February 21 • 6 PMTrashing The PlaneT: Mountains of Garbage with No Place to GoJD linDeberg, President, Resource Recycling Systems (RRS)

March 21 • 6 PMre-inVenTing OUr CiTies: The Impact of Autonomous VehiclessaMUel Kling, PhD, Global Cities Fellow and ACLS/Mellon Public Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs

April 18 • 6 PMTrUMPing China: Will China’s Rise Come at our Demise?TOM WaTKins, China Partner/Man-aging Director WAY American School, Advisor to MI-China Innovation Center Event Sponsor: The Economic Club of Traverse City

Thank you to IAF’s 25th Season Underwriters

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S CHANGING WORLD Susan Goldberg, Chief Editor September 18 | 7 PM | Corson Auditorium | Interlochen Center for the Arts Whether the issue is climate change, millennials, race, gender, or the shifting media landscape, Susan Goldberg will make you think differently about the world and the challenges that lie ahead! Goldberg is the first woman and only the 10th editor-in-chief of the iconic 130-year old magazine.

In partnership with Interlochen Center for the Arts and in connection with a special National Geo-graphic exhibit, Monster Fish, at the Dennos Museum!

“A rare opportunity to hear from one of America’s most influential opinion leaders on the is-sues facing our future”

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25th Anniversary SeasonENVISIONING THE FUTURE

BORDER & IMMIGRATION ISSUES: “THE FUTURE IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE”The Honorable Alan Bersin, Former U.S. ‘Border Czar’ October 18 | 6 PM | NMC’s Milliken Auditorium Nation-states in our globalized world need to secure borders and mitigate threats even while expedit-ing trade and the movement of peoples and ideas. It’s not easy but holds the key to the future. Alan Bersin served as Asst Secretary for Homeland Security and headed U.S. Customs and Border Pro-tection. Today he is the inaugural Fellow for the Homeland Security Project at Harvard’s Belfer Center.

AGAINST ALL ENEMIES: SECURING AMERICA IN A HOSTILE WORLD Richard A. Clarke, bestselling author and former White House advisor for counter-terrorism and security November 15 | 7 PM | City Opera House | With The National Writers Series

Whether the issue is Russian meddling, cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, future warfare, or rising sea levels, Dick Clarke is America’s leading authority on the next major threats to U.S. national security. This is a rare opportunity to sit down with Richard Clarke, advisor to 4 presidents over three decades, and central figure in the 9/11 Report.

Clarke is author of eight books including his latest, Warnings, as well as Cyber War and Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror, and four geopolitical thrillers!

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This special 25th Season would not be possible without the generous support of our Underwriters

May 16 • 6 PM(laTin) aMeriCa FirsT? Fixing Problems in America’s Backyard Charles shaPirO, former Ambassador to Venezuela and Coordinator of U.S.-Cuban Affairs, President of the Atlanta World Affairs Council

Closing out the SeasonJune 20 • 6 PMrussia against the WestCan the Post-WWII Global Order Survive?angela sTenT, PhD, renowned Russia expert, Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University

Wed., April 3 • 6 PMat Milliken auditoriumCelebraTing sPaCe eXPlOraTiOnCharles F. bOlDen, Jr. 12th Administrator of NASA, retired U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen., former NASA astronaut Event Sponsor: Atlas Space Operations, Inc.

Tues., April 30 • 6 PMhOnOring WOrlD Press FreeDOM DaYAt the State Theatre - $5 tickets JOUrnalisT raMi KhOUriInternationally syndicated commentator, author, professor at American University in Beirut

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