International Healthcare (YP Discussion Group)

The World Affairs Council, Young Professionals invite you to our biweekly discussion group:

Wednesday, 19 August 2009 | 7:00 p.m.

Laurelwood NW Public House, NW Kearney & 23rd (MAP)
(Upstairs in the back room.)

Now that the debate on healthcare in the United States is heating up, both proponents and detractors of reform are comparing our system with others around the world. How do these systems work and are they really better than the U.S. system? Or do they deny their people the best healthcare possible? What can we learn from their experiences, and do they apply to the situation in the U.S.?

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Free Summer Park Concerts

There's still time to check out a variety of concerts this summer in Portland's parks and for free. More details at: http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=42670

Sunday Parkways with Persian and Middle Eastern Music of Shabava and al-Andalus, Laurelhurst Park

This Sunday August 16th, as part of the Portland's Sunday Parkways Event, there will be a Middle East music Festival at the Laurelhurst Park in SE Portland.  Performing artists are ShabAva under leadership of Mr. Bobak Salehi and accompanied by Maestro Hossein Salehi, and Al-Andalus the Middle Eastern and North African band under Tariq and Julia Bonzi's mastership.  So gearup that bike of yours, ride the Sunday Parkway and then stay for the concert from 1-4 pm at the Laurelhurst Park.  Click here for more info!

 

This event organized by Andisheh Center and the American Iranian Friendship Council and became possible through a community block grant from the City of Portland Office of Neighborhood Involvement and the SEUL Coalition.
 

August 13: Doing Business in the UK

 

"Doing Business in the UK"
A Case Study in Software

 

August 13, 2009 - Thinking of taking your company, product or services abroad? Is it time to expand into the UK?

The British-American Business Council of the Pacific Northwest is pleased to partner in its first event in the Portland area with UKTI (United Kingdom Trade & Investment), Business Oregon (Oregon Business Development Department) and the Software Association of Oregon (SAO) to provide a vision for business growth overseas.

This case study will feature representatives of Pacific Northwest companies that have made the leap already as well as concrete trade advice & support from UKTI to aid your success.

Time for important networking with a broad spectrum of companies at various stages of international business development and other international resources will conclude the event.

Speaker Lineup
Julian Evans, British Consul General
Bob Lewis, Former President/CEO, SNAPin Software, Inc.,
Richard Stott, Matchbox Mobile
Helen Moore, Vice Consul, Software, UKTI
Andy James, Osborne Clarke

Event Details
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009
Time: 3:30pm-6:00pm
Location: NW Natural 220 NW 2nd Ave Portland, OR 97209
Cost: $10
Includes appetizers and beverages
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Wherefore Art Thou Cyprus (YP Discussion Group)

The World Affairs Council, Young Professionals invite you to our biweekly discussion group:

Wednesday, 5 August 2009 | 7:00 p.m.

Laurelwood NW Public House, NW Kearney & 23rd (MAP)
(Upstairs in the back room.)

Split between Turks and Greeks, Cyprus is an island divided. Though there have been moments of hope at reconciliation between the two sides, these have so far fallen through and the Greek portion of the island joined the EU without the northern Turkish side. What will it take to solve the dispute? What should be done? We will have a special guest, Alexia Solomou, a Cypriot and law student who will be able to shed some light on the conflict and facilitate our discussion.

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Think & Drink

Think & Drink with Earl Blumenauer and Wim Wiewel. A happy-hour conversation series sponsored by the Oregon Council for the Humanities.

Representative Earl Blumenauer and Portland State University president Wim Wiewel will discuss mind-changing moments of their own and how change happens in our individual and collective thinking at the next Think & Drink happy-hour conversation on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, at 6:30 at Rontoms, 600 E. Burnside, Portland. This free, open to the public, bimonthly series, which sparks provocative conversations about big ideas, is sponsored by the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH).