UAA Professor Landry Signé named 2013 Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leader

Landry Signé, professor in UAA's Political Science Department, was named the 2013 Atlantic Dialogue Emerging Leader by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) and the OCP Foundation of Morocco. This honor is bestowed to "rising leaders [...] in the world of politics, business and ideas," who engage with senior world leaders during The Atlantic Dialogues, "an annual high-level gathering of the most influential public- and private-sector leaders from around the Atlantic basin," including North and South America, Africa, Asia and Europe.

The 2013 Atlantic Dialogues was held in Rabat, Morocco, Oct. 25-27, and was attended by other world-class senior policy makers, business leaders, civil society actors and opinion shapers, offering a unique strategic perspective to individual and collective challenges and opportunities in Atlantic basin countries.

Leaders who attended the 2013 Atlantic Dialogues include: Amanda Dory, deputy assistant secretary for African Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense; Luiz Loures, assistant secretary-general of the United Nations; Jane Holl Lute, former deputy secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Lt. Gen. Pasquale Preziosa, chief of the Italian Air Force, Ministry of Defense, Italy; Craig Kennedy, president, German Marshall Fund of the United States; Mostafa Terrab, CEO and chairman, OCP Group; Luiz Awazu Pereira Da Silva, deputy-governor of the Central Bank of Brazil; Adama Dieng, special adviser to the secretary-general on the prevention of genocide, United Nations; Mbarka Bouaïda, minister delegate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Morocco; Esther Silver-Parker, president and CEO, Silver Parker Group; and Lee R. Godown, vice president, Global Government Affairs, General Motors.

The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) strengthens "transatlantic cooperation on regional, national and global challenges and opportunities." It is a non-partisan organization committed to fostering a "unique network across generations, continents and cultures" through The Atlantic Dialogues, in cooperation with OCP Foundation.

Landry Signé, Ph.D., is a 2011-2013 Banting Fellow at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, an assistant professor political science at UAA and chairman of the Global Network for Africa's Prosperity (GNAP). GNAP "engages civil society, academic, political, business, media and international actors sharing a passion for Africa to join efforts in fostering Africa's development and shaping a stronger future for the continent." He will deliver a lecture, "Why Has Democracy Proven Good for Africa?" on Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m., in the UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307.

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