![[LBJ Future Forum] The Global Election Year @TheLBJLibrary](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nGMv7S0aItE/maxresdefault.jpg)
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2024 is not only a presidential election year in the United States, but in many countries around the world—over 60 countries representing nearly half the world’s population will have national elections this year. With those elections comes the potential for major global shifts. We will focus on elections in three countries: Mexico, Taiwan, and South Africa.
Panelists:
Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, Founding Director of the Asia Policy Program
Ken Greene, Associate Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin
Laura Seay, Research Associate at the African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Moderator: Ambassador Larry André, Jr., Visiting Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs
2024 is not only a presidential election year in the United States, but in many countries around the world—over 60 countries representing nearly half the world’s population will have national elections this year. With those elections comes the potential for major global shifts. We will focus on elections in three countries: Mexico, Taiwan, and South Africa.
Panelists:
Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, Founding Director of the Asia Policy Program
Ken Greene, Associate Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin
Laura Seay, Research Associate at the African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Moderator: Ambassador Larry André, Jr., Visiting Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs
![[LBJ Future Forum] The Global Election Year](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nGMv7S0aItE/mqdefault.jpg "[LBJ Future Forum] The Global Election Year
2024 is not only a presidential election year in the United States, but in many countries around the world—over 60 countries representing nearly half the world’s population will have national elections this year. With those elections comes the potential for major global shifts. We will focus on elections in three countries: Mexico, Taiwan, and South Africa.
Panelists:
Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, Founding Director of the Asia Policy Program
Ken Greene, Associate Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin
Laura Seay, Research Associate at the African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Moderator: Ambassador Larry André, Jr., Visiting Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs")
![[LBJ Future Forum] Seeking Truth in an AI World: Surviving Deepfakes, Deception & Discrimination](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nH8dNnuz0Xc/mqdefault.jpg "[LBJ Future Forum] Seeking Truth in an AI World: Surviving Deepfakes, Deception & Discrimination
How can people, companies, schools, and governments navigate what is true and what is false in a world with artificial intelligence able to create deepfakes; fake articles, schoolwork, or even military intelligence; and discriminate in the process?
Speakers include:
Chelsea Collier, Founder of Digi.City, Editor-At-Large for Smart Cities Connect, research assistant for Good Systems
Doreen Lorenzo, Assistant Dean, School of Design and Creative Technologies, The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Luke Wilson, Chief Data Scientist and Partner, Vizias
Moderator: Dr. Craig Watkins, Ernest A. Sharpe Centennial Professor and the Executive Director of the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas at Austin")
