Now the top-selling female artist in the world, Yayoi Kusama overcame impossible odds to bring her radical artistic vision to the world stage. For decades, her work pushed boundaries that often alienated her from both her peers and those in power in the art world. Kusama was an underdog with everything stacked against her: the […]
This event will highlight the accomplishments and challenges of women in leadership. The panel will discuss personal successes and challenges, and how building a leadership network for women and men can help one’s career. The event also features two experienced executive coaches and trainers who will conduct career and skill-building exercises that assist with upward mobility.
Following President Trump’s election in 2016 and subsequent American withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), new questions have been raised about the future of economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region. Can CPTPP (TPP11) function without the participation of the United States? What is the future of regional agreements like the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) between ASEAN, China, Korea, India, Australia, New Zealand and Japan?
Rakugo is a comic storytelling art that has been entertaining the Japanese for over 400 years and is still wildly popular in Japan today. Rakugo is a very special form of comedy. The lone storyteller, wearing kimono and kneeling on a cushion, plays any number of characters. All come to life in Rakugo – with a slight turn of the head or the raise of an eye brow! The storyteller uses only two small props–a Japanese fan and a hand towel – plus the most important element, the audience’s imagination. Each character represents qualities within all of us, parts of the human personality.
A conversation with Ambassador Tom Schieffer (former U.S. Ambassador to Australia and Japan), followed by a panel discussion on Structuring and Protecting Business Investments in the United States.
JASDFW members are invited. Free admission and validated garage parking (with ticket). To register, email your contact information to akoepke@jw.com.
This one-day summit brings together local and global trade leaders from both the public and private sectors, to focus on how Dallas Fort Worth's global and regional competitiveness can increase business opportunities between Asia and Latin America, and how transnational organizations support and help advance global business efforts.