St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs announces 2025 Kenote Speaker

Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat will deliver the keynote address to open the 13^th annual St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.

The Keynote speech on diplomacy and international agreements will launch the 2025 St. Pete Conference, themed “The Ties That Bind Us.” Ambassador Eizenstat will be interviewed about his 2024 book, The Art of Diplomacy.

Other highlights of the upcoming conference include Featured Speaker Frank Langfitt, NPR Roving National Correspondent, presenting on February 12, and February 13 General Frank McKenzie, Director of USF’s Global and National Security Institute, will welcome the Ambassador of Bahrain to the U.S., Shaikh Abdullah Bin Rashid Al Khalifa for a Fireside Chat. 

Other “Ties that Bind Us” topics will include:

• Allies and Alliances
• U.S. Politics Viewed by Foreign Correspondents
• Expertise, Facts and Data for Policymaking
• International Trade as an Engine of Prosperity
• Developments and Challenges in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Western Hemisphere
• Future Strategists Student Panel hosted by USF GNSI

Opening Night Keynote on February 11 will be held at the Palladium Theatre, 253 Fifth Avenue North, St. Petersburg 33701. Events begin at 5 PM.

Panels and other talks on February 12-13 will be held at the Student Center, USF St. Pete Campus, 200 – 6^th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL. Events begin at 8 AM.

Register at the link below, students are free to attend, but will need to register.

www.worldaffairsconference.org/register

Inaugurated in 2013, this yearly flagship event relies on local volunteers to contribute funding, sponsor and organize events, suggest topics, and recruit, transport and lodge speakers.

To donate or help sponsor the conference, go to:

https://worldaffairsconference.org/donate/ or https://worldaffairsconference.org/sponsor/