February 4, 2016
A Live Conversation with Ryan Crocker
Cover to Cover
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A Live Conversation with Ryan Crocker 

The Refugee Question:
A Think Conversation

Presented by KERA and the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

                                     Thursday, February 4
                                       12 Noon CST
                                      
Tune in Thursday for a live conversation with Ryan Crocker , former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq; Jennifer Sime , Senior Vice President of United States Programs for the International Rescue Committee; and Texas State Senator Don Huffines of Dallas about the global refugee situation. This special broadcast of KERA FM's Think with Krys Boyd will explore the U.S. role in refugee resettlement, recent objections to the settlement of refugees in Texas and the perspectives of refugees themselves. 
Cover to Cover Author Series 

February's Cover to Cover  will feature  innovation expert  Alec Ross  on his new book  The Industries of the Future,   on Thursday,  February 11, at 2:00-2:30 PM ET.  




Dial-in information for participants:
Please dial in shortly before 2:00 ET, as the prompts can take a minute or two:
Access Number:    1-218-895-7963
Passcode:    2016#


Ross served for four years as Senior Adviser for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He is currently a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and serves as an adviser to investors, corporations, and government leaders. (Full bio)

The Industries of the Future explores the technological and economic trends and developments that will shape the next ten years, from cybersecurity and big data to the commercialization of genomics to the code-ification of money, markets and trust.


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