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#ACFrontPage events
#ACFrontPage harnesses the convening power and expertise of the Council’s fourteen programs and centers to spotlight the world’s most prominent leaders and the most compelling ideas across sectors. The virtual platform engages new audiences eager for nonpartisan and constructive solutions to current global challenges. This widely promoted 45-minute program features the Council’s most important guests and content serving as the highlight of our programming each week.
A conversation with Mayor Pete Buttigieg
Upcoming event
Mayor Pete Buttigieg discusses the future of US leadership, reigniting support for American engagement and diversity in foreign policy.
WED, SEP 30, 2020 10:00 AM
ONLINE EVENT
A conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner and energy expert Daniel Yergin
Upcoming event
With the 2020 elections around the corner, the energy industry particularly disrupted by coronavirus, and US-China tensions ratcheting higher, Yergin’s insights into the steps various countries are taking, particularly China, to shape the energy transition will be crucial as the next administration looks at a rapidly-changing geopolitical order.
FRI, SEP 25, 2020 9:00 AM
ONLINE EVENT
A conversation with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn
Majority Whip James E. Clyburn discusses the intersection between current US domestic challenges and America’s standing and role in the world.
TUE, SEP 22, 2020 5:00 PM
ONLINE EVENT
Past #ACElections2020 events
Elections 2020: America’s Role in the World is a series of conversations on the top foreign policy priorities for the next four years, featuring the most prominent voices shaping the national dialogue. From the Conventions to the Elections, the series will explore key questions concerning America’s role and interests in the world, bringing a foreign policy perspective to the conversation and addressing the most critical issues at the intersection between the domestic and international spheres.
A conversation with former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discusses the key foreign policy priorities for the next presidential administration and the future of US leadership.
MON, AUG 17, 2020 12:00 PM
AN #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT
Are we ready? Foreign interference, disinformation, and the 2020 election
Public and private sector leaders join the Digital Forensic Research Lab of the Atlantic Council to discuss what steps they have taken to secure the information space around the 2020 presidential election.
TUE, AUG 25, 2020 1:00 PM
ONLINE EVENT
America’s role in the world: US views on the future, at home and abroad
In 2020’s America, public attitudes are in flux. How do Americans see the future of US foreign policy? A discussion on how the next presidential administration can re-energize support for US international leadership.
THU, AUG 27, 2020 4:00 PM
ONLINE EVENT
Annual events
2020 Distinguished Leadership Awards
Among the most significant events on the Washington calendar celebrating global leaders, the Distinguished Leadership Awards is one of the Atlantic Council’s flagship convenings – bringing together a global audience of over 800 guests from more than fifty countries–including global policymakers, business leaders, military brass, and top-tier media.
Global Energy Forum
The Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi is the premier international gathering of government, industry, and thought leaders to set the global energy agenda for the year and anticipate and respond to the dramatic changes in the world of energy.
