Global Atlanta’s Consular Conversations: Taiwan

Join Global Atlanta on Wednesday, September 28, for the next interview in the Consular Conversations series presented by Miller & Martin PLLC, featuring Elliot Wang, Director General of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Atlanta.

The discussion will include a one-on-one interview with the Global Atlanta editorial team, followed by a moderated audience Q&A.

A follow-up of the event will be published in an article following the discussion. Consular Conversations Annual Pass holders will have exclusive access to a post-event recording of the discussion.

Potential Discussion Topics

• Effects from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit and China’s bellicose response
• Supply chains and semiconductors: Taiwan’s outsized importance
• How Taiwan has grown its local diplomatic outreach
• Arms and agricultural sales from the South to Taiwan
• Mandarin Chinese language centers in Georgia
• Taiwan’s COVID response and WHO aims
• Driver’s license recognition for Taiwan in Georgia

…and more

Meet Our Speaker

Elliot Wang, Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) 

DG Wang has been representing Taiwan as a diplomat since 1998. Some of his previous experience has been in North American affairs, diplomat training, and public diplomacy, and he has been stationed in Washington D.C. and Brussels, Belgium. DG Wang holds degrees from Tunghai University and National Chengchi University. He has completed training programs at Oxford University, The Harvard Kennedy School, and Taiwan’s National Academy of Civil Service. In his free time, DG Wang enjoys participating in wine tastings, watching movies, listening to violin music, golfing, and trying delicious food from around the world.

About the Consular Conversations series: 

Sponsored by Miller & Martin PLLC since its inception in 2016, Global Atlanta’s Consular Conversations luncheon series consists of monthly public interviews with diplomats in the Southeast United States.

Cost:

$20, or $50 for an annual pass to all monthly Consular Conversations