Join Washington Post Live on Thursday, Dec. 16 at 9:30 a.m. ET for a series of conversations about the future of democracy and the greatest threats faced by democracies worldwide. USAID Deputy Administrator for Policy and Programming Isobel Coleman discusses the Agency’s work abroad to strengthen democracy, human rights and governance, and former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul and former Director for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Christopher Krebs talk about the power of technology to shape and distort political discourse and freedom of the press around the world.

Stream here: wapo.st/futureofdemocracy

Speakers

Isobel Coleman

Deputy Administrator, Policy & Programming, USAID

Chris Krebs

Former Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency & Partner, Krebs Stamos Group

Michael McFaul

Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Content from Open Society Foundations

Today, studies have found that more people are less free today than they were fifteen years ago. On Thursday, Dec. 16, Mark Malloch-Brown, the president of the Open Society Foundations, joins Washington Post Live to discuss the challenges facing democracy and how philanthropy and civil society can help governments confront today’s most vexing problems.

Mark Malloch-Brown

President, Open Society Foundations

Content from AstraZeneca

While the vaccines are a great next step in fighting the pandemic, we can’t lower our guard. Not all countries have broad access to vaccination. In the U.S. people that have access to vaccines may not have been vaccinated, and children may not be vaccinated until much later in the year. Variants of concern will inevitably continue to appear, and we are seeing areas of the world where infections are at their peak and continue to trend up. As we consider travel and move about the world again, how can we remain safe while traveling? The U.S. State Department warned against travel to about 80% of the world only last month, as many countries continue to contend with surges of the virus. Setting up a testing protocol that is flexible and timely, and keep travelers safe, will be key. Some countries, airports and airlines are already implementing testing measures systematically with success. What does the future of travel look like? We will discuss in this segment.

Leigh M. Boehmer, PharmD, BCOP

Chief Medical Officer, Association of Community Cancer Centers

Dave Fredrickson

Executive Vice President, Oncology Business Unit, AstraZeneca

Content from WAEPA

In a segment sponsored by WAEPA, Shane Canfield, CEO will discuss the future of the Federal workforce, the challenges that the workforce will face, and the skills necessary to meet those challenges head on. As the country emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of Federal service and Federal leadership have never been more important. But how do we inspire the next generation of civilian Federal employees to answer the call to action?

Shane Canfield

cheif executive officer, waepa

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Jeanne Meserve

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Monday, April

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Program: 3:30 p.m.

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