Cuba Relations Focus of Panel Discussion in Sarasota
"What now, Cuba?" is the subject of a day of panel discussion, addresses and question-and-answer sessions Monday, Sept. 11, at Selby Auditorium on the campus of the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee.
The focus is on how recent changes in U.S. policies toward Cuba will affect American business, trade and travel, as well as the well-being of the Cuban people?
The event is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 for the general public and free for USF faculty, staff and students. For more information, go to usfsm.edu/Cuba.
Speaker include:
- Jorge Duany: Director, Cuban Research Institute; Professor of Anthropology, Florida International University
- Karen Holbrook: Executive Vice President and Sr. Advisor to the President at University of South Florida
- Vicki Huddleston: US Ambassador, retired; former Principal Officer, US Interests section in Havana
- Stephen Kay: Director, Americas Center, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- David Kotok: CIO, Cumberland Advisors and GIC Board Member
- Collin Laverty: Senior Partner, Havana Strategies; Cuba Educational Travel
- Don Rissmiller: Chief Economist, Strategas Research Partners and GIC Vice Chair of Programs
- David Seleski: President and CEO, Stonegate Bank
- Harry Vanden: Professor Emeritus, Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida