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Distinguished Speaker Series
Past Distinguished Speakers
- Robin Wright
Foreign Analyst and International Journalist
February 9, 2012
Hosted at the Norfolk Sheraton Waterside Hotel
- Senator Mark Warner
October 24, 2011
Hosted at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel
- General Harald Sunde
Norwegian Chief of Defense
May 26, 2011
Hosted at the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club
- Ambassador Alexander Vershbow
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
April 28, 2011
Hosted at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel
- General Raymond T. Odierno
Commander, US Joint Forces Command
February 17, 2011
Hosted at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel
- Nayan Chanda
Director of Publications
at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
September 28, 2010
Hosted at the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club
- General David Petraeus
Former Commander, US Central Command
May 20, 2010
Hosted at the Westin Town Center
- Admiral Jeremiah Denton
May 13, 2010
Hosted at the Westin, Town Center
- His Excellency Pierre Vimont
French Ambassador to the United States
April 29, 2010
Hosted at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel
This popular dinner-speech format features keynote addresses by world leaders, diplomats, prominent businessmen and women, journalists and scholars. An audience-driven question and answer session follows each presentation. The Distinguished Speaker Series is hosted in different locations throughout the Hampton Roads community from September through May.
