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FERNANDA ESPINOSA GARCES TO KEYNOTE FPA CENTENNIAL GALA & DINNER

EVENT TO BE HELD IN NEW YORK CITY


Foreign Press Association Centennial Gala (Source: Foreign Press Association)
Foreign Press Association Centennial Gala
(Source: Foreign Press Association)
USPA NEWS - The President elected of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly Fernanda Espinosa Garces will be the Keynote Speaker of the Foreign Press Association´s Centennial Gala scheduled to be held on Thursday November 8th, 2018 at 7 World Trade Center in New York City.


The President elected of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly Fernanda Espinosa Garces will be the Keynote Speaker of the Foreign Press Association´s Centennial Gala scheduled to be held on
Thursday November 8th, 2018 at 7 World Trade Center in New York City.
The 100th Anniversary of the Foreign Press Association of the United States of America will start with a cocktail party at 6.30p and it will last until 11pm.
During the event guest will hear from distinguished speakers and supporters such as David Muir from ABC News, Lally Weymouth Senior Editor at Washington Post, Matt Murray, Editor in Chief at Wall Street Journal, Anthony Scaramucci from Skybridge Capital and Alison Smale Under-Secretary for Global Communications at United Nations.
The Centennial Gala Dinner & Gala Awards will be the opportunity for the Foreign Press Association to present the 2018 Foreign Press Award winner, Fareed Zakaria from CNN.
According to Thanos Dimadis, Executive Director of the Foreign Press Association, all ticket revenue will support the Foreign Press Scholarship Awards Program for international journalists who are advancing their career through graduate level studies at U.S. schools of journalism.
Among the supporters of the Foreign Press Foundation are Western Union, CNN, UnitedHealth Group, Microsoft, Bayer, Johnson and Johnson, Skybridge Capital, CBS News, Knight Foundation, Procter & Gamble, Barilla Foundation, OZY EDU.
Due to the limited capacity of this very special space, (only 150 guests), tickets are also limited. For non-members of the Foreign Press Association tickets prices are ranging from $500 to $1500. Members of the Foreign Press Association can access to discount tickets of $300.

Alain Coomlan TCHEGNON

Courtesy : Foreign Press Association

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