correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning and Chief Washington Analyst for CBS News

Monday, March 30, 2026 | 6:00 PM

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A Conversation with Congressman Seth Moulton

Featuring Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA)

Friday, March 27, 2026 | 11:30 AM

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Behind the Headlines: The Human Stories That Shape the World

Featuring Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, Mr. Texas, and The Human Scale, and staff writer for The New Yorker

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | 6:00 PM

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The Second Trump Administration: One Year In

Featuring Beth Sanner, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Presidential Daily Briefer, and CNN National Security Contributor

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 | 6:00 PM

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Breakfast with Walter Isaacson

Featuring Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Benjamin Franklin, Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, and Elon Musk

Thursday, December 4, 2025 | 8:15 AM

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42nd Annual H. Neil Mallon Award Dinner

Honoring Jim Keyes, global business leader and bestselling author, and The Honorable Tom Leppert with John B. King and Margaret Spellings, former U.S. Secretaries of Education

Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 6:00 PM

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Strategic Leadership in a Turbulent World

Featuring General H.R. McMaster, former U.S. National Security Advisor and retired Army Lieutenant

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | 6:00 PM

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Kharkiv’s Story: Leadership, War, and the Fight for Democracy

Featuring Ihor Terekhov, Mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine

Thursday, April 3, 2025 | 6:00 PM

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On the Frontlines: Service to Country, Moscow, and the West’s Global Challenge

Featuring John J. Sullivan, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia

Thursday, March 20, 2025 | 6:00 PM

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Why Global Leadership Matters

Featuring Liz Truss, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | 11:30 AM

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